wonderful, warm, sensible approach that he brought to government. one over an awful lot of people in the country and he did a fine job. laura: the elites never accepted him until he was long gone. now all of a sudden he s their hero. they didn t like it much when he was in there. laura: former president george w. bush recently said donald rumsfeld didn t make one blinking decision it s a small finger.a worm! like, a dagger?
tweeting a couple minutes ago, the jeff sessions comments from president trump as i read them here. highly inappropriate. that is a statement now from lindsey graham s office. i want to bring in the folks hanging out with me for the next 50 busy minutes. the political reporter for the guardian and politico magazine tim alberta. let s pick up where kristen left off, tying it to the next big news of the day, which is health care. some of these republicans worked with jeff sessions, they voted for him, six months in, they are seeing him essentially left hung out to twist in the winds here by the president. halle, you used the word extraordinary. you can t overstate how extraordinary a president s public attacks on his own attorney general are. we are used to using that word with trump. this really crosses a bridge in the minds of many republicans. you have to remember, this is not a president that has a lot of good will when it comes to his own party, those looking no
it s not the one you think it is. but first, a programming note. tomorrow night, on the 45th anniversary of the watergate break-in, msnbc will bring you a special presentation of all the president s men revisited. the documentary narrated by robert redford offers a comprehensive look of the watergate scandal, weaving firsthand accounts from those at the center of the storm with the scenes from redford s movie, all the president s men. it s an enjoyable way to remember and sort of relive some of that history for some of you and perhaps it s history you need to know. that s tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. eastern, only on msnbc. we ll be right back. but first, here s deedra bosa with the friday market wrap. what have we got? reporter: happy friday, thanks, chuck, stocks ending today mixed. the dow rose 24 points with, the s&p gained just a fraction and the nasdaq lost 13. the big news of the day, amazon is expanding its presence in brick and mortar retail. the ecommerce giant will bu
about special agent, crystal griner, who was shot while protecting the lawmakers from that gunman. she s now in good condition. doesn t mean she s out of the hospital yet, but that also another good sign. so relatively speaking, some improved news today on that front. we ll be back in 60 seconds. this is a story about mail and packages. and it s also a story about people and while we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget. that your business is our business the united states postal service. priority: you p3 it s meat, cheese and nuts. i keep my protein interesting.
get fast internet and add phone and tv now for only $24.90 more per month. our lowest price ever on this offer. but only for a limited time. call today. comcast business. built for business. welcome backs to mtp daily. we have an update on the condition of house majority whip, steve scalise, who was, of course, shot earlier this week during the republican congressional baseball team practice. the doctors at medstar washington hospital say the congressman s condition remains critical, but the good news is his vital sign strabs have stab. they re encouraged by scalise s improvement over the last 36 hours compared to his status when he reached the hospital, which they characterized as at imminent risk of death. the good news is that that s no longer the case. congressman scalise will require additional surgeries and will certainly be in the hospital for a considerable period of time. meanwhile, some good news