pretty interesting stuff. have a great night, everyone. tom shalhoub is in for kennedy right now. >> well, there's an absolute staggering amount of big news coming out of washington. secretary of defense to be down as us military as they prepare to pull out of the record neutered - the house moment ago passing a bill to avoid a government shutdown. but it has virtually no chance of passing in the senate. i'm tom show lou in fort kennedy, if you noticed, i know you're disappointed but stick with the guy might look at capitol hill. for days both party have been fighting over how to fund the government. president trump as amended by billion dollars to from the wall and democrats have said no chance. earlier today the president drew

a line in the sand on trans am. president trump: i made my position clear that any measure upon the government must include border security. it has to, not for political purposes but for our country and for the safety of our community and this is not merely my campaign promise but the promise every lawmaker made and the solemn promise to protect and defend the united states of america and it is our sacred obligation. we have no choice. tom: the president filed up with a tweet reading quote - watch. >> the president of the united states prefers to shut

government down. and will resist any opportunity to keep government open. does he not believe in government? to the not care about the american people? does he not know that the economy is uncertain. if you follow the stock market that he likes to brag about sometimes, there's something wrong with this picture especially in the holiday season and so, if they make the bill bad enough they're able to get maybe enough votes on the house side. it's a shameful bill. tom: shameful? what happens now? foxbusiness network christina has the latest. >> a lot going on. let's start with this he means the house approved a revamped legislation and it includes $5.7 billion for border wall and 7.8 billion for disaster relief. the vote was 217-185, eight

republicans that voted no. senate minority leader chuck schumer reacted to trump border wall bunny proposal earlier tonight. >> shame that this president who is plunging the nation into chaos throwing another temper tantrum that will hurt innocent people. the trump temper tantrum may produce government shutdown. >> the president extended the effectiveness of the wall by comparing it to the one in israel. president trump: walls work whether we like it or not. they're better than anything. in israel, 99.9% successful. i spoke with benjamin netanyahu, by minister two days ago talking about it and he said it's 99.9 - he came up and i did not ask,. >> there you have it.

the deadlock in washington is not over yet. the measure needs to head to the senate where could face a very uncertain future. why they have approved different versions of the government spending plan to have the senate that will now - 60 yeas to overcome a potential filibuster which means help from the democrats because the breakdown in the senate currently only has 52 republicans. conservatives keep fighting for the money before democrats to control of the house in january. if you are watching, what should you expect if there's a government shutdown? how will it affect the potential nine federal agencies that could close. 100,000 people deemed essential, correctional officers, border agents could have to work over the holidays without pay. yes, some agencies could be the treasury and apartment of agriculture and homeland security, commerce and justice to name a few and even - i know you like to go there, national

parks. tom: i have to put my boots away? but the president released a video doubling down on his wall funding against democrats. watch. president trump: i'm fighting very hard for border security. so important that a party started building the wall and we built large sections and fixing up a lot of other sections that are eight mass. the fact is we need the wall and the democrats know it, everybody knows it. it's only a game when they say you don't need it. june. tom: nancy pelosi weasley claimed the wall was a man would issue for trump. who will take the blame if the government shutdown? panel during meat now. pack senior advisor alexander wilkes. former advisor to hillary clinton campaign and to the dnc, and once he writes.

gw strategy bunny partner and jamie weinstein show podcast jamie weinstein. the thing about the blame. i just that it is i read it in the teleprompter and it said who will take the blame but we know the president said the other day i'll take the blame. that is off the table. >> the president campaigned as the world's greatest negotiator and claimed he alone can fix all the problems. very hard to put off the blame to someone else when he makes famous like that. problem is this. in this negotiation he made an issue for the democrats to vote for this. was to be uncontroversial. barack obama voted for the wall and democrat voted for a partial all back in 2007. he made it a symbolic issue because now what democrats associate the wall with is president trump immigration rhetoric. therefore they will never vote for something that a goes with that.

he made it almost impossible by his over rhetoric and making it a symbolic issue. tom: antoine, you are shaking your head. people will vote for the border and obama that we need to protect her voter but now no one wants to protect the border. >> people in the right and the right wing media want to pull together border security and the wall. border security is one issue and checking their campaign box with donald trump is another issue. democrats want what we know we want because we did it when barack obama was president was comprehensive immigration reform that includes . tom: no one wants that. >> but here's the missing link. they did it because the republicans do not want to do it. trump receives billions of dollars about 1.6 billion in the last continuing resolution and that has yet to be spent to finish this quote unquote great wall that mexico was supposed to pay for so here we are close to the holidays and she laid out

for us the government could potentially shut down because he wants to play political games with an issue that can be dealt with in the next congress. that is frustrating and why people lose faith in government and why people believe the government should not work. it's your present fault that you all failed to do conference of immigration reform. tom: alexander, if they want to make a deal why don't they say here's your 5 billion. >> this would be smart on the mechanic part because they routinely underestimate the importance of border security to the american people is a common sense issue for most americans and when the presidents talk about it and rub begins talk about it they treated as a joke and it is not. i will say this. i will do something dangerous and take us out of that moment. it's another holiday where we haven't odious discussion about government shutdown and i think that what i'm hoping for and i have been hopeful for is that we can give ourselves to a point

where were no longer having to fight over government shutdowns pass a budget where we can have these priorities be discussed and debated about in due course. tom: we have to end the segment but antoine, he's giving you the slack. it's no longer a wall but can you vote for the flats? the neck build those left. that doesn't work. here's my point. if we do continue resolution to february and trump gets his wall in february we can't the wall between now and february even if we gave him $5 billion. what is history to score these camping points? [inaudible conversations] tom: more discussion. instagram. another stunning element in the white house today. defense secretary james madison on exactly resigned this afternoon. a day after the president announced all us troops were pulling out of syria. that is sent a letter in which

he outlined the role he thinks america's military shipley in the world and at the end wrote this. - the tone of the letters to jesse and the president were not seeing eye to eye at all on the syria decision. many of the president's allies aren't either. in fact, the only things to him full of supporters in the government. just before mad dog mattis resignation another bombshell. we learned the president is also considering a withdrawal of us troops from afghanistan where currently there are 14,000 american soldiers stationed. some reports say the withdrawal process could begin as early as next month. is the president going it alone here? what effects will the syria decision and the mattis resignation have on foreign policy and national security? let me ask former cia officer and host of the podcast did.

let's start with mattis. obviously a direct response to the syria pullout. >> it's important to understand why the syria pullout has upset mattis in this way as he put it, a difference of opinion on the issue. it is twofold. on one hand you have the possibility of a vacuum forming here that would be filled by either more external actors in the russians and iranians and possibly the islamic state so these different players are buying for that space and if we were to pull out us military doesn't. rebound of isis or even if isis does lose more ground or territory because it's bottled up right now you have the authority and the russians and the iranians all at play. the bigger one is the kurds and the turkish to the kurds.

kurds have been our allies on the ground in a fight and agreeably effective and fought valiantly and fighting alongside us troops in iraq as well as in syria for a long time. they been in a reliable and trustworthy i like the possibility of the turks bombing them which was a recent report out in the last few days they might comment because they call them a terrorist group that was too much for mattis who feel like we have a debt of honor to the kurdish people in need to pay that debt. tom: tell me about the - how do they feel about trampling out? they don't like a sod and they're not with russia and iran but they also have a problem with the kurds. >> their biggest concern by far in this is the kurdish presence on the border with the kurds are now controlling a big piece of territory that is contiguous along the turkish border and this why pd militia which has been turned into the syrian defense force they think of it as people argue about this but

they think of it as an extension of the former marxist separatist group inside turkey or on the outskirts of turkey, the pkk. they say it's a terrorist group that essentially the united states has allied with a terrorist group according to the turks in order to fight the terrorist of the islamic state so that is their biggest concern because they don't want there to be the kurdish state on the border and fear what that would mean for internal turkish unrest and that is far and away the biggest consideration of this whole process. they'll be happy if we were there essentially as a bulwark against turkish aggression vis-à-vis the kurds. tom: trump tweeted out that isis has been defeated in syria and the only reason where there is because they're under trump but what would you say to that statement. he says isis is defeated in syria. >> well, it is tough. it is not true to say they're eradicated. what is defeat when you're talking about an insurgency.

they did lose their capital city of rocca and no more caliphate and control a piece of land about the size of manhattan. were not talking a lot of actual contiguous ground that the on state can call their own but they become more of an early stage and go back to being more early-stage insurgency where they melted into the broader population and that means what does victory look like. then we get to conversation about table governance and political solution and nationbuilding because that is really how you defeat and insurgency and that i don't think the american people at summit for an easy one to take on that mission to see and expand rapidly. after i understand trump impulse and i think he's right on the broad strokes and right in the overall strategy but it's the speed with which the decision has come out and the lack of process that has rattled a lot of folks. then you have mattis. tom: yeah, the president basically wants to pull troops out of afghanistan as well.

using him back - mattis does not think he will back off or he would not have resigned. >> mattis did the honorable thing which is to say i don't see eye to eye and i will not be a part of this. thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve it i was more imagination officials of both parties would do this you have a of this agreement. that said, were not winning in afghanistan but we are in a holding pattern and there is no realistic chance of defeating or eradicating the telegram in afghanistan. look at some reports that would suggest the telegram are in control of more territory in afghanistan then at any time since 2001. in a situation it's quite bad and we are there is a stop gap measure to prevent a run on the afghan provinces where you have the talent in control that he will not plow until probably the spring is what we are hearing and he would have the number of

troops from 14,000, 7,000 and we can stay forever or start pulling out. there's not - one thing that should be clear there's no new strategy and no silver bullet or magic box. we tried over and over variations on the same theme and durable institutions and an afghan army that can't defend itself. it will not happen. again, trump is right with the strategy is to question the implication of how quickly you do this. tom: thank you. good to see you. defense secretary mattis will leave his post in late february. president is also losing his chief of staff john kelly who was a former general at the end of this year and joseph dunford chairman of the joint chief of staff is set to retire soon. these three military leaders, wise men you might say, were seen as a stabilizing force in the trump administration so will the white house get even more chaotic? the panel is back.

okay. alex, why the timing of this? is all happening at the end of the year. he thinks the impulses are correct and it is strange to throw this all at the same time. >> when it comes to retirement the end of the year is a natural any point in that being said it would be hard to understate or hard to overstate the loss of general mattis. i think he is done if it has a job and that is a two minutes later and it's clear there was discord over the syria decision and will have to wait to see to how it plays out. tom: intron, the president obviously ran on this. it's not a big surprise. the president said he's a pull the troops that kind of guy. >> to quote that great philosopher, drake, what a time to be alive. keep in mind we have a president that came into office with zero foreign policy experience who

now making a decision to take troops out of syria that his generals, people who live, breathe and almost like well in the stuff in a daily basis don't agree with. that's unprecedented for us in this country and set a theaters . tom: your shaking your head. >> no, no. it's unprecedented in that we have one with zero foreign policy experience go against the people who have foreign policy experience. tom: that itself is not unprecedented. this went against serial and general disagree with obama's but what is unprecedented - >> but bush served. tom: what is unprecedented is mattis resigning over something that's all about what he can tolerate that he needs to resign. single most worrying day i've ever had. tom: you think so?

>> mattis will not be there in the steady hand that ever hoped would be regulate trump is gone. i and many senators are worried. tom: panel returns later. in another move that sure to stick the democrats crossed, acting attorney general matthew whitaker will not recuse himself from the russian investigation after ethics officials found his past criticism of robert mueller's work to stop that public of interest. what is it all mean for the

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step aside whitaker come under fire for critical comments he made about the mueller broke when he worked at cnn and doj officials cautioned that the recusal decision was a close call. fbi director rod rosenstein defended attorney general nominee william bar against democratic claims he tried to undermine the special counsel prior to being nominated by president trump. could either of these developments radically alter the russian investigation? attorney emily is with us. emily, let's start with - let's start with whitaker. he is in the clear and ethics clear him, right? >> yes. yes he is in the clear and they did. this should restore faith by iraqi people in this investigation that there's someone asking at the home and the armchair about being on the attorney side calling for his recusal and as you stated, now we know it was misplaced.

what should restore faith not only for the president in the position he finds himself in but the fact that comments made don't post that conflict of interest. this almost ridiculous fanatical standard that those on the left are calling for for people to be held to that would be a double standard coming out of the fbi and that his personal capacity and i found it totally found that the office of legal counsel issue that decision and everyone whose opinion mattered in the olc and doj supported this. tom: let's go to william. william barth wrote a memo and made an opinion and voiced his opinion on one aspect of the mueller pro. it was on - what was the memo about? >> yes, he said the theory of the mueller obstruction was legally insupportable and i want to point out the point that chuck schumer called the memo being unfounded and there should

have been no reason for him to do so but on the contrary in the legal world and certainly in our government theirs calls all the time for briefs in support and opinions. that's what the collective government is. not only to restore faith for the reasons i said earlier but also the fact that rosenstein himself supports that nomination so it's incumbent for all viewers watching right now too, in their elected officials, when the vote comes around in january for them to voice their approval for this because ultimately that's the box the elected officials are. tom: i don't think we've heard the last of the demographic why don't they take the words of the ethic experts. are we going to have them in the open and find out if there partisan as well? >> that is likely a rhetorical question but yes, you heard calling for the office of legal

counsel to make an exception that literally affirmed president going back to the federalist papers. there's no end to the calls from the left especially in the elected official department to change things around but it would behoove them to legislating. tom: has the president voiced opinion on this? is famous for tweeting about jeff sessions and he still angry he recuse himself but have we heard any tweets from the president about this? >> to be honest, i have not. i'm not something sure that came out in the last hour but i would say no news is good news because the president would likely voices displeasure as you pointed out how he was clearly and vociferously not pleased with ag sessions recusal. ultimately this is positive development. it should reassure the mac people someone is at the home and the people under him are supporting that acting ag and the one nominated and the senate and house should affirm him. that's what they are there to do. ultimately it should provide

rains and hopefully a destination that is tied to the four corners from the ultimate acting marching orders that originally had. this is all positive. tom: thank you, emily. >> thank you, tom will the dow continues its tyrell downward spiral. losing 500 points. what the heck is going on? is it time to stuff your money fact is, every insurance company hopes you drive safely. but allstate helps you. with drivewise. feedback that helps you drive safer. and that can lower your cost now that you know the truth... are you in good hands? a new way to save on travel. now when you book a flight you unlock discounts on select hotels that you can add on to your trip up until the day you leave. add on advantage. only when you book with expedia.

tom: it was another rough day for the markets the dow dropping another 464 points today and losing more than 1700 points in the past five days. s&p and nasdaq to not do much better. they say christmas is a time for giving but will we have anything left before the new year to give away? jonathan, are you scared or cool with as a cucumber? >> you have to be concerned. you can't beat around the bush. it's a bloodbath. this was and has been an historic decline, 1500 stocks and to be close and only 652 week highs. i've never seen it take this bad going back to the financial crisis. were stock market in december since 1931 and spend the first year since that global financial crisis that investors have lost money both in stocks and bonds

and the dow itself does not indicate how bad it has been. down present this year but bank stocks are down 25% and energy stocks down just as much. an ugly stock market and the problem is that it tends to act as a harbinger rid of the economy to come. tom: energy stocks down, why? pgh i thought energy independent and why would they be down? >> this started way back to october and that's when the soul of started. primarily it started in high tech stocks that they called the thing, facebook, netflix and it has spread. energy stocks are down because energy prices are down and we seen one of the sharpest drop in oil prices at a record well below $80 a barrel and the consensus is when energy prices are going down it's an indication and one of the few we've gotten the global growth is slowing an economy is slowing

so weakening energy and stocks and inverted yield curve. all walking tour but adding up to lead economists and investors alike foresee a recession in 2019. tom: president is complaining about the interest rate. i do not like that we had free money for so long. are you with me on that? >> yes, indeed. a lot of what we are seeing - why is the market going down? is it tariffs or slow economy or liquidity? one influence, no question, you allude to it is this tremendously easy money policy from the federal reserve for almost a decade now. it has led to tremendous mel investment even the president himself identified this back in the early 16 talked about it pretty regularly that the fed was grading and a massive bottle bubble.

he said my sense and i don't know the president agrees or disagrees but we start to see the active bubble deflate next line bank stocks and you have to be concerned when banks are getting killed they been among the weakest. i tell you, tom, i don't think we seen the bottom just yet. >> one think doing well. >> gold. that's how you know were seen people get scared is among the only stocks - [inaudible conversations] the best news i can offer is that people are scared right now. we always say you have to be - terminus amount of what they call beth that the market will continue to fall and tremendous puts being taught. it's a bullish indicator because it says people are taking it fiercely starting to buy protection. you say a stock is never too low to sell and people are getting scared ironically is a bullish sign. tom: thank you, jonathan. americans can expect to find criminal justice reform under their treat this christmas year after the house voted overwhelmingly to pass the first

bipartisan first step back. the bill now on his way to president trump's desk for his signature and he signaled his support after the vote tweeting this - that's a positive tweet. passage of criminal justice reform is a huge win for the president's son-in-law and advisor, jared kushner. he was raised on both sides of the aisle for his efforts to get it passed. why was the issue able to get bipartisan support in such a divided washington? i will ask the panel. alex, this is good news and a total win for the president right? >> it's a win for the president

and a win for bipartisanship and win most poorly for the families who have been affected by the criminal justice system in this negative way over the last couple of decades. this is a tremendous achievement and going back to a couple of weeks ago when we saw the funeral for senator mccain and torch hw bush people were reminiscing about a time when america came together and polls were honored and this seems like as good a time as we will get is any on the legislative side. i will take it for what it's worth. tom: they are giving praise to jared but this is a win for the president. he put it out there and he's the one who met with the kardashians and so this is a trump issue and will democrats give him credit for it? >> some have so far. van jones has been giving jared credit and the president credit but it's interesting. it's not the issue you imagine trump would lead with but he's known as a tough hard online crime so it's interesting and it

makes me wonder what if he started in a more bipartisan fashion with transportation and built like this. where would approval ratings beat right now? it's a compliment for him so to cheers. tom: antoine? >> this is an example when we hear people say america's great because people are good. this is one of those examples we can point to and say her people are good. look, as a person of color i am five times more likely to face issues as relates to the criminal justice system than anyone else. i applaud the effort and while i'm happy to get the president credit for him pushing the issue yet to give credit to senator cory booker who took the lead on the issue for a long time and a bipartisan group of people in the ledge the branch of government where laws are made who were able to get this done. tom: has booker said anything good about the president? >> [inaudible] i think it's a

good example and this gives the american people confidence that yes, government can work and yes democrats and rub against may disagree on how we get to the mall but we all want to get them all. publicans want to travel one highway democrats want to travel one highway and independents go straight down the middle. we all want to get to the [inaudible] is an example of the right people can point to and this is what it looks like if we get together. >> what a uniquely american story in terms of the unlikely cast of characters that came together to make this happen whether at a time of complete polarization of the people who came across the aisle kardashian coming into white house to lobby for these issues and were living in interesting times and i think this will be one of the brighter spot to come out of the american politics. >> this is the first step and we have a way to go. [inaudible conversations]

make no mistake this is the first step we want more with the panel but first president trump did not find a spending bill for design the farm bill today. could be a precursor for the federal legalization of marijuana and how can you cash in on it? kennedy speaks with the ceo kennedy speaks with the ceo about the prospect, next. if you like geico commercials, kennedy speaks with the ceo about the prospect, next. you're gonna love the best of geico. it's geico's all-time greatest hits back on tv for a limited time. and if you love the best of geico, you're gonna really love voting online for your favorite. you can even enter for a chance to appear in an upcoming geico commercial. this fire's toasty, linda but the best of geico collection sounds even hotter. to vote for your favorite geico ad and enter to win, visit geico.com/bestof. that's geico.com/bestof.

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dollar market, 2030. there are publicly traded cannabis companies and with passage of the farm bill is now open season to cash in on the green suffered how does the - kennedy spoke to title realty earlier. >> is your quest for freedom. thank you for being here. >> it's a pleasure. >> what is this inclusion in the farm bill mean for your industry? >> it means essentially it makes the commercialization of non- pac cannabis below [inaudible] what this means specifically is farmers cannot legally grow hemp in all 50 states. >> how hard was it before? >> the problem is not so much hemp but harvesting - you've heard cbd a thousand times so

you'll hear it a lot more now but this will be essentially ignite the cbd market and need that for the first time we need the clarity that can harvest or manufacturing cbd in one state and cross the lines. this is the key because until now you only had the ability to grow and keep it within the state and that was a chill of the natural business progressi progression. kenedy: one of the things working against cannabis investors is back this patchwork of states having a different cannabis laws in different medical marijuana laws is difficult to make money overall because federally it is still very much a controlled substance. canada seems to have the upper hand. how important is it that they will be able to raise money and trade publicly and have nationally legal marijuana in the country up north? >> one thing we've learned from canada it's introduction to capital is paramount to building

the large cannabis culture. for the capital to float you have to resolve this dichotomy between cannabis being illegal federally under the controlled substance act and 33 states that cannabis programs . kennedy: does that but that at a disadvantage? >> i think they are at a disadvantage right now. technically their operating against a controlled substance act and as long as it's technically illegal even though it will resolve itself there's a certain institutional capital that cannot play until this is harmonized. kennedy: in utah company because there's discord here and it makes less and less sense. the great hope you have in future generations who come into power in congress and even in their cities and states they see this so differently than older generations and very static on the issue. >> it's not a divisive issue between left and right or blue and red.

the least contentious issue between left and right. 64% of americans polled believe in legalization and 93% support medical and majority of both parties support cannabis reform. kennedy: both parties. it's no longer just democrats and independents, republicans - >> and libertarians. kennedy: indeed. god bless them. if you were to put your money on hemp, cbd or cannabis, marijuana, where do you think it's going? >> i look at it as one integrated economy and that is separation of bearing being hemp and cannabis will not last much longer. i see it as a whole planned economy. the two sides the psychoactive side which involves thc in the non- psychoactive side collectively put a huge imprint on our culture, society and social justice.

i see upstream cannabis being an ingredient in a whole host of products with topical, cosmetics, edibles, it will have a positive part in society. kennedy: it is interesting. you talk about younger generation and they love the people who drink alcohol. it's opportunistic to them. is a throwback activity but people are consuming cannabis in very different ways now. what do you think ultimately will be the most popular? >> it will not be smoking. i'm a pro cannabis but certainly anti- smoking. even though cannabis has never been contributed to carcinogenic but smoking will always be a part but . kennedy: people are moving into - >> it's an old culture but were looking for new innovative delivery mechanisms. kennedy: is that where the money is? >> i think beverages will be a strong category.

kennedy: so people will go to bars and order something with cannabis. >> yes. of beverage and adult beverage with its embedded into our culture but for people that don't want to get drunk or don't you alcohol as a healthy input they can now have a the alkalized chemist . kennedy: fascinating. if people want to lose their mind a little bit safer than alcohol which causes cancer and cirrhosis. >> we view it as a wellness product. even though you can't have the records of the time it's nothing like alcohol at all. you have to eradicate that as a comparison or paradigm. kennedy: thank you for your time. back to you, tom solu. tom: thank you, kennedy. coming up, the media is hyperventilating over a new report. they're calling it an epidemic. they forgot to tell you about

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tom: good news is teenage drug use is way down. bad news is vaping, new survey found that drug use dropped among high school students in the past year while the number of teens using nicotine -based e-cigarette has doubled. you think we celebrate the fact that her kids are learning to say no but the internet was not having it. with every news outlet under the sun choosing fuel longer over baby rather than applaud progress on drugs. surgeon general says youth vaping is a epidemic. it's greeted attics with few treatment options and more teens are vaping and many think it's

nicotine free. those are a few of the latest sky falling declarations but is the media right to be harping on vaping? the panel is back. alexandra, antoine and jamie. vaping is not as dangerous as smoking in the act like and how they compare to hard drugs. >> is undisputedly true that vaping is better than smoking. it's a concern among younger people to put this into perspective. my younger sister told me upon returning from summer vacation at a first class in homeroom the kids were in withdrawal from not having their mates. she is 17 years old. it is a concern. that being said the approach here is not to throw the baby out with the bathwater. tom: i don't want to curb vaping at all.

do you agree? >> it's a true that it's safer than 33 or years from now you'll see a lake going out - who are - what is the pr campaign that made this popular? we would i tell you why. they're not doing drugs. we should celebrate that. >> i'm all about keeping kids safe and healthy but i don't babe and i'm never late and i probably never would bait but at the end of the day i have nieces and nephews so if i'm saving their lives then i've done my job i advocate for vaping. >> the - left stressed the good news for a change would present a twitter feed has turned the media into a cat chasing a laser pointer with reporters frantically scrambling. the formal social media moderator said it's telling political quote -

sense donald trump began tweeting himself - it dominates new cycles and drive market. it is the country benefiting from the president's role in commander and tweet? or are we - what happened to all the harmony on the panel before? jamie, i like the tweets. >> i think with donald trump i don't know direct this is what we should worry now. i thank you should allow time for thinking before he spits out what's in his mind. maybe mattis would still be here or people that were good for the government would be here just to announce that they will be fir fired. tom: and one, you're not a fan

of the president but isn't it good to know what he's thinking? the american people are so well i have any contact with the president. >> have you read his tweet? it's a scary thing when the president cannot spell words quickly on twitter and were saying this is how we want to do foreign policy. and communicate with - our kids are watching this and the clinton and i'm concerned but i'm not concerned about whether he misspells a word or . tom: i can't misspell on my phone. how does he do it? >> i'm concerned about the dangers president. there will be life with after president trump i'm concerned about life after president because people will get used to the idea is not what we should do presidential business and that is not the case. >> it's modern presidential. >> great point that it's difficult to imagine a scenario where we revert to a more guarded and more scripted time

based on what is happening now. i will say about the coverage that if you look at local televisions so forget our great cable networks here that are covering every single word being said in the streets when you watch local tweets and read the tweet and let the viewers make their own judgments what makes it interesting coverage - >> they're all distractions. there ought to get away from - [inaudible conversations] tom: be right back. building a better bank starts with looking at something old, and saying, "really?" so capital one is building something completely new. capital one cafes. inviting places with people here to help you, not sell you. and savings and checking accounts with no fees or minimums. because that's how it should be. you can open one from right here or anywhere in 5 minutes. seriously, 5 minutes... this is banking reimagined.

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