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Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. They could control the Trump Presidency have completely surrendered to the Trump Presidency. They all appear completely brainwashed now. We have never seen anything like this in american politics. And Today Is The Day that the president needed them to all be brainwashed. Senator ted cruz said absolutely nothing today, not one word, when donald trump had his fifth avenue moment, when donald trump publica...

Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Presidency. They all appear completely brainwashed now. We have never seen anything like this in american politics. And Today Is The Day that the president needed them to all be brainwashed. Senator ted cruz said absolutely nothing today, not one word, when donald trump had his fifth avenue moment, when donald trump publically obstructed justice today, which he did in more than one way, which we will ge...

Was because he was caught off guard. and this filing makes clear, no, you lied. you were committed to your lies. you said these lies over and over. what stood out to you in this filing that also came with some attachments that were so interesting? >> well, heres the bottom line. and i think everyone is addressing it. everyone, right, is addressing the issue of this president who is a master brander. yes, other presidents have the ability to push the news cycle. but now we have twitter. and as a ...

Republicans are saying absolutely nothing about what i hate to say is kind of a historic moment. >> tim, rudy giuliani today saying the special prosecutor should put up or shut up at the same time that he has spent the entire year, that the trump team has spent the entire year avoiding an interview that the special prosecutor has been asking for. >> they want to speed this along to the extent they can because they want to limit the scope of this investigation. everything is in bob muellers favor...

>> tim, rudy giuliani today saying the special prosecutor should put up or shut up at the same time that he has spent the entire year, that the trump team has spent the entire year avoiding an interview that the special prosecutor has been asking for. >> they want to speed this along to the extent they can because they want to limit the scope of this investigation. everything is in bob muellers favor to continue probing this. it is not only just an obstruction and a collusion investigation. ther...

Lets go back to susan rice, remember, she has links to the flynn issue as well, in that she was involved with unmasking him, and then ultimately about was illegally linked it to the press, his name. but on this particular email, it reminds me of the storys back and 2003, jay rockefeller, the -- he was briefed on wireless wiretapping, he did not say anything about it at the time, but he wrote himself a letter and stuck it in a desk drawer, and then later, he wielded it out. he was like i never th...

Someone would do this? lets go back to susan rice, remember, she has links to the flynn issue as well, in that she was involved with unmasking him, and then ultimately about was illegally linked it to the press, his name. but on this particular email, it reminds me of the storys back and 2003, jay rockefeller, the -- he was briefed on wireless wiretapping, he did not say anything about it at the time, but he wrote himself a letter and stuck it in a desk drawer, and then later, he wielded it out....

Why do you want me to fire mccabe? why do you want me to fire comey? what did they pick up the scent for? we want to smell that. >> tim, there are at least four or five things, it could have been the first question we led with or done the entire newscast on. this should not be given short shrift. there is this, special counsel robert mueller seeming to question the president. what does mueller want to focus on? >> well the washington post says that lawyers for the white house are saying help wan...

Or five things, it could have been the first question we led with or done the entire newscast on. this should not be given short trip. there is this, special counsel robert mueller seeming to question the president. what does mueller want to focus on? >> well the washington post says that lawyers for the white house are saying help wants to focus on a couple things, specifically the firing of james comey and the firing of michael flynn. now we know as well through cnns own reporting, the firing ...

Senate, it has been a day of highs and lows, to say the very least. to talk all about this, lets bring in professor of politics at city on of university of london energy parmar. its always a pleasure to have you on the show to make sense of all this. what a day. lets talk about the optics of this day. on the one hand, a member of the presidents inner circle pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi signaling quite frankly that he will cooperate with the special counsel. on the other hand, the president...