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2016 campaign. Those words were in a text message sent from Keith Davidson, hes the attorney for both of the women at the heart of the story. Playboy playmate Karen Mcdougal and porn star Stormy Daniels. It was a text sent to the National Enquirer, dylan howard. And davidson is on the stand right now on day nine of the donald trump Election Interference hush money trial. With Explosive Testimony being given right now about his dealings with ami and Donald Trumps inner most circle. Earlier today,...

Time as we get through summer and get to the issues of its the economy. >> my question about hearing this weaponization of the justice department stuff that weve been hearing this past week is why would president biden want to see donald trump prosecuted as many republicans allege when it seems president biden wants to run against donald trump? >> well, i mean, thats the grand question. maria will say joe biden and president biden is not the one -- >> contradiction there? >> it is when he takes ...

There you go. senator, thank you for being here. >> thank you, rachel. >> let me ask you about some of the justice department stuff weve just been learning about. a new name has been floated as potential attorney general nominee william barr who served in that role as a.g. a short time during the george bush administration. we also have some interesting administration out of the justice department today about recusal in the mueller investigation. i want to squu aboask you about too. whats your r...

President in 2020. there. i just put it right out there. >> there you go. >> there i go. senator, thank you for being here. >> thank you, rachel. >> let me ask you about some of this justice department stuff weve just been learning about. a new name has been floated as potential attorney general nominee william barr, who served in what role as ag for a short time during the george h.w. bush administration. we also got some interesting information out of the justice department today about recusal...

The union." >> its a fire point, but military judges arent necessarily independent. >> part of the chain of command. >> for the commander in chief. thats the only thing -- point ive heard john kirby and others make. your take? >> yeah, to me it seems inappropriate. i mean, i dont really know -- i dont really see the argument for him getting involved in these things, and i think the point of, you know, him talking about with the justice department stuff, the most important thing is even if he was...

Away with it. i think the american people see whats happening. the senate is potentially moving to a vote in a few weeks on a bill that maybe doesnt take coverage away from 23 million people like the house did, but might take coverage away from 15 million. weve got to be sure that our focus and the medias focus is on that as much as it is on this unfolding russia story. >> senator chris murphy from connecticut, always appreciate your time. >> thanks, guys. >> mark halperin, quickly, where is mik...