and when fox news, roger ailes' right wing propaganda operation joined the fray in 1986, the incentive structure of the republican party just fundamentally changed. by 2007, the george w. bush administration and a bipartisan group of senators reached a deal on an immigration bill that would have created a path to citizenship for the millions of post-1986 undocumented immigrants living in america. as well as a new temporary working program and stricter border security. many thought this would be the big legislative achievement of bush's presidency, until this happened. >> we heard that there was a bipartisan consensus of immigration. bipartisan and it was all good. president bush was signing on and republicans, and we had ted kennedy was happy. that's all i needed to hear. it had been left up to the major news networks or the regular cable networks, this would have been a done deal. this was signed, sealed, and delivered right at the rio grande for us. well, it turned out that talk radio and the internet energized the people. >> right wing cable tv and radio hosts like laura ingraham as

roger ailes one time was ask the question, should journalist be license? and he said you only need a license to cut here. now, there are people who, by the way, rick, who, one day may be outside and there is a fire and they have a phone and they pick their phone up and they take a picture of it and they publish it. and i think they were a journalist, i think the report and i think they are as valid as, as anybody else for that matter. as walter cronkite, they may not be as skilled. so in today's new platform, citizen civilian alternative, journalist, people who have opinions. and i think are under the protection of this, however, when you're up at the upper echelons the leaves of c, none and others i, i listen very carefully to what you're saying because there's one thing to be a bureau cheap as nothing to work. oh, but wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, i'm going to take, i'm going. i'm going to push back on you on that. i'm not saying there's anything wrong with being someone who doesn't have a journalism degree. for example, if you've practice

roger ailes one time was ask the question, should journalist be license? and he said you only need a license to come here. now, there are people who, by the way, rick, who, one day may be outside and there is a fire and they have a phone and they pick their phone up and they take a picture of it and they publish it. and i think they were a journalist, i think the report and i think they are as valid as, as anybody else for that matter. as walter cronkite, they may not be as skilled. so in today's new platform, citizen civilian alternative, journalist, people who have opinions. and i think are under the protection of this, however, when you're up at the upper echelons the leaves of cnn and others i, i listen very carefully to what you're saying because there's one thing to be a bureau chief. there's nothing to worry about. the wait a minute, i'm going to take, i'm going, i'm going to push back on you on that. i'm not saying there's anything wrong with being someone who doesn't have a journalism degree. for example, if you've practiced your craft and excel d

roger ailes one time was ask a question, should journalist be license? and he said you only need a license to come here. now, there are people who, by the way, rick, who, one day may be outside and there is a fire and they have a phone and they pick their phone up and they take a picture of it and they publish it. and i think they're a journalist. i think they're report and i think they are as valid as, as anybody else for that matter. as walter cronkite, they may not be as skilled. so in today's new platform, citizen, civilian alternative, journalist, people who have opinions and i think are under the protection of this. however, when you're up at the upper echelons, the leads of she and others. and i, i listen very carefully to what you're saying because there's one thing to be a bureau chief is nothing to work. oh, but wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, i'm going to take, i'm going. i'm going to push back on you on that. i'm not saying there's anything wrong with being someone who doesn't have a journalism degree. for example, if you've prac

roger ailes one time was asked the question should journalist be license? and he said you only need a license to cut here. now, there are people who, by the way, rick, who, one day may be outside and there is a fire and they have a phone and they pick their phone up and they take a picture of it and they publish it. and i think they're a journalist. i think the report and i think they are as valid as, as anybody else for that matter. as walter cronkite, they may not be as skilled. so in today's new platform, citizen, civilian alternative, journalist, people who have opinions and i think are under the protection of this. however, when you're up at the upper echelons the leads of c n and others i, i listen very carefully to what you're saying because there's one thing to be a bureau cheap as nothing to worry about the wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, i'm going to take, i'm going, i'm going to push back on you on that. i'm not saying there's anything wrong with being someone who doesn't have a journalism degree. for example, if you've practiced you

roger ailes one time with ask the question, should journalist be license? and he said you only need a license to come here. now, there are people who, by the way, rick, who, one day may be outside and there is a fire and they have a phone and they pick their phone up and they take a picture of it and they publish it. and i think they're a journalist. i think the report and i think they are as valid as, as anybody else for that matter. as walter cronkite, they may not be as skilled. so in today's new platform, citizen, civilian alternative, journalist, people who have opinions and i think are under the protection of this. however, when you're up at the upper echelons the leaves of c, none and others i, i listen very carefully to what you're saying because there's one thing to be a bureau chief, but it's not seem to work. oh, but wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, i'm going to take, i'm going. i'm going to push back on you on that. i'm not saying there's anything wrong with being someone who doesn't have a journalism degree. for example, if you've p

roger ailes one time with ask the question, should journalist be license? and he said you only need a license to cut here. now, there are people who, by the way, rick, who, one day may be outside and there is a fire and they have a phone and they pick their phone up and they take a picture of it and they publish it. and i think they're a journalist. i think the report and i think they are as valid as, as anybody else for that matter. as walter cronkite, they may not be as skilled. so in today's new platform, citizen, civilian alternative, journalist, people who have opinions and i think are under the protection of this. however, when you're up at the upper echelons the leaves of see and others i, i listen very carefully to what you're saying because there's one thing to be a bureau cheap as another thing to work. oh wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, i'm going to take, i'm going. i'm going to push back on you on that. i'm not saying there's anything wrong with being someone who doesn't have a journalism degree. for example, if you've practiced you

i knew roger ailes. i knew -- oj simpson came to my house. bill cosby came to my house. >> stephen: "i mean, you gotta understand, r. kelly is my roommate. i'm pen pals with danny masterson. my groomsmen were kevin spacey, armie hammer, and the son of sam. i once had dinner with jeffrey dahmer, and i knew it was people! what can i say? i live in new york!" now, rfk is not the only n-- now, rfk is not letting the controversy slow him down. yesterday, we learned that he is reportedly considering aaron rodgers for veep. that's a risky move to pick rodgers. 'cause if we've learned one thing, it's that the minute he starts running, he's gonna snap his achilles. but philosophically, it's a good match, philosophically because like his buddy rfk jr., rodgers is anti-vax. but that's not all he would bring to the ticket. he's also known for talking about pooping in the dark at an isolation retreat, touting the healing powers of dolphins' mating sounds, and advocating for psychedelics and ayahuasca. this would not be the first presidential ticket to emb

. >> i knew harvey weinstein i knew roger ailes i knew -- o.j.on came to my house >> yeah. >> bill cosby came to my house [ laughter ] >> jimmy: well, after the controversy around kate middleton's edited photo, the white house said that they do not alter anything. [ light laughter ] i dunno, i'm not so sure though check out this video they just posted from the state of the union did you see -- >> good evening, my fellow americans. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: this is like -- that looks like something - [ cheers and applause i -- i don't know. i have good eyes i have good eyes, i can see that stuff [ applause ] some business news -- the ceo of petco is stepping down. [ audience aws ] and he used one of those tiny sets of stairs you put next to the bed to do it [ laughter ] yep, he held the job for 5 years, or 35 in petco ceo years. [ laughter ] and finally, i saw that these mini tote bags from trader joe's have gone viral, and now they're being resold online for as much as $1,000 [ audience ohs ] yeah, the only thing higher than those prices are the emp

. >> and i run into everybody in new york i mean, i knew harvey weinstein i knew roger ailes i knew -impson came to my house i remember bill cosby came to my house [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that has to be the worst celebrity name dropping i've ever seen [ laughter ] "yeah, i had lunch with jeffrey dahmer." [ applause ] "i had the manson family over. does he live in an apartment or rikers[ i've got to meet the guy who heard that and said, "well, he's got my vote i think he's --" [ laughter ] it's not exactly the best campaign slogan, either. "rfk jr., bill cosby came to my house. [ laughter and applause what well, switching gears, the fda just issued a safety warning after finding cinnamon products contaminated with lead yeah, now if you eat a cinnabon at the airport, you can't get through the metal detector [ laughter ] [ mimicking metal detector ] this morning, parents were like, "stop crying and eat your bowl of cinnamon coast clank." [ laughter ] luckily, most people have the same bottle of cinnamon in their cabinet since 1984 so, i think we're going to be all right. [ laughter ] well

i knew harvey weinstein and i knew roger ailes and i knew o.j. simpson. he came to my house. to my house. that was from rfk junior. >> what is with the tolerance of american voters for comments like these. it used to be like, who are these guys kidding? we are not going to put them in charge. but for whatever reason, people have really lowered the bar on what they are able to accept. >> you lead me in my next question back to donald trump which is, is the character or lack thereof just baked in at this point? people say it is just him being him. no. he has been found by a jury liable for sexual assault and he is about to sit for a trial where he allegedly paid off a pornography star so she would keep quiet at the 2016 election while his wife was at home with the new baby. we talked about the reporting from general kelly that said donald trump had a fondness for adolf hitler. when you talk to these focus groups to they just say, that's just donald trump? >> the character is baked in on the rhetoric, on the language he uses. even lines like calling vermin. but not baked it on t