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People still wish to be good republicans. even as they oppose trump. these decisions will not wear well as the nation tumbles into full-blown crisis, and that is where we begin this hour with some of our favorite reporters and friends. matt dowd is here, political strategist and founder of country over party. also joining us, melissa murray, law professor at nyu and an msnbc contributor. and kurt anderson joins us, co-creator and former host of wnyc studio 360, now author of the books "fantasyla...

Radio program studio 360 and author of the best selling book, "fantasyland, how america went haywire." kurt anderson goode to have you both. >> peter baker, what can you tell us? what reporting do you have regarding the presidents comments yesterday about seeking help from foreign countries in 2020? >> this is consistent from what he has said in the past. when this first came up, he dismissed it as on owe research and to say it now after the mule are report came out is provocative because obviou...

Prosecutor andrew weissman whos the tax expert said the prosecution is ready to go to trial soon, adding this about the manafort tax fraud case, quote, i dont think its complicated. manaforts defense lawyer countered with, i think it is complicated. he asked that the trial be delayed until at least november. the judge set a trial date of july 10th. a washington d.c. court had had already set a trial date of september 17th for the first set of indictments returned against paul manafort. joining u...

Conspiracy. thats a separate case to the one manafort has already pleaded not guilty in. so the second not guilty plea earned him a second ankle bracelet today. prosecutor andrew weissman whos the tax expert said the prosecution is ready to go to trial soon, adding this about the manafort tax fraud case, quote, i dont think its complicated. manaforts defense lawyer countered with, i think it is complicated. he asked that the trial be delayed until at least november. the judge set a trial date of...

Host of the public radio program "studio 360." eli, the latest state of play on this as far as i can tell is lets just pretend we havent given up. >> that is what it looks like. i mean, one take away from all the clips you just played and weve known this for some time is the presidents words dont poeld hold much meaning. the day before the vote he said youre going to vote whether we like it or not. up or down, i dont care. and then in the interview with the financial times, he said well, i pulle...

Ryan speakership is larger than the share of house republicans skeptical about that. heres what republican primary voters say they want from the next house speaker. 56% want the next speaker to stand up for principles. 40% want the next speaker to seek compromises. joining us now are charlie cook, editor and publisher of "the cook political report" and nbc news political analyst. also with us, curt anderson host of "studio 360" and april ryan, white house correspondent and white house bureau chi...

The share of house republicans skeptical about that. heres what republican primary voters say they want from the next house speaker. 56% want the next speaker to stand up for principles. 40% want the next speaker to seek compromises. joining us now are charlie cook, editor and publisher of "the cook political report" and nbc news political analyst. also with us, kurt anderson host of "studio 360" and april ryan, white house correspondent and white house bureau chief for urban radio networks. tha...

Comment. joining me today, author and radio host of "studio 360", curt anderson whose latest book, true believers, is out in paper back this month. vice president, heather mcghee. president emeritus of the center for constitutional rights and attorney for wikileaks and julian a saj, mike cat ratner and washington bureau chief of mother jones, david korn. joining us from massachusetts is former assistant secretary of state, p.j. crowley. i go to you first on this, your reaction to the verdict yes...

Hes sitting in the big boy chair. >> yeah. >> leigh gallagher is still with us, richard haass is still with us. along with richard wolffe in washington. joining us on set, best-selling author, host of the award-winning public radio program "studio 360," kurt andersen. how are you? >> good. happy new year. >> whats on your mind? >> you know, the two pounds i gained during christmas, mainly. whats on my mind? its always the best of times/worst of times. and you see what the lack of any kind of pro...