Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. To get manafort loans. We hear one thing after another listed and as i say, a very plain, kind of matter of fact fashion, although what did seem awkward was the fact there was a certain part of the courtroom that gates didnt seem to want to look at. The manafort part of the courtroom. Right. Let me ask you how they deal with explaining to a jury that someone is a cooperating witness, that theyve already pleaded guilty to committing some crimes. Does that change or could you detect any change in any of the Body Language from the jury . Did they seem to to listen less intently or did they lean in as this was someone who had traded something . How does that go over in a jury . So, i was watching the jury as they were describing, or, as i said, as the prosecutors were leading gates through a description of his deal with the government, and the jurors were watching that very intensely. I saw a number of them taking notes on
for those who watched both nights along with us, very different dynamic as you saw on night two of this first round of debates. by a washington post count democrats mentioned trump nearly twice as many times. ashly parker at the post summed it up this way. during the second night on thursday trump was the boogie man that everyone named. a charlotte and a fraud, a fabulous, a hater of immigrants a separator of families, a supporter of white supremacist and in the words of former colorado governor, john hickenlooper, the worst president in american history. our guests remain with us. jackie, about socialism, the s-word, i want to run this from president trump. he summed up what he saw on stage from the democrats. we ll discuss it with you on the other side. i ve been watching the debates a little bit inbetween meetings, and i wasn t impressed. but when you look at the socialism and what it can do,
the american people understand that trump is a phony. that trump is a path loological liar and a racist and that he lied to the american people. donald trump thinks wall street built america. one of the worst things president trump has done to this country is he s torn apart the moral fabric of who we are. where was that question when they passed a tax for those who watched both nights along with us, very different dynamic as you saw on night two of this first round of debates. by a washington post count democrats mentioned trump nearly twice as many times. ashly parker at the post summed it up this way. during the second night on thursday trump was the boogie man that everyone named. a charlotte and a fraud, a fabulous, a hater of immigrants a separator of families, a
what statute or law or rule has been violated? nobody s pointed to one. so of course accepting something of value from a foreign government in the context of a campaign is actually illegal and it appears the president is aware of this. his tweet this weekend came in reaction to this story in the washington post. the post reporting that trump has expressed to confidantes lingering unease about how some in his orbit, including his son, are ensnared in the russia probe. the president does not believe his son purposefully broke the law, but is fearful nonetheless that trump jr. inadvertently may have wandered into legal jeopardy. joinings now is ashly parker of the washington post. i love all your stories. this is when trump reaches for his device, to start banging out his tweet. based on interviews with 3,900 but i think it was 16 or 18 sources. take us through what they reported about the president.
following his address to congress. that afterglow was cut short when it was reported that more members in the inner circle had undisclosed meetings with the russian ambassador. the news about sessions indicate something more nefarious is in place. this is totally unacceptable and the idea they are making excuses and splitting hairs, this is we have not seen the end of this. the recusal is an admission that something was wrong. i m joined by the roundtable. ashly parker, steve, tell me about this week, can you