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Joining us now, democratic congressman, eric swalwell of california, a member of both the intelligence and judiciary committees. congressman, thanks so much for joining us. what do you think of the way the president has been dealing with all these crises over the past few days? remember, we're a week away from the midterm elections. >> we need a consoler-in-chief right now. and i think back to the different presidents in my lifetime. whether it was reagan after beirut, president clinton after oklahoma city, george bush on september 11 or barack obama. they brought the country together. and to ...

This feels to me like -- from his position, he's probably like, i'm damned if i do, damned if i don't. i want to pay my respects to this community in pain, and yet i'm being faulted for going. and if i didn't go, i would be faulted for not going. >> look, he's not being faulted for going. i think we all expect the president of the united states to play the role of consoler-in-chief when acts call for it. the reason he's being faulted is because everything he has said beforehand and everything he has said since makes this act seem like he's checking off a box and just rings hollow. when he cont...

Ago. finally, at around 9:00 a.m., president trump tweeted, 17 years since september 11th. that's it? that's all it said. 17 years since september 11th. there's a certain consoler-in-chief that politicians, especially presidents are called upon to do. i thought he did a fairly nice job in shanksville, pennsylvania, but left to his own devices, doesn't seem to get what people are looking for. >> yeah, he does other things, obviously, better than he does the consoler-in-chief role. what donald trump jr. was talking about was taking on joe scarborough for an op-ed that basically said what donald ...

If you don't want to look at ronald reagan, look at bill clinton when he went to oklahoma city after the bombing. listen to his words. look at his face. look at his eyes. look at the real empathy. and look at george w. bush after 9/11. the fact of the matter is, we have been blessed in our country more often than not with presidents who understand that they are more than simply the head of government. that they are a spiritual leader, not in religious terms, but they represent the spirit of the united states. >> it does set the tone. >> and president trump, i'm afraid, fred, has not shown that...

Welcome back. i'm david gura. trump struggles with consoler-in-chief role, that is a politico headline following the school shooting in florida. the president has had a tricky relationship with consoling the nation. we remember trump blaming both sides after the deadly violence in charlottesville, virginia, last year. there was this scene in puerto rico after the hurricane on that same trip, the president played down the death toll in puerto rico comparing it to that of hurricane katrina. since last week's attack in florida trump stayed silent on gun control. >> thank you very much. >> mr. p...