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Him. he showed an issue with the truth in his testimony about his drinking behavior, what went on. on top of the fact there were a lot of democrats who had issues with him during his normal confirmation hearings. you are hearing from dr. fords lawyers there were elements -- >> bill: i get it. >> doesnt everyone feel better about it? >> bill: was it good for kavanaugh? >> no, of course not good for dr. ford or anyone. there is one single party to take the blame for that is the way the democrats h...

Points for then fbi director james comey. she wrote "potus, thats former president obama, wants to know everything were doing." from there, senator johnson attempted to implicate president obama claiming that this text raises additional questions about the type and extent of president obamas personal involvement in the clinton e-mail scandal. well, the trouble with the senators presumption is he showed no evidence the text was refer together clinton investigation that was closed at the time the ...

Our show began with nancy pelosi making parliamentary history, the longest speech ever on the floor of the house calling for the daca vote. we wrap up with a little programming note. eric holder will be on the rachel maddow show tonight. something worth watching "hardball" starts now. misfire. lets play "hardball." good evening. im matthews in washington. its become clear this week republicans on capitol hill are carrying out a show trial against the fbi. were seeing it play out on a near ni...

Against the fbi further shows that republicans are desperately preoccupied with smoke screens while ignoring the real threat to this country that comes as secretary of state rex tillerson warns russia will likely interfere in the 201 midterm elections as they did in 2016. >> theres a lot of ways that the russians can meddle in the elections. i think its important we continue to say to russia, look, if you dont think we dont see what youre doing, we do see it and you need to stop. if you dont, yo...

No satellite needed. what can a president [ do in thirty seconds? he can fire an fbi director who wont pledge his loyalty. he can order the deportation of a million immigrant children.

Their ways whether its nunness or johnson of wisconsin, they put their hand up and say i got something for you, something to dump on the fbi. its so the -- its what were watching. your thoughts, maya? >> they fall into two categories, the republicans in congress are either one, looking the other way and doing nothing and being content in the ruthless pursuit of their own policy agenda and then have you another category actively engaged in helping and doing the presidents bidding around trying to...

President trump himself weighed in on those messages tweet "new fbi texts are bombshells." this comes after the president said in "the wall street journal" interview that fbi agent peter strzok had committed treason. senator ron johnson said these new text messages "raise questions about the leadership of the fbi." >> do you have confidence in the current leadership of the fbi and doj? >> i have questions about some top level managers in those departments carryovers probably from the previous...

Several states. theres no evidence that those rolls were altered. joining me is mial harris and evan mcmillan, a former 2016 presidential candidate. i want to start with evan. it seems to me the trump forces on capitol hill are trying to do everything they can to focus onside shows to try to come up with anything like the president was somehow in some strange way involved in the hillary e-mail situation, whatever it was. and were never quite sure what it was if it was anything. and that somehow ...

Led by devin announce has been accusing the fbi of wrongful surveillance and a so-called memo. the senate judiciary committee led by chuck grassley is seeking charges against informant christopher steele and today the senate homeland committee chair led by ron johnson launched a third line of attack suggesting that former president barack obama was himself personally involved in the fbis investigation of hillary clintons e-mails. well, the problem is senator johnson attacked but missed. it turns...

I dont like it. whats going on here in terms of changing the focus of the public away from this investigation of the president and the russians into this other space? >> you are right, chris. i wish like you that we actually had a serious investigation going on into what happened with russia interfering in our elections. this latest series with these text messages clearly after announce so-called bombshell memo actually bombed they needed to resuscitate another attempt to delegitimize the fbi as...