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Impeachment. >> its premature to say that. but i do think if i were the president i would be trying to bulk up on legal talent willing to represent me both on the outside and inside the white house. and certainly having somebody with some expertise in the department of impeachment would be well advised on the part of the president. >> benjamin, anything to be read we it comes to that, when it comes to him saying i want somebody else on my team, and this is the fwguy i choose? >> look, he hasnt b...

Do. you would expect some reaction, an article on this tomorrow morning local time. i think the quote you gave from south korean president moon jae-in sums it up, to call this a diplomatic whirlwind would be a massive understatement. there are many raised eyebrows in south korea and around the region of just what has happened in the past 24 hours, the fact that two leaders who just months ago had been threatening to wipe the other one out, trading personal insults, are now agreeing to meet each ...

Sound advice. >> reporter: now, getting back to those tariffs. we should note, wolf, a number of republicans, including jeff flake from arizona, orrin hatch over there in the senate, theyre both talking about perhaps moving some legislation in the coming weeks to nullify some of these tariffs coming from the trump administration. so this battle over tariffs is not over yet. but getting back to the startling announcement that we got from the president just in the last hour in the briefing room, w...

Understatement there. they see tariffs as bad policy and as disastrous politics. heres a few notes from my inbox this morning, all from seasoned republicans. quote, hill rs are flabbergasted, is how one assessed the move. when rs lose, the safe pa seat, panic will become epidemic. another said, pa-18 loss is coming. pa-18 is a western pennsylvania house seat up for a special election next tuesday. now, the president carried that districtly district by 20 points in 2016. its now exhibit a in this...

School. two say the students were surprise and excited is under understatement. >> i just wanted to come and say im inspired by all of you. >> i cant do this -- >> im proud to say because of you guys an the future of this world because of you guys. so i just say thank you, man. and -- [ cheering and applause ] >> he tweeted after meeting, i just had a great conversation with some of the students at marjory stoneman douglas high school about some important impactful things they have planned. im l...

And judiciary committees. senator, departure of gary cohn, the top economic adviser another example of the chaos we have been seeing? >> wolf, this is the latest example of how the presidents comment that he likes conflict within his staff is an understatement. i believe hope hicks was the fifth communications director in the white house in just over a year to depart and the idea that cohn is departing largely over the timing and deliberation or lack thereof behind the presidents abrupt announce...

I never thought i would become a bad guy myself. >> anthony: did you become a bad guy? >> alex: oh, i did, yes. >> anthony: how bad? >> alex: i became very aggressive, and beating people, losing control, and using excessive force when there wasnt really any need for me to do that. i mean, i worked the most infamous police station ever known. it was called rampart. won best picture for denzel washington for his portrayal of this really bad police officer. >> denzel: "im the police. i run shit her...

Mind here is that sam nunberg was fired from the trump campaign. and so he didnt leave donald trump on good terms. now, people come in and out of donald trumps life, as we know, but he did not leave the campaign on good terms. and he said to me that hes not looking to cover up for donald trump in any way. >> okay. stay with me, gloria. >> yeah. >> i have a full crew to discuss what we just heard, starting with you, jamie gangel, what did you make of that? >> first i have to say glorias interview...

Became the understatement. >> plus we thought it was a metaphor. we didnt think it would actually be a guy who would be p.t. barn um the sword barrel swallower in one. >> youre back out on the trail in some ways. not much as changed. we still have an unanswered question about donald trumps degree of contact and coordination with the russians, his orbits degree and contact. we have established now many people on his campaign were in frequent contact with russians. but we now have a president who ...

With that, lets bring in the panel. msnbc political analyst, "the washington post" white house bureau chief and analyst phillip rucker and former press secretary and ken delandian. thank you for coming in tonight. lets start with the gridiron dinner because this is -- the president to say that the president has had an uneasy relationship with the town of washington with the press i think is something of an understatement. how did -- ken, you were there. how did it come across in the room? >> wel...