Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. It is now under way. The director of National Intelligence said in a recent speech that the Warning Lights are blinking red and the Digital Infrastructure that serves this country is literally under attack. And here we see the incursions coming. Russian hackers have now already targeted at least three candidates in this years 2018 midterms. Reports one of the targets is missouri democratic senator Claire Mccaskill. So highway donald trump doubts much of this is even occurring, his pentagon chief does say there are secret actions now underway to combat it. What is the government doing to halt russian interference in the next elections . Yeah, im not at liberty to explain what were doing in that regard. Just rest assured there are actions under way to protect our elections or to exposeness
now the question is whether trump lied about the worst possible thing, not the pr afterward, but whether donald trump took actions or
now the question is whether trump lied about the worst possible thing, not the pr afterward, but whether donald trump took actions or had intent about the meeting that could contribute to elements of a crime. that s not a question posed by say a trump critic tonight or an investigator aggressively looking at these issues or posed by journalists digging into the story. this is now the key question facing the white house courtesy of one of trump s longest serving once most loyal aides, a man with him before most of his current political staff who documented and recorded their interactions. that may be why these new reports say this once loyal team, these two team mates are now dead to each other preparing to bury cohen is what the white house is leaking. michael cohen used to be a loyal trump friend who gave privileged advice. but cohen is learning trump s return on than loyalty all depends on the situation. and trump certainly isn t taking