joining me now, robyn wright, the reporter for that article. she's a joint fellow of the u.s. institute of peace. angela wry is a cnn political correspondent she's a former executive director to the congressional black kaus cuss. mark is an author of a terrific new book. and roy blunt jr. is an author, and former reporter. he spent his formative years in the south and that is still somewhat of a muse for him. he's written a book about it, including a biography of robert e. lee. >>> steve bannon is out of the white house but his influence steam soo seems to still dominate saying he agrees with you, that as long as the left plays identity politics it's great for the right. he said bring it on i'd love to see more of it. and it appears that donald trump, whether he has him in the white house or not, he is listening to that because that is the strategy that the trump administration and trump personally is pursuing. >> if steve bannon says it works for him, i'm inclined to agree with him. he's someone who knows his business. identity politics in this country means two things. it me