phenomenon back in that first season. now where we are, what s your sense of how much things have changed? it s been radical and profound fundamental change across the board and i think that the reason that donald trump has the strong support that he does, and this surprised a lot of people, but he has the strongest in-party support of any president in history except for george bush right after 9/11. the base of trump isn t going anywhere. what they wanted to do was be different, to break stuff. it wasn t about this issue or that issue. it was big attitude and that s what he s got and so on that level, he approaches this as i don t care what everybody else thinks. i don t care what the media thinks. i m going to do what i said to my people and that s throw rocks and break stuff. he s doing that very successfully. on the other hand, that has really animated the democratic base which i think has kind of fell asleep for a while. i think from all i ve soon going out there so far there is
it says, what are you looking at me for? i ain t got nothing to say. if you don t like the looks of me, just look the other way. that s fantastic. and that really does kind of resonate - with booger red. doesn t it? - it does, yeah. that s great. i love something you said once. all we did was ( bleep ), fight, and throw rocks. that s about it. not necessarily in that order, but. which would be first? we fought first. this was a small town, and you grew up kind of as a country boy. willie: yeah, and our favorite pastime on sunday was going out and fighting bumblebees. we guys, or the young idiots in town would, you know, we got tired of fighting each other so we d go out on sundays and fight bumblebees. and we d come home with our eyes closed shut and talking about what a great time we had. that s especially dumb, isn t it? sure. it s exceedingly dumb. you grew up poor,
it says, what are you looking at me for? i ain t got nothing to say. if you don t like the looks of me, just look the other way. that s fantastic. and that really does kind of resonate - with booger red. doesn t it? - it does, yeah. that s great. i love something you said once. all we did was ( bleep ), fight, and throw rocks. that s about it. not necessarily in that order, but. which would be first? we fought first. this was a small town, and you grew up kind of as a country boy. willie: yeah, and our favorite pastime on sunday was going out and fighting bumblebees. we guys, or the young idiots in town would, you know, we got tired of fighting each other so we d go out on sundays and fight bumblebees. and we d come home with our eyes closed shut and talking about what a great time we had. that s especially dumb, isn t it? sure. it s exceedingly dumb. you grew up poor,
right? what about this. you re being so vile and hateful and evil saying he s not legitimate, he s not the president, he s a traitor and all of these things. a guy who is watching this on television every day, this hate mongering goes to a baseball field where congressional lawmakers are and opens fire. neil: a very good point. who is advocating violence here? who is putting thoughts in the minds of people to hurt? you know, it s like this. you don t go into a lion s den, throw rocks, throw boulders at the lion and children and expect to come out unscathed. neil: i m okay with the president treating. i like him the tweet on message and things very popular. we all do. neil: so when i see something like this, my first thought is he has a little more time on his hands than i thought. my second one is, what does this have to do with his agenda?
instability growing in venezuela. amid violent anti-government protests. the u.s. pulled into the chaos after venezuela seizes a gm plant there. cnn s shasta darlington joins us now with more. a situation that seems to be going from bad to worse. reporter: that s right, chris. it just doesn t seem to be stopping. the venezuela opposition back out on the streets on thursday. they now vowed to keep up the pressure on president nicolas maduro with three more days of protests. we also now know three people were killed during massive demonstrations on wednesday. the crowds yesterday were a bit smaller, but ended with similar violent clashes with security forces firing tear gas on those protesters who cover faces and throw rocks. they carry signs say no more