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>> i think its a perfectly good excuse for inflicting pain. welcome back to "morning joe." nicole wallace and niles nadal is still with us and moderator of "meet the press" david gregory is with us. >> i dont want to be where passion filled crimes are necessary. >> also with us is nbc news chief white house correspondent, chuck todd, and host of "the daily rundown." >> thank you, maam. could i have another? >> here on the set, host of "the cycle" on msnbc. federal prosecutors are demanding yea...

Said, but at what point does this give way to other controlled substances? >> chris, we were having this conversation with the attorney general at a veterans drug court in roanoke, the second such court in the country, and there was some moving testimony there yesterday that the attorney general wanted to highlight of veterans that struggled with substance abuse and his point is these veterans who serve and come back, if they have a personal problem, a social problem, we should first try to trea...

In the public integrity office of the justice department, prosecuting members of congress, pursuing these cases. i put the question to him, what about the idea that mcdonnells lawyers have raised that this is just routine politics? theres some back-scratching. and he said, broadly, because he wasnt speaking specifically to this indictment, but he said broadly, he doesnt view it that way at all, this is when there are allegations of bribery or horse trading of any kind, he said that is garden var...

On snowden, he said what any prosecutor would say, sure, we will have conversations about a potential plea but he was very clear when i said the question over whether anything revealed by snowden is good for our democracy or potentially illegal and people say that might make him most of a whistle-blower and he said people are hung up on this and he objects that whole obsession and he looks at him as a defendant. that is what he said. those are strong words from him as a prosecutor. >> ari, good ...

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Of this. up next, as rnc leaders huddle in washington for their annual strategy session, a longtime republican party faithful announces he is leaving the party over what he calls a tolerance of bigotry. we will talk to him right here on "the cycle" up next. hey kevin...still eating chalk for heartburn?

Get him out of russia. we dont know what else he might do to the extent that hes outside the united states. so im glad to hear the administrations pursuing that. but, i mean, who knows what the terms of that deal might be. whether theres a gap that can be bridged between what sort of punishment snowden might be willing to face if he came back to the u.s. and what the administration would be willing to give up. >> we will keep everyone posted on this live. thank you so much. congratulations again...

And krystal ball, thanks for your time tonight. be sure to watch "up with steve kornacki" 8:00 a.m. weekends and catch krystal on "the cycle" both right here on msnbc. ahead, as we approach martin luther king day, some on the right are distorting his dream and his legacy. and the justice department makes big news today on the issue of racial profiling. stay with us. (vo) you are a business pro. seeker of the sublime. you can separate runway ridiculousness... from fashion that flies off the s...

Them off the service and then all they need to do is create a new sort of unanimous profile to come back and continuing harassing. anonymity can be helpful to women and others who need to make points made without being personally threatened. its difficult to know exactly how these platforms should balance those different needs. >> i thought your article really handled that well because you speak to the cultural piece of this which is how we as a society deal with it and react and then corporate ...

Because we have the freshness factor but they have found a winning formula with these two hosts and theyll be back next year as well. we have more amy and tina to look forward to. >> maybe this is something hollywood foreign press want to look at. scale back at the amount of champagne they put on the tables. there was some speeches last night and presentations that were -- not to jump to conclusions but it appears some of those folks may have been under the influence of something. >> the reason ...