that s what he s saying. it is the better of the two options. you have seen him also just completely unable to give any kind of accounting. one of our own reporters pressed him i thought quite well. at a rope line at an event he did with joni ernst. he just won t answer the question. like did you know the president wanted them to open an investigation on the bidens. he cannot answer that question. it is obviously very uncomfortable for him. but it s interesting to think about if he when you think back on nixon, it wasn t just the president who went down. it was his vice president, too, ahead of him that went down. it could create an opening at the top that would be difficult and interesting. yeah. that s an understatement. jane mayer who is in town tonight is part of the new yorker festival, which should be a fascinating conversation. thank you for being here tonight. thank you. [ applause ] don t go anywhere. rachel maddow is coming up.
Before he met with him? right now he has to essentially plead ignorance. that s what he s saying. it is the better of the two options. you have seen him also just completely unable to give any kind of accounting. one of our own reporters pressed him i thought quite well. he just won t answer the question. like did you know the president wanted them to open an investigation on the bidens. he cannot answer that question. it is obviously very uncomfortable for him. but it s interesting to think about if he when you think back on nixon, it wasn t just the president who went down. it was his vice president, too, ahead of him that went down. it could create an opening at the top that would be difficult and interesting. yeah. that s an understatement. jane mayer who is in town tonight is part of the new yorker festival, which should be a fascinating conversation.
Whatever comes out of that related to alexander acosta and his role in the plea deal will be important. the other thing is obviously democrats control the majority in the house, and when you control it, you control the ability to hold hearings. as of now there is no indication that any of the key committees in the house led by democrats are going to hold hearings. nothing has actually risen yet. but when rank and file democrats come back to town tonight, this is getting a lot of attention. people are not just uneasy about alexander acosta s role, but obviously the almost gruesome details and the alleged actions of jeffrey epstein and whether or not this draws more attention and eyeballs and pushes them to that point. it does seem that some answers to some of those questions might be coming quicker than later. thanks, i really appreciate it. no whart what is happening on capitol hill, we do know that the white house is paying very
. at the press is not the enemy of the people. by the end of this week, we will deploy over 5,200 soldiers to the southwest border. if they are even taking our brave troops away from their families for a political stunt. we don t do stunts on this department, thank you. there is no one who will talk more about donald trump than donald trump. president trump: i m pretty good at estimating crowd size. if you want to run again? out the crazy democrats are the people who walk in restaurants and scream and elected official s faces. president trump: at the word racist is used about every republican that is winning. i didn t fight for democrats or republicans, i fought for americans. i heard oprah is in town tonight. i m kind of a big deal, too. who voted? then what am i doing here tonight? goodbye everyone. bret: one week right there. thanks for inviting us into your home. that s it for this
other hollywood stars got the attention of vice president mike pence. i heard oprah is in town tonight. i d like stacy, oprah, will ferrell, i m kind of a big deal too. former presidential candidate joe biden today tried to rescue endangered incumbent heidi heitkamp ad tested outlines he may use it his own presidential campaign. our silence is complicity, but we will not remain silent. also a defense of missouri senator claire mccaskill and attacked republicans for attacks in people with pre-existing conditions. either not telling the truth or really stupid or both. president obama has been out on the trail trying to rally democrats and that times taking