and msnbc political analyst phil rucker. and betty woodruff, politics reporter for the daily beast and msnbc contributor. andrea, you asked james baker that question. he had that fascinating answer, very strongly worded. it comes as we are learning that a group of nine senators sent a letter to the department of justice asking them to protect mueller. how much concern is there on capitol hill, throughout washington, that there is a real possibility? >> i think there is a lot of concern because of the recess. there's been no movement at all by the leadership on the republican side to put that bipartisan legislation that was put forward. it is bipartisan and there are a number of republican senators who would support it but it's gotten nowhere on the hill. but now in recess, there is some real concern especially because of some guidelines sent up and down the line to members of the high officials from the department of justice from attorney general jeff sessions that seemed to be perhaps a warning signal that something could b

we're talking about abc, cbs, msnbc. supposed to be nonpartisan. 24 million people watch those shows a night. that's a lot. more than average for the world series. when nine out of ten stories are negative towards an administration, that is bias and broad daylight. what you have here is a president that is over 40% in the real clear politics average, over 50% in the economy on approval. >> sean: 48% in zogby, 58% in rasmussen. >> yeah. >> sean: his numbers keep going up. people are adjusting -- donald trump is different. his a disrupter. i think they like it and it will help him in the re-election. things have gotten so bad -- i've watched you battle that idiot at fake news, acosta. if they want to call him a journalist, this is the same network that we saw go dumpster diving in st. petersberg and now they went to a jail in thailand to interview a sex coach thinking they're going to crack up the trump collusion story. >> first of all, before we get off the numbers, i just want to say congratulations on the ratings. seems

thanks for watching this hour of msnbc live with me. now, more news with my colleague, chris jansing. >> you have to pause and realize in this moment, when we have seen the power of young people, how she set the standard for fighting for something to make things better. extraordinary. one of my personal heros. thank you, steve. >> yup. >>> good morning. i'm chris jansing. stephanie ruhle and ali velshi are off. it's thursday, march 29th. let's get started. >> the veteran affairs secretary shown the door, and he is tapping his own doctor to fill the post. >> ronny jackson. who months after giving the president a clean bill of health. >> he had a healthier diet the last years, he could have lived to be 200 years old. >> he has no experience managing a sprawling government agency. >> like asking someone who hasn't ever climbed a mountain to begin with mt. everest. >> presidential pardons in the russia probe. john dowd discussed offering pardons for trump's former top advisers, michael flynn and paul manafort, as mueller closed in on them l

joining me now is msnbc legal analyst danny sovalos. is there anything that donald trump can do to prevent this interview from airing? >> in a word, no. there's no court action that can prevent this case or this interview from going forward. this is because the supreme court has made very clear that prior restraint, the government or court involvement preventing speech in advance of speech is to be so sparingly used that rare is the case that we can even articulate an example where it is appropriate. so the answer to your question is, there is nothing that the trump team can do to prevent this interview from going forward as scheduled. >> and stormy daniels is suing the president for signing the nondisclosure agreement. mr. trump may have to testify in depositions and her suit could provide evidence of campaign spending violationslviolations. do you see the president testifying? is there anything he can do to get out of it? >> i've been saying this for weeks. if the president is forced into the discovery process and depositions as a res

for those that watch msnbc, for some people in the audience, i know that is day-long viewing, if you start with ""morning"morn meacham. how does he get to the studio at that hour, i understand they built a studio in your basement? >> that's true. i'm look boo radley, i never leave the house. >> standing in for barbara ann gray, we are appreciative she is doing it, may have seen another panel, jamie very cleverly persuaded amie parnes, author of "shattered" a brilliant book about the 2016 election and writes for "the hill." thank you. [applause] a lot were in the last session. first of all i think of this room now becoming, not just a book festival, i was privileged to tell jamie when i was starting this is festival of ideas. this is partly the ideas part of the festival of authors. we'll talk about today is civility. is it important? when was it so great? what's happen to it? can it be restored? and, i must say, karl rove in the last panel which many of you saw talked about the fact that what he was, thought was important that unifying statement by new presidents talking about the im

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and an msnbc political analyst. and ron klain, former senior white house aide under presidents clinton and obama. welcome, both. >> thank you. >> michael steele, as a former rnc chair, tinkering with the census with a very big deal. >> it is a big deal and it goes to the heart of how lines are drawn obviously. but even more than that, it is what you just referenced about the programs that could be impacted by those numbers. it is very important to the states to try to have as accurate a count of the people they need to serve in their communities on a day in and day out basis. what this move potentially does is puts a lot of folks back in the shadows and instills in them the kind of fear that they have around deportation and actually being cut off from certain benefits because they're not u.s. citizens or they're outside of the immigration process. so there is very much the real aspect of this. then there is of course the politics. the politics is, hey, if those folks aren't counted because that's on them, they didn'

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and joining me now, msnbc national security analyst and former fbi special agent clint watts, and msnbc contributor chuck rosenberg, a former u.s. attorney and senior fbi official. chuck rosenberg, i know you worked well for quite some time with andrew mccabe. do you know how he's doing now after all this tumult? i think it was his 50th birthday yesterday as well. >> it was, andrea. he's probably doing about as well as you would expect one to be doing after being fired in a public way and humiliated by the president. but here's what i know about andy, and i think it's worth telling you. he's a good man. he's a decent man. i found him to be a kind and humble man. i enjoyed working with him. now, to your point earlier, i don't know what's in the report, and maybe there's something bad in there, but the andy i know, the andy mccabe who served his country honorably and well for 21 years, i'm proud he's my frie friend. >> and chuck, just to be clear, the information that was allegedly disclosed, he says properly, with authorization, but apparently the ig found otherwise, to a reporter actual

i will be doing the 9:00 hour on msnbc with our coverage. but rachel, you stopped me cold in the middle of your tv show tonight when you predicted for us what is going to happen in the news on sunday to overshadow the stormy daniels interview on '60 minutes" do you want to repeat that for the nation? >> purely a guess. looking at the fact that -- so last night there was the interview with karen mcdougal on cnn and 90 minutes before that happened. there was this dramatic announcement from the president that the national security advisor had been fired and was being replaced by john bolton. open speculation, including by people in the white house that that surprise timing was about trying to overshadow that interview. another interview that is probably even higher stakes is planned for "60 minutes" on sunday night. if that announcement was planned as a distraction, what could we plan to distract from the "60 minutes" sunday, i have a betting pool with my staff, where there's no money at stake, just tacos. the box that i picked is the action wi

breaking news from msnbc as we take a look at the white house. to the left, that is what is most significant right now. you're seeing some emergency personnel there on the grounds. that is lafayette park, just adjacent to the white house right there. there are security personnel because there were reports of shots fired a few minutes ago. we're going to go back to geoff bennett, our msnbc correspondent at the white house who has an update on things. i see you've made it in front of the camera. what's going on, geoff? >> reporter: hey, alex. the shelter in place has been lifted but the emergency response here is still unfolding. we've learned from the u.s. secret service which posted an announcement on twitter saying this, secret service personnel are responding to reports of a person who allegedly suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound along the north fence line of the white house. so that apparently was the gunshot that was heard by the agents who came in here to tell us to shelter in place and reports of shots fired. the secret service also sa

i'm alex wilt at msnbc world headquarters in new york at the half hour. we have breaking news to share this morning. president trump's embattled deputy director fired last night for demonstrating lack of cap door under oath. he responded with a blistering statement saying i am being singled out because of the role i played, the actions i took, and the events i witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of james comey. the focus me is part of an unprecedented effort by the administration, driven by the president himself, to remove me from my position, and destroy my reputation. president trump calling mccabe's dismissal a great day for the hard working men and women of the fbi and great day for democracy. mccabe was with the agency more than 21 years. he was set to retire tomorrow. joining me now with more, chief international analyst admiral james sir rhee tass. this fire 26 hours before retiring with full pension benefits. how is this being viewed? >> it will be viewed very negatively within those communities. let's back up for a minute. andrew mccabe, ver

msnbc was cheering for them at the time. andrea mitchell asked the kids, who is in favor of banning assault weapons, and they said, yeah, we are. guy: i'm not surprised msnbc did what it did. i'm surprised they didn't have a set on stage because they very clearly support this agenda. if you are on msnbc and your people are left wing that's fine. what bothers me are straight down the middle reporters who cover gun-related issues and one of the issues on which the media is most of bias. > howie: in interviewing the people who were there, you were carrying the message of people protesting. but at the same time the magnitude and passion of this, how could you ignore it. regardless of where you are on the issue of guns, we are in a unique moment in the national debate on guns. what happened in parkland and the way the students have come out, whether you are critical or support them, i think you have to recognize they are carrying a voice that has not been carried in this way before. we are not used seeing marches of this magnitud

craig mitchell at msnbc headquarters in new york. the united states taking steps to punish russia with new sanctions and joining naty o allies to demand answers after a russian spy and his daughter were poisoned in england. he admits i didn't even know. president trump defending himself after a leaked recording reveals he bluffed his way through a meeting with canada's prime minister, making stuff up off the top of his head. and biding his time. joe biden on the campaign trail in pennsylvania. some call it a proxy war with the president. is it setting up a possible fight in 2020? we'll get to that. we start with the new tough talk and action from the trump white house on russia. the trump administration announcing just a few hours ago it's imposing new

of this hour of msnbc live. i'm alex witt. i'll see you at noon eastern. right now it's time for "am joy" with my good friend joy reid. >> betsy, is this a wish that is being put forward in your view by john dowd, or is this a

. >> craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters in new york. don't mention it. nbc's exclusive reporting reveals president trump does not want his increasingly tough policies on russia touted in public. meanwhile, overnight russia testing a new missile and ratchets up the tension. is this the new cold war? cabinet controversy after a series of high-profile administration departures. the epa secretary is now under fire. the place that he calls home in d.c. raising ethics questions. and questions about whether he will be the next to go. >>> and higher ground. have evangelicals ceded the moral high ground for political gain because of president trump? i'll ask the author of "god and trump." we start with russia today raising the stakes in what's shaping up to be a 21st century cold war. relations between the two countries have reached a low not seen in decades. that's because russia overnight tested a new interkontinental ballistic missile that vladimir putin says can reach any corner of the world. the test follows russia's expulsion of diplomats and closing of the

joining me, eli stokols, msnbc political analyst, jason johnson, msnbc political contributor. jas jason, you know that is an abbreviated review of what happened this week because there's also, as i was mentioning, the shakeups that are happening in terms of staffing in the white house. what does the next week bring us? because as you know, we're looking at the beginning of the midterms in earnest. >> yeah, richard, so, like, this week would have been, like, an entire documentary special. >> right. >> that would have covered any other administration, but it seems to be par for the course for how trump operates. honestly, the operative lesson going forward, especially wohen you look at midterm elections, georgia and other states come in the next month and a half is, how prepared, how ork niganizedl the white house be in helping with the elections? will they want a donald trump wrapped in up controversies with adult film stars and whether or not he's going to pass this legislation, do they really want him out there? is the white house organized enough to pat their head and rub th

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there's nobody dumber than at cnn and msnbc. how dumb? dumb enough to see russian saboteurs under every bed. russian has waning power on the world stage. one military base out sides its borders. the imaginary russia, the one you see on television, has never been more powerful. the dnc and nbc news, putin is diabolical and omnipotent. he empowered the nra. hand picked sam nunberg and carter page to undermine our democracy. it's delusional. they believe it. meanwhile, back in the real world, evidence mounts that the actual problem is not the russians or vladimir putin, it's the corrupt and decadent resolutely stupid leadership of our own elites. that's why trump got elected. in reaction to them. that's why the european union is about to collapse. just this weekend in italy, the ruling party was crushed while anti-establishment candidates won big. polls show that people are unhappy with economic policy. they hated the immigration policies that have crushed their national culture under waves of migrants. sounds familiar? there as here, the el

msnbc headquarters in new york. cross the line. a new report finds counselor to the president kellyanne conway violated the hatch act. now federal investigators are referring the issue to the white house to decide whether to take action. also, top targets. if democrats are going to flip congress, they'll need wins in texas where voters are at the polls right now. it's the first major primary test for the midterm elections. everything is bigger in the lone star state. democrats now wonder can they make everything bluer there as well. plus, nonsense. a former trump campaign staffer has that bizarre public debate with himself about whether to comply with a subpoena from robert mueller. what's he saying now after yesterday's display? but we start with that breaking news. presidential counselor kellyanne conway in violation of the hatch act. the u.s. office of special counsel, which we should point out here is not the mueller investigation, has now found that kellyanne conway did, in fact, cross the line in

eastern on msnbc. so this may be the most telegraphed, we can't say the president didn't warn us, why all the hubbub today after this? >> eight hours ago, it was because the do you closed down 3% on fears of a trade war, that was before he announced john bolton. so now we're worried about a real war. this is where the president is right and was right during the campaign. the chinese, and i say this with great caution, because at the current moment, my passport is at the chinese consulate waiting for a visa. but the chinese take a lot of intellectual property from western companies. if you are a werner of any import who goes to china on business, your phone is checked. your files are looked through. your e-mails are taken. any device, whether or not you are in china, the chinese are able to reverse engineer devices. even genetically modified grains they can organize. so the idea that the chinese have not been fair on the trading platform is valid. and it's something that democrats and republicans unders

eli stokols, he also covered the trump campaign, he is an msnbc political analyst. and philip rucker did as well, the white house bureau chief for "the washington post" and an msnbc political analyst. philip, i'm going to start with you. why is hope hicks leaving, and why now? >> well, brian, in her sort of official version of events she's leaving because she's ready to move on. she's ready to explore opportunities in the private sector, to get back closer to her family in connecticut. white house officials tell us she's simply exhausted and emotionally and physically drained by working for three straight years in the trump orbit. but the timing is, of course, interesting. it comes a day after she was testifying for nine hours with the intelligence committee about the russia probe. she has become ensnared in this russia investigation. she's met with robert mueller, the special counsel. because of her special and unique and close relationship with president trump, she's not just a communications professional, she's his confidant. she advises him on really all matters

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msnbc political analyst maxwell, msnbc political analyst, rick tyler. my saturday morning family. thank you all. >> good to see you, alex. >> rick, the epa response, is it missing a point here? aren't ethics rules also about avoiding the appearance of impropriety? this is a $50 a night room in the capitol hill area that i read on average goes for $120 a night. >> probably more than that. secretary pruitt only paid the $50 when he was actually staying there. yes, ethics is important but also the appearance is very important. the optics is important. remember, this is a president who routinely is spends time on his own golf courses, takes air force one. i'm not begrudging him. he can take time and go play golf. it doesn't look good. so he sets the standard for the cabinet. when you have where donald trump is spending on his own properties and $50 a night to save money. remember, he's getting this deal from someone who presumably might want to have influence. >> yeah. joe, how does this reflect on the president? you remember all of those campaign promises of draining the swamp. >> yo

we are here at msnbc headquarters in new york, and we are zeroing in. nbc news has learned that the grand jury investigating russia has subpoenaed a witness to provide e-mails, texts, and documents involving the president and a lot of his closest advisers. plus, man of steel. house speaker paul ryan just announced he's pressing the president to shift his position. will that work? and a blue wave, democrats just a day away from their first test of the election season in texas. can they flip seats in the lone star state from red to blue? so a lot going on, and we start with the robert mueller investigation creeping ever closer to president trump himself. on a day that the president welcomes israel's benjamin netanyahu, a leader facing his own high-profile corruption allegations, nbc news obtained a copy of a confidential subpoena sent by special counselor robert mueller. now he wants correspondence between an unknown witness and top trump campaign officials, those text messages, e-mails, phone logs, documents, also on our radar. two "new york times" repor

craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters in new york. march madness. reports swirling around the trump administration about a possible shake-up in the cabinet and beyond. many in the white house appear to be on pins and needles on this friday. who is making last-minute deals and are they only buying time? >>> and physical threats? the attorney for porn star stormy daniels says she's received physical threats because of her legal fight with the president. >>> and controversial call. the president is close to announcing his new plan to fight the opioid crisis in this country and could include a plan to allow the death penalty for drug traffickers. we start with the revolving door at the white house. reportedly the chief of staff and national security adviser are both on the hot seat this afternoon. so, too are the attorney general and several other cabinet members. john kelly and h.r. mcmaster may have only days or could be like rex tillerson, those days could turn into weeks or longer as the questions of survival potentially deminnish their power and cr

back with me, chris matthews, host of "hardball" here on msnbc. we also have peter alexander at the white house, carol lee, and ashley parker. chris, first to you. what i got from that right there was not only was it diplomatic, but at the end, he snuck in a warning to russia. >> he also never mentioned donald trump, the president he served, once. not once did he mention them. he came in there out of breath, as if he had just been knocked out of office. he looked exactly what he's going through. he looked like the guy going through what he's going through. abruptly dethroned from a prestigious position he thought he owned. the president didn't do it to his face. he apparently called him just a few hours ago to make sure he knew it. but that was more of a coupe degras than a call for him to resign. and i thought it interesting he tried to win goodwill with the department of defense and the department of state people. he has not even used the ambassadors when he would go to visit the countries. it wasn't a great relationship, but that's not interest

joining me is msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. what is behind this move by the team to go after cohen? >> first they've alleged a non-contract claim in the form of defamation. defamation is what we call a tort. it's got nothing to do with the contract claim. and consequently, there's no arbitration possibility when you allege that somebody has defamed you because the only way that cohen and ec consulting get into arbitration is through the arbitration clause contained in the contract. so this is a very clever strategic move because cohen will not be able to force the defamation claim into arbitration. and that is where cohen and ec and trump need this case to be. arbitration out of the public eye, private proceeding without public filings. that is their only path to victory. >> and you reported the last place michael cohen wants to be is in a courtroom. why do you say that? >> because a courtroom is by nature public. courtroom filings are public. and they're something we can nowadays just log on and pull directly off of the websit

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msnbc garrett hague is on dap toll hill. this is the critical vote the one that will trigger the actua >> reporter: hallie, if this vote passes, it essentially means the big $1.3 trillion spending bill will have clear sailing through the house, and they'll kick it over to the senate. if it fails, it means we're probably looking at a vote tomorrow in the house on this bill. we know the problems that the senate can have moving quickly on things like this. the odds we trip into a government shutdown go way up. if you're watching the numbers on your screen here, the magic number is either 214 or 215 yes votes it'll take to approve the rule, this procedural step, that would allow them to vote later today on the bill. democrats either voting no or sitting on their hands on this. they want to see if republicans have the votes. the freedom caucus hate this bill, think it is too much money and don't get much out of it. they're voting no on this. pay no attention to the timer. leadership can keep it open as long as they want. they'll

here with more is msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. do you agree with mccabe? is this another attempt by the trump administration to wage war on the mueller investigation? >> it could be. but no matter what, mueller is going to be looking at these actions in so far as they may constitute the crime of obstruction. you see, the president has the power to dismiss these people. but the power to dismiss does not necessarily mean it is always legal. if it is done, for example, in exchange for money, that would be bribery. that's something that's not being looked at, but in the case of obstruction, he may be dismissing someone like mccabe in order to conceal some activity. even if that underlying activity might be legal. you don't need an underlying crime for obstruction of justice. so these are unprecedent situations. you could call nixon's experience similar, but it isn't. there are just too many differences. we are in a unique singular moment here. mueller will be looking at any of these activities as possible obstruction, possibly anything else. of course, trying

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over at msnbc, they called nunes a russian agent. two years ago you would be fired for saying something like that if you couldn't support it. >> it borders on hysteria. it is so over-the-top. you don't have to be a trump admirer to realize that things are being cited are wildly out of proportion to anything real beneath them. >> tucker: it's insane. i know people who hate trump who agree with that. britt,ha thank you. fox news alert. another fixture in the trump administration is stepping down. national economic counselor gary cohn says he's planning to leave thee administration. ed henry joins us with details. >> shortly after a denial from president trump that there is no truth to the idea he can't bring stability to his white house, his lead economic advisor is heading for the exit. the president is right there is turnover in every white house, there's been a particularly large number of departures lately.ar hope hicks to rob porter, multiple press secretaries, communication structures. national security advisors and chiefs of sta

here with more is msnbc legal analyst danny is a value's. "the wall street journal" is reporting that they want to leverage an interview between mueller and the president to end the investigation. do you think that his attorneys are pushing so hard for the conclusion? >> they are, but good luck to them. because as someone who has negotiated both with private corporations and also with the doj, they're in for a rude awakening if they try to negotiate with the u.s. attorneys the way you do with companies. u.s. attorneys don't have to worry about the risks of litigations or the costs of litigation. they don't have to worry about being hit with a gigantic verdict at the end of a civil case. they have unlimited funds and absolutely nothing to lose. when you negotiate with the doj, it's most often a take it or leave it deal. the doj and mueller's team cannot -- or will not enter into some agreement to not -- to end their investigation because they don't know where their investigation will lead them. it just isn't the kind of deal that the doj will

i'm france rivera at msnbc headquarters in new york. president trump is set to head to pennsylvania within the next hour or so where he'll be at the campaign style rally in a hotly contested race that will come down to the wire. live report ahead. >>> is on the verge of the deal with the president's new legal team. >>> and the stormy daniels saga takes an interesting turn. could the adult film actress soon speak out? we have the latest from our attorney? >> we begin with president trump now just three hours away from a big campaign rally near pittsburgh in a hotly contested special congressional election. the race between rick saccone and democrat conor lamb neck and neck. the election tuesday is seen as the bellwether for how november's mid north americans might goo. and also the president's first remarks since a fleury of announces this week. tariffs on steel and aluminum. and historic announcement of an upcoming between trump and kim jong un. is the president's last minute push to boost saccone signaling republicans are actually worr

. >>> that wraps up this hour of "msnbc live." kasie hunt joins me from washington. >> chris, thank you very much. it's 11:00 a.m. out west and 2:00 p.m. here in washington where fire and furry is reportedly engulfing the white house. a white house still trying to explain president trump's call with russian president vladimir putin. here's why. details of that call including the fact that president trump ignored the guidance of his national security team leaked to the press. it's just the latest chapter in an ongoing saga that's seen trump show an unusual amount of deference to a leader who is barely more than a dictator. the big question we're asking today, why does this president feel the way he does about vladimir putin? >> i think he's afraid of president of russia. the russians may have something on him personally that they could always roll out. >> what is the president thinking? we're congratulating him for hacking into americans' voting? >> what he's demon london poisoning people with nerve gas, that's a criminal activity.

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that was a low blow by msnbc. >> she thought she was being funny. she wasn't. she was being offensive. it's part of a larger trend of people in the media center left that this is something that they can mock. we know that they wouldn't do it with any other faith tradition in a million years. they know that that would be very offensive. >> i don't like the idea that there's something inherent on the left that think we don't like christianity. >> there's been a public openness to mocking people like mike pence over his relationship with his wife as he mentioned which was part of his religion which is why he chooses not to meet with one one-on-one. there's an antagonistic approach -- >> we only have a few seconds here. >> do you think plays to americans in the heartland's rejection -- >> yes. full on. >> and the idea that you challenge mike pence, you're challenging christianity and that's not fair. >> many viewers think it's admirable for someone like larry kudlow to be open about his struggles -- >> yeah. and i totally agree. >> more "outnumbered" in just a mome

craig melvin is up next on msnbc. you may be seeing the president of the united states. >> we expect to see him any moment now. andrea mitchell, thank you. stick around for me, if you can. good friday to you. craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters in new york. we start with that breaking news at the white house. president trump promising a news conference on the government spending bill that his stafr said he was ready to sign yesterday. a few hours ago, the president threatened to veto that bill. at this point it's unclear whether he'll follow through on that veto. we honestly don't know what he's about to say. we don't know if this will be a traditional news conference with reporters where he takes questions or if the president is going to be making a statement. we are standing by for president trump. as we, do let's bring in our correspondents, geoff bennett at the white house and garrett hake as well standing by. geoff, what more do we know at this point? >> hey, craig. i don't know if you can see around me. this