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When donald trump announced by tweet that republican congressman john ratcliffe was his pick to replace dan coats. five days later, ratcliffe self-destructed. trump announced, ratcliffe is not his pick for dni after all. he blamed the media. to h to say nothing of the reception ratcliffe got from mitch mcconnell. if you feel like youve heard this song before, well, youre not wrong. by our count this is the 35th time one of trumps nominations went busto. when asked about his demise,

Well be covering. nbc news national correspondent steve kornacki is at the big board in new york. steve. >> in missouri the story claire mccaskill, the democrat trying to win her third term. trying to hang on not just in a red state, not just in a trump state. it was a big trump state in 2016. missouri voting for the president by 18 points. he almost doubled the margin mitt romney got out. speaking in 2012 a lot of people felt coming into this election that claire mccaskill was lucky to be in th...

Most audacious prank to date. one of his more iconic works fr girl with balloon sold for $1.4 million. the moment it hit, a big surprise. the piece self-destructed. shredding itself out of the frame. the gavel hit. the painting shredded. after that happened the art director said we just got bing seed. a short time ago that street artist posted an instagram quote saying the urge to destroy is a creative urge. how about that. thank you for watching. what day for this nation. take a break from real...

And theyre not paid professional protesters handed expensive signs. big day for america. all right. he is the worlds most famous anonymous street artist known for subversive work that appears really overnight. now he pulled off the most audacious prank yet. >> one of the more iconic works, known as girl with balloon, sold for $1.4 million at an auction house in london. look at this. the moment the gavel hit, the piece self destructed. it shed itself out of the frame. >> shredded all the way do...

Be unraveling, a waund source is saying that, quote, something is very wrong. and here to discuss is ryan cillizza, and so does this chaos feelle any different than the rest to you? >> well, it feels like the second major cycle of the white house upheaval. there are is always a low level upheaval in the white house, but this is feeling like last july when anthony scaramucci famously self-destructed which led to reince priebus leaving and steve bannon leaving and the top echelon of the white hous...

Effective way the issues. >> theres no question that he pretty much catapulted it to the front burner, but okay. donald trump, you know, hes surging in the polls. what is it about this man that attracts so much attention? >> its a couple things, i think. first of all, it is the fact that he is not beholden to anyone. no special interests, no lobby, not even a party. donald trump cannot be bought and he doesnt need anybodys money, so i think they view him as truly independent. >> okay. ross perot...

Effective way the issues. >> theres no question that he pretty much catapulted it to the front burner, but okay. donald trump, you know, hes surging in the polls. what is it about this man that attracts so much attention? >> its a couple things, i think. first of all, it is the fact that he is not beholden to anyone. no special interests, no lobby, not even a party. donald trump cannot be bought and he doesnt need anybodys money, so i think they view him as truly independent. >> okay. ross perot...

Government job. if you look as recently as 18th century england they had what they looks on paper is the legal system with no police force. if you were robbed it was up to you or someone you hired to find the person who robbed you and to get the victory of the crime. >> in england for well over a century that was a successful society. france in the 18th century had a modern system which police and public prosecutors and france went down into the chaos of the french revolution while england fell ...

To golf now. its the last major of the year, the last one. joining me now is rachel nichols. its not tiger or phil, but i dont know. what a day for jason dufner, right? >> reporter: absolutely. he is still leadsing by two with two holes to play. looks a little nervous a few holes ago. you can understand why. two years ago he was set to win this major. he was leading by five strokes with three holes to play which is basically as much of a lock as you can get without actually winning the thing. th...

The prime minister of italy has been caught with prostitutes. he intended to run for re-election this year, but he screwed it up. the signatures on his petition to get himself on the ballot turned out to be really obviously fraudulent and faked. he therefore did not qualify for the ballot, and after a little hemming and hawing about it, he dropped out and he resigned from congress. the door on thaddeus mccotters congressional career just closed shut. sometimes when doors close shut, a window mys...