Reporter. She is the coauthor of our exclusive nbc news report from just last night on Robert Mueller asking witnesses if trump knew with these hacked democratic emails before they were released. Also back with us, jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and pentagon. And we welcome back to the program, cynthia alneya, a federal prosecutor and a Justice Department veteran. Welcome to you all. Carol, about tonights story, what is its central impact the your view . Well, as you mentioned, this hacking and leaking strategically is the worst part. So this is significant in the sense we knew this was happening. But if mueller decides to move forward with an indictment, to me the key question is whether or not there are any americans that are tied to this. Its one thing for him to indict russians who will probably never be extradited and come over and
stand trial in the United States. Its an entirely different ball game if there are americans named or unnamed should he decide to do an
own chief of staff, most of whom had been strongly discouraging that idea. as the washington post summed it up today, trump often likes to sow misdirection. running the white house like a never ending reality show where only he knows the plot. even by his standards, the day long period that ended thursday left senior aides and republican lawmakers wondering whether the white house had finally come unmoored. with us, long time republican strategist mike murphy. he s currently living in the witness protection program. mike worked with john mccain, in addition to another gop candidates. so mike, the nra for years has as a fund-raising tool, some version of, they re coming to get your guns. they ve put out ads like this one. it was especially prevalent during the obama presidency. so then the president goes there
to go court. that s another system. a lot of times, by the time you go to court, it takes so long to go to court torsion get the due process procedures. i like taking guns early. those comments from president trump stunled republicans in congress as he steamed take a position on gun control to the left of any liberal. and today another shock where trump announced the united states would impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. it surprised the republicans in congress, his chief xhekt adviser, even his own chief of staff, most of whom had strongly discouraging. trump often likes to sow misdirection. even by his standards, the day long period that ended thursday left senior aides and republican
trump often likes to sow misdirection. even by his standards, the day long period that ended thursday left senior aides and republican lawmakers wondering whether the white house had finally come unmoored. with us, long time republican strategist mike murphy. currently living in the witness protection program. so mike, the nra for years has. some version of, they re coming to get your guns. they ve put out ads like this one. it was especially prevalent during the obama presidency. then the president tweeted out tonight about a good if not great meeting in the oval office. did they go straighten out the