Hello, ari. Hello, rachel. I thought there was supposed to less news on friday. I can get drunk on thursday. I can be hung over on friday. Nothing to do on friday. No, friday is the busiest, busiest, busiest news day of the week. Okay, rachels rule, no hangover fridays. Have a good weekend. Its true, im ari melber in for lawrence odonnell. The breaking news is big. You may have heard, its happening again. A massive election hack to benefit a right wing candidate in france. An apparently brazen move as the u. S. Continues to investigate the criminal hacking of our own recent election. More on that story in a moment. We also have fallout from the Health Care Vote and why. Its not just an Obamacare Vote and why independent experts say its helping democrats in the next election. All of that straight ahead. But first, the biggest political story in europe tonight is also the biggest geopolitical story in the u. S. This massive and coordinated hacking of the top candidate in the french elect
Would that break the rhythm of this whole hand off thing . Watching him pause for nine seconds, i felt like i could feel my molars to avoid to help himself figure out what to say there. I think he would suffer the most anxiety watching the pause today would be president donald trump. Ding ding ding ding ding. Thank you, lawrence. Thank you very much, rachel. Well, Donald Trumps choice of a criminal lawyer to help defend him in the russia investigation proves once again that the problem with the Trump White House is donald trump. This is dangerously flirting with obstruction of justice. Who hasnt he pressured to try and get rid of this russia investigation. That would be a nightmare scenario. Its not appropriate for me to comment publicly on any of that. This is just not the way an american president should act. I encountered and aware of the interactions between russian officials and u. S. Persons involved in the Trump Campaign. Saying that he was concerned enough to want the fbi to fo
Unnerve he tried to blend in with curtains in the blue room want to welcome in my analysts. Lets talk about the reporting in the New York Times about a phone call between President Trump and james comey and says in part so schmidt says it was after a series of encounters with fi officials that james comey felt jeopardized by those calls how inappropriate is this . It is wholly inappropriate of theres question whether donald trump knows or understands the job to the point does he really care. Even if you believe he is still trying to understand the job 9 the bottom line is he doesnt care and doesnt seem to want to understand the job or know the job or to be careful or to show any respect for any part of the institution at all. You dont think he cares now that theres a special prosecutor. I think he cares that theres a special prosecutor looking in to him. Dont think i cares how to conduct government. David, everyone has seen the video of comey at the white house in january. A friend say
Topping this hour, a story you will only see here. Cnn has learned that investigators now believe russia tried to use trump advisers to infiltrate the Trump Campaign. Pamela brown broke the story. She joins us with details. Explain what you know. We know, were learning from our sources, u. S. Officials familiar with the investigation that the fbi gathered intelligence last summer that suggested russian operatives tried to use advisers including carter page and others to infiltrate the Trump Campaign. Carter pages critical speech of u. S. Policy against russia in july of 2016 at a prominent Moscow University is one factor, is part of what raised concerns that he may have been compromised by russian intelligence. This new information adds to the emerging picture of how the russians tried to influence the 2016 u. S. Election. Not only through the email hacks and propaganda referred to commonly as fake news but trying to infiltrate the trump orbit. The intelligence led to a broader fbi inv
Aboard the uss intrepid, capping a day that marked his first legislative victory with health care. But democrats smell blood in the water. Heres a look at how the vote and the victory lap played out today. We are moving out of conference. Well go to the floor. We will have a two vote series where the bill will pass are somewhere around 1 30 today. This bill makes some important changes to how americans get quality Affordable Health insurance. Tens of thousands of americans will die if this bill passes. Thats a fact. It guarantees coverage for those with preexisting illnesses. My republican colleagues would like you to believe that they are going to cover preexisting seasons, and that is just not true. You vote for this bill, you have walked the plank from moderate to radical. End this failed experiment. Lets make it easier for people to afford their health insurance. Lets give people more choices and more control over their care. The ayes are 217, the nays are 213. The bill is passed.