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this saturday. Msnbc headquarters in new york city. Heres whats happening for you. Were going to start with breaking news. Republican congressman Chris Collins today saying he is suspended his Reelection Campaign in a shift there in the wake of the charge of insider trade. Geoff bennett has the details. Geoff, what do we know . Reporter hey there, rick, as you mentioned Congressman Collins is stepping aside, suspending his campaign after earlier this week being arrested and indicted on charges of insider trading. Collins maintains he did anything wrong. But republicans have offered little more than a defense. So it is a statement he issued today. He says this, democrats are laser focused on taking back the house, electing nancy pelosi speaker. And then launching impeachment
proceeds against President Trump. They would like nothing more than electing in this district. If that statement didnt make it clear, you should know that Chris Collins is in fact an ally. In fact, he was the first member of congress, the first nationally member of congress to endorse candidate trump. While President Trump did win collins district, the 27th District of new york, he did not, of course, win the state of new york. So, looking at this big picture, there is a risk here that collins seat had been a safe republican seat could now be in jeopardy if democrats nationally decide to target it. The other thing worth knowing is that it would be really difficult to scrub collins name. If the Republican Party does decide to remove his name theyre going to have to figure out a way to do it. Geoff bennett, thank you, sir. Collins statement is in
stark contrast to what he says a few days ago. You may remember. Take a list. As i fight to clear my name, rest assured i will continue to work hard for the people answer constituents for the 27th Congressional District of new york. And i will remain on the Ballot Running for reelection this november. Joining us now, aisha, and editoratlarge. Folks want to know why the change at heart and why today. Obviously, what this might mean for the seat. Well, listen, i dont know exactly why today. Hes facing very serious charges and may be after consulting with his own legal team and consulting with his family, he felt like it was best not to go ahead with his reelection. As was said earlier, its going to be hard to get his name off the ballot. And its not really clear what
that means for the election. But perhaps, with such a huge Cloud Hanging over his head, he didnt want to have to focus on campaigning as well. John, whats your thought on that . And how might democrats take advantage of this situation, gimp that his name will still be on the ballot, most likely . Well, democrats would probably rather have Chris Collins on the ballot than some replacement candidate. I suspect that suspending his Reelection Campaign is in response to pressure from other republicans who as an interim step simple dont want him to be out actively campaigning and allow democrats to use him as a symbol of republican corruption. Because theres a long list of Corruption Scandals that have followed the Republican Party, beginning at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with President Trump. And the russia investigation. The manafort trial. Multiple members of congress in hot water, including Chris Collins. So, i think theyre trying to turn the temperature down. Again, dont know if hes going to as opposed to suspending his campaign actually quit and somehow make it easier for republicans to replace him. Democrats are unlikely to win this seat in the end, but theyve got a shot now. Theyve got 65 or so targets to try to pick up the 23 seats they need to win the majority. This just provides them are little more assistance. Ayeisha, your thoughts on what that this means for the democrats . This is going to be a solid seat for them to pick up but it does feed into the idea that republicans have a problem with ethics and the idea of the swamp. President trump came in talking about he wanted to drain the swamp, and here you have one of his first top supporters in Congress Getting charged with insider trading. This is exactly what people dont want from their elected leaders. And then you have all of the
too. What else is happening . Reporter yeah, i think theres a lot of reflection and regret, especially amongst authorities and officials here about the way things were handled or not handled. Take a look at that street and youll see that reflected in this security presence. Now, this street is separating basically charlottesville from the market area, which is just about a block that direction. Whats happening there right now, we have some pictures we can show you, a small group of protesters have come to the market area. Theyre marching silently, because, again, this Police Presence is so thick. As we swing around here, we want to show you, richard, all of these police are protecting access to the robert e. Lee statue. It was this statue that became such a touchstone which set off that initial tiki torch protest. Which led to that incredible violence. You remember those pictures from a years ago. Far different than what you see today. This is a town that is
john harwood. John, the president did tweet about charlottesville this morning. You saw it. He wrote exactly what he was saying for all america, is what you focus on, if you would put a headline on it. Your reaction . First of all, i think theres a parallel between what he said in that tweet and what he said after charlottesville last year. Remember, he came out and said there were good people on both sides, there was fault on both sides. In this tweet, he says, i condemn racism of all kinds. He was generalizing there. Which i think is not necessarily inconsistent with what he said last year. Look, this is a president who his political strategy is focused on polarizing by race. Going after nfl players. Going after lebron james. What happened after charlottesville. The set of political rhetoric and policies that the president
has pursued have increased the republicans reliance on nonviolent white voters. That has a cost to it. We saw in the Quinnipiac Poll in july that 49 of the American People thought the president was racist. 55 of the American People thought he was encouraging racists. Since charlottesville has become such a symbol for division in the country, the president felt a need to tamp it down, but only so much. I think given his pattern of his politics, were going to see that pattern continue. And theres going to be more provocation on a racial basis going forward. Your thought. I agree with much of that. The president has basically since charlottesville, he walked back his walkback, when he said there was blame on both sides and fine people on both sides. And he really hasnt gone away from that. Since then, hes continued to make statements, challenging maxine waters, saying she has a low i. Q. And the statements about illegal immigration and people say thats dehumanizing. He has not stepped back he has not stepped back from rhetoric that critics say is divisive. Even though, today, he also pointed out theres low black unemployment and low hispanic unemployment. He kind of falls back on the Employment Numbers to say hes the president of all americans but the issue that a lot of his critics will bring up is that its his rhetoric, its the things that he says are divisive. And those things are things that people are concerned about. Even though he can point to the employment anybodies, the things that hes saying are not bringing people together. I think those numbers show that. Trying to offer insight to what the president is saying there is this, there is omarosas upcoming back. The claims that she levels against the president. When you look at them, john, given that omarosas credibility has been in jeopardy will they stick . Im not sure omarosas allegations will stick. Honestly, i wouldnt believe anything that shes said, the way shes oscillated with public presence for the president and now saying negative things. I think people are going to judge President Trump on things theyve been able to see with their own eyes. His approach to politics. The targets that hes picked as he tries to polarize voters and motivate his own supporters. I dont think the account of a former aide who has credibility problems, who has not supported some of these allegations, i dont think thats going to make much difference. Omarosa, this was someone who was hired and working at a very high level in the white house. But now, the white house is trying to disavow her. The question is, why did you hire this person . And now, she has these tapes. Now, i do think with these tapes because President Trump has been so blunt publicly and on twitter, its unlikely that theres anything in these tapes at this point that could really be shocking. I dont know what would be shocking for President Trump at this point. But i think its the reflection of this white house and the way that they have handled hiring. The way that theyve handled staffing. That you now have someone who has worked in the white house who is recording conversations. Shocking and less shocking nowadays. Ayesha rocco thank you so much. John harwood, have a great saturday. Thank you. Next, a stolen commuter planes flight ends in tragedy. The last wording of the pilot, we have that. Never really knew it until now. Joining me now msnbc aviation analyst john cox. John, how rigorous is the Background Check for those who might be a Ground Service agent . Theres a pretty good look at someones background. They look for criminal history. They look for anything else, bri previous employments, things like that, to get an idea what sort of individual, anybody who works for an airline actually is. And one has to wonder how bad this could have been . It appears that it crashed in a place where there were no other buildings or individuals, at least from the reporting so far. Its only believed potentially that the very suspect himself is dead. I think one thing thats important to understand is that the air Traffic Controllers did a really good job in several
areas. The local tower controller, when he saw the Airplane Taxiing out toward runway 16 center. And he wasnt talking to them, started separating airplanes away from this airplane when he didnt know what it was going to do. When it took off, they immediately notified the security folks, and they were able to scramble fighter jets, too, that were on scene very quickly. So, how bad it could have been, once the fighters were on scene. They were trying to push him towards the pacific ocean, away from pop lameulated areas. So, the system in that respect worked pretty well. We can hypothesize about what ifs, but in reality, the system actually worked fairly well. The planes a turboprop, right . How would you compare the difficulty of lying this video we see on the lefthand side,
calm complex airplane. Pilots say its not easy to fly. For someone who is a pilot it would be a handful im surprised he did as well as he did. I understand they were trying to get him to land. How much more difficult would be to land a craft as opposed to getting it in the air . Would he be able to land it safely . Well, its certainly easier to get it airborne than it is to put it on the runway and keep the track on the concrete. Oftentimes, the people that are not pilots that have tried to force land a small airplane, they can get it to the runway, but keeping it on the runway is much more difficult. I dont know how the end result of him attempting to land it would have been. I dont think anybody does. So, you know, once he chose to take this course of action and crank the airplane up and got it airborne, im sadly, i think
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your constituents reacting to the heavy showing of Security Forces so far compared to what happened last year . Yeah, there are definitely mixed feelings about the security measures. There are people who are, you know, thankful and challenging those who say that, you know, are unhappy that were in a police state. So, as you can imagine in any city that there would be mixed reactions. Heather heyers mom, as youre aware, yesterday saying shes still keeping secret the location of her daughters grave. Lets here what she said and i want to get your thought. We dont want wellwishers trampling other peoples graves. We dont want nazis trampling other peoples graves. Emmett tills marker is violent shot up. Those Remembrance Markers have
constantly been vandalized. Heather is nowhere in the same league as they are. She was not assassinated. She was ra random hate crime. Madam mayor, if it were an amount in degrees where are you on the that . A thousand. Its been pretty hot. Thats the hope that individuals have been receiving from my appearance. And why i wanted to make sure that i actually participated in the National Media this year. To make sure people are aware that we have some major issues. And last summer didnt begin, nor did they end, those. You ran on the slogan, unmasking the illusion. Yes. You have said all that didnt expect to win. You did. How far along are you in unmasking the illusion . So, ive been in office since january. And ive been working on unmasking the illusion my entire life. And there have been people before me who have been doing this ma this work. Martin luther king, malcolm x. Angela davis. I could keep going. This is new work that im doing, bell hooks talks about the white patriotic white supremacist society. There are people bringing to the worlds attention the need to really dig deep and do this work. It is anew. Youre the first black female mayor for charlottesville. You share the same title along with london breed there in san francisco. And as you look at leaders that look like yourself, what does that say in terms of the beginning of the unmasking,
right . And how have you used that platform to do well . So, you know, its a requirement to be very to be very bold. And correspond raven and courageous in this position. Especially when youre talking about black women who have carried carried this world. You know, during the duration, you know, of history. And were often overlooked in a lot of positions. So then to have us in leadership positions, a lot of people still dont like it. They dont i know when i i mean, walk into a room, that there are still levels of disrespect. I have city Staff Members who will walk, you know, down a hallway, and see me for the first time. In that day and not speak. But i think none of that matters, in my world. Im bringing it up to bring up a point. You have to be really strong and really rounded and have a, you
know, pretty secure foundation to challenge, White Supremacy and White Privilege at this level. And luckily, and thankfully, ive come through three amazing women who have helped me do that. And your supporters, you said theyre from all different backgrounds. And youre the mayor of all residents Of Charlottesville. Describe to me how they maybe have changed in their support, all of those residents, or a majority of them for you, mayor. So, yeah, i am the mayor of all Of Charlottesville. But i want to point out that all Of Charlottesville didnt vote for me. And that there wasnt a call when council has been primarily white, and there had been a white male to help all Of Charlottesville, because if there had been we wouldnt have the major despairties in health, wealth, mass incarceration that we have today. I was clear can during my platform what will my focal points would be. And i did have, and i still do have, a wide base of people who support me. And those individuals are very comfortable, No Matter What, you know, their income levels, or the color of their skin. Theyre really comfortable with us. Finally getting down to the truth of the matter that the entire nation has to face. And then, of course, there are other, there are other people who are not supportive at all. And probably never will be. But this isnt about them. So, its very easy for me to focus on whether your garbage is picked up on time. Or send in a message to make sure a street is paved. So that almost takes no time away from the real work. Of making sure our criminal Justice System is reformed. And that people have adequate housing and that their kids are sent to schools and theyre educated. So, i can do both. Thats where the rubber hits the road. Thats what mayors do every day. Mayor nikuyah walker, i hope its a peaceful weekend there in charlottesville. Thank you for spending time. I know its busy. Thanks for having me. Next,al voiding the socalled perjury trap, how trying to save the president from his very own words. That is a subpoena coming down the pike. vo love is why we built a car you can trust for a long time. The allnew Subaru Impreza sedan and fivedoor. A car you can love No Matter What road youre on. The Subaru Impreza. More than a car, its a subaru. Right now, get 0 Apr Financing on the 2018 Subaru Impreza. You wouldnt accept an incomplete job from any one else. Why accept it from your Allergy Pills . Flonase sensimist relieves all your worst symptoms, including nasal congestion, which most pills dont. And all from a gentle mist you can barely feel. Flonase sensimist. You can barely feel. Sfx [cell phone dialing] no. No, no, no, no, no. Cancel. Cancel. Please. Aaagh being in the know is a good thing. Thats why discover will alert you if your Social Security number is found on any one of thousands of risky sites. When you bundle your auto and hwith esurance, you could save with their single deductible. So if you confused the brake with the gas, or if your lamp post jumped out of nowhere, or if you forgot your bike was on the roof rack, you only pay one deductible instead of two for a claim involving both your auto and home. And when you save that much, its almost like it. Never even happened. Thats auto and Home Insurance for the modern world. Esurance. An allstate company. Click or call. Since joining ninehahi, ubmonths ago,o. My priority has been to listen to you. To cities and communities, and to my own employees. Ive seen a lot of good. Weve changed the way people get around. Weve provided new opportunities. But moving forward, its time to move in a new direction. And i want you to know just how excited i am, to write ubers next chapter, with you. One of our core values as a company, is to always do the right thing. And if there are times when we fall short, we commit to being open, taking responsibility for the problem, and fixing it. This begins with new leadership, and a new culture. And youre going to see improvements to our service. Like enhanced Background Checks, 24 7 customer support,
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Special Counsel A Deadline Of September 1st to finish his investigation. Then on friday, giuliani stepped in with jay sekulow to guesthost Sean Hannitys radio show. Three hours counting. Some have questioned these decisions and others including vanity fair Abigail Tracy who wrote an article entitled giulianis screw ball legal strategy is more dangerous than it seems. Abigail is here with us. I know you chose your words carefully, first of all, screwball and dangerous. What is screw Saand Bascrewball . I think what the rounds that youve seen is him becoming more unhinged in his statements and sort of the claims that hes making. I think in a huge part of it is not only a legal strategy as much as a pr strategy, its kind of taking advantage of the
silence Council Robert mueller and using his opportunity in these interviews and speaking to reporters to really kind of shape a public narrative to help his client down the line. So, i recalled once when he first game in this position as the royal courts food tester. Ergo, hes trying messages out. What sticks and what doesnts, a and whats strabrought into the strategy . I think youre right. A lost of it is shifting the goalpost. And i do think you are seeing that reflected in polls, showing erosion in the trouble of Robert Mueller at the time. The Special Counsel is speaking about indictment. Theyre not out there on the airwaves defending it. Rudy guiliani is poisoning the well and pitching different strategies. Not only different but the
goalpost as folks would call it. Part of the strategy, were going to say this, and next week, were going to say no. Absolutely. The conversation of collusion and whether or not its a crime is a perfect example of that. Also when were looking at ongoing negotiations over an interview, thats happening as well. Hes saying, oh, were absolutely open to an interview, really, the things that theyre rejecting are central to figuring out whether or not donald trump obstructed justice in the firing of james comey and some other actions that hes taken as president. As he was hosting the show, jay sekulow, some callers were asking should there be investigations into Hillary Clinton and barack obama for abuse of power. He said in response, i would agree with you, it is crying out for an investigation. Yeah. One of the really interesting
things is, when you talk to veterans of the doj and lawyers ive asked them about this Special Counsel thing. Really, the only reason you appoint a Special Counsel is because you dont believe that the doj can independently investigate these things. I dont necessarily think that Jeff Sessions and the doj need a Special Counsel. Bringing in former Law Professor of the university of memphis, steven, thanks for being with us. Is there a chance for the president voluntarily interviews with Robert Mueller, given the strategies we were just talking about with abigail about what Rudy Giuliani is suggesting basically is probably not going to happen . Its looking less and less likely that there will be any voluntary interview, involving the president. As you just heard, they have been moving the goalpost. The positions that theyve been
erecting towards a voluntary interview keeps changing. It really seems as if the only way this is going to happen if Robert Mueller issues a subpoena. You were listening to abigail in her article, the definition of a screwball, and then saying enough is enough, time to subpoena the president. Final play . Thats it . I would agree. It doesnt seem a good option for mueller to conclude the investigation without trying to speak to trump. There are really important issues about trumps own State Of Mind and the sequence of events particularly with respect to the Obstruction Of Justice inquiry, which can only be concluded if mueller has a chance to speak to trump and ask questions oneonone. Not in writing, fwhutbut in a Realtime Interview can you have
follow up. The only way to go looks like with a subpoena. Applicable Supreme Court precedent supports muellers ability to go with a subpoena here. Right. Even against a sitting president. And so, you know, The Next Step is that. Whats. And lets say the president says no. It goes all the way to the Supreme Court. What would happen to those Supreme Court justices that are appointed, or are appointed by President Trump . Would they have to recuse themselves from such a ruling. Obviously, we have kavanaugh in front of us right now who has been involved in a Special Counsel investigation before . Right. So, the strict legal answer is, no, they would not have to recuse themselves. Normally, recusal is going to be for something with a much more direct conflict of interest. Either a financial interest in outcome of a case. Or that he personally worked on
that case or a Family Member is involved. But the mere fact that we might suspect political bias because they are in a sense ruling over the very president that had just appointed them. Thats not necessarily grounds for recusal. It does give one concern about whether they can put politics aside . Bought they could choose that, right . Oh, yes. Steven, lets go that far, it does make it to the Supreme Court. We now have Brett Kavanaugh as the ninth justice, what do you think the vote would be . Heres where it gets really tricky. If you were just to Straightforwardal Ply Prior Supreme Sort Precedent which is we can subpoena a sitting president for records. And we can force a sitting president to sit down in a civil case. And the interest of doing this thing for the president with an
investigation is even greater with a criminal investigation. When you add that all up, pretty strong case for the Supreme Court to side with mueller and say, yes, President Trump has to comply. The wildcard here is Justice Kavanaugh if hes confirmed. Hes an outlier. Hes taken a far right position to say that president s shouldnt be investigated while in office. The only remedy is to impeach them and then they were to become private citizens. If he were the deciding vote, we might see a different outcome even though the current Supreme Court justice seems to side with Robert Mueller. How Michael Avenatti is encouraging democrats now to follow Michelle Obamas or rather, not follow Michelle Obamas advice about President Trump. In the next hour, the chief
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in 2020 giving his vision for the future of the Democratic Party. What i fear for this Democratic Party that i love so much is that we have a tendency to bring Nail Clippers to a gun fight. I want to suggest a different course. I believe that our party, the Democratic Party, must be a party that Fights Fire With fire. When they go low, i say we hit harder. Lets go to elena beverly and also noel nicpor. So he is saying Michelle Obama may have said that which was when they go low, we go high, he is saying hey, we have to do more. It look tsz lis like were havi
difficulty with sound. Lets try one more time. Can you hear me . I gotcha. Go for it. So of course he is referring to the clarion call that Michelle Obama issued in 2016 in the Democratic National convention saying when they go low, we go high. Personally, i believe that the democrats dont want to Fight Fire With fire in a way that would be a race to the bottom politics. What democrats want, and avenatti does reflect this a bit, is to oust donald trump. But they also want a statesman or woman as a democratic candidate who is going to represent their issues. And speak to the policies that are affecting them at home in their local communities that are affecting their pocketbooks, affecting their health care, and assuring a more dignified retirement. So i think avenatti is reflecting the ability to use the social media and the news media cycle, but beyond that, i dont think that he represents
what democratic voters really want to see in 2020. Noel, some may say he is saying when they go low, ill fight, paraphrasing. Where might that work . Does it work in a president ial context, does it work in a congressional context . I think what eyouve seen sorry, noofs kn that was noe. I think that the correct me if im wrong, but i think we are all tired of shock jock candidates. And i think the world would be a much better place if we could focus on issues at hand without all these tactics of grand standing. And i think when i see Michael Avenatti come on with these quotes and fighting harder, this makes me think that im going to have to strap in and get ready for another Roller Coaster Ride of bullying politics and i think that were tired of it. And i think that the Democratic Party i dont really see them
moving in a direction of getting some sort ofh fire. What Michelle Obama said is actually i think embraced by not only the Democratic Party, but for people as a whole by saying when they go low, we go high, meaning we take the better route. Dont fire with fire, we just dont participate and let them spin on. Elena then you might have to ask those in the Democratic Party when you look at avenatti, who is certainly seen as a key figure and those who are against the president in donald trump, where is the best place, what is the best part of his energy that could be used . Is it him running for president , is it him being an adviser . Well, i certainly believe that he could endorse a candidate when the time comes. But just to respond a bit to the request that you asked noel, i think that what you are seeing from the democrats as we prepare for the midterms is you are
seeing more authentic candidates who are reflecting the diversity of this country and who are reflecting a sentiment of unity in bringing us together. So i dont think that his Scorched Earth Fight Fire With fire strategy is one that any of the democratic voters are interested in adopting. Know he wi noel, 15 seconds to you. Ill just echo her point. And like i said, i dont think that Michael Avenatti, first of all, he is Stormy Daniels lawyer and is that his claim to fame on the national front. Maybe on the democratic side maybe he can endorse somebody or something, but i dont know, i think his place in politics, he just needs to stick to his day job. Great to see you both. Thank you. Coming up, omarosas about face on trump. How credible is she though . Need a change of scenery . The Kayak Explore Tool shows you the places you can fly on your budget. So you can be confident youre getting the most bang for your buck. Aloha. Kayak. Search one and done
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