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before you go. beginning with the end of the discussion about mike flynn. that scenario that maybe michael flynn lied to the fbi in a way that surprised them so much because he knew these questions were coming, maybe he did that because he was directed to do that by someone. who could that someone be? donald trump. that is a scenario i had not considered before hearing it here tonight. and it puts a whole new cast on the gymnastics that the trump administration and now bill barr are going through to try to get flynn protected. i mean, he did cooperate to a certain extent with the mueller investigation. and then he stopped. and then he was going to go to prison. and then they intervened to make this thing go away so he doesn t have to go to prison. if he was lying to the fbi because he was protecting the president from being exposed for his secret communications with the russian government during the transition, i mean, that s a whole different thing. that would also p ....
thank you for another compelling episode of book talk with rachel maddow. the last one. there is so many things i just want to grab you about before you go. beginning with the end of the discussion about mike flynn. that scenario that maybe michael flynn lied to the fbi in a way that surprised them so much because he knew these questions were coming, maybe he did that because he was directed to do that by someone. who could that someone be? donald trump. that is a scenario i had not considered before hearing it here tonight. and it puts a whole new cast on the gymnastics that the trump administration and now bill barr are going through to try to get flynn protected. i mean, he did cooperate to a certain extent with the mueller investigation. and then he stopped. and then he was going to go to prison. and then they intervened to make this thing go away so he doesn t have to go to prison. if he was lying to the fbi because he was protecting the president from bein ....
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leaders in congress, are to pretend didn t happen. is that just mitch mcconnell s nature? what has to happen for something to get done? tell me what you saw when you watched the press conference today. reporter: well, mitch mcconnell knows when you re the leader, a party in the senate, you ll take shots. that s part of the job, a guy who takes incoming fire and allows your caucus to get things done. the two men appearing side-by-side today was politically smart or at least acknowledgement of political reality. their goals in most cases are the same and desperately need each other to get any of them done. on tax reform, they cannot have the same problems they had on health care. if they re sniping back and forth at each other day after day it s gawk to be that much more difficult to get done. you heard some of that today. the president praising mitch mcconnell. saying he s the guy to get it done on all of these issues and put a bunch of additional issues on mitch mcconnell s plat ....
recognizes that sound. well, that s correct, brian. if you remember defense secretary mattis was the first led the first marines on the ground shortly after 9/11. let s get with the breaking news, moments ago fox news has learned the taliban claimed responsibility for a massive rocket attack at kabul s international airport. 40 to 45 rockets and rocket propelled grenades landed near the passenger terminal just less than two hours after defense secretary jim mattis arrived with his entourage which included the press. now, i m told that mattis was in no danger. he had already left the area aboard helicopter and rocket attack was not near the location where he landed. but, still, brian, it s the same airport and certainly raises a lot of questions about security in afghanistan 16 years after the 9/11 attacks. now, mattis a day ago was traveling in india, which might have put the taliban on some kind of alert. it was not public that defense secretary mattis would be arriving in ka ....