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That is a good thing in the long run. thank you for watching. rob: the former mayor of san antonio laying groundwork for a 2020 presidential run, democrat julian castro launching a presidential explorer committee as a requirement to legally be able to raise money. >> some people might say it is early but you have to be decisive. rob: 13,000 people running for president in 2020. beto orourke sounding off about a presidential run. >> im happy hes in the race but it doesnt change anything i am doin...

Like kamala harris the farther you get from california. she is laying groundwork in iowa and new hampshire. >> it is not clear beto orourke will run. >> tim knows a lot of stuff. >> good tease. when we come back, thanksgiving tradition.

To expose the fraud. meanwhile, in georgia, democrat stacey abrams refusing to concede in her race for governor. her campaign is laying groundwork for a runoff election as nbc news continues to report this morning that the contest is too close to call. and in the race for an open senate seat in arizona, democrat kyrsten sinema also is waiting for the final tally to get in. and in the last few weeks following all this, push ahead to noon, hallie. what are you watching and what will we learn at no...

>> well, right. it means they dont vn -- have an affirmative defense of any type, and call a witness or two, it is going to be weak. >> and you are saying that the attorneys are laying groundwork for a par ddon from the preside? >> yes, and manafort is looking for a sentence that for a 60-year-old man could be the end of him. and so we are looking at possibly cocan operating or waiting for the pardon. the president with the last few tweets on manafort is saying that he is being treated so unfair...

That could be telling and very persuasive to a jury. >> seth, you tell me if im skipping ahead here. could this be laying groundwork for how this ties into the russia probe and broader question of conspiracy, collusion and coordination. manafort needed money. is this muellers -- trying to paint this portrait of get into the public record of manafort as a man desperate which is why its a weird an open question and weird -- its just weird that manafort went to work for donald trump under all of th...

The united states and north korea will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable piece regime on the korean peninsula, reaffirm the details of that april 27th agreement and finally they agreed to recover pow, mia remains including the immedi patriation of those already identified. joining me to debate is philip wegman and democratic strategists, thank you for joining us, what a day. really unbelievable. and i will start with you, and one. what do you think about what happened, your genera...

Congress, and to let the investigation go on. >> reporter: the republican senator flake told nbc news theres concern in congress within his own party that the president may go further than just attacking the mueller investigation. >> there is concern that the president is laying groundwork to move on bob mueller or rosenstein. ive been concerned we have not spoken up loudly enough telling the president you cant go there. >> reporter: still, giuliani says trump wants to sit down with an interview...

>> dana: hi, everyone. im dana perino. on "the daily briefing" minutes from now, the president is set to host a roundtable on the ms-13 gang and his immigration policies. we will bring that to you live. former bush 43 chief of staff karl rove will weigh in and congressman trey gowdy updates us on the quest for information on the f.b.i. informant in the trump campaign. laying groundwork for a summit that may not happen. some of the presidents advisers head to eng pore this weekend to -- singapore...

May. the next big question, does the president testify. you have rudy giuliani in some ways being all over the place. the president himself being all over the place. what do you think they are laying groundwork for? >> i think what everyone has talked about. this isnt really aimed at mueller, the pressure and aimed at the public to create the perception. this is really dragging on and look at this investigation. they dont really have anything. they are trying to undermine mueller and are having ...

Hand out federal pardons, a move for which he was laying groundwork. and the interim attorney general has been named but who will get the job next fall when it comes up for election. no surprise, democrats are buzzing about several candidates who would certainly go after the president with just as many velocity. jake. >> one hopes that anthony wiener and eliott spitzer are not among them. thank you so much. want to thank tom forman and brin engrass. and now the panel. schmeider was a second op...