Right after dean had started spilling the beans on not only the crime but the coverup and the nixon enemies list and all the rest of it. That summer, july 1973, Republican National Committee Chairman george bush set out on a listening tour. He traveled to four states to assess the mood of the Republican Party when it came to watergate. How were the Party Faithful feeling about watergate . How was the party coping . How was this playing outside washington . We know that did he this and we know what the results of the listening tour. Were because george bush wrote this memo about it. Date, july 2, 1973. Memorandum to general alexander haig, white house chief of staff. You see the initial theres gb. I pre fared attached mood of the party memo for the president. And then he gives the bottom line. Quote, were in fair shape. I expect when we get by those witnesses dragged in by dean, well be doing okay. All best. And indeed theres this twopage memo thats attached. And it is addressed to both
Vladimir putin. Robert mueller is curious about why he has kept call of his meetings with Vladimir Putin so private. He has several meetings with imincluding most recently at the g 20. We in the public do not have a full affect of what was said to each other, but neither do key senior officials in the white house, neither do the National Security community. In light of all of this what the president said and did is now being reexamined. The fbi was suspicious that President Trump was working for Vladimir Putin. There is President Trump reportedly taking the extraordinary step of concealing details and notes from a two plus hour meeting from 2016. Were covering this from multiple angles. Joining me now, John Mclaughlin form former cia director. And of course msnbc analyst, and michael schmidt, the russia scoop machine these days. Michael, let me start with you. It was just a little asize in peter bakers piece, but it indicated that mueller was looking into the president s meetings with
Hes a serious president ial contender. But hes still got a day job as mayor of south bend where hes facing criticism this morning from members of the Africanamerican Community over a police shooting. Now, were also going to say some things that may be a little thank you very much. Provocative. Were not here to bash anybody. Never once did he say i repent. And we know that repentance will come and then renewal will follow. We begin the hour with todays big number. 24 million, and its meaning that Pete Buttigieg is more than a onemonth wonder. Buttigieg went from 0 and virtually unknown to nationally recognized. Today we have evidence that new name recognition is paying off big at the bank. Buttigiegs Campaign Says its raised 24 million in the second quarter. We dont know right now how much the other candidates have raised, but 24 million is more than any other candidate raised in the First Quarter. The fundraising haul from nearly 300,000 donors shows deep support and the money the camp