say about mr. mccabe. so it's not fair. i don't know where the fairness is in this. but it's working, and donald trump is going to keep on doing it as long as it works. and until the democrats and the press stand up and rebut what he is saying. >> our opening panel of three contains two lawyers and two journalists. we'll let the viewers work out the math on how we reached that conclusion. with our thanks to kimberly atkins, robert costa, jill wine-banks. appreciate you all very much for coming on tonight. coming up, a cabinet secretary today says she wasn't aware of the intel community's biggest finding on election security. the problem is election security is part of her job. later, it's election night in texas, arkansas, georgia, kentucky, which of course means steve kornacki at the big board with tonight's returns as we get under way for "the 11th hour." lw fast food drive thru lane.