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>> faces -- president obama's nominee. >> and henry live in washington dc where the drama is about to unfold. >> round one in a boxing match, taking a measure of each other, opening statements today, democrats get their first crack in terms of questioning the decisions as a federal judge. he presented himself as a consensus builder. democrats made their case, being an originalist, who has a strict view of the constitution, they believe that is a code for him standing up for the powerful at the expense of the middle-class. >> i am honored and humbled, pledge to each of you and the american peop...

Democrats because we're just through the morning. we have a long way to go. today and tomorrow. the democrats have not even bruised, blemished anything to this judge so far. they're trying to score their points and asking predictable -- i'm not saying it's wrong to ask predictable questions, but he has poise, to jeffrey's point. he knows the law. he knows what he is doing. if you want to view this transactionally, the president of the united states had a very bad day yesterday. today his supreme court nominee has had a very good first morning in the chair questioning, and while we've been watc...

Last week, and i spent a little time with him at the oval office. i chatted with a lot of democrats. and behind the scenes they're saying they're thrilled that this president is calling them, inviting them into the oval office, inviting them over for lunches. they've not had that. >> that was not the relationship many had with barack obama. >> that's the real donald trump. he reaches out to people. i know during the campaign i think people got a skewed view partly, i think, because of the media against him. and i think we're going to see that he's a consensus builder and a deal maker. >> micha...

Behind the scenes, they are saying they are thrilled that this president is calling them inviting them into the oval office, inviting them over for lunch. they have not had that. >> that is not the relationship many had with barack obama. >> that's the real donald trump. he reaches out to people. he builds bridges. i know during the campaign, i think people got a very skewed view, partly, i think because of the media against him and i think we're going to see that he's a consensus builder and a deal maker. >> michael, is that what you found, as well. >> he is charming in person and i think eve...

Issues. that's the most important thing for any president. you need to have people you can rely on to tell you the truth. you see a team around the president with general mattis and general kelly and h.r. mcmaster. all of these people will tell the president exactly the truth through their own beliefs and that's important for the president to be successful. howie: we have about a half minute. with all of this rhetoric about fake news and the enemy of the american people, can you see a lowering of tensions? are we looking at the next four to 8 years of outright hostility between the president a...