Adding seasoned veterans to its roster. They made good on its pledge tonight hiring rick wiley. Thats a familiar name. Its because he was wisconsin Governor Scott Walkers Campaign manager. Of course, walker was one of the first ones to flame out of the president ial contest and wiley did leave that campaign after it imploded in a cloud of controversy. He knows the ins and outs of the Republican Party contest, specifically the delegate process, so he is a valuable asset to the trump campaign. A lot of people are saying things like this should have happened a couple months ago donald trump may not be in the position that he is right now having to worry about virtually every delegate and the big battle is he now in with the Republican National committee over how delegates are allocated in some of the states, even though that is a state issue. Trump pointing specifically to what happened in colorado over the weekend where he got skunked by ted cruz now saying that the system is rigged agai
Government at the direction of Vladimir Putin himself orchestrated Cyber Attacks on our nation for the purpose of influencing our election. That is a fact, plain and simple. This was a, my opinion, a well planned, well coordinated, multifaceted attack on our election process and democracy. Are we prepared today to say how many states were targeted . As of right now, we have evidence of 21 states, election related systems in 21 states that were targeted. Russia continues to engage in exploitation. I am deeply kerneled about the danger posed by future interference in our elections and attempts by russia to undermine confidence in our whole electoral system. Fair to assume you were concerned if not worried about 16 and 18 elections and all others Going Forward . Yes. Testimony was a dramatic rebuke to a white house that has consistently dismissed that threat. Yesterday, sean spicer said he couldnt even say the president believes russia was behind the plot. Lets watch spicer in action. Doe
Israel, and calling them weak and insecure. And his administrations foot soldiers parroted that same line on the sunday talk shows insisting that the president s racist attacks are response to the squads, in many cases, debunked criticisms of his version of america, which they should understand is strictly a president ial privilege. Well have more on that fight with figures in the 2020 race and the internal struggle in the Trump White House to contain the damage. All this as we gear up for special counsel Robert Muellers congressional testimony on wednesday, which the president who famously takes policy cues from cable news, says he wont be tuning in for. Well see about that. Joining me is dean ogudala, sirius xm radio host and columnist for the daily beast. And noah rothman, associate editor of commentary magazine and an msnbc contributor. Lets start with you, noah. The president s week, he started with making a lot of headlines going after the squad and making statements that many fe
And a 2020 democratic hopeful is among the witnesses. I believe right now today we have a historic opportunity to break the silence, to speak to the ugly past and talk constructively about how we will move this nation forward. Back to that story in a bit. We begin with a star witness on capitol hill. A new detail about her changing relationship with the president she once called boss man. Hope hicks was as close to candidate and President Trump as one can be and shes behind closed doors right now as House Democrats press for details about trump hush money payments to two women, and she was central to many in the Mueller Report most notably a conversation between President Trump and donald trump jr. As how to spin that meeting with the russians promising dirt on Hillary Clinton. She knows a lot. More than most. Word today she isnt sharing much. Manu raja is tracking the latest. What do we know . Reporter the beginning of the hearing did not go particularly well at least in the eyes of d
Corrupted because of foreign interference elicited by the president which is clearly trying to do. Coercing an ally, betray our National Security and try to to cheat in the next election. If they refuse to discipline him, he will be unbounded and i am greatly concerned about what else he might do between now and the 2020 election. Feeling the wrath of his own party coming after he said he is becoming a republican because of impeachment, watch. What he is reacting to is the public polling that shows he cant get renominated. To turn and go be a republican is kind of strange, i have heard of rats jumping off of the sinking ship. Their lowest thing there is in the congress is someone the Minority Side was a traitor to the majority. Dana Speaker Pelosi was quite reluctant to do impeachment and she could read the political tea leaves and its turning out she was right and her instincts were right but now Chuck Schumer has to deal with this in the senate and he is suggesting that Mitch Mcconne