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Will the people bleaelieve the american people. >> i know of you talk about the president fomenting division. barack obama at this point in his presidency was at 39% in his presidential approvals. we don't like with what obama was doing to the country, we disagreed vehemently and a lot of us felt we couldn't voice it as extensively as those under this administration can express it. >> i covered that administration. we weren't dealing with anything like with what we're dealing with right now and that goes for obama also. he was coming out of one of the worst economic situations this country has...

I know what i read and it appears that's the case. >> that's what the president said and that's what he says what the officials say. that takes us to another issue, will the people believe the american people about something like this? this is reaping what you sow. >> i know of you talk about the president fomenting division. barack obama at this point in his presidency was at 39% in his presidential approvals. i know that people with the voice and the opinion that i have, we didn't like what obama was doing to the country. we disagreed with what he was doing vehemently. and a lot of us felt w...

Slice of reality on twitter and social media that people maybe go on there to say the most acrimonious or hateful things. but even those people in real life aren't that way. of course the problem is, is twitter is also real life. social media is real life. this what we're doing here is real life. and when we are hostile and aggressive and uncivil, it actually encourages people to then repeat that in face-to-face communications and hand-to-hand communications as well in ways that are really destructive. >> let's take a look at what michael smerconish said yesterday. steve, take a look and then ...

Shot and nothing changed. part of that because there are many factors driving our discourse, institutional factors or nothing will change. sure, it begins with the politics. the way we select those individuals limits the candidate pool, the role of dark money, closed primaries, gerrymandering, self-sorting and the outsized role of media personalities who are rewarded for bombast, not substance. their livelihoods depend on fomenting division, not diplomacy. don't go looking to them to lead. while we seek to rein in extremist we have to be careful not to stymie legitimate debate. the shooting ca...