That is what must be expected of anyone standing on a debate stage during a general election. Lets be clear about what he is saying and what that means. Hes denigrating, hes talking down our democracy and i for one am appalled that somebody who is the nominee of one of our two major parties would take that kind of position. Donald trumps comments tonight have already been condemned by jeff flake of arizona, Lindsey Graham of south carolyn a. Will they reverberate by voters . Well see. Im joined by chris of host all in with msnbc, and former chairman of the national committee, michael steal, and msnbc everybodys a Political Analyst any way, i shouldnt base that, everything is. Hes the host of the how hewitt show, and also msnbc Political Analyst. Who i can start with . Chris well just go across here. This you know, there is the
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So we havent had a chance to digest it. But the Attorney General in his Confirmation Hearings was very clear with a oneword answer when asked by a senator whether he had contact with the russians in any way, shape, or form. He said no, period. No condition, no modification. So obviously that turns out to not be accurate there is no reason to believe that Jeff Sessions in the Confirmation Hearing was trying to hide something. He may simply have forgotten. But it does mean two things. Number one, it adds to the incredible weight of evidence that the administration is not credible on these issues. Remember a couple of weeks ago when we heard that Michael Flynn was talking to the Russian Ambassador simply to wish him merry christmas. And of course that turns out not to be true. And Michael Flynn is no longer National Security adviser. So this white house has a very, very significant credibility problem. And its with respect to Attorney General sessions, what this means, and again, its too
unifying military leader has meant that air ground and sea units are not in sync. and the disjointsed battle field campaigns are plagued by poor logistics, flagging morale and between 17,000 and 15,000 military deaths and contributed to the deaths of at least seven russian generals a staggering number. the kremlin is reportleedly turning to syrians to help change the tide of the war. according to a diplomat who spoke with the times, hundreds of syrians are en route to i don t know putin s army with some already arriving in russia for training. two sources tell the paper this is effectively seen as syria returning the favor to russia, for moscow s help in crushing rebels amid syria s ongoing civil war. the times also writes that many more syrians could be on their way to ukraine with recruiters reportedly drawing up lists of thousands of candidates interested in becoming mercenaries. at the pentagon yesterday, press secretary john kirby confirmed that about 1,000 mercenary, many
then there was a telephone call to you on september the 9th. had he ever talked to you prior to that telephone call? let me just tell you, i hardly know the gentleman. he has done that before. i heard that before. i don t know the guy. anyway, of course, this is the first time the president has used the i hardly knew him defense to minimize his ties to people who may pose a threat to him. james comey, i hardly know the man. i m not going to say, i want you to pledge allegiance. i never met him. i don t know putin. i don t know matt whitaker. he worked for jeff sessions. manafort has nothing to do with our campaign. that s why they have a ricoh charge. who loves to pull this, set it up like this? they have everybody doing what they want them to do but they can deny all the relationships. one thing we ve also seen through trump s presidency is that when he tries to use this defense, it can backfire. in the case of michael cohen it s clear that part of the
jordan sondland said the beginning of december he presumed there was a quid pro quo. then there was a telephone call on september the 9th. had he ever talked to you prior to that telephone call? let me just tell you, i hardly know the gentleman. he has done that before. i heard that before. i don t know the guy. anyway, of course, this is the first time the president has used the i hardly knew him defense to minimize his ties to people who may pose a threat to him. james comey, i hardly know the man. i m not going to say, i want you to know. i never mitt him. i don t know putin. i don t know matt whitaker. he worked for jeff sessions. manafort has nothing to do with our campaign. that s why they have a ricoh charge. who loves to pull this, set it up like this? they have everybody doing what they want them to do but they can deny all the relationships. one thing we ve also seen through trump s presidency is that when he tries to use this