Is that a fire alarm . Or is that joys show . The fire alarm is going to ruin my hair with the sprinklers. Appreciate it. Thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. It is a weird time in the news right now. Its a weird time in American Life honestly. Were keeping an eye on a few different stories that have been cooking today and stories that are still continuing to develop tonight. There is a story that has just broken in the last few minutes that i need to tell you about. Just moments ago, we learned from the New York Times that the president s lead lawyer on the russia investigation has just done something you would not expect from a person who has that particular job. I mean, mostly you would expect somebody in that job to be busy, right . Even if one of the things that had maybe hurt you, or been a distraction in your professional life, was that you were like a controversy magnet, you were known for sticking your foot in your mouth whenever you had the opportunity to, youd thi
I mean, mostly you would expect somebody in that job to be busy, right . Even if one of the things that had maybe hurt you, or been a distraction in your professional life, was that you were like a controversy magnet, you were known for sticking your foot in your mouth whenever you had the opportunity to, youd think being the president s lead lawyer on a scandal as big and threatening as the russia investigation, would actually cure that problem for you, right . You would be protected from getting involved in other unrelated controversies, just because youd be buried in work. Youre leading the president s defense on the Biggest National security scandal. To ever afflict any american president. You would be too busy to get in trouble, right . Think. The president s lead lawyer on the russia scandal today apparently had some extra time on his hands, and he decided to use that extra time to forward this information to a number of journalists. Quote, you cannot be against general robert e.
The Trump White House tonight. The 2018 is turned out to be a gop bloodbath. Hours after a celebration at the white house, trump aides and outside advisors held a spirited and tense discussion. Aides vented their frustrations with electoral defeats this year and concerns about the 2018 political map. Complaints about the president s political operation and the Republican National committee boiled over playing out in front of the president and the inner circle drama. The New York Times reports there was a heated argument between the two men shown here. Lewa lewandowski said they were doing little to help. Trumps inner circle says theyre bracing for a possible bloodbath in the 2018 midterms that could o literate the republican congressional majorities and paralyze the president s agenda. Also Mitch Mcconnell said privately that both chambers could be lost in november. Mitch mcconnell is just two lost senate seats away from losing the majority in the senate. Today mcconnell sarcastically
Confrontational bellicose rhetoric towards the north for the second half of his speech. And the president now preceding his way out of the chamber. That does it for us tonight. We will see you again tomorrow. This has been a remarkable night of news. And i have to tell you, msnbcs live coverage continues late into this evening as we continue to follow the response to the president s remarks. But also whats turned out to be a very, very, very big Election Night for democrats. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. The next speech were going have on this network is Democrat Ralph Northam of virginia, the winner of the virginias governors race. Were awaiting his remarks. Rachel, i want to get your reaction to what you just witnessed in the president s speech in north korea, a speech that had the usual kind of trumpian surprises that as youre listening to the speech, you cant quite believe its happening. But then you go oh, yeah