story. we don t know whether the information is inaccurate. but the fact is, we do know it wasn t ready for broadcast, and for that i apologize. howard: well i m glad he delivered a full apology. the president not surprisingly took some twitter shots at quote crazy lawrence o donnell. lawrence o donnell has been saying stuff for four years. it s just as wrong. but this was one that he was forced by nbc to apologize for, and what they say is his msnbc and cnn and all of them for the most part, but they re just really despicable people. it is horrible. it is fake news and it is a shame. howard: how did the veteran commentator and former democratic think he could air this and where are all the media denounce denunciations that
saying if true as i discussed the information was simply not good enough. tonight, we are retracting the story. we don t know whether the information is inaccurate, but the fact is, we do know it wasn t ready for broadcast, and for that, i apologize. tucker: if you can t meet msnbc s standards, it s low. but this is just one snapshot in a long and embarrassing career, this is the man who yells at his producers, you may have seen that on the internet. we are going to go back farther than that, seven years, 2012, mitt romney s son quipped that he wanted to deck president obama, lawrence o donnell jumped in the middle of that phrase with this performance, watch. when i hear you talk about taking a swing and taking punches, why do i get the feeling that you ve never actually taken a punch or thrown
ends and there s nothing more corrupt than that. of course we suspected that already. more than a year ago comey announced it to the world, in nofact. in april 2018 interview with george stephanopoulos, comey admitted he had the origins of the steele dossier from his boss, the president, watch. did you tell him that the steele dossier have been financed by his political opponents? no. i don t think i even used the term steele dossier, i just talked about additional material. but did he have a right to know that? e that it had been financed by his political opponents? i don t know the answer to that. it wasn t necessary for my goal, which was tohi alert him that we had this information. tucker: it wasn t necessary foruc my goal. of course it would cut against his goal. in that same interview, he suggested the most sensational and least likely parts of the steele dossier might in fact be real. i honestly thought these words never would come out of my mouth, but i don t know wh
source told me about the president s finances and loan documents with deutsche bank saying if true as i discussed the information was not good enough. i did not go through the rigorous verification and standards process here at msnbc before repeating what i heard from my source. had it gone through that process i would not have been permitted to report it. i should not have said it on air or posted it on twitter. i was wrong to do so. this afternoon attorneys for the president sent us a letter asserting the story is false. they demanded a retraction. tonight we are retracting the story. we don t know whether the information is inaccurate. but the fact is, we do know it wasn t ready for broadcast, and for that i apologize. tonight freshman democratic congresswoman katy porter is back with us after a day of touring southern border facilities in california.
saying if true as i discussed the information was not good enough. i did not go through the rigorous verification and standards process here at msnbc before repeating what i heard from my source. had it gone through that process i would not have been permitted to report it. i should not have said it on air or posted it on twitter. i was wrong to do so. this afternoon attorneys for the president sent us a letter asserting the story is false. they demanded a retraction. tonight we are retracting the story. we don t know whether the information is inaccurate. but the fact is, we do know it wasn t ready for broadcast, and for that i apologize. tonight freshman democratic congresswoman katy porter is back with us after a day of touring southern border facilities in california. she has much to report about what she saw at a family shelter and i.c.e. detention center and a border station at the california mexico border.