Does not work now . Right. Does not work now. Never worked then either. Historically, midterms and polls have shown that people want a check on the president , not a blank check on the president. All right. Thank you all very much. And that is obviously a big Special Election matters across this country. So please stay with us with our special coverage of the Ohio Special Election. It continues now with ac 360. And good evening. Thanks for joining us. It is once again Election Night in america, or at least in five states with some key races that could take the temperature of the electorate three months before the mid terms there are primaries in kansas, michigan, missouri, and washington and in ohio a special Congressional Election in that states 12th District for a seat the republicans have held for decades, but could, could be up for grabs tonight. The president has injected himself into this race, visiting the district on saturday, appearing on stage with republican Troy Balderson.
A look at the days latest news and headlines. Conclusion from it and it is this. Watch. One denial the president is sticking to right now is that he didnt know anything about the trump tower meeting. He has to stick to that part because of he says he knew about the meeting, that almost certainly means that donald jr. Lied in front of congress and i think that that would almost certainly mean that donald junior would get indicted. I agree with dan, if the president admits that he knew about the meeting down the president did something that both ken starr, and the nixon prosecutors, archibald cox, as that was an Impeachable Offense and that is using the instruments of the government to lie to the american public. The instruments of the government would be Air Force One when he dictated the statement saying it was just about russian adoptions. So the president s knowledge is key here to drawing the president into this, but it is not key to Drawing Donald Junior In and hes already in. Sand
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Justice that the president s lawyers have said publically and said it once again today that the president will not answer any questions about obstruction of justice and other issues that the special prosecutor Robert Mueller would like to question the president about. Regular viewers of this hour know i for one believe President Trump was never going to submit to any questions by my prosecutor under any circumstances, even back when the president said the chance of him doing that was 100 . So he said those things under oath. Would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of this . 100 . I would be glad to tell him exactly what i just told you, jim. 100 . That was a year ago. And now the chances of the president submitting to an interview with Robert Mueller is almost officially publically zero percent. Although the president s lawyers continue to play the public game
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Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. Thats 1,754 votes ahead in a sdlact h district that has been in gop hands for three decades. The official outcome way not be known until other ballots are tallied and the race could be headed to a recount if the k candidates end up within 1 of each other once the votes are certified. This morning, balderson is claiming victory. Oconnor has not conceded. Regardless, well see a rematch when they compete for full term in congress. Welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, august 8th. With joe, willie and me, we have Associate Editor of Commentary Magazine noah raufman. Former treasury official and morning joe economic analyst Steve Rattner and National Political correspondent for nbc news and msnbc news, is he still away, Steve Kornacki. But you see this same thing happening. Theyre bleeding. Republicans are bleeding so badly right now in suburbs, and then
A look at the days latest news and headlines. Supreme court. Harris i bring in my first guess this talk to the president during a golf game. South carolina senator Lindsey Graham is with us now, member of the Senate Judiciary committee. Great to see you tonight. Thank you. And so the president brings us up on the golf course. How does that happen and what did you tell him . He thinks this is a witch hunt and he didnt do anything wrong. Mr. President ive seen new evidence in collusion. Why do you think we didnt collude with the russians. We got to be patient and run its course, and we want to make sure hes treated fairly. I dont blame him for being frustrated. This has been going on for a very long time. Harris i know ive heard you say that it was about 20 or so time that he said that. I was joking. You dont want to hand losses to republicans, how would that go . If we shut down the Mueller Investigation publicly it would be the only thing that anyone talked about. That would just let t