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There. theres got to be like 50 or 60 districts around that are going to be prime battlegrounds that again where democrats -- remotely guaranteed to win and theyre now in the -- absolutely in the strike zone for democrats again with this trump drag on the republican ticket. >> i was watching steve kornacki yesterday and when he pointed to what was happening in loudon county -- >> right. >> he was almost jumping up and down because as you mentioned it was stunning to him and i think steve knew. h...

All told republicans can only afford to lose 23 seats in the house next year. and retain the majority but democrats have their eyes on dozens of su sur ban gop seats that are competitive in presidential or other statewide races. it just so happened that 23 republicans like comstock sits in seats that hillary clinton defeated trump in last year as well as another 13 that previously backed barack obama in his presidential races. john heilmann, those are the districts you target if youre the democr...

But thank you for that reminder of the nixon example. i want to listen to something al franken said about jeff sessions confirmation hearing testimony and his forgetting his meeting with russians in his confirmation testimony. lets listen to what al franken said on this program about that. >> theres no other conclusion that you can come to other than that he was lying and was committing perjury. >> and now lets listen to what donald trump said to "the new york times" about that very same thing....

With speeds of 250 megabits per second across our entire network, to more companies, in more locations, than centurylink. we do business where you do business. ♪ ♪ in tonights "new york times" interview, president trump said this about special prosecutor robert mueller. mr. trump said, mr. mueller was running an office rife with conflicts of interest and warned investigators against delving into matters too far afield from russia. mr. trump never said he would order the justice department ...

Independent attorney general. and i think republicans havent put up much resistance before, but i think they will have to be tougher on whoever trump chooses if this comes to pass. >> i want to take a moment before each of you go to turn to john mccain and the difficult news that he and his family have received tonight about brain cancer that senator mccain is now dealing with. john heileman, i know youve covered john mccain very closely, especially in the 2008 campaign and described vividly in ...

Senators want to continue as impartial. >> yeah, its very clear that jeff sessions recusing himself was the right thing to do. so what donald trump doesnt understand tonight is that what he has in effect said is if jeff sessions told me he was going to do the right thing, then i would know hes not the attorney general for me. i mean that is essentially what he said. were going to have to take a quick break here. mieke, and jill wine-banks, thanks for joining us tonight. john heilmann, im going t...

Starting to sound again like the saturday night massacre. and it was never clear whether the attorney general resigned in protest or was fired, and similarly the deputy attorney general. both of them think they were fired. both of them think they resigned. either way it doesnt matter. he sent a clear message. in any event, lets remember that he could not have told him he was going to recuse himself because he wasnt caught in his lie until after he had been confirmed and appointed. he lied to the...

Of a lot of our assets, and he also said we see a lot of russian money pouring in. if youre mr. mueller, youve got to look at whether any financial links between trump and the trump organization and the russians led to a relationship that made putin want to intervene on his behalf. and if mueller has to walk away from that or face some kind of action from trump, then trump is saying, i dont want to be investigated. >> john, the possibility next week of this thing becoming very public includes so...

Money to jared kushner, the presidents son-in-law and senior adviser and to his family real estate business although deutsche bank recently landed in legal trouble for laundering money for russian entities, paying more than $600 million in penalties to new york and british regulators. there is no indication of a russian connection to mr. trumps loans or accounts at deutsche bank, people briefed on the matter said. joining us now, john heilmann, national affairs analyst for nbc news. mieke eoyang...

The federal investigation into the trump campaigns ties to russia. deutsche bank has also lent money to jared kushner, the presidents son-in-law and senior adviser and to his family real estate business although deutsche bank recently landed in legal trouble for laundering money for russian entities, paying more than $600 million in penalties to new york and british regulators. there is no indication of a russian connection to mr. trumps loans or accounts at deutsche bank, people briefed on the ...