with himself, personally. he sometimes sees in the roy moore case, for example, he saw that in part as an attack on himself. but he doesn t view it that way yet. and so he doesn t see that he has much skin in the game. that he has to personally step in and wage this war, himself. matt miller, i want to play you something the president said today that struck us as odd about the role of the fbi. let s listen and talk about it on the other side. wouldn t bother me other than the fbi john said that they really don t do that. that s not what they do. now, they have done supposedly six background checks over the years as judge kavanaugh has gone beautifully up the ladder. he s an incredible individual. great intellect. great judge. impeccable history in every way. in every way. matt miller, what s he talking about? i m just reading this. that s not what they do. i think the question was about having the fbi investigate these.
times said, it s a two-track presidency, and where they can, they re going to try to save america from donald trump. yeah, nicolle, i think there are a couple things going on. one is, the president is rather conspiratorial by nature. so he has an inclination to believe that there s a hidden hand. it that there s some criminal activity going on here to sabotage him. so when devin nunes or other allies on capitol hill, you know, say we got to declassify these documents, got to get to the truth, we ve got to find out who s sabotaging you, mr. president, he s inclined to want to do that and take their direction in terms of the steps to do so. but the other thing is he s rather isolated at the white house. he s looking for actions he can take. he s trying to figure out all the ways he, himself, can use his executive power to make change in a big situation he s not happy with. that is the russia investigation. he s bothered by it and looking for ways h s he can effect it.
murkows murkowski, undecided about brett kavanaugh s confirmation and vote to confirm him, they truly do want to hear from the woman in, you know, whatever setting she chooses. so the real the major question that will determine the path forward for all this right now is if she does end up talking to the senate judiciary committee. phil rucker, i m struck by how low the bar is. i talkeded to ed tto a couple ae president, they said wasn t the president restrained? i said a normal person would be knocked relatively. for simply expressing simpympathy for the accused. a normal person in the me too moment, even when it s his own nominee being called into question, would sort of maintain the line that, you know, let s give everyone an opportunity to be heard. which was the tone struck by presidential counselor kellyanne conway yesterday. but take us inside the white house s strategy and how they feel it s going on really sort of day three of the crisis. so, donald trump s instin
director chris wray. not that they need any more tests, but christopher wray has said he has steel in his spine. i believe in an interview with lester holt. and the deputy attorney general has talked about not being extorted under fierce questioning from some of the president s most fringey allies, if you will, on the house intel committee. how important is this test for mr. rosenstein and mr. wray? it s important to them for two reasons. one, just for the to protect the information that s contained in this fisa application to make sure it doesn t expose ongoing investigations, expose any sources and methods and send a message to future agents or operatives or others the u.s. might try to recruit. it s also important to the people that work in those buildings to know that the fbi director and the acting a.g., which is what rosenstein in this case, are going to go to bat for them. so ultimately, they may lose. the president can overrule them, can order everything in this fisa applic
there are 11 white male republican senators on the republican side. four of the ten democrats are women. and you will see a difference just because of that makeup. frank and jeremy, thank you both for spending time with us. one of the other potential threats to the president? a flipper in his inner circle. don t forget that the past can speak to the future. i m going to be your substitute teacher. don t assume the substitute teacher has nothing to offer. same goes for a neighborhood. don t forget that friendships last longer than any broadway run. mr. president.