we hope you are having a great saturday. we are right here in new york with the headquarters. i'm richard lui and thank you for staying with us. the marches across the country are sending a unified message that the rallies are going to be held in all 50 states to protest the trump immigration policies, and we will find out more of what they are seeing. and president trump subpoena not commenting on the rallies but he is saying that he has narrowed the list to five people to replace supreme court justice anthony. we will start with the protests though in the hundreds of the cities across the country.

the reporters and everywhere, and msnbc contributor raul reyes with us here in the studio. we will start with mariano atensio, and you were having the opportunity to speak with some of of the activists, and very strong language from at least what i heard one of the activists saying that i.c.e. equal terrorists. >> yes. and also they feel sort of vindicated in some way, richard, because you remember that this week, also, there was a report from the dhs inspector general saying that the i.c.e. facilities need more monitoring, and they are not up to the standard, and that is what you are seeing the abolished i.c.e. chants popping up all over the country and we saw them with the prot protesters on capitol hill who were arrested earlier in the week. thousands of people out here in the streets of los angeles and you can see them and hear them behind me rallying in front of the i.c.e. facility here. ap before you asked me, we have seen a lot of the latino

families, and who else is out there, and i want you have to be introduced to the mayan family here, because this san issue that affects so many families in los angeles, and also the asian american families like your own, and can you tell why it is important to be out here with your little ones? >> well, watching the events unfold for the last few weeks affected me and hit close to home. as i put my children to bed, and i was reading the news about children sleeping in the cage, and it broke my heart, and it broke my husband's heart and we wanted to do something, and we wanted to come out and express how we were feeling, the frustration and the anger and this needs to stop. so, it is nice to come out here to exercise our first amendment rights, and my children are learning it first hand, and they are having fun. they are dancing, and drum circles going around and they are having a lot of fun, but they are also learning that we are exercising our first amendment rights as americans. >> and let's talk to one of the children here. let's see how little william does. you told me that you are 5 years old?

>> yes, i am 5. >> you are five. do you know why you are out here today? >> i am here because we are -- we are out here because we want to stop donald trump from separating kids from their family. >> reporter: thank you so much for your words, william. clear aly a conversation that y have had at home with them, and can you tell me if that is a difficult process, and how does the mother go through that? >> well, it was a rough conversation. we didn't go too much into detail of what was happening, but we wanted them know that they have families separated and we know that is not right, because we know how it would feel if we were separated for even a night, and i cannot imagine being separated from our loved ones for indefinite amount of time, and you don't know when

we will reunite -- and it is just -- it is not supposed to happen. >> reporter: our richard lui was talking about how one in every 10 immigrants undocumented immigra immigrants is asian is, and how does that affect you as an asian american, and looking at your own family's back story? >> well, my parents were immigrants. i was born here, but i realized that if it can happy to central americans and mexican, it can happy to anyone, and is so we need it to stop. it needs to stop. it needs to stop right now. >> thank you, william. when you look at the conversations that the children are having with the kids and the children who are still separated, you can see why it is important for many of them to be out near the streets of los angeles and across the country. >> they are walking, mariano, a tand the mothers and the 5-year-olds evidenttally today, and not all shy when it comes to talking to mariano atencio, and

we appreciate that. now, over to cal perry in el paso, texas, and cal, keep our eye on the prize here, right? there is a question of over 2,000 children trying to get reunified, right? and so are we seeing any indications here and hearing anything on the ground there in places like where you are at, so essential to reunifying the families. any detail? we are not seeing in any meaningful way to see the preparations under way, and we have heard this last night through the justice department legal brief through the justice in california talking now about detaining the families together and when you are talking to the immigration attorneys around the country, and we have, they say that could mean indefinite attention, and the courtses are so backed up, and when you are looking at the place like the place i am in, and el paso, and

you can see the courts overwhelmed and you can see people detained for inordinate amounts of times, and that is why we see the march here to the park we are at, and to juarez, and it bears repeating el paso and juarez has a symbolic relationship. sure juarez is dangerous, but maybe that is a reason why the emotions are so high. >> i am worried about the world that my children are growing up wi with. >> it is -- everybody is angry. it is ridiculous, and the fact that they can't find our kids. we are standing up for our kids, man. >> go ahead, cal. >> reporter: keeping in mind the spot between el paso and juarez is just a few minutes away from

a newly erected tent city to house kids and 23 of them were separated from their parents. i was inside of the camp, and when you trauking to the manager inside of the camp, he is giving you a glimpse of why it is so difficult to reunite them, and reason reason is that so many of the birth certificates from guatemala and mexico is not accepted by the government, because they believe so many of them are fraudulent and time that many of them may not have. >> and cal, talk about what you saw in the camp, the workers there. give us some of the color behind what that mood was like. >> it was incredibly militarized and the reason behind that is that the private company hired to contract out the camp is used to be being in disaster areas, and led around by tent numbers and fall one, two, three, and

the schedule was the battle schedule and the place they eat is dfac and a dining facility instead of where where they have lunch. that struck me. look, the conditions in camp are good, and they should be because it is america, but when you arek talking to the emergency manager of the camp, he says i wish that i was not doing this. when with i designed these camps for disaster areas, i'm a hero, and today, i'm a villain. so it is the thin line of the people carrying out the policies. >> and you is worked in the war zones and you understand the very culture of the way they operate and you are saying it is somewhat similar and that is what you are saying and yet, they are conflicted. >> e, no, listen. exactly similar to the forward operating base in iraq and a detention facility i have visited in iraq. i visited camp crawford and the thing similar about it is that the conditions are different for the children inside and be clear about it, but they are designed

to keep the people isolated in the middle of the desert and designed to allow them not the look outside, but we can look inside which is unnerving thinking of the children who have done nothing but look for a better life, richard. >> it is an imprint on the human existence. thank you for your imprint. raul, listening to cal perry there, and listening to what they are going through and having to see the experience at that age. >> right, yeah. and not only that, and not only young, but these are the young people that have already likely have suffer ed the extreme traua in the home country and then a traumatic journey up through mexico to the border, and now experiencing developmental and differing types of cognitive trauma ma that will be with them for the rest of their lives. >> places no doubt for these sorts of the structures, these particular grantees, and these contractors that are come ingin

to build these facilities, but in this situation, you have children that are this tall, and this old in places that are meant for people this tall and this old in military zones. >> it sin cars ratiois incarcer and since there was a court o order to reunify them, and why aren't we seeing that, and there is confusion going, because we have two legal tracts going, and we won't find out anything from july 6th, when there is a status hearing and the judge who issued the injunction will have the parties together to say, what is going on. at this point, the aclu if they don't feelle that the government is complying with the order, they can demand some accountability from the judge, but where they are more and more complicate and say that the trump administration appeals this injunction that going to the court of appeals for ninth circuit and say they affirm the court order and the trum administration appeals that.

then in theory, it is going to the supreme court which is not in session, but the justicers who are in charge of the ninth circuit of appeals is kennedy who s is going to retire on the 31st. >> that is all coming together. and the clock has been started is what you are saying and we are running out of days necessarily depending upon the age of the child and the individual involved in the detention, and we don't have that many left compared to what we have done in the beginning, and the numbers are small, and i don't know if we have the graphic. >> so in addition to that tract, there is a legal tract going on in northern california where the tr trump administration -- >> there you go, nine days to reunite the people under age 5 and 25 days to connect by phone and families, and it is not a lot of time. >> no, and what the trump administration has and they are planning to do in northern california with the judge who institute d the flores settlemet that we have been hearing about, they are trying to have that judge set aside some of the

proegs visions of the flores settleme settlement, and that is the judge responsible for agreement, and the trump administration is trying a unique argument because the flores settlement says that the children must be released without unnecessary delay, and the trump administration is arguing, well, these are children who might not be released because of unnecessary delay which is sort of a convoluted argument and i don't like to get to the legal speculation at that level, but this is the jiang who put forth the order protecting the welfare of children. >> the original 20 days. >> yes, and that is a tall hurdle to overcome, and the judge could be offended that the trump administration is trying to twist the words of the settlement that she hammered out to have a different income. >> and dolly gee is the judge there. >> yes. >> and now, thank you for sticking with us as we are following what is a busy day for news. this is a gathering there in front of the trump tower, and

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pictures in new york city in front of the trump tower, and this is time stamp of 5:06 p.m., because we are watching some 600 locations across the country for the families belong together campaign, and what we are hearing is that this is related to that and a couple more or less that were gathered in front of trump tower earlier, and it does not appear to be of that size at the moment, but again, at lot of energy across the country right now, and looking at those 2,000-some-odd children who are still separated from their parents. a court order as well what we are watching. this is as we are look g fing f the schedule of these chirp, and i was just described separated from the children, and the calendar is looking like this. by july 6th, the administration must ensure that all of the detained children are in contact with their parents, and then by july 10th, all children under the age of 5 must be physically reunited with their parents, and then by july 26th, the third key

date on the calendar, all children must be physically are reunited. but, when you are look at the days left to do that, they are getting shorter in number certainly. i'm now joined by two advocates from the migrant families and both of them attended the immigration protest in washington, d.c., today, and we have i. jen poole, and also kathy who is part of the protest. what did you see, jen? >> i saw families across the country really taking on the moment which is the fight of generations for the soul of the country. people from small towns with a population population 74 in north dakota to washington, d.c., where more than 30,000

people gathered and said that we refuse to allow for this administration to jail babies and to put families into detention camps, and we demand an immediate end to the policies that have created this moral crisis for our country. >> and now, part of the messaging, jess, it is what a-jen is saying walking across the country, and some of those offering the ideas to make it a productive conversation, regardless of the side of the aisle you are on or the argument that you are, and what is that cohesive message coming out of what is happening today. >> absolutely. you know, this is not about politics, but it is about the values as country. and i think that all of us can agree that families belong together and no one should have to worry about their child, about knowing where they are. and so our message is simply that we must reunify these families immediately, and we

must end the family detention so that the nightmare can be over. >> and what is next, ai-jen, and today finishes and tomorrow, and then monday and tuesday and holiday week, and what is the next step to be productive? >> well, this week as a holiday week, members of congress will be going home to the home districts and lots of candidates are campaigning for elected office in an important year, and people, we want the voters to get every single member of congress and every candidate for office on the record on this issue. what side of history are you going to be on? >> and jess s this the plan then that in every district across the country those who have decided to gather in those ci cities will now go to the town halls at these candidates will be undertaking? >> that is right. you know, we have had 788 events happening today, and i think that you will be seeing the folks not rest until the

families are reunited. they are going to be candidatest a their elected officials and continuing to hit the streets. and you can go to families belong together.org if you want to join them. >> all right. thank you so much. ai-jen and jessica, thank you. >> thank you. >> and now, the uncertain future of the democratic party, and 2018 and we are into it, and it is shaping up to be a very important year for the democrats and the republicans b four the democrats, this is a look ahead no the midterms and the supreme court battle and many of them are calling for i.c.e. to be a abolished and more and we will dive into it next. insurance that won't replace

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still watching the march to reunite families, and we are going to san francisco and reporter christy smith with the nbc after ffiliate kntv, and it busy in oakland and san francisco and san jose, and what has been some of the messaging there? >> well, i can tell you that the rally here in san francisco by city hallp wrapped up about an hour ago, and boy, it was quite a scene out here. the demonstrators gathered in an area called the dolores park and marched down market streett which is just under two miles and we barely saw a break in the

crowd as we went to civic center, with many of them carrying signs and chanting, families belong together, no one is illegal, and they will not be silent and they are denouncinging president trump's policy on immigration. they want the families who were separated at the u.s./mexico border reunited and an end to the family detentions. president trump has said that the families will no longer be separated, but the demonstrators are worrying about the children who already are, and they say that they really want to keep the pressure on, and the speakers here today in san francisco, of course, included activists, and they included many people sharing their own immigration stories, and also a number of the politicians, and there were many calls of course, to vote in november. we had a chance to speak with the organizers with who told us that they were expecting about 10 to 15,000 people but in the end, they thought that maybe

over 25,000 showed up. it is hard to get the exact count though, and typically the san francisco police do not provide estimates, but we can say for sure that organizers say that many more people showed up than they actually expected. >> christy, thank you so much. and of course o, san francisco is interesting to watch, because of the burgeoning tech sector, and that sector itself is at issue when it comes to the topic of immigration, and how that reflected there in san francisco. again, thank you, and one of the 600 cities that we are watching. as the marchers are continuing to protest the zero tolerance policy and the application of it, and the rallying cry is picking up steam, and lawmakers like kirsten gillibrand is calling to a abolish i.c.e. >> we need to abolish groups that do not help families, and so get rid of it, and reimage it, and build something that

actually works. >> a rumble over the immigration is one issue that the democrats are dealing with, and another is the supreme court vacancy to set up an epic battle on the bench. many of the parties are pushing back to having the seat filled in an election year. we go to karen finney who is also the national spokesperson for the 2016 clinton campaign, and also with us on msnbc for quite some time. great to see you. >> richard, it is great to see you. >> and how is this going to resonate nfor the the democrats as they are trying to push the energy forward in 2018 and i say like it is miles away, but it is that we are in the year. looking at november based on the very remember november chant coming out on the streets across the country today. >> you know, that is right. i will tell you that i was actually down at the march here in washington, d.c., earlier today, and the overresounding chants was vote them out. and i think that if you are -- it is a couple of things, frankly, richard. and democrats have to continue to work very hard between now

and november, because as you know, anything can happen, and i mean, think about how much has happened this week that you would not have predicted. you to continue to reach out to the grass roots and make sure that we are talking to the voters and helping to get the voters to the poll, and making sure that they have the information that we need to get to the polls, and that we continue the energy and the enthusiasm that we have seen already in these special elections, and that is culminating in almost a snowball effect between a number of the recent supreme court decisions that have really offended and distressed people and disturbed people, and trump's ongoing behavior and now this vacancy on the supreme court, and my god, you know, separating, and not just separating the children, but what many of us believe there is state sponsored child abuse when you are talking about the 3-year-old children being in cages away from their parents. so part of what you are seeing is that it has been growing for some time, and i certainly like

that what we are seeing for the immigration, and the separation of the families was really a tipping point, too. >> and so, karen, you have heard some of the chants and the calls, and i have played some of the sound bites from kristen gillibrand talk ul kag for the abolish i.c.e., and is that an overstatement of the democrats writ large to address the issue. is it misdirected? and clearly at the administration instead? >> well, look, i think that there is certainly a lot of problems with i.c.e. and the way they are being, you know, the way that they are being asked to or told to enforce trump's policies. >> and they are required to do so as an agency. >> and some people feel that the way that senator gillibrand was suggesting is that the way that they are current ly configured s not the way they are intended to be doing, and here is the thing. for some people, you will hear the democrats saying that it should be abolished, but we can't lose track and lose sight of the fact that at the end of

the day, and you will be hearing all of the democrats continue to talk about this, and what we need is comprehensive immigration reform, taand the reason that we are not getting it done is because of the republicans, and the reason that we have in horrendous policy at the bord ser because of president trump. so i think that we can have a conversation about how would you reenvision what i.c.e. should be doing, and how they should be doing which is a very good conversation, but let's not lose focus of the immigration reform. >> and karen, there is lots of openings for the folks on your side of the aisle all throughout the year and the half and continue to be more openings here, and also a supreme court justice process going forward and roe v. wade and abortion opening through, and what is the binder to bring it together for the democrats to push it forward and have a message that resonates and who does it? is nancy pelosi question being considered in real ways right now? >> well, you know, here is my view about this, and it is really at this point, it is

about the individual races, and the people want to know what are you going to do for me, and my life, my family. and now, that being said, on a larger scale, if we go back up to 30,000 feet, what i think that it rolls togethert is that people feel like our fundamental value s a values are at stake, and then frankly, i think that it is in some ways, these things transcend partpartisanship, and these are the values that we have always fought for, and people understand the danger of the trump presidency pose, and don't let the republicans off of the hook, because it is the republicans who have stood by and done nothing to sort of let the president get away with this and what mitch mcconnell is doing right now, is absolute abuse of power. he is suggesting one set of rules for republicans when it comes to the supreme court, and another set of rules for everyone else. i think that you will be seeing the democrats continue to fight hard on this nomination whoever it may be and whoever it is by

the way has been disqualified by trump himself, because he has pose ad litmus test to the already short test that he announce and put forward in the campaign. so if democrats stand firm and strong on fighting for our values, and fighting for, you know, what some democrats are calling a better deal and better options, and don't forget that health care is also at stake, and very important to americans, i think that is the way to win. stay connected to the base, and keep working hard and fighting for the values, and don't back down. >> karen finney, thank you, my friend, and thanks for stopping by. >> good to see you. >> and coming up the supreme court showdown, and the democrats and the republicans are preparing now for what could be a tough fight.

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thank you for sticking with us. president trump says he is going to announce his nominees to replace anthony kennedy on july 9th. on the air force friday he said that he has narrowed down the list to five candidates inclu including two women, and he said that he did not intend to the ask the candidates about their position on abortion. bring i bringing in curtis lee, correspondent for the los angeles times, and anina cue ku and columnist at the washington post, and dana milbank, and i was thinking about "to a apprentice," and this next hour and if we can expect something like that for the rest of the days? >> yes, we can start with the all 25 and narrow it down to the

five. >> please, don't do it, dana. >> maybe that is the best way the do it and get them confirm ed in the senate as well, but we don't know, and we have much more idea than usual, because we are starting with the list, and list that was not devised by trump, a and he has made the conservatives happy by saying that he is going to abide by the list. so given the process, this is in particularly what we have come to expect from trump in other realms, this is a particularly orderly way of doing it. >> and building on it, anita, don't expect too many surprises, because we have the list and it is just going to the happen, and it is going to be a close vote, but it is going to happen. >> yeah, i mean, remember that he knew that at some point president trump knew at some point here that he would likely have a second chance to nominate someone, and he might even have another chance. so they had gotten at the white house this list ready and added five names in november and no surprises here. here is says he is going to go

by the list and we know the favorites, because he interviewed them last year, and not a lot that the democrats can do and this is going to go through congress, the republican-led congress and we expect this person to be seated by the next term. >> and curtis, bring in a surprise for us, and what might surprise us as the process goes forward? >> i think that -- i'm not sure that the list is out there right now, and the president obviously likes to run the administration as the reality show. and this weekend he said that he is going to meet with a couple of the folks on the list. he might pick a woman to fill the supreme court vacancy, but it is going to be all eyes on july 9th when he makes the decision. >> and dana, you wrote an op-ed that is titled "an explosion is coming." what was that about? >> well, i said that hopefully this explosion is going to be at the ballot box rather than the streets, but it is sort of the notion of this minority power. we have had 6 of the 7 the

republicans have lost 6 of the 7 last presidential races in the popular vote. the senate and the house are both elected without a plurality of the popular vote, and now we are in the situation with the supreme court having already had a seat essentially stolen in the marek garland case, and now we have supreme court that will be poised to make abortion illegal conceivably to reverse gay marriage, and these are the things that have the support of 67, 70% of the american public. so there is a sense that things are being, the will of the majority is being defied here to some extent, and as john boehner said in 2010, you can only do that for so long. >> we are looking at the number that you are alluding to, dana, 67% in the kaisar tracking poll.

and you bring up the idea of the same-sex marriage with 67% saying it should be legal, and 31% saying no, and that is gallup poll, and what is going to coalesce the democrats in november, the scotus fight or the other issues and immigration for instance? sgl >> well, i see that immigration is going to be definitely resonateing. before it was ability the family separation, and before that dreamers. so immigration is an issue that is going to -- >> and before that, gender. >> right. so many things. and so i think that the supreme court fight, if you are talking to the democrats and had some on the show that they are talking about the supreme court, and this is going to solidify the supreme court for years and years to come. so this is going to be something very important and things that they are going to be talking about who is in congress and who is also in the white house next is really going to matter.

>> and so there are those who do not want the president back in the white house, and going to the the pictures at trump tower happening right now, and this is not a planned gathering, and we are getting reports that this is happening in the numbers of 200 to 300, and ckurtis, are the d m democrats going to be able to the make a stop here of the scotus decisions ark and significant number of democrats in the senate up for election in trump states. >> it is difficult for the democrats in the front end, because there is ill feelings back to 2016 with the marek garland selection by president obama, and republicans blocking the vote, but i agree with anita that it is definitely going be an issue in the november midterm election elections. >> thank you all. all friends here of the network certainly. coming up, presidential prank. comedian john melendez says that

he prank called president trump on air force one. we will play the call and get the story behind the entire snafu from melendez himself when we come back. willingham, edge of the box, willingham shoots... goooooooaaaaaaaallllllll! that...was...magic. willingham tucks it in and puts the championship to bed. sweet dreams, nighty night. as long as soccer players celebrate with a slide, you can count on geico saving folks money. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. pressure, what pressure? the players on the...

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to president trump, and comedian john melendez also known as stuttering john has released audio from his podcast saying that it confirms his conversation with the president, but the white house has also not denied it is the president. this is a little bit of the k l call. >> this is senator menendez and is the president available. >> hi, bon. >> how are you? congratulations on everything. we are proud of you. congratulations, great job. you went through a tough, tough situation and i don't think that it is a fair situation, but congratulations. >> and again, a part of the conversation, and my colleague spoke to john melendez about the alleged conversation with president trump and this is what he had to stay. >> walk us through how this came about and "the new york times" saying that the president of the

united states would be a long shot target here for somebody hoping to make a frank phone call and how did you decide to do that and decide that it is do-able? >> well, you know, just given the fact of how disorganized the trump administration has been from to get go, and i mean, what other, you know, you know, administration would fall, you know, would not be susceptible to be duped so easily. so me and my producer on the podcast said, you know what, let's give it a shot and see how far i can go but the sad part is that i did the worst english accent known to man. i was like, hello, this is sean moore, and senator melendez's a sis tantd and we want to get the president on the phone a how do they not know it is a goof, and then they call me back from the white house, and say, we have one question, and the only screening question they had and they asked me why are you on the 818 area code. >> this is a los angeles area

code. >> yeah, yeah. they are asking why a i am on the 818 area cold and i sade, s holiday. and so they don't understand that your area code does not change going to the l.a. >> and this is the north dakota one that you called and you get a call from jared kushner, his s son-in-law and adviser, and walk us through how that one came about and what you said? >> when we left the podcast they said that he is in north dakota, i am surprised that they did not give me the longitude and the latitude, because, they told me where the president was, and that i would get a call back. now, i thought that it might have been over, but then, like, i don't know half an hour later, i get a call from jared kushner the air force one, and he is like, granted, i am answering the phone with this voice, and the bad long island accent of mine, and then as soon as i go,

h hello, hello, and they go, yes, and he is goes, this is jared kushner, and then i put on the fake english accent again and hello, jared, this is shawn moore and how do they not know it is a scam. it is so obvious. and then jared goes, then he said one more question. what does the senator want to speak to the president about? and i said, oh, you know the senator had a long conversation with the president about immigration and we wanted to get some closure on it. who knows if that ever happened. i don't think so. he goes okay, great. and that was it. and then 20 minutes later i get a call from the president on air force one. >> what's the goal here? you get him on the phone. you talk to the president of the united states. it lasts about six minutes. once you start talking to him is

the goal to keep him on the hook to make it last as long as it does. you played it straight. you talk about immigration legislation. you talk about who might be the next supreme court justice. what was your strategy going into the call once you realized you were going to have a chance to talk to him? >> quite hoinl didn't prepare any jokes. normal low that's what i would have done but we never thought we would get this far. i mean, we hoped we would but -- i just went with the things that were on my mind, which is immigration, you know, and the separation of kids from their families. and you at the border. and also i am deeply concerned about the supreme court justice and his pick. i mean, if we have a conservative supreme court it's going to be really bad, especially for the social issues. and that's a big concern of mine. so i wanted to see, you know, what the president was going to say about who his appointee was going to go.

really trying to do like an interview, you know, have a conversation. you know what? if i could just say something -- >> something. >> it really bothersly because senator men ends has come out and said i wish i could have this conversation with president trump. here's my question to senator men ends, why not pick up the phone and do what i did to have the conversation? i did. why aren't these senators -- if they are concerned with these issues, pick up the phone and try to talk to the president. maybe you can make some headway. like i can't understand that either. >> what's the take away that you have from this? what should we take away from the experience you have had being able to reach the president? is this as you said, this system surrounding him is apparently pretty lax, anybody can get through to talk to the president of the united states? what do you want us to take away from what you were able to do? >> i think we have proven how easily this administration can get duped. you know, it makes me, you know,

really, really believe, you know, the president's association with putin and the russians before the election -- i thoroughly believe that, you know, this is an organization -- an administration in disarray. and i think this points out that. and you know, donald trump has got to be embarrassed by the people he has hired to do his screening. look, they didn't ask me any questions to verify if it was the senator. they could have asked me what state he was senator of and i wouldn't have been able to answer. >> he would have known? >> i wouldn't have known. i wouldn't have known because i just used men ends because it sounds like medical ends. >> i was going to ask you why you picked him of all people. >> yeah, if they would have asked what party affiliation he has, i would have been stumped because i don't know. they didn't ask me any questions

to make me prove i was a senator. i had a harder time getting into msnbc today than i did to get through to the president. >> john, has theran been any recourse? have you heard from the white house or secret service or any government agency since this handed since you posted that audio? >> yes, in fact last night when i showed up to my house two of the neighborhood kids were waiting outside my door. and they said that the secret service was at my door and they were knocking around 7:00 last night. and they showed them their badges. now, you know i have spoken to michael avenatti and -- who may have to represent me in this. >> uh-huh. >> i mean, if donald wants -- i mean if donald wants to have me arrested over this. it is a gray area because i do have a first amendment right. i'm also a comedian.

they can say i impersonated a snaemplt but then i made no -- you -- a senator. but then i made no -- this wasn't something where i can make money out of. there was no harm done. if anything, i had a somewhat intelligent conversation with the president. so i mean if they decide to go after me they are just going to make this even a bigger story. but you know, knowing donald and how he -- you know, how easily he gets mad, he might come after me. and it's sad because i used to be a friend of donald's. that's another thing. just so you know. >> sure. >> the whole conversation i'm talking to him. you have to understand i have had numerous conversations on the phone with donald as stuttering john. i used to call him for real estate advice you know when i lived in manhattan. i have had dinner with donald, i have had lunch with him and melania. i have had drinks with them at an nbc party. and how does he not know it's me? i'll answer that question for you.

because when you are with donald, donald only talks. and he doesn't listen. so even in the conversation, donald likes to talk about done. when i had lunch with him, i think i got three words in and melania got two words in. and the rest of the hour-long lunch was done talking about donald. >> and that was my colleague david gur's interview with john medical ends. that wraps things up for us at msnbc. we continue to watch the day of activists in the streets. this right now is live. these pictures from earlier today. it still happens right here on msnbc. we will have updates throughout the hour. follow me on facebook, instagram, and twitter. let me know what you think. all in with chris hayes, that is next. two motorcycles, a boat, and an r.v. i would not want to pay that insurance bill. [ ding ] -oh, i have progressive, so i just bundled everything with my home insurance. saved me a ton of money. -love you, gary! -you don't have to buzz in. it's not a question, gary. on march 1, 1810 -- [ ding ]

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