>>> WE HAVE BREAKING TRUMP TWITTER NEWS TONIGHT OF SORTS.
THE PRESIDENT IS TWEETING TONIGHT.
HE'S UP AND ACTIVE AND TWEETING. HE TWEETED ONE ABOUT THE NFL AND
TWO ABOUT THE STOCK MARKET AND NOTHING, NOTHING ABOUT BOB
CORKER. AND SO, WE ARE NOW MOVING PAST
24 HOURS OF DONALD TRUMP SUFFERING THIS ATTACK BY SENATOR
BOB CORKER SAYING THE WORST THINGS ABOUT HIM THAT ANY
SENATOR HAS EVER SAID ABOUT A PRESIDENT AND S STILL ABSOLUTE
SILENCE FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP. JOINING US NOW IS JENNIFER
REUBEN, OPINION WRITER AT WROES AND CHARLIE SYKES, AUTHOR OF
"HOW THE RIGHT LOST ITS MIND" AND A MSNBC CONTRIBUTOR.
JENNIFER, TWO THINGS TO COMMENT ON TONIGHT.
ONE IS THE TRUMP SILENCE CONTINUES.
IN THE FACE OF SENATOR CORKER'S POWERFUL ATTACK AGAINST THE
PRESIDENT. AND, STEVE BANNON'S ATTACK
AGAINST REPUBLICAN SENATE, HE'S GOING TO RUN A PRIMARY IF HE CAN
AGAINST EVERY REPUBLICAN SENATOR UP FOR ELECTION EXCEPT FOR LYING
TED, EXCEPT FOR TED CRUZ, KNOWN AS LYING TED BY DONALD TRUMP.
FOR SOME REASON BEING LYING TED DOESN'T DISQUALIFY HIM ANYMORE.
TAKE ON THE TWO THINGS, ONE IS TRUMP SILENCE ON TWITTER AT
LEAST AND ELSEWHERE AND ON BOB CORKER AND THIS BANNON ASSAULT
ON REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE. >> THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF
IS THAT JOHN KELLY LITERALLY STOLEN THE PHONE AWAY FROM
DONALD TRUMP. SOMEONE ELSE IS PERHAPS TWITTING
THE INNOCUOUS THINGS BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY WHAT BOB CORKER DID
WAS HE OUTED HIMSELF AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
FOR ALLOWING SOMEONE WHO THEY BELIEVE IS MENTALLY UNABLE TO
PERFORM THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
UNABLE TO FORM THE DUTIES, A RISK TO THE COUNTRY TO REMAIN.
AND IN DOING SO, HE RAISES NOT ONLY A QUESTION ABOUT TRUMP, BUT
ABOUT THE REST OF THEM. WHAT ARE THEY DOING THERE IF
THEY TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS MAN IS ABOUT TO CAUSE WORLD WAR III
OR EVENTUALLY WILL CAUSE WORLD WAR III?
WHAT IF TOMORROW JOHN KELLY, MATTIS AND TILLERSON ALL QUIT?
WOULD THEY FEEL THAT THE COUNTRY IS IN PERIL?
I THINK THEY SHOULD. SO THAT'S THE ONLY EXPLANATION I
CAN COME UP WITH ON THAT ONE. AS FAR AS THE SENATE GOES, OH
MY. WHAT FUN THIS IS GOING TO BE.
THE CRAZIES AGAINST THE CRAZIERS.
LISTEN. BANNON IS OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO
CONVERT THE ENTIRE PARTY INTO A BANNON PARTY, ALL RIGHT?
HE WANTS TO BECOME THE KING MAKER BUT WHAT IS INTERESTING IS
THAT THE POSSIBILITY NOW OPENS UP THAT SOME SANE REPUBLICANS
MIGHT GET INTO THE ACT. YOU KNOW, IF THE PRO TRUMP
REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO FIGHT IT OUT BETWEEN, SAY, DEB FISHER
IN NEBRASKA AND SOME CRAZY BANNON PERSON, PERHAPS A SANE
PERSON, SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY BELIEVES IN THE CONSTITUTION
COULD GET INTO THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.
MAYBE WITH 35% OF THE VOTE, SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY BELIEVES IN
THE CONSTITUTION, WHO BELIEVES IN DIPLOMACY IN NORTH KOREA, WHO
BELIEVES IN THE RULE OF LAW COULD GET INTO THE ACT.
AND WE NOW RAISE THE INTERESTING POSSIBILITY THAT PERHAPS THERE
CAN BE A WAR FOR THE SOUL OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THE ALTERNATIVE, OF COURSE, THAT THEY GO OUT OF BUSINESS AND WE
HAVE A LOT OF DEMOCRATS IN OFFICE WHICH IS POSSIBLE, AS
WELL. >> THAT IS A FASCINATING POINT
THAT PUTTING A RIGHT WING OR I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL THEM.
A BANNON WING CHALLENGER IN THESE REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES OPENS
UP A POSSIBILITY WHERE YOU CAN WIN IT WITH 35% OF THE VOTE AND
YOU COULD WIN IT IN KIND OF CLASSICAL REPUBLICAN TERMS OF
THE DOLE ERA OF REASONABLE CANDIDATES.
CHARLIE SYKES, FASCINATING POINT.
AND I WANT TO GET YOU ON WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE.
WHEN WE WATCH STEVE BANNON, WHEN I WATCH STEVE BANNON, THE CLIPS
OF HIM ON FOX NEWS, IT SEEMS LIKE DURING DONALD TRUMP'S
SILENCE OF BOB CORKER, HE HAS STEVE BANNON OUT THERE SAYING
THE THINGS HE DESPERATELY WANTS TO SAY, LIKE THE SENATOR SHOULD
RESIGN THE SENATE TONIGHT. >> STEVE BANNON DOESN'T THINK
CRAZY TOWN IS CRAZY ENOUGH. THIS IS FREE FORM RAGE.
IT IS NOT IDEOLOGY. IT'S NIHILISM.
PUSHING THE PARTY FURTHER AND FOURTHER FROM THE SANITY THAT
JENNIFER WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE TELL HERE IS THAT BANNON IS NOT
ONLY SUPPORTING PEOPLE LIKE ROY MOORE AND THE CHALLENGERS, HE IS
ALSO SUPPORTING THE DISGRACED SENATOR OF NEW YORK, MICHAEL
GRIM, JUST GOT OUT OF JAIL. HE IS NOT A POPULIST, HE'S A
LOUD MOUTH, A TROUBLEMAKER, A THUG, A CROOK.
WHAT IS THE STRATEGY HERE EXCEPT TO BLOW THINGS UP?
WHEN'S REALLY EXTRAORDINARY ABOUT IT IS THAT BANNON IS
PUSHING THIS AGENDA AT A TIME WHEN DONALD TRUMP HIMSELF IS
BLOWING UP HIS OWN ADMINISTRATION, IS BURNING SO
MANY BRIDGES AND WHAT YOU ARE SEEING HERE IS, LOOK, THIS IS
NOT A GOVERNING PHILOSOPHY. THIS IS A GETTING IN TOUCH WITH
THE STEVE BANNON TRUMPIAN ID. IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE HOW IT
MAKES THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY MORE SUCCESSFUL OR HOW IT WILL DO
ANYTHING OTHER THAN TO CONTINUE THE REPUBLICAN CIVIL WAR.
YOU CAN HAVE SANE, RATIONAL REPUBLICANS, YOU KNOW, RISE TO
THE TOP. BUT RIGHT NOW, THAT'S NOT THE
TRAJECTORY OTORY OF THE REPUBLI PARTY.
>> JENNIFER, IF THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS RIGHT AND THE PRESIDENT
IS A MORON, WHAT IS STEVE BANNON?
>> WELL, HE'S SORT OF THE INSTIGATOR OF THE MORON.
TRUMP DOESN'T LIKE THE NOTION THAT BANNON PULLS HIS STRINGS
BEHIND THE BACK BUT THAT'S SORT OF WHAT HE IS DOING BECAUSE
AFTER ALL TRUMP WANTS TO TAKE CONTROL OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
AND BANNON IS DOING THE WORK FOR HIM BECAUSE TRUMP ISN'T SKILLED
ENOUGH OR ARTICULATE ENOUGH OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO PUT IT TO
MAKE THAT COME TO PASS. SO NOW IT'S NOT REALLY TRUMP'S
PARTY. IT'S BANNON'S PARTY.
PERHAPS HE IS THE KINGMAKER AND THE MAN PULLING THE STRINGS.
I WOULD AGREE WITH CHARLIE ON THE POINT THAT THIS IS ABOUT
RAGE AND I WONDER IF FOR HIS SUPPORTERS AT THIS POINT, THAT'S
ALL THEY HAVE LEFT. THEY KNOW THEY'RE NOT GETTING
ANYTHING. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE
PROMISES. ALL THEY HAVE IS RAGE AT THIS
POINT AND THAT'S ALL TRUMP CAN GIVE THEM.
>> CHARLIE, A QUICK LAST WORD. GO AHEAD.
>> YEAH, YEAH. I MEAN, THIS IS -- WE HEARD IT
IN THE DURING THE CAMPAIGN, BURN IT ALL DOWN, TEAR IT DOWN.
STEVE BANNON IS NOT TRYING TO PURSUE A STRATEGY THAT WILL GET
ANY LEGISLATION PASSED. HE IS GOING TO -- HE IS PUSHING
A STRATEGY DESIGNED TO MAXIMIZE CHAOS AND I THINK HE IS LIKELY
TO GET IT. >> STEVE BANNON IS SUPPORTING --
HE'LL SUPPORT YOU IF DONALD TRUMP CALLED YOU A LIE YOUR
LIKELYING TED OR IF LIKE FORMER STATEN ISLAND CONGRESSMAN GRIM
YOU HAVE DONE TIME, YOU HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN CONVICTED OF
CRIMES, GONE TO JILL. >> HIS GUY.
>> YOU CAN GET THE STEVE