Reaction from senator mitt romney, who called the stance courageous, but fell short of endorsing the congressmans opinion. Justin amash has reached a different conclusion. I respect him. Its a courageous statement, but to make a case for obstruction of justice, you dont have the elements that are evidence to this document. So our big question today, does the common senses move make the calls bipartisan . Joining me now is kelly odonnell, Ashley Parker and senior washington correspondent and msnbc contributor kimberly atkins. Its great to have you all. Kelly, i want to pick up on something we heard Kevin Mccarthy kind of picking up on there about justin amash and how he fits into all of this. My sense in reporting of it, were obviously seeing hes not getting a lot of support on the hill from other republicans, but he has always been a lone wolf kind out there on his own. Do you think this is enough to say this means that if we impeach the president its bipartisan . For democrats, probably no. Youre right that amash has had a lone wolf brand. Ive covered him over the years as you have. I locked back at some of those stories and it is part of who he is to make a judgment based on his own views, his own facts. Sometimes even at odds with his own district. But willing to argue his case. Being the only republican so far, it would be the kind of sign for democrats if others followed suit. If this was a cover f you will, for other republicans to sign on to this. It hasnt happened yet. We have seen this with rand paul, republican senator of kentucky. Hi sometimes bucks his party and willing to stand alone. So for democrats locking for bipartisanship, they need to look further to go beyond justin. Especially when you see the reaction from his own leadership. Mitt romney was more democratic. A really trying to say that amash walks his own path and not a member of conference. So much of this plays out on twitter. We have seen in the past where hes been critical of the president before. So its not a huge break. Its still significant and worth looking at, but hes not the kind of person who is going to have people line upping up behind him based on what we have seen so far. Isnt the president prurveun down a little bit in focusing on this . The president of the United States is someone who likes an opponent, any opponent, frankly. Thats where his campaign and his aids say hes at his best. Thats why you might wonder the Mueller Report is out in the public view and will find him on twitter reeling against bob mueller. So this is a president who enjoys punching. If he has a faux or someone good to go after, hes going to do that. Amash has a primary opponent. It seems that person was going to get in the the race anyhow. But is this something where the president tweets once or twice or is this a cautionary tail from speaking their mind and conscious because the president hits the campaign trail and holds a huge rally in amashs district. Kimberly ath tins, do we have a sense of whether this is the kientd of offense that would rise to that level. Its enough to get the president s attention, even if it doesnt give democrats the cover they need to launch proceedings. If republicans do join with the congressman and this becomes a movement on the gop side, that would be very perilous to the president. We heard nancy pelosi give the benchmark if there was bipartisan support and it was done in a way that wouldnt be devisive, that that would be when impeachment could be on the table. The only other person we have seen as the president somewhat is senator romney and his kr criticisms have been at best very gently worded. So i dont think this is turning into a movement and its important that it doesnt. Kelly, we also to go fwook mccarthy for a second and preventing this movement. Hes trying to say that justin votes with nance b sit pelosi. However, amash has an 88 rating from the american conservative union. Hes voted with trump 2 of the time. That number could be a little low r than some of his colleagues. But were not talking about some sort of what would be caricatured as a squish. No, but hes willing to state his mind on different issues and be critical of the the president from time to time. It struck me it was much more of a signal that goes beyond justin amash a signal to other members of the congress who might be feeling a little queasy about the judgmejut come of the muell and might be willing to nudge out a bit if the circumstances were right. It seems a preemptive strike more broadly on the republican conference to keep people in line. Its the kind of personality clash if you will where amash wont be bothered by the fact that leadership has criticized him. That lone wolf strategy. Its a free pass for mccarthy and the president to punch back, pumpk dopunch down as you described it to set the landscape so others dont step out on the president here. If he put it is behind his primary opponent, it could send a a quake through the conference. It would seem to be not just amash and the specifics, but a larger message. For sure. And that has been what so many republicans have been afraid of. Im going to put you on the spot here. We have another tweet storm ongoing as we have been having this conversation from justin. Hes kind of ticking through all of his arguments again. People who said there were no underlying crimes and therefore, the president could not have intended to obstructi the skpres cant be impeached are resting their argument on falsehoods. He kind of goes through one after the other kind of system ic ly really destroying a lot of the arguments frankly that his colleagues are on tv every day make iing. While i would say to your point about it and we have at least eight or nine tweets here so far, this really actually does and talk to republicans on the hill, they often say a lot of these things and i say they have a colleague pushing right back against them. Right, so i dont know who the second tweet storm, but even his first tweet thread with sbles interest. A the lot of the points he was making were to hear from outside legal experts and certainly from democrats, but also frankly and maybe not as precise and well reasoned, but point to you privately even from Trump Supporters and allies. It really set ises him and say that sort of so clearly, so decisively and publicly. You might hear something a little cloerz to that and hes saying it publicly and the question is as kelly was saying, what are the ramifications . What is the retribution and does he get in trouble or give others the little more cover to follow suit if thats something they were thinking about privately or grappling with. Certainly these public tweets sound a lot more like private conversations. Kelly odonnell, thank you all. Its great to have you. Former White House Counsel Don Mcgahn is scheduled to appear before the House Judiciary Committee tomorrow or face a contempt charge. With less than a day remaining before that congressional appearance, lawmakers still have no cleue whether or not mcgahn, who sat for 30 hours with Robert Muellers team will show up. Joining me is ken. There will be an underlying meaning he doesnt olympian to come. Whats your sense of the likelihood of this happening . I asked a good source not long ago on a scale of 0 to 5, he put it at a 1 or 2. I think it may be closer to a 1. His attorneys have said hes caught between the executive branch and the legislative branch here. Theres no reason for him to appear until those branches can work out their prerogatives about whether he should testify. So whats the next step for the committee . We saw the attorney general joking with nancy pelosi about whether she had taken handcuffs to an event they both attended. What can they do to try to get what they want. They can hold them in contempt. If they follow the normal protocol, they were held in contempt under george w. Bush. It wasnt until president Obama Took Office that case was resolved and testimony was co compelled. So if they follow that route, they are going to lose. What they want to do is put a story in front of the american people. Most have not read the mueller repo report. Don mcgahn is a key witness. We talked about the idea they cant arrest the attorney general. He as an fbi detail. Don does not. Theres some brilliance to go further and try to attempt to fine him or compel him to come and answer this subpoena. Im certainly picking up much greater frustration. My sense of mcghan is he has tried to do whats right by the lu. I think your point he is caught in a vice is probably the right one. He would be there if he could. But the law is complicated. Executive privilege covers that conversation. But don already maybe has given up some privilege by talking to robert mueller. Robert mueller is in the executive branch. This is the legislative branch and its a different thing. So the courts have been reluctant to referee these disputes and thats why they have taken so long. Perhaps federal judges will take a different look at this. Some think we are in a constitutional crisis resisting all these demands from congress. Ken, thank you very much great to have you. Still ahead, mixed messages about where we stand with iran. The president says he doesnt want war, but his tweets send a different message. 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Many hopefuls believe the grip on the Industrial Base is perhaps weaker than it was four years ago. Joining me now is hans nichols who is in pennsylvania. And White House Reporter eli stoke thes. Hans, its hard not to read this as a clpback to joe bidens announcement over the weekend. Reporter or the beginning of a conversation. We dont actually know how the president will respond and thats one of the things thats interesting from reporter standpoint about these rallies. Behind me we have had buss leeing all morning starting at 9 00 a. M. And when you get from the president s red meat on how well the economy is doing, but you see him feed off the energy of the crowd. They are expecting 10,000 here. The question i have about tonight is, a, how does he talk back to biden if he does. And also how does the president talk about immigration. Last week we rolled out legal immigration. His heart didnt seem in it and that speech inside the rose garden. Lets see what he has to say on the immigration issue. Lets see what he has to say on the wall. And crucially how strong the economy is. This is a place the president won by 45 , but the Shopping Mall where were gathering is about half capacity. And that gives you a sense how this part of the country, it might be doing better, has been largely left behind by the past few decades and they are facing real struggles. The heart of trump country. Lou barletta was quoted as saying he thinks the president s popularity is underestimated by the polls. We should have learned something in 2016, but i have also seen reporting that the president s team is really worried about pennsylvania. They view it as the lynch pin of their strategy and they do need to focus on it. How high is that concern level . Its moderate. They are going around the president raised 9 million. They see pretty good top line numbers. They have reasons to be confident, but they have also done some polling, especially oneonone polling donald trump and joe biden. In all three swing state, pennsylvania, wisconsin, michigan, they are down. The president has little margin for error. The president will have something to say tonight. But he will also be talking about tariffs and the tariffs going away over the weekend. The steel and aluminum tariffs with canada and mexico, talking about trade and the lunch bucket Economic Issues because they believe at the end of the day, the culture war issues will galvanize the Trump Supporters and the rural parts of the state, but they will need to convince those suburban swing voters in pennsylvania that the economy is good, they have benefitted from the tax cut package and will need to convince the swing voters, the blue collar workers, maybe long time democrats who turned towards trump the trade policy, those things are making their lives materially better. I think they understand that if they are matched up against joe biden, that argument will be tougher than if against somebody else. We saw the 2020 press secretary talking about this very issue previewing what the president could argue. Take a lock at that. Hes going to be able to look at the people in the eye and say your wages, your paychecks are growing twice as fast for low and middle income americans. Thats because of my presidency. Because of my presidency, manufacturing is revised. Its such an important part of the economy. We have seen half a million of those jobs come back. President trump has deliverables. Joe biden has a failed record as would Bernie Sanders, who wants to bring socialism to our count country. So you sort of heard her lay a t out, but you also mentioned that mall is half empty. Whats your sense of whether people feel the economic benefit . People do say they feel better. Their pocketbooks are stronger and they have just a little bit more money to spend. But when we talk about the broader cultural issues, this is going to be one of the defining questions of 2020. Is it going to be run on cultural issues. You see that percolating up. Potentially Big Supreme Court fights. Or the issues that the president is clearly also talking about. And thats why it gets fwook what does he feel at this rally. You saw the tweet storm from the president clarifying views. Normally the president is silent on abortion, but see if he sticks to that or whether or not he does his greatest hits and talks about the economic strenlt. Thats what a lot of voters here want to hear about. Now you did just mention Bernie Sanders and socialism. When you talk to voters here, you ask are you concerned, worried about joe biden. One of the answer was not concerned at all. Terrified. So theres a sense that perhaps biden could hit trump with some of his base. The new york sometimes quoting an ohio voter. 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