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>> i hope thats the case because northam is not going to stop until he does. >> heres the deal. theres no mo modern precedent in virginia for impeaching a governor. im told yes he convened that urgent meeting last night with top aides and administration officials of color but he emerged from that meeting having not changed his mind. he has a cabinet meeting scheduled today. the house behind me will convene later this morning. the governor says hes going to stay put as long as he feels he can eff...

Depicting a person in blackface and someone dressed as the klan. he admits to wearing blackface to portray michael jackson in 1984, that same year. northam is facing calls to resign from members of his own party now including both democratic senators from the state, former secretary of state and presidential candidate hillary clinton and former governor doug wilder, virginias first black governor. lets bring in la mont bagby, a virginia state delegate and chair of the black legislative caucus. e...

President related to michael cohen now just a few moments ago michael cohen has been subpoenaed to testify before the senate intel community. this changes things in a few major ways. michael cohen is set to report to prison in march. we dont know when hes set to appear before the senate intel committee. i want to bring in michael steele now, former senior advisor to jeb bush. jason johnson is also with me, politics editor at the root.com. ill start with you, michael steele. how big of a deal? >>...

Of moveon.org and jason johnson of the root.com and msnbc contributor malcolm nance and joining fernando [ inaudible ] democratic pollster. im sorry, im sorry. fernand, i miss you, my friend, come up to new york more often. donald trump, i just for a moment, abraham lincoln, our 16th president, assassinated during the civil war, tried to save the union from the succession of southern states who were willing to go to war and see hundreds of thousands of people die in order to defend slavery, dona...

Talking about steve king on a radio program in kevin mccarthys district. >> this wasnt the first time that he used this language. >> absolutely. >> when he used this, i came out directly and denounced it and was frustrated. but i knew that i watched past leaders did not act and just felt i dont care if it hurts me or not ive got to just do the right thing. but when i looked at the back of the things he had said and recently done it cant reflect p th. >> politics editor of the root.com and msnbc ...

Root.com and msnbc contributor and former democratic senator claire mccaskill who is also now an msnbc contributor. back with us. jason johnson, who can kevin mccarthy be talking about? hes talking about past leaders. apparently recent past leaders of the house of representatives. i guess he couldnt -- he couldnt think of paul ryans name. >> yeah. he couldnt remember paul ryan. he couldnt remember reince priebus. he couldnt remember tons of other leaders of the republican party. this is not new....

Money to this wall iso foolish. >> tucker: that was editor of the root.com, the political editor jason johnson but hundreds of different people could have said the exact same thing and have almost word for word. for f the media questioning the racism of donald trumps border wall is like questioning gravity, you have to be an idiot. its an open and closed case. if you want a wall or any kind of secure border you are some kind of white supremacist. whats interesting about this argument, and you he...

Mills and operate them, but the president cant do it on his own. stated differently, the supreme court has made it very clear even in times of emergency the president of the united states of america cannot spend money unless its been authorized by the congress. >> leading off our discussion now, the president and ceo of voter latino, and politics editor at the root.com and tim obrien, the executive editor of bloomberg opinion. we have a report from "politico" tonight indicating that the presiden...

Congress can pay for the steel mills and operate them, but the president cant do it on his own. stated differently, the supreme court has made it very clear even in times of emergency the president of the united states of america cannot spend money unless its been authorized by the congress. >> leading off our discussion now, the president and ceo of voter latino, and politics editor at the root.com and tim obrien, the executive editor of bloomberg opinion. we have a report from "politico" tonig...

Foot. youve already taken a flight so while wouldnt you take a flight to the united states. people do more digging on them. doesnt mean they raise to the level of a national security threat. >> anna palmer is a senior washington correspondent for politico. jason johnson is politics editor at the root.com. and tim obrien, executive editor at bloomberg opinion and trump biographer. i can feel myself, especially heated this morning. and its because were talking about this crisis crisis. its a crisi...