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President will be under the microsco microscope. is this an actual branch of government. joining me now, capitol hill garret haake, peter baker, hes also an msnbc political analyst, bloomberg opinion, tim obrien and our brett stephens. tim and brett are both msnbc contributors. garret, hopefully you are not frozen today. >> i am back. >> hopefully, we have unfrozen you. you have been on capitol hill, there is a lot of movement when it comes to committee hearings and loogiking into donald trump a...

Microsco microscope. i understand that. my suspicions are that he was not the first fixer of a president or a presidential candidate to make that sort of phone call. that doesnt mean it was the right thing to do but lets not kid ourselves. that has happened before in american politics. whats the impact on that in whats happening in the southern district of new york or the mueller investigation? >> well, lets be clear. that phone call is a disgrace and so is cohen as an attorney. >> attorneys are...

Way. i think jeff is not running the department of justice now as well as he should be because of this recusal. so i really do think it is a problem. >> you think its a problem but you wouldnt go so far as to say its a betrayal of the president? >> hes italian what can i say? he talks differently. >> viktor yeah thank you very much, i appreciate it. "outfront" next, more on our breaking news. a top democrat says trump may be sending a signal to campaign aides who are under the microsco microsc...

The policy not ready, but allies are angry and global stocks tumbling. i missed every one of you every stday. >> that is the chief of staff. he misses his old job. national security adviser appears headed out the door. one of ivanka trumps business deals now under the fbi microsco microscope. a day after appearing about gun reforms, the president has a surprise sit down with the nra. now the president does not want gun control. the president tweeted he had a great meeting with the nra. you d...

>> $4 billion a year. >> so facts and figures were tossed around in last nights presidential debates like balloons at a convention. when you pick apart statements, separate fact from fiction, will some balloons burst. "the washington post" put some late night last night facts and big claims under the microsco microscope. over night a lot of people were working on finding out and digging deeper the facts there. so lets talk about the very first claim that we have in a sound bite just a moment a...

Tracks there. >> reporter: thats right. weve since had others killed. metro workers, just a couple weeks ago. there were two killed as well as they were doing maintenance. so the entire d.c. subway/metro system has been under a microsco microscope. the ntsb has been involved here. and now we have another serious derailment. in the words of the ems chief, again, hoping we dont have any injuries or fatalities. >> all right. thank you very much, tom costello. well get our audience more information ...