Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. You need a recount. If that is correct and get what it is, the other thing we know is they have apparently under state law until august 24th to certify this election. Were sitting here on august 7th, weve got 17 days, more than two weeks until this has to be certified. If you have that tenday waiting period and then it comes under 0. 5, you know, youre short of that certification. So the law isnt putting a real lot of pressure on them here to get this certified. The law as we understand it is saying its going to be ten days before they can open these. Again, if im a betting man, if you come out here and say, kornacki, your life is on the line, who is going to win this thing, i would tell you balderson, he looks in much better position than oconnor to win this thing. Are you telling me are you sure hes going to win it by more than 0. 45 points and therefore avoid a recount, oh, no, i wouldnt tell
Indepth interviews with leading newsmakers, plus discussions with Americas preeminent political minds. Indepth interviews with leading newsmakers, plus discussions with Americas preeminent political minds. Indepth interviews with leading newsmakers, plus discussions with Americas preeminent political minds. Havent read the Washington Post story, part of that is that donald trump has become enamored of the new Talking Point from his tv lawyer Rudy Giuliani that collusion is not a crime so they have gone from no collusion, no collusion, no collusion to collusion isnt a crime and give us more about whats reported about his mood and raging. He privately has been raging about whats happening vrnl hes upset about the News Coverage, about why isnt he getting more credit for what he views as the good works hes done and as the post reported on friday on the front page, 4,229 lies in the first six month of the this year alone. The reason hes not getting the favorable News Coverage is because the
Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. So that was the answer. Thats the tension on the intelligence. Then there is a separate tension about how do you investigate, indict and punish the people identified by that very intelligence for Attacking American Democracy . We all know, there is a busy Special Counsel that trump has denigrated and at sometimes lied about. So a question on that was posed to the fbi director who of course, lets not forget has this job because his predecessor was fired because of the same russia probe and that firing is now part of the obstruction inquiry. I have a question for director wray. Thank you. The special Counsel Robert Mueller has indicted more than 20 russian officials based on work by the fbi for med ding in the 2016 election. The president has tweeted that that investigation by the Special Counsel is a hoax and should be shut down. I know youve said you dont believe it is a hoax. Why would the American People
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Kate Bolduan gives a fresh take on todays top stories. Kate Bolduan gives a fresh take on todays top stories. So i dont this one tweet will do it, too. But i think if ever saw any movement on the Rosenstein Side of this in response to the president s suggestion, i would imagine you would see some republicans hurry up there. Julie, the president and Jeff Sessions. That relationship, depending on the hour, it is on the rocks or back in good graces. I mean i have no idea. It is such a roller coaster, it is kind of bananas. But no matter what the president says, all along sessions hasnt done anything. Right . I mean he just continued to do his job. Could this just be is this just a new chapter in the what the heck is going on with this relationship and this is just a bunch of nothing . I would say that this relationship has been pretty toxic for a long time, ever since the president made it known publicly that he was angry at Jeff Sessions for having recused himself. And you are right, the
The latest news and information from around the world with host Ana Cabrera. Bazarly during the last week. A twitter storm thats kind of Unpres Tented from him. All about the Mueller Probe sw threatening to fire mueller while his attorneys are out sayi saying weir hes on a totally different track from his attorneys and it seems like hes worried about a family member. And how much hes starting to tweet. He tweeted the Phrase Witch Hunt a combined 36 times in june sw july. And that was up from april and may. Sw hes calling out muellerer by name. If the president s son is in trouble, how far to you think he would go to protect him . Look, again whereby toepbt want to get into these hypotheticals. I think it was silly by the way to take that meeting. Doesnt rise to the level of criminality. But im not a criminal defense attorney. He clearly has been ratcheting
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