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Weinstein donations. why are so many republicans staying silent over donations from wynn? you remember steve wynn who co-chaired that $100,000 a couple dinner at mar-a-lago last saturday night. first, will ferrell returned to "saturday night live" this weekend reprising one of my favorites, his old role as george w. bush. this brings a tear to roberts eye. you remember when we would see -- well, he addressed actually george bushs newfound popularity. >> and donald trump thinks the media hates ...

Theres nobody eld in the shse with an umbrella. its so strange. jason johnson, msnbc political contributo contributor, at the root.com. robert trainem is vice president of communications at the bipartisan policy center. hes the republican here. so he has to answer the hardest questions. jonathan kelly, editor -- the other jonathan, editor and co-founder at the hive at "vanity fair." and jonathan swann in the house, political reporter at axios. this meeting march 31st, 2016, george papadopoulos m...

Thats where i think i have the biggest objection in this whole situation. >> i think were finding that anything is possible. liz smith, robert trainem, a dynamic conversation, thank you for bringing it today on this saturday. a quick programming note before we go. coming up on tuesday, join joe, mika, and willie as they celebrate ten years of "morning joe" with a live audience from nbcs historic studio h, tuesday, 6:00 a.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. well be right back.

Point out, this is not a game. this is undermining public trust in our government and its essentially colluding and being an enemy of your own state. thats how much he is undermining our process here. i applaud robert and cant wait to hear more republicans stand up and speak out too. >> we always applaud robert, but its about picking a side and its not political sides, its truth versus fiction. >> about your country. >> thank you both very much. appreciate it. somebody said this is not like sein...

Tried to get information about this fisa request and was unable to do so and that is the white house interfering with the potential credibility of an open investigation. >> and an open investigation that touches the white house itself and many of their associates. so the real here is very troubling on many levels. i just want to say it was amazing for me to listen to roberts animation and i loved hearing it because it is very sad to see the number of republicans who dont have the courage to say ...

Beyond epic -- you know, epic proportions. were day 45. day 45. >> oh, i dont disagree with you. let me be very clear. what appears to be appearing here is, i dont know about the president, but at least his senior aides, as well as vladimir putin, are playing footies underneath the table here. let me go back to my original point. this is really, really serious. this is not funny. this is our lives and our economic and our military might on jeopardy here, so again, lets be very transparent here. ...

That you have to disclose, particularly when it comes to taxes and the nannies and the housekeepers which actually trips up a lot of cabinet officials when it comes to not paying the wage tax. and the president-elect, ive said this about president obama, about president bush and clinton, they reserve the right to nominate the people that they feel is qualified for the job. you can make the argument that not having any government service might be a good thing, i dont know. but the question become...

Why have they not filled them out? >> its a great question. i think a lot of them have very tangled finances. but i also think they have a disregard that comes from donald trump on down for the sense of propriety and normal way these things are done. so you have a nonpartisan office of government ethics that is now raising real questions as to whether these nominees should be approved before theyre fully vetted. >> so lets talk specifics with you, robert. a lot of these folks, rex tillerson, ben...

Robert trainem. lets get started right now with you, jonathan. so we have wednesday. that day alone there are hearings or hearings and discussions for these five cabinet level nominees. why does it look like the transition team and republicans in the senate are really trying to rush through this? >> well, all presidents want to have their cabinets in place by the time they take office ideally. but the difference this year is that a lot of these nominees havent completed the paperwork. you know, ...

And were looking at possible chaos in the weeks and months ahead. >> so to that point though, robert, with replacement, it has been almost six years since the president signed the affordable care act. the gop has been wanting to get rid of it from day one practically. why after six years have we not yet heard a replacement plan? >> well, thats a good question, but i want to step back here and not to be overly optimistic here. ive worked in the senate for ten years and actually had lunch with som...