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Yourself off thefrom the possibility of redemption and growth but i think we've moved past redemption and growth here. the president wes remember, the signalled that they cared about what was unfolding in the country, what was happening to our people. and also those who were able to learn from experience. woodrow wilson said, even before he became president, that the president of the united states by law and custom has the capacity to be as big a man as he can. president trump has repeatedly turned out to be as small as he possibly can. he points fingers instead of opening his arms. he fails, ...

Blamed, which is a ridiculous charge. when republicans -- >> i want to be really clear at the top of this segment, that's not what we're doing. it's about the culture and the climate that we are in and that is how we start this had discussion. that's why i wanted to have you on. >> fair enough. ask a question. i'll answer it. >> well, we're out of time because we already talked about it on the president and the toxic culture and you made your opinion clear. >> and the others. >> appreciate it. former deputy assistant secretary of state by nbc news presidential historian michael beshlos. do y...

Like reenforcement tool to the president if it turns out to be something not what it appears. >> you can have a journalism on ethics debate there, but i think chuck and i are both saying that we have extreme respect for james bennett, the editor. >> yeah, i can't -- like i said, i think he's a man of high integrity. i've got to imagine this. michael beshlos, on the media aspect here, it seems like every sort of presidential moment that's aweed in american history, has a challenge for the press of that time. this feels a similar moment. >> no, i think that's exactly right, and the press is the ...

Of the century. >> he wanted him to get waterboarding declared as torture and outlaw. >> that's correct. eventually, bush came around to mccain's perspective on this. his moral authority was so great on this question of torture that bush finally saw it mccain's way. >> can't question a prisoner of war like that. kelly o'donnell, michael, chris, guys, thank you very much. >> thanks. and ahead this hour, why is the president predicting violence if there is a blue wave in november? >> plus, you can't say that on tv, even on fox news. and the president confirmed that white house counsel don mcga...

Kelly. and f.d.r. had sort of a novel way of approaching this. he obviously wanted to console the family. one of the ways he did this was he wrote a letter to, as he said, whoever is president of the united states in 1956, 15 years later, and he asked whoever that would be to nominate colin kelly's at that point 1-year-old son to west point, give an appointment to west point. and roosevelt released the letter and he said i'm making this request as an act of faith in the destiny of our country, essentially i'm saying i think there will be a united states and a west point in 1956. >> michael, ar...