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Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. Of the house judiciary committee. Congressman, let me start with you. Do you think Michael Cohen is credible . I do. And if Michael Cohen is telling the truth, it means theres at least three felonies in what hes about to say. First, donald trump conspired with a foreign power to influence the election. Second, donald trump went ahead and lied about the meeting, which could be potential obstruction of justice. And t...

>> when will you release them, sir? >> when i get the next physical. >> the folks, last nights debate was a proof, all be it in a proof and winding way about where this race is going. biden is taking a licking but keeps on ticking displaying a teflon candicy thats reminiscent and in some ways helped by mr. trump. last night reinforced the top tier, biden, warren, sanders and everybody else. the most important part of this debate was about biden, warren and sanders and over health care. they show...

Might argue. or as important as backing a different republican in the past election. this is supposed to be a democracy. it wont work well if the pickup truck for opposing someone is never allowing them into public service. there may be logical objections to cuccinelli. thats just not one of them. mcconnell controls the senate floor. he could deny a vote. just ask merick garland. >> let me tell you this. if im still the majority leader of the senate, think of me as the grim reaper. none of that ...

Forward saying they had these things happen to him. it may have been true. it was a confirmation fight over him, but you better believe in this debate thats going to go on in the next few weeks running up to the midterm elections, its going to be a proxy fipgt. this is going to become a real issue animating democrats as well as republicans. >> gloria, we knew and saw during the campaign, the president laid the groundwork for this in the most -- now looking back, probably politically astute move ...

Anything this heated, this bare-knuckled an issue, that by the end of it nobody felt like they won. everybody felt like things were in a bad place. no question about it, in terms of victories and who won and who lost, for republicans, for mitch mcconnell, for the president, this is a monumental moment. this tilts the bench of the supreme court for generations to come. thats enormous. its part of mitch mcconnells plan with don mcgahn to completely reshape the judiciary, something they have done i...

Supreme court and his legacy, his greatest legacy, at this moment, in his presidency, will be these two justices. >> he ran on it. remember, he said, even if you dont like me, even if you cant stand donald trump, vote for me because i will give you the supreme court, and here he is, within two years of his inauguration, with a second justice. and as we all know, but some of our audience might not, this is a seat for life. long after donald trump has passed away, and many of us have moved on, bre...

Courtroom. >> betsy, can i give you a very paranoid feeling i keep having and you can talk me out of it. i keep feeling like theres some setup, that this is, to use the professional wrestling term, when fake animus is created between two wrestling characters. somehow what were watching is a weird public setup and theres something happening behind the scenes im not seeing. is that happening? >> i think youre probably giving too much credit to the presidents legal team here. i think the idea that ...

Nasty, a hearing that erupted into chaos from the first question, a partisan bare knuckled brawl. peter strzok going head to head with house republicans well into the night, defending himself against attacks over his anti-trump texts. >> at no time in any of these texts did those personal beliefs ever enter into the realm of any action that i took and the suggestion that i in some dark chamber in the fbi would somehow cast aside all of these procedures, all of these safe guards are and do this i...

>> bare-knuckled brawl but it doesnt move the needle. >> all great headlines. thank you all three, joe, betsy, taryn. have a very good sunday. >> you too. >> thanks, richard. >> thank you. >> stick with msnbc on wednesday. well have live team coverage all day long right here leading up to the third and final face-off in las vegas at 9:00 p.m. eastern followed by analysis from our post debate team. definitely be here for that. next, asian-americans taking a stand against anti-immigrant rhetoric. ...

Debate. >> thank you very much. my panel is back with me. nia, to you first. what to you make of bannans strategy? >> it is not surprising. if you look at breitbart they also had an anti-boehner strategy as well. and were very much the voice of conservatives who didnt like the establishment. they thought the establishment republicans were too polite they didnt fight in a bare knuckled way and didnt get anything done even though they were voicing opposition to obama throughout the last eight year...