let's bring in democratic strategist emily tish sussman who is joining us via a swipe. spencer sullivan and crane. thanks so much for being with us. >> thanks for having us. >> i want to talk about the president's tweets today slamming his attorney general. i was stunned to see him -- what seemed to be disrespecting the attorney general. we attorney -- the justice department is supposed to be independent of the white hours, but the president seems to want to direct who is running it. what was your take when you saw >> he doesn't seem to be aware that they should be independent he is obsessed with trying to defense himself, defense his reputation and it's really at the expense of the american people. the senate is currently vote odd a billion voted on this afternoon on a billion that will affect a six of the economy and they don't know what's in the billion and yet the president can't get past his own perception of himself. he's totally obsessed with it. spencer, this is the president's guy. jeff sessions who is one of the first senators to come out in favor of him to su

they will help us to begin to grasp how sussman's are being and could be used to shape our political and social reality. join me in welcoming michal kosinski to the stage. [applause] particularly, facebook likes and profile pictures. they will help us to begin to grasp how sussman's are being and could be used to shape our political and social reality. join me in welcoming michal kosinski to the stage. [applause] >> hi, david. good evening, everyone. david: thanks for helping us pure behind this curtain. maybe we can begin by having you describe your work for us. what do you believe can be learned from our facebook likes and profile pictures. again for having me here. i am a competition scientist. i am working mostly with data, in particular big data. withad of spending time research subjects in my lap or running small experiments or maybe learning about people using surveys, i would look at the digital footprints that you so nicely introduced before that we are all leaving behind while using digital products and services. a is a great time to be computational scientist, a great time

a famous american sociologist professor sussman it's great to have you on the show thank you very much for your time that this is a great introduction to the well i hope you will be even more instituted by the questions my first question is actually about the figure that i mentioned mr trump i've seen that you've given the number of venture into your analysis of factors that you thing led to his election as president and i noticed that. at least i couldn't find a single article in which you would put his election squarely on the russian mad. enough to see you sidestepping the russian. side sidestepping the russian factories one way of putting it but i just have trouble once you enter a certain usually political system in the united states to actually be confident that what i'm reading about all the discussions that are happening that they're actually getting at the heart of the matter so the question of russian interference for me also resonates with the question of american interference i grew up in latin america and the americans were always interested in me do you think this interfe

joining me now, msnbc political analyst elise jordan, also former adviser to rand paul, and emily tisch sussman. we'll start with what senator paul was saying there. does he really want a repeal? he's only going to stand by this until he gets it? >> absolutely, he made the promise to his voters during the republican primary campaign, as did many other republican senators who are willing to vote for this bill, so i think he's sticking to his gun, he's laying out what is necessary for him to come onboard, and it's unlikely at this point that many other republican senators are going to stay true to their principles and push to full repeal. >> he said it's only going to get worse, but the majority whip saying, no, feeling a little bit at least mid or positive? >> well, you know, what is just to me i just really cannot believe that we have this bill and we still are waiting on the cost. and so for fiscally minded republicans who don't want to add to the deficit, how are you supposed to be able to judge the merits of this bill at this point when no one really knows how much it's actually going to cos

let's bring in emily tisch sussman and lisa boothe. welcome to you both, ladies.th you. are you comfortable with nancy pelosi basically as the defacto leader of the democratic party on the house side? >> i am comfortable with it and the numbers speak for themselves. republicans are in control of the house, senate and presidency. when democrats were in the control and the speaker of the house they passed 385 pieces of legislation signed into law. right now this current congress has been able to pass 43. not on track to have productivity. people will question who are my elected representatives working for? for me or to try to save the face of the republican party? i think -- >> shannon: you have to deal with the reality that they lost the house when she was speak en and lost four special elections. >> we are oef in a different political climate now. everyone agrees we're in a total converse political climate. the failure to bring about changes and reforms to healthcare will reflect on the republican party. i think we're going to see significant changes both in the h