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>> what were learning about trumps fixation on robert mueller. >> this became an obsession with the president. he had to get rid of mueller. >> when "all in" starts right now. >> good evening from new york. im chris hayes. as the presidents lawyers continue to negotiate the terms of his looming interview with the special counsel, the presidents friends and aides are panicking and the republican counteroffensive against the justice department is shifting into overdrive. tonight the white house is...

Criticized mccabe pretty regularly on the campaign trail and once in office, but its interesting, one of the things were told is that the president complains whether mccabe is in the room or not. the president complains, were told, on a nearly daily basis about andy mccabe. he seems to have a bit of a fixation on the point, and it seems to -- again, were told by people who speak to him -- intensely dislike andrew mccabe. >> now to what more we have learned about the special counsels investigatio...

Complains on a near daily basis about andy mccabe. he seems to have a bit of fixation and it seems to again, were told by people who speak to him, intensely dislike andrew mccabe. that frankly, has really bothered a lot of people in the fbi. >> do you have any sense of what mccabes reaction was to this happening? >> well, i think hes uncomfortable. hes concerned about it. hes uncomfortable about it. anyone who has been in government for any significant period of time will tell you this is not th...

Fired. and by that point, you know, the president has criticized mccabe pretty regularly on the campaign trail, once in office, but its interesting, one of the things were told is that the president complains whether mccabes in the room or not, the president complains on a near daily basis about andy mccabe. he seems to have a bit of fixation and it seems to again, were told by people who speak to him, intensely dislike andrew mccabe. that frankly, has really bothered a lot of people in the fbi....

Protect d.r.e.a.m.ers. republican senators rind si graham and rand paul say theyll vote no. president jock f john mccain will be absent from the vote due to cancer treatment. democratic senator joe manchin will break from his party and vote yes. >> we could get this done in a few short days and not kick the can down the road. this is the fourth cr that we have done and accomplished nothing. >> reporter: senate minority leader chuck schumer tried to push for a vote last night but failed. republic...

Polarizing, and, therefore, they create almost as many enemies as they win friends. >> in a "boston globe" op-ed you highlight similarities between clinton and trump, painful transition, health care reform, narrowly winning on taxes, fixation on the financial market and obsessive involvement of family members and lousy press coverage. are you really saying that trump is the new clinton? >> no, im not. what im making very clear is their personalities couldnt be more different, and i make this iss...

The democratic party as a partisan i have to say i take some glee in that as an american i dont. its corrosive for our culture. nancy pelosi by the way has been a real hit parade lathely of absurd comments. yesterday she also made a comment regarding the bonuses being paid by a lot of the companies 1,002, thousand dollars bonuses she called them crumbs and said they were pathetic. maybe in her private jet san francisco world a thousand dollars doesnt mean a lot. to most americans a thousand doll...

Minutes of it. steny hoyer was the highest ranking guy there and i guess nancy pelosi thought it was significant that the people at the meeting were all white. not what they tried to accomplish and what they said. listen to what she said. >> the five white guys i call them. [laughter] i said, you going to open a hamburger stand next or what? brian: what does that even mean? among the people upset steny hoyer himself the democrat that comment is offensive, he said. i am committed to ensuring drea...

Attention because it tends to suck the oxygen out of the room. it is his obsessiveness, how emotionally he responds, how thin skinned he is on all matters of his legitimacy, whether he is getting good reviews in the media. it is a fixation. and alongside that you have serious work being done in the white house and on the international stage. it is just the former is really overshadowing the latter. >> there is a dovetailing here. thats kellyannes argument. she said you dont talk about any of the...

The american people. so theres obviously some nervousness about politizing the movement too much. >> we all realize sexual assault is an issue beyond donald trump and beyond capitol hill so if the desire is to get this conversation happening in newsrooms and then just working class environments and houses of faith, its focusing too much on the partisan piece of it, could eclipse what they really want to happen across the country. >> amy, got to ask you, since you and i were on the campaign toget...