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Editor at the root. jason, welcome back to the broadcast. id like to begin with you. my sundays took an awful turn with a horrendous head coaching choice by my beloved new york giants a few years ago. were in recovery now. but all of us who love sundays in season haveeen forced to let politics enter even that day. and what do you see is happening to the process now? how far have we gotten from the reason of the protest in the first place? >> i think the protest -- you know, brian, the protests h...

For witnesses. the post adds this on the probes scope. quote, the range of witnesses mueller has called in has been breath taking from white house counsel don mcgahn, at least twice, to avi berkowitz, the 29-year-old personal assistant to kushner. joining tuesday tea table, jason johnson politics editor the root, msnbc contributor, john heilman, co-host and effecttive produce irof the circus, paul butler former federal prosecutor, georgetown law professor, and david jolly, former republican cong...

Mentally in prison. >> a choice. shocking to hear that. really impressive, though, the powerful response from tmzs van latham following what kanye west had to say. listen. >> youre entitled to your opinion and youre entitled to believe whatever you want, but there is a real-life consequence behind everything that you just said. the rest of us in society have to deal with these threats to our lives. we have to deal with the marginalization thats come from the 400 years of slavery that you said fo...

Through anti-biased training. the viral video shows nelson and robinson being arrested after the store manager called police on them because they had not yet made a purchase and were just hanging out there. you know, like people do in starbucks every day. . joining me now to discuss. heather mcgee whos helping advise starbucks. and jason johnson, politics editor at the root. thank you all, friends. i want to start by playing the 911 call. i dont know if everybody has heard it yet. make sure you ...

Conversation. joining us today brett stevens columnist for "the new york times" and an msnbc contributor. jason johnson, politics editor for the root, also an msnbc contributor. and a.b. stott art, real clear politics. not an msnbc contributor, hopefully some day soon. we were in the makeup room thinking we were going to be talking about something different. here we are, fbi has raided michael cohens -- sounds like from emilys reporting, not just his office, but his home. >> every single person ...

Corruption, cronyism and incompetence. pruitt must resign. lets bring in rick tyler and political analyst and jason johnson, politics editor at the root. also an msnbc contributor. rick, let us remind our viewers and our sirius satellite listeners of just a few of the issues plaguing scott pruitt. $50 a night condo lease. his use of taxpayer dollars for private travel. his use of a special hiring authority. spending on a soundproof phone booth. we just heard the president double down on his supp...

Jason johnson, from "the root." and form er federal investigators. >> no criminal charges. we get more information, more video of the body cam video from the two officers, what happened? >> i would have used that video in my closing statement for murder charges against those police officers who we see wrestling mr. sterling to the ground. calling him every word in the book but the "n" word. threatening with a taser and shooting him point blank range. if viewers believe they are seeing murder, th...

Decade. it appears the billionaire brothers have been investing in the future leaders of the country as well. as i also read in "the root" this week that a nonprofit charity under their umbrella, the bill of rights institute, has been providing lesson plans to educators free of charge for nearly 20 years now. but the catch according to education critics is that the curriculum tilts young minds in a patently right wing direction, promoting limited government and conservative readings of history, ...

The president has been clear multiple times through myself and with others in the administration that we condemn domestic violence in all forms. >> why has he not said it? >> im the spokesman for the white house. >> president trump defended rob porter but has not said anything about porters ex wives, the women that physically and were verbally they say. the biggest problem lives in the residence at the white house. washington correspondent for new york magazine and political analyst jason johnso...

Charlie siekz, commentator and msnbc contributor, former clinton campaign advisor now with sirius xm radio. jason johnson, politics editor for the root, and john heilman, nbc news, cnbc analyst. john heilman, you have theories about devin nunes. i want to ask you about todays development because i feel like this is going to be -- theres going to be prefbi declaring a white house move to be of grave concern and post. and whatever happens afterward will sort of be post-grave -- post-warning of gra...