i think this further proves that the president s not going to be influenced by special interests. this is actually the definition of draining the swamp. the definition of draining the swamp if a company is paying for the department of justice opposed the merger so certainly the president mass not been influenced or his administration influenced by any outside special interest. maya? i think that s a very strong fact for the administration. because remember donald trump actually opposed the merger when he was a candidate and as far as we know, he hasn t changed his mind. we don t know the department of justice may have made the decision without regard to any conversation with the white house. we just don t know. but i think the point is at least from the optics, the public optics, they can say what influence peddling? we didn t do what at&t wanted. i think it absolutely right. we have to know what michael cohen tried to do and we have to know how this ends certainly if t
only means one thing, it s time to fall back. back with me of course, my friend and attorney maya wylie and cornel belcher joining us as well. maya, who needs to fall back? senator mike shierky from michigan whas decided requirements to get medicaid benefits should be exempted for white rural community but black cities like detroit and flint should still have to work for those benefits. he s literally saying this is something against the cities. he has said if it s county with 8.5% unemployment, which means are exempt, that means places look detroit that are in
maya comes back for fallback friday. coming up we turn to reports that foreign donations into trump s inaugural committee are now under the bob miller scrutiny probe. also donald trump s staff stach staff calling out immigrants in tough terms. and ralph nader right here on the beat. democratic party stop scapegoating, look in the mirror and ask why you cannot land sli slide, the worst, the most ignorant, the cruelest republican party in history. i m ari melber. you re watching the beat on msnbc. playing a little hide-n-seek. cold. warmer. warmer. ah boiling. jackpot. and if you ve got cut-rate car insurance,
a very kanye thing to do. listen to him on comey. did you ask him under investigation? i asked him, yes. i said if it s possible will you let me know am i under investigation? he said you are not under investigation. we re almost out of time, howard. final thought. that s what federal investigators say to somebody who is under investigation. true and fair. howard fineman, thank you for being part of our coverage tonight. up ahead, a report on michael cohen s secret business dealings and why those are causing so much heartburn at the white house. but it is friday and that means it time to fall back with maya wylie and more. he holds your house in the palm of his hand he s your home and auto man big jim, he s got you covered great big jim, there ain t no other -so, this is covered, right? -yes, ma am. take care of it for you right now.
members his most trusted aide along before politics is michael cohen. some people don t like what they see when they look in the mirror. the question is what do you do when that happens? do you take that negative feeling when you re looking in the mirror and apply it to change yourself or do you try to spit it out at other people in do you blame or accuse others of, i don t know, the swampiness that may actually reside inside you? you can probably see where i m going with this. here is donald trump s new message, same as the old one. under my administration we re fighting against the lobbyists, the special interests and the corrupt washington politics. you can send us republicans like mike braun to drain the swamp. i am joined by attorney maya wylie, former counsel of the mayor of new york city and