it s a dangerous precedent he s setting for the future. he can reopen the government. all he needs to do is sell mitch mcconnell to bring up the bipartisan legislation we ve sent over there. we can have discussions about bored are security. the last point i ll make, though, this is not really about border security for the president. if it were, he would understand we should be investing in technology. it s about politics for him and his base and a campaign promise that he cannot fulfill. you can see more of the deutch brothers thursday night on msnbc, the new comedy the deutch brothers. let s get to the details of the major story which some members of congress say could be the most serious allegations yet about donald trump and russia. buzzfeed news is reporting that president trump directed michael cohen to lie to congress about negotiations to build a trump tower in moscow. two former federal law enforcement officials are
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appreciate it. thanks, john. appreciate it. let s talk about all of this and bring in our panel, florida political reporter for politico and former clinton white house press secretary joe lockhart. great to see all of you. i ll start with you, mark. you are in florida. you have covered the chaos there before. is this standard operating procedure? this just a recount, as is mandated by law, or is it all extremely messy and chaotic? because we have dysfunction in florida, it s kind of standard operating procedure. we ve seen this before in broward. it is different before in margin and the presidential race. you have no standard for recounting ballots. after the 2000 race, standards were put in and those are being obeyed here. congressman deutch did not
congress as a whole but especially the judiciary committee does its job that it is mandated to do, which is provide oversight of the executive branch. it s our job to hold hearings on obstruction of justice, and fire the attorney general for the purpose ultimately it looks like for the purpose of getting rid of robert mueller and the mueller investigation. it s our job just to make sure that we re conducting all of oversight to figure out what s behind all of these decisions. it s too soon to know what steps might have to be taken, but it is imperative that we do our job, provide a check on the administration. that s the job that congress is supposed to do. sadly, the republican congress for these past two years, has chosen to look the other way and defend the president rather than living up to their obligations to defend the constitution. ted deutch, thank you so much for being with us.
candidate for senate, who is involved in this, finalized counting of the votes, have not taken the bait. they have not become his choir boys. they ve remained statesman-like and measured. i wish florida republicans did the same thing. i think we all need to get every vote counted. i agree with you. the only logical reason for them to be reacting this way is they think if every vote gets counted, they ll lose. the il logical reason for reacting this way is to get credit with donald trump and act like donald trump before getting to the u.s. senate. both things are not right. ken blackwell does not have standing in the florida recount. you do, by knowing more about this than any other human alive. ted deutch, the congressman, raised the possibility that when you do the recount in broward county, maybe it will reveal that some of those undercounts on the senate race maybe was a mark that just wasn t read by
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