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Gates is a particularly special flower but every republican in the house is to some degree a version of matt gates devoted not to republican policies but to donald trump above all else. joining me now, joy reid host of "a.m. joy" and jason johnson, politics editor at "the root." gates is of guard, right? everyone is trending in the direction of matt gates in the house. >> absolutely matt gates is basically michael cohen without the salary or with -- the irony is they didnt get the irony. ive bee...

Keep killing it, gates was heard telling him. gates is a particularly special flower but every republican in the house is to some degree a version of matt gates devoted not to republican policies but to donald trump above all else. joining me now, joy reid host of "a.m. joy" and jason johnson, politics editor at "the root." gates is of guard, right? everyone is trending in the direction of matt gates in the house. >> absolutely matt gates is basically michael cohen without the salary or with -- ...

He thinks its possible that a government entity might have gotten hold of his text messages. >> which government entity? we dont know the answer to that question. but after bezos detailed amis relationship with saudi arabia in his blog post last night, former cia director john brennan theorized, quote -- i have no doubt given "the washington posts" relentless and appropriate condom nation of mohammad bin salman for the killing of khashoggi, mbs would try to discredit, embarrass and hurt bezos fi...

From congress, the government will either shut down on february 15th again or i will use the powers afforded to me under the laws and the constitution of the united states to address this emergency. >> it should be noted there is no border crisis according to u.s. customs and border protection statistics, border crossings by undocumented migrants are at near record lows joining me now, natasha bertrand from the atlantic, gabe sherman from "vanity fair," jason johnson, politics editor at "the roo...

>> thank you for doing that. john heilemann, equally fabulous anchor of the 4:00 p.m. hour but he was on vacation. >> she was the talk of morocco. im telling you. >> she was the -- >> in the sahara, they were talking about how great elise was. it was like, oh my god, did you see elise jordan on "deadline white house"? oh my gosh, shes incredible. >> i love all the love for both of you. thank you, both, for doing it. john heilemann sheer. you have a ton of titles these days. mns news -- >> whatev...

To end the government shutdown. joining me now, jason johnson, editor of "the root" and an msnbc contributor, and back with me shermichael singleton and alexi mccommon. let me go to you, lexi, how do you react to what mr. mulvaney was saying on "meet the press." >> it seems he is adding more to the story than there needs to be, talking about the different structures of the wall. president trump has started calling it a barrier, which i think is interesting because it suggests a concession. trump...

Church. >> yeah. there was a lot. i saw that. we played a little bit of that. that energy with the spectacles, you look right for the $100 bill if theyre making any nominations for new faces. what im going to do is have you both stay with me. for more from the washington perspective and how it relates to the race to replace donald trump we have jason johnson camped out as well in front of the capitol. editor for "the root". i want to ask you about the swearing in and the historic numbers. first,...

Direction. tonight there has been no response as of yet from the white house, but a source inside the trump organization told nbc news cohens allegations were "more lies from a serial liar." well, with that, lets bring in our leadoff panel for a friday night, three returning veterans, ken thomas, political reporter for the associated press, the aforementioned emily jane fox, senior reporter at vanity fair, her recent book is "born trump, inside americas first family," and jason johnson, politics...

Carried out at trumps direction. tonight there has been no response as of yet from the white house, but a source inside the trump organization told nbc news cohens allegations were "more lies from a serial liar." well, with that, lets bring in our leadoff panel for a friday night, three returning veterans, ken thomas, political reporter for the associated press, the aforementioned emily jane fox, senior reporter at vanity fair, her recent book is "born trump, inside americas first family," and j...

Terrorized. we will not cower in fear. we will not be intimidated. ive updated leaders in congress and both parties and weve reaffirmed on days like this, there are no republicans or democrats. we are americans united in concern for our fellow citizens. >> joining us now is a.b. stoddard, columnist for real clear politics, jason johnson, politics editor for the root, and the rev al sharpton, president of the national action network and host of politics nation here on msnbc. we were together wedn...