but it s not clear that s going to happen. so i do not, and i believe that we need to do it, though, in a responsible way and that is not what the president has done. he has been conducting foreign policy through tweets, instead of what a commander in chief should do, which is understand the seriousness and the severity of one s decisions and then put the time and the effort into studying an issue, consulting with their experts, be it generals, be it foreign policy experts, be it ambassadors and members of the state department, and our allies to make a decision. instead of this approach that assume that we re the only one in the room or that he s the only one in the room. i was in afghanistan days before he made that decision, and, rachel, when i was there, i spoke with generals and i spoke with troops. there was an active conversation happening around negotiating what should be the future of afghanistan. and then out of nowhere the president makes his decision. it was irresponsible.
now, senator, did you and rachel see me during that last commercial break standing over in the corner of the studio? because what i was going to do oh, is he here? i am not there now, but what i was going to do is beg you to come on this program at your convenience at some point in the future. i d like that. because as we all know, i will beg, but i had to rush up here because your interview went right up to here. right to here. so this is the official begging moment. way to put her on the spot, lawrence. well done. could you give me a date as you sit there? my guest still. no, no, no. bye, lawrence. thank you, senator. thank you, rachel. thank you, lawrence. well, nancy pelosi crushed donald trump today. crushed him. and he knows that she crushed him and you can tell that donald trump wasn t sure what happened when he was first told what nancy pelosi did to him today. we have the video of that moment. because it was nbc news peter alexander who told the preside
a parallel investigation. we don t want to get in the way of the mueller investigation, but also recognize that it s very likely that acting attorney general whitaker and perhaps the new attorney general barr will not be working with our interests aligned in finding out truly what happened. so we have to, i think, bravely and boldly pursue that parallel track to find out just what happened. congressman eric swalwell, thank you very much for joining us tonight. appreciate it. my pleasure. thanks, lawrence. and coming up, as you saw at the beginning of this program, at the end of rachel s program, senator kamala harris is already making news in her first week as a candidate for president. she joined rachel tonight and had a second or two on this show before saying goodnight. joy reid will join us and we will discuss the new candidacy for president, senator kamala harris. if you have moderate to severe
instead of this approach that assume that we re the only one in the room or that he s the only one in the room. i was in afghanistan days before he made that decision, and, rachel, when i was there, i spoke with generals and i spoke with troops. there was an active conversation happening around negotiating what should be the future of afghanistan. and then out of nowhere the president makes his decision. it was irresponsible. after a break, joy reid will join us on the predictable rise of kamala harris from san francisco district attorney to california attorney general to california s junior united states senator to presidential campaigner. and i know that was all predictable because i predicted all of that back when she was san francisco s district attorney. but there won t be any gloating when joy reid joins us in just a moment. ute confidence in 30,000 precision parts.
we have to make sure we, you know, protect the institution of justice, the institutions of the rule of law, our freedoms and democracy, and so we re not restrained by that burden, and so, yes, i think we have to have a parallel investigation. we don t want to get in the way of the mueller investigation, but also recognize that it s very likely that acting attorney general whitaker and perhaps the new attorney general barr will not be working with our interests aligned in finding out truly what happened. so we have to, i think, bravely and boldly pursue that parallel track to find out just what happened. congressman eric swalwell, thank you very much for joining us tonight. appreciate it. my pleasure. thanks, lawrence. and coming up, as you saw at the beginning of this program, at the end of rachel s program, senator kamala harris is already making news in her first week as a candidate for president. she joined rachel tonight and had a second or two on this show before saying good