Next year. There was an announcement yesterday. There goes the neighborhood. Well. Were going to break down what all of this means for mcconnell, the Republican Party and President Trump. With us on set we have ms nbc political analyst school of public policy, former democratic congre congressman harold ford jr. This seems like the tennessee mafia. And because hes smart. And he reads them. Senior politics reporter at the usa today, heidi brinide heidi joins us. What a sad day. We will go through the details. Roy moore coming up to washington, d. C. , you know, there is reason donald trump didnt support that guy. He will do exactly what he wants to do and in the age of political free agency is about to get aamped up to such a degr good luck, Mitch Mcconnell and republicans. Roy moore had a lot working against him in terms of trump, Mitch Mcconnell. All that money pumped into that race by Establishment Republicans and he won by what ten points . So it was not close. Thats a huge sweeping
This inning russia probe, which i said is really russia fever that the country needs to get out of its system. Will he address it in any way . To answer your first question, we want full transparency and well make a decision when and if that time becomes necessary. In terms of the state of the union, im not going to get ahead of the president s address. Its tomorrow night. I know youre all excited and will eagerly tune in and youll see exactly whats included. Will helpful a need to address it . Weve addressed it every single day weve been here. Its one of the questions you guys ask every and over and over again. We spend more time on that than on any other topic. Despite that poll after poll my guess is that will be the focus of the president s state of the union tomorrow. April . Two topics. Typically when the president s give their state of the union address, this is first. President s normally are optimistic when they say the state of our union is. What is the state of our union tod
The greatest presidency that weve seen not only in generation maybe ever. Paul ryan just said how good was that eh. Good morning. Define good. You could just give maybe good for erdogan or putin. Or trump. I do think, mika, that most autocrats and im really serious. Thank you. Most autocrats around the world would be embarrassed to have so many people fawning over them in public like that. You looked at what mike pence said in the cabinet room also, im really serious here, you wonder, of course, it was such a gross display that of course donald trump as donald trump always does gets in his way of a successful day for the Republican Party, for himself and for the biggest corporations in the world. But he didnt force all those people to say that, my god. They knew that just like the saudis and foreign leaders know, the price of admission is sucking up and treating him like hes the most insecure autocrat on the globe, but i wonder what man, what man of any character would sit and listen t
York. Im Steve Kornacki in for Brian Williams tonight. Day 491 of the Trump Administration, and tonight President Trumps lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, is taking new aim at the russia investigation, telling the Associated Press that trumps legal team, quote, wants a briefing on the classified information shared with lawmakers about the origins of the fbi investigation into russias meddling in the 2016 election. Trumps lawyers may take the information to the Justice Department as part of an effort to scuttle the ongoing special counsel probe. Also that, quote, the white house hopes to get a readout of the materials next week. Giuliani telling the a. P. He wants to know about the use of a longtime government informant who approached members of Trumps Campaign about russian efforts. He says that if it was inappropriate, special counsel Robert Muellers entire probe may be illegitimate. Giuliani added the white house may press the Justice Department to, quote, reevaluate the investigation. Yesterda
Wants a briefing on the classified information shared with lawmakers about the origins of the fbi investigation into russias meddling in the 2016 election. Trumps lawyers may take the information to the Justice Department as part of an effort to scuttle the ongoing special counsel probe. Also that, quote, the white house hopes to get a readout of the materials next week. Giuliani telling the a. P. He wants to know about the use of a longtime government informant who approached members of Trumps Campaign about russian efforts. He says that if it was inappropriate, special counsel Robert Muellers entire probe may be illegitimate. Giuliani added the white house may press the Justice Department to, quote, reevaluate the investigation. Yesterday lawmakers received classified briefings with intelligence and Law Enforcement officials about the fbis use of an informant in the russia investigation. The president has alleged the fbi source was planted in his campaign for political reasons. Thats