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Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. Deliberating three days after this. I think its very sad what theyve done to paul manafort. Thank you very much. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. The president appears to be terrified he has a quote rat in his midst. Inside the white house. That i should be clear, thats his word. Rat. Its not the kind of language we are used to hearing from the president of the United States who is, of course, entrusted by our cons...

Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. So im going to be a little contrary here, chris, say i see where the president is coming from when he says this is a bit old news, my colleague, bob costa and i wrote in november when don mcgahn went before bob muellers interview team, sat down with verdicts two days straight so people have known for a long time that don mcgahn was cooperating with the investigation, that everyone who was in the white house was encouraged to voluntarily be engaged in thes...

We have a mechanism for impeachment. >> or possibly the courts. >> possibly the courts, depending on how he does it. in the future after he leaves office a president can be prosecuted if he commits a crime like obstruction of justice, thats why nixon needed the pard frein ford many years ago. its a total subversion of the system to say the person supposed to execute the laws faithfully can undercut them for the benefit of his friends, its totally inconsistent with the notion on law and order, un...

That constitutional norms that have governed our country for hundreds of years would say, no. now, if he does it, who can stop him? the answer is congress can top him. we have a mechanism for impeachment. >> or possibly the courts. >> possibly the courts, depending on how he does it. in the future after he leaves office a president can be prosecuted if he commits a crime like obstruction of justice, thats why nixon needed the pard frein ford many years ago. its a total subversion of the system t...