what will happen with chris christie and this opening that has now materialized? one source says lord knows what will happen given the relationship he's had with the president, but they remain friendly, been friends for about 16, 17 years. he is on the grounds of the complex for an unrelated meeting, but timing can be a tricky thing. >> kelly o, we should also point out that senator lindsey granha insisted he had no interest in becoming attorney general. going back to chris christie there is a bit of history between governor christie and the president's son-in-law as i understand. it was chris christie who put jared kushner's dad in prison. >> when he was the u.s. attorney he was in charge of the department that did file charges against charles kushner. that has always been a delicate relationship, but it was jared kushner who serves not only as a senior adviser on a lot of issues but a portfolio of prison reform is significant for him. he invited christie here. they have at times had a touchy relationship as our reporting has long indicated, but it is also many y

i'm going to make a suggestion of chris christie.here are a number of reasons why christie would be good and we might have him out of order if we have a graphic. number one, he has an 18 your personal relationship with the president. they get along, they know each other. he has already walked through the media fire. he knows what it's like to be in the bright, white spotlight of the new york media, and frankly the national media. i think temperamentally he and trump are similar. they get along as people. they have kind of a similar style. that's not a detriment in this job whatsoever. he was known as a type of nails prosecutor, very well respected by career prosecutors at doj. i think bridge-gates -- i do not think any of that matters with the number of republicans we have in the senate, christie would be confirmed. if the president said this is the guy we want, i think chris christie would get confirmed. i don't think it's much of a problem. i do not think that beach closure is going to knock him out of it, okay? that's my view. joe

but with chris christie, it would be black and white. under the same doj regulations that caused sessions to have to recuse himself. he had a role on the campaign that was -- that is now under investigation. it would be just as clear that chris christie would have to recuse himself as well, if he was nominated and eventually confirmed as attorney general. >> harry litman, chris christie, his body of public statements about mueller compared to matt whitaker's body of statements about mueller puts him far more sort of -- i don't know if there's a center anymore in politics but he has not called for mueller to be fired. he's not ever called the mueller probe a witch hunt. he was very critical of pete strzok who sent anti-trump texts. but he's never criticized the probe as an effort, as an endeavor. do you think that he is confirmable? and if i could just tack on a two-part question here and have you whack at both, what role does an incoming democratic, you know, house judiciary committee and house intel committee have in making sure that th

heather: chris christie is a familiar name to a lot of folks. >> very public profile for chris christierney from new jersey, went on to be governor. he has a lot of executive appearance and those is affirmative justice very well, whether the president will put up with somebody that larger than life figure or not remains to be seen but he knows chris christie well and they have a relationship that goes back quite some time. heather: lindsey graham, speaking of high profile, the real spartacus was the nickname he took over after the brett kavanaugh situation. what about him? >> lindsey graham would do it next one job. he knows the department of justice extremely well. he is a lawyer, he was an air force lawyer, air force prosecutor for a number of years, he certainly did a tremendous job during the brett cavanagh hearings and been supportive of the president after starting out with a not so great relationship with the president when he first took office. i think his fellow south carolinian, trey gowdy, federal and state prosecutor, will get a serious look and other people will be looked a

chris christie? the president responds matthew whitaker is a very respected man, and very importantly, he is respected within the department of justice, just somebody that is very respected. i knew him only as he pertained, you know, he was with jeff sessions. and, you know, look, as far as i'm concerned, this is an investigation that should have never been brought. it should never have been had. it is something that should have never been brought. it is an illegal investigation, and you know, it's very interesting, because when you talk about not senate-confirmed,

chris chris christy houlahan will be elected. new york, staten island, dan donovan, republican incumbent, has been unseated by max rose. this is fascinating because it is not a clinton -- new york city, not a clinton district. there are parts of new york state and staten island in particular, that like donald trump very much. this was one of them in 2016. two years later, dan donovan is losing here. we also have a call, i am told, in pennsylvania -- yes, pennsylvania 7. this one not a shock, but here it is. susan wild defeating marty nothstein. charlie dent held this.

it was former new jersey governor chris christie. had a lot of people talking especially with some media outlets he might be under consideration for the attorney general position. let's go to the white house. blake burman is there as usual with the latest. blake. reporter: connell, one white house official told me there is not a rush to name a permanent successor for ousted attorney general jeff sessions and there is not a definitive timeline either. there were a lot of comings and goings around the white house as speculation surrounding a possible success sore continues. senator lindsey graham met with president trump inside the west wing. i'm told they discussed the open attorney general spot, graham has no desire whatsoever to be the pick. chris christie was on white house grounds though he was here to meet jared kushner on prison reform. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein was here at the white house. we're told he was here for a completely unrelated matter. the new, acting, i guess i should say acting attorney general, matt w

chris christie we told you earlier, presumably already a planned visit, but it comes over the talk thathe president is looking for a current replacement of jeff sessions who we formerly fired yesterday, the democratic vice chair of the senate intelligence committee mark warner with us, very good to have you. >> thank you for having me. >> neil: what do you think of the us other people who are coming into the white house to maybe look at being possible replacements including chris christie? his name has come up for jeff sessions, what would you think of that? >> i do not want to weigh in, because based on probably how i am viewed at the white house, me weighing in might hurt somebody's chances. i did think that it was unfortunate that we all knew the president was going to try to get rid of jeff sessions, that when he got rid of him, he did not put in place as acting rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, solicitor general, that instead he picked this gentleman, mr. whitaker who i do not know. but seems to have the biggest asset being that he is very much a trompe l'oeil list. and

chris christie at the white house. what do you make of that?let's start with chris christie. we know he was here at the white house earlier today. two people familiar with this visit tell nbc news that he is under consideration for attorney general. no indication that christie is a front-runner. we don't know where he is in the attack. frankly, we are told that other candidates are being considered, as well. don't have a list of who they are, although we're trying to get more details on that. lindsey graham, the republican senator, an ally of the president's, he was here at the white house earlier today. but as a reminder, earlier this week, he swatted down questions whether he would be a candidate for ag. for his part, though, about chris christie, his visit today was, we're told, unrelated to this job vacancy. he was actually here for a meeting on prison reform, that was organized by jared kushner with a group of former u.s. attorneys. what's significant about that, what has been a really challenging relationship between those two men, it was

that w is certainly something which chris christy would bring to the job. with robert mueller spending more than $38 million to produce absolutelyce nothing, but way of russian conclusion. christy would be the perfect overseer of that monstrosity. >> laura: does the mueller investigation, how do you see it developing at this point with m the change of sessions? >> i think it is probably pretty right. i think mueller is toward the end of what's he's doing anyway. i love be that you want a war-time consulary. >> laura: you bette. i go for the italians. it is the italian mind-set. we like the irish too. >> is that right, joe? >> yes. yes, did. >> laura: have you never watched "godfather" one and two. the best ever made. thank you for your insight. george great to have you would you come back? >> love to. >> laura: for more on why trump won and how the g.o.p. could do it again. get the copy of my new paper backck what i saw in the poppuls revolt in bookstores everywhere and what the mid terms mean in the special election of the "angle." stay there. [ phone rings

i like chris christie but i have not talked to him about it. he was in the white house yesterday but i did not see him. [inaudible] trump: i think -- is a very-- jim acosta is a unprofessional man. he gets paid to burst in. he is a very professional guy, whether it is me, ronald reagan, or anything else, he would have done the same thing. i do not think he is a smart person but he's got a loud voice. do you mind if i answer the question? as far as i'm concerned, i haven't made that decision. when you are in the white house, place to very special be. you have to treat the white house with respect. you have to treat the presidency with respect. if you ever have seen him dealing with sarah huckabee sanders, it's a disgrace. same things, the with april ryan. i watch her get up -- you talk about somebody that's a loser, she doesn't know what the hell she's doing. she gets publicity and she gets a pay raise and gets a contract i think with cnn. nasty and shey shouldn't be. you've got to treat the white house and the wide this -- the office of the pre

chris christie who happened to be at the white house today.am bondi and south carolina senator lindsey graham met the president today though he doesn't want the job. the power panel is here to weigh in. dog show in and guy benson and associate editor at real clear politics, welcome to all of you. there are other names along with christine, pam bondi, scott walker, rudy giuliani and you mentioned chris kobach who would be a bold pick. >> he just lost a racing canvas to the democrats. there was a third-party candidate as well who took some votes from him but he led the president's unsuccessful voter fraud commission and an ally of the president and several white house officials said on background that he might be under consideration. it is the trump administration, we don't rule out any surprises. shannon: this is an important pick at a time the doj has been so embattled on so many fronts. >> pick somebody who is above partisan politics. restore confidence of the american people in the independence of our legal system, the justice department, an

before we get that, i can't waste chris christie being here. >> never waste, geor.pointed an acting attorney general. people are talking about you for attorney general. are you interested? has he asked? >> he hasn't asked. we haven't spoken about it. i was in the white house thursday for a previously scheduled meeting on prison reform. we did a lot with that in new jersey. it was very successful. the white house is asking me to help with that on the national level. i didn't see the president or speak to him. listen, i've been through this dance a lot of times before. the fact is a president makes his own decision on these things. i'm thrilled being here with you, george. why would i want to leave? >> what about us? >> i'll reserve on you, rahm. >> he obviously met whitaker under fire. calls for recusal. some saying his appointment isn't even legal. how long can he effectively serve as acting attorney general? >> by the law 210 days. i think he's really there to land the mueller investigation, to get it done. i think the president wisely didn't want to bring a new pe

i like chris christie but i have not talked to him about it. he was in the white house yesterday but i did not see him. [inaudible] president trump: unprofessional i think jim acosta is a very man. he gets paid to burst in. he is a very professional guy, me, where ronald reagan come our anybody else, he was have done the same thing. look. i don't think he is a smart person, but he has a loud voice. wait, wait, do you mind if i answer the question? as far as i'm concerned, i haven't made that decision. but there could be others, also. when you are in the white house, this is a very sacred place to me, this is a special place. you have to treat the white house with respect. you have to treat the presidency with respect. if you have ever seen him dealing with sarah huckabee sanders, it's a disgrace. for the -- itis is the same thing with april ryan. i watch her get up -- you talk about somebody that's a loser, she doesn't know what the hell she's doing. she gets publicity and she gets a pay raise and gets a contract , with, i think cnn. but she is

t >> looks like he's going to get stuck with chris christie. find it interesting secretary azar would love this job if marco rubio had been president but apparently the secretary has put out word, ask again after mueller's done. there are some people that do not want the responsibilityr the burden of having to be in that awkward position. they saw what happened to jeff sessions. the amazing thing in the jeff sessions thing, he enacted the president's agenda when it came to law and order, immigration. there's a bit of separation on policy. the sole reason that he was fired was his recusal o cr this. yo tell the bitterness in jeff sessions. he made sure we knew h thate had -- he was asked to resign. meaning i was fired. ironically if the president had waited untilhanksgiving, maybe sessions would have resigned. but i think the panic of the house getting going democratic has the president panicked, and that's why he made th move so fast and so quickly.e and frankly dn hayes. it looks like this white house dn't even vet, they didn't realize that th

three of the names currently in the mix, chris christie who happen to be at the white house today, florida attorney general pam bondi and south carolina senator lindsey graham. fox news contributor doug schon and guy benson and the associate editor at rio real clear polit. there are other names in the mi mix, i think you mentioned crisco back may be, i'm not sure everyone knows who he is but that would be a bold pick. >> he just lost his gubernatorial race in kansas to the democrat, i think there is a third party candidate as well who took some vote from him. he led the president's unsuccessful voter fraud commission last year and he is an ally of the president. several of the white house officials have said on background that he might be under consideration. he is looking for a job. if the trump administration -- we don't rule out any surprises. >> shannon: this is a really important pick at a time where the doj is so embattled on so many fronts, any advice? >> pick somebody who is above partisan politics. restore confidence in the american people in the independence of legal system, of t

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former governor chris christie, what is your friend, donald j. trump, thinking tonight?> what he always thinks, i won. he's going to say, i added seats in the united states senate. i went into red states that i'd won and got republican senators there. vanquished some people who opposed my agenda. and oh, the house? that was paul ryan's fault is i think what we'll hear at some point from the president. i think the president's going to look at that, look at the landscape of the governors, where he did better than expected, and say, this was a good night for me, and he'll move on. but i also think the one change i think he will make is, from an issues perspective, you'll see a guy who's going to look for opportunity to make an unexpected deal with house democrats that gives him credibility moving into 2020. >> donna brazile, would your former chair of the democratic national committee work, donald trump be right in telling himself a story that he won? if you look at this historically, didn't he do better than most president dozen in their first midterm? >> no, because he di

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i did not see chris christie yesterday. i heard he was in the white house.e's a good friend of mine. when he got out of the presidential races, you know the next day he supported me. he has good taste. so he proved one thing. he has good taste. but when he got out, he immediately supported me. i like chris christie, but i have not talked to him about it. he was in the white house yesterday. he was in the white house yesterday, but i have not -- i did not see him. [ inaudible question ] i think jim acosta is a very unprofessional man. he does this with everybody. he gets paid to do that. you know, he gets paid to. he's a very unprofessional guy. whether it was me or ronald reagan or anybody else, he would have done the same thing. look. i don't think he's a smart person, but he's got a loud voice. wait. wait. you mind if i answer the question? and as far as i'm concerned, i haven't made that decision. but it could be others also. when you're in the white house, this is a very sacred place to be. this is a special place. you have to treat the white house with

chris christie here at white house. at least was earlier this morning. though i'm told he was here to meet with jared kushner about prison reform. at last check, as of earlier this morning at that point he had not made his way into the oval office. still remains to be seen if he meets with the president on this day or not. lindsey graham here at the white house today. he made his way with president trump back from the supreme court over here to the white house. those two have, have legal credentials. many will talk about whether they might be on the list or not. it was a pretty remarkable scene we saw how all of this played out yesterday, neil. we had the president firing jeff sessions in the morning. holding the news conference at the white house after that, he said i could fire everybody right now but i don't want to stop it because politically i don't like stopping it, speaking of the mueller investigation. then we found out publicly that sessions indeed had been fired. the president had named matt whitaker as the acting attorney general and not the d

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chris christie, to that point about women, congress newest members were up on capitol hill.n freshman class in the house to rub it in. look at the faces there. here is just some of the democratic freshman class. little bit different. should that lack of racial and gender diversity be cause for concern among republicans, especially when you look at the midterms? >> listen, we should always be looking for ways to make our party more diverse and more representative of what the country looks like. that should be a goal. i come from the most ethnically diverse state in america. for me the fact that my party, let's say in new jersey, looks significantly different than that class picture says it's possible. >> we're not talking just about new jersey. we have just had the midterms. what do they need to do? >> you've got to focus on it and recruit. a lot of the candidates that came in on the democratic side had never been in politics. how did they get there? some of them were self motivated to get there. some of them, martha, were recruited. it's incumbent on the party to go out and

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barb mcquaid, we heard chris christie say something that could be interpreted as a benign statement that had no ill intent or as problem at nick terms of what he thinks whitaker is in this job to do. how do you read that statement from christie on both sides. >> the benign way you can say that from a sort of an optics perspective, a pr perspective, matt whitaker is there to be there to the end of the mueller investigation and then a new attorney general could come in and turn the page, start with a clean slate and begin a new program agenda. a more sinister view of what he has to say is matt whitaker is there to do president trump's dirty work. make sure this investigation is ended, that it does not implicate president trump and that he's there because he's got an agreement with president trump to handle it the way that president trump wants it done. >> jeremy bash, i ask you, of those two potential interpretations, not just of what chris christie said but what matt whitaker is there to do, assessing all the evidence and taking everything into account, what's your read on the purpose of

so, laura, when you hear chris christie say that, do you take that as obstruction? it odd there's an insinuation he's going to get it done or wrap it up. also, mueller's pace is mueller's pace. it's an appropriate one. it's been 18 months. you've got jury convictions, guilty pleas, evolving documents or grand jury issues, and, of course, the forthcoming report issued to matt whitaker at this time. i think at this time he's placed there knowing it's temporary, it's not confirmed, and to accelerate the pace at which he is informed, not to conclude the delegation. >> gloria, do they have any resources at their disposal? >> chuck schumer later in the senate was saying, look, we're going the try to pass legislation to protect roberts mueller, we're going to try to attach it to must-pass legislation. he hasn't said whether he'd shut down the government over it, but they do want to protect mueller and mueller's integrity. also they'd like to know the answers to a lot of questions, which is, was this cleared internally by the department of justice's ethics czar? how could t

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remember last week, chris christie was at the white house. you know what he was doing? having a meeting on prison reform. can you imagine only in this trump shakespearean world would this happen. chris christie who put jared kushner's father in jail in new jersey, he gets the ag job and works on criminal justice reform. it could happen. >> the republican party. >> the world turned upside down. >> democrats have the house and the margin looks better than they once expected in the senate. there will be a question about whether the liberal democratic senators think let's hold out. that's also another dynamic there. >> the house has a version of this bill that only does prison reform and does not reduce mandatory minimums. the only reason it doesn't go that far, this is weak on crime and we are not going to pass this. there is bipartisan oversight in the house and it's clear if it moves to the senate. >> they are not here very much. they are only here about half the week. they have to pass the government spending bill. they have the working dates and the legislative. the pr

>> the name chris christie has been floating around. >> maybe floating around by chris christie. >> that's definitely possible. i think we would run into problems, the same kinds of problems that jeff sessions ran into, which is that he would probably have to recuse himself as well from the russia investigation because he was of course a senior adviser to the trump campaign and one of the reasons why jeff sessions had to recuse himself from overseeing the russia probe is bass he wec was also a member of that campaign. it seems unlikely but it's a name that's out there. >> daniel, how do you expect matthew's relationship with muler mule er -- mueller to play out? >> he's probably not going to have a ton of contact with mueller. mueller is in a different office, not part of the d.o.j. building. they have regular check-ins with main justice to talk about things that they're working on, but i think he probably knows to be a little careful with interfering with mueller's investigation too much because he knows that even though mueller hasn't really leaked before, it's really hard to get anythin

[inaudible conversations] >> former new jersey governor chris christie talked about the trump campaign and presidency, politics and the future of the republican and democratic parties in a conversation at the annual politicon convention in los angeles. >> hello. thanks everyone for coming out, kind of early i guess in l.a. because everything starts later out here. we are here today with governor chris christie who was also one of the contenders for the 2016 public a nomination for president so he's had a real front seat of you the politics and how they are shaped into the way it is now but also was a two-term governor of new jersey. so thanks so much for being with us. >> happy to be here. >> so just to start out, you were a u.s. attorney and you were appointed the day before september 11. so you don't with a lot of terrorism cases. i believe daniel pearl was under purview because went through new jersey. what do you make of the recent debacle, foreign policy crisis with saudi arabia and the circumstances surrounding the death of the saudi writer jamal khashoggi? >> i think with a lot

paul: who is he going to turn to, chris christie riding to the rescue, former new jersey governor, pambondi of florida, i guess the question would be could those two or rudy giuliani be confirmed by the senate? >> look, the president has gained senate seats, more room to confirm people, one reason he waited till now to have jeff sessions resign because he has more room. paul: i don't know that rudy could be confirmed and i think -- >> i would be doubtful that be the one nominated. paul: who are you hearing? >> some of the top foreigners i'm hearing one person that we have been hearing about a lot noel francisco, current solicitor general and i think obviously a sound pick but he's also got a good job where he is right now and he's doing good work there. i'm hearing michael, who is now out at boeing, former judge and he would also be a very sound pick but i think in the end will probably likely to get somebody who isn't the names, chris christie, rudy giuliani but somebody who is well respected in the legal community and comes in -- because again they have to get through senate confirma

, it might be that chris christie's confirmation hearings are less aggressive and nasty than he might been otherwise because he has a long resume of qualifications of this. >> the time is 210 days and he cannot be the nominee, he cannot be made permanent under the legal rational the white house is using to put him in there on a temporary basis. >> i don't think he needs anymore than 210 days. >> that's the point. >> it's all about mueller, and i am not sure he needs more time than that. if that's not what it's about, we shall see. >> can i ask you one last question, the president tweeted on it, and this is already within ten minutes of this being an issue it's way different. >> there's a couple things going on here, and this week has seen such a devolution of norms and blowing past guardrails, and president trump helped to encourage faith in institutions that was already eroding. he thinks it gets things away with his issue with the department of justice. >> thank you for being with us. >>> we have breaking news to tell you about. several wildfires raging out of control in southern ca

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senate so let's start here with you, former governor chris christie. what is your friend donald j.ght? >> what he always think, i won. he's going to say i added seats in the united states senate. i went into red states that i had won and got republican senators there, vanquished some people who opposed my agenda and, oh, the house, that was paul ryan's fault is i think what we'll hear from the president at some point. i think the president is going to look at that and the landscape of the governors where he did better than expected and say this was a good night for me and he'll move on. but i also think the one change i think he will make is from an issues perspective you're going to see a guy who will look for an opportunity to make an unexpected deal with house democrats that gives him credibility moving into 2020. >> donna brazile, you're former chair of the democratic national committee. would donald trump be right in telling himself a story that he won? if you look at this historically didn't he do better than most presidents do in their first midterm? >> no, because he didn't

chris christie, big win there for j.b. pritzker.d never really found his footing in that seat. >> bruce just never listened to people about how to try to work with the democratic legislature, to try to bring people together, to get things. he didn't get a budget passed for years. you just can't do that. when you're a republican who wins in a blue state, you've got to work with the democratic legislature and get things done. bruce never learned to do that and tonight he's paying the price. >> matthew dowd, the democrats really hoping the governors races in the midwest become their new base. >> yeah, and obviously illinois is a democratic state, hillary clinton carried it heavy. they're watching ohio, michigan, wisconsin. i think they've secured pennsylvania. i think iowa is an open state. i think that's where the democrats, if they have a really good night, if they have a good night in any part of this, it's going to be in those races. >> we have other results coming in in the senate. democrat amy klobuchar cruising to re-election th

to confirm -- i love the chris christie name.some republicans wish the president had done in the beginning. but here is a new piece of reporting for you. we're told that the president wants someone who has been around, someone familiar to him. so often this president goes with the comfort food approach, right? he likes people that have been around, that he can chit cat with. we're told rex tillerson, the two of on them never got along, they had bonded in person, but he was someone new, the president didn't know him and it obviously didn't work out. >> where do you see the president when it comes to visiting troops in afghanistan, is he going to mull over that a little bit more? s as you know, a total shame when it comes to these wars. where do you see that going? >> a lot of people in the white house recognize had this is a mistake. the president signaling over the weekend that he's moving to correct that. of all the hats the president wears, commander in chief one of the most important. this is something that presidents just do.

to chris christie after you start working with the senate you might guess what you are asking for, $4.4 trillion budget. can't understand why they can't find $10 billion for the wall, national security and the mystic security issue and one about sovereignty, block, stop the flow of sex traffickers, guns and drugs into the country. >> might be the hardest thing i have ever done. i want you to know that. >> i dylan, a freshman in high school and i want to say i am a big fan of yours, mister charlie kirk. >> got a question? >> yes, you stated trump is a fundamental conservative but how can you backup that statement when trump supports things such as universal healthcare or government run healthcare or same-sex marriage and things like that? tariffs, etc.? >> i misspoke i will correct it. he is governing as a conservative. i would agree he is not -- i will say this. is the first president in american history that was indifferent or at least pro gay marriage. i don't think that's a conservative liberal issue, it is settled law. you might like to hear that, who knows? >> is your head spinning

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i did not see chris christie yesterday. i heard he was in the white house. a friend of mine, a good man. when he got out of the presidential race, as you know, next day, he supported me. he has good taste. so he proved one thing. he has good taste. when he got out, he immediately supported me. i like chris christie, but i have not talked to him about it. he was in the white house yesterday. he was in the white house yesterday, but i have not -- i did not see him. >> how long are you going to leave jim acosta in the penalty? >> i think jim acosta is a very unprofessional man. he does this with everybody. he gets paid to do that. he is a very unprofessional guy. whether it was me or ronald reagan or anybody else, he would have done the same thing. look, i don't think he's a smart person, but he's got a loud voice. wait, wait. david, do you mind if i answer the question? and as far as i'm concerned, i haven't made that decision. but it could be others also. when you're in the white house, this is a very sacred place to be. a very special place. you have to trea

today former new jersey governor chris christie and lindsey graham both met with the president. both are reported to be possible candidates for the job. graham contends he's focusing on supporting trump in his search for a new a.g. >> i talked pretty good at length with the president about the attorney general selection. he deserves someone that he trusts, that he has confidence in, but the american people also have to have confidence in this person and they have to get through the senate. i'm going to stand by this president's ability to make a selection of his choosing. >> with that, let's bring in our leadoff panel on a thursday night. john heilman, msnbc national affairs analyst, veteran journalist, co-author of "game change and washington circus. barbara mcquade, eastern district of michigan. counselor, i'd like to begin with you. as a d.o.j. veteran, how troubling is it to you to have this man appointed who has, by the evidence, just looking at it, just listening to it, kind of prejudged large portions of this russia investigation? >> yeah, brian, it isn't even just what h

when he was asked about chris christie, he gave perhaps what we're going to call a trumpian tell. that is, he said christie endorsed him right after he got out of the presidential race. that could be an indication that chris christie is at top of the list for the next attorney general. but listen to what the president said. then we'll get on the back end on the other fronts the president is fighting. but listen to how the president was clearly trying to put some distance between himself and whitak whitaker. >> i don't know matt whitaker. matt whitaker worked for jeff sessions and he was always extremely highly thought of and still is. but i didn't know matt whitaker. he worked for attorney general sessions. he was very, very highly thought of. >> there are a lot of lessons from world war i. one was don't fight on multiple fronts. you just heard a president take on so many different perceived enemies opening up new lines of attack on robert mueller, the new line of attack is that mueller apparently -- we know he's not senate confirmed but now that's disqualifying for president trum

he reportedly had chris christie, pam body, the attorney general florida.e bit of bias, she's a friend of mine i think you'd be great. many names out there. one more thing -- remember that lindsey graham is a coming into be the chairman, likely come of the additional committee and the senate. he has already made it very clear to the president and publicly that the senate would not support a firing of mueller. i think it's a red herring and the president said to support a very qualified -- >> harris: a lot of people talk about lindsey graham taking it. >> morgan: he said "no way" to brian kilmeade on the radio. >> harris: people so they were going to run with for presiden. i don't know! [laughter] nancy pelosi is making a bid to become speaker of the house again. while some house democrats reportedly set up a support system for anti-pelosi members. do democrats need new leadership? is there anyone that can step up? plus, president trump taking action on the southern border, with an asylum policy. how effective will the policy be, and how one top democrat is