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Tax return. his new book on the trump presidency reveals what he says are political termites that the administration set loose to eat away at the structure of our government. his new book is called "it's even worse than you think" what the trump administration is doing to america. author david cay johnston joins us. let's test the premise a little bit. it's worse than you think. the stock market is up. the economy is growing in a way that wasn't even fathomable just a quarter ago. regulations are getting cut. unemployment is down. that's the sales pitch from the trump administration. how is it...

Benefits. >> that's what they proposed in their budget. no administration has taken proper care of our veterans. trust me, i'm son of a world war ii veteran. i know. if you're making $35,000 in benefits, you drop to $13,000. i don't think it will get through congress, but that is the thing they are trying to do in that area. how about trade? trump killed the trans pacific partnership. i was one of the prominent critics of it. he didn't replace it with anything else. they are pushing the rcep. 16 countries not the u.s. why pay attention to washington. watch us. it's been a huge boom for them to...

Were not as aggressive as they should be in covering the administrati administration. >> we do this, you knee, every 30 or 40 years, we get a little scared, a little beat up by somebody or something and we start to worry if it's unpatriotic to ask tough questions. >> it is his most critically acclaimed film, nominated in 2006 for best director, best picture and best screenplay at the oscars. but clooney wins that year in another category. best supporting actor for "syriana." >> it was a tough look at geo political issues. what he said to me was, he made this film because he wanted to shine a l...

Times." it was the secretary of state who wrote an op-ed earlier this week that was, of course, for "the new york times." notwithstanding, if you look at his current approval rating versus that of other presidents one year into their administrati administration, there are the numbers on your screen, the media not doing a good job. president trump polling under 38% right there. what's your analysis? >> i actually think he's partially right. there's a grain of truth in this comment in that for all of his bashing of the media, for all of his calling us enemies of the state, et cetera, actually he...

That investigation. >> let me show you what happened on the house side at a hearing with chris wray testifying yesterday when louie gomer was questioning the fbi director about whether or not the fbi director and mueller were penetrating people who were biased. >> are you aware of any of the following people openly aligning themselves with the political bias expressed by mccabe or openly speaking against this administrati administration? first, carl gattis. >> i'm going to quarrel a little bit about your premise about director mccabe. but as far as assistant director gattis, as i said, he's be...