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Today former president george w. bushs top speech writer penned an op ed that urges republicans to do something unusual, vote for democrats to take the house in november as the only remaining way to actually save the republican party from itself. that provocative headline is something. but he is not alone. there is actually many top ranking gop officials that came out against their own party and urge republicans to support democrats in november. joining us live from iowa and jonathan alter back ...

President obamas campaign manager on federal trial. no, i dont. remember when national security adviser pled to a felony or deputy campaign manager pled guilty to the felony. >> i do remember the irs scandal. >> i know youre not defending trump. its not about that. this culture of corruption is a whole different level. campaign manager literally on trial as we sit here. deputy campaign manager. and the idea trump didnt know manafort is a joke. he knew him from the days he had a lobbying firm and...

Initial answer that hi want to flesh out more. that is the fact that after being defiant and saying he was going to run for re-election and now the congressman collins said he is not going to run for re-election, take his -- try to get name removed from the ballot. evan, in a normal world, i think youre right. leaders in congress would go to collins and say, brother, you cant run. get out of this race, but thats a political calculation. where is the moral calculation with the republican caucus. ...

I mean, in republicans ran on culture of corruption.tance of presumably calling his son. i mean, in republicans ran on culture of corruption. here we are 12 years later. this is really corrupt from manafort to collins to pruitt. there is a culture of corruption from the guy who said he was going to drain the swamp. >> i think theres corruption in every administration and every congress. never on the level. >> do you remember -- >> not like this in obama. no, no. no evidence. dont go there evan. ...

Nationalist party even five years ago. this is something that donald trump has done a lot to accelerate. >> evan and jonathan, thank you both. tonights last word is up next.

Cross every t seven times before this. hes in serious trouble. >> when youre charged with 11 felonies. this is classic insider trading. got the information from inside sources. family sold the stock and information goes public. couldnt make a better caser tr. local leaders were saying they were not publically backing him. he felt he has to get out. this is a district he won by 67% last time and the time before and cycle before in 2014. its a solid red district. chris collins became district in p...

This is a great economy. dont let nancy pelosi become an issue. dont respond and stick to the issues. >> evan, we have had you on a number of times and you are critical of donald trump. i think you are answering my questions about in terms of republicans finding unifying messages. >> it is a red bull to our base. >> the other thing though, the nancy pelosi argument was effective when barack obama was president. unify control. now we see poll after poll, voters want a check in donald trump in con...

As much political advantage of this issue as he possibly could. and he continues to do so. >> all right. we appreciate the conversation. and we could continue talking about this, unfortunately we are out of time, though, so eugene, evan, and arianna, we really appreciate this fantastic conversation. this sunday as the nation marks one year since the deadly clashes in charlottesville, msnbc shares the story of one former white supremacist who has dedicated his life to reforming others. watching...

He uses the protests by african-american athletes, african-american men, as a wedge issue. and he drives a wedge. to switch to another metaphor, were way past the dog whistle things and were into, you know, train horns and blazing signs at this point. >> evan, pick up there, because youve been tracking really the rise in hate groups all across the country. some said, look, we do feel emboldened after president trump was elected. have you seen that increase, or have they backtracked at all, given...

Again, then we cant hold our leaders accountable to us. they become accountable to other people. but what im concerned about is this move within the republican party that i think rand paul is now a part of of drawing closer to a foreign adversary while it attacks us. there is simply no excuse for this. >> well, speaking of that same foreign adversary, you now have -- we talked a lot about the putin/trump meeting and we still dont know. and high intel official dont note. heres what we do know. th...