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Wildness of donald trump. from a rational perspective is not fun and shouldn't be and yet it really is. >> it was good read? >> yeah. i mean, unlike most of the these books, you get a sense that donald trump really did write this. he probably wrote it with an ear piece in while driving a car or something just dictating to somebody down the end of the line. because it just sort of veers from topic to topic and, you know, he might be taking on china and then just stop to air the grievances and you get the sense the only editing process is removing the moment when he said we'll fix this, the thin...

>> joining me now is jeb lund, columnist of guardian and rolling stone. all right, jeb. your impressions of "crippled america"? >> okay. this may not seem like a natural analogy but it reminded me of the action film "jimcato" with the discipline and timing of gymnastics with the power of karate in the sense it's the empty glove yags of a campaign book with a sort of off the cuff wildness of donald trump. from a rational perspective is not fun and shouldn't be and yet it really is. >> it was good read? >> yeah. i mean, unlike most of the these books, you get a sense that donald trump really did...

Alleged to have committed that act. >> by the third paragraph in this story, i called in one of my editors and said you have read this? this is the most liewfd chris -- so clearly false. impossible to imagine how this got through the editing process if it hadn't been about this subject which is so fraught with politics and emotion, there is no way this would have seen print. >> why would they do that? >> absurd. taking up the role of advocates. advocating on behalf of a position rather than to try to get to the facts of the story. in the process they hurt a lot of people. the frarnt that was a...

We have come to the conclusion that our trust in her was misplaced. it was a stunning turn in the story that has the nation talking. jonathan, you're an editor. you write opinion pieces. deal with the editing process. what went wrong here? facts were wrong. the data of the accused, of the alleged rape, which is almost a capital crime. used to be one. is wrong. the fact that these two people worked together is wrong. the fact that the person who was accused of this act of -- felony act, didn't work at the place they said he did. >> i mean, if i had written that story and handed it to our extrem...

Obamacare is paid for. it is paid for in ways that some republicans may not like. we cut payments on medicare and things like that, but it's paid for so much that it's reducing the deficit by $200 billion. if you take that out of it, he likes obamacare. >> we are referring to the editing process here, okay? mary catherine? >> let's go over the basics. it's been called mostly false and clinging to that by a thread of the abyss of pants on fire. if it's news, then run the whole clip and be done with it. i think what's telling about this clip is what kay hagan is doing, who was a decisive vote f ...