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Politicians are going straight to the trump playbook. fight back, and you can survive anything. even a racist blackface scandal. you dont have to have grown up in the south like i did to know that racism runs very deep in this country. it has from the very beginning. its a third rail, right? the american society. so its not surprising that the governor of virginia is refusing to resign. its not surprising that he is hiring a crisis communicator tonight, something he maybe should have done a long...

To the trump playbook. fight back, and you can survive anything. even a racist blackface scandal. you dont have to have grown up in the south like i did to know that racism runs very deep in this country. it has from the very beginning. its a third rail, right? the american society. so its not surprising that the governor of virginia is refusing to resign. its not surprising that he is hiring a crisis communicator tonight, something he maybe should have done a long time ago. its not surprising t...

President is considering seizing private property to build the wall through eminent domain. i remember when fox news used to go in the age of ales used to go ballistic at any emanate domain issue. that was so third rail, that are was so off the reservation. and the idea that, you know, senator john corn nyn comes outf this meeting and says no one is doing this. >> could you imagine in barack obama proposed emanate domain? it would be a national uprising on the right and no ones even talking abou...

Joining us, my friend dave cullen. he has a new book incumbent out in february. did the parkland kids change the equation when it comes to gun control? >> i dont think the nra has figured out what hit them. and they have not figured out what to do with these kids. i called the final chapter about the midterms the third rail because one of the authorities, robert spitzer, a professor, used that in his "new york times" op-ed saying that for a generation, 60% to 70% have voted on guns as a primary ...

This is evidence of what is going on in the conservative world that immigration is the third rail to them. and hes touched it and i think he -- no pun intended -- is literally shocked at the response hes getting. i think hes very confused. i dont think he knows what to do. there is no strategy to it. and for the first time, i have to say, the age old question if the election were held tomorrow, he would lose. >> so what is the -- im trying to think of a way out of this in terms of the government...

Medicare go bankrupt and paul started the ability for people to touch the third rail of politics and say we can reform some of these broken programs and save them for future generations. >> bill: you consider that a success. >> well, i think the fact that he was able to start that conversation was really important. on the tax cuts and jobs act that is signed into law now. first time in over 30 years that we were able to reform the tax code. president trump made it a signature achievement of his ...

Bipartisan not what i just read. steve: they are attaching it to a bill that is noncontroversial, supposedly. its very similar to what kevin brady introduced a couple of weeks ago. but, because they need 60 senators thats going to include some democrats. they tried to make it more bipartisan. i dont know if at the 11th hour they will give the republican as win when it comes to tax. ainsley: lets talk about kevin hart. is he not going to the oscars over something he tweeted years ago. he has step...

Has an unmanageable personality from the outside? >> well its a number of things. and of course kelly did succeed to some extent in making the trains run on time for a while. but its more than that. one of the most important things beyond telling the president hard truths is there is a difference between campaigning and governing. its something donald trump never figured out. its the chief of staff job to help him figure it out. jim baker did it for reagan. reagan right out of the blocks wanted ...

Talked about congress, the reason the caravan is on the borders congress failed the american people, they have not closed the loopholes that raise the asylum bar, people think that will get released when they get across the border. they could have fixed a lot of this stuff. congress failed the american people and that is why the caravan is here. when they start talking about abolishing ice or sanctuary cities, that entices people to come to this country. a lot of blame to go around but the presi...

It doesnt have good grounds. this guy is donald trumps dream. >> he looks like -- this has been the engine of his advancement. thats not a stray comment. the 1.2 that you reported he got paid by the mysterious tax-dodging foundation, it looks like it was all about hillary bashing. hes a two-time political loser from iowa who somehow became cultivated by the koch brothers, and then thereafter he is given to sessions by leonard leo of the federalist society who was the person who had helped with t...