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Other hand, he's made such a big deal saying that he feels em empathetic to these people as well that had they gone that route, that would have sent a different message right out of the box. >> and they're bringing parents of somebody who was killed by a group that is inspired by and filled with people who are allegedly part of undocumented immigrants. >> and this was a controversial thing with trump's military program. he would get up there with these poor mothers whose children had been murdered by undocumented immigrants, and that was the way to kind of fire up the red meat conservative bas...

These three became hit move advice. his latest just out in paperbook is "the undoing project" analyses into two israeli psychologists. his latest writing project a series of articles for "vanity fair" about how departments in the frg aederal government are faring. in the latest issue he develops into the department of agriculture for a piece called "made in the usda." the timing could not be better this week trump's nominee to usda chief scientist sam clovis withdrew his nomination amidst news that during the campaign he was aware that campaign adviser george papadopoulos, i got it write, was ...

The usda chief scientist sam clovis withdrew his nomination amidst news during the campaign he was aware campaign adviser -- uh-oh -- papadopoulos -- i got it right -- was talking to russians. i recently spoke to michael lewis. michael, sam clovis was always an odd choice for not the at least of which reason he wasn't a scientist. >> well, you know, as i've wandered around the trump administration, there are like two categories of appointees. they're the people like rick perry, at the department of energy, and sam clovis, who when they were offered the job should have said, no, because i'm not...

What democrats are up to. they want to use a conservative state like yours to remind people of how obamacare worked in your state and how this guy led the effort to make it work in your state. what do you think? >> it is an odd choice. i would bet it's not their first choice. it's an interesting one. i say this, it did not work in this state. i inherited the mess that he unilaterally created. he will get on there to try to defend his own legacy and explain why it was good. it's never been good. we added many people to the rolls at a cost that we can't afford with the subsidies at 90/10. it won...

So it was stunning to me that general flynn was so partisan, and i think reckless, in the way he participated in the campaign. if you're going to lead this nation in the area of national security, you have to conduct yourself in a very dignified way and make sure the american people don't think you're trying to play sides, but rather you're trying to protect them. and i thought he was an odd choice for that job in the first place given some of the things he did during the campaign. >> thank you, senator claire mccaskill. when we return i'll finish with trump watch. this is "hardball," where th...