Reporter. She is the coauthor of our exclusive nbc news report from just last night on Robert Mueller asking witnesses if trump knew with these hacked democratic emails before they were released. Also back with us, jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and pentagon. And we welcome back to the program, cynthia alneya, a federal prosecutor and a Justice Department veteran. Welcome to you all. Carol, about tonights story, what is its central impact the your view . Well, as you mentioned, this hacking and leaking strategically is the worst part. So this is significant in the sense we knew this was happening. But if mueller decides to move forward with an indictment, to me the key question is whether or not there are any americans that are tied to this. Its one thing for him to indict russians who will probably never be extradited and come over and
stand trial in the United States. Its an entirely different ball game if there are americans named or unnamed should he decide to do an
Now be bold. Throw a little obamacare into the mix, why not . We expect to see some action this afternoon in the Senate Finance committee as members work on their tax package, supporters are noting there is nonpartisan analysis saying the middle class would benefit from their tax package. To Mitch Mcconnells point, every group gets tax relief here. The differences that the burden of Taxation Shifts so that those at the top and are going to pay a little bit more of the burden and those in the middle class are going to pay less of the burden. Bob corker of tennessee, jeff flake of arizona have expressed concerns about the nations debt. G. O. P. Leaders will need to assure them that this tax package wont blow a hole in the deficit. Some key republicans a tax reform would bring in more revenue by bringing jobs and investment back to the u. S. Meanwhile, democrats are taking aim. Ive never seen a more blatant attempt at a corporate welfare bill than this bill. They are literally taking mone
Chris Matthews debates hot political issues with politicians, newsmakers and Washington leaders. Chicanery. The president said putin was unhappy he won. Ill tell you what, russia is very unhappy that trump won, that i can tell you. Well thats a far cry from what putin himself said in helsinki. Did you direct any of your officials help him do that. Translator yes, i did. Because he talked about using the u. S. russia relationship back to normal. Joining us now. And malcolm nance, msnbc analyst. First to the reporters, michael and then john. Isnt that what is going on, this split screen . They had to show they were doing something and it left them exposed to critics who said you are not doing anything. You are not taking this threat seriously. You laid it out well in the beginning of the show. He charts its own path. He is going to say what he feels whether it is on twitter or at a rally. And in terms of collusion, the idea of interference, he cant separate the idea between the Mueller P
Dan coats, kirstjen nielsen, National Security advisor john bolton and the head of u. S. Cybercommand and director of the nsa each delivered stark warnings about ongoing Election Interference donald trump was on stage at a rally in pennsylvania calling the entire investigation into russias effort to attack our elections a hoax. In helsinki, i had a great meeting with putin. We discussed everything. I had a great meeting. As i have said consistently, russia attempted to interfere with the last election and continues to engage in malign influence operations to this day. But i got along great with putin, and everybody said, wow, that was a great. The russians are looking for every opportunity regardless of party, regardless of whether or not it applies to the election to continue their pervasive efforts to undermine our
fundamental values. Now we are being hindered by the russian hoax. Its a hoax. Our democracy itself is in the crosshairs. If i get along with vladimir putin, thats a good
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Putin meeting all around us in that setting. But they are also hearing the president in very few words undercut the investigation. The president also hit some other big topics like the border wall and of course smacking the media. Heres some of the highlights. Were fixing walls all over the border. And were going to start to get very nasty over the world. Anything i want, they want to oppose. I just figured out how to do the wall. Ill say, i dont want to build the wall and theyll insist on building it. I just figured that out right now. They can make anything bad. Because they are the fake, fake disgusting news. So fake, fake disgusting was a sort of updated iteration. There was cheering and jeering at us in the work area that is
the president getting funding for the wall. Remember, a Republicanled Congress has not supported the president in funding such an endeavor. Joining me to discuss, matt miller, an Msnbc Na