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This morning the president doubled down calling out the hypocrisy between how the agency has treated michael flynn versus hillary clinton. >> i feel badly for general flynn. i feel very badly. hes led a very strong life and i feel very badly. i will say this. hillary clinton lied many times to the fbi, and nothing happened to her. flynn lied and they destroyed his life. i think its a shame. hillary clinton on the fourth of july weekend went to the fbi not under oath. it was the most incredible t...

File badly for general dmrin. i feel very badly. hes led a very strong life. and i feel very badly, john. i will say this, hillary clinton lied many times to the fbi, nothing happened to her. flynn lied, and they destroyed his life. >> that was president trump speaking out moments ago about michael flynns guilty plea. he called it unfair. this comes as the president launches an extraordinary assault on the fbi in a series of tweets saying the bureaus reputation is in, quote, tatters. lets bring ...

That the president knew that flynn lied is when the justice department charged him. john roberts is on the north lawn for us this afternoon. this is a lot coming together here. >> yeah. a lot of pieces to the puzzle, shep. once in a while they come together. i spoke with the same attorney this morning that insisted the president did not know that michael flynn had lied to the fbi in two statements when he made the statement to james comey that he helped he could let the whole thing go and the fi...

Rollback of a major obama administration initiative. chief white house correspondent john roberts starts us off with the presidents remarks on general michael flynn. >> leaving the white house today for salt lake city, president trump waited for the first time in person on the guilty plea from his former national security advisor. >> well, i feel badly for general flynn. i feel very badly. hes led a very strong live, and i feel very badly, john. i will say this. hillary clinton lied many times t...

Have their place. >> reporter: lawsuits are planned, but you know, past presidents have done this. we are told 18 different times, going all the way back to 1915 when woodrow wilson rolled back protections in washington state, one of the monuments there. dana? >> dana: all right, dan. well, we know the interior secretary is speaking behind you. we will bring the president to you live when that happens. dan, thank you very much. president trump defending michael flynn, saying he feels, quote, ver...

Purpose. with a knowledge -- im no the saying hes a historian, but with a working knowledge of the kind of racially coated language, the provocation that it causes. the i think its virtually impossible now to say, oh, well, he may not know -- im not saying this is what don was saying but he may not know what hes doing but it has these impacts. it seems clear that a reasonable person would have to conclude he knows exactly what hes doing. the and thats -- >> when he say hes ignorant, im talking a...

Rights leader in montgomery, alabama. many people know the equal justice initiative. he is building in montgomery a memorial to the victims of lynching there are no -- there is no memorial to the victims of lynching in the united states. montgomery has dozens of memorials to the confederacy. that may be one answer. that you dont take the other memorials, but you add other memorials. >> in southampton, virginia, there is no memorial to nat turner who led a slave revolt that didnt last very long, ...

Have to understand that oppression. and you were right how geographic that is, jeffrey. >> brian stevenson is a civil rights leader in montgomery, alabama. many people know the equal justice initiative. he is building in montgomery a memorial to the victims of lynching there are no -- there is no memorial to the victims of lynching in the united states. montgomery has dozens of memorials to the confederacy. that may be one answer. that you dont take the other memorials, but you add other memoria...

In new york real estate. you know new york real estate better than anyone. its hard to come out of new york real estate, as my mother would say, smelling like a rose. >> michael, ive fot to tell you, to that exact point, you know, those who have known president trump in business for years, even those who supported him on the campaign trail, i met with after the election said i dont want to get a white house-appointed job. pruch, if he get taos dprif with the intelligence community or others, hes...

Imagine that. the author, his historian jonathan dar monday is with us tonight as is hugh hewitt and an msnbc political analyst. thank you both for coming in. weve learned people who wernt immersed in watergate have learned enough about the dissimilarities and yes, media is at the speed of light now, but as i keep saying, republicans were the here rose of watergate so i guess this calls for a judgment from you. which republicans are you looking for to stand up and be the heroes of this? >> its a...