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Ill sure senator mccain must know what hes talking about. when you say the alt right, define it for me. you define it. >> what we do know after todays bizarre press conference, donald trump doesnt really need bright b.a.r.t. or bannon or anyone else to recite by heart the talking points of the alt right including on monuments and culture. >> how about thomas jefferson? what do you think about thomas jefferson? do you like him? are we going to take down statue? he was a major slave owner. are we ...

Top story on a full day of breaking news. remarkable interview with "the new york times" in which donald trump told about the conditions of which robert mueller might in his view go too far. asked if muellers investigation would cross a red line if it expands to look at his family finances beyond any relationship to russia, mr. trump said, i would say yes. he would not say what he would do about it. i think thats a violation. look, this is about russia. joining me, charlie pierce for "esquire," ...

Distinction anymore between russian government officials and russian organized crime, but if i were working in that nether world, and, you know, i was looking for somebody who wanted -- who needed a lot of money, and i had some rubbles i needed cleaned, i know where id look. >> leon, at what point does the sort of com la tiff effect of these pronouncements start to penetrate the right? at what point do conservatives, republicans start to care? >> you know, its difficult for me to say. i think mo...

"esquire," and leon wolf at the blaze. welcome both of you. leon, what did you make with this? it sure sounds like a threat to robert mueller. >> well, you know, its interesting. its not something that an ordinary president would do. of course, trump does things very differently from any other president before him. it certainly is something that sends up a lot of red flags. look, i dont know what the end result of all this russia investigation is going to be. i tend to think that the russians we...

Concerned that russia is making you look bad, is there some innocent explanation i havent thought of why he would take a side meeting without your interpreter, leon? >> again, donald trump just doesnt seem to have that little trigger in the back of his brain that says, you know, regardless of whether this is bad, it might look bad so im not going to do it. the thing that most politicians have, it doesnt seem to be present at all with him. i definitely dont know what the explanation is. i think t...

I tend to think that the russians were more interested in sowing chaos than tipping the election one way or the other. but he sure does have a knack for making himself look guilty. and thats kind of the -- i mean, hes done it throughout all this entire time. hes acted in such a way that makes it difficult for people like me who find the whole scenario of russia actually changing the election implausible, just because of the way he acts. >> doesnt it include -- this sort of weird extra meeting wi...

Living before he was president of the united states? real estate, and the reality tv show. >> its significant also that the other figure, i guess weve settled on a number on the meeting with donald trump jr., right? we arent waiting for -- >> as we know. as far as we know. >> yeah. i mean, we havent got a leak now that the bolshoi was performing in the living room while they were having this meeting. the guy was looked into for money laundering. if i were a russian -- i dont know theres any real...

Getting poignan questions about heal care. one thing thats come up over the past couple months is that people are beginning to appreciate the patient protection part of the affordable care act. the affordable care act as it came to be known sort of oversold the affordable part, frankly, but the patient protection part is something that affects a lot more americans approximate. >> i will say the closing thought here is that, if they turn back to the agenda, i dont think theres a tremendous amount...

Russian investigation. who knows what will happen tomorrow, or even in the next five minutes. but were going to take a few minutes just to talk about all of this with sam cedar and leon wolf right after this break.

Who knows what will happ tomorrow, or even in the next five minutes. but were going to take a few minutes just to talk about all of this with sam cedar and leon wolf right after this break.