roll that back and the legislation did not pass. >> that's something that sessions seems to be pushing back against. i would love to have you come back and talk about that again if you are amenable. >> i would be more than happy to do that. >> appreciate you being on the beat. "hardball" starts now. pressure cooker. let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. late today standing in the rose garden, donald trump gave us a look inside his mind. he views himself as cheated by jeff sessions, betrayed by the man he entrusted to be his attorney general. he wanted senator jeff sessions to protect him, as any attorney should, to ward off legal threats, to go on the attack when trump, his client, is threatened. to defend the man who gave him his grand position of u.s.

attorney general. what did sessions do wrong? he gave a shield to a man who owes no such loyalty. worse than not protecting trump, sessions gave up his ability to protect him. he recused himself from that ability. he let someone else, someone with no loyalty or history with donald trump decide donald trump's fate. and what he did was go out and name a special prosecutor to look for every bit of dirt he can finds on donald trump. perhaps enough to bring donald trump down all together. president trump continued attacking his attorney general today, leaving jeff sessions' future employment an open question. this morning, the president tweeted, attorney general jeff sessions has taken a very weak position on hillary clinton's crimes. where are e-mails and dnc server and intel leakers. and in a news conference this afternoon with the lebanese prime minister, president trump called sessions' doigs recuse himself bad for the presidency. >> i'm wondering if you would

talk to us a little about whether you've lost confidence in jeff sessions, whether you want him to resign on his own, whether you're prepared to fire him if he doesn't, and why you're sort of letting him twist in the winds rather than making the call for him. >> i don't think i am doing that. i am disappointed in the attorney general. he should not have recused himself. almost immediately after he took office. and if he was going to recuse himself, he should have told me prior to taking office and i would have quite simply picked somebody else. i want the attorney general to be much tougher on the leaks from intelligence agencies which are leaking like rarely have they ever leaked before targs very important level. i told you before, i'm very disboinlds the attorney general. but we will see what happens. time will tell. time will tell. >> time will tell. a number of republican senators voiced support for sessions today. but according the axios,

president trump recently called long time political associate and asked him out of the blue, what would happen if i fire sessions? the president's new communications director anthony scaramucci likened the relationship between trump and sessions to the fengss lead to divorce. peter alexander, they can get together or separate. let's start, robert, with your reporting and then why is trump doing there? why death he just lop the guy's head off? if he wants to fire him, why doesn't he? a technical reason? >> there's a political reason at the top of my notebook, talking to people inside and outside the west wing today. they stay president is reluctant to fire another top law enforcement official after he went after the former fbi director james comey. he would rather see the attorney general just quit.

>> well, isn't just quitting begin to look a little thin difference from being fired when you're publicly humiliated? i kounlth four times today he said disappointed. he is using every method to say, i want you out of here. >> it is entirely right. the lines are being blurred. plus what is complicating this situation for the trump white house is the attorney general, as much as he does value a rapport with the president, a rapport that has disintegrated, he sees his job at the justice department as the fulfillment of a lifelong dream going after the policy that's he's always championed. >> he's told him basically, it seems kind of cruel. go out there and fire your leakers, fire your own loyalists to show your loyalty to me. we all get sfrethe sense, the original sin was recusing himself, taking himself away from a position where he could

protect trump from a special prosecutor. >> that's right. he blames him for two things number one, the president is a combatant. he likes people who fight. so he doesn't like that instead of fighting, sessions recused himself. but he believes initial step what set in motion the process that led to special counsel robert mueller who is causing tremendous headaches for the president and his family. >> his understanding of the role of the attorney generalship. can you square that what most people think an attorney general should be today? man or woman since at least janet reno, they're seen as the country's attorney general, not the president's personal lawyer. >> that's right. there have been people very close to them as the attorney general, like kennedy. >> or bobby kennedy. >> he would be the prime example but that's not what we think of. we don't think of the attorney general being the president's lawyer. we think of him being the lawyer

for the country. in a way that's very important institutionally. it is interesting that jeff sessions, democrats are not big fans of jeff sessions when he was named attorney general bust now he is seen by democrats as someone who is standing up for the institution. >> why doesn't somebody tell trump that? that attorney generals are a bit independent. they're almost part of court system sflflt if you're a business leader maybe, your chief lawyer, chief counsel, is watching your back. that's his number one client. but for the attorney general, the president is not in fact his number one client. >> well, trump got it wrong. today trump seemed the dismiss session's early endorsement of his candaidacace yiflt he said t to alabama. i had 40,000 people. he was a senator from alabama. i won this state by a lot. massive numbers. a lot of the states i won by were massive numbers.

he looks at 40,000 people and he says, what do i have to lose and he endorsed me. i am very dispoinlds in jeff sessions. i can dump him. >> are history is a little different. i was at that rally in august 2015 with then senator sessions, candidate trump. they had a real bond ideologically. sessions proud an intellectual core to the then candidate trump's pugilistic instincts and it was perhaps opportunist oik some part by senator sessions. you have to remember by 2015 efrgs a veteran senator in alabama. he did not need donald trump to win re-election. i think he was looking for trump as an ally to try to forward

what they shared as an agenda. >> everybody assumes these guys have 50 options. he is an attorney, he's been elected a number of times tooflt conservative for my blood but i think he fits right in with that state down there. does he have a home to go home to? can he go home again? >> i'm sure he does have a number of options but i think what is disconcerting to him, he gave up a safe senate seat. a seat he held for 20 years to sort of serve a lifelong dream. and six months in, he is being publicly and scathingly trashed by the president for doing what many people think was the appropriate thing to do in recusing himself. this was one thing. no matter where he ends up, he's been deeply humiliated. this is one reason the trump white house is having trouble attracting top talent to go in. >> so he may get the kennedys encouraging award.

there are multiple reports of frustration among trump's entire cabinet. eric ericson quoted one unnamed secretary criticized. if he can get treated that way, what about the rest of us? that's how people think in the real world. meanwhile, reuters reports foreign policy officials are saying, secretary of state he rex tillerson have told him he'll be lucky to last a year. h.r. mcmaster was frustrated by what he sees as disorganization and indiscipline on key policy issues in the white house. you write the big stories. in all seriousness, is there the rest saying, if he can swing it. he's a close pal of the president's. >> look at the chief of staff.

reince priebus. >> the level of instability and possible disruption is extraordinary. two of the top ranking cabinet officials, tillerson and sessions, in some turmoil. the national security adviser, people who have given the administration the credibility that it craved at the beginning with some of these big names are now thinking about leaving. it affects the relationship we senators. he wasn't like the most popular senator but he was a respected senator, to then be treated this way. >> he is treating him like spicer. >> this is lbj stuff. the newly installed communications director is looking to shake up his staff. he is exercising a broad mandate for the president he and intends to follow up on threats he to

purge aides he believes are disloyal to trump and leake to the presses. his answer, i'll going to fire everybody. you're going to stop leaking or i'll be fired. i have the authority to do just that. one communications staffer has resigned. it is not exactly clear what led to that resignation. finish up here, what is the mood? if you talk to the confidantes, do they breathe a sense that they're not really intimates of the president? they're not his men and women? or are they still loyal for the appointment itself? >> because of all the tensions, the confidantes of some cabinet secretaries who i've spoken to say their whole m.o., their approach is to keep their distance right now from the president. be an ally.

support his policies. if they don't have a deep personal relationship with him, they're in protection mode in their agencies trying to weather the storm. >> what about the cab complete the? the whole feeling? do they feel like he is not loyal downward? >> i think they feel he that. i think some of them have a longer leash. for example, ambassador haley has been able to be out in front of the president. they represent the president but oftentimes, they're overseas, they're trying their best to represent the administration. something the president does or says or tweets undercuts them in the eyes of the world. >> you can see a few others that have been described. thank you very much. coming up, trump lets sessions

twist in the hill. we'll talk to a key member of congress who was in that meeting with kushner behind close he had doors, coming up, plus, john mccain returns, the first step toward taking health care away from americans. something president trump the republicans are now close to doing. they're not going to get it done. in the president's speech last night, did the boy scouts once again control the political convention? he used the scouts as a studio audience for a political speech and tonight he'll be at it again, ripping his political points in a campaign style speech in ohio. he is using every, he is using he have audience. he let's see, there are the wildcats 'til we die weekenders.

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. a short time ago the house voted overwhelmingly, despite objections from president trump. the legislation passed by a veto proof margin. 419-3. all the dissenting votes came from house republicans. the bill includes a provision that would make it harder to roll back any measures imposed against russia and now heads to the senate for final approval. we'll be right back. 1,200 workers are starting their day building on over a hundred years of heritage, craftsmanship and innovation. today we're bringing you america's number one shave at lower prices every day. putting money back in the pockets of millions of americans. as one of those workers, i'm proud to bring you gillette quality for less, because nobody can beat the men and women of gillette. gillette - the best a man can get.

other. it's already been a busy week for the congressional committees involved. jared kushner was back on capitol hill, this time for an interview under oath with the house intelligence committee. meanwhile the senate committee interviewed paul manafort on the sun of that now infamous meeting with the russians last june of 2016.

nbc reports a source close to manafort says he turned over to the senate committee the notes that he took during the 2016 trump tower meeting. that's important. he took notes. the other guy jared kushner thought wasn't very important. manafort thought it was and he forwarded the e-mails proposing the meeting which indicated the russian government was supporting donald trump. by the way, jared got that same e-mail. despite that, he repeatedly dismissed cell lynn meddling as a talking point. >> are there any ties between mr. trump, you or your campaign, and putin and his campaign? >> no. there are not. it is absurd. there's no basis to it. >> let's go back to this issue of russia and hacking. can you tell us what you know about the relationship and what donald trump believes? >> we have no relationship. this is an absurd attempt by the clinton campaign to try to get

the focus off what the real issue is. >> they're pretty desperate pretty quickly is all i have to say. it is a far reach. >> that was a joke but today it is not a joke. >> i'm joined by walk 18 castro who was at that meeting. also, in the white house, from rhode island, on the senate judiciary committee. i want to start with the congressman. i know the rules are what they are. was he help. >> is he just left guard up to the teeth and was so careful, you couldn't even read anything new on what he had to say? >> no. he was helpful. he stayed for an extra hour to speak with the committee. so he didn't answer, or couldn't answer every question that we asked him but he had a demeanor that was forthcoming. we have more questions to ask of him so i know once we have a chance to go through transcript of this interview, hopefully he'll come back for another

interview. >> where are you on the estimate of this guy? is he the freddo character, from the godfae dsgodfather, not too sophisticated, or is he worth the portfolio, everything you can imagine being responsible for, and yet they're trying to say, he's not too sophisticated chflt is it? sophisticated or not? >> i think the jury is still out on that. >> how about you as a jury member? as a juror? >> i will say. this two things are clear to me. first, that the president puts a lot of trust on jared kushner. perhaps more than anyone else in his immediate family. and also, that jared kushner very much wants to protect the president. those two things based on what i heard stood out for me. >> how many times did abby lowell stop him from answering a question? >> they were pretty forthcoming.

as in any deposition situation you're in. stopping a question. it seemed to me they tried to answer the questions. you said there were some questions he couldn't answer. what did you mean? >> as with any witness, there are things that other people may have knowledge of, that the person doesn't have first hand or direct knowledge of. so can't speak to. but that's part of an investigation. you're not going on get the full story from any single witness, which is why this investigation and this witness list is extensive. it is like putting a puzzle together. >> can you imagine going to a meeting with russians who came with e-mail that said, your points are on your side of the coming election. they get some dirt on your point and they want to have a meeting about it. they want to talk about the sanctions. is that credible that someone

could take that position? isn't it credible generally? >> well, you know, he made clear in his own statement this idea that he didn't, he thought the meeting was a waste of time. that honestly hard to believe because the e-mail said something like private and confidential. >> it also said they were they were his father-in-law win the election. >> that's right. so i think not just for committee members, but for any american who sees that. at first glance. that's quite hard to believe. >> okay. thank you for coming on again tonight. let's talk about paul manafort. from the beginning he's had russian connections. that was one reason trump liked him. he owes $17 million to the oligarchs over there. is he going on testify or lawyering his way out of this or what? >> well, we will see. i am very happy that chairman

grassley actually issued a subpoena for him, which i think gets everything set up right. and in response to that, there are document requests that are pending and the possibility of staff interviews that are being negotiated, and ultimately, i both hope and expect that he will be brought before the committee in a public hearing. obviously it won't be tomorrow at this point and it will be up to the chairman to fick date. i believe that's the direction that we're heading in. it is not uncommon to do that kind of preparatory work before you bring on a witness in a public hearing. >> speaking of preparatory work, he walked into that meeting that jared kushner says was a waste of time with a notebook, he wrote down contemporaneous notes. he was a russian guy. he knows russian connections. he knew a meeting with these top russians that were representing to be with the government in an

effort to try to help win the election against his point. he took dead seriously. how would you rt square that with the claim of jared kushner that it was a casual stop bied kind of thing? >> well, it is very hard to square, as you've pointed out. it is not often the turbulence of a campaign at this juncture, that you get the candidates' he son, the son-in-law and the candidate's campaign chairman all in room together over nothing and it gets particularly change when the memo that sets it all up that was circulated amongst all of them describes this as being part of the russian government's plan to interfere in the election. and they all look at that, and say, i'm coming in any way. a lot of people would look at that memo think and it is a set up. it is so incriminating. and they all came in anyway. >> let's watch something bummed

this investigation earlier this spring in april. >> have you seen any hard evidence of collusion yet? >> i guess i would say this. that my impression is, i wouldn't be surprised after all this is said and done that some people end up in jail. >> what do you think collusion means? it seems like it could be showing up in a meeting with foreigners, in this case, russia. isn't that collusion? >> absolutely. he was speaking of not only collusion but possible obstruction or cover-up or other things. so i stand by that answer. not in a malhe have lent way. if you ask me, my impression is that people won't get out of this completely unscathed and

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the republicans finally took the first step toward repealing obamacare and potentially stripping 22 million people of health insurance. potentially. keep that in mind. it came amid loud chants of kill the bill, don't kill us. and even shouts from protesters in the gallery who were dragged out later. >> i haven't heard that before. nearly all 100 senators took their seats as the roll call began. mcconnell could afford to lose only two of the 52 senators. and as the votes were kounlth, susan collins and lisa mur could

you 60 began. teetering on the edge of defeat, senator john mccain strode into the chal bettmber and cast a dr vote to move the vote forward. let's watch that. [ applause ] >> mr. mccain. >> because not one democrat voted for the bill, vice president mike pence had to cast the decided 51st vote which he did. and after the vote, mccain who returned to his home to arizona where he is recovering from surgery. >> the administration and congressional democrats shouldn't have forced through congress without any opposition support a social and economic change as massive as obamacare. and we shouldn't do the same with ours. why don't we try the old way of legislating in the senate?

the way our rules and customs encourage us to act? if this process ends in failure, which seems likely, then let's return to regular order. >> forcing the vote was a risky move by mcconnell who required his members to take a leem of faith because it is unclear what the bill will be. joining us, michael steele, and congresswoman from illinois. you voted against it but they jammed through a version of this. i don't think the republican party is a governing party. i think they're still a protest party. they're still running against washington and the government. they don't have the slightest idea of how to square the circle of repeal and replace. >> all we have to do is look at the last six months of what has gotten done. the election season talked about a trillion-dollar infrastructure package, a jobs bill.

we've gotten nothing done because we have these constant distractions. i think john mccain pointed out, the american public deserves more from the republican party. >> his move to proceed was procedural. and i think a lot of people on the left say that was terrible. all did he was move -- to me, the mayhem into the spotlight. there is no republican health care philosophy. except don't do anything on health care. and that won't sell. >> not only that. i think there's a philosophy. it is not very clear. >> do you believe the federal government would have ever moved on health care if the democrats hadn't done it on obamacare? that's your philosophy. don't do anything. >> that's not the philosophy. don't do anything. there were swhoissues. wasn't about so much health care as it was insurance. and i think that's always been a very, very important distinction.

>> help me on that. >> this whole thing has been geared toward the insurance companies. doctors aren't at the table. health care providers aren't at the table. >> does federal government have a responsibility to make sure the american people have insurance? >> no. >> i worked in health care for ten years. i worked in health care before, during and after the affordable care act was passed. >> is it fair to stay party goes from public option, single payer, or at least something like obamacare. they believe in doing something. >> for right now, democrats stand with our arms wide open saying we'll work with you. we want to bring down cost prescription drugs west want to make sure co-pays and premiums are available. and i think the way do you know that, this week and over the next few weeks, begin to roll out what your plan would be, to help move republicans into that space. i tell you, the democrats are in

the exact same position the republicans were in. >> they did it yesterday. i'm sorry. chuck schumer and nancy pelosi, the leaders on both sides, rolled out a plan. three legs of it. and one of the legs was, prescription drugs. >> pillars. >> have they had it scored? get it scored and put it on the floor and let's talk about it. so it is just an idea. >> okay, miss manners. they made proposal. >> fine. you have a proposal. you have your come he's in the house and senate. you go first. you go first. >> a former speaker of the house, john boehner telling a business gathering that republicans wouldn't repeal obamacare. let's listen. >> there won't be resale and replace obamacare. it has been around too long. the american people have gotten

accustomed to it. to this medicaid expansion. trying to pull it back won't work. >> didn't he just say you're going to do something? >> that's the reality. they should do something. you tell me what will get passed the next three weeks. >> nothing. >> okay then. expose the fact little slower that they ain't got nothing to do. they don't believe in national health care. >> well, what you referenced earlier, we rolled out what we're calling a better deal. it is not just a slogan. >> i think make america again is a good slogan. >> better jobs, better wages. >> look, when we rolled out fire pelosi, that was a call to

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>> the fake news and all that. welcome back. that was president trump last flight in his speech to, you won't believe it. the national boy scout jamboree. the president opened his remarks by saying he would put politics aside. here's some of what he had to say after that. >> who the hell wants to speak about politics when i'm in front of the boy scouts? i go to washington and i see all these politicians. on i said we ought to change it from the word swamp to the word cesspool or perhaps to the word sewer. secretary tom price is also here today. dr. price. by the way, you're going to get the votes? you better get them. he better get them. oh, otherwise, i'll say tom, you're fired. as the scout law says, a scout is trustworthy, loyal, we could

use some more loyalty, i will tell you that. so i have to tell you, what we did in all fairness is an unbelievable tribute to you and all of the other millions and millions of people that came out and voted for make america great again. just a question, did president obama ever come to a jamboree? >> what do you say? boy scouts are like 11 years old to start with. it is supposed to be a nonpolitical crowd which they are. maybe they like having they will there. it is an event for tens of thousands of children from across the country. president trump is probably the first to talk politics. last night the boy scouts of america made a statement to clarify their position. the boy scouts of america is

wholy nonpartisan. the invitation for the sitting u.s. president is a longstanding tradition and is in no way an endorsement of any political party or specific policies. he was in youngstown, ohio, and here's what he had to say a short time ago. >> and now tonight, i'm back in the center of the american heartland, far away from the washington swamp to spend time with thousands of true american patriots. i'm here this evening to cut through the fake news filter, and to speak straight to the american people. fake news. fake, fake, fake news. is there any place that is more fun, more exciting, and safer than a trump rally?

>> let's bring in our "hardball" roundtable. the correspondent for reuters, the reporter for axios, and a congressional reporter for npr. let's talk about it. in fact, you'll start by laughing. what do you make of trump using the boy scouts? just the breaking of all the norms, going after obama as an illegal immigrant. it is like he's shooting the moon. like in hearts. everything he does is against the normal way to do something. he is still in the high 30s. >> we clearly have seen with this president nrgs his mind, every stage a campaign stage and every audience deserves a show or a spectacle. there is an art of addition. you try to turn people who didn't support you before and you try to make they will support you. every time he does, there it is a missed moment to reach across the aisle. >> he doesn't win by uniting.

he wins by passionate division. >> so far that was enough to get him to the white house, clearly. >> it is fair to say he's kissed off the big cities all across the country and it doesn't steam bother him much. breaking all the norms. he doesn't accept any rules. there are these moments when you can elevate things. you can elevate things. lord knows, 40,000 boy scouts is one of those moments. he talks about hillary and obama and you don't need to receive to the 54%. let's just are imagine there's a chance that theory is wrong. even his mild mannered bullying.

the huge department. that's a street corner drugstore cowboy, standing on the street corner saying, you don't mess with me. you're out of here. >> this is not what the scouts would have liked in terms of role modeling. if you want to drain the swamp and fill with it people who are good, a crowd of scouts might be the best recruiting place you could go to. inset the of being the role model, he was disparaging washington and saying don't get involved unless you'll be that loyal to me. >> it would have been great if he wore a scout uniform. the merit badges. scouters wear them. >> they do that. it would be more appropriate, i think. wouldn't it? >> perhaps. who knows. donald trump wasn't a boy scout or even an eagle scout. some of the members of his cabinet were. and then to have, to encourage the boy scouts to boo hillary

clinton was a definite low moment. >> i don't think there's a merit badge in hate. last night's speech to the boy scouts wasn't the last time in the last few days the president turned something into a political rally. here's what he said for the commissioning ceremony for uss gerald ford. >> now we need congress to do its job and pass the budget that provides for higher, stable and predictable funding levels for our military needs. that our fighting men and women deserve and you will get. believe me. president trump, i will tell you. you will get it. don't worry about it. but i don't mind getting a little hand. so call that congressman and call that senator and make sure you get it. by the way, you can also call those senators to make sure you get health care. >> let me ask you, you have to

start. this it is stuff. full material for this guy. two full terms or not a full term? give me your predictions. >> full term? two full terms or not a full term? >> i will say a full term. i will say that we have not seen the end of trump unleashed with. anthony scaramucci already signaling that he will let trump be trump. >> let me go to john here. >> two terms. >> i've given up on guessing what the american electorate will do. but let me say this. >> full term -- >> he's still full term. i need to see turning point. the roundtable is sticking with us. we'll be right back with "hardball." your next getaway? connecting with family and friends?

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tell me something i don't know. >> trump wants to attack amazon. did you say he would last one or two terms? >> the reuters poll found two-thirds of the voters say they shop online this holiday season and more than half of them on amazon. so he is attack a company really popular with a company that helped him into office. >> anthony scaramucci said he will fire everybody. i would narrow that substantially to people who are really nervous inside and have rnc on their resumes. >> democrats seem to be in a good position. there are 209 candidates who will challenge republicans often

28 republicans who -- >> are you betting on the democrats to win the house back? >> all these tough questions. >> i think they're in a good position. >> what do you think? >> sure. why not. >> i would -- >> 24. i'll give my answer. the economy stays the way it is. i think the republican there's hold. if it doesn't, look out. i think they lose. it is all about the economy. look at the top issue. >> politics 101. >> well said. when we return, let me finish with trump watch. he won't like it. ♪

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trump watch, tuesday, july 25th, 2017. this president believes the attorney general should be his attorney. he believes geoff sessions betrayed him by paying the to defend him as any other attorney does. in other words, he sloughed off the very job he was hired for. is there any other way to explain the righteous indignation we witnessed in the rose garden this afternoon? a man who feels stiffed by this southern senator who he gave the big time attorney general job.

to fasten your seatbelts. inwe'll have some turbulence in this city. a u.s. attorney general on his way out after twisting slowly in the wind watergate style. or in trump style, briskly in the wind. one by one for leaking. he can save himself, sessions can. at least for a time if he shows his loyalty to trump by getting rid of the people. he can show loyalty to trump by showing disloyalty to those who showed loyalty from him. none of this will save him from trump's wratss. his original sin was to give tim sword and shield he was given to protect trump himself by recusing himself in the russian matter, he advocated his rowing to an emperor that will not forgive an act he views as tr s treasonous. so one day soon, he will be

given the message, leave now while you can still walk out the door with a minimum of grace. thanks for being with us. all in starts right now. tonight on all in -- republicans advance health care in the senate. and the final fight begins. >> we're going to try to come up with something that is really spectacular. >> tonight the historic republican jam job. and what untold damage could it cause. >> i don't think that will work in the end and probably shouldn't. >> i'm very disappointed with the attorney general. >> donald trump starts the clock on his own attorney general. >> time will tell. time will tell. >> the latest on the president's human i will yagss of jeff sessions and what it means for the russia investigation. plus, what we learned from jared kushner in a second day on the