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i want to continue this discussion with chris matthews, jon meacham, danny is a val owes. chris, you were in the middle of a thought. i just wanted to bring our new viewers in. you are advocating that americans realize that this is the most consequential thing possibly facing them right now and that all hands come on deck to prevent the appointment of a replace men before the elections in november? >> let me put it this way. take this matter to the people. let the people decide who they want the senate to be run by. it's very close now. in effect it's 50-49. imagine if it did come to a tie vote and we let mike pence decide who the next supreme court justice is. that would be absurdity. the cultural view of the republican party is very different than the cull kurl view of the democratic party and very different from anthony kennedy's cultural views. live and let live in terms of marriage equality, abortion rights, in terms of everything that has to do with living in this country. ken dee was basically a libertarian. a northern california republican. they make a lot of money

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chris matthews has talked about this. halt when he wouldn't participate in the consent agreements on normal business in 2011. >> the senate runs on something called unanimous consent. so unless we receive some assurance from the democratic leadership that we will actually start addressing our budget out in the open, in the bright light of day, i will begin to object. >> he was saying he would object to everything. does that work? >> in that case that's really bygone days, ancient history. we saw a republican senator that cared about the deficit. seven years ago. i don't think we'll see that again for a long time. i think the main thing, ari, is the next four months we're going to see things we have never seen before. you and i, i think, will be aware of senate rules. i don't know about you, i'm sure i am not aware of tonight and will be a few months from now. anyone that says they can predict what this struggle will be like is kidding themselves. they can't. >> you speak to a type of interpretive humility. chris matthews,

chris matthews back here on monday night.s right now. >>> tonight on "all in" -- >> like it or not, these aren't our kids. >> the chaos and the cruelty continue. >> it's a prison-like internment site. >> tonight as the president sinks his own immigration bill, new confusion about reuniting the families donald trump ripped apart, and the trump official with zero experience responsible for caring for separated children. >> it's a whole big con job. >> and is michael cohen about to flip on mr. trump? >> i'll do anything to protect mr. trump. >> why comedian tom arnold says it may have already happened. >> donald trump does not care about

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chris matthews, our thanks and to our audience, be sure to watch headliners, robert f.our friend chris this sunday night, 9:00 p.m. eastern time on this very network. we're back with more right after this. the first survivor of alzheimer's disease is out there. and the alzheimer's association is going to make it happen. but we won't get there without you. visit alz.org to join the fight. gives skin the moisture it needs and keeps it there longer with lock-in moisture technology skin is petal smooth after all, a cleanser's just a cleanser unless it's olay. >>> the president and some members of his family departed the white house for camp david. it is his seventh trip there as president. noticeably missing again today was the first lady. we say this respectfully but we have seen more public photos of kim jong-un over the past 22 days than we have melania trump. that's another way of saying the first lady was last seen in public may tenth. 22 days ago. the night we saw her greeting the three american detainees released by north korea. four days after that, she was admitted

i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews here in new york. the white house today struggled to get its message straight on immigration both at the border and on capitol hill. the president of course reversed course earlier in the week, signing that executive order ending his administration's policy on separating migrant children from their parents. but it's still unclear how those children will be handled going forward. meanwhi meanwhile, in washington, the president back pedalled on a commitment that he would support legislation. this morning, trump tweeting out republicans should stop wasting their time on immigration until after we elect more senators, congressmen and women in november. dems are just playing games. have no intention of doing anything to solve this decades old problem. we can pass great legislation after the red wave. just two days ago the president reportedly promised house republicans that he would support them 100% and vowed he would not leave them in the wilderness. but the president's tweet risked stalling what little m

. >>> bringing now into the coverage, chris matthews, our own msnbc's chris matthews. chris, we had a supreme court fight last year over neil gorsuch and in the 2016 campaign as well over merrick garland. the filibuster's gone now, though politically this seems like it is going to be a more intense fight we are in store for. >> i don't think the democrats should allow even meetings to occur with trump's nominee to fill this vacancy by justice kennedy. i think they have to fight eye for an eye for what happened in '16 where the republicans, led by mitch mcconnell, refused to even consider or even meet with merrick garland. i think if the democratic leadership under schumer allows this to go forward, they're going to have a huge problem with the democratic base. we saw joe crowley get beaten up in new york, up in queens yesterday. you can tell that this leadership will be to the tott edge if they allow this to proceed. there is no way politically the democratic base will stand for any kind of hearings or vote on a trump nominee for the supreme court before the election.

chris matthews.sure to tune in for hardball tonight with chris matthews tonight at 7:00. >>> let's bring in associated press white house reporter and nbc political analyst. scott pruitt seeming to get a vote of confidence for the president at the fema meeting. still holding up despite the criticism despite 12 or 15 separate investigations. new reporting from politico that he's an unwelcome guest. how do you upset the navy stewards at the white house? >> he's decided to dine there too often and they don't much appreciate that. it's remarkable how pruitt seems to be bullet proof with the president. he lost the faith of most in the west wing long time ago. they have advocated for his removal. yes he's getting your agenda done but coming with so many distractions. this is not good for you. now that his deputy has been confirmed, you can move pruitt out and move someone in that position getting done what you want to see happen. the president had dug in his heels. every cabinet member got some degree of pr

i'm chris matthews urging them to do just that. good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington.o fight and this is one of them. if the democrats in the u.s. senate allow trump to pack the supreme court with a 5-4 majority for the next 30 years, it's not something the progressive democratic voter

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i want to bring back my panel including chris matthews and andrea mitchell. what did you make of what you heard? the president really getting into campaign mode. >> he's not just the quarterback, he's the chief cheerleader. b.t. barnum has nothing on this guy. the tax cut didn't work their way down to the workers. the numbers show that most of the money that came into the tax cut has gone to corporate leaders who bought back stock. it's been much better for the top. he's talking to an afric african-american woman who is probably middle class. >> you bring me to my next subject. andrea, weigh in there on justice kennedy. we woke up to this report that the white house had been behind the scenes waging very privately subtly, this campaign to encourage justice kennedy to resign so that president trump can leave his mark on the legacy of the supreme mark. you know justice kennedy. talk about how he may be influenced by that. >> he's a republican. he's a conservative. i was at the briefing room in the white house has ronald reagan brought him in. i've watched his w

chris matthews will be back on monday night. chris hayes" starts right now.. >> tonight on "all in." >> paul manafort has done an amazing job. he's here some place. where's paul. >> the president's campaign chairman in jail tonight. >> the you know, paul manafort worked for me for a very short period of time. >> a judge revoked paul manafort's bail after new charges of obstruction of justice. >> like manafort has nothing to do with our campaign. >> tonight, what this means for the mueller investigation and at increasing evidence of collusion. then. >> i always liked michael. >> the feds recover 700 pages of encrypted messages from trump's henchman michael cohen. >> look, i did nothing wrong. >> all in" has ob tabbed exclusive new details on some of the 2,000 children taken from their parents at the boarder. >> this is where at least 65 kids, migrant children from central america are living. >> when "all in" starts right now.

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i'm steve kornacki in for chris matthews. tonight president trump's former campaign chairman, paul manafort, is in federal custody and will spend the remainder of his days pending trial in jail. already facing multiple counts of bank fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering, paul manafort arrived at a d.c. courthouse this morning pleading not guilty to new federal charges of witness tampering. the judge in the case then ultimately ruled that the severity of the alleged crime violated the terms of manafort's bail agreement, saying that allowing his release would, quote, harm the integrity of the justice system. nbc news reports that manafort did not appear to react to that ruling. he was then immediately taken into custody, giving a quick wave to his wife as he was escorted from the courtroom. manafort will now be held in pretrial detention until september. reacting to the news, manafort's former client, president trump, was quick to defend his reputation, saying, quote, wow, what a tough sentence for paul manafort, who has rep

i'm chris matthews urging them to do just that. good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. there are times to fight and this is one of them. if the democrats in the u.s. senate allow trump to pack the supreme court with a 5-4 majority for the next 30 years, it's not something the progressive democratic voter will soon forget. two years ago, republican majority leader mitch mcconnell mocked the democrats by refusing to even meet with president obama's court nominee. in 2018 with a handful of months before election day, one that will decide which party controls the senate, democrats owe it to their party, principals and their own survival to do to mitch what mitch did to them. if this strikes anyone as a men fes toe from me so be it. it is a statement of political reality. the democratic base will not accept failure and not listen to arguments how the 49 senate democrats could not stop the 50 voting republicans from picking a supreme court for much of the century. justice kennedy was the defining force that is saved apportion rights is, marriage equality, tolerance and respec

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greg, do you think chris matthews thought the democrats had an elysium problem when barack obama wasresident? >> greg: no. when you look at what barack obama said to ben rhodes when he said america just wasn't ready for me. if you want to talk about elitism. remember for the democrats, america is the following, and they are the angels. everybody else is flawed. i think it's really hard to be a blue-collar democrat these days because you have to be on every nuance of gender and racial politics. you have to know tnouns. you he to know that every type of gendered designation. you have to have every nuance of cultural appropriation in your head, and the only way to do that is to be in elitist campus cultist. you can't be a plumber. you can't be an electrician. you can't be a carpenter. i know all that stuff. you have to be a campus activist. that's a really small population. >> dana: voters as of the democratic party does not have a leader could not agree who it was. brian, chuck schumer got 16% of the road. nancy pelosi 15. bernie sanders, 13. hillary clinton with 7%. >> brian: you have

i'm chris matthews from washington.ile snub package america's allies. departing today for the g-7 up in canada, the president called for russia, for russia to rejoin the group of seven. the international organization comprised of the world's leading economies. he wants them back in. russia used to be a member but their invasion of ukraine and subsequent occupation of crimea got them ejected back

tonight ofrn msnbc, a headliner's premiere, chris matthews remembers the compassion and idealism. is the author. book bobby kennedy, a raging spirit. >> he talked about building a better world and new america. what did that america look like? describe that vision for us? >> i think he wanted to end the vietnam war killing about 10,000 americans a year and i think if he had been elected in 68 by early 69, i think the war would have been ended and the vietnam wall we have here in washington commemorating the dead on our side, that would be about half as long. that's one big part of it, he also was very big on rights for native americans and hispanics and of course african-americans but he also really tried to keep unity between the white and black. that's what made him unique. he was appealing not just to the working class or poor people of minority communities but to white people as well. that's what i think showed up when he was buried. you could see the people along the train tracks in new jersey and philadelphia and baltimore and could see the people of color in the big cities bu

i'm chris matthews up in new york.ace-to-face meeting with the young dictator of north korea. it's now just about 7:00 a.m. in singapore where trump began his day by tweeting about the upcoming negotiations. quote, meetings between staffs and representatives are going well and quickly, but in the end, that doesn't matter. we will all know soon whether or not a real deal, unlike those of the past, can happen. then he went after the so-called haters and losers, saying, "these pundits who have called me wrong

i'm chris matthews in washington.ter once said, you don't have to bark. as we meet tonight, donald trump the president of the united states, we have to remind ourselves, has got himself one nasty rottweiler, his name rudy giuliani. having gotten new york and the country through 9/11, he's nowings to get his fellow manhattanite through a ground zero scandal. here's rudy. i've got a better on

"hardball" with chris matthews is up next. >>> rudy calls it a frame-up. let's play "hardball."gton. president trump is being framed. that's what rudy giuliani says. the special counsel bob mueller and the u.s. justice department is building a dishonest case against the president. also today, the lawyer for stormy daniels is accusing michael cohen of corruptly getting daniels to deny her etchule entanglement with trump all together.

. >> phil rucker, our colleague and mutual friend chris matthews was a particularly exercised when news of this came down. i want to play for you some of his remarks on the air. we'll talk about them on the other side. >> it will not seem believable that they couldn't stop a senate from approving a presidential nominee for just 50 votes? it used to be 60. now it's just 50. there are ways to prevent a modest majority of 50-49 getting its way. they will find that way or they will fail. if they fail, they will lose their leadership. the party will not accept failure on this front. they have not allowed someone to come into the supreme court for 30 years because they won by one vote. >> so phil rucker, what chris is talking about there is senate democratic leadership. chuck schumer we're talking about you and how the base of the party will not accept a loss on this. >> yeah. the base may not accept a loss on this, but they may be forced to. the reality is -- and this is why this works so much in mitch mcconnell's favor and president trump's favor is that there are a number of red state demo

chris matthews is with us. s, i know you're supposed to come on to talk about rfk and the 50th anniversary of his death, but i would like you to comment on what we just saw in the white house press briefing room. >> well, it's new pip mean, i -- i don't know. i guess drawing a comparison between the baker and the players is something -- one is the right of free religious expression, the other is the right of free speech. they're both in the first amendment. i think the -- you know, the 7-2-6 is interesting. i think a lot of americans would go along with it. i think the players thing is a case of the president working a divide. he's making football into a political football. he clearly wants to have the white fans and the african-american players at war with each other. that's a hell of a thing to do. because in most big cities in try, in metropolita areas, it's the one thing that surely unites people. the rican-american guy and the white guy, if you will, are all rooting for the same team, the same running back

i'm katy tur in for chris matthews. day lashing out at democrats and the mexican government in an effort to save face after his reversal on separating families at the border. buckling to pressure, he signed an executive order yesterday putting a temporary end to a crisis entirely created by his own administration. shortly thereafter the president who according to reports is worried about looking weak to supporters returned to

good e i'm chris matthews in washington. there are signs tonight that trump's long-time attorney and personal fixer michael cohen may be closer to flipping on the president. under federal investigation in southern district of new york, cohen is suspecteded of possible bank fraud, wire fraud and campai finance violations. today george stephanopoulos of abc news was first to report the law firming cohen will not continue to represent him after friday of this week. most explosive is abc's reporting that "cohen now with no legal representation is likely to cooperate with federal prosecutors in new york," sources said." this development will likely hit the white house, family members, staffers and staffers hard. nbc news has not confirmed that cohen intends to cooperate but verified cohen is parting ways with his legal team. that rift according to "the new york times" concerns the payment of legal bills to his lawyers and their relative lack of experience with the federal prosecutor's office in new york. the times" also reports t

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"hardball" with chris matthews is up next.>> r i a frame-up. let's rdball." good evening. m chris matthews in washington. prident trump is bei framed. that's what rudy giuliani says. the special counsel bober and the u.s. justice department is building dishonest case against the president. also today, theyeror stormy daniels isusing michael cohen oforruptly getting daniels to deny her etchule entanglement with trump all together. we begin with thisontinued trump offensive against robert mueller. rump m the baseles claim that the appointment of a ecial counsel itself is totally unconstitutional. and now giuliani is making an equally outrageous claim saying mueller and his prosecutors are. here's giuliani speaking in re group 13 highly partisan democrats that make up are trying very, very hard to frame him. g trouble when h hasn't done anything wrong. f course, there's evidce t back up giiani claim. meanwhile, as trump argues that he's above the law, he is showcasing the per presidential pardons. as "the washington post" reports, a white house official this week said trump i

but more importantly, "hardball" with chris matthews is up next. >>> trump went offense.>>> well, donald trump has started this week drive his political bayonet in hard. no more the divider of children from their parents he now poses as horatio at the gate. the lone american ready to defend our border. no moyfr did he say those crossing the border will get a hearing. the constitution be damned, it's trump law or no law. and now it's a human wall he is throwing up along the border. anyone who gets through it will be thrown back across into mexico, no matter where they kim from. good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. having spent most of last week on defense, president trump is

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. the knowledge that american authorities were separating children from their parents was horrible enough. when word reached the country some of these children were being lost in the system, that must have been too much and the president buckled. under mounting pressure, the president today signed an executive order to keep immigrant families together after they're detained at the border. according to "the washington post," a driving force behind trump's backflip today was first husband to stop the policy.d her "the past couple of days she has increasingly made clear to the president that he should use his power tore fix the problem." but in signing today's order, the president effectively took credit for solving a problem he had personally created. >> what we have done today is we are keeping families together. ivanka feels very strongly, my wife feels very strongly about it, i feel very strongly about it. i think anybody with a heart would feel very strongly about it. we don't like to

i'm chris matthews in many washington. as i said, donald trump's dark brand of politics received the supreme court's seal of approval today, five justices reviewed in favor of president trump's travel ban. the cleaned up version of his muslim ban. the court chose to focus on the text of the policy rather than trump's prior inflammatory tweets and public comments. justice anthony kennedy, however, backed the president's ban along with the four conservative judge buzz added caution, an anxious world must know that our government remains committed always to the liberties the constitution seeks to preserve and protect. that's what kennedy said. the president said this. >> the supreme court ruling was a tremendous victory for this country and for the constitution. the supreme court -- the supreme court ruling was a tremendous victory for our country. >> will you go ahead with it, sir. >> of course. what do you think? i wouldn't. >> also to the idea of deporting people without due process, as well. do you think. >> we have to fi

i'm chris matthews in washington. having spent most of last week on defense, president trump is now back on offense, pushing an even nastier line on immigration. over the weekend, president trump said with no clear evidence that the country's immigration policy is, quote, laughed at all over the world, saying, quote, we cannot allow these people to invade our country. invade. trump demand those believed to have entered the country without documents be deported immediately and without a hearing. and today refused to back down, placing responsibility, of course, on the democrats. >> we want a system where when people come in illegally, they have to go out. and a nice simple system that works. >> sarah huckabee sanders drove that message home today. >> they've made it very clear that they don't want to work with the president, that they don't want to fix our immigration system, that they'd rather have open borders and rampant crime than work with the president to create solutions. >> open borders and rampant crime. that'

i'm chris matthews in washington. if you've got a dog, a famous mobster once said, you don't have to bark. as we meet tonight, donald trump the president of the united states, we have to remind ourselves, has got himself one nasty rottweiler, his name rudy giuliani. having gotten new york and the country through 9/11, he's nowings to get his fellow manhattanite through a ground zero scandal. here's rudy. i've got a better question. was donald trump ever in bed with a porn star by the screen name of stormy daniels? answer frns rudy, no, i know because first lady melania trump says he wasn't. when you're donald trump and facing the hangman this is how you fight and how his lawyer rudy giuliani is fighting. the former new york city mayor is now attacking adult film star stormy daniels personally telling an audience in israel she is not someone he respects because of her profession. let's watch. >> i respect all human beings. i even have to respect criminals. but i'm sorry, i don't respect a porn star the way i respect a

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. the transition of the republican party is now complete. once the party that championed golde cold warriors like reagan is now the party that blindly follows its own bear, donald trump. throughout his presidency, trump rebuffed republican orthodoxy and cozied up to the same ought trocratic leaders republicans once repute yeas. republicans are pledging allegiance to their leader or pay the price. a party that once championed free trade has largely turned to protectionism under mr. trump. sermons have been replaced with attacks on immigrants and black athletes. a trust but verify approach to foreign policy giving way to a seat of the pants style in which rogue regimes like north korea are elevated and democratic allies like canadaing are belittled. the president even seems to be telling the moscow line on some of his moscow policy decisions. according to "the wall street journal" is, putin gave trump the idea to stop joint military exercises with south korea. the current chair of the rep

i'm katy tur in for chris matthews. president trump spent the day lashing out at democrats and the mexican government in an effort to save face after his reversal on separating families at the border. buckling to pressure, he signed an executive order yesterday putting a temporary end to a crisis entirely created by his own administration. shortly thereafter the president who according to reports is worried about looking weak to supporters returned to his hawkish immigration talking points. >> in mexico, they're doing nothing for us. nothing. you have a 2,000 journey through mexico and walk through mexico like it's walking through central park. one of the reasons i'm being tough because they do nothing for us at the border. they encourage people to walk through and go into the united states. >> in the end it wasn't international outrage, republican pushback or calls by religious leaders that swayed the president. it was these images, bad optics of small children crying that the president could not get away from. accordi

i'm chris matthews from washington. once again, trump's out there defending russia while snub package america's allies. departing today for the g-7 up in canada, the president called for russia, for russia to rejoin the group of seven. the international organization comprised of the world's leading economies. he wants them back in. russia used to be a member but their invasion of ukraine and subsequent occupation of crimea got them ejected back in 2014. well, today, speaking over the noise of his helicopter at the white house, trump said that the g-7 countries should allow russia to be readmitted. >> russia should be in this meeting. why are we having a meeting without russia being in the meeting? and i would recommend and it's up to them, but russia should be in the meeting. should be a part of it. you know, whether you like it or not, and it may not be politically correct, but we have a world to run. and in the g-7, which used to be the g-8, they threw russia out. they should let russia come back in because we should

he said that to chris matthews and did talk that back a little bit after. but after he said that, 53% of white women voted for president trump. so as reprehensible as you think this is, and many, many people agree with you, is what's happening now what the american people voted for? >> well, 53% of white women are not the majority of the people in this country and citizens in this country. and you have to remember that this is a religiously driven concept that women should be submissive, and so it's very concerning that white women don't stand up for this 53% that came to the polls to vote, don't stand with the women of this country, and especially women that live in poverty and women of color. so this is really important to all of us. we know that almost 3 million more voters voted for hillary clinton who was an out feminist and pro woman's right to choice and birth control, and so that's what the reality is. it's just kind of a red herring to say 53% of white women went the other way. >> bob, let's talk about a 2016 poll from late 2016 that shows that 59%

i'm chris matthews up in new york. president trump is just moments away from an historic face-to-face meeting with the young dictator of north korea. it's now just about 7:00 a.m. in singapore where trump began his day by tweeting about the upcoming negotiations. quote, meetings between staffs and representatives are going well and quickly, but in the end, that doesn't matter. we will all know soon whether or not a real deal, unlike those of the past, can happen. then he went after the so-called haters and losers, saying, "these pundits who have called me wrong from the beginning have nothing else they can say. we will be fine." already the scenes out of singapore have taken on a circus-like atmosphere in anticipation of the high stakes summit. kim jong-un was seen touring the city with his entourage after his arrival, even taking a selfie with the foreign minister of singapore. there they are. both he and trump met simply with the prime minister of singapore where he predicted everything would work out nicely. however

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. president trump and his administration have been overwhelmed by the growing public outcry over the new tent cities. and the zero tolerance policy behind them. the president just left the capital tonight after meeting with congressional house republicans to figure out some way out of this crisis he has manufactured. the atlantic is reporting on the issue of family separations, the president said, "this is a day, issue. the images are bad for us." the reporter added to the conference on immigration policy included little talk of immigration. ununable to stem citism, reply of trump's aides have embarked on a pr campaign to blame the congress. >>> the president has the power. we're only enforcing the law. >> why not stop it? the president could put a pause on this while congress works out a solution. no, no, i'm curious into congress if they gave us the tools to adjudicate it. >> does president trump want to make the arguments the buck does not stop with him. >> the buck stops with the pe

this is "hardball." >> the good evening, i'm chris matthews. washington where we are once again monitoring a mass shooting in this country. this time in annapolis, maryland at the capital gazette own a newspaper owned by "the baltimore sun." according to police five were killed and several others gravely injured after a suspect entered is the office of the newspaper and opened fire. during the incident, one of the gazette's journalists tweeted there is nothing more terrifying than hearing multiple people get shot while you're under your desk and then hear the gunman reload. i'm joined by investigative reporter tom winter. what have we learned so far? >> late breaking detail that the suspect has been positively identified through the use of facial recognition software and facial recognition abilities of law enforcement to be able to match this person's picture with the government databases. this reporting from myself, pete williams and jonathan deetsz identified as a white male aimed 39. right now police are conducting a court authorized search

the typical reaction from msnbc's chris matthews. >> trump i sending a message to his pals like michael cohen and mike flynn, delays pardon if you stay strong. jonah: i have known dinesh for a couple decades. i don't like the course dinesh has taken. i do think he was singled out unjustly for prosecution. but he never applied for a pardon. howie: which is normal justice department procedure. jonah: donald trump saw something on tv and said i'm going pardon that guy. it learned itself to the appearance that he has motives other than correcting an unjust act. howie: the president publicly said i might pardon martha stewart, she already served her time. i might pardon rod blagojevich. he's still in prison for corruption charges including selling nor obama's senate seat -- senator obama's senate seat. jonah: there are a lot more people worthy of pardons. martha stewart you could make a good case on the merits. scooter libby i thought deserved a pardon. but you can do the right thing for the wrong reasons in a lot of cases. the joe arpaio part was utterly indefensible. he was a bad guy who d

i guarantee you chris matthews would have thrills up and down his leg. nonstop 24- 7. this president promised you jobs and jobs and more jobs and he is delivering. joining us with reaction is the former u.s. attorney for the district of colombia and that is joe degenniva. starting with the ig report. 18 months later, we did have a good result in the case of mccade where there was a criminal referral and now rod rosenstein and the doj have had the report for now two weeks. why is my suspicion that the same by obstructing congress and not handing over the documents to do the constitutional oversight. why do i not changes that they want changes to protect themselves? >> the reason is simple, sean. rod rosenstein is a careerist and believes in the institution of the doj to the exclusion of fault. they are removed as much embarrassing information about the bureau as possible. unfortunately it will delay the release of the report and perhaps put it out in the singapore summit. this conduct by rosenstein and the people responsible for the delay is reprehensible. but it is of

chris matthews of msnbc tonight admitting a lot of people reading for this to fail. >> we have a long way to go but what struck me the most is how much the president appreciated how devastg the war would be but it would even be more devastating to walk away from this nuclear threat, he will end it on his watch. >> i can understand north korea because you butter up somebody to get them to the negotiating table and if he succeeds god bless him, in reducing the nuclear threat th korea -- you have to hope your president succeeds in that. >> this is not just lunch. it is not going to work. >> republican sen. john kennedy as a way with words. he is saying dealing with kim jong un is a little bit like trying to hand feed shark. you can do it but you got to do it very carefully. >> safe travels back ho, thank you. republican sen. marco rubio calling out media coverage of the singapore summit saying the meeting, quote, expose incredible hypocrisy of many in the media. of about to do these things he was described as enlightened, when trump does it is reckless and foolish. howard kurtz looks at

if it was the obama administration, chris matthews would have a lot of thrills running up and down his legs 24/7. this president promised you more jobs. in 501 day hes is deliveriy. joining us the former u.s. attorney for the district of columbia. joe, 18 months later, i have a problem, we had a good result in the case of mccabe where there was a criminal rer falnow. -- referral. now rob rosenstein and the doj have had this report for 2 weeks. the same guy that obstructed congress and won't hand over the documents they subpoenaed, why do i not trust him that they want redactions to protect themselves? >> the reason is simple, sean. rob rosenstein is a careerist. he believes in the institution of the department of justice and the fbi to the exclusion of any accusations of fault. the ig report is being scrubbed by rosenstein to remove as much embarrassing information about the bureau as possible. unfortunately, it's going to be delay the release of the report and perhaps put it out during the singapore summit. this conduct by rosenstein and the people responsible for the delay is reprehe