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Donald trump hasn't hijacked the country, he has just magnified our darker elements, we probably can't really come to the kind of resolution we need to come to. >> mika, he has magnified that. again, what we bumped in with at the top of this block is a perfect example. here you have something that every president would go out and say, do you know what, democrats and republicans still can work together. we still can get things done. take, for instance, our work together on both sides of the aisle to try to face down the scourge of opioids and that epidemic that's killing so many people. most pr...

To deal with the congress and our next guest said it's one of the lessons that you can learn from a previous president, lyndon b. johnson. joining us is joe who served as a special assistant to lbj and a close adviser to president kennedy as well. he is the author of the awesomely titled what the approximately hell is a presidency for? >> making washington work, a new publication and he joins us now. i am endlessly fascinated with lbj and the life story and the 39s presidency. you can read these books and see the immediate change when jfk dies and lbj assumes the office, there is this bill ins...