unrepentant and defiant. here is what he told nbc s tom snyder in 1971. how do you feel about spending the rest of your life in prison? well, we re all in our own prisons. we each are our own wardens, and we do our own times. we get stuck in our own little trips and we kind of judge ourselves way we do, you know. i can t judge nobody else. the best thingy do is try to judge myself and live with that. you scared to die? sometimes i feel i m scared to live. living is what scarce me. dying is easy. for more i m joined by linda deutsch, a former associated press correspondent who covered the manson trial. thank you so much for join uh us. thank you, chris. who howe do you think this all fits? i think some things are atmospheric at times. the late 60s, the 70s weed that
to me he is dangerous to the party as rand paul. we have someone running around saying he is afraid the cia is going to be killing people in starbucks with drones. this is not the type of leadership we need. the republican party, you talk about frustration, our numbers never went lower than after ted cruz led the shutdown last fall. he is the worst thing that can happen to the republican party. people are frustrated. these are tough times. they need honest answer, honest leadership, not theed me is an man leadership type of ted cruz. who howe are you going to stop him? well, i m appearing with you tonight. what more can i ask? i think it s important for republicans to go out, go on the media and not be intimidated and stand up to them. i m in the tradition of ronald reagan, dwight eisenhower, as are most republicans and most republicans in the house. and we can t allow ourselves to be intimidated by people like ted cruz and rand paul who want to appeal to the lowest common denomina
it could be enough. you look at his support among republicans, it s 90% in some polls. this is what the president says his base has to come out. they re not going to come out because of paul ryan s tax law. i understand the political thrust of it. i call it a bayonet thrust. but the question is how do you do this when the constitution so clearly gives rights to people in this country, whether citizen, documented or not. you have rights under the constitution to due process, to a hearing? and we saw this with this administration during the travel ban, an administration that knows it will likely face court challenges for the president s statements, but nevertheless moves forward. congressman, who howe do you read the fact that trump is going on offense this week after being on defense last week? i think that this has always been his plan. use immigration, use immigrants to talk about invasion, infestation, get people scared. they are a great dividing line for his base. but i th