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The trump resistance. She joins me tonight. I am very excited about that. Thats later in the hour. Our top story, though, is yes, the countdown to the midterms. And negative signs for trump. The house races were always going to be tougher for him than 2016, because, you may have heard about this, theres no Electoral College to override the popular vote, this time around in november. So a large popular margin for the dems would probably put more demes in office. And thats why, tonight, we can sho...

Coverage was politically motivated or influenced by political forces. Its raising questions about whether ami violated the terms. A nonprosecution agreement reached with federal prosecutors last year over a hushmoney payment to help Donald Trumps prospects in the 2016 election. The agreement requires ami to commit to crimes to commit no crimes whatsoever for three years. If ami breaks the terms of the deal, it could be charged with Campaign Finance violations. Federal prosecutors are now reviewi...

The eve of highly congressional testimony. This standoff is happening now between Matt Whitaker and the Congressional Panel hes scheduled to face tomorrow afternoon. Whitaker drew this line in the sand saying he will not show up unless hes assured he will not be subpoena should he avoid answering certain questions. Not only that, but whitaker has put the Committee Chairman there nadler on the clock saying he wants that assurance in writing tonight no later than 6 00 p. M. All of this is happenin...

Address to a crowd of conservative teens. 11 in a new poll favor the starting of this ridiculous impeachment hearings that are going on. No coclusion. No obstruction. Oh, thats not good enough. Lets go more. 40 million. Interview 500 people. Theyve got nothing and yet it goes on. And they think this is helping them. I personally think its hurting them. Trumps remarks come as lawmakers are less than 24 hours away from gaveling in one of the most highly anticipated hearings on modern day politics....

Quiet about the frozen military aid at the heart of this plot. That frozen aid is at the center of the impeachment case. And now democrats say these new emails highlight the need for more evidence and more witnesses. Stop the aid, 91 minutes after trump calls zelensky and said keep it hush hush. From whom did duffy get the order . From whom did duffy get the order and why did he do it . What more do you need to request a witness . So today the Top Republican in the Senate Mitch Mcconnell saying ...

Nature of the request, i appreciate you keeping that information closely held to those who need to know. Now that frozen aid is at the center of the impeachment case, and now democrats say these new emails highlight the need for more evidence and more witnesses. This email is explosive. A Top Administration official, one that we requested as saying stop the aid 91 minutes after trump called zelensky and said keep it hushhush. From whom did duffy get the order and why did he do it . What more do ...

Bribery plot. Given its breaking news, well bring them right now. Neal katyal who has argued dozens of cases before the Supreme Court, including these kinds of interbranch issues. He also has a brandnew book out impeach the case against donald trump coming out tomorrow. Harvard professor lea wright rigger and david frum at the atlantic. Good evening to everyone. Neal, this is a decision many had been waiting on. We have not read all of it, but we have read some of it. Your view of the core holdi...

Their campaigns. Of course, the elephant not in the room will be joe biden. The former Vice President who debates tomorrow night has regained nearly all of the ground he lost after his rocky performance in the first debate. Its going to be incumbent upon the other candidates to justify why they should be the first choice for primary voters eager to defeat President Trump. And this is particularly true for candidates like sanders and warren who are decidedly to bidens left. So our big question to...

Senior editor, Senior Reporter for buzzfeed news, and republican strategic. And hillary for america. They are both msnbc contributors. From washington, d. C. Ely covers the white house for the los angeles times. We begin with President Trump at war with an impeachment inquiry that threatens his presidency. He is calling it president ial harassment while pushing unsubstantiated claims about joe biden. This is the first in u. S. History to deal with the president s ties to a foreign country. A bra...

Expect that the white house and campaign are going to be able to use this imagery and cut it in a way that will continue speaking to the american people people well beyond today, wolf. >> good point. kayla tausche at pointe-du-hoc for us, well get back to you. i want to continue this discussion right now, joining us now cnn contributor leah wright, rigueur, cnn presidential historian tim naftali, are senior political analyst around bronstein and retired us army general wesley clark. hes the form...