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Steph? >> my goodness. all right. i want to bring my team in here. ken dilanian, who covers intelligence and national security for nbc news. rick tyler, a republican strategist and cofounder of foundry strategies. jason johnson, politics editor at theroot.com. josh gottheimer, a democratic congressman from my home state of new jersey. which means, sorry, guys, josh is getting all of the time this morning. and malcolm nance, executive editor of the terror asymmetrics project. ken, ive got to go t...

Effort to influences the political process. and cohen is set to appear before the intell jjs committees next week. he pled guilty to two campaign finance violations to a former play boy model on behalf of donald trump. joined by politics editor at "the root.com." and a former speech writer for george w. bush. theyre always over used. i can just remember -- well, i dont remember. but im reading about nixon in the final days of watergate. he looked to score big points over seas to sort of distract...

Both parties said its time to end this stealmate. >> i had recommended that it if it becomes what we think it is, i do recommend he sign it. >> the president should not make the same mistake he made when there was a bipartisan agreement and hes withant sign it and caused the shut dnch. please, mr. president trump, no one got everything they wanted in this bill, but sign it and dont cause a shutdown. >> im joined by a democrat from california, robert kosta, national political reporter from the "w...

News reporter mike viqueira. and in d.c., jason johnson, politics editor for theroot.com. to you first, mike. what is the lay of the land now in virginia? you have three democrats at the top of the line of succession there. >> reporter: yeah. >> and now it is the lieutenant governor who is the focus of calls to resign. what is going on down there? >> reporter: i mean, youre absolutely right, joy. its been a tumultuous week to say the least. i was here last weekend less than 24 hours after this s...

Our leaders refuse to expand medicaid, which could save rural hospitals, save economies and save lives. it is immoral to allow politicians to harm women and families to advance a political agenda. we affirmed marriage equality and yet the lgbtq community remains under attack. >> im joined right now by jayson johnson, politics editor at theroot.com and yamiche alcindor, with the pbs news hour. i liked it. maybe because i like southern liberals. simpler than the northern liberals. theyre too compl...

And yet the lgbtq community remains under attack. >> im joined right now by jayson johnson, politics editor at theroot.com and yamiche alcindor, with the pbs news hour. i liked it. maybe because i like southern liberals. simpler than the northern liberals. theyre too complicated up north. i liked the fact it was so basic and optimistic and happy, even. happy liberal. patriotic liberal. i wish the president would not fall. hes probably going to fail but i dont want him to fail. it was nuanced and...

We can upend jim crow. we used to be a people that can look at the sky and moon and change it from dream to destiny. there is no republican or democratic way to get there. you definitely dont get there by fighting each other and beating each other down and dividing people against themselves. we did those things because we found our common ground. >> im joined by theroot.coms jason johnson. professor and center for american progress action funds who worked with 2016 candidates -- i should say the...

Wilbur rosss suggestion that 800,000 federal government workers should do what hes always been able to do when his businesses hit a bump in the cash flow, just pick up a phone and get a loan. >> i mean, is this the let them eat cake kind of attitude or call your father for money? this is character building for you, its all going to end up very well, just as long as you dont get your paychecks. >> joining our discussion now, jason johnson, politics editor at theroot.com and msnbc contributor. and...

Roger stone indictment. i asked about the evidence mueller has about stone in the indictment. corsi, a one-time ally of stone said if i was going into a casino and mueller said he had the evidence, id bet on mueller. im joined by morgan who was embedded by stone and jason johnson from theroot.com. back with us, jill winebanks. jill, what do you think when you look at the stone associates and person one and person two and how much we learned in realtime now that mueller is charging. >> i believe ...

Long, he has no idea. nancy pelosi said this about wilbur rosss suggestion that 800,000 federal government workers should do what hes always been able to do when his businesses hit a bump in the cash flow, just pick up a phone and get a loan. >> i mean, is this the let them eat cake kind of attitude or call your father for money? this is character building for you, its all going to end up very well, just as long as you dont get your paychecks. >> joining our discussion now, jason johnson, politi...