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If hypothetically someone comes to the door and knocks tonight, oh, heck, lets just say the fbi rings the doorbell tonight its like, whose there . Elaine chao . Who else is around . As soon as wheels were up to start this foreign trip, the New York Times reported this story. According to the times reporting, and the white house does not dispute it, the official white house record of the president hosting the Russian Foreign minister and the Russian Ambassador in the Oval Office Last week, the of...

Assured President Trump he was not under investigation, officials now say that changed shortly after comeys firing. This comes after the New York Times reported that the president has been considering firing mr. Mueller himself, but someone on his staff waved him off the idea warning this would make a bad situation worse. Well see about that. Yesterday Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein assured members of congress that mr. Muellers investigation would remain independent. Director mueller is ...

The russians james comey is a nut job, told them the pressure is off the russia investigation because comey has been fired. Then from the Washington Post, a senior white house adviser is now a significant person of interest in the russia investigation, a person likely to be on Board Air Force one with the president right now as the 11th hour gets underway. Good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. This was day 120 of the trump administrati administration. If the russia inve...

Security advisor on february 13th. Very big news obviously no National Security advisor has ever had a tenure that short. Also, administration has ever lost someone that senior ever for lying about and concealing contacts with a foreign government. In time we would also learn mike flynn had been a paid agent of a foreign government. We learned that when he retroactively registered after he left the white house. Nbc news since reported the trump transition was actually aware of payments mike flyn...

Following now because we didnt really have that concept in here. Maybe some of my guests have thought of it. But it hadnt crossed my mind until ari just said it. Thats right. He is a consequential man, this medical better fellow. Its a stunning day starting with that horrible shooting which were going to talk about in this program later. Use know, and everyone knows that anyone who works in the capitol, develops a real affection for Capitol Police. And to see what they did today heroically and w...

Defines and has consumed this presidency thus far. Which by the way is aloft at this hour. Air force one is about four hours out from landing in the neighborhood of 3 00 a. M. Eastern time in riyadh, saudi arabia. Upon departure, within half an hour of wheels up from andrews two big stories came out that dominate our cerage toght. The New York Times has been shown a transcript of the notes from a meeting between the president with the russians, lavrov and kislyak. He is quoted as saying i just f...

Conversations between President Trump and his former fbi director james comey. Requests by congress for comeys memos, or any white house tapes that might exist, were declined. A special Counsel Robert Mueller is expected to ask for the very same information. This as comeys actions in the Hillary Clinton email investigation are in the spotlight once again tonight. The woest woeWashington Post probe was influenced by whats being called a dubious document, potentially fake memo that may have been p...

Short notice for breaking news. Thank you, ari. Thank you. That does it for us. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Rachel, doesnt it drive you nuts where in the last minute of an interview someone, like say ari melber drops a bomb wrote where would you like to do another ten minutes just on that . Well, you know, and thats ari is very good at this. So he realizes were getting up toward 10 00. He can see the clock as well as i can. He is a pro. And so h...

Muellers probe has expanded to include an inquiry into whether or not President Trump tried to obstruct justice. This could be one of the biggest developments to date in this investigation. President trump, as you noted, lashing out on these reports hes being investigated for the possibility of obstruction of justice. He is being looked at, information is being gathered about him. It does not necessarily mean there will be any sort of prosecution. It does not mean that evidence will result in pr...

So were going to be speaking with president ial historian Michael Beschloss about that spectacle and what it might mean about the Trump Presidency. Thats coming up a little later on this hour. That story about jeff flake and the remarkable comments he made today on the senate floor, that was the story that dominated beltway Media Coverage today. And i think because of that there were a number of other important stories that broke today that didnt get as much attention as they might otherwise. Ju...