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panel is here, eugene robinson, andrea mitchell, peggy noonan and matt bai.political columnist for yahoo! news. okay. >> wow. >> yes. >> where do we start? >> yes. i want to start with north korea. andrea, let me start with you. this was in politico. it was a blind quote from a former bush administration official nervous about this kim jong-un meeting. "trump does not have bad meetings. he has had bad phone calls. this is going to be a huge victory for kim." how does -- how does any meeting between trump and kim not turn into a victory for the north koreans? >> it's hard to imagine how it doesn't. first of all, they have had a victory by setting the terms and by having the meeting itself, as you were pointing out. this is what all north korean leaders have wanted. they've wanted legitimacy from an american president. it's not prepared. there was no letter, despite leaks there was. we do not yet know what he is really offering. the treasury secretary with you repeated the phrase, denuclearization, our objective is denuclearization of the korean peninsula. that

i'm reading peggy noo noonan. i like her. she doesn't like me much. but she is writing like i'm a neanderthal. they always talk about how -- they said we couldn't get elected. i say we, some of you never voted before, but you love the country. a great congressman from tennessee, they vote early. the voting gets started. he was at a speech i was make pennsylvania. but he was there with one of his friends. it was lou. one of his friends was there. i didn't know him. they had early voting in tennessee. he said, you know, mr. president, in tennessee the early voting started. and i have been doing this stuff for 32 years. and you itch never seen anything like it in my life. those people are coming out of the hills and valleys. it's the most of amazing thing. and these are people that love the country. but they never voted because they never saw anybody they wanted to vote for. now they have trump, trump, trump-pence. they have got all the stuff. i have never seen anything like it. [crowd chants "u.s.a."] then they ask, is he a good speaker? every time i ha

i'm reading peggy noo noonan. i like her. she doesn't like me much. but she is writing like i'm a neanderthal. they always talk about how -- they said we couldn't get elected. i say we, some of you never voted before, but you love the country. a great congressman from tennessee, they vote early. the voting gets started. he was at a speech i was make pennsylvania. but he was there with one of his friends. it was lou. one of his friends was there. i didn't know him. they had early voting in tennessee. he said, you know, mr. president, in tennessee the early voting started. and i have been doing this stuff for 32 years. and you itch never seen anything like it in my life. those people are coming out of the hills and valleys. it's the most of amazing thing. and these are people that love the country. but they never voted because they never saw anybody they wanted to vote for. now they have trump, trump, trump-pence. they have got all the stuff. i have never seen anything like it. [crowd chants "u.s.a."] then they ask, is he a good speaker? every time i ha

we're back with caddie kay, sam stein, peggy noonan and steve kornacki. tually thinking this past weekend that if i were a democrat running, i would actually -- i would quote him and say, america is great because america is good. and when america ceases being good, it will cease to be great and i just -- think about that republican mayor. saying smack dab as we would say in the south in the age of trump saying we need a good man in congress. wow. that's -- i think that says a lot about where we are in 2018. >> it does. john adams has said something about like what togethkville is have said about our system of government requiring good people in order to operate, a good and moral and well balanced people in order to do its job. i found that remember mayor to be a rather impressive fellow. i always like it when people buck their party for serious reasons. it is my sense we talked about this the previous hour, that conor lamb, the democrat, will seem because of the issues stands he has, he will seem to some people, i think there in pennsylvania, to be a sort

i'm reading peggy noonan and she is writing like i'm some kind of neanderthal. gillian: i don't know what it gets him but it's incredibly effective with the folks who are supportive of him. it -- his criticism of the mainstream media works for a lot of republicans, too, though you don't see them coming forth and touting that. this is a president who i think for the republican party is representing a sentiment and feeling about the media that has been bubbling forth for many decade. that's why we don't see folks like speaker paul ryan and senator john mccain come down hard on him for that. howie: really classy, explain that to your children. hewlett said donald trump only slams those he's afraid of. mollie: people have said it's something revolutionary about him doing it here when he has don't for decades. it shows to a wide audience they still don't understand how donald trump speaks. and they don't get his humor. the media acts so prim and proper. this also the issue that's chuck todd had been hostile to the president of the steel workers union. when donald tru

one woman in the wall street journal peggy noonan wrote an article about me. school of finance. one of the hardest schools even in my day. but then you have to read is trump a good speaker? he uses a language. how easy it is to be president. you would be so bored. [applause] i am very presidential. ladies and gentlemen, thank you for being here tonight. rick saccone will be a great great congressman. he will help me very much. he is a fine man. and on your arm is a wonderful life. on behalf of the united states of america we appreciate your service. we appreciate your service. [applause] and to all of the military out there we respect you very much. [applause] thank you. thank you. god bless you and may god bless the united states of america. thank you very much. [applause] that is much easier than doing what i have to do that this is much more effective. if i came like a stiff you would not be here tonight. but she is writing like i am a neanderthal. you know i am really smart. they always talk how they tell us. they say we couldn't get elected because some o

and if the president does president like some of the critiques, whether it's peggy noonan's critique or maggie haberman, you pick the journalist, that's cool, it is okay to disagree. but let's not be at war. it's not good for america. i don't think it's good for him personally and it's not good for the presidency. so, that stuff i would really caution him on and give him advice not to do. but the other stuff, sort of the smash mouth talking and the aggressiveness at trying to tackle some of these very intractable problems that the united states has had over the last quarter century, i sort of -- you have to give him credit for that. the american people want results and he is delivering them. >> this president seems to be sympathetic to many autocrats. and as you point out, he does regularly attack the free press. that does not seem to indicate that he is on board with the constitutional system that we've set up. >> well, see, i know he's on board with the constitutional system that we set up. i absolutely know that. i've had conversations with him there, too. but if you're making the

there's this old narrative about ronald reagan that peggy noonan talks about. the line is, everybody knew what ronald reagan believed in and so that trickles down. when there's a clearly defined mission, when you have goals and when people know what you believe in, it's very easy for all the people who work for you to enact your agenda and your world view even down to the bureaucracy level. that's not true with donald trump. nobody knows what donald trump really believes in many cases or how it's going to work out. he says he wants to do something on guns but will he really? it's unclear. he says he wants to help the daca kids one day, the next day he acts like he wants to deport them and here we are again. any other president who said definitively that they're going to do these tariffs, we would take them at their word. you can't do that with donald trump. nobody knows what he's actually going to do and aside from the fact that he's thousand supporting what i think is a very bad policy, the fact that nobody actually believes him is maybe even a bigger problem.

. >> i also want to read you a quote from peggy noonan's column of the wall street journal this week. of the "what if" clause of her article. sooner or later something bad will happen, an international crisis, or damaging findings from the special counsel. if the president is the way he is on a good day, what will he be like on a bad day? it all feels so dangerous. and michael, that puts a lump in your throat. >> it does. and i think she's absolutely right. because my bet is years from now when we start to read about this administration from the outside, from people who have actually been in it, we will probably find a lot of times when some of the people we have been talking about, like mcmaster, perhaps john kelly, have restrained donald trump from doing things that could be very dangerous, both in the foreign policy and economic arenas. now we are in a situation where the voices of restraint may not be there anymore. >> and what do you say as people probably ask you on a near daily basis, is there permanent damage being done to the republic? >> i would say that this is a country th

. >> i also want to read you a quote from peggy noonan's column of the wall street journal this week.hat if" clause of her article. sooner or later something bad will happen, an international crisis, or damaging findings from the special counsel. if the president is the way he is on a good day, what will he be like on a bad day? it all feels so dangerous. and michael, that puts a lump in your throat. >> it does. and i think she's absolutely right. because my bet is years from now when we start to read about this administration from the outside, from people who have actually been in it, we will probably find a lot of times when some of the people we have been talking about, like mcmaster, perhaps john kelly, have restrained donald trump from doing things that could be very dangerous, both in the foreign policy and economic arenas. now we are in a situation where the voices of restraint may not be there anymore. >> and what do you say as people probably ask you on a near daily basis, is there permanent damage being done to the republic? >> i would say that this is a country that always

peggy noonan making her first appearance with us, i'm thrilled, a pulitzer prize winning journalist for "the wall street journal." hei heidi, let's go to you first. >> they should care because the number of people who have been surrounding this president and providing him with factual information is seriously dwindling. it's not just cohn's departure but you can draw a direct line between this and pourrter as we. porter and cohn where forming an alliance here to surround the president with good information to mitigate some of this. >> that's how wilbur ross got into the oval office last week, there was no rob porter there to block it. >> but steph, here is the crazy thing, based on my reporting, even wilbur ross, even the steel companies, even the aluminum companies, supported what wilbur ross presented as option number two. option number two was not the full assault of tariffs across the board. option number two was doing these carve-outs. and this remains a mystery as to why the president -- and this based on your good reporting -- may have just had a fit of rage or a temper tantrum a

so i'm reading peggy noonan, and she is a nice woman. she doesn't like me much, but she is writing like i'm some kind of neanderthal. and i'm saying, you know i am really smart. you know it is funny, they always talk -- they always talk about how they are telling us -- they said we can get elected. and i say we because you guys came from areas, some of you never voted before but you love your country. he never voted before but you love the country. i great congressman from tennessee. they voted early. was making speech at a pennsylvania, believe or not but he was there because one of his friends and it was lou, one of his friends was there and so i did not know him and they had early voting in tennessee and he said, you know mr. president, and at that time i was not present but he called me that and he said, in tennessee, the early voting started and i've been doing this stuff for 32 years and i have never seen anything like it in my life. those people are coming out of the hills. they are coming out of the valleys. they are coming out o

i am reading peggy noonan, and she is a nice woman. i like her. she doesn't like me much.s writing like i am some kind of a neanderthal. and i said, i am really smart. it's funny, they always talk about how, they said we could not get elected. youy we, because some of never voted before, but you love the country. a great congressman from tennessee, the voting have started, he was at a speech i was making in pennsylvania. he was there with one of his friends. it was lou. i did not know him. they had early voting in tennessee. he said, mr. president, he called me that because he side -- saw what was happening, he said in tennessee the early voting has started. i've been doing this stuff 32 years, and i've never seen anything like it in my life. those people are coming out of the hills, the valleys, and coming out of everything that you can come out of. it is the most amazing thing. these are people that love the country. they never voted because they never saw anyone they wanted to vote for. now they've got trump, trump, trump-pence. they have all of the stuff. i've never se

>> yeah he took a shot at peggy noonan as well. this plays so well with the base.porters watching at home love it. it doesn't help him expand his base. it is the reason he is struggling in the polls. beating up on the press, when warranted is fine. the president has first amendment rights but when he does it, scattershot, look at all the fake media people, using term fake news, i don't think it helps him win over moderates and independents would want to give the president a chance but feel he is being a bit too vulgar as he clearly was. stuart: look, i think we'll find out tomorrow night when we get the results of the pennsylvania election. he is running on that kind of persona, if you like. last word? >> didn't mention the guy who is running saccone very often. donald trump rallies are about donald trump. stuart: it is the trump show. >> we'll see what happens in pennsylvania 18. stuart: howard, thanks as always for joining us. see you soon. >> thank you, by the way, look at bottom right-hand corner of your screen. we almost lost the rally. we were up 100 points a