Anything else, this man was not necessarily that person. However, my point was just to say that you can be lowlevel george, you can be low on the org chart and still be the guy who goes to moscow and was sending plenty of emails to people who were high level. High level, theres now it seems like there may be a fair number of people, including high level steve, mr. Bannon, who is for the first time, this is the first moment in which highlevel steve is being dragged into this investigation. First time weve heard his name in a material way and that story may be developing. Let me jump in on this. The point is that when you want to do something sensitive like this, its something akin to an intelligence operation which was what this was on the russian side and i would argue in ways even on the trump side. You do send a lowlevel guy. You dont send the senior guy. You send the low level guy because he attracts less attention. You do that with purpose. So im very much validating johns point but thats the way these things work. Phil rucker, any acknowledgment on the part of the white house that their desire for shortterm gain by insulting him. I remember Corey Lewandowski making the rounds calling him a coffee boy. It turns out George Papadopoulos may have been one of the figures who forced Jeff Sessions to go back and amend his testimony for a second time. We dont know what hes testified to but its been described to me that whatever bob mueller wants to know about anything, George Papadopoulos having pleaded guilty will cooperate through the duration of the Mueller Investigation because he gets his reward at the end of it. And what we know about this white house is they did not an tis putt George Papadopoulos would figure in this Mueller Investigation at all. His plea a couple of weeks ago and the news he was going to be talking to mueller came as a big
room groan but you raise a really good point. People that look at the products that we have seen, the things that are now public face, these manafort documents came out. When i first saw you on tv today, i says this is over. Hes been indicted. But your point that it speaks to the professionalism of bob mueller and his team. Is, to me, at the heart of sort of the malignancy that is the far rights attacks on bob mueller. Theres been a conversation going on. I know bob mueller personally. Im sure hes impervious to anything anyone says on cable news on the right or the left. But i wonder if you could speak to how perilous it may be to so malign people who are admired not from a partisan Vantage Point but just for the precision, the expertise and the
results of their investigations and prosecutions. Well, i think its cancerous to The Body Politic because here you have a bob mueller, registered republican, decorated Vietnam Combat veteran. Hes got people on his staff, yes, some of whom gave money to hillary clinton. Others are republicans. And theres clearly a concerted effort to discredit these people. And we saw that in the House Judiciary Committee hearing where the director of the fbi had to go up and say the fbi was a Good Institution filled with patriots, and he was attacked all day long by different members of congress who were talking about perceived bias they see in this Mueller Investigation which many other independent thinkers do not see. But at the end of the day, mueller is impervious to that but the audience is House Republicans and the base because if mueller has to come up with an Obstruction Of Justice indictment, essentially its not an indictment of the president because you cant indict the sitting president. Its a report thats going to go to the house of representatives
requesting or remanding impeachment. Clearly if they are denigrating the Mueller Investigation theyre laying the groundwork. Theyre also acting as though they know that donald trump has done something very wrong. Theyre not acting like friends and supporters of a man they believe might possibly be innocent. Rev, let me read you something that Gene Robinson writes in the Washington Post. What if mueller catches trump and it isnt enough. We need to prepare that the Mueller Probe catches president trump, Family Members and associates redhanded and republicans in Congress Fail to do anything about it. Those of us who care whether the president worked with a foreign power to influence the election and impeded an fbi investigation do have recourse, however. If this congress refuses to stand up for justice and american ideals, we need to elect a congress that will. Is that the bottom line . I think it is. I think the bottom line is that even beyond the investigation, beyond what comes up as evidence, we are seeing the undermining of what we know as this government with the presidency and what the entire judicial process is supposed to represent. Are we looking at, no matter what they come with, theyre going to push back. Theyre going to castigate. Theyre going to name call. I think a case in point is roy moore. I mean, do you really believe were sitting up here three days before a man accused multiple times of pedophilia, thats said some of the most biased, bigoted things weve seen in modern american politics, and the president of the United States is 20 miles from the alabama border this evening down there to support him . The presidency has come to this . I mean, it is unthinkable, but were there. And you are seeing it in live
time with this Alabama Senate race. Phil rukcker, let me bring yu back to this question. The antics of the president s legal team if you take the weekend gaffe, john dowd saying that the president not that the president Didnt Obstruct justice but the president cant obstruct justice because he saw Alan Dershowitz maybe see that on television. And then you take it through to some of the twists and turns of don jr. Saying there was an Attorney Client privilege between him and his father because the lawyer was in the room. The legal team is starting to look like the joe pesci in My Cousin Vinnie but can you go to the more serious side of what their tactics look like just for a lay person. Theyre not acting innocent. Theyre not. And weve seen a shift in the public statements over the last week or so where they are now trying to excuse, you know, why the president cant obstruct
justice. Which, you know, a lot of people interpreted to apply some sense of potential guilt. I dont know. But theres a lot of concern among the washington Legal Company that the president is not being particularly well served by these lawyers. When you speak to folks in the white house, they say the president has full confidence in them. He likes the relationship with thim. He likes their strategy of trying to be cooperative and responsive to muellers inquiries. And hes convinced, after what these lawyers are telling him, that there truly will be some form of exoneration of the president some time soon in the new year. I talked to ty cobb earlier this week and he maintains that calendar that he thinks this probe will be wrapped up some time in early january. A lot of observers say no way. That doesnt make any sense at all, but the president is convinced of it. He likes two Big Mags And Two Fish Wiches which arent good for him either. The never stopping faucet that
is team trumps contacts with russians trying to support the trump effort. Can you bring us that Breaking News today. Are you talking about the social media . Bear with us. This is very complicated. There are emails now that have emerged, the Washington Post is reporting on this, that show the head of russian social media site, the facebook of russia, was trying to get donald trump to open an account. Sort of a russian facebook account. And this was brokered by rob goldstone. Thats what i find most interesting about it because goldstone wrote the email to donald trump talking about a russian government effort to help your fathers campaign. And everyone wondered, how would he know about that . Hes a British Music promoter. They are oligarchs with ties to putin. He says he exaggerated that email but here he is in another effort where russians are trying to interact with donald trump and saying you can outreach in russia. Theres no role for russians in the american president ial system. Russians cant contribute. They cant vote. What would be the point of donald trump having a facebook in fact russia . It raises a host of questions and mr. Goldstone, who has said hed be willing to talk to robert mueller, im sure the mueller team is eager to speak to him. It also answers the question, can we be done debating whether or not there was collusion. It may not have been effective or pretty but there was Constant Contact and coordination with russians. I scared my wife and woke my dog this morning when this story came on television. I started laughing so hard at this particular story because i thought, exactly. Like cackling. Can we stop . The absurdity. Like were done. Were done. Every day you get something new. And then the story today about wikileaks, about wikileaks wanting to give a Decryption Key to the Campaign Offering to give them a Decryption Key to decrypt the clinton emails. Its just day after day after day, another connection, another
connection. We a long time ago were already well passed the number of connections there had ever been between any foreign power and an american president ial election and yet every day we get another two or three connections. The web gets wider, and the connections get deeper. Its not a web. Its a main line. Its an extraordinary thing. Nobody is going to care in the trump base and they know it because perception is reality and he continually plays the victim. If you watch other news stations, they are portraying this the complete opposite that mueller is compromised and its a witch hunt against just one another station. And talk radio and print. And thats unfortunate. Thats why theyre going this way because the perception to the base is that he is the victim here and that were all crazy and none of these dots that are very easily connected matter. All right. Ken dilanian, thank you for starting us off. When we come back send in the reinforcements as a special election in alabama comes down to its final days. Donald trump heads to a rally in Neighboring Pensacola while doug jones gets some help from powerful friends in hopes of pumping up democratic turnout. On the eve of the opening of the mississippi Civil Rights Museum, donald trump offends one of americas leading civil rights icons. And sneak peek. Well preview Rachel Maddows deep dive on the russian dossier. Lacking ] [ click ] [ Keyboard Clacking ] [ clacking continues ] good questions lead to good answers. Our advisors can help you find both. Talk to one today and see why were bullish on the future. Yours. Talk to one today and see why were bullish on the future. avo but you also have a higher risk of heart attack or stroke. Noninsulin victoza® lowers a1c, and now reduces cardiovascular risk. Victoza® lowers my a1c and blood sugar better than the leading branded pill. avo and for people with type 2 diabetes treating cardiovascular disease, victoza® is now approved to lower the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death. And while it isnt for weight loss, victoza® may help you lose some weight. avo victoza® is not for people with Type 1 Diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. Do not take victoza® if you have a personal or Family History of medullary thyroid cancer, multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndrome type 2, or if you are allergic to victoza® or any of its ingredients. Stop taking victoza® and get medical help right away if you get symptoms of a serious allergic reaction such as rash, swelling, Difficulty Breathing or swallowing. Serious side effects may happen, including pancreatitis. So, stop taking victoza® and call your doctor right away if you have severe pain in your stomach area. Tell your doctor your medical history. Gallbladder problems have happened in some people. Tell your doctor right away if you get symptoms. Taking victoza® with a sulfonylurea or insulin may cause low blood sugar. Common side effects are nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, decreased appetite, indigestion, and constipation. Side effects can lead to dehydration, which may cause kidney problems. Ask your doctor about victoza®. President trump is traveling just across the Alabama Border To florida which shares a media market with a big chunk of alabama for a campaignstyle rally just a few hours from now. Trump coming out of twitter hiberination. We have done so much in such a short period of time and yet were planning to do so much more. See you there. And last thing the make America Great again agenda needs is a Liberal Democrat in the senate where we have so little margin for victory already. The Pelosi Schumer puppet jones would vote against us 100 . Hes bad on crime, life, border, vets, guns and military. Vote roy moore. Democrats ramping up their efforts as well for doug jones. Cory booker, Deval Patrick and congressman john lewis head to the state for Campaign Events this weekend. While the issue of race is taking center stage after comments roy moore made in
september have resurfaced. In response to a question from one of the only africanamericans in his audience who asked when moore thought america was last great, moore acknowledged the nations history of racial divisions but says i think it was great at the time when families were united, even though we had slavery. They cared for one another. Our families were strong. Our country had a direction. Our panel is still here along with phil rucker. Rev, i know that democrats are at a significant disadvantage and if you look at all the information on party i. D. , do you think roy moore is freaking offensive enough for sort of an electoral, not a miracle, but an electoral anomaly to take place tuesday . I do, if the numbers come out. I think part of what ive been talking to people that work with us in alabama, our civil rights group, and they were saying some people didnt even know there was an election. That there hasnt been a real effort in the black community. I think roy moore just did for the democrats what they had not done for themselves. To suggest the last time america was great, the last time now, was in slavery. Oh, we had a little race problem but the families got along. First of all, it was against the law for blacks to have a family. You couldnt name your kid after yourself during slavery and to act like we got along in slavery and to think this person could be sitting in the u. S. Senate is, in my opinion, the reason why you might see an over the top turnout among Black And White voters that are saying, this is too far. Let me say this, nicolle, because when you look at the fact, and i know were going to talk about the president not being received by many tomorrow at the Civil Rights Museum. This is unprecedented because he has, in many ways, endorsing roy
moore, the birther thing, on and on and on every fight, the nfl Knee Protesters and all, george bush who many of us disagreed with who i marched on about katrina, he came to the 50th Anniversary of the selma march and marched across that bridge with barack obama, john lew wirks myselewis. The kings kids. Donald trump has brought us something that no ever republican president has faced because the roy moores and them are being treated like this is normal. If we normalize a roy moore and the stuff donald trump is doing, our country is in for a real, real and the gop doesnt just watch its hands if roy moore loses. Theyre not suddenly unaligned with a Child Molester and do you think roy moore is a racist . Absolutely. How do you interpret that statement in any other way . So how does the republican
party i mean, i dont think they are saved or spared if roy moore loses. Theyre in bed with a racist and a Child Molester. And the president supported him. The Republican Party is destroying itself with this. It was bad enough what happened with the Support Of Trump Last year. They didnt have the courage to denounce him during the primaries and now this is what we have. Its opened the door for a lying lunatic like roy moore to get the endorsement of the party and the president of the United States, put money behind him, even after so many came out against roy moore, rightfully so in the republican establishment in washington and elsewhere and then to have the <