again, these are guys who made money by bendling the rules. as far as they re concerned, they re bending the rules for more. and trump for sale is the variable. that s the impression they have at least. so potentially in terms of the investigations, there s so much to investigate. why did victor vexleburg, the russian oligarch, get all of his train when he landed in america, we don t even know why he was interviewed yet. and donald has your back when no one was listening. after the break, donald trump versus donald trump on isis. this will keep you up at night. also ahead, fool me once, shame on you. fool me 8,000 times, shame on me. the audacity of donald trump s unty lie told with a pitchfork in hand of the democrats he fears most. and betting and beto, is he in? hey, darryl! hey, thomas. if you were choosing a network, would you want the one the experts at rootmetrics say
have at it. you and i have talked about this for a while, nicolle, i ve been worried about this turn he s making. i think the scariest thing is that the very attributes we discussed to make him this kind of un-democratic person at home, applied to the world stage, that s all right eviscerating our alliances and our credibility around the world. but there was a bizarre line yesterday in the state of the union where he warned congress not to investigate him, which first of all, if you re doing that, you re losing. in eight years, we never had to do that. he said we can t have war aren investigations. the lincoln between warren investigations is an odd thing, as if there s a correlation there. the thing that worries me is iran and venezuela. on venezuela he made a big play, to some extent well coordinated but he put all of the chips on somebody the venezuelan military is not backing as president while threatening military options. on iran he s wrachetting up the
up in the air, and roger stone, longtime political counselor to donald trump. so it may come as no surprise that the president responded with a personal attack on adam schiff today. he s just a political hack who s trying to build a name for himself. and i think that s fine because that s what they do. but there would be no reason to do that. no other politician has to go through that. it s called presidential harassment, and it s unfortunate. and it really does hurt our country. how is that for unity, guys? the moves by the top democrat on the house intel committee come as the speaker of the house responds to donald trump s threat last night, that if the investigations into him don t stop, there cannot be peace on earth. telling reporters today, quote, the president should not bring threats to the floor of the house. the democratic-run intel committee sending similar lines of inquiry for its investigation as the federal investigation. the new york times fresh reporting on the go
this is something people and people around him have been gripped by this fear, not paranoia, because it s real, that this day was coming, the democrats would look into this. and i think you mentioned at the top of the show, highlighting the state of the union. there was so much, a lot of smoke and distraction and funny moments even, but one of the most telling lines and striking lines is he sort of suggested the american economy was booming and it could only be derailed by partisan investigations. he also suggested about endless wars, i and we will get to that later pulling out of iraq and afghanistan, but he highlighted the idea not suggesting what mattered was the rule of law or transparent investigation, but rather he want it s to simply go away and it appeared to be a threat from the house floor. joyce vance, not only mentioning rule of law, not mentioning american national security and to call them partisan. they were started by a republican, jim comey. they re now republican by
russia, i think it all comes together in the end. we just don t see how all of the pieces fit yet. wrap this all up for me, ken, reporting the investigations that commenced today. i can speak from the perspective of the foreign oligarchs that i talked to and reached out to. i have this mental image of this coming to washington to try to drink at the swamp and instead find their walking into a minefield. a lot of mistakes were made. these were people who knew how to make money but they didn t understand the law in the united states. i m struck pi one comment by ukrainian, who said these are the traditions of the united states, you go to the inaugural parties, you meet more than people americans, not russians. well, yes, exactly. right. they think they re doing what donald trump wants them to do. they re from iowa though. that s the whole thing. if you re supposed to be from hawaii and new hampshire to go to those things, not ukraine.