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Of trying to understand the russia connection question? is there anything you would tweak or change in the structure we have right now, with the special counsel and four investigations on the hill? >> no. i think that the investigations on the hill serve one purpose, and they arent looking at crim crimes. they do nothing about crimes. mueller can look at the crimes, but we as americans need to know what went wrong, how the russians were able to hack into state voting systems, how they were able ...

Not going to be able to. then there will be democrats who are going to bash their opponents and tie them to trump on something like the travel ban or his comments. >> i want to move on to the other issue that garrett was telling us about here, rick, andrew mccabe. weve seen many statements via twitter from the president over this weekend, really hitting out against andrew mccabe and his wife. in addition to that, we have the reassignment of chief counsel, or the counsel there at the fbi, james b...

Can get insurance. we have to work together the next year to try to get that accomplished. >> so 9 million have signed up in this past year during open enrollment as you understand. >> right. >> that is equal to the previous year, despite a shorter amount of time. on the flip side, 13 million are projected to lose health insurance. how do you put those numbers into context when youre talking about everyday americans, which again obamacare is aimed at helping? >> well, first of all, even though 9...

Answered that question in the form by saying its a right. all countries have. my personal view is the united states has to move in that direction. we have to have a good, solid debate. i dont think its going to happen in 18. maybe after 18, maybe when we get a new president in 2020, then that debate will be available. but we have to make -- america has to make that basic decision. is it a right, is it a privilege, health care. the more its a right, then people have health care. the more its a pr...

On this saturday at msnbc world headquarters in new york city. here we are at the half hour. this is what were watching. new reaction after president trump signs his first major piece of legislation into law. that sweeping tax cut plan that also included a repeal of obamacares individual mandate. now, the president predicted that without the mandate, obamacare will be, quote, over. joining us now, max baccus, former senator from montana. he also shepherded obamacare through the senate in 2009. s...

Was promised by mitch mcconnell that in exchange for her vote on the tax bill -- >> yeah, yeah. >> -- including the individual mandate, a long-term budget deal would include funding to stabilize health care markets. the question about whether it would be single providers in terms of insurance providers in certain states as many are leaving states across the country, thats one country, but the markets need to be stabilized. but her vote to repeal the mandate sort of undermines the market she is t...

Corre directly or using it as an sclus to bring in a new deputy attorney general that can manipulate and slow down the investigation. im hearing giuliani is under consideration. >> i want to play, noelle, for you, a statement from conservative congressman jim jordan which asking about being a member of house judiciary oversight committees and ill get your reaction. >> have you had conversations with the white house not about the questions you asked but about the mueller investigation in general?...

Look at the folks sitting at the table. now that we understand the questions around the russia connection question, would you still go knowing all of this? >> you know, knowing what was known at the time, absolutely -- >> no, today, im sorry, jill. knowing what you know today. >> oh, today? well, today its a very different scenario and it would be walking into a real can of worms. so that would be a whole different calculus. id have to sit down and think hard about that. >> you wouldnt say no ba...

We need to resume that conversation. >> that was your platform and we have talked about those very topics in the many conversations we have had both in person and on this network. that is being asked of you from the intel committee of the house committee as they are looking into this question? have they asked for specific documents? >> they have asked really for a broad swath of documents, anything we have pertaining to this question of russian interference. and we have been transparent. most of...

>> well, i mean i think he answered the question. i think that he was truthful and he said that he has had some conversations and its natural to have the conversations. >> is there a conflict there? i guess thats the question for folks looking at that saying theres a conflict here. >> not necessarily. i mean if youre on the committee, yes, you could say there might be a slight conflict, but i mean hes giving an honest answer and hes saying that, sure, there may have been some things that have co...