you can reach out to me on social media as always. i turn it to reverend al sharpton and "politicsnation." good evening and welcome to "politicsnation." tonight's double lede, the almost-official end of the midterms and the next phase of the russia probe in washington. nbc news is reporting that according to a source familiar with the matter by thanksgiving thursday this week, president trump will submit answers to written questions from special counsel robert mueller's probe. will the two meet face to face? it's still unclear. in florida where a democratic senator bill nelson a short time ago conceded his re-election bid to rick scott, the state's

outgoing governor, the decision was made after nelson short of the votes in the latest recount, not hesitating, president trump tweeted in the last hour celebrating the victory. the win shores up the republican majority in the senate, and now stands at 52 republicans to 47 democrats with one seat still up for grabs in mississippi. in the house, democrats have picked up 37 seats since election day with three races confirmed. and still undecided is three. joining me now is carrie shelfed, conservative commentator, pete dominick, host of "stand up with pete dominick" and ra mish i can't sin da,

correspondent for pbs news and msnbc contributor. yamish, the fact that the republicans won a senate seat and a governor seat in florida, governor's seat in georgia, pretty much brings a lot of the high-profile statewide races to a close. we still have three seats that are undecided in terms of the congress. but if you just leave it where it is, 37 seats gained by the democrats, that would seem to me to be, despite president trump's saying otherwise, a blue wave, and changes the whole atmosphere of the congress. >> it definitely does. the president's life is certainly going to be different now that you have democrats in control of the house. i think he knows that and he's in a bad mood as he faces to

whether or not he can hire his daughter and son-in-law to work in the white house, whether his tax returns need to be scrutinized, and whether or not there's going to be anything done if robert mueller's investigation is messed with. so there's definitely a question -- no question that democrats did a good job and have a lot to celebrate about with the midterms. but as you point out, republicans didn't do too bad either. the idea they won those high-profile races not only in florida and georgia, but also you think of beto o'rourke in texas, that was a big race that was spent a lot of money on, $38 million. and he couldn't pull it off. >> let me ask you, carrie, aside from the fact that we know the investigations, we know that there can be scrutiny as yamish pointed out. the democrats will have to deal

with substantive issues like health care, like criminal justice reform, like voting rights. and i think they're going to have to deal with both at the same time, the investigation scrutiny part and the substantive issues. where will the president go there? will he try to now find common ground? or are we going to see him still take this hard-right position and very offensive towards many members of congress? >> you mentioned criminal justice reform. the president had a signing bill with the senate and said bipartisan. that is my hope for both sides here, for democrats and republicans. i would give a warning to democrats. if they think impeachment is on the table, look what happened to the republicans when they impeached bill clinton, they lost seats in both the senate and the house that next year. if that's the game plan, you got

to watch out. as president trump has pointed out, you look at historical comparison, in 2010 obama lost 63 house seats and six senate seats. look what happened with president trump by comparison he's doing much better. block the also lost eight senate seats in 1994 by comparison. so president trump is in a stronger position, but i agree, i call it a blue brook. i don't think it was a blue wave or trickle. >> congress won a lot of state legislators. when you look at the impact nationally, they clearly did a lot more. but let me go to you, pete. she mentioned bipartisan. i'll talk about criminal justice reform later in this show. but he also came back with the same kind of petty trumpism. look at what he said about the head of intelligence in the

senate, adam schiff, today. he tweeted this. this is president trump. so funny to see little adam schiff, and note the spelling. he did not spell out schiff, talking about the fact that acting attorney general matt whitaker was not approved by the senate, but not mentioning the fact that bob mueller, who is highly conflicted, was not approved by the senate. to which the congressman replied, wow, mr. president, that's a good one. was that like your answers to mr. mueller's questions, or did you write this one yourself? i mean, third graders take people's name and turn them into profanity. so this is a spirit of bipartisan? >> no. nothing's going to change. he's going to keep acting like a third grader, like an immoral person. he's a horrific role model for our children. he just cursed on twitter and you're not even saying it, rev,

on cable tv. we're not even supposed to repeat the kind of thing he says to people. he's the president of the united states, the adam schiff is going to hit the fan for the president, though. he's going to investigate him on everything because there's plenty to investigate. it is going to get so much worse. i mean, we're going to have a government shutdown over this stupid wall that's going to waste taxpayer money. i don't see cooperation coming down the road. i would love to be wrong. >> listen, i want you to listen to president trump on his impact on the midterms. and i want you to respond, carrie. >> are you ready? i won the senate. and that's historic too. >> but if you can't carry, and you certainly didn't carry it two weeks ago, michigan, wisconsin, and pennsylvania, you're not going to get re-elected.

>> i didn't run. i wasn't running. my name wasn't on the ballot. >> now, carrie, just two weeks ago he was saying this election is about me, and he went in some of those states and said this is about me. now he says i wasn't running, my name is not on the ballot. i mean, you're a republican. which one are we supposed believe, trump of two weeks ago or the interview we just saw? or what he might tweet before the show goes on. >> the president should take his own advice, which we had the monday before the election that he should take a softer term sometimes. and i agree with that. you see what happened in the margins where he did lose, it tended to be in the suburbs, the moderate districts. so i disagree with you. i think he is the president, he's a role model for millions and millions of people who voted for him. >> and he's terrible. he's a terrible, terrible person. >> discounting the person of the

american people. >> name one redeeming quality about him. >> he stands up for the most vulnerable. he has 700,000 african-american men in the workforce that weren't in the workforce before. >> he did not -- wait a minute. >> he's a white supremacists. he's not trying to help black people. come on, carrie. >> but the tax reform -- >> don't switch the subject when i do a fact check. the african-american unemployment rate went down by half under president obama. we can have opinions, let's not -- >> it's not because of -- >> wide disparity, you will admit that. >> it was wider under obama than george w. bush. >> because he was recovering an economy that was about to crash. we were losing 800,000 jobs a month when president obama went in. for somebody to stop a boat from sinking is a lot different than a guy that inherited somebody getting average of over 200,000

a month. let me go to you on this. the tenner in washington, yes, there's bickering and yes, this about the has been through even to you personally. but aren't the american people tired of the bickering and want to see something done on these crucial issues that i raised? >> i think democrats have to strike a balance here. they have to both give the democratic base what it wants and that go that is a vigorous investigation of the president of his finances and his children and business dealings and maybe how he's handling the death of jamal khashoggi who was killed in saudi arabia. all those things might be investigated by the democrats. but people also want to see governing. they want to see the democrats have something to offer the pepper people. something they could point to. but i will say this. i know the republican there is

talking about president trump possibly softening his tone. as a reporter, i see that president trump really doubling down on his hard-line stance on immigration and in some ways even talking about race and that ad that was deemed to racist to air on fox news, helped republicans in florida. for republicans there's no question that they ran a race that was centered around race. you have the governor-elect of florida not to monkey up things and talking about an african-american man. there were robocalls, anonymous, but still appealing to voters reminding them over and over that andrew gillum was black and making the case he wasn't qualified. he called andrew gillum a thief, and i think that we have to sit back and say there are people whomp president trump's rhetoric and are more excited about the election when he comes out and

holds those rallies. >> you have to listen to what andrew gillum said after the race along with his wife. i thought it was a classy, whole life done concession. >> no doubt about it. we're talking about -- >> they said we wish andrew gillum well. i'm talking about -- >> the president called him a thief. we talked about the president's classiness. the president called the head of intelligence in the house a profane name. you don't think that's a role model. you wouldn't want -- >> i'm a girl from utah we don't talk that way in utah. it's about how you treat people. >> the president is a universal. he fights back against everyone. when people like -- >> but that does not make him a good role models. coming up next, democrats won the house. now they need to decide what to

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democrats have taken control of the house, and now they need to tidy up and get organized. as nancy pelosi vise for a speaker gavel, others are looking to take leadership roles. joining me now is one of those,

congressman representative brooklynite, hakeem jefferies. he plans to throw his hat it for the fourth highest chair, caucus chair. good evening. >> good evening, rev. >> let me ask you before i go to the democratic fights in terms of speaker and others. what do you think -- and you know we had a large discussion about that two days in washington this week. what do you think the democratic priorities are to tlegislativeld policy wise? >> when we made our closing argument to the american people, we indicated we were going to fight for the people, not for the wealthy, the well off, the well-connected millionaires and billionaires, special interests and lobbyist. we're going to fight for working

class folk veterans, and people across the country and focus on lower health care costs, increasing pay for everyday americans through a real infrastructure plan, and cleaning up corruption in washington, d.c., and making sure that democracy works for everyday americans, including by ending the era of voter suppression. >> now, when you go to voter suppression, it was to both parties, but i did ask you specifically about the democrats. when you go to voter suppression, section 5 which protected the states that had a pattern of discrimination from being able to move in any way changing their voting laws and regulations without preclearance, is that something now that congress ought to and will pick up to put a map back in because the supreme court didn't rule out the voting rights, it took out the map. and the congress can put a map

back in and say, okay, this is the new map for 2018 going forward. >> that's absolutely correct. the supreme court decision in 2013 in shelby county, it was a flaw related to section 5 in the voting rights act but congress under republican leadership has failed to do its job. terry sewell and others are leading the charge on the voting rights act fix that will be one of the first pieces of legislation that hits the floor under a democratic-controlled house of representatives. >> when we look at the first step legislation that has been proposed in terms of criminal justice, even president trump came out and supported it this week, but it really started in the house, and you were one of those that started that. now it goes into the senate.

cory booker and others have signed on. some of us in fact civil rights community have questions. there's been things added to it now that will put people in a position to work and get out of jail for nonviolent crimes. where is the bill now, and how close do you think we are to seeing it come about? because there are people sitting in jail now that many of us feel were overly sentenced in terms of when you deal with the crime and the penalty. >> that's absolutely correct. you know, suv articulate year after year, we have a mass incarceration epidemic in this country where we incarcerate more people than anybody in the world. when the failed war of drugs was launched by nixon in 1972, there were less than 50,000 people in regard. today more than 2.2 million

disproportionally black and latino. it would deal with prison reform making sure current individuals have the vocational training, the rehabilitation to successfully transition back into society, become productive citizens, and in the process reduce recidivism and save taxpayer dollars. the sentencing reform aspects of the bill which weren't in the original house version, but we laid a foundation for negotiation in the senate. as you and others have pushed for, it will now include rolling back some of the failed war on drug, tough on crime, unnecessarily punitive sentencing as well as making the crack cocaine disparity as it relates to cocaine and the fix that took place under the barack obama retroactive so that thousands of people who are currently incarcerated will receive the relief they deserve

and can return to society. >> that was a big concern. as the democrats take the house, you supporting nancy pelosi re-election, the next generation. i grew up in brooklyn. are you part of the new generation that is against her or that is going to support her? you were running yourself, are you saying you represent the new generation if you are elected? barbara lee is running. why are you a better alternative? >> i support leader pelosi and i believe she's be the next speaker. in terms of the caucus chair race, this is an opportunity for us to begin the process of a new generation of members of the house of representatives to emerge. i have nothing but the greatest degree of respect for barbara lee. it's a friendly contest of ideas. the caucus will have to decide

into the future. i'm of the view we have to make sure we maintain our legislative operational unity, continue our message of discipline. i was part of the effort to develop the closing argument we made to the american people to seize the house. we need to continue to message in a clear, concise, and compelling way in order to be able to be successful over the next two years when we know donald trump is going to try to do everything he can to demonstratize the house majority. >> i'll have to leave it there. thank you, congressman hakeem jefferies. up next, a mississippi senator is refusing to apologize for joking about public hanging in a state known for lynches. but i got you in just a minute. a once-in-five hundred year storm

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. now for this week's gotcha. this time we go to mississippi, a state that will have a runoff election for the senate in less than 10 days. democrat mike espy, who's attempting to become the state's first black senator, is running against incumbent republican

cindy hyde-smith. that race has been relatively sane this will this week when the senator was caught on video expressing some contentious views, not once, but twice. [ inaudible ] >> when crickets pushed mrs. hyde smith to walk back her comments about a public hanging, she released a statement saying, quote, any attempt to turn this into a negative connotation is ridiculous, end quote. in just a few days later, another video of hyde smith surfaced. [ inaudible ] >> shortly after the video was posted to twitter, her

spokesperson said the senator was, quote, obviously making a joke and clearly the video was selectively edited, end quote. now, ms. hyde smith, you may think it's okay to joke about public and hanging voter suppression, but you know who wouldn't find these jokes funny, the 37% of african-americans in your state, some of whom have family members who were terrorized for fighting to gain the right to vote, some of whom have family members who were beaten, hung, and then dragged through manipulate streets, their mutilated bodies serving as a warning to other african-americans. so forgive me if i can't find the obvious humor in your trifling statements. we're not all blessed with the privilege to turn a blind eye to others' misfortunes. that said, cindy hyde-smith, it's not a joke. and i gotcha.

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. as americans sit down to dine this thanksgiving, president trump and his legal team will doubtless be thinking about the escalating russia investigation. nbc news is reporting that according to a source familiar with the matter, thursday is the self-selected deadline set by the president's legal team to

submit their answers to written questions from special counsel robert mueller's probe. regardless of whether the president and his lawyers adhere to this deadline after making months to complete mueller's questions an interview with fox news this morning made it clear that any questions about obstruction of justice not being answered on paper and in person. >> you are submitting written answers to the special counsel about the issue of collusion, but not on obstruction of justice. >> well, there was no obstruction of justice. >> let me just ask -- >> they would agree with me and all you have to do is look at article 2. >> is that your final position there will be no sitdown interview and nothing written or in person on obstruction? >> i would say probably, probably. i can change my mind, but probably. >> no interview? >> i think we've waisted enough

time, we're finished. >> back with us, carrie sheffield and national editor of accuracy and media, pete dominick, host of the radio show, "stand up with pete dominick" and yamiche alcindor, correspondent for pbs news hours. yamiche, is the if the isn't answering questions around whether there was obstruction, does this seriously impair where the counsel is trying to go in terms of their investigation, their probes, and their question? because it would seem to me you have to deal with obstruction as well as whether or not there was any collusion. >> robert mueller has been very silent on exactly what they're doing, what we have had they might have. we've had leaks here and there, but there's not really a firm

reason to know exactly what robert mueller is doing. that said, president trump in interviews, on twitter, has been very open about all sorts of topics, including the interview with lester holt where he says eye fired james comey because of that russia investigation. i mean, that was really a smoking gun in a lot of people think because he admitted on live television, on national television that that was one of the main reasons why he got rid of the fbi director. so i think that even if he doesn't want to answer questions in a formal setting, robert mueller is likely collecting all the social media data and all the interviews he's doing with media and compiling them into a list of things that he's putting on the side about that. >> pete, how do you have a credible investigation without dealing with issues like comey being fired, like whitaker now, who has a record of making statements against the investigation itself? how do you not also deal with obstruction and whether things were put in place to obstruct

finding out the truth? >> you have a bunch of amazing, brilliant legal minds at msnbc that can answer that question with a lot more scholarship than i can, but i have an associate degrees in humanities, but i can tell you right now this guy knows exactly what he's doing, and he's caught. he shoots himself in the foot all the time just by saying things, tweeting things. not only did he tell lester holt, he told the russians he would have more room to work now that he got rid of comey. whitaker has no business in there. he fired sessions. there's all kinds of evidence of obstruction, of collusion, i think, but i have no idea because i'm no legal expert. but the president isn't listening to the legal experts and he's finally going to answer these questions this week in written form. he's in a lot of trouble and i think that's why he skipped the ceremony because he's trying to work on those written questions. he's holed up in the white house. >> the ceremony in france? >> arlington on veterans day.

he worked on these questions like a tough word problem. it was easier and the consequences were a lot less than they are for him. he's in a lot of trouble. this is all coming to a he had this thanksgiving week perhaps. >> carrie, wouldn't it be best for the republicans if a sitting republican president said i'll answer anything, obstruction, i'll answer whatever it is that you want to know because i'm preaching that this country should become great again. how can be great if you're limiting the scope? wouldn't it be better for them if he said i'm going to answer anything, and i'll even do it in person? >> he said he would. he left the door open to answering obstruction questions. but i think we need to take a cue from what was testified by james comey in front of the senate intelligence committee under oath. he said three times, i told the president you are not under

investigation for russian collusion. so three times. you know what the definition of obstruction is? someone who is impeded an investigation. according to jim comey's own in-n-out, president trump was not impeding an investigation because he was not under investigation. it's a witch-hunt. he was not being -- >> you can obstruct an investigation whether you think you are directly or not. just for the sake of the discussion, because i don't accept the premise, he could obstruct it to protect his friends, his family members. you can obstruct an investigation even if you don't believe that at that time you're the target. you can also become the target. i mean, there's a lot of reasons to deal with obstruction? >> at the end of the day he has the constitutional power as the chief executive. he has the absolute discretion for any sort of investigation, and he is not under investigation. >> he has the what? >> he is the president of the

united states. >> but he does not have the right to tell people what they can investigate. are you saying -- i want to make sure i'm understanding you right. are you saying that the president can decide the scope of an investigation? >> i'm saying he can fire or hire whomever he likes. >> no, no, but i'm saying the statement that he can't determine the scope? >> he can hire and fire who he wants fer constitution. >> he can, but why? but why? >> yamiche said an important point, which is that we are not in mueller's head, we don't know what's happening with the notes. all we know is what jim comey said, which was that the president was not under investigation. >> yamiche, if the president is changing, which carrie referred to, the scope of an investigation, i'm not a law or legal expert either, but that in and of itself smells like obstruction. why would the president have power to decide a scope -- if

everybody president decided the scope of an investigation, we would never have had nixon and other investigations that touched closely to them? >> at least when you talk to experts, they say the president shouldn't be focused on changing the scope of the investigation, especially when the investigation -- it's looking into his campaign, whether or not a foreign kbofrgovernment t to impact our election. in that regard, you want to see the president allow james comey and all the other officials at the fbi and robert mueller to find what they will. in 2020 we don't want to be having the same conversation, which is, oh, did russia hack our election, what did they do? as americans we should be looking at what russia did and who they talked to, and who was a target. there is the idea that the

president's own children could be targets of this investigation. don junior who was meeting with someone who said i may have dirt on hillary clinton. the russian government may be able to do you a favor and help you with your opposition research, and the president's son took that meeting. that could be worrisome for donald trump jr. >> pete, maybe i'm wrong, but wasn't the republicans the law and order party? >> no. >> we're talking about law here, whether you find out if an adversarial nation intentionally interfered? >> no party is the law and order party, but clearly the republicans try to posture themselves that way. but they use the law when it benefits them. they cheat to win elections, they disenfranchise voters. he is a traitor for doing that.

the president of the united states acting and protecting the russians for whatever number of reasons is a disgrace. it's humiliating, it's a crime, it's embarrassing, and every american should be outraged by this president for siding with the russians over his intel committee. no republican, carrie, no republican ever would have defended that if it was any other republican, certainly a democrat in the past. it's horrific. >> carrie? >> actions matter more than words. what this president has done, he's expelled the diplomats, armed the ukrainians, massive sanctions against the russians. he's done far more than president obama ever did. you know what obama did i did? he gave the ukrainians night goggles. >> his campaign is not being questioned. >> i'm just saying -- >> whether there was collusion. >> the issue of russia -- actually, this happened -- >> you're confusing obama. >> obama was president in 2016 when the russians were trying to infringe on our elections. >> carrie, just answer one question. enough of the talking points.

just answer this question. why does donald trump admire vladimir putin? a murderous dictator who kills his opponents and journalists. our president admires him, why? >> let's talk about what happened. i'm talking about the cold war. >> it's the president's character in question. >> there's a thing called triang tri-angulation. >> we're not going to tri-angle late this part of the show. i want to get to the mueller investigation when we're talking about hacking and collusion around an american election. that's the subject at hand. you are saying to me that because this president trump had done some things with diplomats and ukrainian and all, that that means we should forget about whether or not they interfered with an american election? that what you're saying? >> i'm saying the trump administration took direct action because of the russian interference against the

russians. >> what about directly dealing with the investigation? like sitting down with mr. mueller, like cooperating on whatever they want to ask, whether there's obstruction or not? why don't we deal directly with the investigation? >> he is submitting his questions. look, at the end of the day we are all americans here at this table, and yamiche remotely. if we want to have our civil fabric come together, we have to acknowledge, that yes the russians were trying to come after republicans and democrats. >> if you want to make a noble statement about come together, you have to acknowledge that you agree with all of our intel agencies that the russians interfered. >> absolutely, and our president -- >> you called it a witch-hunt. >> i called the obstruction charge against trump, that is -- >> how do you know that until they are complete with the investigation? and clearly there's a lot of questions there, but i'm going to have to leave it there. thank you, carrie, pete, and yamiche. i don't think you two are having

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new alarming data shows hate crimes are on the rise third consecutive year in a row. according to i anew report from the fbi, this report only he could on rates what we in the activist community railroad know. hate crimes against minorities are growing under this administration. with over 1,000 more incidents reported in 2017 and more than half mostly african-american being targeted for their racial identities, is the current political climate feeding the hatred. joining me now is jonathan greenblatt, ceo and national director of the anti-defamation league. jonathan, there's been an increase not only of african-americans but of jews. we just saw pittsburgh. the fbi report comes out and

documents what many of us in the broad civil rights community has been alarmed about. these incidents and i'm sure you get a lot of reports at adl, these incidents needs to be dealt with by law enforcement. we're not just talking about and we can't have another language and are we talking about actual crimes and actual incidents? >> you better believe it. here we're talking about felonies and misdemeanors committed against individuals or institutions. because of a characteristic like race, religion, or national origin or sexual orientation. and as you said, the crimes are up 17% in 2017. crimes against african-americans rose 18% against latinos, 24%. against arab americans, they doubled 100%. >> and the counter to this by the department of justice or fbi has whab?

ha -- has been what? have we heard how they want to deal with the hate crimes? >> there are people in the civil rights division. folks for many years and the increase in hate crimes. i've seen, you know, at the adl where we trackabilitiy semitic incidents. we saw a 37% increase this past year. and the doj has worked with us and with other communities but they need to do more. and imagine that today. five states don't even have hate crimes laws on the books. >> five states. >> you better believe it. five states and two dozen that have the laws are not comprehensive. so someone is attacked because they're gay, its no the a hate crime. because they're disabled, it's not a hate crime. so more needs to be done from a policy point of view. >> and this needs to be done at a state level and a federal level. >> you better believe it. you know, there is legislation in congress today to make sure that our law enforcement are effectively trained up in how to deal with hate. and hate crime is different than ordinary incidents. when you attack an individual because of their faith or how they pray or where they're from

or who they love, its no the just an attack against that individual. it's intended to terrorize the entire community. with he need those kinds of smart responses. >> do we need stronger sentencing once someone is prosecuted based on the fact that it's even more of a real crime against a certain group based on who they are? >> that's typically how it works. hate crimes have enhanced penalties versus ordinary crime. because again the intent of the offense is more than just the individual him or herself. it's the community that gets targeted. so we want to see not only stronger policy at the federal and state level, but we need to inoculate our kids from intolerance in the classroom before hate settles in. we think anti-bias education in schools is a great way to immunize our kids. >> well, we're going to keep talking about this because it is an increased problem. and we need enforcement. thank you, jonathan greenblatt. up next, my final thoughts. greea up next, my final thoughts my copd medicine...

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this thursday millions of americans will celebrate thanksgiving where they will gather family and friends for the thanksgiving dinner at various locations. i'll be at national action network eating with the homeless and seniors. but i will have it with a heavy heart. because on thursday actress and model kim porter was found dead

in her home. she was 47 years old. porter and sean puffy combs known as p diddy to some began in the 90s and split later in 2007 after years of an on going relationship together the pair had three children. but she was more than that. what disturbed me beyond even the pain of losing her was to see her only labelled as someone's girlfriend or someone who had children with a known music mogul. she was an accomplish actress and model in her own right. and i think that we have got to stop judging, weighing, and dealing with the worth of women based on their proximity to just a man. but to stand up on their own merits and kim porter stood up on her own merit.

her own professionalism, her own grace, her own bearing, stood out for itself. and would make many that are mourning her would have mourned her regardless. kim porter, unlike many, put time aside to be a great mother and an understanding co-partner even when her and puffy went separate ways personally, they never broke their bond as parents and their as helping each other with their vision and purpose. she personified what someone that we should all respect and regard. there will be an empty seat at the table for those children and for that family and for puffy this thanksgiving. pray for that family and all those that lost a loved one as you sit with yours. that does it for me. thanks for watching. happy thanksgiving to you and your loved ones. i'll see you back here next

saturday and sunday at 5:00 p.m. eastern and to keep the conversation going, like us on facebook. and follow us on twitter. up next, "meet the press" with chuck todd. chuck todd this sunday, lashing out at mueller, president trump says he has finished answering the written questions. >> i write my own answers. >> attack on mueller. >> it was a hoax. the whole thing is a hoax. there was no collusion. protecting mueller? mcconnell says no. lindsey graham says the investigation is safe. >> i am confident it is not in jeopardy. >> could a showdown over mueller lead to a shutdown over the government? this morning i will talk to the south carolina republican senator lindsey graham. >> plus the cia decides that the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman ordered the murder of journalist jamal khashoggi. will president trump accept that conclusion?

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