knows about or is soon to interview those that are sources for the new york times, they re going to have a substantial criminal case. substantial indeed. the fallout from the bombshell reporting that fbi agents seized more than 300 classified documents from mar-a-lago, some containing the most sensitive secrets, shocking, but not surprising given trump s history. also tonight, ron desantis fancies himself a political tom cruise. and voters today are choosing the wannabe s opponent. beto o rourke is taking on greg abbott for governor. he joins me tonight. plus, our worst fears are am cog true. republicans forced birth laws are mandating women and girls to continue with pregnancies that will not even result in the birth of a living child. but the fight for abortion rights is on the march. we begin the reidout tonight with what we re learning about just how highly classified the documents were that donald trump squirreled away at his florida mansion resort. and the s
Democrats 2027488000. Republicans 2027488001. Independent 2027488002. Join the conversation on facebook or twitter. We will get to your phone calls in a minute after this news update from washington. Politico, party of two. Politico magazine, how the two came together for this election cycle, he writes that one of the most important it hidden storylines of 2016 has been the obama effort to shape a race he is not running in an antiestablishment environment he can no longer control. For the past two years he has worked quietly on clintons behalf, never mind the not so convincing line that he was waiting for the democratic electorate to work its will, offering his former rival strategic advice, share his top dispatched his, top political adviser to calm the clintons during that not so infrequent freak outs over the performance of their staff. The one thing he would not do is endorse her before she cleared the field. Were darkest after her devastating defeat to senator Bernie Sanders in ne
New york times by andrew nassau. Look at the life and career Richard Norton smith joined us on a q a program. The program is available on www. Cspan. Org. Another comment from our viewers saying that the media will force congress to new extremes. Caller my party is certainly ready to lead. Im glad i came on after the last caller. The irony of him talking about republicans in the war, when obama just sent 1800 more troops 5100 my main concern about all this is not necessarily the willingness of republicans to lead or not, it is the kneejerk reaction from democrats, playing the race card. Give me a moment to explain my point so my point is well taking. I was almost 40 years old in january. For over 20 years, i was a democrat. Voted democrat straight down the line. Would not consider any alternatives. Now, i voted for obama in 2008. I had some of my friends him. Ign for what he asserted to do to the country, it was antithetical to what i viewed the Democratic Party to be. I did not have m
Your with the fbi . Were you acting alone or did you have authority from the Justice Department officials . How did your wife benefit from the dossier contract . Molly that slew of relevant question from our own chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge, who is live on capitol hill the latest. We are into the fourth hour of this closeddoor deposition taking place in the Office Behind me and the way that it works is periodically we get updates from lawmakers inside. Weve only heard from republicans this morning and thats because democratic lawmakers are not participating. They are leaving the questions to their staffers. In one of the headlines we have learned is that based on bruce ohrs testimony, many of them knew well in advance from the surveillance warrant, there were credibility issues and the british spy behind the dossier had this real animus for candidate trump. And thats okay because the fisa court can be told about that information and they can weigh the credibility
Plus general chaos in the wake of the rob porter scandal. The chief of staff does not get detailed updates about what may or may not have been alleged. Has john kelly lot control of the west wing, did he actually have any control in the first place . And how one senate race announcement in the Sunshine State could cast a long shadow over the entire National Midterm election map. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening. Im chuck todd here in miami. Pretty much the best city to be in in the month of february. No offense everybody else. Welcome to mtp daily. And tonight im not going to go full howard beale but it is close. It feels like weve reached a level of crazy in this white house. And it is difficult to take it any more. Reality tv appearances, tabloid gossip, conspiracy theories, name calling, vulgarities and a level of ego mania few have ever seen in washington and that is saying something. It is like were living in a parity from three years ago. Consider, what wou