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Recession, there's nothing the president of the united states can do about that. you saw the bad numbers out of china, bad numbers out of the uk in recent days. but what policy levers are available to the president of the united states? >> that's a great question. usually the stimulus is more spending and tax cuts. the white house has already done that so that's not in their playbook anymore. the big fear for the white house, mark just talked about business investment pulling back. as soon as consumer spending pulls back, then you've got a real fiasco because that's the thing that's been dragg...

Viewers last night and today about a story we did on the back half of last night's show where our guest was a nuclear expert. the story was about a mysterious explosion that happened thursday, last week, in russia. i know from the feedback that we got from you guys that the news as of last night about that explosion, as we were able to present it here on the show, wasn't just dramatic news about a big explosion, it was very concerning news. i could read that in your feedback. well, the story has become considerably more dramatic and more concerning today, so i want to start tonight with a litt...

She's going to be joining us here live in just a moment. we got lots of feedback from viewers last night and today about a story we did in the back half of last night's show where our guest was a nuclear expert named joe cirincione. the story was about a mysterious explosion that happened thursday, last week, in russia. i know from the feedback that we got from you guys that the news as of last night about that explosion, as we were able to present it here on the show, wasn't just dramatic news about a big explosion, it was very concerning news. i could read that in your feedback. well, the ...

Because they couldn't make it work and it had radiation risk. the five killed were scientists from the institute. they said they were working on the reactor and could not get it under control and essentially it melted down on them. >> your point in the back half of the "times" piece is does it actually work. isn't that one of the key questions? >> i think there are two big questions here. the first is putin has invested a huge amount, invested a lot in the new arms race with the united states as a way to sort of restore the old glory of the form are soviet union. if in fact this thing killed s...

Nothing else. >> speaking of the back half of that line, not the color of their skin, this president has gone on another terror this weekend on twitter this time about elijah cummings and making comments about the city of baltimore, it's not fit for humans and crossing -- every single time we talk about this, another line crossed. his team at the white house and his presidential campaign has essentially signaled this is campaign strategy. he's going to try to win by essentially stoking racial resentment among white working class voters. do you think that's going to work? >> let me just say wit...