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Calls from milley were even getting close to treasonous. what does that do, though, to the, i dont know, backlash really that milley has been facing over the details of this book as they were coming out in the last week? >> reporter: well, there are a couple kinds of backlash, kate. the treason talk, which is i think most people consider nonsensical, comes from donald trump and people close to donald trump. theres a separate discussion among people who are concerned about how the united states c...

You think he might go in a corner but instead he is out there doubling down. >> ed, what really bothers me about that i have to tell you, i think that sound there is even worse than his treason talk. spill into the streets? are you serious? this is a constitutional republic. okay. we do our damage in the voting booth. we dont spill it into the streets and start attacking our neighbors. this is not a violent country. we dont do that why would you even say something like that? keep in mind, when t...

>> its not i dont trust the security. donald trump doesnt trust them. we know revealed to them highly classified information. heres what i would say. i applaud the steps that congress is taking to try and possibly increase sanctions. i think they should pass the bill to protect special counsel bob mueller. we have to really hold the president and his administration accountable for the fact that they are really bending over backwards to appease the russians now. >> i dont know how people can say ...

Everybody. this was a big establishment stamp of approval. i dont know why we still need that. i dont think we need people like condoleezza rice coming out and saying trump is a patriot. i think everybody knows trump is a patriot. i think some people in the media that listen to this treason talk with russia still think this guy is some sort of trader. so maybe when they hear her say that, they think maybe he is. >> kimberly: you complain about people being negative, and now youre complaining abo...

I dont know why we still need that. i dont think we need people like condoleezza rice coming oun and saying trump is a patriot. i think everybody knows trump is a patriot. i think some people in the media that listen to this treason talk with russia still think this guy is some sort of trader. so maybe when they hear her say that, they think maybe he is. >> kimberly: you complain >> kimberly: you complain about people being negative, and now youre complaining about people being positive. >> jess...

Everybody. this was a big establishment stamp of approval. i dont know why we still need that. i dont think we need people like condoleezza rice coming out and saying trump is a patriot. i think everybody knows trump is a patriot. i think some people in the media that listen to this treason talk with russia still think this guy is some sort of trader. so maybe when they hear her say that, they think maybe he is. >> kimberly: you complain about people being negative, and now youre complaining abo...

>> the reforms im proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. >> you lie! >> this is about more than what happened today. its about a party and now a candidate that refused to denounce talk like this. willard, winning the election like this is not winning at all. joining me now is former pennsylvania governor ed rendell, now an nbc news political analyst. and michael steele, an msnbc analyst and former rnc chairman. thank you both for being here tonight. let me start with you, mic...