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To get the left and the right working together after a nice holiday break they've just had? >> the first thing they'll have to deal with is the debt ceiling, so let's step back one step to the -- to what the problem is for the president right now. his base is white people who do not have college degrees. they have a debt ceiling. the interesting thing about steve bannon was he is in favor of raising tax rates which might pay for some programs that would allow a legislative agenda that would help people go to school and get higher education degrees and get jobs and get job training. right now t...

To provide counsel, is that what faith leaders should be doing or should they be kind of figuring out a way to offer guidance and assistance to a president that obviously needs it? >> dr. bernard actually said that's exactly what he was trying to do in the months that he was on the president's council. he was taken to task by many of us when he actually made the decision to be on that council. his pushback was that he felt that he could be salt and light in that place and so he tried to provide that salt and light. some sense of preservation and some sense of influence with the man that on man...

All right, so as we reported, for a long time, donald trump has had rashcial issues and the reporting of that dates all the way back to 1970. in february, the fbi released nearly 400 pages with dozens of interviews. some records documented instances of black and white rent rental applicants being told two different stories, white applicants were told that units were available, black applicants were told there were none. >> what do you have to lose? you're living in poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs, 58% of your youth is

Where his approval ratings are among historic lows and he's had a tumultuous week. those are separate issues and they certainly form the kind of backdrop for when he addresses the nation. thomas? >> there were a limited number of troops that were sent in earlier this summer. do we have any information about whether or not the president agrees with those advisers in his white house on military strategy like h.r. mcmaster who has wanted to encourage the president to sign off on sending more troops to this region? >> reporter: well, i think that's the outcome that we'll see tomorrow night, that t...