in alabama. it s really sad that the pressure on the president and the misinformation and the untruths that he s been given would cause him to suggest that you vote for two guys that have failed you because i will not fail you if in a statement, blankenship said, quote, tomorrow west virginia will send the swamp a message no one, and i mean no one, will tell us how to vote. as some have said, i am trumpier than trump, and this morning proves it. well, let s talk about it with none other than james carville, veteran democratic strategist who worked for multiple political campaigns including both bill and hillary clinton. james, there s got to be some fantastic southern louisiana expression for when you don t get the candidate you want but you get the candidate you might deserve. well, it kind of some headline is going to be excon approached by future con.
especially since eric schneiderman was such a strong advocate in favor of women s rights, having sued harvey weinstein on behalf of some of his victims. and so i think it will send some shock waves through the office in the short term. it may have to address some things with the culture of that office. but, you know, these cases are brought by the career professionals who work in these offices. the attorney general s office of the state of new york is much bigger than any one person. he will be replaced at some point. there will be probably be an acting attorney general for some time, and the worker bees, the lawyers who work on those cases, will continue pressing forward with their work. we re so thankful to be able to talk to all four of you as we start off this new work week. our thanks. coming up for us, president trump weighs in on a race in west virginia as an ex-con is in the running for the republican nomination. and later, while you d be forgiven for fearing that all of
his victims. and so i think it will send some shock waves through the office in the short term. it may have to address some things with the culture of that office. but, you know, these cases are brought by the career professionals who work in these offices. the attorney general s office of the state of new york is much bigger than any one person. he will be replaced at some point. there will be probably be an acting attorney general for some time, and the worker bees, the lawyers who work on those cases, will continue pressing forward with their work. we re so thankful to be able to talk to all four of you as we start off this new work week. our thanks. coming up for us, president trump weighs in on a race in west virginia as an ex-con is in the running for the republican nomination. and later, while you d be forgiven for fearing that all of our better angels have long since flown away, jon meacham is here with us tonight with a reminder that they re indeed still around. the 11t
headline is going to be excon approached by future con. as donald rumsfeld says you go to war with the you ve grot. i do think they were traumatized by the experience in alabama. that was a pretty traumatic experience for the republican party. probably his late intervention will probably stop blankenship from getting the nomination. only registered republicans can vote in the republican primary in west virginia, which prohibits a lot of registered democrats who would be sympathetic with trump jumping in that primary. so we ve got to wait and see. now, james, there s a theory afoot that the democrats can indeed still find 15 ways from sunday to screw up the blue wave during the midterm elections. that pelosi has to stop talking
list of people connected to russian government in contact with the trump team. russian ambassador banker, russian excon, recollection oligarch, another russian banker, russian lawyer, russian billionaire son, russian prime minister, currently academic russian foreign ministry guy, russian president s fake niece, the head of a sovereign wealth fund and the poster child, he goes on our chart there next to the russian lawyer and the russian lobbyist. he, too, the little box around him there, he, too, was at that trump tower meeting. so that s my correction. it s not 18, it s 19. it s quite a roster. and there could, of course, be more, more than a year after the election, more like a year-and-a-half since they linked russia and the trump campaign, we are still adding to