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Politics editor for theroot.com. heidi, you start. what are the chances that trump will see the end coming and try to stop it by destroying mueller, getting rid of him? >> you see that the democrats are really concerned because theyre look agent the presidents own past statements, which is if mueller crosses a red line, which is looking into his finances, that that would be cause for firing him. and today we learned thats exactly what he is doing with these paul manafort charges. but at the same...

Bush. donny deutsch. megan murphy, and jason johnson, politics editor at theroot.com also joins us from a remoets undisclosed location very, very nearby. i couldnt even get my thoughts together on the news the president made and the slander, really, against his predecessors to suggest they department call f -- didnt call families of the fallen. obviously, its different. president bush took the country to war so its a totally different thing. but it destroyed him, and he wanted to be destroyed by...

Also joining us is jason johnson, politics editor at theroot.com. and msnbc contributor ron klain, former adviser to chief of staff to presidents gore. i do not think you ever expect youd would live long enough to see the drama or whatever you want to call this thing that has just played out in alabama. steve bannon versus donald trump. and trying to convince voters in alabama that donald trumps judgment cannot be trusted. and the way to help donald trump is to vote for the bannon candidate. >> ...

This highlights the strategy weve seen emerging out of the white house. they are going to be targeting red state democrats as they make this push for tax reform. we saw that last week when the president was in missouri when he took direct aim at senator claire mccaskill. this is what the president tweeted, well be going to north dakota today to discuss tax reform and tax cuts. we are the highest taxed nation in the world. that will change. he says it will change. but based on my conversation wit...

Panel. political analyst and political editor at theroot.com jason johnson and msnbc national political correspondent steven kornacki. when i heard him use the word stability, i thought, wow, now weve gone to a whole other level, right? my question to you is what does the president do? can he get back on track? i just got handed this statement from mitt romney. he basically said this is a defining moment for this president. its long statement but he says the president must take remedial action i...

The choice is yours. ♪ lower your blood sugar with invokana®. imagine loving your numbers. theres only one invokana®. ask your doctor about it by name. president trump responding to reports robert mueller is looking into whether he tried to obstruct justice by intervening into the probe into russian meddling calling the probe "phony." i bring in msnbc political contributor and politics editor at theroot.com, traveled far and

Deeds. the phony trump/russia story was an excuse used by democrats as justification for losing the election. perhaps trump just ran a great campaign? so a lot of questioning from democrats on that score. perhaps some republicans as well. everyone, of course, interested in the status of that investigation into russian meddling. stephanie. >> ive got an all-star panel with me this morning and a big one. matthew miller, former chief spokesman for the justice department and an msnbc analyst. jonath...

Saying we dont see peace with him in charge, the other is saying we need to have him gone. i think thats the point of both. >> all right. lets bring in tim carney of the "washington examiner," jason johnson, politics editor at theroot.com. ashley parker, white house reporter asey, let me start wyou st in terms of the question here of who is setting policy in the trump administration, how the foreign policy, how the syria policy is being constructed. i think it can be a little confusing to an out...

Thank you so much for that. i want to bring in my panel, matt schlap, a trump supporter, jason johnson, politics editor at theroot.com as well as a journalism professor at morgan state university. good to see you both. matt, weve gotten to a point where this entire russia investigation at least on the house side is on hold indefinitely. we dont know when the next thing is going to happen over some surveillance information that the chairman himself says doesnt even involve russia. is this any way...

The claim and says, its employees do not support unionizing. >> many activists claim president trump has ignored the concerns of people of color. and to that point, the president of the naacp met with attorney general jeff sessions to discuss a range of civil rights issues. take a listen. >> we were very candid about our concerns, about the fact that the department of justice seems to be taking a course backwards in terms of way from voting rights, way from the full-fledge commitment to addressi...