conspiracy land podcast. great to see you. let s get to this article in the atlantic in which peter biner says if donald trump and his supporters weren t so fond of conspiracy theories, the ukraine scandal would never have unfolded as it did. do you agree with that? yeah, probably. look, you go back to the transcripts of the phone call, and it starts with this word salad from the president, after he says i want you to do me a favor, though, about crowd strike, the ukrainian the dnc server somehow being in ukraine, which was absolutely a new wrinkle to conspiracy the president s bizarre conspiracy theories. in fact, those of us who followed this closely had never even heard that one before. but look, the purpose the whole purpose there was to try
that is our show for today. a.m. joy will be back tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern. up next, alex witt with the latest. alex! okay, glamourama. i m literally looking at you, like come on! on a saturday morning. look at that. you look great. thank you. thank you so much. all right, my friend, it was a great show. bye. good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. it is noon in the east, 9:00 a.m. out west. welcome to weekends with alex witt. twitter tirade, the president pulling out profanity as he goes after the one gop senator who most forcefully criticized him. also, could there be another one? a new report about a possible second whistle-blower. taking a look at the president s circle, who is most vulnerable in this impeachment investigation? when the world doesn t focus on the things that are right, the things that matter, the things that impact real people s lives, and instead, you get caught up in some silly gotcha game? plus, how the presi
know. i mean, it s remarkable! look, i mean, rudy giuliani was pushing this on these, you know, hapless diplomats dealing with ukraine policy for the sole purpose of, you know, getting dirt against the president s rival, joe biden, but also to, you know, once again, somehow debunk the idea that the russians perpetrated the election interference that we know they did in 2016. so you know, the consistency in the propagation of these conspiracy theories is really remarkable, because it all comes down to the president s, you know, resentment over the investigations into russia. he s just been unable to accept from the get-go that the russians did what they did in order to help get him elected. okay. michael isikoff.
right. there s some revisionist history in though tweets. john kelly was the new chief of staff and was responsible for removing anthony scaramucci. the president reports president indicated that he wanted to give him a second chance. so i don t think this is likely to be a big mover. anthony scaramucci talks a lot, i expect to continue to hear from him. dana: i expect we will. good to hear from you steve hayes from toledo. thanks, dana. dana: a closer look at a mysterious explosion in russia. what was russia testing in the arctic when five state workers were killed? and need cash? eran, ow you should know about the newday va guaranteed cash out loan. it lets you take out an average of over 50,000 dollars. you could refinance your mortgage, consolidate your credit card debt, put cash in the bank, and lower your payments by over 600 dollars a month. newday looks at your whole financial picture, not just your credit score, so if you re a veteran homeowner who needs cash, call new
not because not just because of anything democrats say, but that those parents and those mothers won t sit idly by while the president does nothing. and there is one other thing to think about. we had 251 shootings and something like 217 days. mass shootings, excuse me. at some point, everyone is going to be affected by a mass shooting. and that s it s been in their town, it s been in their state. they know somebody. they have to feel connected and that s the urgency you need. thanks to both of you. much appreciate it. up next, a closer look at the human toll of these attacks in texas and ohio. what we learning about the lives stolen this weekend. as the search for a motive continues in dayton. this is nice.