such a betrayal by a u.s. president would have been the unforgiveable political sin in normal times. as if that s not enough, trump declares his love for north korea s kim jong-un, a genuine villain who starves and enslaves his people and executes his enemies with anti-aircraft guns and flame throwers. but he wrote the president a beautiful letter. flattery will get you everywhere with this president, and that s dangerous. joining our discussion now is ambassador wendy sherman, former under-secretary of state for political affairs and an msnbc global affairs contributor. also joining us, dahlia lithwick, senior editor and legal correspondent for slate.com and the host of the podcast amicus. wendy sherman, i want to start with what the orlando sentinel said about the president and the danger he now represents to the world. it was an extraordinary
has rejected nadler s request for documents. roger stone invoking the fifth in response to his document request. and today we learned that the white house is rejecting a request from the intelligence, judiciary, and foreign affairs committees for documents relating to trump s private conversations with russian president vladimir putin. because that would be interesting to see. but as tensions escalate between trump and the administration and congress over crucial pieces of oversight, today is a reminder these congressional investigations will go on far longer and will likely cover far more ground than robert mueller s investigation. joining me now, david corn, washington bureau chief for mother jones and an msnbc political analyst. and dahlia lithwick, senior editor and legal correspondent for slate.com and host of the podcast amicus. welcome to both of you. dahlia, what do you make what
but as tensions escalate between trump and the administration and congress over crucial pieces of oversight, today is a reminder these congressional investigations will go on far longer and will likely cover far more ground than robert mueller s investigation. joining me now, david corn, washington bureau chief for mother jones and an msnbc political analyst. and dahlia lithwick, senior editor and legal correspondent for slate.com and host of the podcast amicus. welcome to both of you. dahlia, what do you make what do you think what are you expecting to happen? you ve written about this a month ago but what do you expect now as we are all waiting for this mueller investigation? i think you re right that we have a little bit of a false binary here where we think we re going to get a whiz bang all or nothing. and i think there is a whole range of intermediate things that could come about. right? i think we re expecting there s going to be indictments and there s going to be a r
republican elected officials in some of the larger cities. in houston, for example, there isn t a republican judge left because thanks to beto all of the democratic judges won. there is something to be said about his ability to fund raise, his vitality and his youth to this race. harris: that s interesting young and vivacious. i didn t hear experience. i m just pointing it out. three terms as congressman. one run at senate and that s been a word that has been talked about today experience and why is he running? slate.com steve hilton was talking about the fact that they were looking for a reason for beto 2020 better things. to mean something to that. what s your idea on beto? i think that actually we shouldn t subscribe to this idea that i see creeping into the conversation which is that beto is kind of, you know a bit goofy and gangly, a bit likeable, empty and thin we don t know where he stands. i think it s much worse than that he is actually one of
fox news contributor tammy bruce, an editor in chief at ricochet.com, jon gabriel. welcome to all of you. there s been a lot made about beto, he talks a more fiscally about what he wants to do and who he is, couldn t stay away, i had to run. slate.com has this headline of beto 2020 has no reason to exist. he s missing an actual reason to run paramount without a clear political ideology, signature legislative achievement, or a concrete agenda for his country. but tammy, the people love him. the people love him. do you know, look, it is entertainment, i suppose, and when you re running against ted cruz, you will have a section of texans who might be more interested in another individual. we have to remember, there is also the picture on the cover of vanity fair, it s very similar to a photograph of ronald reagan, almost right down to the stands, what he is wearing, so there is an understanding of imagery here. but americans have found out, as