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>> molly, you have an issue talking about how -- no one at this table. but you feel some of the hand wringing that were seeing in some in the press about how we need to be truth tellers and we need to batton down the hatches, slow and steady straight ahead, you find it basically hypocritical because you didnt see that same determination under the obama years. >> its very important that we do our jobs, that we do tell the truth and hold people accountable but that has to be in the context of bein...

>> molly, you have an issue talking about how -- no one at this but you feel some of the h wringing that were seeing in some in the press about how we need to be truth tellers and we need to batton down the hatches, slow and steady straight ahead, you find it basically hypocritical because you didnt see that same determination under the obama years. >> its very important that we do our jobs, that we do tell the truth and hold people accountable but that has to be in the context of being what wev...

Attempts -- one other point, quickly, the reason he settled on the media over the mexicans and the muslims is the media poses a real threat to him. the media are the people who investigate his charitable giving. theyre the ones who look at what we can learn about his tax returns. theyre the people who cover the fraud trial of trump university. so its very much in his interest to discredit the messenger for those messages. >> frank, is that what you tell your journalism students, this is the prim...

>> but howard, go ahead though. explain. again, youve been there. and youve seen on a much different sort of platform and stage though people hungry for truth tellers who cut through. im not comparing you to donald trump, blah, blah, blah. but you saw it also in august of 2003 people so disgusted with the political establishment. they wanted somebody then, you, that would cut through the crap. >> yeah. and the one similarity is that donald trump is running against his own party, as was i. becaus...

Plead guilty to a misdemeanor like this? >> i dont believe they will, but i dont believe thats her biggest concern. >> doing pretty well at the moment. >> until that happens, though, i think clinton believes she can survive this. >> kim, do you agree with that that she can survive this? jason is not saying she will, but he is saying that she can until a democrat begins to make the case on ethics. so far the big truth tellers, bernie sanders, he is not talking this truth. >> so far except for dem...

Actually. i think whats unique about donald trump is his -- just how like bombastic and irreverent he can be. what is not unique is the set of characteristics that he has and how those appeal to certain conservative voters. i mean i was talking to a lot of people at these donald trump rallies and one of the things that they kept saying was wouldnt it be fun to watch him debate hillary clinton. and you know who that reminds me of? all of those conservative republicans who ran in 2012 like newt gi...

The establishment in washington. but cruz has actually been complimentary from the start of donald trump. today he tried to get in on trump-mania. listen to what he said after the meeting. >> well, i am a big fan of donalds. we talked about the race and talked about how we were each enjoying it and about how there is a need for more truth-tellers. one of the things i respect about druconald trump is hes willing to speak the truth and take on washington. there are not a lot of people in washingto...

Because for many of these were realities for a long time. >> absolutely. >> what came through so often for people watching the show is that it felt real. how did it feel for you on set? >> oh, absolutely. thats like apropos for any actor worth his weight what he wants to do is tell that level of truth. to have a production team and the creative show to have that same aesthetic was just amazing. thats a perfect marriage. andre can speak to that. we walk around as truth tellers. weve often comprom...

Were it the case that what do you etch -- how does anyone even process that? >> i would say that i think he is an evil man, which sell e he certainly is. but its really an indictment of the institutions. did you see that new york times story about his $850 an hour lawyer and how they sbim dated all of these networks. k078 on. were adults and the muse thoo enews media are supposed to be truth tellers. as bad as cosby is the job that the media did to put it on our agenda is shameful.

Today, a movie is now stirring controversy. joining me now is the comics author, valerie. thank you for joining me. why edward snowden, why now? >> i find him fascinating, and cryptic, and also hes a truth teller, and i love truth tellers. >> do you worry about him aboutly about lyonizing him? >> we go beyond the regular news stuff. we provide a balanced view on him, both the good and the bad. so its definitely not a saints biography. i love what he did with leaking the information of the nsa, a...