conversation except good relationship with ukraine. democratic congressman jamie raskin, member of the judiciary committee, addressed the pattern regarding ukraine during my interview with him up on the hill. it s all about a pattern of behavior. and here the evidence of a pattern of behavior comes screaming off of the page. we know it because the president has declared not only that his conduct is unimpeachable, but that it s perfect. so he is saying he will do it again. in this election, in fact, when he went to conduct the ukraine shakedown, right after mueller testified about the russian attack on our election, obviously the president felt a sense of immunity and impugnity. host of the gist. the author of upon further
where is the citizens? the citizenship question could make it somewhere else. chris hamby focuses on the threat of disinformation campaigns, recommeminiscent of 2016 presidential cycle. he said it has provided fuel and they re starting to see coordinated online efforts to undermine public trust in the census and to sow chaos and confusion. agitators are using the citizenship question to help americans doubt the integrity of the census. president trump says there s four or five ways the administration thinks it can keep the citizenship question on the census. dale ho has been the point person for this. he joins me now. along with mike pescha, the host of the gist.
hosting the gist a daily podcast, and a reporter for the washington post, and legal analyst, author of the book on your case. there is a ton to talk about today, but i want to begin with the high-stakes showdown over vote counts in florida. what s happening in georgia and arizona as well. looking at the latest numbers here this morning, the margins in both florida races for senate and for governor are tightening, and the big deadline is noon today. election supervisors have to turn in results by then. in the goob inubernatorial race leading. and the senate race close whicher with republican rick scott ahead by fewer than 15,000 votes as we wait for word on whether there will be recounts. there were already fights underway in the courts. and president trump has weighed in as well ripping into the democrats and questioning the integrity of this process. in one tweet the president writes, don t worry, florida. i m sending much better lawyers
not the best negotiator we ve ever seen. he never walked away from the table except to be in that bicycle race where he fell and broke his leg. we re going to take people into our country, but they re going to come in based on merit, not based on picking somebody out of a bin. and with us tonight, jonathan allen, nbc news national political reporter. his book shattered: inside hillary clinton s doomed campaign is available now in paperback. here with me in new york, mike pesca, author and host of the slate podcast the gist. thanks to both of you for being with us. jonathan, in terms of the content and the message of this speech today, it is to a gun rights group, the nra. so many other topics covered. did anything surprise you about the message the president brought to dallas there today? i think we ve become very accustomed to the president giving long and eclectic speeches. i actually thought there was a theme here, though. he s standing in front of the nra after the parkla
spokesperson. midwin charles. a.b. stoddard, for real clear politics. mike petska, the host of the daily podcast, slate, the gist. the op-ed in the washington post this morning which says, when your lawyers need lawyer, it s usually a bad sign. richard blumenthal called the raids a seismic event. probably one of the most significant moments in the investigation. how big is this potentially? it s extraordinary because michael cohen as we all know was donald trump s personal attorney and confidant. we also know michael cohen acted in many ways as more than an attorney for donald trump. he also acted as what many will call a fixer. he went around and became sort of a strong arm and spoke to people and told them, you know, don t write that article, don t do this on behalf of donald trump. this is extraordinary because as you know, an attorney and their client have privileged communications. now so let s go to what the