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I think they are feeling each other out. it s also part this is clear. i think everybody was expecting an asymmetrical response from putin. here is your asymmetrical response. he could have gone all the way sanctioning back and expelling half of the american embassy or he could have said, oh, come to the christmas tree celebration at the kremlin, it s a wonderful thing. so he chose that kind of softer, kinder putin, thinking that that will bring the so what is the mind-set in doing so? i remember 24 hours ago, most of the analysis was saying russia is going to probably reciprocate by doing something similar to what we did to them. that s kind of been diplomatic standard protocol over the year between many countries, but you re introducing something different here. he saw this, analyzed it, and he said, i m going to totally do some reverse psychology on this whole thing. and he does. he often, you expect something, and everyone talks about his unpredictability. i think it s actu ....
Out about deplorables, and president obama heads to the hill. let s bring in our political panel to break all this down for us. harry sevugan, former dnc press secretary, and victoria grain, boston globe political reporter, and back with us is rich galen, former press secretary for speaker gingrich. he s now back as well. so harry, let me begin with you. republican president-elect praising putin. is this a fitting way to end 2016, do you think? yeah, it s an astonishing way end to 2016. the president-elect of the united states is giving aid and comfort to the dictator o a former government that all 16 u.s. intelligence agencies have confirmed attacked our country. right. there was a time that republicans wouldn t abide that kind of behavior, let alone praise it. and victoria, quick reaction from you as well? i think it s a good foreshadowing of what s to come. there s a lot of interrepublican ....
Party tensions that donald trump is stirring up and russia is front and center as part of that. senate republicans have already are already planning to hold a hearing next week on the russian hacking of the election, and now you have the president-elect praising putin. so, you know, i think there s going to be a lot of tension over issues like this between trump and his own party. rich, we learned today that president-elect donald trump is going to be spending new year s eve, he s going to have a party with i think more than 800 people, including a few a-listers, including sylvester stallone. not including any of the five of us, by the way. we re not a-list enough. i m not, for sure. quincy jones, silver stallone, just to name a few people were going to be there. all of this taking place at mar-a-lago in the grand ballroom. he is literally waiting to meet intel officials until after the party. that s going to take place next week. this weekend is all about partying and bringing ....
37% of republicans in the united states have a favorable impression of vladimir putin. i believe that s a higher favorable rating among republicans than president obama has, and his point being was that donald trump the president-elect has been cozying up for want of a better word, praising putin. we have become a very tribal nation so when people are listening to these poll questions they re responding from sort of partisan instincts. you ve seen not only improvements in the flafrt toward vladimir putin but wikileaks, where three years ago those numbers flipped p republicans slightly more positive toward wikileaks and a lot of this was in part aided by much of the discussion before the election about the need for this election to be taken seriously and treated as legitimate and now republicans, having won the election are feeling a little bit like well you told us we needed to accept these results. now we re being told this election was illegitimate. ....
Saying is state agencies and federal agencies. across the state lines the fbi would have to get involved. good work. (r:k i said you know,-mile-an-hour ran darks i appreciate it but why me? she said since the day it happened, she followed everything i wrote because i pretty much embedded myself into this story. i embedded myself into these people s families and friends everybody that they know and i have written story after story. she followed every single one and liked how i wrote. she asked me to come and talk to her. if she did indeed kill 22 people. obviously this will be a national story and important one. keep us posted francis. we appreciate you helping us out tonight. researchers from mit saying that al sharpton and others exploited the al sharpton situation. is the american press being unfair to putin? ....