thing you learned from that looking after that fascinating facts and sort of the role of i'm going to matalin the last eight years in office really really interesting let's talk specifically about women in power including on three women we have hero who have all been faced with the challenge of making a fresh start after them male pre discusses that quite simply mess things up. back when germany's capital was in bonn until a magical was called cohen's girl she served the powerful chancellor helmut kohl and says environment minister when kohl stepped down and c.d.u. party chair following a scandal machall took the reins of power and in two thousand and five became german chancellor she's enjoyed international influence ever since. two recent may also stepped into the breach when a man failed british prime minister david cameron initiated and lost the back seat referendum and resigned may took over the office in two thousand and sixteen although many opposed by accident first she still had to manage her country's exit from the e.u. . after sexual assault allegations ousted then i.m.f. head domi

is this sort of the james carville, mary matalin shtick? and the people in the president's orbit i've talked to have said no. again, if you're not in a marriage, you don't know exactly what's going on. but they have said that this is -- their sense is that this is real and these are actually tension points and it's not just something to give them a book deal or tv deal after they leave the white house, or after she leaves the white house, rather. >> robert, here's how your colleagues at the post reported one of these interactions between george conway and donald trump. "in a conversation with trump at the wedding of treasury secretary steve mnuchin in june 2017 conway said trump approached him and complimented him for not taking a job under then attorney general jeff sessions. he said to me i remember it clearly, you were smart not to work for that guy, conway said. he is so weak." trump then complained for several minutes that sessions should have never recused himself from the mueller investigation, conway said. i told him i'd heard the r

is a put on and george on kellyanne conway are trying to become the next james carville and mary matalin, george conway says rest assured, he truly believes the president is incompetent and has many months of presidential criticisms are legit. president trump had reportedly wanted to attacked george conway on twitter in the past, but was a barely talked out of it by aids who argued it would embolden conway and caused unnecessary drama. but this week, george conway question the president's mental health, "all americans should be thinking seriously now about trump's mental condition and psychological state, including and especially the media, congress, and the vice president and cabinet." and that is when the gloves came off. watch. >> he's a whack job, there is no question about it, but i really don't know him. i think he is doing a tremendous disservice to a wonderful wife. kellyanne is a wonderful woman. i call him mr. kellyanne. >> the president went on to call george conway a husband from hell, marking the first time he has weighed in on their marriage, and he has known them for years

we're not in james carville/mary matalin territory anymore. >> that was very gentle. >> i was on a call with kellyanne conway where she was talking about the opioid crisis and all these things going on and in the back of my mind and i think in the back of a lot of reporters' minds was, how awkward, when your husband is essentially having a twitter battle with the president of the united states. they call him mr. kellyanne conway, there's this idea that some people are pointing to the way they speak of george conway as problematic at best. >> reminds me a little bit of when the president got upset that sean spicer was played by a woman on "saturday night live," great point. yamiche alcindor, charlie sykes, jim messina, robert costa, thank you so much. >>> coming up, why is deputy attorney general rod rosenstein staying on the job and what does it say about the state of the mueller investigation? you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. duncan just protected his family with a $500,000 life insurance policy. how much do you think it cost him? $100 a month? $75? $50? actuall