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An analysis on the media's shaping of current events and their role in politics.

When you take common sense and you apply it to a guy in the middle of giving us information about omicron which sounds like a bad guy in a transformers movie, i'm with it. ted cruz asked the question. i get it. it's ted cruz. his and answer was what january? he's not even trying to be the scientist anymore. somebody told him he was handsome as brad pitt and the fool believed him. why are we taking advice from him anymore? >> greg: who can forget that. guy, americans are not going to take anymore of this [bleep], no more lockdown. i don't see it happening. this is media fodder we can play the s...

Giving the media fodder now by taking this on because then you can write and say the president says he's a genius and he stable and his this illustrious career and then it goes for several new cycles. >> you raise an important point. just like you to rip off the show based on his current one and his ability to turn around and take and dominate the new cycle. this is reported all weekend and will go into next week and now anything president donald trump you think genius and so his ability to link. howard: not everyone will agree. >> yes, and no but the discussion is whether or not he's a genius...

Tony blinken joins us. >> good to be here. >> we were having dinner with our wives. he was talking to me about it. he said he had a great meeting with merkel and we only focus on the lack of handshake. he said i didn't shake your hand because the press told me to. angela merkel asked for a handshake and he ignored it. what does a moment like this? is it just media fodder and inconsequential? or is it more? >> it becomes symbolic of something larger. this president's emphasis is not on diplomacy. we've seen a series of incidents with a series of foreign leaders, the australians, mexican, now th...

Of a lieutenant of the ted cruz sort of energy? >> i don't think anybody outside of the current house of representatives is a viable choice. it's fun to talk about -- >> right, which we have. >> -- and speculate. it's a lot of media fodder. i do think it's going to be somebody in the house. it's somebody who is sympathetic to the tea party but isn't so -- i don't know, i guess the term is light your hair on fire that they're not going to be able to work with the tuesday group and the moderate and mainstream republicans. you've got to have somebody who can pull it together but who really is wor...