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This culture is very educational for people. But i think we need to stop believing victims, we need to start believing the women. And i think those are strong words that the white house would probably take issue with. So that is why you are here. Thank you all. That does it for us. Mtp daily starts right now. Hi, chuck. Thank you for all of that. If it is tuesday, russia could be meddling right now. Is anybody in the u. S. Government watching . Tonight the nations intelligence chiefs say russia ...

From that republican operative about the republican party rate now? >> the republican party right now, we can see them as the party of bruxism. theyre a party that doesnt focus so much on policy and actual bills and legislation, working across the aisle like it used to be. they are focused on the politics of contempt. then president trump espoused and he continues to be the leader of the party so thats what the party is on capitol hill. the thing about olivias really great piece, excluding the g...

Republican nomination. >> eugene, we tease what the operatives are saying about odds. heres another quote. i hate to say this, but if you are not willing to go full retard in the republican primary right now, its hard. the expectations are what they are. said the maga operative involved in the pennsylvania race. you covered the white house, but you also covered washington. you know what it is like here on capitol hill. how far off is that assessment from the republican operative about the republ...

There. but it is something to keep in mind when senators go to bed at night and wonder if there should be reforms to the filibuster. senator al franken, thank you so much for being here and starting us off tonight. for more on todays decision i am joined by melissa murray professor at new york university school of law, and former supreme justice. when she was on the court of appeals for the second circuit. melissa, can you break down for us the quartz reasoning in todays ruling on obamacare? >> ...

Investigations, hearings, none of that but basically looked at the file and they go, sure. and now they realize they have beenll lied to. now, the fisa court doesnt focus on the issue of bias, and of course the ig and horowitz, no bias here. i find that amazing conclusion when you have errors, a lot of them and they all fall on the same side. when the tennis ball falls once or twice on this side and once or twice on that side commit is -- it is random, incompetent, it could be an accident. but i...

Sense of conducting investigations, hearings, none of that but basically looked at the file and they go, sure. and now they realize they have been lied to. now, the fisa court doesnt focus on the issue of bias, and of course the ig and horowitz, no bias here. i find that amazing conclusion when you have errors, a lot of them and they all fall on the same side. when the tennis ball falls once or twice on this side and once or twice on that side commit is random, incompetent, it could be an accide...

Attorney general and he asked mr. durham to get to the bottom of how it started back in 2016. maria: well knowing what we know in terms of the texts, the conversation between lisa page and peter strzok and the way that they dumped $10,000 in george papadopoulos lap, all of that entrapment, i said during the mueller report if robert mueller doesnt focus on the origins of the russia probe, its not credible because the democrats refuse to focus on any wrongdoing that may have occurred during the 20...

Ukraine. i mean, is it common practice to have the secretary of state on these calls with foreign leaders? and if so, is there any reservation about the way hes handled this controversy, and why not just say it up front? >> well, i mean, its not necessarily unusual that the secretary of state, as americas top diplomat, would have been participating in a high-level diplomatic phone call with the president. it is -- i think what youre now seeing is that pompeo in particular, but also the state dep...

And i believe, if you believe in the decency of elections and the integrity of elections and the constitution, republicans eventually are going to have to say, yes, that as an impeachable offense. >> you know, victoria, the president certainly doubling down on defense, repeating the same false talking points about joe biden. this strategy did work around developing a narrative relative to the mueller investigation. do you think it can work this time, too? >> i can. and you know what strategy im ...

That is our show for today. "a.m. joy" will be back tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern. up next, alex witt with the latest. alex! >> okay, glamourama. im literally looking at you, like come on! on a saturday morning. look at that. you look great. >> thank you. thank you so much. >> all right, my friend, it was a great show. >> bye. >> good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. it is noon in the east, 9:00 a.m. out west. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." twitter tirade, t...