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>> welcome back to the weekend, everyone. we are beginning this hour with a late night court filing from donald trump's legal team. the filing argues that trump shouldn't be charged in the classified documents case because president biden was in charge and his case. this is true. i'm going to quote from it. president biden will not be charged. president trump should not have been either. now, never mind that the special counsel made clear in his report that the two cases were wildly different. joining us now, january six investigator -- , also joining,

former fbi general concert, andrew weizmann. he is the host of the msnbc podcast, prosecuting donald trump. greetings, everyone. >> you and i were on set to get there when the report broke. i do wonder if it was always inevitable that donald trump's lawyers were voting to cite this report as soon as it came out. also, talking about this specifically is a motion to compel discovery. i'm curious why this becomes relevant and that type of filing? >> it's not. to elaborate, yes, it is inevitable that he would make this kind of motion. it is something that is for a different audience than the court of law, the court of public opinion. there was no finding that current president will fully, intentionally retained, or separated classified information. and the same way, there was no

find in what has led to former vice president pence. by contrast, a grand jury has voted that there should be charges, and there are charges, against donald trump. that is a select argument that what has been reported is dead on arrival. that is, there is no basis for it at all. >> we've seen this time to time again, which is trump's team not making legal arguments in the court of law, rather, making political arguments they feel served their candidates. >> that's the only reason they're doing any of this. the court, as of set up many occasions, as a backdrop for this campaign of donald trump. where it's going, where that backdrop is going to come a little clearer into focus is on the immunity question that is coming before the supreme court, just as a reminder for folks out there that the appeals court told us that trump's immunity doesn't exist.

it ain't there. it's not a thing. people get confused, it's not a thing. how do you see the court looking at this, everybody is on, you know, appeals watch. does he make the appeal tomorrow? that's e deadline. i'm suspect on that, to be honest. i think trump is looking at this and going, does he want the embarrassment of his supreme court telling him no? or, how do you see it? >> i think that he is going to appeal the decision. i think it's important take a step back and see consistency at the district court level, and now the d.c. court of checks and balances. i doubt our founding fathers ever thought we'd have a dictator running our country, right? they made it clear in their opinion by saying, right, criminal accountability does not outweigh that chilling effect. on the presidency. i do think that president trump is going to file an appeal. it will run out that clock. the supreme court says the same

thing, so he can be a victim on the campaign trail, as he's been with each loss in the district court level, and at the d.c. circuit. i don't think it's really about losing everything, it's about extending that clock, and maybe getting the trial pushed beyond the election. >> you know, andrew, i'm wondering if in fact, to marcy's point, that donald trump does appeal tomorrow, that then pauses judge champions classified documents proceedings, if you, well yet again, the jack smith case, and it could be cause for a week, two weeks, three weeks. it is indefinite. can we potentially not see a classified documents trial in federal court to be started this year, given the opportunity for delay? >> yeah, i think there are two federal trials. there is the one in florida, the classified documents case. there is one in d.c., the january 6th case. i think with respect to the

florida case, it looks like judge cannon is going to have a hearing in the beginning of march about what they're they're going to keep the trial date. i would agree, she is not going to have that trial. she seems to be consistently willing for the defense. that seems unlikely to go. with respect to the d.c. case, i agree with mark's completely. that is what donald trump will do tomorrow, basically just to run out the clock. it is really interesting, the supreme court is trying to split the baby. it is going to reverse the colorado supreme court and the arguments that happened this week. you know, if they're trying to add here so -- they don't take this case, they don't issue a stay. the mere fact of taking the case is the win for donald trump.

that is the delay. and so, if they are really trying to appear to be even- handed, they should let the case go forward. there is no way that the supreme court will be taking that case to reverse the d.c. circuit. no judge will find that donald trump can actually kill this political adversary, and these criminal prosecution. that's the argument that donald trump is making. it is so outlandish. i just will see why the court will take this case. >> let's take it on the mar-a- lago case. there's a lot of back and forth in the last few days between jack smith and judge -- we had your podcast host on with us, walking us through the law, and how in some ways this was filed under the rug statute, if i'm getting the score at. there have been calls throughout, for canada to recuse. i can't tell if we're living in some kind of fantasy land, where we questioned both her confidence and her bias, that that is chatter that is happening on the side, or if there is any real redress for

the fact that she seems to perhaps not be up to the task, and also, continually given the trump team opportunities to move back the deadline. >> yeah, it is still, i think, the jury is kind of adamant, there's no question that she doesn't have a lot of experience handily matters like this. it appears that she also seems to -- on the scale. that's not me saying that, that's the 11th circuit having said it twice. that is a very conservative circuit. it is suggested in the investigative phase. you have the law completely wrong. by the way, when you said that former president trump is entitled to more deference than other people, that is not the rule. guess what? equal justice under law. he is not entitled to less or more. so now there is this issue, with respect to divulging the -- of someone who is under investigation, which could interfere with a criminal

investigation. we don't know about the underlying facts of, that so it is somewhat guesswork. what i can tell, you as a -- i have been in a prosecutor for many years, that does not get disclosed when you are doing an investigation. to me, it is so reminiscent of the same problem she had during the investigation. so, if she continues this route, it will be interesting to see whether jacks mitt gets to the 11th circuit, and whether they sort of politely recuse her, essentially. which happens with they hear the case. when we send this back, we think that the better course is for a different judge to hear it. >> michael, what we're talking about is is this information being shared not just with trump's attorneys, but trump himself, potentially. >> that's very true. i want to pivot off of that, marcus, because i'm sitting here and i'm listening to andrew. at the beginning of his answer, he started listing, you know,

distinguishing between this case, this case, and i'm sitting there thinking, people at home are going, what are you talking about? people, this is trump's advantage. >> michael, that is what the graphics department is. for throw up the graphic. >> we should have got a graphic. >> you would be not just a graphic, you need a roadmap. you need to get, so, where does this land with the american people? at the end of the day, that is who trump is playing to. that is why joe biden is struggling and the polling. that is why the country is looking at donald trump as some victims, some hero, and other crazy things. help us understand what all this case, how all these cases stack up for the american people. i mean, you had to run into that with the january six investigation. you had to find a way to cut

through the crazy coming out of my party, about this been some weekend at bernie's. all right? in the capital. instead of what it really was. >> it's going to take a lot of on the ground, one-on-one conversations with folks. that is where i felt i was the most effective joint investigations. i was talking to rioters, those involved in gen. six. i was pushing back factually in a conversation just like, this at a table. where you see conspiracy, that trump is maybe been attacked, putting papers in front of them from bill barr, or them seen another conspiracy theory, and putting forth statistics about how safe our election was. it will be hard work. it will be a long period of our country coming together to come and overcome these conspiracies. the former president's investigated in -- it could become watered down at times. we have to make sure were clear about the crimes he has committed. it will take a lot of work on folks on the ground. do you have those one-on-one conversations to rebut these

conspiracies. >> we need graphics, we need like, work we'd needs -- and the podcasts, it'll be marcus. i guess my last question is really about, as the next couple of weeks unfold, i mean, marcus, what are you most concerned about? >> i think what i'm most concerned about is the supreme court case. i'm thinking about whether they take up this immunity hearing. you and i both think they will. i think it's important to establish, once and for, all former president, presidents are not immune from criminal accountability. we're a nation of the law, same laws that apply to former presidents apply to us. that is something we've always believed to be true, no to be true. i think we're at a point in history where we need the supreme court to come down and say that that is true, so we don't have these issues moving on in the future. >> well. i won't hold my breath. luckily, andrew weizmann, marcus, they are not going anywhere, because we have much more to discuss after the break. we're going to get into the latest attempt by donald

trump's team to disqualify d.a. fani willis from prosecuting the georgia case. later, if at first you don't succeed, try, try, again. maybe? republicans are taking that sane literally. they're expected to bring mayorkas for another impeachment vote this week. why? this is the weekend, folks, on msnbc. this is the weekend, folks, on msnbc. ♪ ♪ is this yours? you ready? surprise! i don't think you can clear this. i got this. it's yours now.

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>> this week, an evidentiary hearing will be held to address the accusations the fulton county district attorney, fani willis, engaged in an improper relationship with the special prosecutor and the georgia interference case. shortly after willis admitted to the relationship, which she meant changes not improper, she asked the judge overseeing the matter to cancel the hearing. the judge has yet to decide whether the hearing will be held. there is a new twist. the trump codefendants i made the accusation against willis has now allege that the

relationship between willis and wade began earlier than they admit it. andrew weizmann and -- are back with us. >> marcus, i want to skip to, key in on this idea that phony says that that relationship is not improper. in the main, it may not be improper, all right? i'm sorry, when you are dealing with a very high profile case that involves the president of the united states, one whose history you are well aware of, given everything else that he has been say leading up to this particular prosecution, how can you be, and i will put it in real terms, so deaf to the reality? so blind to the truth that you are going to be a target of this president and the people around him? your case, above all the other cases that donald trump had to deal with, is the one that can take him out.

>> marcus, and defensive fani willis -- >> he cannot get around, he cannot go and become president, set this case down. this is a state case. so what is it about this that is for trump, and to you, a matter of not just law, but a matter of propriety given the political reality around it? >> what's troubling for me is that if you're a juror related to a trump investigation, if you are turning related to a trump investigation, a judge, an officer of the court, you're going to be attacked. i think that's what's troubling to me. our system, including the d.a., it's been attacked right now. if we look at the law disqualification, it's clear. you need to have a personal or financial interest and the matter. that's with a loss as a georgia. there is no personal or financial interest that would disqualify the d.a.. the personal interest she has to representative -- or maybe she has a financial interest in the case, means she would need

to be paid upon a conviction. i don't think those facts are even near or alleged by the defendant to this case. this is just a distraction. if you read the fulton county d.a.'s indictment, it is one of the most damning documents we have because the former president. that is what this is all about. >> is this the takeaway for that potential jury pool? is that the takeaway for people around the country, that somehow, you know, the indictment is very strong, but the perception is, she is not the person to do this, because of this conflict of seemingly came up. >> i would push back on a been a conflict. the indictment, i still don't see the relationship between even a personal relationship to someone in your office, and the indictment. i don't see it. it is made to be salacious. it is made to be a distraction. i am struggling to see where it is even relevant. i hope the court will come down and say the same so we can get back to talking about former president trump looking for 11,000 votes in georgia in

2020. >> you know, andrew, i think that something michael just said struck me. the reality is, the fani willis, case of all the other cases that he is facing, is the only one that, if in fact on trump's elected, will go forward. fani willis has potential to haul the president of the united states of america, donald trump is reelected, into court. and hold him accountable. i think that that is scary for donald trump and his allies. that is what they're attacking him. >> there is no question that the two state criminal cases in georgia, and manhattan, are ones that can't be brushed aside by donald trump winning the presidency again. they are state cases, as michael said, not federal cases. so he would not have that power. on the other, hand it is the case that they would likely be stayed, pending sort of the

four years that donald trump's presidents. they would still be, there at the end of the day. so, they do have that -- it would probably be delayed. just to marcus's point, and i know that it doesn't deal with the political reality, but i do think that the public has to keep two thoughts and its head at the same time. that is that the defendant is charged with various crimes, and there is that fact. and, there is the hearing as to what exactly happened between fani willis and an elite prosecutor. and whether it was improper or not improper, whether it was an ethics issue. that is a very separate issue. by the blending of, them it reminds me so much of what you do a criminal case with the defense wants to do is make sure that there is, and any possible time, that the jury's focus on the prosecution table, and whether the agents and

prosecutors did something wrong, and then destruct. that is a good day for the defense. whereas, the prosecution wants to keep the trial focused on the evidence. like what exactly happened, was charged, what are the crimes. i think that is what is going on here, which is the blended of those two things. there really are, i agree with marcus completely, completely distinct issues. in other words, you could think, maybe fani willis had an improper relationship. there will be a hearing on that. it is still a very separate, distinct issue from the criminal charges that are pending. >> to clarify something you said, that is that this case could be paused quickly. >> yeah, there are substantial laws that when someone's president, that a state case, you don't want to have these states bring criminal cases, have them go forward while somebody is president.

that doesn't mean that they are immune, it doesn't mean that they can't be charged, and they can't be tried after we leave office. the chances of the manhattan case hasn't happened, the georgia case hasn't happened, by the time that we have a new president, that they would be state. if they have gone forward. there is a conviction. then, michael is right, they stick, there is nothing federally that could happen to them. >> i want to talk about the civil fraud case. now, part of my sunday routine is i will put for my family up for. i put out by children's uniforms. then i say, which rulings could we possibly get this week. i have my eyes on this fraud trial. my question to you, in light of what we have watched about the possibility that you have weisselberg perjuring himself, do you think that weisselberg tortured himself, to, how do you think that then changes, potentially, the timeline on

this? >> so, let me remind people of what's at issue here. we're waiting for judge engoron to say two things. one, he has already found liability with respect to one cause of action. he has said that donald trump has engaged in civil fraud. there are counts two through seven that he is going to be decided whether there is liability as to donald trump, his sons, weisselberg, various defendants. there is a liability determination over it above what he's already found, and there is a damage to termination. that is where everyone has their eyes on that, whether it will be 300 and $40 million, -- alan weisberg is a defendant and that civil case. if the judge finds that he lied on the stand, and the allegation is that weisselberg, what he took the stand said i

didn't know anything, i was not involved in connection with evaluating the trump property in new york, the one that was listed as over 30,000 square feet, when in reality, everyone agrees, it was 11,000 square feet. i'm paraphrasing, but he basically said, i didn't have anything to do with that. forbes around this article say, yes, you did. we have contemporary documentation that you were involved, and communicating back and forth with you. allen weisselberg disappeared from the courtroom and stopped testified. >> because his lawyers -- >> that is my surmise. we call that educated speculation. his lawyer said, now we're done. what, if the judge finds that he lied, that is, obviously, he could face criminal prosecution for that. it could affect their judgment, it could be an additional profits for what the judge

doesn't believe him. and funds against both him and other defendants, in up to and including donald trump. >> andrew weizmann, thank you both so much for getting us started. up next, republicans could not take no for an answer. they are putting their failed impeachment push up for another vote. ranking member of the house oversight committee, jamie raskin, joins us next to discuss. you are watching the weekend on msnbc. watching the weekend on msnbc. with the majority of my patients with sensitivity i see irritated gums and weak enamel. sensodyne sensitivity gum and enamel it relieves sensitivity helps restore gum health and rehardens enamel. i am a big advocate of recommending things that i know work. wanna know why people are getting a covid-19 shot? i'm turning the big seven-o and getting back on the apps. ha ha ha. variants are out there... and i have mouths to feed. big show coming up, so we got ours and that blue bandage? never goes out of style. i prioritize my health...

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from mayorkas on why he should keep his job for meet the press, take a listen. >> the system is not fixed for 30 years. bipartisan group of senators have now presented us with the tools and resources we need. bipartisan group, and the congress killed it before even reading it. >> secretary mayorkas, now, congressman, he entered the department of homeland security for the first time in 2009, had the same issues. he says he does not solely bear the responsibility for what's happening at the border. what do you make up this, another attempt to -- >> what we have is impeachment over matters of policy. we have impeachment instead of policy. it is striking, the juxtaposition that mayorkas drew. you have him working with a bipartisan group over on the

senate side, filing to arrive at some breakthrough, and it actually came up with a bipartisan compromise. the maga republicans blow up the compromise at the past of donald trump who will not take yes for an answer. he wants immigration as a problem, not as a solution. he wants to be able to run on it. they're impeaching mayorkas without any evidence of treason, bribery, or high crimes, for misdemeanors. they're impeaching him instead of working with him to actually solve the problem. >> i'm curious as to whether or not this effort actually has the votes this time. what is your sense and feel. why would speaker johnson bring this back if there hasn't been some serious arm twisting, phone calls from donald trump, reprimands, threats of primaries, and all the other crazy stuff that goes on in that space. do you think they actually have the votes this time to do this, which is why they're bringing it back? >> i don't think they've been able to swing the republicans

that voted not to impeach last time. mr. gallagher has announced in the meantime that he's leaving congress. i think he will probably be their biggest target. i don't think gallagher is going to change his mind. what they really do it is bringing soliz back. you know, when he is in the middle of his cancer recovery, there is a former cancer patient in remission, and also, an impeachment, and the second impeachment of donald trump. i would tell scalise, don't waste your time and energy coming back for this, it's not going anywhere in the senate, even if his vote makes a difference and the house. they might lose some people, there could be an erosion over the weekend. his time and energy are much better spent getting better. >> that makes a lot of sense. >> i wonder congressman -- what you make of the fact that you had -- voting against this impeachment and then announcing that he will be running for

reelection? >> well, you know, there is peer pressure, political pressure, what on republican colleagues who depart from the trump oxy. you saw that with liz cheney, adam kissinger, mitt romney. beyond that, you know, there are threats of political violence that continue to rise all over the country. i was checking an article this morning about the secretary of state in arizona who, in preparation for the election, is basically training his staff on -- >> he's having tourniquets, congressman, in his kit. he is preparing them for active shooter drills. just to speak to your point. stakes are high. >> it is first aid preparation, and so. up there was another article about basically fortified the district courthouse and washington, d.c.. the courthouse against the possibility of january six

violence, when donald trump's trial gets going. this is nothing that donald trump has done anything in his power to discourage, or to deter, on the contrary, he continues to invoke the specter of violence against people to do his well. it also came out that he told nato allies that he was encouraging putin to attack nato countries that didn't pay their bills. in other words, he was condoning and promoting violence against our allies, in nato, if he felt they weren't living up to his expectations. it is an astonishing thing. there is a lot of violence and the air up his rhetoric. >> i wanted to shift a little bit of a gear here. it is connected, but it is different and the sense that we're talking about the border. and what secretary mayorkas is going through at the moment. then you also have efforts to really put some life back into

the ukraine measures, to get some money to ukraine. we have the fortune of having senator -- on the show on the weekends. -- without border funding, it could pass the house. let's take a listen to what he had to say. >> it would be tough. in the state of affairs in the house of republican -- >> chaotic. >> for republicans. >> unlike the border deal, i have not heard state speaker johnson, this is dead on arrival. it will be hard. a very narrow majority. that's should have had a lead and caucus, with the majority. >> it can't be done. so with this regular order, suspension, et cetera, the encouraging piece is that there has not been announced, it's that on arrival. >> my friend simone has it right, it's chaotic right now on my side. how do you see this measure making its way to the house, and possibly getting done? >> i think president biden

really set the stage for discussion at the valley sports speech, all over the world, democracy and freedom are under siege. now we've got an election in america, the forces that are aligned with democracy, with freedom. they're saying, we've got to help our allies, and ukraine, in israel. we've got to rush humanitarian assistance to gaza. even willing to do this on the border. obviously, that's taken off, because donald trump wants to run on that instead. we must play our role in defending democracy and human rights around the world. if america is not going to do, it who's going to do it? >> can we doubt, the majority of the money and the supplemental for security is being spent here at home. it goes to, it goes back to the pentagon, to buy weapons, and things that are manufactured in america, to send it to our allies. i don't understand why people, why republicans don't want that to happen? >> they are four huge, nearly truly dollar defense budgets.

we're talking about 5% of our defense budget that would go through and active war. that would defend our besieged democratic allies to though in ukraine who are heroically were sustained a bloody imperialist and -- where many cities are being targeted and killed by russia. why would you support these loaded defense budgets if you don't want to help our allies? >> that is exactly the point. i would like you to stick around, congressman, we have a lot more to talk to you about. especially, we want to get you involved with special counsel, robert hur. this is editorializing on his report on president biden's classified documents case. this is the weekend on msnbc. t ♪ ♪

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counsel, they're looking at the question up whether there should be charges brought and of prosecution. that is the answer you want. if they say no, then you leave the alleged suspect to his or her own devices. and said, there is a several hundred-page report to make all of these editorializing claims about the presidents memory, and it has nothing to do with his job. obviously, the president was very angry about it. i think a lot of people are angry about it in washington. it is part of this full blown offensive against joe biden, who, right now, is the leader of the democratic course. not just in america, but all over the world. he has laid down the law. this is about the democrats versus the autocrats, and the kleptocrats. you know, the plutocrats, and dictators all over the world. so they're going to undercut him however they can. >> we've seen this mood before, you know, congressman, back

when hillary clinton was in a crosshairs of the justice department, and -- comes out with that faithful editorializing, if you will. this is, in my view, beyond editorializing. it is gratuitous political hack. to weigh the swiss foreign, beyond the opening paragraph, where there is nothing here, folks there is nothing, criminally, they're sitting president, however, i have something else i want to tell you. he is nice, you know, i don't think he is really clear. what strikes me about all of this is the fact that the justice department allowed that to go on. there was no one in the room to say, wait a minute, we are in a hot political climate here. we can't have your personal opinion about the president be a part of an official deal, report. two part. one, what are your thoughts on

that? two, is there some type of review in the congress, since you have oversight here, to sit back and say, can we reframe the guardrails for how these reports are put out to the public? even those special counsel, they seem to have freewill to do whatever they want. >> there was a proper legal statement, which was the president has essentially exonerated. there is not sufficient evidence to suggest that he and tended, and anyway, to steal documents, or obstruct justice. this is precisely what was found in donald trump's case. he intended to go through all those documents. he had them in different places when he was told to return them, he returned a small portion of them. he kept the others. it was apples and oranges. all the rest of it is fingerpainted on the special prosecutor's report. all of his ideas, as his memory specialist. you, know what he thought of joe biden's condition. i think that, look, where in

the minority on the house side, and the oversight committee. we are doing hunter biden, morning, noon, and night. that is what we. do chairman comer is in charge. it would be a reasonable, compelling thing to look at. either by the oversight committee, or house judiciary committee. or some combination thereof. we can reign that in, because the special councils are getting the idea that, well, they're not just there to offer a legal judgment about whether to proceed in prosecution, but also to make a generic political, or medical, statement about the suspect. it is ludicrous. >> what is the conversation among house democrats specifically? this is an election year, every single person in the house of representatives is up for reelection. we talk about the presidency, there are 11 governors, there are states that are going to choose new governors. the house could potentially, hakeem jeffries might just be the speaker come next, year given what happened in november. what is the conversation among

house democrats on this? there are lots of people, st. lucie, joe biden is too old to be president. his opponents are seizing on this report, and there has been, you have been very good, i think, at pushing back against some of the fodder from this unnecessary unwarranted conversation, others, not as much. what is the strategy? >> we just had a retreat, the house democratic retreat in virginia. it is an all hands on deck moment. everybody is mobilized for this fight. i have been out to 17 states campaigning for my colleagues, for the house, for the senate, and for president biden. i think he set the table for this election properly. in valley forge, he said this is about the defense of our political institutions. it is both a defense of democratic values against corruption, subversion, authoritarianism, racism, antisemitism, at home, and all of the same currents have been unleashed around the world by

donald trump's best buddies. you know, putin and russia, and orban in el-sisi, in egypt, and marcus in the philippines. you name it. that is his team. that is what we're up against. so it is a very serious moment. all of us need to be doing what each of us thinks we can be doing in order to win back the house of representatives. that is where a lot of my energy is going, to defend the senate, expand the majority and the senate, if we can, and absolutely, defend the white house against a return of donald trump, who is spectacular, disrespect, for the rule of, law and spectacular sense of entitlement, now threatens the future of our democracy. you know, nobody thinks that there is anything hyperbolic about that, everybody understands where we are in our caucus with this. >> i love our maryland corner that we have established with your visits here. you mentioned this senate's big news this week in maryland, out

of maryland, regarded our former governor, larry hogan, who has announced he is running for the u.s. senate. my view, congressman, and i'd be interested and yours, is this changes the dynamic on the ground, where you have, an executive, account executive also running against congressman sharon. how do you see this race? what do you make of this new dynamic? and, a little birdie told me, a lot of folks are talking to you about jumping into this thing now. you may want to address that. we're happy to have, simone and i both love to have that news break right here, that you are in the race. what do you say, congressman? >> well, i think the race is settled. look, all of us in the congressional delegation, all of the democrats in maryland, are unified around when, and holding the seat. that means we can't let larry hogan get away with anything. he is in donald trump's party.

this is an anti choice party. they want to pass and national law banning abortion. he will go into the senate if he were elected as a work in the wall of donald trump's support, within this -- >> while -- >> he would certainly be voting for mcconnell, for your party, he would be voting for ted cruz, or likely, or whatever pro trump republican is going to be leading at. we have to be clear about this. we have a party of democracy and freedom, and a party that is responsive to donald trump speck and call. that is what it is. the thoughtful, moderate, pro constitutional republicans, like liz cheney, like adam kissinger, have flood that sinking ship. >> i know we have to go -- >> he hasn't let that ship, that is why he's out of this race. >> he would be much stronger if he ran as an independent, or democrat. now, all he is, a brick and the

wall of republican support for donald trump. >> you should assault michael's face. do you want to endorse him in the race by now? when the democratic primary? would you like to endorse. >> i -- >> well, let us know. congressman jeremy raskin, who we will now asked to see every weekend from now until that election. congressman, thank you. we've got more of the weekend right after this. we'll be right back. after this we'll be right back. you ready? surprise! i don't think you can clear this. i got this. it's yours now. ♪oh what a good time we will have♪ ♪you... can make it happen...♪

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it is super bowl sunday. republicans bad luck with that swift is still pulling -- a shirt defining performance at the halftime show. is anyone actually focused on the game? come on, what do you think? >> i'm so, so envious because simone got to see usher. was it in vegas you got to see usher, simone? >> i saw usher in vegas and let me tell you, it was the best show i've ever seen. i had amazing seats, shout out to my girl krystal carson, and lydia, shout out to assure. and afterwards, usher was telling us about his work. i didn't get to meet usher, he talked about his super bowl show and who told us that, look, i said it's gonna be like this. he said it's much shorter but it's gonna be -- >> i'm certainly in usher mood. >> please hold it -- i'm not trying to be -- >> symone, i was trying to say -- >> you know what, alicia? >> all right, so, the super bowl, i feel this is an fc kind

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