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Govern on issues like voting rights, on reproductive freedoms or what were you saying there? >> i was saying what i said which i think the action is in the states. when you look at the big lie and leading to the violent insurrection, to the efforts to roll back voting rights in georgia and texas successfully and now, of course, what were seeing in texas and in south dakota and other states efforts by lawmakers to control womens bodies beyond what i think the constitution allows this is something...

Be no response, whether thats in announcing new tariffs or in a statement from china. considering that uncertainty, does this change how you advise your clients, what you tell them, the short term, long-term prospects for their money should be? >> yeah. 100%. heres the issue is that first of all, regardless of your politics, people will hear this and go, i -- this is going to be political. no, tomb, whether you -- no, tomb, whether you love president trump or dont support him, you have no contro...

Sherman is a senior writer with politico and ana palmer, a senior washington correspondent of politico. it is wednesdays play book here on msnbc. mr. sherman, i will start with you here, what are you hearing behind the scenes from republicans about the "i" word or anyone is talking about impeachment? >> it is not about republicans but about democrats, where will democrats go if they take back the house which as we know is not a certainty but certainly a probability. there is going to be intense ...

President can be indicted whether of alleged crimes during his presidency or before or is it simply a matter that was simply in the past. it sort of depends on rod rosenstein and bob mueller of what they think of those opinions and what they think is the right thing to do in this case. should there be sufficient evidence to charge the president. thats a big unknown and well have to see how that is sorted out. >> thank you, tom winter and yam yamiche, is always a pleasure. >> pardon me? power pol...

Might be i. >> lets make one thing clear. it is difficult to git it through republican washington. not democratic washington, because the majority of democrats -- >> dont say that, maria, near unanimous support. it isnt near unanimous. >> the majority. >> but there are still some democrats who dont get on board with this. >> agreed, and thats a problem. the voice of these kids is what is going to propel things forward. i agree with scott, there is overwhelming support from the american people fo...

Unpopular piece of legislation. theres nothing with broad support among the american republican. the senate bill is so much like the house bill, people are trying to find reasons to be for it because they spent eight years saying they were going to do this thing, and now theyve been presented with a bill that is unpopular in almost every way. it defies logic. >> the health gop health care bill passed last month. 16% think its a good idea. 48% think its a bad idea. 35% no opinion. bob, there migh...

Accused hillary clinton of, citing appearances of conflict of interest between the clinton foundation donors and her work as secretary of state with trump himself calling it, and i quote here, a criminal enterprise despite the fact there was no criminal charges of any kind. part of what defined donald trumps campaign was his promise to drain the swamp, to rid washington of its revolving-door process. you could argue that its part of the reason he won. but after 100 days, not only has trump not d...

Usually goes and i mean usually goes across republicans, democrats as sort of permanent economy of washington. this is like the daily machine or something. >> or its like africa or latin america in the sense that it represents the politics or government as a family business where you dont recognize any real barriers or distinctions between your public role and your business role and sure, they have the trusts and different, you know, walls theyve set up but the kids are running the businesses an...

Now ivanka trump is ready to start an adventure of her own. a massive fund that will benefit female entrepreneurs around the globe. where will all that money come from? both countries and companies will contribute. the fund will be administered by the bank and ivanka trump wont have a role gaining funds. >> nick, let me start with you. youve carved out this incredible beat. youre probably one of the most best reporters, this is a totally different thing than that -- the way that beat usually goe...

>> but heres my question. doesnt it feel in a weird way, its like the basic idea of like the populist insurgent versus the establishment. part of the first 100 days, its true, the establishment does kind of control washington. >> right. >> at some level on these certain things, right? its like he started getting the calls and he got gary cohn, and its like you cant undo nafta. >> exactly. i think all these shows this week, everybody, you know, were here tonight talking about the first 100 days o...