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>> reporter: and, according to kathleens sister, michaels dabble in local politics had brought even more stress to the marriage. when he ran for mayor, hed been called out publicly if a lie -- a whopper of one. the war action novelist claimed to have been awarded a purple heart, only he hadnt. he got hurt, not by taking hills in vietnam, but in a car accident in japan. >> when it became public about his lies, it did cause kathleen these friendships. she had to decide whether to stand by michael ...

Something we just have no idea about. but, again, i just the dont think so. if true, they are obviously illegal. if true, they were committed by individuals who had ties to the president. but if youre laying awake, waiting for the president to be impeached because of collusion -- >> why make that the bar? who says thats the bar. let me bait it a little bit. if this were hillary clinton who keeps being brought up by defenders of the president here, i wonder if you would feel the same way, congres...

Some very dangerous, murky, and uncertain territory here. i dont think we know where were going to go. the idea that we have defense military options on the table with north korea that we might be going to war with north korea, responding with a massive response as the defense secretary used that language, takes us into some uncertain territory and i dont think we know where its going to go. >> and erica, as you know, congress to be briefed on this coming week on the very topic of north korea an...

Msnbc is a media partner for plit con. but theres another layer to the scaramucci story, and this one is actually a lot more important, potentially. scaramucci stands to profit nearly $100 million if the deal to sell his hedge fund to a chinese conglomerate goes through. now, watch dogs say it may be a major conflict of interest. it steals needs approval from the government as regulators, chaired by, are you ready for this, donald trumps appointed treasury secretary. joining me now is william co...

>> mr. cane? >> no. >> mr. cane, no. >> ms. duckworth? >> no. >> ms. duckworth no. mr. franken? >> no. ms. cloeb char, no. mr. reed, no. >> youre watching msnbc, im ali velshi, were watching the vote on the motion to proceed, we will continue to watch this, this is the moment in which the decision is made as to whether this debate can proceed or it is dead. lets listen in. >> mr. murky, no. mr. warner. >> no. >> mr. warner. no. mr. bennett? >> no. >> mr. bennett, no. mr. shots?

Potential obstruction of justice? are you talking about the president saying to "the new york times" in that audio that we have, saying, look, if he starts looking into my finances, thats out of bounds? >> i think any attempt to draw lines around a prosecution, to intimidate or influence a prosecutor, if its the president of the united states, with that tremendous power he has, raises very severe legal questions. and lets remember that he, himself, in that "new york times" interview very reveali...

Whole time for the skubsequent two decades. im absolutely not surprised to see that he is involved in this. he finds himself in murky cases involving shady oempt anticipat. power figures, he is a rare figure that straddles both worlds. a shady, dark, former soviet union. if youre looking at a reporter for someone that can get you through all of that and help you to understand what is going on, but there are no good guys, he was one of the figures whom you could trust and he could get you intervi...

Might be picking your bane too much to go back to june 9 of 2016. do you know where donald trump was that day when the meeting happened? >> i dont. thats a good question. ill look it up when we are done here. i think there is a real -- raises the point that trump and those around him said look, we had no real contact with the russians. that wasnt the case. i also think there are a bunch of bits of information that dribbled out that the fbi and investigators did not seem to be aware of immediatel...

Of people. we have had heard that van came to a stop. we have photos of that. eyewitnesss have said three men got out of that van and thats where everything becomes murky. in highly stressed environments like this, peoples memories are affected. thats where the story becomes a little murky. that is a picture of the van that is alleged to have been carrying the assailants. shortly after that at an area a little bit south of that, borough market, there were other attacks, knife attacks on people w...

Happened. and but the truth motivations are still a little murky. >> they are murky and its hard to imagine a aboutbenevolent explanation at this point. but lets give them the benefit of the doubt. why wouldnt you go through the intelligence community or the state department if you really wanted to get read in on conversations or on russias role vis-a-vis syria? >> well, yeah, recall that during the transition, the trump transition was very unique in the fact that it sort of declined the state d...