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He is sending out an alarm about his concerns about president. now, he's also a guy who's retiring from congress. and so, there is this tension that jim mentions, between the concern that republicans in congress feel about the base, that is loyal to the president and that is part of their party. and their concerns as -- their responsibilities as members of the united states government. and so, that tension is really glaring when one of them speaks out, as he did, and the others stand by silently and talk off the record. >> yeah. >> go ahead, james. just to follow up for a second. i think it's ...

About that or not. i don't know, you know, i'm beginning to wonder about how he views reality versus sort of the television show that is the presidency, when he sees, you know, when he hints at some cataclysmic event coming up, military event, jeff's quite right. it was like he was teasing an episode of a tv show. but one worryies, does he make the separation, or he thinks, this might be helpful, this might be a good plot twist for me, as the heroic character. that's not the way you want these kind of grave decisions to be made. >> james, you see this "vanity fair" report saying, among other t...

I don't know -- you know, i'm beginning to wonder about how he views reality versus sort of the television show that is the presidency when he says -- you know, when he hints at some cataclysmic event coming up, military event, jeff's quite right. it was like he was teasing an episode of a tv show. but one worries, does he make the separation, or does he think, this might be helpful, this might be a good plot twist for me, as the heroic character. that's not the way you want these kind of grave decisions to be made. >> james, you see this "vanity fair" report saying, among other things, that p...

James fallon. david, do you think the president is serious about getting the fcc to take action against news organizations or is this just him, you know, venting? >> i don't know whether he's serious or not. and i don't know if he really knows what his authorities are. he often makes these comments, sort of without knowledge of how the system works. it's interesting, i heard him earlier on your air on tape, saying about north korea. well, i get to decide, and that's the way the system works. the way our system works, also, is he doesn't get to pull licenses, because he doesn't like what's bein...

When you have somebody as cautious as senator corker, choosing what he says, and nobody contradicting him, if you see the ecology of news and politics, this -- these are messages going out for a purpose. i wish the republican party would step up, but people are sending out a signal that something is wrong. >> and "vanity fair" -- go ahead, david. >> that tom barrick piece in "the washington post" this morning was very, very meaningful -- he is someone who -- >> a lifelong friend. >> he is someone who is reported as a lifelong friend, and also someone who has been talking to reporters all along...