go on. don, the issue you talked about this, that donald trump from the start, and you can trace this all the way back, donald trump set up a quartet of people that were basically all in the same level, you know, reince priebus, steve bannon, jared kushner, kellyanne conway. they all have different titles. it s not clear whose job is what. those jobs change. he plays favorites. who he listens to, who he doesn t listen to, who s up, who s down. there are strange bedfellows there. priebus and bannon one time. bannon and kushner though that one doesn t happen that much. there s just a lot of, he sat up a structure by which you never know who he s listening to or if he s listening to anyone and it can change day by day. you get, as a result, you get three or four different rationalizations or explanations for why he does something like this, and then they have to kind of force them, push them all together to figure out one. laura, let me bring you in. i want you to listen, this is an
he plays favorites. who he listens to, who he doesn t listen to, who s up, who s down. there are strange fed febedfell there. priebus and bannon one time. bannon bannon and kushner though that one doesn t happen that much. there s just a lot of, he sat up a structure by which you never know who he s listening to or if he s listening to anyone and it can change day by day. you get, as a result, you get three or four different rationalizations or explanations for why he does something like this, and then they have to kind of force them, push them all together to figure out one. laura, let me bring you in. i want you to listen, this is another moment from the press briefing today and i want to get your reaction to it. i think one of the big catalysts that we saw was last week on wednesday, director comey made a pretty startling revelation that he had essentially taken a stick of dynamite and thrown it into the department of justice by going around the chain of command when we decided
investigation which the white house has downplayed. yesterday a white house press spokesman said this is one of the smallest things on the plate of the fbi. is this a small investigation in relation to all the other work that you re doing? sir, we consider it to be a highly significant investigation. so you would not characterize it as one of the smallest things you re engaged in? i would not. i m joined now by senator angus king of maine who sits only the senate intelligence committee. do you believe what comes out of the white house these days? no. i don t see how you can. we ve had no rationalizations in the last 48 hours and both have proved untrue. the first one was it was based on the recommendation of rod rosenstein a memo. the president himself today said that wasn t true. then they talk about the fbi being a mess. they lost confidence, and the acting director said that wasn t true. i talked to a friend of mine, chris, of 30 years, who just retired as a senior offic
falsehoods or lies? why is it that we come to believe them? and why is it that i think a lot of conservative pundits are at risk of discrediting themselves intellectually by performing the kinds of rationalizations that we were jug talk about. why are they accepting things they probably wouldn t accept certainly from a democratic president and you wouldn t think they would accept from anybody? that is exactly it. just imagine if president obama in the last week of his presidency could give an interview in which he had said are we that much better than vladimir putin s russia? are we so innocent? well, certain republican conservative pundits would have dined out on that for the next decade as evidence as moral treason by the liberal progressive president. donald trump says it and everyone shrugs their shoulders and says that doesn t seem all right but let s move on. mark recommended everybody should go and find the transcript. an incredible speech and worth reading. one of the mos
that was one of the rationalizations for voting for him. he has brought in some people who are experienced and knowledgeable. the question is how they work together and who steam rolls who, or if there is a give and take that turns into a functional administration. so tavis, you look at the polling right now. about the most highly regarded person in public life is the first lady. the president leaves office with very high approval numbers. the president-elect is under water at 37%. he s below 50%. that s uncommonly low from that standing. if you re on the team writing an inauguration address, how do you heal what is a fractured nation? i think this nation feigned itself last year with the election of donald trump. when you talk about mr. trump, the truth is what he determines it to be. it s difficult to see this administration singing as a chorus. one might find some solace in what they heard in these members