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He's also the author of "the gatekeepers" and allen lichtman and distinguished professor of history. we thank you for being here. chris, i'll start with you while you're here. give me a sense of how this president handled the shutdown. >> even for a white house that has been for two years completely dysfunctional and broken, the handling of the shutdown was just hugely incompetent. this is really the most dramatic example of something i've been saying for two years, which is this is a president who doesn't understand the difference between campaigning and governing. he allowed himself to be he...

He wants to use people as props. >> omarosa manigault-newman speaking about her former boss this morning on "politics nation. "h how does the white house solve a problem like omarosa? she is a thorn in the president's side as her book comes out, "unhinged." >> i have been able to verify every single thing i put in the book. i have verified everything i've stated. every time the trump people challenge me, i bring the receipts. >> joining me now, author of "the gatekeepers," how the white house chiefs of staff define every presidency, and also msnbc contributor. good to see you. >> thank you. >>...

The narrative. the president using an event with family members of those killed by undocumented immigrants to trying to reframe the issue of family separations to fit his own agenda. >> these are the american citizens permanently separated from their loved ones. the word "permanently" being the word that you have to think about. permanently. they're not separated for a day or two days, these are permanently separated. because they were killed by criminal illegal aliens. >> i want to bring jonathan alter, a columnist for the "daily beast" and an msnbc political analyst and republican strategist...

>> certainly there's not a tone set here. we have a respect for all americans. >> does kelly sadler still work at this white house? >> yes, she does. >> does the president set the tone? does he bear responsibility for the tone within this white house? >> the president as i mentioned just a moment ago, supports all americans. >> joining me now, chris whipple author of "the gatekeepers" and eddie glaude princeton professor and msnbc contributor. eddie, does tone matter? and is it the president's job to set it? >> absolutely. you know there's a value for civility that allows for the free and i th...

Focused operation, way beyond enemy lines. destroy an installation. plant a virus in one of the computers. or kill an individual in order to prolong the time or even prevent the next war. >> what about arafat? what are the most interesting stories about the israeli war? >> arafat was by far the target for numerous attempts on his life. some of them in retrospect look a little bit funny. one israeli military psychiatrist said, i looked, i watched the movie "the manchurian candidate." do me the same. i will hip no advertise him, and i will send him jason bourne style to kill yasser arafat. and t...