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exhibiting the kind of profound indifference to the racial contours of the jeff session nomination that i wouldn t have expected from somebody as savvy as mitch mcconnell. if they did that on purpose to be racially provocative, to stir you racial currents here, i think that s scary and gross. if they did it accidentally, i think it s political malpractice. but i think they ve just turned this issue and elizabeth warren and the jeff sessions nomination into a much hotter, more hotly contested and sort of scarier thing that it s been up until now. it was remarkable. do you think it changes any votes? that s my last question. i don t know. we ve seen a lot of republicans say they were willing to support jeff sessions, joe mancion. an extraordinary legal battle over the fate of the travel ban. a three-judge panel is considering an argument on whether to keep a hold on the order. is there any reason for to us think there s a real risk? the president determined that ther ....
say that you are the best msnbc host ever created by god. god created you, chris, to be here. thank you, michael. ec baldwin should be looking over his shoulder. no way. i was not lying, actually. that was me being nice. that is all in for this evening. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. i don t take it personal at all. it was an impression. it was the voice of a certain hyperbolic character. i don t mind, doesn t bother me at all, which i m sure you can tell. thanks, my friend. thanks, michael. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. here s the story. in march of this past year there was an explosion in pasadena, texas. pasadena, texas, is about 11 miles outside of houston. there was a big explosion followed by a fire. smoke and flames could be seen for miles around. look at that. the whole neighborhood around this fire and explosion had to be evacuated. even the houston ship channel, the freeway onramp for all american oi ....
mike chael flynn s contacts and were there any people in donald trump s universe as a candidate who were in contact with entities in russia, russian agents, that kind of thing. it is significant but it s also the standard way they would begin an investigation. the white house acknowledges it will preserve these types of records. i want to go to the white house. kristen, what do we know about these memos, signed by the secretary of homeland security? reporter: halle, these are draft memos, not etched in stones. the white house saying these are among the choices under consideration but it shows that the white house is looking to get tough on immigration. they include hiring 10,000 agents and officers for custom enforcement, expedite the removal of undocumented immigrants in the u.s. for two years or left. it would call for deputizing local law enforcement and then it would also potentially hold parents who pay smugglers to bring in their children accountable. they could face p ....
investigate this and oh, my god how could president obama have done this to president trump, and they were quiet, with the ni microphones except f microphones except for john mccain and lindsey graham. the question is why would the president want congress to spend money investigating a question to which he has the answer by virtue of his tweet? and can make that public any old time he wants. let s talk turkey here. this is a president on a twitter storm clearly angry about the way that his staff had handled things, deciding to take things into his own hands and try to change the subject, who knows, probably divert attention from russia, all of the above. and sean spicer was asked and this because he hasn t shown any evidence. imagine if he had evidence of this action by the former president it would be the biggest political story in 50 years or so and he would want to put it out there and we will wait to see what he does. i think they are hoping this does become like groundh ....
katy tur picks things up. i m not sure that donald trump can speak fluent japanese. we have a team of reporters working on finding that out. we also have a team of reporters to break down donald trump s second bilateral meeting. that press conference that we justaw between donald trump and the prime minister of japan, shinzo abe. it has been a gruelling week for the new president. his major policy and major policy point, executive order struck down at least temporarily by the courts. that press conference we just saw touched on that. let s get our viewers up to speed with the highlights and then we ll talk all about it on the other side. i m curious about yesterday s ruling in the ninth circuit court. has it caused you to rethink your use of executive power and pow will you respond and will you sign new executive orders and perhaps a new travel ban? we are going to do whatever is necessary to keep our country safe. we had a decision which we think will be very successful ....