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Common decency that all of us should share. >> michael, what did you learn about what truth sounding like looking back at bobby kennedy, james baldwin, that we need to hold on to today when there's this assault, true assault, by the white house and the administration on what truth sounds like? >> that's a great point. we've been post-truth for quite a while. 1619 when slaves were brought here to america, or africans as slaves. bobby kennedy was willing to confront the truth, as ugly and as fantastic sometimes as it was. jimmy baldwin, again, was able to face the truth. and together as a white ...

The white house and the administration on what truth sounds like? >> that's a great point. we've been post-truth for quite a while. 1619 when slaves were brought here to america, or africans as slaves. bobby kennedy was willing to confront the truth, as ugly and as fantastic sometimes as it was. jimmy baldwin, again, was able to face the truth. and together as a white liberal politician and as a progressive black man, they were locked in battle against each other about what the truth was for race in america. bobby kennedy at least was able to evolve. he was able to grow. he understood his flaw...

The president's reflecting changes in our political culture. the oxford dictionary word of the year for 2016 was post-truth. post-truth is defined as decision-make based on feeling and emotion rather than objective data, and i think we see that broadly throughout our society. i mean, you guys comment on it every night. how could people believe that? political beliefs, political affiliations have now become articles of faith, and it's really hard to unseat a belief with facts if it wasn't based on facts to begin with. >> so what is -- i mean, how do you get back to -- i mean, look, obviously, t...

American congress just tunes it out. i don't know that the rest of the world does though, and that makes life hard. >> you also write that the modern intelligence enterprise, which you obviously view as essential to the u.s. now seems at odds with important elements of american life. >> yeah. >> what do you -- we have collectively and we've talked about the administration, but the president's reflecting changes in our political culture. the oxford dictionary word of the year for 2016 was post-truth. post-truth is defind as decision-make based on feeling and emotion rather than objective data, ...

Women make up 90% of the house and 20% of the senate, and it brings up my next question. where does the united states rank in terms of political empowerment of women? 22nd, 57th, 96th or 112th. my book is called "post truth" from lee mcintire. the author gives us a look at how things should be. the answer is 96th. it is a global report on the