cored crossive. cor. it would be a war like process. he forced the resignation of the attorney general. jay last word? look, i think definitely he loves to have a real straw man, somebody to fight against, an e poent, and an opponent, and i think nancy pelosi is that person going forward. we have heard the starting gun for 2020 and the window to get much done legislatively is going to be incredibly narrow in this session. especially if they start investigating him right off the bat, that pretty much shuts him down. kimberly savage, and jay newton-small, thank you. thank you. and we ll be right back. than. thank you. and we ll be right back
back control of the house. that led to a contentious post midterm press conference on wednesday which ended with the president revoking the white house credentials of one cnn reporter. this week he disparaged three other white house reporters who all happened to be african-american women. on wednesday, he fired his attorney general jeff sessions, replacing him with matthew whitaker. by thursday, the president was accusing democrats of trying to steal elections in florida and georgia. then yesterday, the wall street journal released a report saying prosecutors have evidence president trump violated campaign finance law with his hush money payouts to stormy daniels and karen mcdougal. for more on the week that was, i m joined by charlie savage, new york times washington correspondent and msnbc contributor, kimberly at kins and also an msnbc contributor, jay newton small, time magazine contributor. let s talk about this chronologically, starting with the house and senate candidates en