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Evan, so judging by the applause, some republican members of congress seem to agree with nikki haley that russia is not our friend. >> thats good. to me the applause -- exactly. theres a question? the applause seemed cautious and reserved. having been in those rooms before, it was disappointing to hear the volume of that applause not be so high. i would take a different approach to it. we have plenty of friends in russia, the russian people. our problem is with vladimir putin and the regime. its...

The president did seem very focused on that december hearing that rod rosenstein where he was asked about whether he had been asked for a loyalty pledge. why was the president so focused on the hearing? >> right. thats right. the president brought up the upcoming hearing during the white house meeting. trump went so far as to suggest questions to members of congress could ask him. one line of inquiry trump was asking lawmakers to ask whether rod rosenstein appointed mueller as special counsel to...

The republicans like to say its a hoax, its nothing. you decide. our guest, a former cia operative. matt miller, a former chiefs spokesman for the justice department and msnbc justice and security analyst. and super star reporter, this woman works around the clock, cara lee, nbc news national political reporter. evan, i got to go to you first, because youre a former cia operative and there was a tweet that was put out that stuck out to me. this is from former acting cia director john mclaughlin ...

Behind closed doors. >> do we understand there is a meeting between the house republicans and the department of justice? >> thats the inspector general of the department of justice. michael horwitz who is conducting his own investigation into fbi conduct with the 2016 elections. i am told that he will meet behind closed doors with two separate committee whos are investigating their own investigation to fbi actions. the house oversight committee, as well as the house judiciary committee. they pla...

He suggested using diplomatic facilities in the united states for those communications. now its happened again. the bombshell reporting. evan was on the show here last night. it reports that once again u.s. intelligence intercepts, surveillance of foreign government officials, caught out again u.s. chance chinese officials said their apps and jared kushner discussed kushners business interests along with u.s. policy while

Having been complete until the president is interviewed. >> whether he does or not -- >> weve been very open and want to get that over with. >> the investigation he calls a witch hunt will continue long past the end he hoped for. it seems that the presidents own lawyers have added to the presidents unrealistic expectations about the time line on the russian investigation promising him, according to cnn reporting exhibit end by thanksgiving, christmas, knew year, of course none have been met. if ...

Is the blackmail issue. and its maybe easier to understand in a different context. just imagine if the head of the fbi, for instance, had had an affair, was trying to keep it out of the public eye, was subject to blackmail, we would all think that thats a problem. its the same problem when youve got either a presidential candidate or the president of the united states. and then the risk that this is not the only incident that hes blackmailable on. theres more, really has to call into question th...

Dreamers. hold on. im not quite finished. >> he has to sign it at the end of the day. >> he rejected a senate deal to fix daca. the president said, no, i dont like it enough. two days before he said ill sign anything you put in front of me. he basically is doing two sides of the entire argument. its what he feels like at any given time. yes, border security is important. but on the racism part, he said its news report from another network said yesterday that he was briefed by an intelligence off...

Convey. and many of them already have that the views and comments of the president dont reflect the views and comments of many other americans. many people do agree with him. but the majority of americans with good intentions in their hearts look at all countries as great places ain which we want o bring them to this country in a lawful, legal way. the entire argument about immigration and how to reform our immigration system which is on its track to being reformed is getting lost and potty mout...

There are times where i have been imperfect. thats what we are as humans. but he wont do that. this is a president who doesnt say sorry. he actually loves the spotlight of controversy because he thinks that being president is about getting on the cover of "the new york post" when it is actually about governing. and alice and i both agree. we want border security. we want to deal with the problems of illegal immigration. but the president is making it harder for republicans to actually do this an...