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Very clever in that he turned to conservatives and said, you give me the candidates to start with. so these are really well known commodities going into the process. a lot is known about them including with respect to how they'd deal with these constitutional issues before he ever asks to talk to them. >> another question before we get into our lightning round of the names. the president's sister is not just a federal judge. a senior federal judge. we never hear about that, and it doesn't seem to be the source of a lot of family conversation. will she play at all a role in this process? >> wel...

Brainpower at this desk, but i won't. >> but you did kind of. >> kind of. a little bit. to those in the know. jon, your book basically tells us when it's been worse. >> yep. >> and when it's been better. >> yep. >> but i heard you today say that there's a phrase emerging in the lexicon you really don't like, and that is when you hear people say "this isn't america." why is that? >> because it is america. it is america. it is the country -- i believe that president trump is the most vivid manifestation of some of our worst instincts. but they have been instincts that have been part of the natio...

Country. what percentage of them realize how much work it is to keep it that way? for more, two of our favorites are both here with us in new york tonight. jim warren, veteran print journalist and political commentator, now executive editor of a new startup called news guard that will rate the veracity of news and information sites. jon meacham is back with us as well, pulitzer prize-winning author and historian of things presidential and otherwise. his latest and timely work is the best-seller "the soul of america: the battle for our better angels." gentlemen, welcome. i was going to make som...

Author and historian of things presidential and otherwise. his latest and timely work is the best-seller "the soul of america: the battle for our better angels." gentlemen, welcome. i was going to make some jeffersonesque quote about the last time we had this much brainpower at this desk, but i won't. >> but you did kind of. >> kind of. a little bit. to those in the know. jon, your book basically tells us when it's been worse. >> yep. >> and when it's been better. >> yep. >> but i heard you today say that there's a phrase emerging in the lexicon you really don't like, and that is when you hear...

Create errors like we've just seen and rely on prejudice and stereotypes for the time being we'll just have to live with it the key is to understand how normal human memory actually functions researches around the world have been studying even the smallest processes that take place in nerve cells. a group of scientists in sendai japan have been using fruit flies as part of their research. fruit flies have excellent memories their brains have one hundred thousand times few a new wrongs than human brains do the research is are trying to find out how fruit flies do more with less brainpower. to u...