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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180409:08:47:00

Washington are putting their finger on the scale against you? you know, i just think that it s disappointing to me to see that there are democrats in washington that would try to meddle in primary elections around the country. i just think we ought to let the voters decide. it s quite simple for me. would you support nancy pelosi to lead the democratic party in the house? you know, i think that if elected, when elected, i would look at all leaders that would step up to possibly be speaker of the house. i think nancy pelosi has had a difficult job in the past, but i m very concerned as are voters here in kentucky that leadership in washington is really led in the democratic party by san ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180409:08:45:00

But there is another growing demographic of americans who are also running, veterans. lieutenant colonel maimy mcgrath checks both of those boxes. she was, in fact, the first female marine to fly an f-18 fighter jet on a combat mission. and she went on to fly 89 of them in both iraq and afghanistan. now she s running for a seat in kentucky s 6th congressional district against republican incumbent andy barr and fellow democrat and mayor of lexington, jim gray. amy mcgrath joins me now live from lexington. lieutenant colonel, thank you so much for being here. i really appreciate it. it s great to be here tonight. after reading through your biography there, i have to ask, what did you learn, the marine corps is a pretty male dominated institution. what did you learn in the marine corps that will help you in trump s washington? persistence and, you know, speaking truth to power. i think that, you know, ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180409:08:03:00

Washington correspondent for bbc world news america, msnbc contributor and author of a new book out this week the confidence code for girls katty kay. plus washington correspondent for cnbc, kayla. thank you for joining us this sunday night. catty, i want to start with you to put this all in global perspective particularly as we learned of the alleged attack in syria this morning now. we know that president trump, last time he was confronted with something like this, launched strikes against syria, a move that the obama administration declined to make. what is your sense of the significance of what we have learned this morning and how intensely the u.s. should respond? well, i think the president s tweets were significant, partly because he took on vladimir putin in name for pretty much the first time ever. but it also raises questions about what american strategy is. the president launched an attack last time against an air field. the syrians have responded a year later with more ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180409:08:02:00

In a tweet sunday, president trump actually criticized vladimir putin. in this case, slamming putin s backing of syrian dictator bashar al-assad. that s on top of the toughest sanctions yet of russian oligarchs. as for china, in spite of proposing 150 billion in tariffs and the opening shots of a trade war, the president tweeted, quote, president xi and i will always be friends, no matter what happens with our dispute on trade. and somewhere in all of this are people. in the united states, uncertainty for thousands of farmers, workers and investors in a stock market which just saw its worst quarter since 2015. and in syria, people dying and struggling to breathe after an alleged chemical attack for which both russia and syria deny culpability. joining me now to talk about all of this, washington bureau scheef for the new york times elizabeth. msnbc political analyst michael steele. ....

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