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That does it for our show. Rachel h rachel. Dont go anywhere. Hardball with Chris Matthews is up next. Power trip lets play hardball. Good evening, im Chris Matthews in washington. Breaking news from the Associated Press. Just broke the news reported that Omarosa Manigault newman has more than tapes. Just broke. We begin the other big story news tonight. Obsessed with power. President trump appears ready and willing to use his office to punish enemies like omarosa. Scare others including his own...

Beat," ari melber. i really wanted you to come on this show, because i am thinking when this guy bannon was first out there, it was just awful. he seemed too far right. around the edges were things that were attractive to people. there were things like, no more stupid wars. we are going to rebuild this country. we are going to rebuild stuff here. i dont see that. i see a guy saber rattling in trump. i see a guy who is arguing with omarosa and all these stupid fights. i dont see a guy pursuing re...

Joining us is the anchor of "the beat," ari melber. when this guy bannon was first out there, it was just awful. he seemed too far right. around the edges were things that were attractive to people. things like no more stupid wars. we are going to rebuild this country. we are going to rebuild stuff here. i dont see that. i see a guy saber rattling in trump. i dont see a guy pursuing rebuilding the country, and staying out of stupid wars. has this guy lost his influence. >> he is out. he is on th...

Desperately needs. >> jeremy if aaron sorkin were writing this as a screen play treatment, there would be a game of bill yards. it would be mcconnell and trump. and mcconnell would say, prepared, you have to understanden this. i need you to have your guy bannon call off the dogs. thats going to -- you, sir, could be impeached in the worst case scenario. how are we, do you think, jeremy from aaron sorkins treatment. >> about as far as i can imagine. they do not care for one another personally. i ...

>> jeremy, if he were writing this as a screenplay treatment, there would be a game of billiards and it would be mcconnell and trump. and mcconnell would say to trump, mr. president, you need to understand this. i need you to have your guy bannon just call off the dogs. because for all of his success, thats going to imperil whats left of our republican party majority. and you, sir, could be impeached in the worst-case scenario. how far are we, do you think, jeremy, from eren sorkens treatment of...

You talked before about are others going to join him? probably. probably theyre going to join in opposition eventually. so just a couple more votes, every little person that opposes him, every person that opposes him is just going to chip away at that majority he desperately needs. >> jeremy, if he were writing this as a screenplay treatment, there would be a game of billiards and it would be mcconnell and trump. and mcconnell would say to trump, mr. president, you need to understand this. i nee...

So i think the president backed off. steve bannon is looking at this completely different. he he is looking at that this is a transformational president and this is an incremental senate. >> who is helping who? cornell, a few moderates, the two women murkowski and collins from the different coasts, and i see renegades, rand paul, and you never know what he is going to do, and john mccain, the ultimate maverick. theyre always going to be there. he has less than majority. its not going to help to ...

Infrastructure. i think theres excessive regulation in some sectors. i think its a very good idea to have tax reform. the tax code is too complicated and frankly corrupt. part of the problem for us in the media is trump attacks us so much all the time, were the opposition party, third rate human beings. bannon says you guys should shut up and listen. i was trying to grapple with the fact that we have to be careful not to absorb and reflect that negativity. we cant mirror trumps hostility to us a...

Would be this administration focusing on what got it there. i am a little kind of confused about why, what you point out you agree with -- you could point out the way hes been folding in corporate perspective on regulation and tax especially. thats new and being done at least in an overt way that could bear fruit. what arent they focusing more on that in ststead of lighting fir fires? >> if you look at the attack on the media, whats the point here? every president after getting elected has usual...

For trump on the, were weak, im strong. hes got this guy bannon in his ear who loves the idea of disruption. that seems to be the mandate thus far. it does not seem like he was doing anything in the first instance to bolster relationships. he was being disruptive. now we see a second wave of moves, nikki haley at the un, what were seeing with what "on notice" meant. how do you analyze this? >> i think whats happened, and who knows, but it appears that professionals are now beginning to assert th...