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>> some people see a dumpster fire and do nothing but watch the spectacle. some are too scared to face the danger. or they think it will benefit them if they just let it keep on burning. there is an inferno raging in washington. but here in the land of 10,000 lakes... we know how to put out a fire. sb five oh, my gosh. >> dana: richard painter is going to run as a democrat in minnesota for the senate seat. how are you feeling about this? >> donna: as somebody who grew up admiring walter mondale ...

Of offering false promises, come to the table, get in a room, no more grandstanding, lets figure this out. a problem that has been going on since the departure of the 80s. >> shannon: is a motivation to sell limit when it could be a very good midterm issue for democrats, especially, because when we still have the stuff happening at the border, what motivation do they have -- i hate to be cynical -- but we all work in washington, what motivation do they have to get it solved before folks had to t...

Here. we will take care of you, theres an opportunity here in the united states of america. so people are willing to break the law to do so. if they know that theyre going to run the risk of being separated from their child for an indefinite amount of time, maybe they rethink that because as you said, who would do that? who would ever be willing to do that? so maybe it is a tough love environment with the u.s. government is saying you do something illegally and youre not going to be rewarded for...

In a whole bunch of other stuff. i think youre onto something here. what youre saying is youve got a group of elites that are somehow in charge but they dont have to live or play by the same rules as anyone else and thats a scary thing. then you have a classic is to do as it pleases and everybody else is kind of subjected to that. that is not the america we want to live in. >> katie: taking away peoples civil liberties and then breaking the rules. the white house may soon be looking to double do...

Regard for mr. horwitz because of all of the things that we worked with him on with the oversight committee. he repeatedly shows himself to be the most professional out there and then when you read the report and i encourage people to at least read the executive summary and go online, you will clearly see the professionalism in this case. so we are not taken, in fact, we would not have known about several of the key aspects of tax and emails and other statements showing a complete bias and a com...

This is already a bill that is in print. it is coming up for a vote this week. so we have the ability to fix it this week. >> as a practical matter, we are in, of course, a midterm ye what a we four or five months away from the midterm elections, a lot of difficult races for republnd democrats here. do you see any realistic chance that congress sits down, votes on and passes comprehensive immigration reform before november? >> i do. im hopeful. obviously got to get it through a lot of the rhetor...

Or maybe just admitting that he is blatantly being a trump stooge at this point? >> lets just put on the lens through which everything has to be viewed from here on out up on capitol hill, which is through the 2018 midterms. im told by sources as recently as last week, mika, that mitch mcconnell is in unbelievable amount of coordination and communication with the white house right now on their 2018 strategy. you juxtapose that with where we were last year in terms of the tension and hostility be...

President trump, theyre not moving on this. they dont want to be budging here. >> theyre not budging at all on it. i think that actually theyve been planning sort of much more aggressive immigration things to roll out this summer ahead of the midterm. i dont think this is the last were going to see. >> as sometimes happens at this hour, we have a lot of breaking news. i want to get over to the supreme court. thats because we have a new decision that is in. nbcs pete williams is joining us now on...

So-called witch hunt. but mueller has made it clear, he has no intention of indicting the president. he doesnt see that that is something that could be done. but the possibility of impeachment is real if we dont keep republicans in the house and senate. so, therefore, that is why giuliani and trump are going out there to make sure that we elect republicans in the midterm and keep our control, but, martin, you travel the country. you talk to these people. i see your stories. they are not talking ...

That is coming from stephen miller said to have so much flungs on the president he is the one crafting this. what is it about stephen miller that has so much sway for this president? because if this continues, if this continues that, you know, the children are separated from their families, that is going to come up in the midterm. >> sure. >> i dont know that its going to work for republicans. >> no. something has to get done. so now we are playing a game of chickens for if the democrats will co...