. >> few people seem to have greater credentials for the presidency than james buchanan, an opinion he shared. he had long experience in government and he had the advantage before running for president in 1856, of having been out of the country for several years. he was not around to be interviewed. and people do not exactly know what his opinions were. he was very happy with that. so buchanan has experience and he seems to have all the attributes, but what he does not have is an undivided party behind him. he has to cope with stephen douglas. and stephen douglas, who believed the nomination should have come to him, made life as difficult for james buchanan as he possibly could. and one thing which conspired to assist douglas that way was the situation in kansas. the lecompton constitution came to congress, buchanan put all of his political muscle behind it and douglas did everything he could to stymie it. buchanan calls douglas to the white house, they have a very unpleasant conversation. and buchanan says to douglas, i would like you to remember what happened to reeves, meaning someb

in a bucket said james buchanan administration thatn has been known as the worse facidency we ever had. and to take into account the foreign policy that the presidential cabinet in with that political corruption but to be say about the buchanan it administration so i know that is dark and morbid the there is a silver lining to read question. and with the quantum leap forward when it elected abraham lincoln. leap and i'm also a real leader is at the same time candidly as a foreigner in the end ofs this part is kind of hard. >>host: we got the question. >>guest: we're only slightly more of 100 days. into finding out of this plays out. so that chaos internally to be fixed to some extent they now have a conventional decision making process and then people who are concerned about donald trump getting rid of the fbi director and then to raise concerns with that agency that is investigating and that there understand all of these concerns and to see that constitutional elementwitht in with the reaction to that and over the first 25 years you of our reaction to sayma obama was the antidote to g

it would do a much better service to the james buchanan administration. if old and toothless and the presidential cabinet had a multibillion network that provided for what is a political corruption at the highest levels of the. i'm really kind of excited and curious what you think will be the quantum leap forward. >> we got the question and i would let you answer. >> guest:. we are only slightly more than 100 days in a. the national security side with the exception. on the other side things are still fairly symbolic and you have other people concerned about donald trump getting rid of the fbi director. the campaign all the trump graham and the potential collusion with the russians understand all these concerns. i think it was hyperbolic to see that crisis and i don't know what the constitutional element of that was a. a. we have seen a pattern in the last 25 years. almost anti-intellectual. the obama intellectual and then you have donald trump, so i wouldn't be surprised if we have a revision maybe someone that is a more conventional political figure. it

buchanan and he wants to know what can i do? water my powers as commander-in-chief? so he says to jeremiah black what can i do? that would like to answer in five days. that is not very much time. so let's give a straight down what the questions you're asking me. and he asks you can to sign that piece of paper just to be clear. and i think that moment is criticized for the answer that they gave what was viewed as too weak by those in the north but that is the subject of controversy but for you each to remember to go in these positions and not to forget your own agency. or the way the you participate in the process. they all say what everyone. they try to take control what am i actually being announced? are we clear? and that was a way with our own reputation to defend even though it a subordinate position. it doesn't mean the right answer is no but to agree with a commanding officer that is all we can do. but you have to be aware of the stakes of that decision. >> and would be interested to know your perspective on how you think

james buchanan. i could go on and on, is dershowitz really, really serious about this? david: you have to admit it is hyperbole when you see all other examples. not to mention more recently we had a president who allowed isis to grow and flourish calling them the jv team suggesting that they weren't a big threat. >> that is judgment. go to the same president we know misled the american people deliberately about the provisions of the nuclear agreement with iran, and then traded money for hostages with those two planes sitting on the tarmac in switzerland. again lied to the american people bit. while we're on that issue what about the white house that countenanced the american people being told that the benghazi incident was a result of a video that nobody saw? i mean, we've got plenty of this. my recommendation would be, settle down, deal with the things, with the facts as we know them. we can have disagreement what the import of those is but the suggestion this is the worst thing a president has ever said or done is just simply way over the top. david: karl, here is ano

buchanan was. >> except andrew jackson also owned slaves, except andrew jackson was a plantation owner that also owned slaves. because of the civil war was slavery, it was the confederacy that attacked the union, the south that attacked the north that caused an illegal and costly war all because they wanted to defend their right to own african people and descendants of african people because they benefited economically. >> you are 100% right. as i said said many times and written many times, andrew jackson as a co-founder of your party was one of the people who put this core of racism at the center of the democratic party, which exists today. simone. >> that's a reach. i think the culture of racism -- hold on. both of you are going down a rabbit hole i have no interest in. that's not the topic today. it's a complete distraction, jeffrey, and i'll tell you why. here is the issue before us. why does the president insist on if he's going to get things wrong never owning that error. it's not true people ask why we had a civil war, not recei rhetorically or literally, he doubles down. that'

letting it would do a much better service if we drew a parallel with the james buchanan administration. if you look at the trump administration's incompetence, it is astounding and taking into account the fact that foreign and state department are all but toothless and a presidential candidate that has a multibillion-dollar net worth, it can only be a house in environment. becky was be said about the buchanan administration. this may sound hyperbolic but with regard to the proslavery and the precipitation of the beil war, i know that may kind of dark and morbid but there is a silver lining and this is what leads me to my question. do the 2 -- due to the corruption at the civil war, our country had a quantum leap forward. i'm really kind of excited and curious to see about what our quantum leap toward will be. i am nervous at the same time and also really curious to hear from you as candidly as a foreigner from an outside looking in. what do you think our quantum leap forward will be? jonathan: i think there are a few parts to this. only slightly are more than 100 days in. making sweepi

thanks, james buchanan. one of the many moderate republicans in the senate. will they cave in and cause the death of obama care? francine is in paris. good morning, everyone. this is "bloomberg surveillance." world headquarters in new york, i am tom. in paris, francine lacqua. what have we learned them the representatives of emmanuel macron and marine le pen in the last hour? francine: we have learned as we know and citizens of france have been seeing for the last two weeks, i would say six months, is they have opposing views of what they think france will become. they went face-to-face -- they will go face-to-face on sunday. we are overlooking the eiffel tower. the mood is palpable. people are in anticipation. it will depend on voter turnout. friday.is it is jobs day. here is taylor riggs. donald trump made his first visit to new york since becoming president. he attended a dinner with the australian prime minister. earlier he is celebrated with the house on undoing much of his predecessors health law. been ant trump: it has catastrophe. this is a great plan

our specialists are mark hannah and pat buchanan. if all of this drama surrounding james comey wasn't enough, president trump hosted russia's foreign minister at the white house today. the meeting was preplanned. but of course that isn't stopping the conspiratorial chatter among the left. benny, it was preplanned under the heading "you can't make this stuff up." >> eboni: russia, russia, russia. >> eric: sergey kislyak, the guy at the center of the controversy around general flynn. general flynn met with him and caused the problems paired he was at the white house. >> eboni: technically president trump and the administration can't help the optics, or the timing. it doesn't help that american journalists weren't allowed to get in there and get pictures. the only pictures we do have comes from our friends, the russians. >> eric: crazy timing of it. do you think it had anything to do with comey's firing yesterday? >> kat: no, there are so many people saying trump meeting with the russian leader amid these questions but we should say tru

how did we know the democrats, first thing they would say about president trump firing james comey. i talked to president trump and hold up the comey firing until the book hits. >> lou: look. >> henry is right there in the oval office. >> lou: i love seeing him in the oval office on. >> i think he would give them. you don't like the folks but they have a awful lot of bombs. >> lou: and james clapper who i think he is a controversial dni. he was straightforward enough to remind the senate that the russians and the soviets have been trying to interfere in our presidential elections, we know for a fact since 1968. and we also know they tried to upend your boss at one point, ronald reagan in the '84 reelection. >> they were a favorite with mondale and they really made a mistake. 41- 1. think about this. >> but they doesn't. they at lost were on the wrong side of history again. >> and edrollins coming on as well. look, it is not unheard of that the united states may have tried to influence certain elections in parts of the world and even in democratic elections. >> lou: i am sure because