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Up 10 points. That has now evaporated. Interesting to see who turns out, a testament to the excitement level. Thank you all. That is all for this evening. The Rachel Maddow show starts right now with ari in for rachel. Good evening. Rachel has the night off. We have a pretty big show. Today was day two of the federal criminal trial of the campaign chairman. The witnesses were several people who sold the defendant clothes and houses that he bought through secretive International Wire payments. One important thing we learned from what happened today, this judge is holding muellers prosecutors to...

Yet you decided not to recuse yourself, is that right? >> the decision to recuse was my decision to make. i looked at all of the information, i consulted with many people that i've discussed today and i determined that it was not necessary for me to recuse. >> and donald trump considered sessions recusal to be a betrayal, is that right? >> i have no idea as i sit here today what the president believed about general sessions recusal. >> let's be clear. the investigation into russia's attack on our democracy is not a witch hunt, it is not a fishing expedition, is not a hoax, is not a lynch mob, ...

He's at it again saying jeff sessions is not a, quote, real attorney general, part of a strategy to undermine or oust him. >> an out of control, livid president called the attorney general sitting there in the oval office with him an idiot and demanded his resignation on the spot. >> the president called him beleaguered and slammed his ag. >> here again you have the president saying, asking where is attorney general jeff sessions in all of this? he then attacks jeff sessions, the attorney general by saying this, our ag is scared stiff and missing in action. >> why does the president continue t...

Reporters see it become pivotal, potential criminal evidence. watch reporters ask trump whether jeff sessions recusal because he was too close to the trump campaign should happen. >> mr. president, should sessions recuse himself from investigations of the campaign in russia? i don't think so at all. >> when do you think sessions spoke to the russian ambassador? when were you aware he spoke to the russian ambassador? >> i wasn't aware. >> that was a quick but pivotal moment. trump did two things, he inappropriately pressured sessions not to recuse and if you listen closely he contributed to the...

Bob mueller is looking at and interviewed by bob mueller at some point. you have a piece coming out about the sessions recusal. give us your sense as to whether he was right to have recused himself, whether donald trump has ground to stand on and what it means. >> the strange thing about that is not only did sessions do the right thing, he did the right thing by the president. that's the irony of all things. he reserved the best case scenario for the president. if the report comes out by mueller and doesn't find criminal conduct linked to the president, it will be sessions recusal that gave cr...