potus account. but again, this is -- this is totally uncharted waters for us. >> you're right.hat's one of the defenses that the administration is using in another lawsuit where some people who have been blocked by at real donald trump have sued saying that the president is violating their first amendment right, that they aren't able to read the tweets and so it's very interesting case because the government of course is defending the president and saying that's a personal twitter account, the at potus is the government one. however, twitter itself is a private business. you know, they are able to viewpoint discriminate. it's not the government. so, a first amendment claim there is very questionable as well. >> hm. alex sawyer, interesting point. thanks so much. >> all right. doug jones officially declared the winner of the alabama u.s. senate race. first democrat to win in 25 years beating roy moore by about 20,000 votes in that special election. now, last night moore filed a lawsuit claiming there were irregular are th >> this one's done. >> yeah, you know, i think it was roy

that inland from home past an austrian grandma stuff was sitting alone in his potus on the ninth of june seventeenth ninety eight in total indifference to what was happening around him massa story and how. the enemy who had assembled his fleet this time of malta was a frenchman napoleon bonaparte the most famous fortress of the mediterranean was surrendered without a shot being fired at. the flag of the order which had waved so proudly of a countless battlefields in the holy land and in the east which was the dread of the muslims at sea was no good up to two hundred sixty ideas without so much as a wound. and i am. glad i am am i. enter the conflict zone confronting the powerful. this recall green zone is in warsaw where the polish government is facing mounting criticism from the e.u. over its record on democracy and human rights my guest is the deputy prime minister matteo. this is government ready to address the concerns voiced by brussels will continue rejecting them out of the. news on the. flourishing gondolas and fertile fields and in the right hands baron high atlas mountain range

told of twitter photo of potus in golf attire, she said he may have hit a few balls.to poring over photographs like this looking for telltale signs. ah-ha, he's wearing a golf glove. trump has said it's best for a president to play with other leaders. >> i would not have made certain deals if it weren't for golf. big deals. >> reporter: the time we saw him play golf with a leader, the president gave japan's prime minister a pat on the shoulder. golf diplomacy? >> help foster deeper relationships in southeast asia, in asia, rather. >> reporter: so who's the better golfer? obama or trump? ♪ "golf digest" calls trump the best golfer to ever hold the presidency with a 2.8 handicap, compared to obama's 13. and look who else golfs. there's ivanka in a dress billowing like marilyn monroe's and high heels instead of golf shoes. but with the president sneaking off, we're going to need a little birdie to tell us when he's gone golfing. >> president trump for the birdie. >> reporter: jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >>> well, thanks for joining us. "a.c. 360" starts now. >> good even

inside a heated exchange over who would lead the party was underway several hours later the potus right appeared to have the upper hand over the more conservative wings after two rounds of inconclusive voting one of the if these powerhouses threw his hat in the ring at the last minute alexander garland was elected as co-leader he sees his party moving to the right slowly but steadily. we don't want to do this too soon only when we're strong as the other parties or nearly as strong we have a chance to take responsibility. for the f.d.a. includes members like you and her who has been investigated multiple times for his far right statements he has called a major holocaust memorial in berlin a monument of national shame despite this party co-leader yog martin said it was welcoming the f.d.a. thank you my mine and that's what i got on one. belongs to our party that means not that i agree with every position he has. in his speeches but he belongs to our party. might and was reelected to his leadership post with seventy two percent of the vote meanwhile comparatively moderate party figures fel

. >> you're not the potus, you're the blotus. >> wait, how long does this wall have to be? >> he's the most mocked man in america. >> that is the problem with the media. >> monday open liesing late night. >> it's hard not to feel like you're being redundant. >> kim jong-un as rocket man. >> dominating snl. >> such a nasty woman. >> he's like a mime producing raw material. >> he's blowing up scripts. >> that's a really great joke. >> the pace of the news. so much faster making and breaking careers. >> it's like a little churchill. >> excuse me. >> would you say you're on a mission to take him down? >> i would like to see him brought down to the ground. preferably in handcuffs. >> has late nightgown too far? >>. >> is this disrespectful of the office of the presidency? i think so. >> tonight in the age of trump. >>> november 8, 2016, the late show's stephen colbert was hosting a live election night special. a dream gig for the comedian who believed he would be documenting history, the dawning of a hillary clinton presidency. he began the show up beat. you don't need to chant

potus needs to improve his approval rating. bob, how many times have people on this program and other programs and political commentators and strategists, how many times have they said the exact same thing, yet this administration and president doesn't seem to listen, he goes back to the base, he needs that ego boost. >> i mean, we do have to think also they haven't gotten much done legislatively, they don't have a big bill win they didn't get health care done opinion i think they're going to get a tax bill cut done. is that going to get him to 50%. the white house has to think, let's get to 50%. on bannon, i think, how is he going to raise money after this massive loss, i think a lot of republican incumbents who were nervous about bannon a couple days ago, they're not so nervous any more bannon's going to have a fund-raising issue. do you want the -- >> you want him in the primaries not the general. barbara comstock who lives out by me in virginia, she's going do have trump in her district because trump is unpopular. i think i

. >> you're not the potus, you're the blotus. >> wait, how long does this wall have to be? >> he's the most mocked man in america. >> that is the problem with the media. >> monopolizing late night. >> it's hard not to feel like you're being redundant. >> kim jong-un as rocket man. >> kim jong-un, rocket man. >> kim jong-un as rocket man. >> dominating "snl". >> such a nasty little -- >> he's like a mine, producing raw material. >> he's blowing up scripts. >> that's a really greatoke. >> the pace of the news -- >> stop it! >> -- so much faster. >> me first! >> making and breaking careers. >> it's like a little kind of churchill. >> excuse me! >> would you say you're on a mission to take him down? >> i would like to see him brought down, to the ground, preferably in handcuffs. >> you're turning into a real [ bleep ] tator. >> has late-night gone too far? >> is this disrespectful of the office of the presidency? i think so! >> tonight, "late night in the age of trump." ♪ >> november 8th, 2016. the "late show's" stephen colbert was hosting a live election night special, a seemi

the lesson, a base only potus isn't enough to win. potus needs to increase his approval rating or democrat turnout will kill republicans in 2018. how many times have political commentators said the exact same thing but yet this administration and this president doesn't seem to listen? he keeps going back to the base, because he needs those cheerleaders, and that ego boost? >> well, i mean, we do have to think also that they haven't gotten much done legislatively. they don't have a big bill win. they didn't get health care done. they haven't gotten transportation done. i think they're going to get this tax cut done, but is that going to get him to 50%? no. i think the white house has to think let's get to 50%. on bannon, how is he going to raise money after this massive loss? i think a lot of republican incumbents who are up for re-election who are nervous about bannon a couple of days ago, they're not so nervous anymore, because bannon is going to have a fund-raising issue. >> do you want, bob, do you want the president campaigning wi

clarify its relationship with the european union the bilateral potus important we have to know in which direction to go. switzerland and brussels did fall out last week when he decided to set a one year limit on swiss stock exchanges access to be extending its will now depend on whether there is progress in negotiations in a so-called framework treaty between the switzerland is not an e.u. member but it is part of the visa free travel area known as the change in zone and it has strong economic ties to with the they are currently regulated three more than one hundred bilateral accords which could be simplified by the framework treaty but there are voices in switzerland which are wary of establishing closer ties we discuss the referendum idea with the euro skeptic swiss people's party which currently holds the majority in parliament the relations between switzerland and brussels get worse part of the problem is that in the worst in the world the boycotts start to increase unfortunately it looks like the european union is trying to reclaim our financial center so we have to see from in the

one of the points where they're going to drop down a moorings and attached to that is going to be potus so it's the acoustic measuring device that they leave for four months here to measure and and pick up the sounds of the vacuum clicks so that's what we've done we've we've navigated here via via g.p.s. it's a really vast area and they've set up and they see it that much in place eighty seven they're going to put out eighty seven of the c. pods right now we're putting up the last eight. years. later back on shore showed us a computer program that allows us to hear the bucky humans can hear the clicks because they're too high frequency but there's a way for you to modify them so that we actually could you have me listen to this of course michael walker oh my. these unwanted by the program and now you. are looking for oh oh. the bucket the refuge measures in area sixty four by nearly one hundred kilometers along the upper third of the gulf of california when you are in it the refuge seems vast and problematic to police effectively. since two thousand and five gill net fishing has been ba

. >> you're not the potus, you're the blotus. >> wait, how long does this wall have to be?>> that is the problem with the media. >> monopolizing late night. >> it's hard not to feel like you're being redundant. >> kim jong-un as rocket man. >> kim jong-un, rocket man. >> kim jong-un as rocket man. >> dominating "snl." >> such a nasty little --

as a cbs reporter tweeted, white house press aide wouldn't say whether potus blade golf.ls. they have resorted to poring over photographs like this looking for tell tail signs. aha! he's wearing a golf glove. trump said it is best for a president to play with other leaders. >> i would not have made certain deals if it weren't for golf. big deals. >> the president gave japan's prime minister a pat on the shoulder. golf diplomacy. >> helped foster deeper relationships in southeast asia. >> reporter: so who is the better golfer, obama or trump? "golf digest "calls trump the better golfer. there's ivanka in a press billowing like marilyn monroe and high heels instead of golf shoes. with the president sneaking off we're going to need a little birdie to tell us when he's gone golfy. >> president trump for the birdie. >> reporter: jean where moos, cnn, new york. >> golf is one of those games that reveals a lot about one's character. >> does it? >> it is not how you hit the ball. it is is how you behave. you have to police yourself. oscar tdela ohioey says he's a cheater. he will

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henley, senior editor at "the federalist," tim farley, host and managing editor of morning briefing potus >> i don't think it matters who edited it. james comey owns it. i don't get matters the ideological predilections of the editor. the person who signed it, the person delivered is responsible for it. if you ask a first-year law student to define gross negligence, extreme carelessness. attempting to pull the wool over the eyes of the wreck in public and for a while he succeeded. many of us have argued for 18 months, since that came out, james comey was wrong on the facts, wrong on the law and profoundly wrong to make that decision and make it public as if it were made with finality. the job of the fbi's doctor decide whom to prosecute but to present the evidence to professional prosecutors and the doj and let them make the decision. he took that away from them. >> bret: mollie, you know what critics say. this is all chum in the water, thrown out there to try to muddy the water of this russia investigation. >> there is so much to the story, so many details. ultimately we are talking abou

"potus has tweeted quite a bit about andrew mccabe, who could be called against trump in an obstruction of justice case. trump's twitter feed is the gift that keeps on giving, merry christmas, robert mueller." of course, mueller is investigating the trump campaign and russia in the 2016 election. the timing has been the traditional of what many presidents have done, teleconference with the troops, participated in the norad track santa event yesterday and went to a late mass last night, as well, in palm beach. but he's also continued tweeting like he has over the last ten months, ever since he came into office. additionally, president trump has taken some credit down in palm beach for saying merry christmas again, something he's done for much of december and november and particularly tweeted yesterday that he is proud to have led the charge against the assault of our cherished and beautiful phrase. we've seen a few photos last night and this morning, but we imagine he's going to be spending time with his family at mar-a-lago for much of today. pamela? >> sure you'll also be monitoring hi

potus now admits he knew michael flynn lied to the fbi, yet trump tried to influence or stop the fbi investigation on flynn. this morning, the president was back at it on twitter saying i never asked comey to stop investigating flynn, just more fake news covering another comey lie. "the new york times" obtained e-mails that suggest the trump administration had close contact with the russians during his transition. shortly after president obama issued new sanctions against russia last december, adviser k.t. mcfarland e-mailed a colleague saying if there is a tit-for-tat escalation, trump will have difficulty improving relations with russia which has just thrown usa election to him. it is unclear if mcfarland was being serious about russia helping shape the election's outcome. the e-mails and interviews do suggest michael flynn was in close contact with white house officials before and after the sanctions were issued, and that will contradict a white house claim he act independently. >>> abc news as suspended brian ross for four weeks without pay for an error during a report friday on

wraps it up her long-time nemesis jeb bush tweeted "jerusalem is the capital of israel and i applaud potusrough america's promise to relocate its embassy there. it's an important show of solidarity with israel, one of our nation's greatest allies." they haven't always been allies, jeb bush and donald trump. more to cover on this. next up, senator al franken may be on his way out. his colleagues calling for him to step downt. today. run, jthe power of in to tempur-pedic sleep with our 90-day trial and being the highest ranked mattress in customer satisfaction by jd power, it's easy to love. find your exclusive retailer at tempurpedic.com when trying to save for the big things in life... we tend to start small. less of this. cut back on that. but if it feels like a lot of effort for a little gain... change that. start with something that makes a big difference... your student loans. refinancing with sofi saves over $22,000 on average. it's an easier way to reach your life goals sooner. we've helped over 195,000 people. we want to help you too. find out how much you can save in just two minut

as a cbs reporter tweeted, "white house press aide wouldn't say if potus played golf. photo of trump in golf attire he said he may have hit a few balls." reporters have resorted to poring over photographs like this looking for telltale signs. a-ha! he's wearing a golf glove. trump has said it's best for a president to play with other leaders. >> i would not have made certain deals if it weren't for golf. big deals. >> reporter: the time we saw him playing golf wlard the president gave japan's prime minister a pat on the shoulder. golf diplomacy? >> help foster deeper relationships in southeast asia -- in asia, rather. >> reporter: so who is the better golfer, obama or trump? "golf digest" calls trump the best golfer to ever hold the presidency, with a 2.8 handicap, compared to obama's 13. and look who else golfs. there's ivanka in a dress billowing like marilyn monroe's and high heels instead of golf shoes. but with the president sneaking off, we're going to need a little birdie to tell us when he's gone golfing. >> president trump for the birdie. >> reporter: jeanne m

he said this, in just one year, at potus fulfilled promise after promise.eil gorsuch on the supreme court, 1.7 million new jobs, isis on the run, largest tax cut in american history, #makeamericagreatagain. the promise wasn't to repeal the individual mandate, the promise was to repeal and replace obamacare. again, when they put down the facts, it almost seems as if they are stretching it. >> the repeal of the mandate, i suppose that is stretching it, but it's killing off the lifeblood of obamacare. it's one of those things where everybody thought that the gop and trump failed at any attempt at killing obamacare. this is just politics, isha. both sides do it. we all massage it to fit our narrative. there are a lot of things, and that tweet didn't cover it. an unprecedented amount of judicial appointments, easening or loosening of regulations environmentally and other business killers across the country. there are a lot of things to brag about. but if i were advising the president, which i'm not, but if i were, i would just say just stick to your accomplishme

#potus abroad." ( laughter ) they even put one of his tweets on the welcome sign. o'donnell is a fat pig." ( laughter ) surprised they did that. that sign is not halal now. they even projected his face five stories high onto the wall of his hotel. no, no, you have to -- that way, if he got lost, he could find his way back. ( laughter ) now, back when obama made the same trip, trump tweeted, "many people are saying it was wonderful that mrs. obama refused to wear a scarf in saudi arabia, but they were insulted. we have 'eee-noof' enemies." ( laughter ) eee-noof. ( laughter ) so, it was something of a surprise when melania emerged from air force one also without a scarf. but she cleverly drew attention away from her head by wearing one of her husband's w.w.e. belts. ( laughter ) ( piano riff ) atomic. she'll atomic drop you. boom! diamond cutter! ( applause ) then there's the bow. somehow, the saudi king always gets the u.s. president to bow. it happened to george bush in 2008, and obama in 2009. trump gave obama a ton of grief for that. so there was no way trump was

i think it is horribly improper and degrades the process for any politician, be it potus, the attorneyeral or anybody else, to come in and attack the system when it works. let me tell you something. this was not a disgraceful verdict. so the president is wrong. this verdict as best we know, was appropriate, and i'm very concerned that we attack and denigrate the criminal justice system, which is the best in the world. and does work very well. and seemingly worked in this case, when we denigrate it because we're worried that we want to get some type of yardage on an immigration policy. they are not could be conflated. leave our criminal justice system alone. >> mark o'mara, thank you so much for being here, as always. >> thank you, michael. >>> more social media. tweets and facebook. one tweet, let's see what it is. this verdict represents exactly what san francisco residents believe. illegal aliens first and americans last. pete, i get your criticism. i'm not happy with this, either. i mean i don't want, i don't want anybody to watch this segment and think that i'm satisfied with the o

"potus has tweeted a bit who could be called a witness against trump in the obstruction of justice casep's feet is the gift that keeps on giving. merry christmas, robert mueller." >> i think of it comes to it, it will be in the position of russia funny money and trump's organization for this issue, clearly mistaken. deputy director mckay had in hindsight probably should recuse himself in terms of that connection point, in terms of money and politics. i suspect he seems to be stepping down to insulate from the pressure. i think there's a good point, the president of the united states, the exceptionalism of american democracy right back to the founders is the coequal branch of the government. the president is the chief i executive of the united states. as someone who lives in the massage of his own power and confidence does no service to the nation that he should be serving or to his own personal credibility as a leader by being quite so visceral and quite being so broad-based in his criticism of this agency. >> doug: how compromised is thise investigation given this political activism? i

potus now admits he knew michael flynn lied to the fbi, yet trump tried to influence or stop the fbi investigation on flynn. this morning, the president was back on twitter saying i never asked comey to stop investigating flynn. just more fake news covering another comey lie. "the new york times" obtained e-mails that suggest the trump administration had close contact with the russians during his transition. shortly after president obama issued new sanctions against russia last december, adviser k.t. mcfarland e-mailed a colleague saying, "if there is a tit-for-tat escalation, trump will have difficulty improving relations with russia which has just thrown usa election to him." it is unclear if mcfarland was being serious about russia helping shape the election's outcome. those e-mails and "new york times" interviews do suggest michael flynn was in close contact with white house officials before and after the sanctions were issued, and that will contradict a white house claim that he acted independently. >> abc news has suspended reporter brian ross for four weeks without pay for an

potus now admits he knew michael flynn lied to the fbi, yet trump tried to influence or stop the fbi investigation on flynn. so i take it you're not buying this explanation? >> not at all. and if john dowd actually wrote that tweet, he should be fired. it's stunning legal malpractice. but it doesn't really matter because if a lawyer writes something for you and then you say it or you put it out, then you have just owned it. so it doesn't even absolve donald trump of that tweet. more significantly, donald trump has not tried to correct it. he's had numerous occasions now to say he didn't mean it or someone else wrote it. he didn't say that. in fact, he doubled down. he's now attacking the fbi instead of trying to correct his earlier tweet. >> if he did in fact write it, though, john dowd, why would he potentially put his client in legal jeopardy or is it more to what you said, you know, he should be fired and that would be a level of sloppiness or incompetence doing so? >> because i just don't believe that story at all. i know the white house is very freaked out about donald trump's t

. >> general dempsey, as the congressman just said tweeting potus 43 and 44. that's presidents bush and obama and first ladies cared deeply, worked tirelessly for the serving, the fallen and their families. not politics. sacred trust. let me trust you on this point. we are not raising general kelly's son's death. donald trump raids it in an interview. he did an interview this morning, and he said this. you could ask general kelly, did he get a call from obama. that is how general kelly's son's death ended up part of the season. >> it's horrifying to me. i can't believe that we're back here again talking about something that is so sensitive. but, again, he attacked a gold star family previously. so i guess this is just old hat for him to punch down in a moment in which he -- >> punch down. you lose your child, you're broken. it's not even punching down. steve? >> the only thing that goes through my shed the quote by joseph well whoch is the chief council of the united states army confronting joseph mccarthy. and he said "at long last, sir, have you no sense of

sarah huckabee sanders recently tweeted, which is the more underreported story of potus year one? defeating isis, booming trump economy. the good news of president trump's presidency hasn't received much attention. is it time for the mainstream media to give him a fair shake? >> well, those are two questions. is it time for them to do it and will they do it? i would not expect that the tenor of press coverage of the president would change, which is, by the way, one of the reasons he cherishes his twitter feed, which is his way to go above the head of the press, to set the agenda for the day. we've seen him doing a lot of it this morning already. and that's the reason he does it even though a number of people -- you talk to voters, listen to focus groups. some are tired by the more confrontational tweets he sends out. he still believes that's his way to communicate directly with the american people and not have to go through the news networks. >> lending to the bad press, you just touched on that, has been basically the president who has relentlessly attacked the news reports as fa

ted leu says that potus has tweeted quite a bit about andrew mccabe who could be called as a witnessagainst trump in an obstruction of justice case. merry christmas, robert mueller. trump defended the tweets sunday. >> is that helpful for the president to repeatedly attack top officials of the fbi? >> chris, i think the president believes the american people have a right to know what happened with that investigation. >> mccabe spent two days and over 14 hours testifying on capitol hill last week. democrats said the closed-door meetings were not meant to find facts but in his view to discredit the special counsel's russia investigation. >> what's going on behind those closed doors? we all know what is going on. it's not a search for the truth. it's a search to undermine the legitimacy of mueller's investigation. >> it's critically important that we republican the independence of the department of justice and the fbi. no one is above the law. >> another person trump tweeted about, james baker, an fbi official that sources say was removed from the fbi's general counsel. the counsel is i

potus at 3:00.investors await the latest on taxes out of washington phil murphy is going to join us as he prepares to take office in one of the states most impacted by the bill. >> it isn't only crunch time in washington retail mania in full swing look at the calendar christmas just five days away. we'll have a look at the winners and losers coming up >> plus, optimism on wall street may seem alive and well today, but according to a new survey, hopes for next year don't appear to be as strong, especially among america's wealthiest >> senate passes that landmark tax reform bill earlier this morning. the bill then goes to the house for a revote >> that final vote in the house is expected to happen in just two hours or so. and the reason they're taking it up again is because the bill hit a technical snag over in the senate, but right now, all indications are that this bill is going to sail through the house. majority leader kevin mccarthy was on cnbc earlier today and even joked maybe the vote is going

he wants a scalp and he would love to get potus.at all happened. todd: sure. we're in some dangerous water right now. going forward. pete: fascinating to watch any portion of that seven 1/2 hours. i know you can't betray confidentiality of what was said. donations to his wife campaign's. text messages refer to insurance policy, what he did in the clinton email investigation, i assume all those questions were asked. what was your overall takeaway, his disposition? did you walk away really mistrustful, or was he able to answer some things? >> from things we already knew i was, i carried in some distrust. just, i mean what we know is factual about andy mccabe. he sounded like he was very straightforward but, like i say, he remembers some things very different from some of the other people who made public statements. so andy has given some information that needs further investigation to see if he is right about that but the impression is that, my impression is since the day mueller went in, he has not been the up standing, fair guy that

it's a big win for potus. >> here's why he should be overjoyed.y're all history. they're all just footnotes now. this was not the final word on it. the supreme court still has to issue an opinion with finality. 7-2. we have an indication which way it's going to go. brian: so that has to make the president feel good. meanwhile, seven minutes after the hour. the other thing we're talking about is the president's tax plan. yesterday, the house names when they go to meet with the senate to find one tax reform plan that is going to go through, meanwhile, nancy pelosi has seen enough. doesn't need to see the final product. i believe -- now, you guys stop me if i'm wrong here. i think she's against it. doesn't think it's going to be good or is? steve: i've got to watch this. >> this -- the debate on health care is like death. this is armageddon. steve: okay. brian: saying it again. steve: she didn't like it. stuart varney does like the plan, bends why the democrats don't. >> they see the writing on the wall. next year we're likely to be going with not a

great day of fun playing with@pot with@potus@ @realdonald trump. >> just in case people miss this andthey're going to be spending their holidays golfing, lindsey graham is here using his twitter account to promote the president's golf course. >> and that blue check mark means that's the real lindsey graham. that's not a bot doing that. that's actually lindsey. >> trump international golf course is a spectacular golf course. >> 18 holes. >> and at the same time, him bashing robert mueller, a great american who actually led america through 9/11 pretty well. >> it's fascinating the ethics adviser that resigned from the trump administration responded to his tweet. it's okay that you had fun golfing but the presidency is not supposed to be for profit. so no more spectacular. >> john wanted to listen again to donald trump's robo call. he found it interesting. >> i did. let's listen. >> hi. this is president trump, and i need alabama to go vote for roy moore. roy moore is the guy we need to pass our make america great again agenda. roy is a conservative who helped me steer this country back

host: this program is carried on serious xm the potus channel 124 every sunday morning and every dayc-span radio, stream that www.c-span.org. our guest is set jones at the rand corporation -- seth jones of the rand corporation. ground forid to the many potential terrorists? guest: well, steve, i think africa has become over the years and area of much more serious concern when it comes to terrorism. it is the use of several locations as hot beds for recruitment and training. there is west africa, which is nigeria. that group is boko haram. that organization has been involved in a number of attacks in that region mostly. when you look north, the most serious concerns are in north africa and countries like libya. fore is a major stationary a number of jihadist groups, including the islamic state and al qaeda in libya. europeans have been concerned because of the proximity to europe. it sits on the mediterranean, and there have been multiple attempts to get people from tunisia, north africa, egypt, into europe. and the third region is the horn of africa, east, somalia, and yemen. those t

just actors going to see so famous out there speaking out against, say this code is, -- save this potus anybody remembers charleston heston? and numerous others that were very staunch republicans, and you voted for two of those and supported charleston heston with his president of the nra at that time, and they have as much right to speak out, not to see actors and the people behind-the-scenes, the film crew , the grips, all of them, they are left and right. they just do not talk about it because they're too busy working, but they have a right to speak out, just as anybody else does because they pay taxes, they have children in school. they have as much right as anybody else. if you do not like it, do not listen to it. quick voting for them if you do not like hollywood. host: ok, call me now from oklahoma, good morning. caller: good morning. i do not have a clarity of necessarily ince the current political schema things, but the movies are a great source of being a former intelligence officer. the are a great source of intelligence and good information. a lot of it people do not read be

was he going to use the at potus account or at real donald trump account. we tweet less? 2,400 tweets this year. actively using the old numbs there. pete: have you broken down. you penalty a lot of time looking at these. number one, all three, his top three most retweeted tweets are a bit more controversial than they are policy driven. number one goes to the video that shows him body slamming the cnn logo right there. some people thought that was not very presidential. others thought it was funny. i think pete you fall into the category funny. pete: i thought it was both. that received about 360,000 retweets. making it his most popular tweet of the year. number two, mocking kim jong un saying why would kim jong un insult me by calling him old when i would never call him short and fat. i tried so hard to be his friend and maybe some day that will happen. number three the infamous lisa: sounds like a band. what our other popular tweets? >> usually his tweets fall into three different categories. one of them is personal attacks against political adversaries or people in holi

she's saying potus has been briefed on this situation. can we bring back in dan bongino?ns next? do we have any of them on the phone? >> yeah. the white house you have the national security team, obviously looking at if this is some type of terror incident it looks like frighteningly so. and that's obviously the primary question right now, ainsley. the investigation is secondary to triaging your needs to making sure that this is the only attack. you don't want to preemptively declare that everything's over and then god forbid you have another explosion say down on a train station of whatever, downtown manhattan somewhere. obviously saving lives is paramount, and i bet there's some heightened state of alert right now, and this is the kind of thing that the president is briefed on, in my opinion, immediately. everybody stops, everybody rushes over. steve: surely. let's bring in sebastion. he's an expert at terrorism. he joins us right now from our nation's capitol. sebastion, as you look in, what appears to be your observations what appears to be a pipe bomb or a suicide ve

last year there were a lot of questions was he going to use at potus account or @ real donald trump accountusing @ real donald trump account. pete: you scoured and found which ones have been retweeted. >> retweeted were more controversial than policy driven or inspiring. his number one retweeted tweet was a video showing him body slamming the cnn logo. some thought it wasn't very presidential. others thought it was funny. regardless of what you thought about it certainly was a talker. which is why it was retweeted about 360,000 times. pete: i was hosting that morning. we didn't know what to do about it either. how you feels about the fake news media. >> second most retweeted tweet also kind of controversial. some people thought it was funny. it was an attack on kim jong un. why would he insult me by calling me old when i would never call him short and fat oh well i tried so hard to be his friend and maybe some day that will happen. retweeted. kind of a classic trump style. pete: he knowes how to weaponize with humor. >> that's right. speaking of humor. third most retweeted tweet this year t

lieu of the president calling for this guy to be fired saying that this is like a chilling effect of potusrst amendment. , which again is, a different issue. griff: i disagree with my friend pete here a little bit. i don't think dave weigel should get fired. he apologized. here is the bigger thing. we wake up today and look at the news. grab a copy of your "new york times." all-star team of hafferman, baker. pete: is he on your all star feel? not mine. griff: 3, 4 page article about the president. the headline the president vs. the presidency. pete, what did you make of that? pete: you raised a great point. we will read a little bit of the quote. go ahead, griff. griff: this stood out to me as a journalist, what? despite all his bluster he views himself less as a titan dominating the world stage than maligned outsider engaged in the struggle to be taken seriously according to interviews with 60 advisors, associates, friends and members of congress. there is everything wrong with that statement. and you know this whole notion about anonymous sources, about putting things out there. in this