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Potential obstruction justice by the president himself. and maybe by other people in his administration. that resistances from big d.c. lawyers and big d.c. law firms, him calling them looking for representation and firm after firm telling him no, that has meant the presidents legal team as he has assembled his legal team for these scandals has been a little unorthodox for someone facing scandals as serious as this president is facing. the first lawyer he signed up famously was marc kasowitz. he...

From big d.c. lawyers and big d.c. law firms, him calling them, looking for representation and firm after firm telling him no, that has meant that the presidents legal team, as he asell belled his legal team for these scandals is unorthodox for someone facing scandal as serious as this president is facing. the first lawyer he signed up is marc kasowitz, who has done things like real estate law and divorce law for the president in the past, but he has never done anything like any of the washingto...

Alston & bird, a big d.c. law firm. theyve been getting paid $20,000 a month by what would be the taiwan embassy in the united states if we had diplomat relations with taiwan, which we dont, on purpose. bob dole may be 93, but that does not mean hes retired. hes still at it. its fair to say we may have had some influence in setting up that diplomatic bombast of a phone call between the president-elect and the leader of taiwan. think about that for a second. i mean, it is one thing to be directly...

A country. but todays new wrinkle is this. today we started to hear from the people who are overtry claiming credit for what the president-elect is doing with other countries. today we started to hear from the people who are overtly claiming credit for what just happened, for example, with taiwan. alston & bird, a big d.c. law firm. theyve been getting paid $20,000 a month by what would be the taiwan baembassy in the unid states if we had diplomat relations with taiwan, which we dont, on purpose...

Beyond our charles ii problem, which we definitely have with the new president-elect. weve got that problem. today we got a whole new and maybe worse problem because getting paid effectively by foreign governments is not the only way we can get into trouble as a country because our leader has stopped acting in the interests of our country and is being used for another countrys purposes. paying the leader is one way we get into that kind of trouble as a country. but todays new wrinkle is this. to...

Da dash cam video showing the officer shooting the black suspect 16 times after he was down. some of those shots after he was down. van dykes lawyer says the officer opened fire because he feared for his safety. in baltimore today, jury selection began in the first of what will be six separate trials for the police officers charged in freddie grays death. a black man who died while in custody last april that triggered riots and protests. it will be the first test of whether an impartial jury c...

Of trump here attacking someone or being attacked. its an easy story for the media, jen. how much more difficult would it be to analyze jeb bushs new tax plan and what kind of deficit it causes and how the benefits are distributed. that doesnt rate as well. >> donald trump also makes himself pretty accessible to almost everybody, and as you know -- >> hes on every hour. >> youre right. youre always looking for a primary source. he is a primary source who is willing it talk. he does a good job of...

In the nations capital. heres how you know were in the middle of a crazy news cycle. this is what it looked like at 1:30 p.m. eastern time here on msnbc. oh, its a little -- seems like -- too much news to cover. not enough space on the tv screen. check out the banner at the bottom of the screen. left, doj briefing. right, white house briefing. this is news overload. on the left attorney general eric holder just starting his press conference to answer questions about the justice departments unpre...

End, it does. all new technology does. >> dana: we have talked about getting rid of the mortgage tax reduction. im getting there. im for that. im for getting rid of all of this. >> eric: not delve in to that. >> dana: maybe tomorrow. >> greg: im going to be busy. >> eric: 7,500 tax credit goes to anybody. if you want to buy a nissan leaf, domiciled in japan you can get the money there. >> greg: never legislate a bad idead to good one. this shows business instinct as community organizer. >> eric:...