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Take it personally. in this interview he goes on to reflect about what he could have done and talks about being obviously occupied with the duties of president and wishing hed gotten more down into the grassroots, those places that maybe turned the election, so i think hes taking some personal responsibility for the outcome. >> theres so much to unpack here, and we have to see tonights program, but you also talked to him about those poignant moments, his speech during the funeral service for the...

Thats very troubling and something the inspector general should get to the bottom of as well. >> could you know who in the clinton campaign jumped on this smear, this russian inspired smear that had been originated by republican opponents of donald trump and dropped after the primaries in some democratic big contributors then joined and sponsored more work by these people. >> ive seen the reports suggesting they were democratic elements that were pushing. i can never seen that dossier document p...

How that would even be done. >> let me ask you about the ig investigating mr. comey, the fbi director. how unusual is this? the fact they announced it, first of all, possibly to get it out front before the trump administration came in, get it under way, reveal that it has been started, but an ig investigation into the fbi director and all of those late calls, reopening the issue, not an investigation, but reopening the very issue of the emails 11 days before the election. >> i think this was ver...

Sanctions against the russians in retaliation for the hack that they understood. i find that suspicious but if it is as simple as what sean spicer is saying maybe theres nothing to it. the ap report suggested that according to intelligence officials, theres more than just that in terms of interactions between michael flynn and the russians. michael flynn strangely appeared at a dinner hosted by, they sat at the same table as vladimir putin. theres all kinds of connections carter paige, former se...

Being the first african-american president. what did that mean? we talked about a lot of expectations, some of them in his view naive that suddenly everything would change, years of history would suddenly be rolled back, but its something that obviously he thought a lot about, and had to pick his moments in his presidency. >> well this is all extraordinary, and we cant wait to see it tonight and coming on a day, by the way, when the attorney general in chicago announcing the steps taken about th...

Some ways for donald trump in the successes donald trump had in the places that he had them. so even if joe biden doesnt regret it, i do think there are a fair number of democrats out there who wonder putting all their eggs in hillary clintons basket as early as they did in this campaign was a mistake. but hindsight as always is 20/20. >> and now to have the comey investigation by the inspector general of the independent inspector general, of the justice department, just so painful to the clinto...

On sunday? >> i teed you up. >> shell be with me. >> on "meet the press." reince priebus chief of staff, a whole range of questions and follow-ups that didnt get finished and answered from the press conference, and then ill tell you now a powerful interview with jon lewis. were still bringing it in but youll see a piece of it at 5:00. he said some things that i think will surprise a lot of people. >> "mtp daily" 5:00 just the beginning of chuck todds day. and if its sunday its "meet the press." ...

Stimulus bill, the auto bailout, the trips to europe and so forth. and the diaries, lo and behold seem to match up with the historical narrative. i cant vouch for authenticity, although i have, larry, tried to verify these with valerie jarrett who is the presidents senior adviser. i approached valerie jarrett. she claimed she had no knowledge of these diaries. after reading the diaries myself i understand why they dont want to talk about it. thats all i can say. the people will have to decide fo...

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They were routine calls to set up future contacts between trump and vladimir putin. david ignatius of "the washington post" broke this first in his column today and joins me now. david, take us through it, what would be inappropriate about calls between the russian ambassador and the national security adviser? is it the timing and what was the timing? >> well, what i reported in my column was that, on the day that the sanctions, the expulsion of russian diplomats in response to russian hacking w...