their stories mattered. we are in a different place now in 2018 than we were in 2016 when it first came in. >> right. and to end on the same song we began with from liz, wait for the kicker. maybe we'll keep waiting for the kicker. thank you both. jess mcintosh and liz plank. coming up, donald trump is threatening the justice department directly with new calls for rod rosenstein to step aside. what's the gop doing about it? former senator russ fine gold joins me. also, will all of this lead to a mueller face to face? i am going to speak to two lawyers who have been on both sides of a president under oath. stakes don't get higher. what does donald trump do when he is cornered? does the way he fights dirty spreading across our nation. tony sha warts joins the beat live tonight exclusively. next.