Im heidi choiniere, and this is my ancestry story. Now with over 10 billion historical records, discover your story. Get started for free at ancestry. Com welcome to kasie d. C. Im kasie hunt. Were live every sunday from washington from 7 00 to 9 00 p. M. Eastern. Washington and the white house go nuts over an anonymous oped. Well talk about whether the president s hunt is really all about the thrill of the chase. Plus, disorder over the court. Democrats grandstand. Republicans play games over papers. Is Brett Kavanaugh qualified or not . The third branch of the government politicized like rarely before. Later, two president s, two americas. Well talk about how the return of president obama to the
political stage perfectly captures this moment in history. Tonight, a piece of writing that is deeply consequential or completelyirrelevant. Either an act of bravery or cowardice. More than two dozen Trump Administration officials have disavowed the anonymous oped. Its possible we havent seen
Truly made two opinions crystal clear. Number one, he thinks there was no collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia, and the special counsel will treat him, he believes, fairly. Msnbcs Garrett Haake is live in west palm beach, so garrett, this is a print interview, apparently no advisers in the room. Trump and the reporter. We get unfiltered thoughts. Takes through the highlights of what the president is saying. Reporter sure. So you have donald trump and a reporter at a table in his restaurant, as you said, essentially unfiltered for 30 minutes. The way the interview was conducted, its a lot of trump driving the bus here and giving his own thoughts. He returned time and time again to themes were all familiar with now, talking about his electoral victory, how he says repeatedly Something Like 15 or 16 times that there was no collusion in the campaign. He accuses democrats of potentially colluding with russia. And he talks at some length about the Mueller Investigation, and this i
It could be manafort. It could be flynn. Many people have been pointing out that you generally go after the small fish first. Right. Those are not small fish. Yeah. Were talking about the National Security adviser for the president and were talking about the president s campaign manager. Yeah. If those are the small fish, then the big fish has got to be pretty big. Not small fish at all. The president has been on a tweetstorm, of course, today, again, calling the probe a witch hunt and suggesting democrats and Hillary Clinton should be the very focus. But former u. S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who was fired by the Trump Administration, warns that trump may want to watch his words and his reaction. Heres what hes keeping an eye on. Whether or not donald trump has some reaction and talks in a way that could be used against him in the future, because bob mueller would do that. And the second thing i would look at is to see if the president of the United States is sending some kind of messag
Political stage perfectly captures this moment in history. Tonight, a piece of writing that is deeply consequential or completely irrelevant. Either an act of bravery or cowardice. More than two dozen Trump Administration officials have disavowed the anonymous oped. Its possible we havent seen sun sinchronity. Nickly hailey took an extra step signing her name to a piece in the Washington Post headlined, when i challenge the president , i do it directly. And heres the Vice President this morning. Do you think you know who anonymous is . I dont. I dont know, but i do know they should resign and leave this administration. Should all top officials take a lie detector test, and would you agree to take one . I would agree to take it in a heartbeat, and would submit to any review of the administration. Do you think that the administration should do that . Look, that would be a decision for the president. That, of course, is on the record. In the aftermath of the piece, two senior Administrati
Between those who want to go forward and those who want to look back. Between those who want to divide and those who are seeking to bring people together. Between those who promote a politics of hope and those who exploit the politics of fear. I want to reach out to some republicans who kind of harken back to the values of a guy named abraham lincoln, the first republican president. And who say to themselves, i dont recognize whats going on in washington right now. Thats not what i believe. Thats not who we are. If we dont step up, things can get worse. Obama was less pointed in his criticism of President Trump and the Republican Party today than he was yesterday in illinois. Lets bring in the Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution and chief policy adviser to the romney campaign. Msnbc columnist for the daily beast. Political reporter, the Los Angeles Times national correspondent. Does he get your vote. He wants to unite republicans. He doesnt get my vote, but the idea is to speak t