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Chris Matthews debates hot political issues with politicians, newsmakers and Washington leaders. team. facing charges of insider trading and lying to the fbi. the government alleging that collins tipped his son off about a failed drug test at a bio tech company. family and friends then sold their stock in the company before the news broke saving them more than $768,000 in losses. noting that no one is above the law as charges were laid out against the congressman. congressman collins cheated our market and our justice system. these charges are a reminder that this is a nation of laws and that everybody stands equal before the bar of justice. now collins has pleaded not guilty to the charges and his statement that lawyers say we are confident he will be the news about stock trade and news about his making recommendations of other members of congress to buy stock of this company of which he was a member of the board has become public for more than a year. what does thi ....
Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U.S. and around the globe. finish line. and one of the president s first congressional supporters now faces criminal charges. congressman collins cheated our markets and our justice system. is a wider culture of corruption story unraveling around the white house? this is mtp daily an it starts right now. good evening, i m wbr-id= wbr820 /> chuck todd here on a very busy washington, d.c. welcome to mtp daily. is it really august? once again welcome to a wild day of legal and political developments surrounding, who else, but the president. one of his top loyalists in the house was just arrested on insider trading charges on a plot that was so brazen, it includes the white house south lawn, by the way. as it was described by federal prosecutors today that you have got to see it to believe it. we ve have much more on this story and this culture of corruption stench that s starting to grow around the president coming up. but ....
haunting. as always, you can find me on facebook, twitter, snapchat and instagram. i m around on social media all day long. i will also, just as a quick programming note not be seeing you for the next week. my colleagues will be stepping in for me as i take a little time. won t be heading to jersey, stef. i know that s your favorite place. clearly it s not a vacation. i can t imagine what you re going to be doing. what else would one want to do? take it away. all right, my friend. enjoy. thank you. good morning everyone. i m back. stephanie ruhle here, my partner off today. friday, august 2018. it is the 10th. some parts of the country, it does seem like the america we know and love doesn t exist anymore. massive demographic changes have been put on the american people. much is related to illegal and legal immigration which some love. laura ingram and her white supremacist speech. i m still at a loss as to how that made it to air. yesterday, melania trump ....
china has come down tremendously. tremendously. china would have superseded us in two years as an economic power. now they re not even close. china got rid of their china 25 because i found it very insulting. i said that to them. i said, china 25 is very insulting because china 25 means in 2025 they re going to take over economically the world. i said that s not happening. and we ve gone way up and they ve gone down. i don t want them to go down. we ll have a good meeting and we ll see what we can do but i have to say this, billions of dollars will soon be pour nothing our treasury from taxes that china is paying for us and if you speak to mr. pillsbury who is probably the leading authority on china. he was on the other day saying he has never seen anything like it and you know who else hasn t, china hasn t. mr. president we ll try to make a deal with china because i want to have great relationships with president xi as i do and also with china. you re talking about th ....
tremendously, tremendously. china would have superseded us in two years as an economic power, now they are not even close. china, i found it very insulting. i said it to them, china, 25 is very insulting. 25, they are going to take over economically, the world. i said that s not happening. we ve gone way up and they ve gone down i don t want them to go down, we ve had a good meeting and we will see what they can do. millions of dollars will soon be pouring into our treasury from taxes china is paying and if you speak speak to mr. pillsbury who is probably the leading authority on china, you know who else hasn t? china hasn t? we are going to try to make a deal with china, i want to have great relationships with president xi, as i do, and also with china. reporter: mr. president, how do you see your role as a moral leader? as a moral leader, though? president trump: i think i am a great moral leader and i love our country. go ahead, please. reporter: you said earlier in ....