they re anti-semitic. they re anti-american. commies. perfect. lindsey graham running to the president s side once again. he must be an exceptional caddie. he is hardly alone in his complete swoubordination to dond trump. only a handful of congressional republicans have voiced opposition at all. joining me now for more on the republican embrace of donald trump is tim alberta, chief political correspondent at politico magazine and author of new book of american carnage. tim alberta, thanks for being here. the piece of your book that everybody s been talking about this week is paul ryan and this sort of agonized subsequent explanation of his life in politics. this is the quote. we ve gotten so numb to it all, says ryan, not in government, the way we live our lives, we have a responsibility to try to rebuild. don t call a woman a horse face. don t cheat on your wife. don t cheat on anything. be a good person. set a good example. he was probably, paul ryan, the
about putin and why specifically she believes he look eed at dond trump and thought donald trump would be a much more favorable president and we can play that sound quickly i think. and he was scared because he had seen what had happened in georgia. what had happened in ukraine. and he was scared. so he needed an enemy. he clearly favored in the campaign first in the primary, bernie sanders. of being favorable toward russia. he favored trump, who he had reason to believe would be also incredibly favorable. and she said, this isn t emotional. too cold, coo cal katoo calculated. she talked about how she ran afoul of putin when she went and made a speech in 2011 in lithuania where she talked about the need for a free and open
proceedings against president trump, b sending requests to 81 people or entities. a look at the list, in an effort to get their hands on information about president trump s businesses, his campaign, his transition and his administration. among those receiving letters, the president s two oldest sons. the chief financial officer of the trump organization, former white house u staffers, even the nra. garrett is the author of the threat matrix inside robert mueller s fbi and the war on global terror. you ve seen the list. i m just curious, anything that really jumps out to you? just how clear it is when the probe wraps up, that this cycle of investigations for the president is really just beginning. that is a stunningly comprehensive list of people, not just who have been questioned by mueller as part of the special counsel probe in the past, but also people who are tied into the 2016 campaign,
oprah who is giving a major address about how women can save the world. even brie larson. so it s going to be a very exciting lineup of women who are all addressing this question. what could with do better to make it a better world we re in right now. i think women may have some very strong ideas and the short answer to your question is yes. we do, it s true, but somehow, we got it done. nice to see you. thank you. democrats now demanding to speak with the translators who were inside the president s mystery chat with putin. this as they also announce broad investigations into president trump. plus, tragic news out of hollywood. luke perry, just 52 years old, has died. what we re learning about his final days. stay with us. ng. could there be another around the corner? or could it turn out differently? i wanted to help protect myself. my doctor recommended eliquis. eliquis is proven to treat and help prevent
want the information and they want it to be known, that they re looking for it and they want the american people to know they haven t gotten a response to this. they feel this information could be concealed based on the reporting out there. that the president wanted the notes from the interpreter when he s had these meetings with put b b b one-on-one with just the translators present. we will watch for reaction to that letter. michelle, thank you. we want to get you to a new report that president trump may have tried to interfere with the media merger between time warner and at&t. the new yorker in a lengthy piece describing an ins debcide where the president calls john kelly and gary cohen into the oval office and said he was angry the justice department hadn t filed suit and he want it had the deal block. the justice department was unsuccessful in blocking the merger. of of course, it was our parent