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Elevated and validated shamelessness. and it started during the campaign when donald trump said i like people who weren't captured. >> right. >> and basically really dised john mccain. john mccain did not respond and trump got away with it. at a time when people thought he would at least take a big hit in the polls. he didn't suffer at all. the republican electorate didn't care. so that then emboldened the shamelessness. he realized he could attack mccain the despite his being a war hero and because of that worked he could attack him despite him dying of cancer. there is no point at which this...

Discrepancies like this have happened. >> no, it's not the first time, of course. the magnitude of it is extraordinary. and i think we are watching a real time confirmation of the saying that fish rots from the head. the president has really set the tone. he set the tone when he broke with years of tradition by refusing to release his tax returns. they refused to release the logs of white house visitors. he hired his immediate family members. he spends a lot of time the at his own properties. 'lo he allows other institutions to hold events at his properties. he set a tone that has encouraged t...

>> and it all starts at the top. the fish rots, you know, from the head down and it's his culture of lying going back 30, 40 years where he would call the press up and lie and say that he was a p.r. guy to talk about how great he was with women. in small things and large things. >> these are the united states of america and this is not right. >> so general kelly can't do anything. you can bring back james baker, couldn't do anything if they're just going to keep lying every single day. >> with us veteran columnist and msnbc contributor mike barnicle, cold founder of axias. >> van high is here.

I think during the campaign when he tried to get him to drop out aft access hollywood tape, that stuck with trump -- >> if the chief of staff previously told you to drop out of the race. >> exactly. but let's go back to the core of what a lot of people believe. it doesn't matter how great the people are around you. if the president does not change his own behavior or core values, nothing will change. and i agree, the fish rots from the head, and the head is still donald trump. >> but this white house has brought -- you have rex tillerson over at state department. obviously from the corporate w...

Unhinged that the night before he's about to win an election he assaults a reporter. what's going to happen when there's new national scrutiny put on his background which is inevitably going to happen. he's been in a relatively minor race in montana. he hasn't had a tough probe yet. someone who acts like that on a very important night of their career, they're are going to be other incidents, i presume. >> you know, elise, we also, as two republicans -- i think you're still a republican. i am for now. >> i try to be, but behavior like this -- tolerating behavior like this, we can't. >> and the ...