approach to politics and our own people sitting in elected office are the once like senator kennedy getting up there saying, well, there are good people on both sides. well, the russian system is awful. and their politics is awful. do they want us to make us look sort of like them. everybody is corrupt. bring us down to their level. thank you michael steele. still ahead, trump stirs up even more chaos and controversy. this time inserting himself into a military court case and forcing out of his job the secretary of the navy, the secretary of the navy disagreed with him because the secretary of the navy understands the honor of the military. that s next on hardball. mili. that s next on hardball. on a scale of one to five? wait. one to five? when it comes to feelings, it s more like five million. there s everything from happy to extremely happy. there s also angry. i m really angry, clive! actually, really angry.