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The democrats' challenge they have to make it seem high-minded like this is a sober constitutional matter. but also convince the public that a crime was committed here. not just vague abusive power but an actual crime and that crime bribery and extortion. so the more they talk in that language and explain that this was a shakedown, like a mafia kind of thing, the more people they will convince. >> john alter, thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >> next up, the white house is seeking to limit the amount of science used by federal scientists. stay with us. scientists stay with us after my dv...
You think it was john alter who pointed out that when empires collapse, it takes decades for the dust to settle and there's always a war. the fact that he and baker, in particular, brought that off, i was in germany a month before the wall came down and to a person senior leaders in germany, head of the intelligence service, foreign minister, they said in our lifetime, germany cannot be united. they had that sense of permanence about their situation -- >> i was hearing that from the ambassador. they were all saying its not going to happen. thank you, sir. >> please write up all this now. >> ok...
I had also someone who worked on the 2000 presidential campaign speaking with me earlier from london. she fought back tears. there was tremendous affection it seems for john mccain. john alter, our colleague here at msnbc, he said that even journalists that covered him had affection for him. yes, he could be tough. he could fight with the best of them, and free somebody up for a little bit, but what was it you think that had people -- develop a kind of a love for him. they really appreciated him. >> he was a very special guy. but he was funny, but profane. famously temper, and everything about...
Immigration reform. we are where we are today because our elected leaders have failed us, that's on both sides. >> chris whipple i want to bring you into the conversation. on that point george will writes about that in his column for the "washington post" this morning. we have a republican congress seemingly unwilling to stand up to the president of the united states. how much has that fed when we're seeing now? how much will it continue to feed what we're seeing now. rina talks about the way the president controls the narrative. when you look at the articles in the "washington post" and "the ...