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The -- the idea of kissing a ring distasteful to people. i mean, it really should. and also, "the washington post" is reporting that, in almost-every swing state, someone is running for secretary of state, who has been pushing the big lie. or even -- even was at the insurrection. i mean, our democracy survived the 2020 election because of state officials, who do value the rule of law. but what happens when those people are gone? and as scott is talking about, the idea of having to accommodate or...

Extremely troublesome but one more brick the president is trying to build to stonewall the congress of the united states and the american people from things he has done as president and before he became president. in his own words he said under no circumstances will his people ever comply with a subpoena. well, here we go one more step on that. and this could be extraordinarily important because there are things at play right now that may very well have been the promise. one of which ive been de...

Practices and theyre running the ads. >> they take the practice, and raise the prices by 90% and then they decide whether they get back into network. so this is an enormous scam. >> sounds like the congressmen were right. the congressmen still hope to get the legislation done this fall. >> and coming up, its a bit weird but hang with us, putting the fun in funeral. one more thing is next. but first, hold on, were not going anywhere quite yet. it is not every day you hear metallica enter the whit...

Guns, pete buttigieg thinks beto as gone too far. its bad policy to stay you should buy back all of the guns. >> theres two issues, first the underlying concept between energizing progressives and trying to appeal to the middle. and pete buttigieg says lets appeal to the middle and bring in voters that we lost in 2016. beto is taking a different attack. thats certainly the dynamic here. but this particular issue stems from last thursdays debate in which beto orourke says, yes, were going to take...

First level of tariffs, not including if they escalate through september. i think it is a political issue for the president. he is trying to do anything he can to move back to message of making mexico responsible for our immigration problem, and theres other ways to solve the problem. >> but to that point, jes s, "te washington post" says theres no way to block migrants to the united states because they vice president broken u.s. law until they enter the country illegally. do democrats think mex...

Wages were the disappointment. barely outpacing inflation. this overall positive jobs report comes as president trump of firmly launches a massive trade war with china, unleashing tariffs on $34 billion of chinese goods, tariffs targeting aerospace, robotics, manufacturing and automobiles. and then china hitting back placing tariffs on high-value american exports like cars, crude oil and cash crops like soybeans. the farm goods are strategic, hitting states that voted for president trump. but th...

Robert costa is a national reporter for "the washington post" and moderator on pbs. carroll is a political investigations reporter for t"te washington post" and former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan. all three are msnbc analysts. lets start with you. bannon and trump had a falling out over the book fire and fury. its not clear to people whether they have been talking over recent months. why is he back in the circle and what is he trying to do? >> one track of multiple tracks ...

United states is violating the deal or will claim that the americans have imposed so much pressure from other directions, whether its because of ballistic missile tests or terrorism activities, that it makes the deal moot from irans perspective which was that it was supposed to help them get their economy on its feet and improve their relationship with the rest of world. >> there are pieces on trumps foreign policy and in "the washington post" this morning, "the new york times," the associated p...

Impact from him taking over t"te washington post." >> its very hard to see how he would be the steward of this. we dont know. >> thank you, gloria. coming up on "the lead," shark week has been around for over a quarter of a century and it keeps breaking rating records. well preview it next. thats why theres ocuvitele a] to help replenish key eye nutrients. ocuvite has a unique formula not found in your multivitamin to help protect your eye health. ocuvite. help protect your eye health. ocuvite. ...

>> cheating and stealing. okay, america. are you ready for the brick wall of reality romney ran into today? an amazing report reveals romney has invested in the companies that hes promising to crack down on. one of them ships 500 jobs to china. how is that for a crackdown? how is that for getting tough? the outsourcer in chief is still cashing in. the gop has lost control of this jobs debate and this wont help the case. joining me now is nia-malika henderson, reporter for "the washington post," ...