Possibly replacing him. A short time ago, i spoke with Washington Post reporter matt zapotosky. So, matt, what have you learned . Well, we learned as President Trump and his aides have been discussing possibly removing Jeff Sessions as attorney general which maybe isnt a total surprise given what he told the New York Times last week. But interesting that its maybe not just him venting and not thinking about what hes saying, but a calculated move and hes considering, you know, getting somebody else in there. Do you have any idea based on your reporting how serious the discussions, what level theyre at, or what the kind of permutations are being discussed . We understand at this stage, it is pretty informal. Some names have been floated, but maybe not even with the president , himself. Its not as if he is asking people what do you think about this person, what do you think about this person . And some people characterize this as just a sort of intense level of vetting, or excuse me, vent
People what do you think about this person, what do you think about this person . And some people characterize this as just a sort of intense level of vetting, or excuse me, venting, on his part. So, it is pretty early, but, i mean mean, in this administration, things move quickly. Yeah, is there any timeline thats been discussed to your knowledge . No, no, not at all. I dont think the talks are quite that serious that were going to remove him on x date. Just discussing the idea of removing him. We me now, april ryan, ryan lizza, a. B. Stoddard, matthew whittaker, kirsten powers, mike shields. Mike, as a supporter of the president , would it be a mistake to remove Jeff Sessions . I think it would be. You know, theres been a conversation about loyalty a lot tonight. I think loyalty is a part of this but i think its also confidence. I think the president needs to have confidence in the attorney general and my understanding is hes frustrated because Jeff Sessions recused himself from an i
Evening for all the good folks who put this broadcast together each evening good night from nbc news headquarters in new york. Tonight on all in. Weve many, many things on the plate. A day after ending daca, President Trump burns his own party. Thank you very much nancy, chuck, appreciate it very much. Tonight why republicans are seething after the president cut a deal with nancy and chuck and what it can mean for d. R. E. A. M. Ers. Chuck and nancy would like to see something happen, and so would i. Plus the washington scoop. Democrats raise alarms over the new republican interference in the russia investigation. And about that storm. Not good. Believe me, not good. The size, the scope and the Science Behind hurricane irma. Weve never seen a storm be this strong for this long. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Today the president of the United States handed a what one senior democratic called a he would end the daca program currently protecting
What it can mean for d. R. E. A. M. Ers. Chuck and nancy would like to see something happen, and so would i. Plus the washington scoop. Democrats raise alarms over the new republican interference in the russia investigation. And about that storm. Not good. Believe me, not good. The size, the scope and the Science Behind hurricane irma. Weve never seen a storm be this strong for this long. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Today the president of the United States handed a what one senior democratic called a he would end the daca program currently protecting the 800,000 undocumented immigrants currently brought to the United States as children. And then saying nancy pelosi aand Chuck Schumer put out a statement saying they supported raising the debt limit for only three short months. Republicans fearing, of course, the political fall out of having to vote to raise the debt ceiling again in december were staunchly oppose today that plan. House Speak
Altogether a solution or recipe for disaster . Rather than worrying about forgoting my passward, i am the password. Culminating last night with its back to work in order to make America Great again. Before he hit that positive note, the commander in chief launch add string of attacks on senior fbi officials. Deputy director mccabe and the top lawyer james baker. Msnbcs Garrett Haake live for us in west palm beach, florida. The president attended some christmas duties at mar lago. Give us a sense of what he had to say on twitter about mr. Mccabe and others. Look, were used to seeing the president handle these sort of traditional duties over the christmas break. The president did so. We played the video of it. Then he engages in these back and forth with the fbi that are so out of what we would consider to be traditional character for the president of the United States. It becomes catnip for his critics. The president resouped his feud with the fbi this morning. The other tweet citing ap