pence received more than $10,000 in contributions from the political action committees of major tobacco companies including philip morris, r.j. reynolds. over his 12 years in congress, he received $39,000 from r.j. reynolds, maker of newport and camel cigarettes. when he ran for governor 2012 and 2016, dropped out of the race to become trump s running mate, he received more than $70,000 from the tobacco industry. so we ve become used to certain stories about mike pence. mike pence, the tough as nails politician, is a storyline you bring out in this book that is not in the public realm. yeah. he s very, very ambitious, and he will do almost anything to get to the top. i interviewed one of his bosses at his radio station in indiana, and he described himself as rush limbaugh on decaf at the time. and his boss said he has never met a more directable talent. he asked pence to not be too long winded and the very next
the last thing before we go tonight isn t about the current speaker of the house but the guy who has the job before him. john boehner has a new gig and it s generating a lot of buzz. a creaturer known for his love of red wine and camel cigarettes. he told a voter in 2011 he was unalterably oopposed to legalization. now he says his thinking has eeevolved. he joined a cannibis company that operates in 11 states. the former speaker says i m convinced descheduling the drug is needed. and before we go tonight we have eremindersers if you missed the show on your tv, download the msnbc app on any apple device. you can hear the show live each night and we rr also available
speaker of the house but the guy who has the job before him. john boehner has a new gig and it s generating a lot of buzz. a creaturer known for his love of red wine and camel cigarettes. he told a voter in 2011 he was unalterably oopposed to legalization. now he says his thinking has eeevolved. he joined a cannibis company that operates in 11 states. the former speaker says i m convinced descheduling the drug is needed. and before we go tonight we have eremindersers if you missed the show on your tv, download the msnbc app on any apple device. you can hear the show live each night and we rr also available ass a free podcast. i m back tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. eastern right here on msnbc. that s our broadcast for tonight
senate. look, we ve been talking about the house as if it s the ball game this year because nobody thought the senate would boo ein play. the democrats have a lot of seats. we rer talking 10 seats. if the midterm climate goes in your favor and all of those if they could do that, they would need a net gain of four seats. if you could defend those and pick up the other three, the senate could end up in play. i could listen to you all night. the last thing before we go tonight isn t about the current speaker of the house but the guy who has the job before him. john boehner has a new gig and it s generating a lot of buzz. a creaturer known for his love of red wine and camel cigarettes. he told a voter in 2011 he was unalterably oopposed to legalization. now he says his thinking has eeevolved. he joined a cannibis company that operates in 11 states. the former speaker says i m convinced descheduling the drug is needed. and before we go tonight we have eremindersers if you missed the s
states is politically useful to every egyptian faction. it s easy to look at that kind of stuff and dismiss it, oh, it s the wacky conspiracy theories of the arab street, people in that region are addicted to anti-americanism. we get news like we got today to remind us why conspiracy theories are so powerful. the cia declassified a document showing that 60 years ago they did, in fact, help engineer a coup. a military coup that overthrew then-prime minister mosadeq was carried out under cia direction as an act of u.s. foreign policy. mosadeq, head of a democratically elected government, was nonetheless regarded by the u.s. as a sinister and dangerous character, subject to communist influence. here s a report from the i m not making this up camel news caravan, a news program sponsored by camel cigarettes that aired on nbc just weeks before the cia engineered coup that ousted then-prime minister of iran.