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In my desperation to be a good mother i talked myself into believing that all i was doing was giving my daughter a fair shot. i see the irony in that statement now because what i have done is the opposite of fair. she pleaded guilty in may to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and services fraud for paying $15,000 to a fake foundation created by rick singer, to help alter her daughter's s.a.t. scores. prosecutors are asking that huffman receive a one month prison sentence when show appears before a u.s. district judge on friday. joining us here on the set to talk more about this, msnbc legal anal...

When she is writing her letter, i wanted to give my kid a fair shot. >> she says she recognizes the irony of that statement. that's the whole point of it. >> danny, always a pleasure. thank you. >> where did you get that coat by the way? >> this is from the closet. 42 long. need it? >> thanks, my friend. let's switch gears and a quick check on the weather with nbc meteorologist bill -- >> pretty quiet, but not saying that in areas of wisconsin. getting soaked this morning. madison to green bay and milwaukee. and chicago is avoiding that at least right now, in between omaha and des moines, so...

Anita hill testimony that anita hill cross-examined and documents tossed in, affidavits of other people accusing her of things, not subject to cross-examination. it's a free for all in the senate. the rules of evidence don't apply. so as an attorney for the accuser, she has to be very, very cautious about what she exposes her client to because the world in addition to the senate will be watching. >> if she does not get this fbi investigation before monday do you suspect that she will still show up or suspect that this is likely something that is going to go away for judge kavanaugh? >> the con...

Contingency plan because then you cut the legs out from under your nominee and the president implicitly suggested that if dr. blasey ford did come forward and sound credible then we have to make a decision, a decision to continue the nomination. but for the moment, anyway, i think they feel that her refusal or at least for the moment anyway to appear on monday worked in their favor and the odds of confirming judge kavanaugh gone up in 24 hours rather than done. >> danny, when you heard that dr. ford's attorney had decided to inform the senate that she would not be testifying until a fbi invest...

About so it's possible. something could be arranged between now and monday but for the moment there's no hearing i think without an accuser. >> danny, let's talk about the difference here. president trump here on the white house south lawn this morning talking about the fbi investigation. here's what he said. >> your reaction to ford calling for a fbi investigation? will you order one? >> it would seem that the fbi really doesn't do that. they have investigated -- >> they would if you asked them to, mr. president. >> investigated about six times before and seems they don't do that. >> will you...