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Say that. And did he ask you to pledge loyalty and there would be nothing wrong if i did say it according to everybody that i read today but i did not say that. And did he ask for a pledge of loyalty from you. Thats another thing he said. No, he did not. He said those things under oath. Would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of events. 100 . I didnt say under oath. I hardly know the man, i didnt say i want you to pledge allegiance. Who would do that . Who would ask someone...

The mueller folks handed us this breaking news story. i cant imagine a better starting panel to help us start things off. joyce vance, cynthia alksne, michael crowley. our thanks for being part of our conversation tonight. coming up, our country has now fired tear gas at migrants rushing our southern border. and now threats from the president to shut the border entirely, perhaps shut down the government entirely to get funding for his so far mythical wall. and later, the devastating governme...

Deputy director andrew mccabe, whom the president targeted before he was dismissed. the associated press reporting that mccabe kept personal memos about his interactions with the president, which are now in the hands of the special counsel and are similar to the file made by james comey about his own conversations with president trump. this led to this tweet from the president: "spent very little time with andrew mccabe but he never took notes when he was with me. can we call them fake memos?" w...

To do and was elected to do. >> there is also more fallout from the firing of former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe, whom the president targeted before he was dismissed. the associated press reporting that mccabe kept personal memos about his interactions with the president, which are now in the hands of the special counsel and are similar to the file made by james comey about his own conversations with president trump. this led to this tweet from the president: "spent very little time with a...

Else comes down. thats the story of this presidency. its overload in terms of the news cycle, and its one of the things that has enabled the president to get past some of these things. there is always something else. the distraction, the sort of, you know, fog that they create, the fog machine, i dont know that those things distract bob mueller and his investigation and where this whole thing is going here, but you do have to wonder why this came out now, who the sources were, what their angle w...

>> unbelievably, a domestic story has overshadowed a foreign trip. its like when air force i is wheels up, something else very bad comes down. >> its also like when air force i is not wheels up, something else comes down. its overload in terms of the news cycle, and its one of the things that has enabled the president to get past some of these things. there is always something else. the distraction, the sort of, you know, fog that they create, the fog machine, i dont know that those things distr...

Mueller and his investigation and where this whole thing is going here, but you do have to wonder why this came out now, who the sources were, what their angle was, was it steve bannon just sort of lighting matches, was it somebody inside worried about the president, maybe possibly considering firing mueller again and trying to stave that off by boxing him in publicly? we dont know but those questions are also important to ask as you sort of consider this story and what was the reason that it ca...

President, donald trump, off the table for this investigation? >> no. >> so its possible the senate could seek his testimony. >> i think its possible, yes. >> under what conditions? >> well see. >> with that, and on that note, lets bring in tonights starting panel, senior foreign affairs correspondent for politico is with us. julie pace, bureau chief for the associated press is back with us. with us here in the studio, former assistant special watergate counsel attorney nick ackerman. julie, wel...

These stories all come after news from the kremlin, a spokesman for vladimir putin, dmitry peskov could be -- today confirming that he received an e-mail from trumps long-time attorney michael cohen, about a real estate deal in moscow. but he says, they did not respond. with that, lets bring in tonights starting panel, ken vogel, political reporter for "the new york times," mike mcfaul, former u.s. ambassador to russia during the obama administration and an msnbc contributor, and former federal ...

Says they did not respond. with that, lets bring in tonights starting panel, ken vogel, political reporter for "the new york times," mike mcfaul, former u.s. ambassador to russia during the obama administration and an msnbc contributor and former federal prosecutor and msnbc analyst paul butler. gentlemen, welcome to all of you. paul, let me start with you. "the financial times" is reporting that akmetshin gave testimony to a grand jury in the mueller investigation. the headline is followed by t...