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Enough. here with that back lash. >> a lot of people say the punishment for that professor should call for the assassination of donald trump is not enough. fresno state university professor landed in hot water after sending this tweet saying to save american democracy trump must hang, the sooner, the higher, the better. he descended that statement calling himself the victim of a right wing smear campaign. he weighed in placing the professor on paid leave. and to conduct off-campus research, calling this a slap on the wrist which and cannot and should not, he belongs in jail

Him. maybe he thinks because he gets the big crowds that his approval rating is higher than it is. >> i think they're under the misimpression that it does not matter whether they grow their base because they have a majority, they think. keep going there because what you have today is a stymied congress and what you're going to have going forward is a stymied congress. they're not going to be able to get things done if they keep being as divisive as they are. >> a huge majority and lost the house two years later. there's a real risk of back lash. >> and republicans on the hill will do well to i...

Exxon's rex tillerson could succeed as secretary of state. than nice to have you on. first to you, the back lash has been swift and strong, including among top republicans. >> it's notable many republicans on capitol hill quickly pushed back on this saying they're concerned over the ties that rex tillerson has with vladimir putin, the work he's done with russia over the years. we heard from senator john mccain over the weekend saying he's very concerned about their friendship. he's called vladimir putin a murderer and thug, and we also heard from senator rubio sounding the alarms. he took to t...

>> i call upon mr. trump to rescind the appointment that he made of mr. bannon. a president of the united states should not have a racist at his side. unacceptable. >> the man who sparked the back lash was chief of the campaign. before the that, breitbart news. tonight there's a new window on trump and bannon's close relationship and how it was forged. the "washington post" has looked at nine interviews before bannon joined the campaign. he was an early supporter when trump still seemed like a long shot. this clinton was from last november. >> we were telling people at the time. look, this guy...

Thanks very much. >> be sure to follow me on facebook and twitter on jim sciutto or tweet the show. that's it for the "the lead." i turn you over to brianna keilar, in today for wolf blitzer, as always in "the situation room." happening now, sinister deal. donald trump launches new attacks on republicans who have abandoned his campaign after hearing reporting of him bragging about groping women. he is singling out house speaker paul ryan, accusing him of ignoring the will of the people and putting trump at a disadvantage by refusing to defend him or campaign for him. i will be talking to don...