>> david: let me say this about chris matthews. his wife ran for congress and lost. a moderate voice running in maryland and he saw her get beaten. she came in third place i believe and she got beaten because she was very extreme left-wing policies of the person who ended up winning. i think he looks at that as a personal experience. he is not recognizing it himself anymore. >> meghan: he helped held that that. >> harris: the gloves have definite lay, for filmmaker michael moore. he's revealing a pair of jazz hands, broadway. he's headed to broadway to perform a one-man show aimed at bringing down president trump. is this more liberal ridiculousness and how exactly does this help the nation? we debate why do we put so much effort into engineering the can-am defender? because a job worth doing, is worth doing right. can-am defender. tough, capable, clever. get a a $1,000 cash rebate on 2017 defender models. visit your local dealer for details. ykeep you sidelined.ng that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and

let's get to msnbc chris matthews. he basically called president trump's firing of comey, he equated it to quote fascism. watch. >> a little whiff of fascism tonight i think is fair to say. a little wish -- a little whiff of i don't care about the law. i'm the boss. liz: what are your thoughts? >> well, you know at game of thorns, we lay out that moment where hillary clinton in a little radio interview the mic is off, and they asked her in the room what are you going to do with jim comey, and she didn't say she was going to fire him. she kind of rolled her eyes and said that jim comey is going to find out. everybody knew she was going to fire him and promote the man who exonerated her in the fbi, which was andrew mcabe, that that is what was going to happen. i think the democrats and the national media, the allies in the national media have to keep hammering away at the talking point of the special prosecutor so that the discussion doesn't move next down the line, and that's andrew mcabe and his wife. liz: we've got br

chris matthews will be leading msnbc's special coverage of the event tonight. the host of "hard ball" and the author of "jack kennedy, elusive hero" and "kennedy and nixon, the rivalry that shaped post war america." chris, as they say in the business let's play hard ball. i appreciate you joining. talk about the bond here between the obamas and the kennedy family. >> you know, it's interesting. the kennedys have never been able to sprinkle their magic dust on anyone else. all the people who worked for them over the years. pierre salinger, tried to get elected to the senate in california. he was defeated. kenny o'donnell, ran for governor of massachusetts. all defeated in the first try. it's not been something they've been able to share, their magic, if you will. even their in-laws were not successful, like sergeant schrieber. they didn't particularly help him either. this was the first time, when they -- they basically gave the magic touch to obama back in the spring of '08 when caroline kenne kennedy wrote the op-ed piece in the "new york times" endorsing him

i'm chris matthews from washington. it was an extraordinary showcase on capol hill today for the man that continues to serve as year-round pinata for both hillary clinton and donald trump. that's fbi director james comey who passionately defended his actions in the run-up to last november's election. comey told senators he looked at two bad paths 11 days before the election. one revealed that the fbi was restarting its investigation into hillary clinton's use of private e-mails or, two, conceal the new information. he said not disclosing it would have been catastrophic to the fbi and beyond. let's watch. >> look, this was terrible. it makes me mildly nauseous to think we might have had some impact on the election. but, honestly, it wouldn't change the decision. everybody who disagrees with me has to come back to october 28th with me and stare at this and tell me what you would do. would you speak, or would you conceal? and i could be wrong, but we honestly made a decision between those two choices that even in hindsight

we have chris matthews, host of "hardball" with us. chris, you've done this a long time, you've seen the votes. what do you think of republicans going to celebrate before this bill is signed? >> i think this is a celebration on both sides. i remember the clinton tax increase back in '93 where the republicans were able to kill some democrats in the next election. i think it's like that. i'm looking at -- you know, katy, i'm looking at the republicans who didn't vote for this today and they tell you a whole story. you'll be familiar with these names, charles dent from allentown, pennsylvania, promotions city, new jersey. chris smith from new jersey. these are all moderate republicans from very swing districts, and they're careful here not to vote for this. so the safest vote today was any democrat who voted against it, which is all democrats, they're very safe on this vote. nobody is going to blame a democrat for not voting for this bill today. these republicans who voted against the bill are somewhat safe, but in a strange political way

chris matthews is back here on monday. he wanted to have dinner because he wanted to stay on. >> dinner with comey. >> he mentioned that he had been invited to the white house to have dinner with the president and that he was uneasy with that. >> new reporting contradicting the president's claims. and tonight, new questions about oval office recordings. >> did president trump record his conversations with former fbi director comey? >> as the president threatens his former fbi director with tapes. >>> plus, as the deputy attorney ge

i'm chris matthews. in a city erupting at the news that the president of the united states has just fired the person leading the investigation into the president's own involvement with russia during the 2016 presidential campaign. trump announced the firing of fbi director james comey, who has deployed 20 top agents to dig into trump's dealings with the russians. his abrupt action late today may short circuit the investigation

i'm chris matthews in washington.the white house took a victory lap after yesterday's health care bill cleared the house. this morning, president trump tweeted, big win in the house. very exciting. but when everything comes together with the inclusion of phase 2, we will have truly great health care. anyway, a spokesman for the white house told reporters never underestimate this president when he's committed to something, it's going to get done. well, yesterday republicans voted by a razor-thin margin to

and they're-- >> richard, would you call chris matthew a hard working journalist or an opinionater. >> he's an opinionater, and rachel maddow-- >> i think he would call himself a journalist. >> he makes an upon. >> what about jorge ramos, chris cuomo, everybody else at cnn. they're opinionaters, too. >> jorge romos is at univision and he reports the news to his community. >> no, no. >> that's a joke. >> here in lies the problem. donald trump over and over again has made the media his enemy. at his rallies the crowd openly boo the media over and over again. >> richard, richard. >> and at msnbc and univision is not fake news. >> for too long the republicans allowed the media to develop the narrative. republicans and past presidents one who i worked for were not ones to confront the media and push back on a lot of these stories. i am relieved as a republican for president trump to speak up against the media and layout the truth, the fact there's a strong liberal bias in majority of mainstream media. when you look at journalist for the most part only 7% of journalists who are republicans.

. >> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. he's going to run his mouth on what he just said to the russians. you think it can't get worse, catch this, when trump was meeting with the only people who were taking his side on the russian thing, as he calls it, foreign minister and ambassador, he blew the cover to terrorist plot in the middle east. the washington post is reporting tonight that by doing so in his meeting last week, trump jeopardized critical sources of intelligence on isis. the very terrorist organization he swear he was going to bring down. what about those tapes. if he really did record his conversation with exfbi director, can the tapes be subpoenaed now, can the congress demand them before the supreme court the way it cracked the water gate case. president trump revealed highly classified information and senior officials had to scramble to contain the damage. the washington post reports the partner never gave permission for us to share that material, for the president to do so. one u.s. official said revealed m

chris matthews is back here on monday. >> since the president fired the director of the fbi james comey now got multiple reports the fbi's investigation of the russia issue, the russian attack on the presidential election and the question whether or not the trump campaign was involved in it somehow, they will have multiple reports at the time the fbi director was fired by the president, that fbi investigation into the trump-russia issue was expanding and accelerating and the director. was involved in the expansion and acceleration of it. the "new york times" is first to report that in the days before he was fired, director jim

let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. another afternoon, another bombshell report, actually two today. remember that oval office meeting with the russian foreign minister and ambassador, the one in which president trump reportedly revealed highly classified information? according to the "new york times" today, president trump also told those russians that firing james comey had relieved pressure on him. the times quotes a document summarizing the meeting. the president said, i just fired the head of the fbi. he was crazy. a real nut job. i face great pressure because of russia. that's taken off. that's the quote. he added, i'm not under investigation. that's also what he said to the russians. the white house did not dispute the account today, saying by grandstanding and politicizing the investigation into russia's actions, james comey created necessary pressure on our ability to engage and negotiate with russia. a very different reaction from democrats. a senator from pennsylvania tweeted, if there was any question as to

i'm chris matthews in washington. massachusetts senator and progressive champion elizabeth warren became the breakout surrogate for hillary clinton's presidential run. and throw aside trump's attacks and even insults, warren hit him with a counterpunch and never let up. >> he thinks that because he has money, that he can call women fat pigs and bimbos. he thinks because he is a celebrity, that he can rate women's bodies from one to ten. he thinks that because he has a mouthful of tic tacs, that he can force himself on any woman within groping distance. [ audience booing ] i've got news for you, donald trump. women have had it with guys like yo [ chrs and applause ] on november 8th, we nas ty wome are going to march our nasty feet to cast our nasty votes to get you out of our lives forever. [ cheers and applause ] >> well, warren's fiery speeches and rallies across the country like that one in 2016 were but a prelude to her voice today in the resistance. and who knows what's coming in 2020? the author of this fight is

>> chris matthews never fails to -- >> chris matthews himself.f. >> it's got a t whiff. >> they go together. [laughter] >> this is big breaking news. the white house knew it. they did this thing today where there is nothing on the president schedule, john roberts reported earlier that that's always a little suspicious. they dropped it at 5:40 p.m. it would be on all the lead networks. i kind of admired the tactic, they will have to answer a lot of questions on defense but they want on offense and covered it on network news. we are covering it. i think everyone can maybe takee it down a notch. >> we are cable. we don't take anything down a notch. we put more notchesre above it. >> get on your ladder. >> hey, jesse, could this have been a distraction -- maybe this was a distraction against the hearings, he decided to pull the trigger now? >> distraction against what specifically? i thought that was a pretty big win for the president and his party. i think he just pulled the trigger and let the chips fall where they may. comey was obviously corrupt and they didn't trust him. listen, a lot of p

. >> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington.s mouth on what he just said to the russians. you think it can't get worse, catch this, when trump was meeting with the only people who were taking his side on the russian thing, as he calls it, foreign minister and ambassador, he blew the cover to terrorist plot in the middle east. the washington post is reporting tonight that by doing so in his meeting last week, trump jeoparze

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. we're following developments in manchester, england where police say there have been a number of fatalities and serious incident after a concert. officials tell nbc news there has been an explosion. we'll get the latest on that in a minute. we begin with the shocking news in washington. the washington post reports has two top u.s. officials to deny any evidence of conclusion with the russians starting the 2016 presidential election. trump asked james comey to drop the investigation of his then director of national security michael flynn. according to post, trump made separate appeals to the director of national intelligence daniel coats and admiral urging them to publicly deny the existence of any evidence of collusion during the 2016 election. coats and rogers refused to comply with the request, which they both deemed to be inappropriate according to two former officials who spoke on the officials of anonymity. usa today and koe hes executive producer on show time. give us the story

i'm chris matthews in washington. i'll see you back here at 7:00 p.m. eastern for "hardball." this is history making. s tonight on "nbc nightly news." check for local listings. peter picks things up from the white house. >> good afternoon to you. we are on a rain drenched north lawn here at the white house this afternoon. finally after a tumultuous week, the president is speaking in an exclusive sit down interview with the president on firing the fbi director james comey. >> look, he is a show boat, a grand stander. the fbi has been in turmoil. you know that.

i'm chris matthews in washington. the white house took a victory lap after yesterday's health care bill clearedhe house. this morning, president trump tweeted, big win in the house. very exciting. but when everything comes together with the inclusion of phase 2, we will have truly great health care. anyway, a spokesman for the white house told reporters never underestimate this president when he's committed to something, it's going to get done. well, yesterday republicans voted by a razor-thin margin to approve a health care bill that would gut many components of the affordable care act and cover fewer people according to the congressional budget office, which looked at an earlier version. 24 million more people will be uninsured over a decade now. republicans apparently needed a little inspiration yesterday before the vote. according to the associated press, catch this. like boxers before a big fight, republicans pumped themselves up with a pounding music of the 1980s anthem "eye of the tiger." that's of course from

"hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >>> to your health. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. well, the images tell the story today. a celebration this afternoon in the rose garden, and anger tonight on the streets of new york. we're following two big stories. the president and house republicans celebrate the passage with a single vote to spare on a bill to repeal obamacare today. it still must make it through the senate, a much harder prospect. but late today, republicans were bused down to the white house and gathered in the rose garden, cheering president trump and calling today's vote a major victory. for his part, president trump called the bill something very, very incredibly well crafted. let's watch. >> i went through two years of campaigning, and i'm telling you no matter where i went, people were suffering so badly with the ravages of obamacare. as far as i'm concerned, your premiums, they're going to start to come down. we're going to get this passed through the senate. i feel so confident. t

i'm chris matthews from washington. capol hill today for the man that continues to serve as year-round pinata for both hillary clinton and donald trump. that's fbi director james comey who passionately defended his actions in the run-up to last november's election. comey told senators he looked at two bad paths 11 days before the

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington.g developments in manchester, england where police say there have been a number of fatalities and serious incident after a concert. officials tell nbc news there has been an explosion. we'll get the latest on that in a minute. we begin with the shocking news in washington. the washington post reports has two top u.s. officials to deny any evidence of conclusion with the

"hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >>> moscow on the potomac. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in a city bouncing with news about donald trump and his attempt to kill the russian investigation. here's the latest cover-up. today the substitute white house press secretary said it was attorney general jeff sessions and deputy a.g. richard rosenstein who came to trump with the call to fire fbi director james comey, the man leading the investigation into possible ties between the campaign and russia. here was sarah huckabee sanders at the briefing today. >> did the president direct rod rosenstein to write this moment mow? >> the president lost confidence in director comey and he'd be considering letting director comey go since the day he was elected. but he did have a conversation with the deputy attorney general on monday where they had come to him to express their concerns. the president asked that they put those concerns and their recommendation in writing, which is the letter that you guys have received. >> that's not t

i'm chris matthews in washington.r and progressive champion elizabeth warren became the breakout surrogate for hillary clinton's presidential run. and throw aside trump's attacks and even insults, warren hit him with a counterpunch and never let up. >> he thinks that because he has money, that he can call women fat pigs and bimbos.

"hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >>> covfefe. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington, a city only now getting uses to a new road, covfefe. a murky time, but the clouds are about to open. former fbi director james comey has been cleared to testify before the united states intelligence committee. he could answer three giant questions for the recordor history, and for the future of this presidency. did trump ask him to drophe federal investigation of trump's national security adviser michael flynn? did trump ask him to swear a personal allegiance of loyalty to him? did comey, as the president has claimed, tell him on three separate occasions that he was not being investigated for involvement in the russian effort to influence the 2016 american presidential election? three great questions. we may get the answers soon, within a week. a congressional aide tells nbc news that blockbuster testimony could happen as early as next week. anyway, "the wall street journal" reports comey is expected to testify

i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews tonight.mp is finishing up his first overseas trip as president. he's heading back to washington tomorrow and also back to the center of a gathering storm. the headlines shadowing him during the trip, the day president trump left washington. that was last friday. "the new york times" reported, he had told russian officials that firing fbi director james comey had taken pressure off him over the russian pre.

>> chris matthews never fails t to -- >> chris matthews himself. >> it's got a with. >> they go together. [laughter] >> this is big breaking news. the white house knew it. they did this thing today where there is nothing on the president schedule, john roberts reported earlier that that's always a little suspicious. they dropped it at five: 40:00 p.m. it would be on all the lead networks. i kind of admired the tactic, they will have to answer a lot of questions on defense but they want on offense and covered it on network news. we are covering it. i think everyone can maybe take it down a notch. >> we are cable. we don't take anything down a notch. we put more notches above it. >> get on your ladder. >> hey, jesse, could this have been a distraction -- maybe this was a distraction against the hearings, he decided to pull the trigger now? >> distraction against what specifically? i thought that was a pretty big win for the president and his party. i think he just pulled the trigger and let the chips fall where they may. comey was obviously corrupt and they didn't trust him. listen, a lot

"hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >>> moscow on the potomac. evening. i'm chris matthews in a city bouncing with news about donald trump and his attempt to kill the russian investigation. here's the latest cover-up. today the substitute white house press secretary said it was attorney general jeff sessions and deputy a.g. richard rosenstein who came to trump with the call to fire fbi director james comey, the man leading the investigation into possible ties between the campaign and russia. here was sarah huckabee sanders at the briefing today.

"hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >>> covfefe.ll." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington, a city only now getting uses to a new road, covfefe. a murky time, but the clouds are about to open. former fbi director james comey has been cleared to testify before the united states intelligence committee. he could answer three giant questions for the recordor history, and for the future of this presidency. did trump ask him to drophe federal investigation of trump's

joining me for insight and analysis, chris matthews, host of hardball at msnbc. helene cooper, from "the new york times." nicolle wallace and danielle pletka of the american enterprise insurance stuen enterprise interstatustitute. it's "meet the press." >>>. >> announcer: celebrating its 70th year, this is "meet the press" with chuck fotodd. >>> president trump certainly looked like he was eager to cross the finish line. but this week the president has struggled to put big legislative points on the board. he's put neil gorsuch on the supreme court, rolled back some regulations and stayed true to his promise to restrict immigration. but in what may be the most revealing moment of the week, the republican house rejected his call for a $1 b$1 billion d payment on the wall. >> we are keeping one promise after another and, frankly, the people are really happy about it. >> reporter: in harrisburg, pennsylvania last night the president marked 100 days in office in his favorite element. >> we're going to have the wall. major tax relief for the middle class. premiums way

let's bring out the host of nbc's "hardball" chris matthews.on in 1976. it's impressi, man. it's impressive. >> not quite as your inteiew with john mccain, but i'll take it. general macarthur, thanking the troops. >> you take your confidants where you can get them, my friend. >> yes. i got one. >> chris, so much to talk about right now. i want to talk to you about mueller, but i feel like we really need to start first with flynn. and what we just saw there again. a november warning to mike pence, don't hire this guy. he's conflicted. he's getting money. he's working for turkey. one warning after another. warning to kushner, warning to bannon, warning to priebus, warning to trump. nonstop warnings, don't hire this guy. they didn't listen. >> well people were given a lot of warnings about trump, the american people, and they hired him. people make decisions on a grand reason. loyalty there. you know that works with trump. loyalty. i'm amazed that -- i think in certain lives, creative people in show business, for example, you can create the world

i'm chris matthews in washington. house took a victory lap after yesterday's health care bill clearedhe house. this morning, president trump tweeted, big win in the house. very exciting. but when everything comes together with the inclusion of phase 2, we will have truly great health care. anyway, a spokesman for the white house told reporters never underestimate this president when he's committed to something, it's going to get done. well, yesterday republicans voted by a razor-thin margin to approve a health care bl

i'm katy tur in for chris matthews. insulted his recently fired fbi director, james comey, as a show boat and a grandstander. today he delivered this warning. james comey better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to t

i'm chris matthews in washington.news has learned that jared kushner, the president's son-in-law and one of the senior white house advisers has come under scrutiny by the fbi. that's according to multiple high-level sources. meanwhile in montana, a candidate for u.s. congres

i'm chris matthews in washington.ays ago the white house crafted a cover story about the firing of james comey. according to countless white house officials up to and including the vice president, the order of events went like this. the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein and the attorney general jeff sessions came to see president trump to recommend that he fire james comey, the head of the fbi. the president agreed with them and took action. that was the white house story for two days. today we

"hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >>> to your health.washington. well, the images tell the story today. a celebration this afternoon in the rose garden, and anger tonight on the streets of new york. we're following two big stories. the president and house republicans celebrate the passage with a single vote to spare on a bill to repeal obamacare today. it still must make it through the senate, a much harder prospect. but late today, republicans were bused down to the white house and gathered in the rose garden, cheering pre

i'm chris matthews in washington. two days ago the white house crafted a cover story about the firing of james comey. according to countless white house officials up to and including the vice president, the order of events went like this. the deputy attorney general, rod rosenstein and the attorney general jeff sessions came to see president trump to recommend that he fire james comey, the head of the fbi. the president agreed with them and took action. that was the white house story for two days. today we found that wasn't true and we found out from a reliable source, president trump. here's part of the president's interview today with "nbc nightly news" anchor lester holt. >> monday you met with the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. >> right. >> did you ask for a recommendation? >> what i did was i was going to fire comey. my decision. it was not -- >> you had made the decision before they came in the room? >> i was going to fire comey. there's no good time to do it by the way. >> because in your letter, you s

let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington.afternoon, another bombshell report, actually two today. remember that oval office meeting with the russian foreign minister and ambassador, the one in which president trump reportedly revealed highly classified information? according to the "new york times" today, president trump also told those russians that firing james comey had relieved pressure on him. the times quotes a document summarizing the meeting. the president said, i just fired the head of the fbi. he was crazy. a real nut job. i face great pressure because

chris matthews will have special guests to provide analysis of president obama's speech .explore hisng legacy. watch the award beginning tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. own on msnbc. >>> at the top of the hour, the future of health care, what could happen as president trump bill heads to the senate. that will do it for me. your business up next and thomas roberts picks it up at 8:00 eastern. f 32 nfl teams. be there for america's toughest and help, when help is needed america's #1 isn't a status earned overnight. it's earned in every wash, and re-earned every day. tide, america's #1 detergent ♪ everything your family touches sticks with them. make sure the germs they bring home don't stick around. use clorox disinfecting products. because no one kills germs better than clorox. ykeep you sidelined.ng that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. ♪ ♪ take on the mainstream. introducing nissan's new midnight edition. ♪ but we've got the get tdigital tools to help. now

good evening, i'm katie kerr in for chris matthews. yesterday, president trump insulted his recently fired fbi director james comey as a showboat and a grandstander. this morning, he delivered this morning, james comey better hope that there are no "tapes" of our conversation before he leaks to the press. he pushed back on his claim to lester holt that comey told him he wasn't the target of an fbi investigation. >> he told me. >> he told you, you weren't under investigation. >> yes, and i we heard that from others. >> did you meet face-to-face? >> wanted to have dinner. early on. that dinner was arranged. i think he asked for the dinner. he wanted to stay on as the fbi head and i said, you know, we'll consider it. we'll see what happens, but we had a very nice dinner and at that time he told me, "you are not under questions e investigation." >> according to nbc and other news out. s, the reality was very different, during the dinner, comey tried to stay away from the russia investigation. he would say, look, sir, i really can't get int

i'm chris matthews in washington. the city that just heard a thunder clap. the u.s. justice department has named a special counsel to investigate the possible role donald trump's campaign played with russia during and after the 2016 presidential election. this comes less than a week after president trump fired fbi director james comey for what he called this russian thing. and after "the new york times" reported yesterday that trump first tried getting comey to

i'm chris matthews. in a city erupting at the news that the president of the united states has just fired the person leading the investigation into the president's own involvement with russia during the 2016 presidential campaign. trump announced the firing of fbi director james comey, who has deployed 20 top agents to dig into trump's dealings with the russians. his abrupt action late today may short circuit the investigation leaving open the question of what role trump, michael flynn, paul manafort or others played in president vooep's meddling in our election. as fbi director comey was one of those who concluded that the russians sought to influence the results in 2016. president trump wrote to comey saying he was being fired while asserting that comey had told him on three occasions that he, trump, was not actually under investigation. that's what trump wrote. trump said, i concur with the department of justice that you are not able to effectively lead the bureau. he referred to a letter from the dep

i'm chris matthews in washington. nbc news has learned that jared kushner, the president's son-in-law and one of the senior white house advisers has come under scrutiny by the fbi. that's according to multiple high-level sources. meanwhile in montana, a candidate for u.s. congres slams a reporter who asked him a question about health care. in brussels, the president of the united states shoves a european leader out of the way to get to the front of a group for pictures. two politicians, two abrupt acts of blij rans. but we start with the major development on the russia front. white house correspondent peter alexander joins us with details and reaction from kushner's attorney. peter? >> reporter: chris, here's the bottom line as you just reported right there, nbc news has now confirmed from multiple u.s. officials that jared kushner, as you said, the president's son-in-law, one of his closest advisers is now under fbi scrutiny in this russia investigation. the officials tell us that federal investigators believe he has

i'm chris matthews in washington. the city that just heard a thunder clap. the u.s. justice department has named a special counsel to investigate the possible role donald trump's campaign played with russia during and after the 2016 presidential election. this comes less than a week after president trump fired fbi director james comey for what he called this russian thing. and after "the new york times" reported yesterday that trump first tried getting comey to drop the probe of trump's national security advisor over that russian matter. so now a full-blown investigation, inquiry looms over the political and governmental horizon with witnesses called, subpoenas issued, documents gathered from the fbi and presumably from the trump white house itself. the person overseeing this giant investigation to come will be the newly selected special counsel, former fbi director robert mueller. and yesterday as i said, "the new york times" was first to report former fbi director james comey revealed in memos that the president himself tried to stop the fbi's investigation into hi

i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews tonight. donald trump is finishing up his first overseas trip as president. he's heading back to washington tomorrow and also back to the center of a gathering storm. the headlines shadowing him during the trip, the day president trump left washington. that was last friday. "the new york times" reported, he had told russian officials that firing fbi director james comey had taken pressure off him over the russian probe. "the washington post" reported that investigators had identified a current white house official as a, quote, significant person of interest. then on monday, the post reported that trump had asked senior intelligence officials back in march to push back publicly against comey's comments on the investigation. on tuesday, former cia director john brennan testified that he saw intelligence that revealed contacts and interactions between russian officials and trump campaign associates that warranted further investigation. then yesterday, nbc broke the news that jared kushner, that o

but instead of donald trump sticking to formalities, that's like telling a cat to bark or chris matthewso make sense. imagine if the movie jaws had just shark attacks? and not a movie plot? this is our white house. always set to 11. and maybe one day he might realize you can't be on devcon five all the time. of course, it would be devcon six. you don't have to be in a prism of two ideas. it doesn't have to be treasonous or absolutely wonderful. it could have been that the firing was correct but kind of tacky. >> right. it's interesting because he views the concept of being allowed to have two completing ideas competing thoughts, james call me -- you can believe it was handled poorly and it leads to more interest. it actually just lit the fire and turn the flame on russia, legitimately or not. that's what it did. expecting abnormalities from the white house, absolutely fine. expecting that the coverage is not also going to be ratcheted up is unreasonable. >> also the coverage helps everybody. it lifts all boats. >> including the democrats. there's a reason they are going overboard. they a

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. >> david: many of these journalists -- let me back up a second, congratulations chris matthew's wife just got elected chairman of the democratic party. >> meghan: i like that shade. >> david: to your point, abby, many of these men and women who went all through the campaign saying donald trump can't get elected and they're going to spend every day saying see, i told you. that's what you see in coverage like this. at the end of the day, if this is about russia influencing our elections, then somebody owes richard nixon an apology because in 1960, it was bragged about the elections. >> kennedy: i'm glad you brought up richard nixon and brian williams is saying that this could be known as the tuesday afternoon massacre. he is referring to president nixon's firing of archibald cox who is a special prosecutor which triggered resignations within the justice department including that of the attorney general. that was a massacre and the fact that people quit their jobs in protest because as opposed to the fbi director, the special prosecutor can't be fired unless it is for cause. as a cause

good evening, i'm katie kerr in for chris matthews.sterday, president trump insulted his recently fired fbi director james comey as a showboat and a grandstander. this morning, he delivered this morning, james comey better hope that there are no "tapes" of our conversation before he leaks to the press. he pushed back on his claim to lester holt that comey told him he wasn't the target of an