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Supporter, harlan hill, democratic strategist danielle mclaughlin and cnn political analyst patrick healey. thanks, guys, for all being here. patrick, we see the tweets, but importantly here, you spoke with donald trump about this overnight. what was he like when you talked to him about this? >> sure. i was working on our golden globes coverage here at the "times" and decided, why not try to reach him and see what he has to say about meryl streep. i called him up, he answered. and he hadn't watched the globes. he hadn't seen the speech, or, he said, heard about the speech at that point. but hi...

Way of reaching his audience, of communicating, of performing at his rallies that were incredibly well-attended, that was effective. and from her point of view, it was effective in the worst possible way, that he divided people, he riled people up, showed their teeth, you know, for instance. but the name calling, hitler, no. >> we have to go, i like both your points here. wednesday, news conference. a few weeks after that, meryl streep will be nominated for another academy award, because it happens every time this year. stay tuned. >> john, taking on meryl streep. >> it's a great film. it's ha...

Performance. he created a persona but what it did was absolutely and disgracefully mock a reporter. he's never taken it back or acknowledged it. you think about the things that trump has done over the years. he mocked carly fiorina for her face. he did the same thing to ted cruz's wife. he called hillary clinton not presidential. show me who you are, and i'll believe you. his pushback to meryl is, she doesn't know me. what we saw for months in the campaign and for a decade prior is a person who was willing to latch onto a personal characteristic and make a mockery of it and she stood up to tha...

Minutes or something like that. i think that that perfectly illustrates the metaphor for the divide in this country, the coastal elites live in a bubble, hollywood elites or us in new york -- >> keep going, but this is the video of what happened when she walked in. >> there parts of america that are really suffering, people haven't had pay increases in years, their fear of isis is metastasizing. meryl streep had an opportunity, if she was going to politicize this event, to talk about things that affect actual americans, not this ridiculous gossip. i think he should apologize for this and let's...

>> joining its now to discuss, danielle mclaughlin, democratic strategic and ben ferguson, cnn commentator and host of "the ben ferguson show." >> good morning. merry christmas eve. >> merry christmas eve. you were not shy about criticizing then candidate trump. you supported him when he became the nominee and support him now as president-elect. i wonder when your take and we learned this in the leadup to the u.n. vote, called upon president-elect trump to veto it, should he have it? >> absolutely. because they're the biggest ally in the middle east. trump being involved is unprecedented. it's...