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Fire other people involved in investigation. that really would be a constitutional crisis. and i think that would lead certainly a majority of members of my caucus to push for impeachment. i mean, that really would be a crisis in the republic. >> are you worried thats where this is headed? >> a lot of people are worried that thats where were going. and, you know, on top of all of this strategic machinations, of course, is the problem of the presidents downward mental spiral and increasing chaos....

Debate clause to speak out in congress. impeachment, and the 25th amendment which says not only that the vice president and the cabinet has the power to remove a president who cannot successfully discharge the powers and duties of office, but the vice president in a body set up by congress. and have i legislation to do that. when i first put it in, i think we only had six or seven cosponsors. today were on the verge of having 50 co-sponsors. and were picking up new people every single day. >> re...

Tatters, worst in history. but fear not, we will bring it back to greatness. if it looks like president trump is laying the groundwork to either remove or discredit robert mueller, new reporting from inside the muller investigation shows muller is well, far from rattled. thats next. statins lower cholesterol,

Roger stone. then all of the wikileaks. >> contact action we now have. >> there is a major conspiracy. one, to either violate the federal computer hacking law, the computer fraud and abuse act, or there was a quid pro quo for dropping sanctions in return for help on the election. >> okay. that is a theory of the case. this is the thing. that quid pro quo he is sort of a speculative question, although i think plausible theory. here is the thing, matt. if you take a step back, russia criminally in...

Members of the trump transition team about dealings with russia. we dont yet know if trump himself was part of those conversations, though. you wouldnt be faulted for wondering. but there is now ample evidence to suggest that at the very least, the president knew flynn had lied to the fbi and subsequently pressured the fbi director to drop the investigation anyway. which brings us back to trump lawyer john dowd, who today foreshadowed the nixon defense of his client. dowd suggesting it doesnt ma...

Presidency. >> then -- >> let the people of alabama make the call. >> as republicans retreat on their rejection of roy moore, the president gives his full endorsement to an alleged child molester. >> roy moore denies it. thats all i can say. and from applause in the senate -- [ applause ] -- to outrage in the halls. >> dont kill us! kill the bill. >> the growing resistance to the republican tax plan when "all in" starts right now. >> good evening from new york. im chris hayes. tonight the whit...

Of the lies. the essential element of lying to an fbi agent is that the lie be material. you cant just come in and say someone asked you what color are your socks and theyre blue and they were really green. its got to be material to something the fbi is investigating. and here what is alleged and what flynn agreed to, it was material into the investigation into the conspiracy between the campaign and the russian government. >> does that scan to you as well, matt? >> yeah, i think thats exactly r...

Donald trump himself. nbc analysis found the house version hands a billion dollar payday, a billion dollars to the trump heirs, to the presidents family. thats billion with a b, plus about $20 million to the president himself. the house and the senate need to figure out the difference before sending the final version to the presidents desk, leaving a potentially narrow window for the opponents to still to try to stop it. bruce bartlett, former deputy assistant secretary for policy under george w...

With nixon, hush money paid, telling people to lie, destroying evidence. >> do you agree, matt? >> no. its such a dangerous argument to make because it essentially says that the president as the chief law enforcement agency, because he is the chief law enforcement officer in the country is above the law, and that nothing he can do is in any way inappropriate -- any way inappropriate or can be questioned. and the implications of that are dangerous, not just for this investigation, because it does...

Guilty to lying to the fbi about his conversations with the russian ambassador. on saturday, the president responded to the flynn news with this, quote. i had to fire general flynn because he lied to the vice president and the fbi. he has plead guilty to the lies. it is a shame because the actions during the transition were lawful there is nothing to hide. that tweet caused a major uproar, and good reason. think about it. you had the president saying he fired flynn for lying to the fbi. which me...