networks. political contributor michael nulter, the former democratic mayor of philadelphia. matt lewis, senior columnist for the daily beast. john fred ricks, former co-chair for the trump campaign in virginia and robert cutner, the co-founder and co-editor of the american prospect magazine and he joins us via skype. it s going to be a fascinating conversation and fascinating hour ahead. april, going through those cards and the week, i mean what a week it has been. it has been exhausting, a lot has transpired. you re at the white house every day. bannon is out, but there s deep wounds that are far from being healed right now. yeah. and this is from everything that s unfolded in charlotte yeah. there are deep wounds. and i m going to start with this, don. charlottesville, i could say, sorry. yeah, no problem. but i ve been watching the coverage all day. you know, with the bannon firing, bannon is spinning this, and those who are in the bannon
policy. but the idea of trump going into a meeting in the national security council and saying hey, guess what, i ve got bob kuttner supporting me on china is delusional. and what was just bizarre about this conversation was here s a guy, if you believe the new york times story, who already had tendered his resignation under pressure two weeks ago and he s living in kind of a fantasyland where he thinks he s still making policy and inviting me to the white house after labor day. so you wonder what planet these people are living on. i guess the question is whether trump at this crossroads is going to distance himself from the really creepy neo-nazi far right or whether he s going to double down on it, as he did tuesday, as he may do in this rally at phoenix, if it happens, if he pardons joe arpaio. and he needs bannon in a weird way if he sticks to this course because bannon was the architect of it. mayor nutter, i want to put