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Attack politics. >> yeah. >> that's who he always was. that's who he was in business in new york. when i interviewed him on the 26th floor of the trump tower during the campaign, he was fascinated by nixon. we talked a lot about nixon. and he wasn't interested in nixon the architect of the peace with china. >> linkage. >> he was interested in i think looking back on it figuring out how to do publicly and nakedly and openly what nixon, even nixon for the most part wanted to do in private. >> you know, i've been thinking of that image in the "untouchables" where robert de niro goes around with a...

Whoever would say, mr. president, let's be careful here, or if we're going to do it we have this cutout over here who can handle it. we'll do it subterranean. we'll do it with three cushioned bank shots. that's not donald trump. donald trump thrives on, lives on, exists on this kind of attack politics. >> yeah. >> that's who he always was. that's who he was in business in new york. when i interviewed him on the 26th floor of the trump tower during the campaign, he was fascinated by nixon. we talked a lot about nixon. and he wasn't interested in nixon the architect of the peace with china. >> l...

We should be a part -- that's why we're holding a joint press conference. >> [ inaudible question ]. >> i think the internet and twitter and all the instantaneous aspect of the news cycle has made it more personal and members flying back to their district every weekend. very few members live up here. you know, it is a different climate today than it was in 1985 when i first got elected. part of it is technology and part of it is the way politics have evolved. the attack politics and the 15-second attack ads and things like that. members are not looked at as people anymore. we're kind looked at...

Ba back and i think at our levels we should be a part -- that's why we're in a joint press conference. >> you think the climate has changed up here as members? >> i think the internet and twitter and instantaneously of the news cycle has made it more personal and members flying back to their districts every few weekend. very few members live up here. it is a different climate today than it was in 1985 w 5 when i t got elected. part of it's technology. and part of it is the way politics have evolved. the attack politics and the 15-second attack ads and things like that. members are not looked a...

Because people feel the system is so broken and somehow trump is above all that because he's spending his own money. but in a democracy to not have respect tore your politicians and people who have given their life -- you said there's a lot of anxiety. it's a big deal. these people are putting themselves forward. i still in a democracy think you have to have respect for people who want to become politicians. when they become a dirty word as they have now, it shows we're upside down in our democracy as a system. >> speaking of the front-runners here, donald trum i was reading some of the notes ...