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It's certainly been a difficult week, as we said, two shootings, two cities within hours of one another. in the past, presidents have tried to console and inspire and listen to the victims, their families. that did not happen this week. i want to get some perspective from cnn presidential historian doug brinkly and kristen powers. this whole tradition of presidents going and being consoler in chief, has that always been in our history. >> no. when theodore roosevelt had to deal with the san francisco earthquake, he couldn't go to san francisco. walter cronkite would be the person, by linden jo...

Suffering of people. and in moments like this, to be the consoler in chief and, you know, he couldn't muster the resources to do that then. but this is not a new thing, anderson. i mean, we always express astonishment at his behavior, but his behavior is quite consistent. i mean this is really very predictable. people were attacking him for his role in incitement. he didn't like it, he struck back and he was very consumed with how people thought about him. the tweets about how people were -- how people felt about him, how they appreciated their president and so on. so missed the moment that it...

>> the crew of the space shuttle challenger honored us with the men comein which they live thei lives. we will never forget them the last time we saw them this morning as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and slipped the bonds of earth to touch the face of god. >> amazing grace, how speweet t sound. >> that was powerful. stepping into the role of consoler in chief. it is a necessary part of the job. cnn presidential historian doug brinkley is with me. just going for those moments, republican presidents, democrat presidents. tell me why it's so important to get it right. >> beca...

Vacation with the fullest plate imaginable and with the critic still, doris, in a state of shock and anguish and with the dawning realization for a lot of people, despite the noise about gun safety and people talking about the house coming back in and pressure on mitch mcconnell, there's still a deep sense for a lot of people of kind of aching sense that maybe again we'll have another horrific mass shooting, in this case, two of them and nothing will change. >> i think it's a sad sense that people have. you keep hoping every time that one time this country gets mobilized, it's a tipping point....

The hospital room and then there was a video subsequently put out that was basically celebrating the president's visit to the hospital. that was very much put together by the white house as we well saw. my question though to noah is, how is this -- or will this affect his base? will this affect trump's base? will they see it as the fact that this president is not comfortable in the position as consoler in chief. he's not been empathetic to the victims of the horrific crimes that took place over the weekend. he is talking about himself inside of this hospital versus reflecting on what took plac...