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A hearing on tuesday looking into the process of just how a president can hit the big red button, as it were. it's the first time congress has looked into the president's nuclear authority in 40 years. joining me now on set here is jeffrey engel at southern methodist university and author of "when the world seemed new, george h.w. bush and the end of the cold war." the thing that stuck out to me the most, of course, is you learned and you talk at length about george h.w. bush's approach to our nuclear arie ar and what lessons do you think george h.w. bush would have for the president on that? ...

There was an employee whose last day was yesterday. and on the way out, he pulled the plug on the president. rob: i'm sure they got a twitter big red button trump underneath it something comes up they don't like. he only has several million followers. abby: gives you a sense how they feel at twitter about the president's twitter account and maybe how powferl his twitter feed is they realize how many people it reaches. steve: something we have heard the president talk a lot. tax cut. the president calling the tax plan a big, beautiful christmas present for americans. abby: promises it will help...

Point is to be accurate. and the point is to be fair but the point is also for the judgment on that to not come from one central place, particularly the people in power we're reporting on. >> right. look, you have to give kellyanne the benefit of making a good point with that russian reset. it didn't work. >> aren't they doing a russian reset right now, just without a big red button? >> i think her point is in general. it didn't work before. >> they're trying it now. >> good if you're going to try to work with somebody. it's that choosing cyber security was an odd thing given our relationship ...

Never, ever, ever, you can say the bankruptcies were a consequence but he still continued to live the ill lich style he was accustomed to. that's what happens to rich people who have addiction issues. addiction to twitter counting is one of them. he is so insulated so protected so enabled i have a hard time seeing how he will hit bottom without taking the rest of us with him. >> there is that. >> i'm worried that that bottom is a big red button in the nuclear codes. that is what i'm scared of. >> yeah. josh. one of the things this story tells us is the thing we wonder when you see such a dysfu...

Reality ofhere the addict is, and pull himself up. >> so i've given a fair amount of thought to this. i think -- i think that -- we'll have a whole other conversation about why i think this is a really appropriate metaphor. i think what is happening with trump he never faced consequencings for his actions never, ever, ever, you can say the bankruptcies were a consequence but he still continued to live the ill lich style he was accustomed to. that's what happens to rich people who have addiction issues. addiction to twitter counting is one of them. he is so insulated so protected so enabled i h...