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Left a thread dangling out there. hes questioned the validity of it several times before but he seemed to go a step further tonight. >> so you asked -- also asked him about the attorney general jeff sessions job security. heres what he said. watch this. >> i just like to have jeff sessions do his job and if we did, id be very happy. but the job entails two sides. not one side. >> so, talk to us about what else he said regarding sessions. >> well, we began, my colleague, jennifer jacobs and i, an...

The shooter was, in going to the left and down the road of editors offices. first rob, gerald, and then to the office of rick huetzel, the senior editor, top editor, who by chance was three hours away in ocean city, and the office was empty. the rest of the shooting took place right there in that ne newsroom. >> it is open because it is part of the community. i think part of what makes "the capital gazette" work is that it is part of the fabric of that community, correct? >> i think youre really...

Story. it was one of several topics he hit in an early morning tweet storm that spanned the spect rum from swiping at nbc news, nbc executives and our on-air colleague joe scarborough. to retweeting anti-muslim videos so offensive, a top editor at infowars was offended and asked him to take them down. all of the presidents twitter activity against the backdrop two of devastating pieces in the papers today. one in "the new york times" with this headline. trump once said the "access hollywood" tap...

Sovereign election process. if we dont raise our guard against it, may as well hold campaign meetings in moscow because thats who will have sway in american politics going forward. if we dont fully understand it, raise awareness and erect defenses against it. >> thanks for sharing your experience and expertise with us. up next, beat special report. newly revealed documents show how the kremlin invested millions in facebook. what did mark zuckerberg know, hes praised investor behind this who is...

Are in washington doing their bidding who have access to people in the corridors of power. >> so where does this go from here? you mentioned hes under special scrutiny. whats the term of art as you put it? >> yeah, hes someone who special counsel, robert mueller, and his team have expressed an interest in. they are looking into this meeting as really one of the best examples of the trump folks, trump associates in this case, his son, son-in-law and then campaign chairman, expressing an interest ...

Helping trump? >> possible, but the evidence so far is trump is having a hard time growing beyond this core base he has. if hes going to be president, hes got to get moderate republicans, democrats, and you look at head-to-head polling, hiss doing the worse. there is evidence it may by working to fire up his troops, but not working with the broader electorate that he needs to win. >> let me read a tweets that are put up by noah chabotman, the executive editor of "the daily beast." another one si...

Tweet from the daily beast. >> why? >> it is a liberal-loaning kind of publication online and that is would they attract, who they want to be logging on and reading and the died of thing that will excite people. it is quick bait. it is migrating from journalism into activism so you have to question, he is running the daily beast and calling on going after people who are just staying out of trump motel. that is activism. >> it smells like atism to me. and the editor and chief said that all of the...

Clinton but not the justice department opens criminal probe into hillary clinton. a top editor at the new york times explained their reporting and said we got it wrong because our very good sources had it wrong. the entire episode raises the issue of the dysfunction yal relationship between the clintons and the times. joining me now eric boehlert one of the people who thinks there is dysfunction. you guys won this roun. >> they made it easy. >> they got the story wrong. >> its clear the two thin...

Sensitive government information in connection withal hillary clintons e-mail while she was secretary of state which could include clinton and other people like dozens, perhaps hundreds of people e-mailing with her. not a great story for hillary clinton but not the justice department opens criminal probe into hillary clinton. a top editor at the new york times explained their reporting and said we got it wrong because our very good sources had it wrong. the entire episode raises the issue of the...

Of a criminal investigation. >> nbc news published a story thats been corrected with editors note reading the department of justice initially indicated the referral from the inspector general was criminal nature. now they say it is not a criminal referral. which speaks to the problem here. it looks like what is report is a criminal inquiry in to hillary clinton is not a criminal inquiry and not actually in to hillary clinton. what appears to have happened is the inspector general asked them to o...