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Maybe ill see a little bit of it. im not going to be watching mueller because you cant take all of those bites out of the apple. we had a total no collusion finding. the democrats were devastated by it. they went crazy. theyve gone off the deep end. >> reporter: behind the scenes, preparations have been extensive. democrats have held mock hearings, scripted questions. republicans have watched hours of past testimony from robert mueller on capitol hill trying to get a sense of exactly how hell an...

Counter-intuitive. >> get me a breaking news ban are. >> what you normally say is let me push back. >> im going to come back out to the reporters. e eli, any indication hell pivot and become more normal. >> i havent seen one yet. i would say donny is right in cautions we are a long way from election day 2020. i think what youre seeing in the president going after joe biden the way he has recently, hes hungry for a one-on-one matchup. right now he doesnt know who to go after. the democrats dont h...

Successful for him. >> i dont mean nice but more moderate, thats what i was talking about. never be human. >> let me give you the last word. >> i think weve seen trump try particularly on immigration pivot to the softer side of that reform and it lasted maybe half a day to a day. >> like one tweet, right, until ann coulter saw it. >> i think its going to be a short-lived strategy. im with eli, i think the president does do well when he has somebody to fight against. hes very happy to be on offen...

Hes been president already. can you claim success and claim everything is terrible at once. thats the tension in a re-election campaign for a president. yes, he is interested in sort of market testing and focus grouping everything whether its with former advisers or whether with the audience hes talking to at a rally. thats always been his style. its one of those things that hes actually really good at is figuring out -- reading the room, getting the reaction, and trying to find that sweet-spot ...

>> yes. >> im interested to hear what he has to say. >> congresswoman lawrence, its great, welcome to the show, thank you for taking the time. >> have a great day. >> you too. joining me eli, tara dowdell and contributor charlie sikhs. ill start with you, tara. >> the racist bone connected to the hip is the hip bone connected to the thigh bone. no. this is -- its absurd. i have to make a joke to lessen the sting. you know, its absurd, but its also harmful. its extremely harmful. so what i find f...

York legal issues. and then back with us our expert former federal prosecutor joyce vance. thanks to boat of you for being here. e eli, how important is this case that many viewers may not know by name because he hasnteries tony that level yet, but he could. khuzami shirks not a political appointee. see a career prosecutor. he is a man with the institutional competence to see this through long after the mueller probe goes away. look, sdny is the bear, and the trump organization is like leonardo ...

Of months to put out a plan that not every side is going to love. >> according to a transcript of the murder which was obtained by cnn, khashoggi gasped as he shouted he couldnt breathe, as a death squad set upon him. they proceeded to dismember his body with a saw once they killed him. he is one of the guardian journalists selected by "time" magazine as person of the year. the magazine selected them because of the war on the truth. the president followed suit, saying he is standing by the crown...

Be using more aggressive tactics. >> eric holder said when they go low, we kick them. >> there is very little civil discourse in politics today. >> you never know what will happen in the next 24, 48 hours so stay tuned. >> indeed. welcome to the second hour of "kasie d.c." with me eli and "the new york times" reporter, a guide to the day in national politics and former policy advisor to mitt romney, host of the pod cast crossing lines. democrats are trying to hold on to this much touted way to r...

Come off. he does not want to touch it. e eli, i want to share what president trump says he did behind closed doors with putin. remember, they had a meeting over 2 1/2 hours with no idea what was said in there. >> the important thing, frankly, was the meeting that lasted for 2 1/2 hours or almost 2 1/2 hours. in that meeting, we discussed many, many things that were very, very positive for both countries. >> what tangibly emerged from that conversation? what do you feel you achieved? >> i think ...

Covering and breaking all of the news these kaydays. joining me from the white house, nbcs peter alexander. from italy, nbcs kelly odonnell traveling with the president. from "the new york times" d.c. newsroom, white house correspondent and msnbc political analyst, glenn thrush. we may still be wrangling him. and white house -- and the "wall street journals" white house reporter eli stokols. e eli, i want to start with a tweet you sent out last night that caught my attention at dinner and bath t...