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Now we are expected to hear from former President Trump whose testimony wraps for the day in the historic criminal trial. I am john roberts in washington good friday afternoon. Hello im aisha hosch and he for sandra smith and this is America Reports here we go. An eventful week in Court Spending hours listening to Adult Film Actress Stormy Daniels testify in extreme graphic detail about their alleged affair. Really hear from the man at the center of the case Michael Cohen. Webex versus afternoon...

A bipartisan win. well, after months of gridlock, mitch mcconnell was one of 17 senators backing a test vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. joining us now, mike emanuel. between mitch mcconnell voting on this thing and taking off pro-vaccination ads on kentucky radio stations, hes getting good press which is rare for the republican senator leader. >> most media folks dont care for mitch mcconnell. hes not a sound bite machine. he tells you exactly what mitch mcconnell wants you to know a...

Said, the president is not willing to step into the arena. hes going to set on the back bench and complain and send his little tweet bombs, which is how he chooses to participate, which is a sign of weakness and a sign of no defense at all on the merits. >> meanwhile, yamiche, senator john kennedy, republican from louisiana, this has gotten a lot of attention over the last 24 hours, senator kennedy had been a staunch defender of the president, a bit of a sound bite machine there on the hill. i w...

I think it will be very combative continuing. >> im imagining something along that scenario of lindsey graham sliding a note to grassley and saying i want and have been just a short time ago. now i want to know if we are going to hear from ted cruz, mike lee, as everyone else going to feel unleashed and ready to jump in? >> bret: how about john kennedy from louisiana? he is a sound bite machine. >> another interesting moment, cory booker and his opening statement, judge kavanaugh talked about on...

Who said he saw it says fahrenheit 119 worst michael moore film i have seen, we didnt know, its a miss #skip it. i like to go by what rotten tomato says, movie website. the audience gave it 57%. critics liked it, audience said it was eh. rob: if youre not the first guy to allege these things its not interesting anymore. carley: yeah, hes sound bite machine, he likes to say controversial things. rob: six flags has the lamest offer i have ever heard. [laughter] carley: you think its lame, i think ...

With a one-on-one between the two leaders, jim. >> im sure the russians do like the idea of putin and president trump meeting head-to-head. cnns fred pleitgen, thank you very much. joining me now, jake sullivan. he is a foreign policy expert who has served as a top adviser to both hillary clinton and joe biden. jake, let me ask you, this republican delegation that went over to moscow, it was interesting to hear senator kennedy say, and hes a sound bite machine, just put quarters in him and he sp...

Day including in the terrific interview by dana perino last week. when you add to that the fact that facebook was paid for political ads from russia in rube else and they claim not to have known anything you cant believe anything they say. so how much truth we really get out of this testimony this week when mark zuckerberg is under oath remains to be seen. make no mistake. mueller will lay bare the truth about facebook in his investigation. >> bill: here is senator kennedy from louisiana. a soun...

A lot more things would map if we were more open. trish: let me jump this and throw in this caveat. gary, once they get used to this, arent they going to once again start grand standing for the cameras? if we always had cameras around, we run the risk that theyll turn back into the sound bite machine. >> at least it will be front and center and have much better opinions on these people. i was sitting there watching and waiting to go on tv. i could not believe what we were seeing. its so much dif...

But im not answering any questions. >> im not sure if nbc got together with the refs or what to turn this into and overtime game. >> im not answering any questions for you. >> youre not? >> good. >> well speculate. >> youre as sarcastic as you usually are. go ahead. >> get that through your head? >> i guess so. >> a waste of time. >> then get the. [ beep ] out of here then. >> hes a sweet sound bite machine that man. its going to be cool running for the two man jamaican bobsled team heading to t...

>> he makes us laugh so much. he was one of the more colorful characters on the house floor. he left. now hes back. his name is allen and a not so fresh freshman congressman from florida. hes a sound bite machine. well see what he has to say and later, what could have made just-retired congressman barney frank, what could have made him change his mind, now he no longer wants to leave d.c. you have to be kidding me. youre watching msnbc, the place for politics.