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Tonight. Theres a big lineup of news tonight with smart voices on a scary assassination threat. More indictments coming. A republican Loyalty Pledge. An alleged racist slur in that brawl, you know the one im talking about. Also a Serial Killer suspects dna. And the fires burning maui. First, everyone, the threat of Political Violence against Public Officials taking now a very deadly turn. A accused of threatening to assassinate the president of the United States and other lawmakers walled by fbi...

Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Howard fineman, an nbc news analyst who spent his tuesday in judge ellis courtroom marveling at Paul Manaforts wardrobe. Anyway, mimi, let me start with you. Define Obstruction Of Justice and is it something that has to be done in secret for it to be a crime . Sure, chuck. I want to answer the second part first. It does not have to be done in secret. The definition of Obstruction Of Justice, there are different prongs of it,...

You have read the tea leaves more than once. what does it say that this just happened in utah? >> well, we dont have all the facts, as you mentioned. but quite frankly, i think that -- it pains me to say this -- maga is becoming a rest stop on the long, dark road to extremism. everything you saw the former president do in the previous clips is very systematic. what you need to do in order to mobilize to violence is you need to "otherize" people, dehumanize them. all these words theyre using real...

Border protection officials be punished for doing their job? >> donna: first of all of my federal employee i respect the work that all of our personnel are doing. this is not an easy job to protect the border and its not an easy job to make sure that our airports are safe. so i dont support that argument at all. and anyone who makes an argument, i can tell you is not one that will get support from me. but i do believe that as it americans, i want to make sure. i know many of these individuals ha...

>> dehumanize them. >> dehumanize them, its a generic wash, it applies to everyone who has journalist as part of their background or media. but lets be clear here. all of this craziness stops if one man says stop. so we sit here and we want to parse it and try to intellectualize it and understand it and psychoanalyze this, this is trumps creation. and whatever comes of it rests on his head. no one elses. you cant blame the people in that audience. you can point fingers at them and say you should...

Anchor of "full measure" ," sharyl attkisson is back with us. anthony, i think joe is right, i thinkin this is the biggest corruption scandal in the history, perhaps, modern-day politics. it makes watergate look like stealing a snickers bar. >> you are calling it that now but we still have another ten layers to drill into and rip off more. once you get really, really deep, sean, its uncontrollable. what is going to happen now, they will make a pincer movement. read the manifesto, the best-sellin...

Controls what you see, what you think, and how you vote. the anchor of full measure sharyl attkisson is back with us. all right, anthony, to me, i think joe digenova is right and i have been saying it. this is the biggest corruption scandal in the history, perhaps, modern day politics. it is -- it makes watergate look like stealing a snickers bar. >> the problem you are calling it that now. we still have another 10 layers to drill into and rip off more skin. and so once you get really really dee...

To make these butlers seem one dimensional and without emotion and life. almost like dehumanize them. they had to be in a room and be invisible in the room. so lenny kravitz and i had a real opportunity to be behind the scenes and just let our hair down, so to speak and to get you know, forests butler to laugh and just experience life. particularly in those scenes in the house, it was just an opportunity. i mean lee was throwing stuff. threw a parrot at us during one scene. had me doing the jame...

What it meant to you to play in the white house as a butler behind the scenes but yet a man on top of things? >> it was great because with this particular story, its easy to make these butlers seem one dimensional and without emotion and life. almost like dehumanize them. they had to be in a room and be invisible in the room. so lenny kravitz and i had a real opportunity to be behind the scenes and just let our hair down, so to speak and to get you know, forests butler to laugh and just experien...

To make these butlers seem one dimension. . and without emotion and life. almost like dehumanize them. they had to be in a room and be invisible in the room. so lenny kravitz and i had a real opportunity to be behind the scenes and just let our hair down, so to speak and to get you know, forests butler to laugh and just experience life. particularly in those scenes in the house, it was just an opportunity. i mean lee was throwing stuff. threw a parrot at us during one scene. doing james brown ju...