This sunday, turning against trump. The president s longtime personal attorney, Michael Cohen, is apparently prepared to say the president knew in advance about the Infamous Trump tower meeting with russians. It appears the president s former attorney and confidant is ready to talk. And cohen releases a tape discussing buying the story of a former playmate who says she had an affair with trump. What financing . Well have to pay something. And well pay with cash. No, no, no, no, no. Rudy giuliani attacks cohen. The man is a liar, a proven liar. Not long after praising him. The man is an honest, honorable lawyer. Just how big a threat does cohen pose to President Trump . My guests this morning, former trump political advisor sam nunberg and republican senator rob portman of ohio. Plus guns and poses. Maria butina loves guns, cultivated conservatives and is
now in jail, arrested as a russian agent. Does she hold the key to an nra russia connection . And base politics. Today marks 100 days
afraid, and it draws on this you know, crt panic and its associated stuff. this, i think, could create a blowback because i think once people realize what they re actually talking about, you know, toni morrison, beloved, in a senior english class? it doesn t ring true, but it s about the culture war wedge issues that republicans think they can win on as long as they walk that line, distance themselves from donald trump in public and playing the culture war card, which can resonate with a lot of swing voters. so we ll see. terry mcauliffe always runs like he s behind. the problem is 10 out of the last 11 elections, the virginia governor s race goes from the opposition party to the president who is just elected. so it s an uphill climb. but this is a little bit of a desperate play. it s a culture war play. we ll see if voters see it for what it is. a senior in high school. don, also it just so happens that that kid who was so traumatized by toni morrison s
it is rough stuff it is because the horrors of slavery was real. it is literature, not trash. it is designed to make people afraid. it draws on the crt panic and associated stuff. this i think could create a blowback because i think once people realize what they re actually talking about, you know, tony morrison, beloved in a senior english class, it doesn t ring true. it is about the culture war issues republicans think they can win on. as long as they walk that line, distancing themselves from donald trump in public and playing the culture war card, which can resonate with a lot of swing voters. we will see. look, terry mcauliffe you always runs like he is behind. the problem is 10 out of the last 11 elections the virginia governor s race goes for the opposition party to who than the president who is just elected. so it is an uphill climb but it is a little bit of a desperate play. it is a culture war play. we will see whether voters see through it for what it is. a senior in h
beyond that. this is all evolving. we ll see how it plays out, if trump plays the culture war card. i don t know if the young people are going to come out, the new voters you re talking about are going to come out. productivity is platflat. that 4.1 is a a great number now. all right. finally before we go, we have a little anniversary to celebrate today. as i mentioned earlier one of us at this table is celebrating 40 years at nbc news. she s appeared at meet the press 211 times, not including today. joining me for our interviews, andrea mitchell, white house correspondent for nbc news. andrea mitchell of nbc news. nbc news chief correspondent foreign affairs. should clarence thomas take a polygraph test? senator, you said what you re for. with all due respect, gentlemen, there is a perception out there people in power, particularly in congress here washington, are a closed club. ms. mitchell, take a look at the e-mail trails. i cover the state department.
threatening allies and opponents, tweeting randomly and distracting not the public from what he s doing but his party from what they need to be doing and lacking some real sense of policy and a vision, as robin s talking about in terms of where this all goes, all of those will be problematic as this turns to the international stage. david frum, another seeming distraction, or at least some people would regard as a distraction, was the transgender issue. what do you think trump was doing there? and i m assuming it s an attempt to play the sort of culture war card and force democrats to have to defend a very small minority that many people would regard as odd. i don t. but will it work? it s a culture war that actually turned into a culture skirmish because as you said there just isn t enough excitement about this issue, one side or the other. and it is a sign of how the