it's donald trump's id at most emotional and unguarded. in many ways his followers like that, not sure it does much good in terms of governing, helping him stay on message. >> and people who follow him, they should know shouldn't be talking about donald trump and his business practices. clear conflict of interest. nordstrom's issued a statement defending the decision. made this decision based on the performance, over the past year and particularly the last half of 2016 sales declined to the point where it didn't make good business sense for us to continue with the line for now. again that's what most businesses do, if it doesn't make sense get rid of the product. white house says it was personal. press secretary sean spicer earlier today. >> i think less about family business and attack on his daughter. for someone to take out their concern on his policies on family member of his is not acceptable. president has every right as father to stand up for them. >> daughter is business woman, grown woman with a business. she's not 12 years old. >

if we can't believe what he said on that bus in an unguarded moment, why would you say he says what he means and you can take it to the bank? i think those are two great questions. >> i think it was two guys peacocking in front of each other, trying to show off and have a -- you know, try to figure out who was the bigger manly man. it happens all the time. don't agree with the word choice, but find me -- most men, they might not go to that extent, but a lot of guys sit there and try to beat each other. >> there's a line -- >> bakari you never said -- >> i never said anything about sexual assault to any of my friends. in fact, if you say something like that, that's the quickest way for somebody to have a conversation with you. there's a line that's guy talk and what donald trump did. he's a habitual line stepper, let me not get it wrong, but he completely jumped clean over the line into what is inappropriate. no one's mother, sister, daughter, aunt deserves any of that. >> don, to me what this is just revealing is what trump is talking about with media bias. i think anyone with the righ

we're not about to show you some kind of unguarded, unflattering, behind the scenes moment. no. this is a picture the president of the united states posed for and put out on his instagram page. it's the image he chooses to project to the families and neighbors of 137,000 americans. this is our wartime president today. and while there is plenty more that could be sa

this is somebody who was right at his side and we even heard in that little excerpt from the tapes how unguarded trump was talking to him and he's used to letting his hair down, talking freely, musing about things, that's what makes somebody like cohen so dangerous. he's right there and they're not planning litigation. they're not planning to defend against an investigation. they're just talking so he's going to be forthright. >> and when your colleagues at the a.p. sat down with president trump and asked about michael cohen, boy, the hurt feelings are still right there on the surface. president trump lashing out, still we saw this in the immediate aftermath of when michael cohen's office was first learned of the extent to which they were going into his office, into his files, into all of the information that he has, which is huge about president trump's business and personal affairs over the last, you know, more than a decade, and even though he said to the a.p. yesterday that michael cohen lied and that, you know, he really just had a bit part in my business, i mean, we all know that this was

a president or political leader is constantly unguarded with requests. his silence was his way of not giving in to special interests. he articulated that quite explicitly. shlaes will take your calls and tweets live for three hours sunday at noon eastern on c-span 2's "book tv. >> donald trump delivered remarks on politics and building the trump brand tuesday at the national press club. he was joined by his daughter. this is an hour. >> good afternoon and welcome. i am an adjunct professor at the george washington university school of media and public affairs, former international bureau chief for the associated press and the 107th president of the national press club. the national press club is the world's leading professional organization for journalists, committed to our future through our programming of evidence such as this while fostering a free press worldwide. for more information, please visit our website at press.org. on behalf of our members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker and those of you attending today's event. our head table

would still have the opportunity unfortunately to do a lot of damage and might be less prepared, less unguard. >> terrorists seek the path of least resistance and western europe hasn't had the same level in police force that is we have in new york city. new york city is ahead of the curve. they also have the threat on their doorstep. you have massive muslim populations in brussels, having to cancel. they really don't have their arms around the threat right now and they've had to react by massive raids shutting down mosques. we didn't done in the united states yet, that problem is much more front and center for western europe. >> david: already it is packed. that's going to be quite a job keeping everybody safe. look at that. that's sixth avenue. that's not the heart of time square. donald trump is doubling down on hillary clinton. the billionaire businessman ramping up attacks on former president bill clinton as he prepares to campaign with his wife. with the details rich who is live. happy new year. you're doing work for other friends in fox news, right? >> that's right, david. following the

some left unguarded, others watched over by guards who claim they were being paid by the government. how many tunnels do you think there are? >> six. >> in the neighborhood. how concerned are you for your safety that the cartels will try to come back? >> if the cartel comes back. >> it's an open invitation d cartels will continue to exploit. american authorities the best way to combat the tunnels are by using technology and cake information by informants and the surrounding community. >> shannon: thank you very much. the breakup of the united kingdom from the european union is officially underway. papers were delivered today to the president of the council. this begins a two-year process that has been termed brexit. britain voted to leave the e.u. they joined the alliance in 1973. first arab summit since president trump was elected is concentrating on the palestinian conflict with israel. >> despite numerous disagreements between the countries of the middle east, today's arab summit began with a show of unity. and a clear message for u.s. president donald trump. the conference reiter

factor was that they did not assign an agent to the neighboring zone that left that ten mile stretch unguarded. as i said for almost two days. we see this quite a bit in south texas and the rio grande valley with all the unaccompanied children coming across the border. the cartels, these are the most dangerous and capable criminal organizations in the western hemisphere. and they know exactly how we operate and they know how to counter us and they will overwhelm us until the border patrol agents are unable to respond. and then they will take their product and people and go where the border patrol agents are not. >> let's look at what happened. we know beginning in 2015, look at the people coming across our border. five from afghanistan, 57 caught from pakistan. a whole bunch from china. 2016 now 18 from afghanistan, 79 from pakistan. so what's with the increase? >> that's a good question. i wish i knew. but it flies in the face of what the administration is saying about the border being more secure than ever. it's just not true. the numbers are trending significantly upward, and it's something

notice the gates into britain's parliament left open and unguarded in the confusion. >>> back in the u.s., federal investigators say cockpit audio from the small private plane that crashed into a home in an atlanta suburb indicated maybe a problem with the autopilot. that may be to blame. the mangled wreckage of the aircraft now being removed. the pilot was killed. the residents of the home were at church at the time of the accident. >>> and friends, family, and fans, paying tribute to carrie fisher and debbie reynolds on saturday. at a public memorial in los angeles. ♪ singing in the rain >> the celebration was filled with dancing, music, and laughter. family saying it was a show, just as mother and daughter would have liked it. the pair's beloved dogs were there to remember their owners. >>> in texas, the coast guard was called in to get eight people from the water after the two boats that they were riding in collided near some jetties off the coast of corpus christi. rescuers throwing ropes to the boaters. moving the boaters to safety. one man was injured and taken away by helic

was that, indeed, closer to the hillary clinton you saw if you were allowed to see that many unguarded moments? >> i think so. and i think this is the hillary clinton that people wanted to see. her aides are always talking about the gregarious, funny hillary clinton that you see behind the curtain, the one that always asks how your sick uncle is doing. that hillary clinton for whatever reason didn't really emerge on the campaign stage in 2016 or in 2008, and she had eight years to kind of remedy that. and she did. she tried her best to get a little bit warmer, to kind of show people who she really is. but i think that was really difficult for her in the end. >> eli, take the other side of this because you covered the other side. you spent most of your time talking about the trump effort. what would trump voters have seen in today's event with hillary clinton? >> well, the same person that they were horrified could possibly become president, the same person who isn't taking personal responsibility for the loss. they would probably tune out her statement saying of course i made mistakes

was that closer to the kinds of hillary clinton you saw when you were allowed the see the unguarded moments. >> i think so. her aides are always talking about the gregarious funny hillary clinton that you are see behind the curtain. the one who always asks how your sick uncle is doing. she never appeared like that on stage. in 2008 or 2016. she had time to get warmer and show people who she really is. but that was difficult for her. >> eli, take the other side of this. you covered the other side. you spent most of your time talking about the trump effort. what would the trump voters have seen in today's event with hillary clinton. >> the same person that they were horrified could become president. the same person who isn't taking personal responsibility for the loss. they would tune out her statement that of course i made mistakes and only hear the statements that but most of all this was about russia. i think a lot of the things that hillary clinton said today may be defensible on paper. it's just a matter of the tone and perhaps tone deafness of whether or not she should be the one saying

of security down at mar-a-lago where chinese agents and others were roaming freely with a completely unguarded system with an internet that was open to virtually anybody. you have the president making calls on his unsecured cell phone. you've got the kleptocracy and corruption involving all the members of his cabinet, of his family. you have the relationship with mbs and the covering up of the brutal murder of "the washington post" journalist. one of the difficulties here is when you start to move down that road, where do you stop? in some ways, having that narrow focus may make it just a little bit easier to make it stick. >> norm ornstein and benjamin wittes, thank you for joining us on this important night. really appreciate it. >>> coming up, today's impeachment hearing, how it affected the first ever meeting today between vladimir putin and president zelensky of ukraine. that is next. >>> but first, with just 14 days of christmas shopping left, we want to remind you about kids in need of desks, the partnership that i created with unicef and msnbc to deliver desks to schools in pa malawi w