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Shamefulgate. Weirdgate. Katy, have a greatgate afternoon, evening, whenever you call it now. By, aligate. Im allie velschi in for ari melber not here. Ali velcher. President trump considering denying briefings to former president barack obama. What exactly has been told to bob mueller about key moments that could form an obstruction case and again ignored reporters questions act his conversations with mueller. Why did you speak so long to the special counsel, mr. Mcgann. Did you confide you tho...

It is brilliant in laying out all of the links from his first text to the actions that happened on january 6th and that continue to this day. and while there may not be a change in leadership in terms of it being a meaningful change in direction, i think there may be some civil suits that will follow and that will make this a bankrupt organization, and drive them out of business. that could have that effect, while some of the past leaders spend their time in jail which is where this case is head...

The insurrection is the result of lies. and those lies started with donald trump, but then he had help. and eastman was part of the help and fostering that is the claremont institute, which is funded by all of these foundations that have some of the wealthiest members of american society putting their money into it. and i am happy to report that at least one part of one of those foundations has turned its funding to animal protection, and i am very happy to hear they wont be spending it on the c...

How to overturn election results. joining me now the man behind that investigation, andy krul, also with us, msnbc contributor and former watergate prosecutor, jill wine-banks. andy, talk us through your reporting. why are betsy devos and other wealthy conservatives donating to the claremont institute? >> i think if you had asked anyone in the public about the claremont institute before the events of the past year, you would probably get either a blank stare or they would tell you, oh yeah, its ...

For testimony. they sent out no notes and none of the notes requested testimony. they do not have the transcript of the testimony. the testimony is far better for the defense. thats what their argument was really premised on, as everyone has been saying, the documents are for the prosecution. to the extent theyre focusing on the documents, that favors the prosecution. it could just be 18 complicated counts with different facts, reflective of their questions as well. >> andy, intellectually we un...

Whether in the israeli government or the american government can just spearhead on their own, that the people need to have this. but it was a really important speech. >> it was. >> and i think really, really well-delivered. i love when you talk about operation desert schmooze. the other thing i was hearing out about it, you had me at shalom. it appears to be all good at this point. well see how it all plays out back stateside. amie, andy, thanks so much. the consequences of the sequester now m...

Talked about this. the white house was lowering expectations. but did anything happen to exceed those expectations? >> i think advise ares think that it was a largely positive trip. when you look at the headlines in israel, theyre very, very, theyre calling this trip a very successful one. you know, they had prime minister netanyahu and president obama had their moments. they exchanged laughs. there were, you know, it was a far cry from a moment in the oval office that we saw last year where the...

Was more about scorekeeping. this was more about fodder for attack ads in 2014, in 2016, there were amendments on the keystone xl pipeline. there were amendments on the medical tax device that pays for obama care. there are amendments on all sorts of things that dont have to do with the budget. so it was as political as it was about policy last night. >> yeah. but amie, you know, democrats passing this first budget in four years here, how significant is that? and what does it call for? >> well, ...

Our situation in america, there is one thing that is extraordinarily uplifting -- >> one time! >> chris christie and mitt romney! >> chris christie and mitt romney! >> [ inaudible ]. >> oh, yeah. [ yelling ] >> you know -- no, no, no. no. hey. >> hey. yeah. you cant just shush them. theyre not there on your terms, governor. protesters also showed up at a newt gingrich fund-raiser. according to andy krul reporting for mother jones who was there and shot this video, the protesters snuck in through...

>> while there are things that are depressing right now about our situation in america, there is one thing that is extraordinarily uplifting -- >> one time! >> chris christie and mitt romney! >> chris christie and mitt romney! >> [ inaudible ]. >> oh, yeah. [ yelling ] >> you know -- no, no, no. no. hey. >> hey. yeah. you cant just shush them. theyre not there on your terms, governor. protesters also showed up at a newt gingrich fund-raiser. according to andy krul reporting for mother jones who ...