Transcripts For MSNBCW Hardball With Chris Matthews 20171118

Against the foundation, and now against my husband, he will not step down. And yet, republicans may have reason to be nervous. Two polls two days in a row show moore trailing his democratic opponent. The latest poll out today shows moore five points behind. And yesterday, a fox news poll had him down eight points. In washington, there is one republican, however, glaringly absent from the conversation about roy moore. President donald trump hasnt spoken or tweeted a word about the Senate Candidate since returning from his trip to asia. And here is how the president reacted to a question this week about moore. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you all. Should roy moore resign, mr. President . Do you believe his accusers . Thank you. Do you believe the accusers of roy moore, mr. President . Should he resign . His response was very different to another scandal. Yesterday a radio news anchor accused senator al franken of kissing her without permission. It happened during a uso tour in 2006. The two were rehearsing a skit. Shes are released this photo. She said today she accepted frankens apology. Last night trump tweeted, the Al Frankenstein picture is really bad. Speaks a thousand words. Where do his hands go in pictures two, three, four, five, and six while she sleeps . And to think that just last week he was lecturing anyone who would listen about Sexual Harassment and respect for women. Well, trump ends with the question, leslie staal tape . That appears to be a reference to a 1995 new York Magazine article which saturday night live writers were discussing a skit about 60 minutes. Franken suggested a joke about raping leslie staal. Well, trump is the man who once bragged about being able to grab womens private parts. More than a dozen women accused him of Sexual Assault or misconduct. Hes denied all of them. Any way, Sarah Huckabee sanders was asked about all the different responses to the two stories. Lets watch her. Some critics have said it was hypocritical of the president to tweet about al franken and not weigh in on roy moore. He has weighed in on roy moore. He did it while he was on a foreign trip in asia. I did it repeatedly yesterday. To suggest that this white house, and specifically that this white house hasnt weighed in is just inaccurate and wrong. He said if the allegations are true, he should step aside. He also weighed in when he supported the rncs decision to withdraw resources from the state of alabama. Im joined now by charlie sykes, shannon pettypiece, and clarence pates. I want to start with charlie on this. What do you make of, well, its obvious a question, but ill ask you, why does he not talk about moore but he talks about franken . Kind of rough to put it lightly. Yeah. I mean, the hypocrisy has hair on it in this case. Number one, donald trump understands that his base is still with roy moore, and thats the message that steve bannon has been spitting out and nothing this president ever does separates from the base. And number two, look, you know, this is his playbook. The maybook is to play the card of what aboutism. He thinks this playbook worked for him. This is basically the entire message of the moore campaign, the evangelical christians supporting moore, which is to turn it around like he did with access hollywood. But the question is whether that playbook accounts for the way the game has changed. But hes still going back to, this is what donald trump does, he punches back and does not separate himself from his base. I dont know where to start here. Shannon, this is you know, the way the president played this was so gross. It wasnt like he said theres the guy caught in a terribly embarrassing and off manner satirizing, hes touching this woman while hes sleep. Then he suggested this bill cosby allegation that hes groping her. He outgrosses al franken by a mile in his own imagination. What do you think . The tweet doesnt make very much sense. I mean, like a lot of his tweets dont necessarily make sense. Where are we in pictures two, three, four, five, and six . I dont know if there were two, three, four there probably werent. It doesnt make any sense. But to charlies point, this strategy that i see a lot of parallels and the access hollywood tape. Even a similar time between now and when weve got about three weeks before the election. Theres a lot that can help between now and then. If roy moore takes the donald trump strategy of dig his heels in, fight, fight, fight, counterpunch, raise a few doubts in peoples minds, hold your ground, he could pull off the same thing, because when the voters of alabama go by themselves in that voting booth, and there have been life long republicans, are they going to pull the lever for the name of the democrat on there . That doesnt seem to be any momentum to get another republican in there. Clarence, lets fete back to our area of specialty, which is politics. It seems to me that as we talk about it here up in the national media, the people down in alabama are taking care of this quite well themselves. They are shifting away from their normal voting pattern of voting republican here, and theyre all shifting over at least in the polling today and yesterday, to jones, the democratic nominee. I think thats critical, chris. One thing that donald trump knows about, its his base. He understands audience. And i think the way he ran away from the microphone when he was asked about roy moore today was indicative of how he does not want to divide his base. He sees that roy moore does divide the base. Its a heavy evangelical base, very moralistic in their thinking and very conservative. Thats what i think youre seeing in this erosion in the polls. A lot of people are saying, ive got to go in there and decide who to send to washington to represent alabama, my state. Do i want to vote for a guy who is probably a pedophile . Thats what people are thinking down there. Thats going to be very interesting. The turnout is going to make a difference. Will they turn out for roy moore or not . I wonder if megans law relates here . Sarah Huckabee Sanders today said comparisons between franken and trump were unfair, because franken admitted to wrongdoing, and the president has not. Just a reminder, the president once bragged about being able to get away with grabbing women by their private parts. Lets listen to that infamous quote from the dap. At the time donald trump the candidate dismissed that as locker room talk. But during the campaign, more than a dozen women accused trump of Sexual Assault or misconduct. These are actually people in public, on the record, doing so. It was a real shock when all of a sudden his hands were all over me. He started encroaching on my space, and i hesitate to use this expression, but im going to, and that is he was like an octopus. It was like he had six arms. He was all over the place. He pushed me up against the wall and had his hands all over me, and tried to get up my dress again. And i had to physically say, what are you doing, stop it it was a shocking thing to have him do this. The person on my right, who unbeknownst to me at that time was donald trump, put their hands up my skirt. He did touch my vagina through my underwear. He walked up to me and grabbed my right arm. Then his hand touched the right inside of my breast. Well, donald trump called the claims against him, all of those women, absolutely false, and he attacked the women making those charges. Lets watch him in action here. These events never, ever happened, and the people that said them fully understand. You take a look at these people, you study these people, and youll understand also. These people are horrible people. Theyre horrible, horrible liars. I have no idea who these women are, have no idea. When you looked at that horrible woman last night, you said i dont think so. All of these liars will be sued after the election is over. Charlie, where do we begin here . Yeah. As uncomfortable these conversations, those women were explicit, articulate, and very credible. And they seem to have a clear memory of what he did. He has no memory, but he does say theyre horrible people, but then he says i dont know them. Its his ability, the same sentence make 180 arguments from each other, and that people applaud it. Explain. This is going to be a hell of a problem for him and the republican party. Because when you think about he was able to pull this off by doing the what aboutism with clinton a year ago. You know, listening to those sound bites again, you realize how incredibly ugly this is, that he is reabusing these women by attacking them. Adding insult to injury. Adding insult to injury. But also what theyre doing is, this is a warning to women not to come forward because we will attack you and well vilify you and you will be ignored. This is going to be a live issue for him again. You know, as this all plays out. Theres no way it doesnt. But theres also a problem for republicans and a lot of republicans are going to have to answer the question, if you believe the other women were making accusations, do you or do you not believe the women who are making the charges against donald trump . And they have to answer that at some point if it is pressed. So its a problem for trump, its going to come back and be a live issue, it ought to be a live issue and ought to be a live issue for republicans who have enabled him since the access Hollywood Video came out. Shannon, i always accused the right over the years of conflation. Theyll conflate Something Like what happened, the horror of 9 11 with iraq and say we have to go to iraq. Theyre very good at this. And in this case, theyre conflating the misconduct and admitted misconduct of senator franken with the real problem, i mean, real personal problem we have that it looks like it was an enduring problem, addiction problem we have with mr. Moore, judge moore. And theyre throwing him out, and i think thats what trump is up to. This moral equivalence that putting them all in the same cat dwoir, because the media has to struggle to put them he does make it hard to cover these stories accurately and fairly. Right. And it gets them to like this argument about whose defense is worse, this one admitted it, this one had six accusers, this one had one. Its like a contest who can be the biggest sexual offender. I think between now and the next election or the next three years, were going to see more of these. Especially on capitol hill, and the reporters i know have been walking the halls of capitol hill. They know there are more stories. Its just going to be a continual discussion about who did what, whos worse. Where are we going to draw the line too of what was crossing the line, whats not crossing the line, what is going too far back in someones past . I think the ground is shifting and were just at the beginning of this. This conversation is going to be in a completely different place a year from now than where it is now. And one guy is on a uso tour helping the troops, doing something he shouldnt have done. And the other guy is trolling a mall for teenagers. We have to think through this and discernment is the ability god gave us to do. Charlie, shannon, and clarence, thank you. Coming up, lots of developments in the Russian Investigation, including a new report that Jared Kushner, remember him . Soninlaw to the president. Failed to disclose a back door overture to the campaign by trump involving a russian banker with alleged ties to the russian mob. And that russian banker ended upsetting next to donald trump, jr. At an nra event in kentucky last may. The question is, why did he end up there . Why are there russians nearby the trumps . Thats ahead. Plus, with accusations of Sexual Harassment on the front page, some democrats are beginning to reconsider the actions of former president bill clinton. Kirsten gillibrand, who owes her career in large part to the clinton, says bill clinton should have resigned. After his behavior in the lewinsky scandal. And house of lies. President trump makes five or more false claims every day he lives. But hes not the only Administration Official who has trouble telling the truth, as michael gersham puts it, the Russian Investigation has led to a spectacular accumulation of lies by trump and his people. And let me finish tonight, the inspiring welcome ive been getting from bobby kennedy. We create machines that make every experience more real. Because the best feature of a pc Gaming Machine is the power to make you forget its there. Shop our lowest prices ever at dell. Com. a shouting match erupted late last night during a Senate Hearing for the republican tax plan. Senator brown of ohio accused republicans of writing a bill that favors corporations and the rich instead of middle class americans. And those comments clearly got under the skin of the chairman, republican senator orrin hatch. When republicans are in power, the first thing they want to do is give tax cuts to the rich. Its in their dna. Its what they are going to do. I resent anybody saying im just doing this for the rich. Give me a great. True, its nice political play. I get sick and tired regular order, mr. Chairman. [ overlapping speakers ] [ banging gavel ] listen ive honored you by allowing you to spout off here, and what you said was not right thats all im saying. I come from the lower middle class. We didnt have anything. So dont spew that stuff on me. I get a little tired of that crap. You know what i like to hear theyre being genuine, and both were. According to a new analysis by a nonpartisan congressional group, the senate plan would give large tax cuts to the rich, while raising taxes on those earning less than 75k a year. Well be right back. Believe itu actually like what you do. Even love it. And today, you can do things you never could before. Youre working in millions of places at once with iot sensors. Analyzing social data on the cloud to create new designs. And using blockchain to help prevent fraud. So get back to it and do the best work of your life. And using blockchain to help prevent fraud. And it might be hard what ito handle ve got but like the flame that burns the candle the candle feeds the flame topped steak twisted potatoes at applebees. Eatin good in the neighborhood. Welcome book hardball. There are new indications now, and today in fact that senior white house adviser that Jared Kushner hasnt been telling the full truth to congressional investigators when it comes to the campaigns contacts with russian officials. In a letter yesterday to kushners lawyer, the Committee Said that kushner failed to turn over documents that their committee requested last month. Among the missing documents are communications to mr. Kushner concerning wikileaks, as well as documents concerning a russian back door overture and dinner invite. In a late breaking story tonight, nbc news is reporting tonight that the undisclosed russian overture involved a banker who has been accused of links to russian organized crime, according to three sources familiar with the matter. A series of emails described requests from a former russian senator and close putin ally, who wanted trump to attend an event he was organizing on the sidelines of a National Rifle Association Event in may of 2016. According to nbc news, the email also suggests he was speaking to meet with a high level Trump Campaign official during the convention. And that he may have had a message for trump from putin the sources said. While kushner rebuffed the request, he said that he dined with donald trump, jr. At a private dinner on the sidelines of an nra event. Join me is carol lee, Investigative Reporter with nbc news, and paul, a former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst. Carol lee, thank you for joining us. How does this support it does apparently support the idea that kushner is not being clean with the investigators, but does it suggest more so that he was colluding, that someone was colluding with the russians or not . Well, what it suggests or shows is that kushner did not discho disclose this email, which was a series of email exchanges on a Campaign Official and somebody acting on behalf of this russian meeting, which says he wants to have some contact around this nra convention. Those exchanges and a handful of other senior Campaign Officials, and kushner replayed saying take a pass on this and any future requests along these lines. The problem the committee has with this, this turned up in their requests for documents from other officials and kushner himself didnt disclose it. Now, the problem for kushner in terms of was this any sort of collusion, i think he would argue that he was dismissive of this, that the email would show he was dismissive of this. What it does raise the question about is don, junior, and whether if kushner rejected this suggestion to have some sort of meeting along the sidelines of this nra convention, then this individual told bloomberg that he privately dined with donald trump, jr. , how did that come to be . In the bloomberg story reported earlier this year, acting on behalf of donald trump, jr. , he said he doesnt recall being the same, that he recalls the meeting with a russian, but he doesnt know if it was this specific person. Donald trump is notorious of going of to africa and killing big game for photoopes, but wasnt he the one that was at the meeting in trump tower the russians . It seems this soft, underbelly of the trump family where they go to him because hes not quite as tough thinking as the rest of the family about what hes up to . Im trying to be nice. Well, based on what we know, and we dont know everything. In fact, we probably know a lot less than there is, certainly Robert Mueller knows. But based on what we know, there are a number of increasing questions being raised around the president s son. And this is just another one, and i think that hes theres going to be hes going to have to answer questions about what was this dinner . Did it happen . How did it happen . How did it happen when the president s soninlaw apparently said that nobody should take any sort of meeting along these lines . And so we do seem to learn a little bit more and more about donald trump, jr. As this goes on. Paul, how do you see this case . Is this one of these cases like billy carter, the brothers brother theres always a president ial family member, and ive catched this for decades now, that gets the president in trouble. Sam houston johnson was one. And theres also the case we see in local problems cases where the father gets the son brought into the corruption or the wife brought into it. Horrible cases. What is the line of authority here . Is it the softer underbelly in the form of donald junior who thinks hes helping dad out and doesnt know what hes up to or is he designated to be the front man by the father . Certainly something that prosecutors exploit. So mueller is being cold blooded with regard to Michael Flynns son. Hes doing this tough investigation may bring him up on charges. Again, not so much because he cares about michael flynn, jr. , but because he wants to get dad. Again, if he find the special counsel mueller honing in on kushe er in ku ku kusher in kushner, the soninlaw, and donald trump, jr. , its all about the big guy. Its not all these trump operatives are meeting with these shady russian operatives, its they failed to disclose. So we have kushner, trump junior, sessions, flynn, George Papadopoulos. There comes a point where failure to disclose becomes willfully withholding evidence becomes a lie, becomes a coverup. Thats a crime. Lets go to carol on that same point. Youve been covering this. It seems it is a case of creeping investigation whereby he mueller and his team find cases where laws were broken, and create opportunities for the prosecutoris to squeeze. Thats right. Hes using things like the registering, which nobody would think that wasnt something that wasnt Foreign Agency registration act. Help the people out on this. Go ahead. Normally if somebody failed to do that, it would be a misdemeanor at worst, but in this case it can be used to lefer tlef er t lever the truth from people. Youre going to enforce that, it could carry significant penalties. So weve seen Robert Mueller look at using things like that to try to squeeze i mean, the whole goal here seems to be to just get some of these lower left and by that, i mean outer rungs away from the president , to find compel them to somehow flip. And one way to do that is to take these things like registering as a Foreign Agent that werent necessarily enforced a lot and basically enforce them. Were learning a lot day by day. Thank you for your reporting. Up next, senator Kirsten Gillibrand says bill clinton should have resigned following the lewinsky scandal. She has hillarys seat. And is it time for bill clintons day of reckoning . That wasnt a secret tribunal. This is hardball where the action is. Give ancestrydna, the only dna test that can trace your origins to over 150 ethnic regions. And open up a world of possibilities. Save 20 for the holidays at ancestrydna. Com. That adjusts on both sides semito your ideal comfort,y bed your sleep number setting. Does your bed do that . Right now our queen c4 mattress is only 1499. Save 300. Ends sunday. Visit sleepnumber. Com for a store near you. avo if yand constipation,ling and youre overwhelmed by everything youve tried all those laxatives, daily probiotics, endless fiber it could be wearing on you. Tell your doctor what youve tried, and how long youve been at it. Linzess works differently from laxatives. 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The allegations against al franken has started a National Discussion about their support of bill clinton. Some have been emboldened to speak out. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who occupies the new York Senate Seat once held by Hillary Clint clinton, said the former president , bill clinton, should have resigned over his affair with Monica Lewinsky. Here she is. That is Good Journalism you just heard there. Good enter vug, catinterviewing politician to make a real statement, which the senator did right there. Has bill clintons day of reckoning come . I think it has. Im joaned by stephanie and eugene. Stephanie, bill clinton was impeached, he wasnt convicted but had to be tried before the United States senate. Everybody this side of the world, in fact, all around the world, knew what he was involved with with a Young Employee and former intern, we all knew the situation. We all pretty much knew the starr report. We do know what happened. We know the president wasnt honest, we know all of that. What more needs to be said about that at this point all these years lateer . I mean, listen, we called it the lewinsky scandal, we called it the clinton scandal and looked at her as a villain. But come on, she was a victim. We did . Im talking about the punishment look, i was tougher on bill clinton than just about anybody on the center left. I know all about it. I remember what i was. I sometimes think i was too tough on him. But one thing you cant say is people didnt get it. We saw it and he was judged by the United States senate, wasnt he . He was definitely judged by the United States senate, and Monica Lewinsky was practically run out of time. Look at Kirsten Gillibrand making the brave statement she has right now, and shes getting pushback from those who said the clintons gave you money, they gave you Hillary Clintons seat, you should be grateful. But Kirsten Gillibrand was not in a position then to say anything. The world accepted the clintons. They were among the most powerful people in the democratic party. And now senator gillibrand is in a position of power and its brave of her right now to say Something Like she has. I agree, but what should we do . Change what were doing going forward. Listen, i spent 14 years of my life sitting on a trading floor. Did i know that when i was sent home from dinner a little early guys were going to a strip club or i didnt get invited to conferences in vegas . I thousand what wknew what was wasnt in a position of power. In 2017 stephanie, please dont argue with me. Im just trying to say that bill clinton, who i was very tough on, went through hell on this. How did he escape judgment . He didnt escape judgment. It was just a different time. People judged bill clinton. But over year after year, we accepted i mean, bill clinton was a womanizer for years, and we accepted it. And now that Kirsten Gillibrand is trying to say, maybe we shouldnt have. Why dont we talk about the other cases that have come up. I want to bring in eugene here, too. We have juanita broderick, much more serious than anything else. We have Kathleen Willie with her charges. How do you put them into this question of what should be done now moving forward in 2017 . I think moving forward, what people are asking is that democrats be consistent with believing women. And i think thats what gillibrand was getting to. When these allegations came up, people did not immediately believe women. We had people, including gloria steinem, Hillary Clinton and other democrats try to discredit these women in a way very similar to what were seeing roy moore do, as well as donald trump involving the women that have accused them of inappropriate behavior. So whether or not bill clinton got impeached or was criticized or received negative pushback, the main focus is just how much women were not believed when they came forward against the president. And lets do better. It could be politics, business. In power circles, more junior people get taken advantage of. Lets listen to them and try to be better. Absolutely. I think people thought, by the way, stephanie, on your point, i think that people thought bill clinton was the predator in regard to Monica Lewinsky. Did they say she was the predator . I think clinton took that hit. As the person in charge of that office, as president of the United States. He should. Have had anything to do with her socially or sexually at all. He took that hit, but so did she. You dont think that Monica Lewinsky also took a hit . Come on. She took a bigger hit. Clinton launched a much more lucrative career after all this, and Monica Lewinsky was a very promising young person, and her career as a result has not become what it could have been she was not bill clintons peer. So its not like theyre one in the same. But her life to a large part was destroyed. Right. Bill clintons wasnt. We can agree on that. Thank you, stephanie. I hear your points, and theyre well received here. Thank you, eugene. I think i was too tough on clinton. Any way, eugene scott, thank you. Up next, according to the Washington Post, President Trump says something that isnt true more than five times a day. Its a stunning figure tough a running average like that. But hes not alone. Trumps top officials have shown time and again they have little interest in telling the truth. Youre watching hardball. Ht. Perfect fit. Santa needs an f150. Thats ford, americas best selling brand. Hurry in today for 0 financing for 72 months across the full line of ford cars, trucks and suvs and just announced. Get 0 apr for 72 months plus 1000 cash back take advantage of these exclusive holiday offers during the ford year end sales event. Thats why feeling safe is priceless. With adt, you can feel safe with an adt starter kit professionally installed for only 49. 00. 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Find your rate in just two minutes, and take on your debt at sofi. Com. Welcome back to hardball. The Trump Administration is having trouble with the truth. Big surprise . Since President Trump took office back in january 20th of this year, the Washington Post has been tracking one very specific statistic, all the president s falsehoods. The post fact checker found in 298 days, trump made 1628 false or misleading claims, abaveran e of 5. 58 a day. Any way, the president suspect the only member of the administration who has shown little interest in being forthright. Tuesday, Jeff Sessions evaded questions about the Trump Campaigns interactions with the russians. Lets listen to the ag. My answers have not changed. Ive always told the truth, and i have answered every question as i understood them to the best of my recollection. Did you discuss your meetings with ambassador kislyak to mr. Flynn . I dont recall, and do not believe i communicated that information. Anybody forward a communication from mr. Papadopoulos . I dont recall it. I dont recall ever being made aware of that before. I dont recall it. I do not recall such a conversation. I dont recall it. In your testimony today, you have stated i dont recall at least 20 times. Is that fair to say . I have no idea. As former george w. Bush speechwriter writes in the Washington Post, the Russian Investigation has led to a spectacular accumulation of lies. That was his phrase, by trump and his administration. Lies on twitter, lies in the White House Briefing room, lies to the fbi, selfprotective lies by the attorney general, blocking and tackling lies by Vice President pence. This is, with a few exceptions, a group of people whom truth, political honor, ethics and integrity mean nothing. Thats tough writing. Lets bring in our hardball table. Let me start with jonathan allen. Your thoughts on this . This pattern is brutal, but it doesnt seem to affect his rock hard 38 of people, they dont seem to be focused on their veracity as their reasons for loyalty to him. Theres a strong contingent that finds him to be authentic. Whether or not the president is telling the truth with regard to this Russian Investigation, a lot of these lies of commission and omission are pertaining to that, and of course, the temporary selective am knee amnesia of the attorney general. I think the problem for trump over time is it will make it difficult to expand his base. We saw this with Hillary Clinton in 2016. By the time the American Public decided that she wasnt honest and trustworthy, it made her incapable of making the case for herself. What she was saying wasnt considered valid. Rachel, i remember when Richard Nixon went down, he went down because people stopped believing anything he had to say. He was proven to not be telling the truth, specially with regard to the coverup of watergate. When is that step going to come where the president says something and everybody even on the right starts to laugh . Credibility, theres definitely some credibility issues on the hill right now. From covering capitol hill, theres two reactions, theres frustrations. I remember a couple of days ago after we found out that sessions was in the very room that George Papadopoulos floated the idea of having trump meet vladamir putin, which he did not mention in any of his congressional hearings. We saw Lindsey Graham go on tv and say sessions, you need to tell us what is going on here. Were sick of you forgetting things. This is a person he was very close with in the senate. There is also this numbness. People are starting to roll their eyes. Another falsehood. Another thing they forgot to mention. More amnesia. And people are going to stop or they already are questioning things coming out of the administration and wondering are these things true . This comes back to credibility. Theres going to be a time when President Trump or one of his Campaign Officials is going to Say Something and theyre going to want people to believe them. Of course, they do already. And nobody is going to believe them, because credibility means everything, and theyre losing it right now. Alexi, youve got the president always doing a 180, and what he said in the first part of his sentence he changedis by the second. You have this country boy by Jeff Sessions, slow talking and i dont remember and all that stuff. Its a game where the country boy is always the one pretending hes not so smart but is smart. A lot smarter than hes pretending to be. Then of course, we got the document behind, we have to squeeze it out of these people. Its always disclosure. Jared is just the classic case who forgets to tell you about his latest meeting with the russians. Exactly. When the president is making on average 5. 5 misleading claims a day, how can anyone keep up with those and add their own lies in that speaks to why they dont remember or its easier to say i dont recall that happening, because otherwise theyre implicating themselves and they have to keep up with what the president is saying, which is often false and misleading. I think the latest news about mueller, sending subpoenas to 12 Top White House officials suggests what theyre saying, which is theyre not complying with their requests for documents in a way this theyre chaiming they are. Theyre coming up slowly. Well, okay. Well be right back. Go ahead, your thoughts . Just very quickly, i was looking at my phone on the way over here and reading a story about sessions making a joke today in washington where he was caught talking to russians and not mentioning it, saying Something Like, are there any russians in the room . So hes joking about this. Not very funny. 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President trump just tweeted hes putting that big game decision on hold, the one that has stirred up all the controversy over people shooting elephants until he has an opportunity to talk to secretary ryan zinke about it. So obviously those who are in the Conservation Community have gotten President Trumps ear for the moment. Ive been hearing good stuff about what i said last night. I raised hell about it and im going to keep doing that. Thats a terrible decision to let people bring tusks and heads of elephants. Alexei, thank you. Your thoughts . At axios, were privately hearing from republican senators that they are worried that trump is going to do something between now and the end of the year that will force them into a public vote either for or against him. Theyre not talking impeachment, theyre talking a little bit more specifically about a vote to censure him, which we know is like a public display. Its a loselose. 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