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Bennie thompson, and many others. here to talk about all of it, jason johnson, politics editor for the root and an msnbc contributor and eugene scotts back with us as well. political reporter to the washington post. both gentlemen have written about and chronicled this presidents response to issues like the nfl protest, the alt-right rally in charlottesville, and his ongoing feud with asort membesorted mem congress. gentlemen, welcome. well start with home-field advantage since youre here with u...

Political dance. theres no reason for this to happen. the economy is chugging along. markets are on fire. things are going well. yet the s & p says if there were to be a shutdown, it would cost the u.s. economy $6.5 billion a week. so government leaders who are dancing around this idea of getti getting us to the edge, shame on you. do better. >> the president talks about more economic growth, there is the thing that slows economic growth. think of the u.s. economy as a marathon. they have a nice...

Are escapinga i bus or oppression and brought here. even my people who where are brought here in chains on boats unvoluntarily are still part of the fabric that makes this country great. steven king does not understand what this country is about. and while ive always felt the voters have the right to put anyone in haufs who we want to put in, if you see a representative that doesnt understand what this country is about its a condemnation on those voters if they allow that man to represent them w...

Said mob figures tried that before, having a lawyer sitting there like a potted plant it doesnt work. >> his position so far has always been that somehow there have been negotiations that prevented him from having to go in front of the cameras. i think the white house and his lawyers will do everything they can to keep the cameras on him. i agree all of this is going to come out eventually. the scope of muellers investigation is broader than the matter of collusion as well. the point we have to ...

Have paid leave and be able to have child care. that -- all that stuff means that we among developed countries are some of the toughest on women being in and staying in the workforce. >> we see it as a cost benefit scenario. a woman, a potential worker, a female who wants to enter the workforce, theyll do the cost of what is the cost of child care versus the paycheck. and sometimes that child care cost can be too much. some women dont have the choice. a single mother, for example, has to go to w...

The jamie reference there, which was she doesnt think the system there in congress is equipped to deal with these kinds of situations. you and our other colleagues have done tremendous reporting that has uncovered just how, if i may, terrible this system is, how untransparent it is. this is one of the things that we realized through all of this, right? >> absolutely. i think if there is agreement on one thing on capitol hill right now, it is that the system is simply broken and doesnt work, does...

A number but now they go to me it was just called club or night. and i mean here is so now they have a name question almost by name and they respect them they say that did the course can i have mistakes to solve my job. now at what id say i would start a job to help the on that i start to provide outlets enough from years of me he gets a petition on were honest woman seven escaped out to come once a month with an i know tony my salon going. on the media and on the air and no longer just put itse...

Can hire more people. >> we heard the trickle down myth for a generation, doesnt work. a $1 trillion deficit puts our spending on the backs of our children. this is not good conservative fiscal policy. it is a boondoggle, scam on the american public. the fact we came to discuss the tax-cut and he is talking about minimum wage shows look over here, look over here. >> we can talk about tax cuts. >> explain 42%. >> we have to end it. looks inevitable the senate and house will have a conference and ...

Fall, i can understand the theory, but weve seen it doesnt work. it didnt work with me. i took the 20 grand and put it in my pocket. >> reporter: but some feel the experiment could have worked if given more time. >> the patience of the state wasnt there to enable the plan to work as it was as it was expected to work. >> reporter: but this june, after five years of the plan, the legislature overruled a veto by the governor and ended the kansas tax experiment. >> a failure. a disaster. >> reporter...

Richard painter. burt. obstruction, a thing a president can do? >> of course. there are hard issues in the constitution, this is not one. no person is above the law, including the president. i think the presidents defenders are making logical mistake. saying because hes in charge of a process he cant subvert it. but of course you can be in charge of something and make sure it doesnt work properly. thats exactly what obstruction of justice charge would be if it were proved. its a high bar to prov...