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We could be shocked. we could say, this is unprecedented. its never happened before. but guess what? president trump won on staying exactly in the present and were seeing the entire republican party get in line right behind the president because somehow it seems to be working for the moment. >> well, there is a difference between campaigning and governing. i think trump is a very effective messenger. he stays in the moment. he stays focused on very clear, digestible messages. but being able to d...

Was for it. it was a 540. jesse: you must have been a skater back in the day. >> if you are going to plagiarize, plagiarize fdr, maybe jfk. michael avenatti. you plagiariz. jesse: beto said it first. something that bothered me this week. abc gets into the oval and they start trying to trap the president. some thee receipt cal scandal -- so theoretical scandal. watch how stephanopoulos tried his best to get trump to say something controversial. >> if china, russia, someone offers your campaign wi...

Then he was against it, then he was for it. it was a 540. jesse: you must have been a skater back in the day. >> if you are going to plagiarize, plagiarize fdr, maybe jfk. when you plagiarize avenatti. jesse: beto said it first. something that bothered me this week. abc gets into the oval and they start trying to trap the president. some thee receipt cal scandal -- so theoretical scandal. watch how stephanopoulos tried his best to get trump to say something controversial. >> if china, russia, so...

Dont tell the truth to mueller, then they can get you on perjury. and trump didnt even agree to a sit-down interview and didnt answer questions on obstruction. and so he tells -- he told stephanopoulos he did but thats not reflective in the report. >> stay with me. much more to discuss, lynn and daniel. were also continuing to follow the attacks on two tankers in the gulf of oman. the u.s. has pointed the finger squarely at iran, even releasing this video allegedly showing iranian forces remov...

Was for it. it was a 540. jesse: you must have been a skater back in the day. >> if you are going to plagiarize, plagiarize fdr, maybe jfk. when you plagiarize avenatti. jesse: beto said it first. something that bothered me this week. abc gets into the oval and they start trying to trap the president. some thee receipt cal scandal -- so theoretical scandal. watch how stephanopoulos tried his best to get trump to say something controversial. >> if china, russia, someone offers your campaign with ...

Was for it. it was a 540. jesse: you must have been a skater back in the day. >> if you are going to plagiarize, plagiarize fdr, maybe jfk. when you plagiarize avenatti. jesse: beto said it first. something that bothered me this week. abc gets into the oval and they start trying to trap the president. some thee receipt cal scandal -- so theoretical scandal. watch how stephanopoulos tried his best to get trump to say something controversial. >> if china, russia, someone offers your campaign with ...

Sons position but i think he was also being defiant. he didnt want to give stephanopoulos what he thought was a politically acceptable answer. >> that is his answer to fight against the media always. to be in opposition to the media. but also stepped on positive aspects on how they handled this media coverage. and they also found there several times made by a russian government that were -- he could about that appear across the president got press this week about a new york times story which sai...

Cant get involved in that stuff. >> and what penalty does mitch mcconnell pay if the senate actually does this, just the wrath of the president? >> i was going to take this segment in a different direction, the fact hes sitting with stephanopoulos, i believe that trump is going to do a pivot forward. he is the ultimate transactionallest, survivalist and to me if all of a sudden to your point just walking things back, if all of a sudden he comes out with some health care thing, some big opioid th...

"value" instead of "information," which is the word the president uses. is there any difference? >> well, there could be a difference, but in the context in which stephanopoulos was asking the president, he was essentially asking if you received from a foreign national something which was essentially opposition research, negative information about your opponent, would you accept it? and he said yes. that would be a violation of the law because opposition research is something which can easily be...

Shes been -- shes just a great person. they had have tried to take away her speech and i think youre entitled to free speech in this country. >> yeah, they just say if youre working for the white house, you shouldnt be involved in criticizing other candidates or other politicians and she has. will you encourage her not to do that going forward. >> but it doesnt work that way. >> i am joined by david korn from mother jones and msnbc analyst, barbara mcquade, and maria teresa kumar president and c...