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For the "washington post" and msnbc contributor jonathan is here. hello. >> good to see you. >> editor of commentary magazine and calmness, the new york post, john is here. and nbc news and msnbc law analyst editor chief of law fair, ben wittis. and professor of presidency at vanderbilt university, jon meacham. he's an nbc news and msnbc contributor. >> so wise. >> this is an odd place do, but, john, i'm coming to nashville this afternoon, i'll call you later. >> okay. >> lsu/vandy tomorrow. >> about that thing that -- he'll call you. >> it's true. >> that person show up at the -- >> right. >>...

Constantly have been -- i've been warned for years from people that work at the pentagon, turn off your phone when you go into meetings. john mccain warned me when i was in middle meeting that his -- >> my dad from your dad was constantly warning turn off your phones. five governments are listening to your conversation right now if they want to. if this is the case, and it is the case, then this is -- you could do sort of almost like a rendition, the version of rendition for spying, something that a campaign can't do in america that a president can't do in america, but the uae or the saudi ara...

>> that's a good point. >> politically it's like a killer. >> it's really bad. >> yeah, don't -- anyway, jon meacham, i'm going to bring you in and then i wanted to get ben on this as well. john brought up some real dangers here about a president, a norm-breaking president, what can he and what can't he do? ben was talking about having somebody else spy on other countries. this is -- having other countries spy on your campaigns. this is an especially important question to ask in 2019 when we read in the "new york times" this year that countries like russia, china, israel, the saudis, uae, they...

And a spread sheet that catalogues more than 100 formal requests from this congress spanning nearly every committee. james comey's firing, president trump's tax returns and a hush money payment to porn star stormy daniels. john helman has joined our conversation. good morning, john. thanks for stopping by. >> this is like the old days, like the way too early days. >> we're in the window. >> i feel like there's a wave of nostalgia coming over me or it could be the crystal meth kicking in. >> thanks for joining us. john's been up all night it if you can't tell. what's your big picture analysis o...

Did not count those. >> for more, i want to bring in john helman. i don't know, i don't think i have seen you since the election. nice to see you. >> how is your thanksgiving? >> delightful. i was here the day but we did the dinner the next day. anyway, let meggett yo get your reaction. this is president-elect trump stating this, it is widely debunked and not just by us. >> why does he do that? >> i don't think he can help himself. my reaction is i am horrified and not shocked. donald trump was as a presidential candidate. and all politicians lie and a lot of them stretch the truth. donald tru...