finally political news as he announced the 20 candidates who will qualify for the dbig debat. we are excited to have it. msnbc and nbc will have you covered for the debate. "hardball" starts now. >> republicans back trump on russia dirt. let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm chris matthews. which of the democratic candidates for president have made the cut two weeks away. that's coming up tonight. catch this. under fire for the interview he gave to abc news, president trump is defending his willingness to accept dirt on a political opponent from a foreign government. today trump mocked the outrage

over comments saying on twitter i meet and talk to foreign governments every day. should i immediately call the fbi about these calls and meetings? how ridiculous? that's right about him. speaker nancy pelosi middle r said trump was condoning assault on our democracy and every american should be appalled. >> for the president to be so cavalier and to be indifferent to law and a sense of ethics about who we are to say he would invite foreign intervention. that's an assault on our democracy. an assault on our democracy. everyone should be appalled by what the president said last night. should be totally appalled. >> two months ago, the special counsel, robert mueller detailed multiple russian offers of assistance to the trump campaign that expected it would benefit from the interference in 2016. last night he said he would do

it all over again. in an interview with george stephanopoulos, he defended his son. he said if a foreign power offered him the campaign, he would ride it frhide it from th. >> they said we have information on your opponent. let me call the fbi. >> the fbi said that's what should happen. the. >> the fbi director was wrong. >> if he was offered dirt in 2020, he would take it. let's watch that. >> if somebody called from a country, norway, we have information on your opponent. oh, i think i want to hear it. >> do you want that interference in our elections? >> it's not interference. i think i would take it. >> this is the president who wonders why his conduct was investigated by the fbi. when issues those remarks, she

declaring his campaign on open for business in 2020. there is no other way to read this. he is signalling to foreign governments they can win his approval by tilting the election in his favor. the transaction he describes could amount to criminal conduct and they have seen from trump and his allies. rudy giuliani tried to enlist the government to investigate joe biden. he sided with a communist dictator over the former vice president. he said new overtures from russia. >> would you call the fbi? >> i don't know. it's hard to do hypotheticals. the reality is we were not given anything salacious. >> sarah huckabee sanders will be leaving the job at end of this month. i'm joined by shannon petty piece and former u.s. official

and malcocolm nance is an msnbc analyst. the nerviness of the guy who said i will take the dirt. i'll do it. then he mentions norway, as if he doesn't have any idea that we were talking about his dealings with russia. he didn't see the elephant in the room. he talks about norway for a weird reason. in this case it was ludicrous. >> he has paranoid behavior if you look at it, he always follows. first he lies and then deceives and misinforms you. at some point he confesses and challenges you to even think of saying what's wrong with that. everybody does it. he has normalized the presidential lie. >> to wit, barack obama is foreign born and cheated his way to the united states. nobody knew him at school. he said one day before the 2016

election, barack obama is a natural born american citizen, let's move on. just like you said. it's outrageous, but it's trump. >> he is in a bit of a difficult situation because he admits that if he was given information from a foreign government, he would call the fbi saying his son did something wrong in 2016. what the president and his administration and allies have failed to realize is that foreign election interference can go both ways and don't realize that in 2020 it may not be for his benefit and by opening the door in this way to foreign governments to say yes, it is okay, go ahead and give your dirt on donald trump to my democratic opponent, he may not like the results of that. that's something they may want to consider. >> let's talk about christopher wray. he made it clear in his testimony. you hear from somebody in a foreign government who said we can turn oppo.

>> he made it very clear as have all of the other intelligence agencies have forever. this is nothing new. but you lay out a pattern and this is the latest in what i see as a pattern that began with the campaign. it was in effect in part what led to the fbi investigation. it's what led the president's own deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein investigate connections between the campaign and this is in part a confirmation of the mind set that led to all that investigative activity. it didn't lead to an indictment, but it led to a lot of findings and a lot of evidence that shows that this is exactly what the mind set was and i'm afraid it continues to be. >> why is this set off the hook? >> the mueller team apparently didn't find they had enough evidence to prove to a jury a criminal experience to conspire with russia and interfere with the campaign. >> what about an idiotic amateur

act where you check out every chance you get the dirt from the russians without having a strategy playing. whatever comes in, i will grab for it. >> the mo has been laid out by way of this pattern for a couple of years confirmed by the president's comments yesterday. a criminal experience apparently couldn't be found at least according to the mueller team. >> to your earlier point, it is illegal to accept opposition research with a thing of value. if you accept a thing of value, that's a violation of campaign finance law. if you were to accept oppo research, the trump campaign never received anything or got the dirt and never received anything of value. >> i can't understand what trump did and what george stephanopoulos was doing standing behind him. i never saw an interview where you get behind him and trump is looking up like this. a day in the life of kind of

thing. trump thinks he won and yet he doesn't act like he won. the special counsel did not indict and accuse because he thought it was impure to go there. he wouldn't go through with it. pelosi said there will be no impeachment exercise. it's not going to happen. the republicans said they are not giving it. i can say and you say final stage in the three-step process. lie and deceive and then admit. he said screw it. i'm home. >> mob boss. who is going to hold me to account. we all do it. he said that himself. this is something every congressman has done. because he now believes there will be no accountability for him whatsoever, he can arrogantly confess to whatever he wants and thinks he is getting his son off the hook. i don't understand, by the way, it's all legal mumbo jumbo, but

wasn't ignorance of the law no longer an excuse? kids get shot holding toy guns and they had no campaign finance law and trump is fully aware of that. >> as you know, it's not true. it's simply not true that all politicians and campaigns do it. we heard some republicans on the hill push back, but not enough. some did. it's absolutely not true. >> it was interesting that through his life he never called the fbi. he has seen criminal activity. >> i believe trump once there. >> it's part of the idea of what the fbi is and the rule of law that goes to speak to his history and his pattern of skirting or turning the other way. >> what if a foreign government offers you money. i'm not sure what his answer would be. >> if a foreign government tried to offer oppo research to curry

favor. >> you pay a lot of money for oppo. people going into the campaigns, they pay a lot of oppo on themselves. it is a commodity of importance. the president and abc news are met without rage from democrats at least. >> the message that he seems to be sending now is as long as a foreign power wants to help his campaign, they can count on him having the digression to not alert his own fbi about it. >> what the president said was beyond astounding. >> the president is willing to engage in criminal conduct. >> it's questioning the shared values that are the bedrock of our system. >> the president is inviting russia and others to sabotage our elections, risk our democracy to benefit him. >> he hasn't learned a single thing despite that experience. >> you don't get in bed with

russians and not even norwegians. it's wrong. >> my hope and prayer is that someone in the white house would counsel mr. trump that he ought to recognize the foreign interference. he's beyond the pale. >> from new jersey, requiring candidates to promote and offer foreign assistance. it's a fine idea, but according to christopher wray, they should already do that. inform the fbi if they are informed from a foreign power that they got dirt on one of the opponents. >> a lot of things should happen and we have taken for granted for years. it's ridiculous that we need a law like this. the comments yesterday are a case and point. >> what are is it like to fight for athens against sparta. i will look at this guy and i see one democrat leading

committee chair all coming out without rage and the story is forgotten and he is having hamburgers enjoying with melania and laughing at you guys because nobody does anything. you won't impeach. what else you got in your arsenal. you don't impeach and you don't scare this guy. he came out last night with george stephanopoulos, you know? he said yeah, i do take dirt from the enemy. get used to it. we all do it. you guys up on the hill all do it. >> it's very revealing of his whole world view. everybody is a crook and a cheat and therefore he would be a chump if he didn't do it himself. >> that are sounds like the big machines and the big cities. you are a chump if you don't steal something. my question is what are you going to do about it? >> i came out a while back saying we need to start the impeachment process for a hundred reasons. this is the 1 hundred and first.

this is an invitation to hold him accountable and to legislate. >> you mean the senate to legislate. >> you have mitt romney who said it was disgraceful. >> mitch mcconnell is not going to help you. >> my job is to legislate and will do my job. i want the senate to do theirings and if not, we will hold them accountable in 2020. >> you are a straight arrow, i can tell. we will talk to the congressman the other day. ted liu. i said what does it matter. you are on the impeachment committee and you are not doing anything. it seems like the house has has a lot of good numbers that they want to do something, but what difference is it if you are not doing anything? >> athens did beat part spartae end. >> you are so smart. i hold you that you are one of

the smart guys. falsely claiming that his campaign rebuffed russia's out reej reach. >> the mueller report spoke. they were very disappointed and said no collusion and no obstruction and no nothing. it said we actually rebuffed your friends from russia. we actually pushed them back and repuff buffed them. >> who are these friends? the reality is very different. mueller's report documented russian offers to assistance and stated in some instances they accepted the offer. when it comes to the infamous trump tower meeting, donald trump, jr. appears to have accepted that offer. malcolm? he is lie think again. back to number two. >> he's a pathological liar. he is good at that. this man masters the

intelligence technique of meta narratives. he only knows to speak in these simple short phrase which people will hear in one second on television. no collusion, no obstruction. every person we had speak on the democratic side cannot say trump admitted criminality. >> instead he says your friends like the russians are the associates of twhoez have behos been indicting this president. >> like everyone is working together. this is marketing. you repeat the same phrase over and over and over again. it's branding 101. no collusion, no obstruction. >> why is sarah sanders leaving? >> i don't have direct insight, but she had a very difficult job for the last 2.5 years in the white house and has young children and wants to spend time with them. she is the president's most

trust and closest adviser. as far as people he listens to and who he will take advice from, she was one of the few remaining. >> she is a soldier if nothing else. >> getting back to the sound byte thing, this is one example of why bob mueller and don mcgahn have to testify. it's one thing to read the book, but another to seat movie. that testimony -- you confident he can put on a performance? >> it could complete the record and allow questions and answers and create sound bytes that are helpful to the truth. >> thank you. coming up, where is the outrage on the right among republicans? the top republican in the house refuses every opportunity to condemn the comments from foreign countries. mccarthy won't say a word against this president. they are marching along to the trump beat. who made the cut? this is great stuff. the first democratic debate in

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alarming. house minority leader kevin mccarthy defended the president's comments last night. >> is it right for the president to say he would listen if foreigners offered dirt on his political opponent. is that the dirt you would take? >> you are talking about a hypothetical. >> the president said he was wrong in making that assess: >> he said those things and that concerns people. is that a problem. >> what are you most concerned about? >> doesn't he have to set a tone of what is right and wrong? >> he doesn't want foreign governments to interfere in our elections. >> he welcomed that assistance. he said he would look at it. >> we're would like you to address that question. >> i have. >> so no comment on his words. >> if you ask the president he would be clear about not allowing foreign countries to interfere our election. >> the senate counter part was

silent instead of just using words. the utah senator in 2012 nominee, mid-romney was one of the few republicans to condemn the president's comments in stark terms. let's watch. >> in circumstances where a foreign government attempts to be involved in an american election, that would be unthinkable to accept that involvement and encourage it and participate at it. >> mark warner of virginia would require them to report foreign contacts on the fbi and the federal election commission. senator marcia blackburn blocked the move. i'm joined by michael steel for the house speaker, john boehner. mick a this thing here, first of

all, there is no sense of consistency. if this were hillary clinton and she won in the electoral college and said yeah, i got help and i will take dirt from the other countries. these guys would be stringing her up and they go like silence of the lambs since a republican president. a named republican. >> you remember at the end of the clinton administration there was a scandal that the clinton campaign might have accidentally accepted campaign contributions. they went nuts. foreign interference. how could you do this? they were incensed. now today when you have foreign governments offering dirt on campaigns, they shrug their shoulders. they will try to keep them oust america and everywhere else. >> speak for the party. why is 90% of the republican party voters. no matter what this man said, we

saw "access hollywood" and grabbing women. but fifth avenue and avenue of the americas. we would have done that, too. in every case, they say yes, sir. this is north korean behavior. >> 90% of the party fairly or not, accurately or not believes that the president is fighting for them, taking on the elites in this country and doing thing that is no president was willing to do to protect their jobs and their way of life. >> as long as he hates to put the stick in the eye of the educated elite, it's fine with his peeps. >> the enemy of my enemy is my friend. >> the republican colleagues were asked to respond to the president's commends. some made it clear they disagreed with the president. >> a hostile government like russia contacts a federal official or a federal candidate

with an offer of assistance, to me the appropriate action to take is to call the fbi. >> that guy is still working. the scene of america at work. others shrugged shoulders and deflected by dishing out the other side. >> obviously they are corn countries interested in influencing our elections. we saw that in the clinton example. >> i'm astonished at the outrage they heard. i didn't hear equal outrage when hillary clinton and the dnc paid a foreign spy. >> i hope my colleagues will be equally offended by the fact that this did happen in 2016 where a foreign agent was paid for by a political party and opposition research. >> anyway, those who cent their

heads down. we have contact only 17 responded to the president. anyway, five said they would tell the fbi if they were given information. 31 did not respond. mika, the charge here which the president confessed to is that it's okay to deal with foreign government fist they gis if the something of value. what government did she deal with? >> she didn't. >> they're keep saying this crap. this is artificial intelligence. they all talk like this. they know it's not true. the media has to go thank you, objective media. they tuesday as if it means anything. >> it's clear that there is a significance difference between what the clinton campaign was doing and what this campaign was doing and she called him on it. he still in his campaign surrogates are still doing that. trying to go to ukraine.

the government of ukraine to try to dig up dirt on democratic candidates. they are still in this business and not realizing that american elections should be saved for americans and not for foreigners. >> i'm still trying to do some psycho babble. why did he admit all of this. it was to protect his son? >> that are could be part of it and part that he wants to make this a joke. he wants to make it seem unserious. this very serious issue, he wants to make that the attacks on him seem unserious that he is vindicated. no one thinks norway is going to offer intelligence. >> here threw a neutral country to make it seem like there was no two-year investigation. >> or to get it from russia as they did a neutral country or switzerland. >> you are concerned about honest elections and to have a choice for the american people. here's my worry. all this gets past impeachment.

we have an election in 2020. the great thing about american democracy is ever since 1788. suppose the electoral college is not decisive because the state had the system screwed up and we don't get a count from a state like ohio. what happens then? we don't know who the president is. what happens then? because of the russians. >> so the constitution actually provides for this if there is a deadlock in the electoral college. it goes to the house of representatives. currently controlled by democrats. >> each state gets one vote. it's a challenge about how this would come out. we could be in a situation where there is there is a close out come and the election is in doubt. presidents are only limited to four-year terms. at this point we are in uncharted territory.

i love the fact that we stick on the laws. we have a situation where new york gets one, california gets one, south dakota gets one vote and that 56 the president, people wonder how undemocratic it's going to be. thank you. up next, who made the cut? good stuff. the roster for the first debate has been released and 20 will be breaking it down to next to the minute. you will know who is in and who is out. now who is in and who is out if you have a garden you know, weeds are lowdown little scoundrels. don't stoop to their level. draw the line with the roundup sure shot wand. it extends with a protective shield and targets weeds more precisely. it lets you kill what's bad right down to the root while guarding the good. roundup sure shot wand. got bugs too? roundup for lawns bug destroyer kills and prevents them, even grubs.

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welcome back to "hardball." the count down is on with 13 days until the first democratic presidential debate. on the 26th and 27th of this month. the democratic national committee released the list who will be in the debate stage in miami. among the 20 who made the lineup, familiar names. current front-runner, joe biden of course and 2016 runner up, bernie sanders. lesser known also made the caught. marianne williamson and andrew yang. we will find out which 10 will take the stage together each night. that will be determined by random drawing. there were some who didn't make the cut. notably, massachusetts congressman seth moulton and montana governor steve bullock

who i thought had potential in this race. he announced his run just over a month ago. he spoke with chuck todd just after it was announced. >> of course, chuck, i'm disappointed with the dnc. i certainly knew getting in at the time i did would give me fewer opportunities to be on shows with you and others, but i had a job to do. if it ultimately ever came down to choosing between getting medicate reauthorized and getting montana health care versus getting in earlier to try to bump up on another poll, i would make the same choice time and time again. >> i hope it's an invitation for me to go fishing with him. the prime time event in miami will be moderated by lester holt, savannah guthrie, chuck todd, rachel maddow. you can watch on june 26th and 27th here on msnbc.

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welcome back to "hardball" with a stage now set for the first 2020 debate. june 26th and 7th. we are getting a glimpse of what we can expect when candidates face off. one democratic hopeful colorado governor john hickenlooper blasted bernie sanders offering a defense of socialism. let's watch. >> democrats must say loudly and clearly that we are not socialists. if we do not, we will end up

helping to reelect the worst president in this country's history. >> former congressman beto o'rourke levelled the toughest criticism of joe biden saying the country can do far better than biden. let's watch. >> if you stood next to him, why would you tell voters you are a better candidate than joe biden to become president? >> because you cannot go back to the end of the obama administration and think that's good enough. >> was joe biden a return to the past? >> she and that cannot be who we are going forward. >> for more, jonathan allen, digital national direct and johnita tolliver, center for american progress action fund. there will be 20 candidates and 10 each night. that will be decided tomorrow how that shakes out and some will not make the cut. a lot more will not make it.

>> dnc made out rules and campaigns made decisions knowing the rules. >> is it democratic? >> it's giving an opportunity to hear as many voices as possible. besides the factors, this is a historic number of people of color in this presidential conversation. i say let's leverage this moment and need to come correct. what we heard earlier from beto and hickenlooper, i think we will that are on the debate stage and more than anything, it's about how candidates leverage that opening state. setting the tone. >> when you are at 1%, and going after biden and going after bernie sanders. they're doing politicians and shoot up and hope you get in the game. >> we saw pete buttigieg and

they are painting joe biden and trump in the case of buttigieg in similarfading hughes of yesterday's news. he said he is focused on the future. at the same time he is telling everybody it's the obama-biden years again. how does he talk about the future and the past at the same time. we are going to see that tension point in whatever debate joe biden is in. who is generation next will be on the stage with him. >> it's definitely true. he has to distinguish himself as a presidential candidate and not barack obama's vp. that comes with a lot of sway in his poll numbers. polling at the top and still at the top. he is going to be leveraging that and needs to strike a balance. >> i think he held up longer.

i thought this would be chaotic from the beginning. his interview, president trump continued to deny the existence of polls showing him trailing even in texas by four. it comes after the "new york times" reported a devastating 17-state poll connected by trump's own campaign pollster showing trump trailing joe biden in critical states. let's listen. >> even your own polls show you are behind. >> no. my polls show i'm winning everywhere. >> we have all seen the reports that 15 out of 17 states and you are behind if 15 out of 17 states. >> nobody showed you the polls because they don't exist. i'm losing in 15 out of 17 states? those polls don't exist. i was given a meeting with a pollster who i don't even believe in pollsters. you just run a campaign and whatever it is it is.

i had a meeting with a pollster and i'm winning everywhere. >> i'm sorry, was that jayleno card and jerry seinfeld. >> getting comedians. what alternative is he living in to deny what is true? he is behind. . >> no escaping and he doubles down on lies. >> why is that there? >> if you are a journalist, you say what? how do you get out of this? this is a clown car. nobody talks like that. >> you keep asking questions and hope they continue to talk. with these poll numbers that have been leaking out, i think that we are very, very early in this cycle and people who are riding president trump's train. >> my fear, remember how lbj did, one of the reason bobby

kennedy did not want to run against johnson. johnson would be the dove. what happened with nixon? he said we will have a piece treaty. what if trump becomes normal. >> there is no possibility of that. he has over the past -- not only do we see it on the trail in 16, but him as president. all he does is tweets and create chaos and incapable of stopping tweeting. >> what if he's normal for two weeks. >> what would that even look like? >> he was taming in 16. there were times when his folks got to him and he was able to kind of real it in a little bit towards the end. i think it was helpful for him with swing voters at the end breaking for him and for hillary. >> something really surprising and they blew the democrats's sox off. he met the voters. i'm serious. he did a lot more traveling at the end with the parts of the country. part of politics is being a politician. meet the people.

we will talk about that in ohio. meet the people. that's a start. thank you. up next, two oil tankers attacked in the gulf of oman. they think at least this administration said iran did it. we will find out the weapons they used. does this move the united states closer to a war? that's an active war that attacks ships, but they are foreign tankers. we will get a break on "hardball" and be right back. wn "hardball" and be right back

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islamic are republic of iran in the gulf of the a man today. this assessment is based on intelligence, the weapons used. level of expert needed and attacks on shipping and the fact that no proxy group has the resources and proficiency to act with such a high degree of so 50igation. >> mike pompeo with the stark claim that iran is to blame for the attacks on two oil tankers. that burning coming from the tanker there. the "new york times" reports that the navy spotted an unexploded mine that resembles the explosives used against the four ships in the attacks last month according to a defense department official. this comes amid rising tensions and the trump administration moved a carrier strike group and a bomberest in response to

credible intelligence and this i'm not understanding at all. imminent attack. today pompeo confirmed that prime minister abe who is in iran carrying a message from president trump. to iran's supreme leader to deescalate and enter the talks b you it was rejektd. president trump responded with a tweet. going to iran to meet with ayatollah, i feel it is too soon to think about making a deal. they are not ready and neither are we. >> former chief of staff at the krirks, a and department of defense. what do you make of this? it's murky. >> it's deadly serious. it is a combustible mix. iran has been firing missiles and taking aim at international shipping. they want to choke the life blood of the economy that are the uae and saudi arabia.

they have been engaged in the attacks and we have people in the state department who are inclined to see them and quick to claim that iran is the cult prit. the underlying intelligence and they are quick to go over the last decade. >> not traditionally, but it appears that small boats or vessels possibly according to this information provided by the state department possibly sponsored by iran is using magnetic mines or some other torpedos in the water. i don't think we know the weaponry. but it's precise. clearly a deliberate military operation aimed at the international vessels. >> these are not our ships. why would they pick other country's ships. they are not hostile.

are they hostile to all other governments? >> iran is in a major conflict. they are in a major conflict with the sunni arab countries. this is not about us or the iran deal. they are not targeting the united states, but the pentagon is if iran is aiming weaponry at the straight of hor muss and naval vessels, that's an act of war. they will be quick to take military response if they fear the weapons are there. >> what would be the normal response they would count on us engaging in. what would they expect us to do. >> i have been in conversations and back in the early part of the decade in the pentagon, let's not waste a crisis. if iran is going to attack shipping or our vessels, then let's set iranian navy back 25 years. that's the way people talk. it's scarey and combustible.

>> president trump is long criticized the iran nuclear agreement as the worst deal in history. some indicated that the deal has value. as iran announced they have uranium enrichment and they had the same deal they announced. here's the spokesperson yesterday. >> why would you call for iran to comply with a deal that you think is essentially garbage? is it better than nothing? is that what the position of the administration is? >> our position has not changed, but we of course do not want e ran to get a nuclear weapon. >> what do you make of that. >> iran is complying. that's our assessment and they testified before the senate intelligence committee that iran is in compliance. the claims that they are out of compliance don't hold a lot of

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i want to offer some context tonight to senator bernie sanders' case for his democratic socialist ideology. a gallup poll shows that 86% of americans, of people admire entrepreneurs who create products and services for the market. they like entrepreneurs out there. americans also like economic competition. 79%, four out of five of us

admire free enterprise, offering a product or service that people will pay for. where people have an issue is with huge corporations. 50% admire big business and 50% don't like that image. again, the context. socialism rates 37% in the poll, representing above a 30 of this country. the federal government would have to carry out any flam is rated not much higher at 39%. certainly senator sanders is committed to his ideology. he is opposed to the profit mode and he said so. let that be part of our debate. he assumes the legacy of franklin roosevelt. a hero of the democratic party. i don't think it was correct for the drastic steps, roosevelt, a democrat, not a socialist had to take at the depthins of the gre depression as evidence fdr calls

structural change in this count re. fdr was a democrat doing what was needed then. that's "hardball" for now. all in with chris hayes stars right now. >> tonight on all in. >> it's not an interference. i think i'd take it. >> the president invites foreign states to keep him in office. >> let me call the fbi. give me a break. >> he keeps getting away with calling for collusion in public. >> undemocratic. unamerican, disgraceful. >> how republicans just blocked a new law that might stop him. >> and i will object. >> can you me what the hatch act is in. >> it may be unprecedented recommendation that kellyanne conway gets fired. >> let me know when the jail