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I think what donald trump has going for him is he has this kind of limbic connection to the passions and the id if you will of the republican base. and what the republican party has learned over the last few years is that a lot of their voters were never in it for the conservative ideology. they were in it for the reaction and for the racism. and so when you see kevin mccarthy and all of these other republicans kind of go along with donald trump, it's because they've made their choice. they can either stand up to these extraordinarily dark and destructive forces or they can risk their politica...

This is a big reason why we have this in america right now. we are uncomfortable talking about that reality. but have you got to find people that connect with you and that's a two-way street. brian: social media you might think it brings people together. in many cases it brings people apart because they don't have any real relationships anymore. they don't have to interact like they used to to get them. >> something more powerful than looking about somebody in the eye that you care about and we each cook together. if you look at and connect it means something. that's the human connection. our ...

Too easy. age is a number. 16 and 17-years-old can get married in many states and get a job and drive their car. i don't see where age is a number. what i have been impressed with, the nation has been mesmerized by the kids at the school in parkland. they were articulate and smart. and to make an assumption that age is a measurement of competency -- >> why 16? why not 14? >> argue against me on this -- you can drive at 16. >> prefrontal cortex. do you know what that is, leo? >> explain it to me because -- >> it's not me. i'm not a scientific but there are those who are. and the prefrontal cort...

The protesters? >> he actually thinks that it's okay to think about the people who support him in this view. what that's about is that there are things that are natural, that are the way things tend to pull where it's the job of somebody in moral authority to teach us to move away from it with our frontal cortex as much as we can. he understands moving away from the natural when it comes to, for example, his hair. what is that yellow hair? the idea is to work against what is natural. but when it comes to something like, yes, there are people around the country who are being andrew dice clays a...

Anybody's going to be listening to the tapes. so as you know, don, i am not crazy about walking around calling every second person in the world a racist. in this case let's call at it intersection intersection intersectionalality. race definitely plays a part. >> let's talk about his tweet. he's clearly watching the football coverage. he's tweeted different responses. quote, great solidarity for our national anthem and for our country. standing with locked arms is good, kneeling is not acceptable. bad ratings. what's he doing, co-opting the message of the protests? >> he thinks it's okay to su...