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Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Don jr. And it goes on to say this was a meeting to get information on an opponent, totally legal and done all the time in politics. It is done frequently in politics when everyone involved is an american citizen. It is much more treacherous if there are any foreign nationals who are part of a meeting like that because t...

Done. >> you looked in the lens as you said that. youre talking to them, right? >> basically talking to melissa. im sorry. >> in exchange for his guilty plea, the d.a. agreed to recommend that james could be eligible for parole after serving 24 years. final decision up to the judge. defense attorney stover made the argume argument. and then melissa took the stand. >> emotionally the damage you have caused me is almost unbearable. for alyssa, you crumbled her foundation and everything she knew to...

Of course. but never mind the man behind the curtain, its really not a big deal. its not illegal, its not collusion, if collusion actually exists. so its striking that this weekend their whole defense is the idea that, oh, well, yes, they did have this meeting in russia russia, but collusion isnt illegal. thats their new sort of arg . argume argument. next week their argument will be, this might have happened but its not a big deal and it will be fine. >> as we look at this back and forth, one o...

Everything, and one is domestic politics. what is not part of his calculus is the history of alliances or traditions of american diplomacy, thats out the window. deal making and seeking leverage and domestic politics and in this sense smacking back our closest allies makes sense to him because he thinks in terms of domestic politics it plays back at home to his voters and maybe more broadly than that to say were not getting our fair share, we need our fair share. thats an argument he made about ...

Argument for nato, the german argume argument. hes saying if youre going business with russia, russia is not a threat to you. >> and to remind people, the deal they made with russia was in 2002 before russia became more -- weve seen more bad behavior from russia of late. >> a lot of germans, a lot of europeans are quite concerned about that they may have become overdependent on russia. several times in the past years weve seen russia threatening to turn off the tap unless europe did things putin...

That were lost in defending this wonderful, wonderful nation. our country is one thing about our geographics, our nation is about another thing, thats about the people and i would just say for all of us, sit back and if you can listen to those type of words. the exchange between myself and ms. waters was not the only one i sat there and listen for 15 minutes for a line of people coming up making disparaging remarks about automobile people and also, think consistently, they discriminate against n...

You know, weapons, you know, in the hands of regular, everyday civilians? i dont think anyone, you know, on the other side of this argume argument, has addressed what you might actually use that for in real life. >> yup. >> so -- >> but for some reason, thats not the topic of conversation. its everything else. >> no. >> its mental health, school hardening. >> right. the conversation continues to pivot. you know, first, its, we shouldnt talk about it because people need to grieve. then it was men...

It and gave the full context of it and explain what had the president was trying to say, you said, oh, this makes sense. the family may have taken it the wrong way, but the context and explanation, you see what the president was trying to say, he was trying to reflect what general kelly had been told and what general kelly explained to the president had been helpful to them. misunderstandings can happen in these situations. i spoke to senator lindsey graham, spent a lot of time with the presiden...

Four days later, and hes not adjudged to be mentally ill, and hes not convicted of a felony, the police has no choice but to return his property. he shows up at the station and wants his gun back, they have to give it to him. thats the frustration for law enforcement is this happens all the time. and theres nothing more they can do when theyre following the law. >> and in about 30 seconds or less, i realize im asking you both a legal question as well as a mental health question. but based on you...

The outrageous accusations leveled against planned parenthood, based on heavily doctored videos are offensive and categorically untrue. it is unacceptable that in the 21st century women in america are routinely harassed for accessing a legal medical procedure. >> well, that was the head of planned parenthood pushing back against republican critics during a contentious hearing on capitol hill. joining us is one of those on capitol hill leading that argume argument, congresswoman diane black. than...