with him to his defense, but as politico reports today, pence s allies long believe trump played a role in the strategy and indicated trump was frustrated the justice department intervened to defend his vice-president against gohmert s suit, but unknown how involved he was in trump s legal strategy. representative jamie raskin called it a significant detail in that it was part of a plan to isolate and coerce pence. joining our conversation, carol lennig, author of the book i alone can fix it, georgetown law professor, both nbc contributors. so carol leonnig, when i read this, and i remember covering the gohmert suit at the time and i think there was a lincoln project ad that a lot of folks thought put it on trump s radar
questions on the border. eric: seems like a slow protest. thanks so much. sandra: congresswoman maxine waters defending herself over criticism over controversial remarks. don t put this on nancy pelosi or anybody. put it on trump. trump isthe one who is creating lies. sandra: the latest war of words sparking a new debate over civility in politics. eric: the supreme court, we re awaiting two high-stake decisions in cases that could have serious fallout nationwide. when they come in you ll hear them here first at america s newsroom rolls on for this tuesday morning. little things can be a big deal. that s why there s otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it s a pill that treats psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable
will talk a bit about the decision from the supreme court which he calls a great victory and the latest going-on with the border wall. as soon as we have the comments we will bring them to you. don t put this on nancy pelosi. don t put this on anybody. put it on trump. trump is the one creating lies, trying to have people believe that i talked about harming people. there is nowhere in my statement anytime, anyplace we talked about harm. that is democrat maxine waters saying she wasn t calling for folks to harm trump officials when she urged folks to harass members of the administration, wherever they may be. this is as the president tweeted maxine waters extraordinarily low i.q. person has become together with nancy pelosi the face of the democrat party. she has just called to harm of supporters of the make america