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Twitter. meanwhile a new report shows that the trump administration is quietly battling a senate bill that promises new sanctions on russia. joining me from estonia, "the new york times" reporter and msnbc contributor, they use skype a little differently there, i see, matt, the co-sponsor of the bill, called it the sanctions bill from hell, the state department letter says it could cripple global energy markets and putin is threatening to reciprocate any new sanctions so whose side gets presiden...

They are working together in tandem. >> yeah, thats right, chris. and its very much trump and putins party because putin is the one writing the music and trump is just the one singing the tune here. this whole idea that ukraine was behind the 2016 interference in the election, thats a russian disinformation cam bane trump is repeating. what we dont know is why and theres only two reasons. one is corruption and financial interests and the other is trump feels an affinity for this autocratic leade...

A spade. >> we were all so much younger then, katy. that was one moment but there have been others where the president had the opportunity to denounce what russia did, frankly admit that russia did it, acknowledge that they were behind the 2016 election interference and he has chosen consistently not so or do it in the most mild manner. >> do we have any reason why, though, we are still continuing to ask a fundamental question, why is he so friendly to vladimir putin, why is he so susceptible to...

Released by the white house that resulted in president nixon resigning from office. joining us now is nbc news presidential historian michael beschloss. thank you for being here. i feel like im trapped in a time capsule tonight. >> me too, i thought that was great. >> other than my obvious affinity for earl landgrebe stories. >> right. >> let me ask you about -- >> hoosier horse sense. >> hoosier horse sense which is amazing. let me ask you about what i see as parallels here, both in terms of so...

Proceedings against richard nixon when the supreme court then took up the issue of what evidence he could hold back from investigators. that, of course, did not end well for him when the supreme court ruled unanimously against him. that resulted in evidence being released by the white house that resulted in president nixon resigning from office. joining us now is nbc news presidential historian michael beschloss. thank you for being here. i feel like im trapped in a time capsule tonight. >> me t...

Proceedings against richard nixon when the supreme court then took up the issue of what evidence he could hold back from investigators. that, of course, did not end well for him when the supreme court ruled unanimously against him. that resulted in evidence being released by the white house that resulted in president nixon resigning from office. joining us now is nbc news presidential historian michael beschloss. thank you for being here. i feel like im trapped in a time capsule tonight. >> me t...

About the same, the parties begin to split in 2016. the same year that russia hacked the u.s. election which vladimir putin had us believed it was done by ukraine. joining me now is jack kingston. it is great to see you congressman. >> i am glad to be with you, joy. >> can you explain to me. one of the things i have found the weirdest watching the republican party over my lifetime is the shift from the reag reagan republican party to this party that seemed to admire russia and see russia as not ...

David holmes, political counselor at the u.s. embassy in ukraine explained it in his public testimony. >> second of all to drive a wedge between the united states and ukraine which russia wants to get back to influence. thirdly to smurge, support of ukraine and other key partners and elsewhere. >> nunes and company continues with these conspiracies. republicans growing affinity for russia is true. according to gallop, there is a wide disparity among those naming russia as a greatest enemy of the...

Does he think biden is too weak a candidate. >> theres not a person in the contest right now who can take on donald trump. you know, i was just in pennsylvania over the last week meeting with voters. im going to spend more time in swing states. donald trump and mike pence are out in force in those swing states. the voters there have a strong affinity for donald trump. if people want to hold on to the notion that every candidate right now has to pass every single litmus test in order to be okay i...

Deal with this case. were going to get there and in time well give you all the answers youre waiting for. you can be proud of your neighborhood, proud of your navy. thank god for the united states of america. >> mayor? >> thank you. >> governor, thank you so much for being here and as a part of that. i want to say out to all of our escambia county resident city of pensacola how grateful we are that youre here. we certainly have gotten calls from our congressmen, our senators, and even the white ...