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Two days since the midterms. the president, though, does seem to feelment powered and protected by an incoming senate he thinks is indebted to him. but he also seems to be worried about the power democrats have gained by winning back the house. and folk who is are about to find out what happens when a paranoid. president battles the peoples chamber. the first battle grew brucing could be over the russia investigation. some are worried about robert muellers fate after the president fired jeff ses...

Russia. as a lawyer, if there is an appearance e experience of impr soon as the outrage from the left occurred. he knew as a lawyer that was an appearance of impropriety. people are suggesting, its a conflict, he has to recuse. zplu know what whitaker sound like right there, michael? >> like mia. >> mia wiley. >> he made her point. he literally made her point. so if -- beyond everything else that the broadcasts are playing, play that sound byte over and over and over again, because it go es to t...

He was opining as an analyst a political pundit-type situation. given the sensitivities of this. given the already vexing nature of this, you got people on the streets as you are showing, ari, i think the important thing is to -- if nothing else, say, you know what, i dont need to touch this particular aspect of what the justice department are doing. there are other things to make sure the institution focuses smoothly. i will focus on that. everybody will be watching every little scintilla he pu...

Myself from any existing or future investigations of any matter relating in anyway to the campaigns for president of the united states. >> that was march 2017 which ban the the rosenstein era for this probe. he was the one approving muellers big moves. he announced the indictments. today were on the first full day of what is the whitaker era. he would step out, not rosenstein, thats a striking contrast, given how the two men have spoken about the fundament also of this russia probe. >> the depar...

Would repeat sessions sin of not recusing himself. he put whit der there because he expressed extreme hostility to the investigation. because he prejudged the issue and because he obviously is prepared to do what the president wants, which is to subvert the investigation. i will tell you if mr. whitaker does this and for that matter the presidents attempts, these are all further evidence of a conspiracy to obstruct justice. >> strong words. i also want to ask you while i have you given your mand...

Candidates. >> right. >> it was an amazing night. and its full of enthusiasm to take our country back from the chaos that this president is causing his complete disregard for the constitution as is evidenced by his appointment of mr. whitaker. >> donald trump is effective at certain things. hes more effective than some people initially realized. but the notion that he is a political mastermind was really 81 cut last night. this was the first time we seen him work with the difficulty of mid-terms...

And george conway. its an op-ed that makes the case that whitakers appointment is unconstitutional. noting that because he reports directly to the president and himself not senate confirmed tr another appointment at all, his last confirmation is 2004, its a pretty compelling read. basically it says any action that he takes would be challenged on unconstitutional grounds. >> i have a couple reactions to that. number one, neil is is a lot smarter than me. number two, i think that their argument is...

. congressional democrats are warning of a saturday nit massacre making a bold and in your face move to demand an emergency hearing on the replacement of mathieu whitaker. jerry nadler joins me in a moment. he is asking for him to recuse because he has this well documented hostility putting the investigation at grave risk. two source close to whitaker tell the washington post he has no intention of doing that. leaders are sending another letter demanding they preserve the key documents relative ...

Lynn jones me right here on "the beat." >> good to joan you, ari. >> let me play the sound the viewers are playing for the first time, which is trump picked someone to be acting attorney general who said russian interference did not even occur. what is your reaction to that? is he wrong and does that affect his ability to oversee this probe? >> well, i associate myself with the views that your previous guest at a minimum there is a horrible appearance here that in and of itself should cause mr. ...

Permanently. >> thats what would happen. if you want to per nerm lent, you have to audition to the senate. >> and also i just think the more i learn about matt whitaker, the more concerned i am about him. reading his comments about the foundational case in which the supreme court in 1803 determined that it was the duty of the supreme court to say what the constitution means and what the law is. he was asked this a debate when he was a senate candidate what are the worst cases the supreme court h...