Haunting. As always, you can find me on facebook, twitter, snapchat and instagram. Im around on social media all day long. I will also, just as a quick programming note not be seeing you for the next week. My colleagues will be stepping in for me as i take a little time. Wont be heading to jersey, stef. I know thats your favorite place. Clearly its not a vacation. I cant imagine what youre going to be doing. What else would one want to do . Take it away. All right, my friend. Enjoy. Thank you. Good morning everyone. Im back. Stephanie ruhle here, my partner off today. Friday, august 2018. It is the 10th. Some parts of the country, it does seem like the america we know and love doesnt exist anymore. Massive demographic changes have been put on the american people. Much is related to illegal and
legal immigration which some love. Laura ingram and her White Supremacist speech. Im still at a loss as to how that made it to air. Yesterday, melania trumps parents became u. S. Citizens and wer
The latest Political Developments of the day and interviews with top newsmakers are featured. The 06day period. This needs to be over with soon. I think its been very bad for the country and were at a point in this inquiry where they can wrap it up. Mayor, i know youve said and i said we want to see this come to closure soon here. Mayor . Yes, we do. Its about time that it ends. I also think and i hope the Special Counsel is sensitive it as we are. We do not want to run into the november elections. So you back up from that, this should be over with by september 1st. I think it needs to end very soon and it needs to end very soon because the nature of whats taking place here is irregular and thats being kind. From lock her up to wrap it up, that sounds like lawyer speak for we might be losing. The latest evolution of their messaging strategy from no dough lugs to collusion isnt really a crime to lets call the whole thing off, we see more signs today mueller is zeroing in on another trum
Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. Probes next target. One of his close allies, the Manhattan Madam, testifying before a grand jury in the investigation today, while another one of stones allies is being held in Contempt Of Court today for refusing to comply with the judges order to testify. Which means hes choosing potential jail time over cooperating with robert mueller. Here to help us understand all the days developments, joyce vance, former u. S. Attorney and law professor, frank figliuzzi. On set with Us White House reporter from the the Washington Post Ashley Parker and mike schmidt from sniemz. The new york times. Joyce, let me start with you and the machinations of this for a nonlawyer and someone outside this court, it seems like a bizarre, bizarre trial with a very interesting character as a judge. Tell us what it means that they were on pause for so long, do we know what they were doing and what are the scenarios for what could have been going on. He could know about
reporting about internal clashes in the administration. this time around policy towards iran with national security adviser john bolton clashing with secretary of state mike pompeo. and three trump administration officials tell the washington post senior adviser stephen miller tried to have another shake-up at the department of homeland security but the acting secretary prevented it. just moments ago i asked former white house senior aide omarosa, how much influence does stephen miller have since he seems to have successfully influenced the policies. it was interesting sitting in senior staff meetings with him. he was always quiet. he would take in what everyone around the table was saying and say when he met the president, he would leverage that. he has gain the trust and ears of the president and that s all that matters in this game of thrones of the trump administration. i don t doubt whatever he wants to advance, he will get it done. and the president with very
cohen s testimony. absolutely. whether the president timingwise is able to watch direct himself or briefed as you suggested, what do you think he most fears about michael cohen s testimony? it s hard to say. i mean, omarosa said to you this weekend, alex, michael cohen could speak a little bit about the trump children. and inner workings of the trump organization and finances. as we all know, the president has been reluctant to say the least of getting his tax information out in the public. anything about the finances of his organization and anything that perhaps michael cohen would allege his children had done would certainly be something that would upset him. in general, though, you can expect the president to discredit anything that cohen says and call him a liar and perhaps use the term rat again which he s used before, because of his testimony previously and