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>> mark caputo is a national political reporter for nbc news that broke the news yesterday that gaetz ex-girlfriend was appearing before the grand jury and he joins me now. mark, lets start with the context of this inquiry that starts with greenberg who gets busted for a whole bunch of stuff, and we know for a fact he was an associate friend of matt gaetz and the two of them spent time together. >> right, joe greenberg was a one-man crime spree, really one of the great political sleazeballs that...

Yelling, what were you guys doing? why did you do this? theyre in a damned if you do, damned if you dont moment right now. kelly odonnell joins us from the white house. mark caputo joins us on politics and the midterms including this republican strategy. kelly, you know, you can see the dilemma every day in the white house, words, actions, photo-ops. it is mixed. >> there are it is. its quite visceral. you laid out carefully the imperative ha most americans would accept on its face of protecting...

Different standards in terms of like, i have a political problem in my hand. and everything you said about the legal standards as 100% true an important. he denies the allegations. but like a lot of times, thats not enough, for someone politically. matt gaetz is writing this out. hes in a safe district. well see what happens but so far he seems like he sitting tight. mark caputo, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> that is all in on this thursday night. the rachel maddow chill starts right now. goo...

Campaigning. the anti-vax crowd might be a danger. falling back on the virus will get a vote, and this will dictate what happens going forward. >> yep. and as we know, it does feel as if theres a pattern, and if this seasonal pattern continues, what happens when the summer surge hurts and what happens to our political debate about covid if, indeed, a summer surge comes like the last two? kelly odonnell, mark caputo, thanks for getting us started on this mix of covid and the midterms. joining me ...

Power that we see this time and time again. its also a nation thats in midst of a third year of constant disruption. who comes out of the primary as one of the big saving grace is for democrats, they think. whether they kept someone like lack salt in the state urine which is a closely divided state. and that being a more beatable candidate and someone might think. >> yeah, thats absolutely right, chris. these republicans can start telling people like black salt and dean heller, the public doesnt...

Even worse than he did when he lost his bid for senate reelection, when as you remember, and you alluded to, he took about 74 different positions on repealing the affordable care act. that essentially cost him the race. now he is so desperate to be a factor, that he is running so far to the right and towards trump that he is going to go off the cliff and its likely not going to get him anywhere because he is being laughed at informs when he talks about being the most trumpian of all the candidat...

Take a listen. >> as the only proven conservative here in this race, so many nevada, so -- secretary of state, and the legislature, and of course, in congress. thats what makes me qualified for this job. >> and you voted for obama care! >> i had a press conversation president trump today and i want you to know he cares about nevada. you may not believe it, some of you over here. but he cares about the stat of nevada. >> you can see how well that is settling in the room. mark, the axle is a diffe...

The republican majority on the florida senate education committee advanced a measure last week that attempts to bar the influence of critical race theory in schools and businesses across the state. florida governor ron desantis goes further, supporting a proposal that would allow parents to sue school districts that teach racism-related materials. meanwhile, a florida school district cancelled a professors civil rights history seminar for teachers, citing in part concerns over critical race theo...

Reportedly cooperating with authorities raising more questions about the investigation into gaetz himself. national news correspondent mark caputos been responding reporting the investigation. mark, welcome. i want to read the first paragraph from your report on january 12th. matt gatess ex girlfriend testified wednesday before veteran jury investigating him for sex crimes, a major development that suggests the department of justice may be moving closer to indicting him. that was two weeks ago. ...

>> mark caputo, the politics of covid is fascinating to watch. if you look at the 2020 campaign, it was mostly democratic campaigns up and down the ballot talking about the ones being scared of covid and that seems pretty good politics because we saw in polls the red/blue divide was there, but independents seemed to tilt towards the dems. a year and a half later, it is the red/blue divide, youre seeing more democrats are feeling -- are more divided on this, but it really is independents that are...