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how important this process is, to getting confirmation, as we saw what happened in 1986. more importantly, i think he took head on a lot of the critics and criticism of decisions that he s made and votes he s cast. and i thought in particular, with cory booker becoming historic, you saw the first sho for the 2020 democratic nomination for president. let s just put that on the table. certainly, that s part of the drama and theater of what he chose to do. but i also found it somewhat ironic that just in january of 2016, in legislation that he co-sponsored with mr. sessions, that celebrated those who walked from walked the selma mile, if you will, that he referred to him as it was a great honor to work with him and that he appreciated his commitment to civil rights. and yet now sees him as he referred to him as a danger with danger to our country, as he s been quoted to say. the politics is not lost here. i think everyone in this town understands that. and to have this stag ....
second, the second, to study evidence actually exist? today the top democrat on the house intelligence committee says he doesn t think so. i don t expect we ll see any evidence of this either. i agree with timecard. one of two possibilities here. the president quite deliberately for some reason made up this charge are perhaps more disturbing the president really believes this. reporter: the charges former president barack obama ordered the wiretapping of trump tower during the election. the former president has led the charge. so as the current fbi director reportedly asked the justice department to publicly reject the president s claims. congressman schiff plans to ask about it directly when he testifies before the full committee later this month. republicans have also been very critical of president trump on this issue. just today, john mccain said thursday road need for congress to investigate these wiretapping allegations. here is why. i ve no reason to believe the cha ....
up to donald trump against torture. we have a very clear position on torture. we do not sanction torture. we do not get involved with that and will continue to be our position. and moments ago the mexican president announcing that his meeting planned for next week with president trump has been canceled. we are on the same page with the white house. how surprised are you every time there is a new tweet from the president? this is going to be an unconventional presidency, i think you know this by now casy. and i think we are going to see unconventional activities like tweets and that s just something we are all going to have to get used to. good derek everyone. a busy day. i m andrea mitchell in washington. president trump just arriving in philadelphia. you see air force one there. we are expecting his remarks to house and senate republicans later in this houn. he will go it s about a 20 minute ride from that airport in south philadelphia back into center city, whe ....
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 ....