. >> good evening, i am steve kornacki in for chris matthews. last august hundreds of white supremacist and neo-nazis gathered in charlottesville. virginia now has declared a state of emergency in charlottesville ahead of the one year anniversary. also a march scheduled for sunday in washington d.c. >> closely following the terrible events in charlottesville, virginia. we condemn this egregious display of hatred and bigotry and violence on many sides. >> i think there is blame on both sides. >> in his decision this morning to once again get into the culture war by attacking mostly black athletes for kneeling. trump writing the nfl players are at it again taking a knee when they should be stands proudly for the national anthem. he added be happy, be cool, a football game that fans are paying so much to watch and enjoy, is no place to protest. stand proudly or be suspended from playing. kenny stills wrote we were not protesting the national anthem, we were actively working to create. i am joined by ashley parker, eugene scott. thanks to all of you

msnbc's chris matthews, host of "hardball" is also on the phone with us right now. chris, you know, when we were talking a little bit earlier with andrea mitchell and chuck todd, one of the words that came out was grand, that is what john mccain and who he was and how he exhibited the way he would work day to day, he was grand. >> well, this came faster than i thought and i think that's pretty good. i was thinking another way of saying the same thing, in a way john mccain was a mixed bag like we all are and we all had been covering him and getting to know him and actually being his friend sometimes, he was to me i think i read a nolte to him -- i think he is what we think of as a u.s. senator like in the movies, like a romantic notion of it, of an independent courageous profile in courage, a guy or a woman who really speaks of themselves and stick to their guns and believes in certain things and is not just a go along, get along sort of person. so the hero senator, he really was that guy. whatever was going on inside, whatever anger he had from the war, from being in

good evening, in for chris matthews. we enter this weekend the traditional kick off ot midterm campaign home stretch with a cloud over the election. the mueller investigation. showing no signs of slowing down and the president still lashing out at it. and at the attorney general he believes could and should have stopped the probe from being launched. trump last night at rally in indiana. >> but our justice department and our fbi have to start doing their job and doing it right. and doing it now. people are angry. people are angry. what's happening is a disgrace. at some point i want to stay out, but at some point if it doesn't straighten out properly. i want them to do their job. i will get involved and i will get in there if i have to. disgraceful. >> comments came just hours after trump seemed to tell attorney general jeff sessions job is safe. through the november midterm. maybe not beyond that. trump continuing to complain about sessions reluctance to investigate his political enemies. >> i just like to have jeff ses

i'm chris matthews in washington.not by an opposition political party or a crusading newspaper but by a well-known former white house aide. against her there now manning the ramparts, president trump's administration has been liltered with leaks, allegations and record-setting turnover. omarosa manigault newman, whose upcoming book "unhinged" is set for release tomorrow, joins a growing list of former white house staffers who have documented their time during the trump administration. in her bock she accuses the president of being a race exist misogynist a

i'm also going to read chris matthews biography, "bobby kennedy." i think that chris matthews has done an excellent job in this regard and of course we commemorate this year the 50th anniversary of the tragic assassination of senator kenned. so these are three books at the top of my list to read thischanf summer. >> send your summer reading lisy that booktv on twitter, instead grandma or facebook. >> host: so, mark mills, what do you do for a living? >> guest: at the manhattan institute i write about policy and energy policy and i'm also a partner at a technical venture fund where we invest in the software companies. >> host: how do you get there? >> guest: i should add i'm also a faculty fellow at northwestern university engineering school. i learn a lot hanging out with those guys. i spent my life writing when i was in high school. fiction and nonfiction. so i have a pathological compulsion to write stuff. the manhattan institute i knew they knew them if they knew me and they invited me to join them. the venture work i write about tech as well. i

"hardball's" chris matthews we appreciate you being with us. >> thank you. >> can wait to watch your 00 eastern, "hardball". as we go to break, the moment chris just mentioned from the dinner back in 2008. this is john mccain just weeks before presidential election he was expected to lose. >> i don't want it to get out of this room my opponent is an impressive fellow in many ways. political opponents can have little trouble seeing the best in each other but i've had a few glimpses of this man at his best and i admire his great skill, energy, and determination. it's not for nothing that he inspired so many folks in his own party and beyond. senator obama talks about making history and he's made quite a bit of it already. there was a time when the mere invitation of an african-american citizen to dine at the white house was taken as an outrage and an insult in many quarters. today, is a world away from the cruel and prideful bigotry of that time and good riddance. i can't wish my opponent luck, but i do wish him well. [ applause ] m well [ applause ] i can do more to lower my a1c. becau

let's bring in chris matthews, host of "hardball." chris, on days like today, nights like tonight, we think of the greatness of this man. we've lost a great american patriot. a great public bent. a senator. a warrior. a politician. imperfect he would be the first to admit and as i was just saying, on the ninth anniversary of teddy kennedy's diego from the same terrible brain cancer. >> well, well, i said this earlier tonight. i still think it's what the reason people love the gladiatorial aspect of politics where it's one against the other and there's a real combat to it and you look for guts, spiritual guts. you look for people that stick to what they believe in, and be their own person. john mccain was always his own person. he wasn't a knee jerk lefty or righty. he didn't fit the mold which was there for so many of these other politicians to sort of slip into. he was always john mccain and he could be disconcerting. you could love him one day and mad at him the next day because he wasn't there to like him. you may not like him on be

up next is "hardball" with chris matthews. >> reality bites. let's play "hardball." >> good evening, i am chris matthews in washington. the star of an old time tv show once put it, what a revolten development this is. finally meeting his match in omarosa manigault newman. the woman she learned everything she knows about playing the game from mr. trump is now out to fire him. harkens back to the days of hamilton and bure. competition, people duking it out. a role omarosa embraced even from earlier days on the apprentice. >> heidi was fantastic. and i haven't always been a fan of heidi. >> that was a best compliment. i have no class. >> i have been candid with heidi. >> that was the worst compliment i have ever heard. >> it is president trump who is in the cast while omarosa is directing. she dared us all to stay tune. >> i would say this. if you see me in a fight with a bear, pray for the bear. >> transformation from villain to whistle blower. one former white house official told axio's john than swashe ma purest of all -- two were kindred spiri

i'm also going to read chris matthews biography, "bobby kennedy." that chris matthews has done an excellent job in this regard and of course we commemorate this year the 50th anniversary of the tragic assassination of senator kenned. so these are three books at the top of my list to read thischanf summer. >> send your summer reading lisy that booktv on twitter, instead grandma or facebook.

i am chris matthews in washington. after months of inaction, his top officials gathered in front of the cameras to issue a strong message. russia is targeted the united states and our democracy is at stake. the trump administration was finally speaking with one voice. well, actually, it is not. just six hours after the president conference, calling it a hoax. boosti boasting of his personal relationship with vladimir putin. the difference between the president and his administration couldn't have been clearer. >> we continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by russia to try to weaken, and divide the united states. >> we had a great meeting with russia. great meeting with putin. >> this is a threat we need to take extremely seriously. >> if i did go up and start screaming, they would have said, he was terrible. >> the russians have to stop doing what they are doing. >> if i get along with vladimir putin, that's a good thing. >> this threat is not going away. >> we got along really well. >> our democracy itself is i

chris matthews and "hardball" starts right now. >> caught in the swamp, let's play hard ball. >>> acting like a ship's captain in a typhoon. calling the investigation a witch hunt, the media, the enemy of the people. good evening, i am chris matthews and steaming swamp like washington that has just been drenched with rainfall. it is wet in this town and steaming. president trump is waging an increasingly desperate battle. case in point is the president's cavalier tweet in which he calls on the justice department yesterday to terminate the russian probe all together. quote attorney general jeff sessions should stop this witch hunt right now. one of the most overt message that president has taken to date to shut down the probe. trying to protect the president, trump's allies are trying to downplay the significance of his tweeting. saying president trump is only expressing his personal opinion. >> not an order, it is his opinion. the president is stating his opinion. i think i have clarified this ten times. it is his opinion. once again, he is stating hiss opinion. >> as the white house has

"hardball" with chris matthews starts now. >> enemy at the gate. let's play "hardball." >> good evening, i am steve kornacki in for chris matthews. two big stories ton tight and y can be sure president trump is paying close to both of them. minutes away from that ohio election. republicans fearing an embarrassing loss in a district that trump won by 11 points. polls showing it in a dead heat. we will begin with also a dramatic day at the trial of paul manafort. long time business part rick gates was back on the stand and didn't hold anything back. turning what had been a dry case about tax and bank records into a political soap opera. today even challenging gates about an affair he had in london. focusing on the financial details. describing how under manafort's direction he falsified multiple documents about manafort's income. the prosecution also presented various documents including e-mails with manafort's own words showing he had knowledge of the fraudulent activity. complaining about the taxes quote i just saw this wtf, this is a disaster. was

chris matthews in washington. breaking news from the associated press. just broke the news reported that omarosa manigault newman has more than tapes. just broke. we begin the other big story news tonight. obsessed with power. president trump appears ready and willing to use his office to punish enemies like omarosa. scare others including his own people into submission. having revoked security clearances, trump is weaponizing the presidency. axios reports president trump has become enamored with power. consultation with anyone else. when it comes to yanking security clearances it is a power that is uniquely and solely hiss. matches his idea of how the presidency ought to be. pure power and instant gratification. investigating his enemies. yesterday "vanity fair" reported that trump told advisors that he wants attorney general sessions that he wants omarosa manigault arrested. unconcerned with the consequences with the actions he has taken to date. key figures inside the mueller probe. as the washington post repor

in for chris matthews.reaking news from buffalo, new york. awaiting chris collins. he served as the congressional liaison to the trump transition team. facing charges of insider trading and lying to the fbi. the government alleging that collins tipped his son off about a failed drug test at a bio tech company. family and friends then sold their stock in the company before the news broke saving them more than $768,000 in losses. noting that no one is above the law as charges were laid out against the congressman. >> congressman collins cheated our market and our justice system. these charges are a reminder that this is a nation of laws and that everybody stands equal before the bar of justice. >> now collins has pleaded not guilty to the charges and his statement that lawyers say we are confident he will be completely vindicated and exonerated. in the meantime paul ryan called for a thorough investigation. collins was actually on white house grounds at a congressional picnic when he received word about that

chris matthews. just in thinking about john mccain i was writing down who i could remember as the great men. it used to be the senate was the place supposedly for great men before there were women involved. you think about people like edward dirksen, you think about the ed brooks, you think about lyndon johnson before he became president, john glenn, that kind of politician, teddy kennedy who did these big deals even with george w. bush, even barry goldwater if you are a conservative and he was somebody who inspired young conservatives. we don't have that kind of person running for office anymore. or at least we don't have that sort of cross the aisle reverence for a politician the way we did. is john mccain one of the last of that kind of politician? >> well, you're right. you're talking about the classic u.s. senator as portrayed in films and novels like "advice and consent. people who rise above party when they have to and who are independent and willing to stand out and courageously. that's what

>> i'm not going to be able to comment about that. >> you did say to chris matthews you have more tapes robert mueller could be interested in. he might want to call you again. what sort of tapes would he be interested in? >> if he calls me i'll certainly participate with anything he needs and provide him what he needs. but that's the extent i can talk about it. >> and there's also this, donald trump had knowledge of the hacked e-mails of donald trump's campaign. >> you were instructed in your book to bring up the e-mails at any point you could. did donald trump know about those e-mails before he came out? >> absolutely. >> he knew about them? >> yes. >> he knew what was coming out before wikileaks released them? you're saying donald trump had a back channel. >> i didn't say that. but i'm going to continue to blow the whistle on all of that. >> gets your attention. just a few hours ago the president's lawyer rudy giuliani responded to omarosa's claim about those clinton e-mails. >> i know she's lying because i was on the campaign more than she was. i was closer to him than she was. i was

let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i am chris matthews in washington. as night falls on the east coast tonight. president trump is treading water if a sea of criminality. on every side of him, his former campaign manager, and former lawyer fixer facing multiple counts of felony. his entire circle from nasa security advisor, to several campaign aides, to his own children. faces of anguish. the man in the middle of the whirlpool issues tweets. noises really, signaling absolute confidence. here is how the president tried to brush off yesterday's news. >> where is the collusion? you know they are still looking for the collusion. where is the collusion. find some collusion. >> with yesterday's bombshell about the plea of course it seems that cohen is going to help mueller find that collusion. here is his personal lawyer lanny davis. >> i can tell you that mr. cohen has knowledge on certain subjects that should be of interest to the special counsel. knowledge about the computer crime of hacking and whether or not mr. trump knew ahead of time about the crime a

"hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >>> up all night. le let's play hardball. >> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. don't do the crime if you can't do the time. didn't people around donald trump pay attention to crime show warning. if you committed federal crimes you could be squeezed by federal prosecutors to rat. didn't donald trump know if he did business with such people he would be the fall guy. which gets us to the president's predicament this thursday evening. no man is an island. no man except increasingly now president trump. the acceleration of his own legal exposure is leaving him isolated. paul manafort is now convicted of financial crimes. former fixer lawyer michael cohen has pled guilty to tax fraud and campaign violation which is he says were directed by the president himself and now would appear the water around trump's island are rising fast. that sentiment is evident in the new cover of time magazine just out showing the oval office submerged reading simply in deep. trump struggles to stay afloat, "new yor

"hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >> turning on trump. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i'm chris matthews up in new york. if the president himself is what's saving donald trump now, who else can he save? his children? tonight the walls continue to close in on the president of the united states. former national security advisor michael flynn and the next trump lawyer michael cohen are both already cooperating with federal authorities so is trump ally david pecker. and today nbc reports that paul weisulberg was granted immunity in order to testify in the michael cohen investigation. the man they describe as the most senior person in the organization that's not a trump. well, according to bloomberg, weisulberg is deeply familiar with the trump organization's financial housekeeping, was privacy to decisions that the house was never able to take part in. eric trump, both executive vice president of the organization. ivanka trump was also an executive vice president before she went to work at the white house. so cooperating with federa

good evening, i am chris matthews

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up next is "hardball" with chris matthews. >> reality bites.ood evening, i am chris matthews in washington. the star of an old time tv show once put it, what a revolten development this is. finally meeting his match in omarosa manigault newman. the woman she learned everything

"hardball" with chris matthews starts now. >> enemy at the gate.l." >> good evening, i am steve kornacki in for chris matthews. two big stories ton tight and y can be sure president trump is paying close to both of them. minutes away from that ohio election. republicans fearing an embarrassing loss in a district that trump won by 11

"hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >> anything but the truth.c playing ] good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. i hereby swear to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. for centuries, that oath has been taken by witnesses in the court of justice and now president trump and his lawyer rudy guiliani are going after the very notion that human justice is the pursuit of that objective, of finding the truth, challenging, if there is, subt such a thing as objective truth. what matters for guiliani is

"hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >>> up all night.chris matthews in washington. don't do the crime if you can't do the time. didn't people around donald trump pay attention to crime show warning. if you committed federal crimes you could be squeezed by federal prosecutors to rat. didn't donald trump know if he did business with such people he would be the fall guy. which gets us to the president's predicament this thursday evening. no man is an island. no man except increasingly now president trump. the acceleration of his own legal exposure is leaving him isolated. paul manafort is now convicted of finci

chris matthews is up next. >>> home alone.l he is elected to run the country, head the u.s. government and speak for the american people yet gives the impression of a guy alone. even from his own staff, the cabinet he appointed. this is the world of donald trump. we know him from his tweets rather than executive leadership. tweeting from his bedroom while strangers run things down stairs and in the government agencies. i am chris matthews in washington. after months of

chris matthews in washington.just broke the news reported that omarosa manigault newman has more than tapes. just broke. we begin

let's play "hardball." >>> good evening, i am chris matthews in washington.tonight. president trump is treading water if a sea of criminality. on every side of him, his former campaign manager, and former lawyer fixer facing multiple counts of felony. his entire circle from nasa security advisor, to several campaign aides, to his own children. faces of anguish. the

"hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >> turning on trump.thews up in new york. if the president himself is what's saving donald trump now, who else can he save? his children? tonight the walls continue to close in on the president of the united states. former national security advisor michael flynn and the next trump lawyer michael cohen are both already cooperating with federal authorities so is trump ally david pecker. and today nbc reports that paul

"hardball" with chris matthews starts right now. >> anything but the truth. let's play "hardball." [ music playing ] good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. i hereby swear to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. for centuries, that oath has been taken by witnesses in the court of justice and now president trump and his lawyer rudy guiliani are going after the very notion that human justice is the pursuit of that objective, of finding the truth, challenging, if there is, subt such a thing as objective truth. what matters for guiliani is to believe anything his guy says, that guy being the president. what trump claims is what matters to the embassy. it's not about the truth. it's about guiliani and trump need to say to get them through the night. trump never stops, does he? this is sought on the very existence of truth proves it. he's gone out to trash every institution or principle to save himself from impeachment. to keep the fib football off his trail, he urged them to go easy on a possible witness and ended up firing the fbi dir

i'm chris matthews in washington. tonight the american presidency is under siege, not by an opposition political party or a crusading newspaper but by a well-known former white house aide. against her there now manning the ramparts, president trump's administration has been liltered with leaks, allegations and record-setting turnover. omarosa manigault newman, whose upcoming book "unhinged" is set for release tomorrow, joins a growing list of former white house staffers who have documented their time during the trump administration. in her bock she accuses the president of being a race exist misogynist who's also in a state of mental decline right now. and then she writes that during her time at the white house she felt a growing realization that donald trump was indeed a racist, a bigot and a misogynist. in response to those allegations white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders issued the following statement. "instead of telling the truth about all the good president trump and his administration are doing to

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. attorney michael cohen has sworn under oath that donald trump told him to pay off born star stormy daniels for the purpose of influencing the 2016 election. this puts donald trump himself at the heart of a crime. the news of cohen's testimony is part of a double barrel of bad news for the president today. late today came word that both trump's top former campaign trail and his personal lawyer fixer now stand guilty of federal charges. paul manafort was convicted of eight charges including filing false income tax returns and another foreign

she addressed that yesterday with nbc's chris matthews, and she talked about his overall treatment ofri n-americans. >> it sounded as if he used it every day. it rode off his mouth kind of like when you first heard the "access hollywood" tape. you would never imagine te talkt way. it kind of rolled off of his tongue. as i've seen todayin just h him call me out of my name, call me a low-life, say that i'm not telligent, this is what he does wn it comes to african-americans. >> reporter: so in response o theseclaims, the president saying that insthe pa, omarosa has called him a great civil rights champion and that didn't change until she got fired. omarosa also says that she believes that these tapes will be released, and s think they'll be released before the november midterm. phillip? >> never shortn the drama there. thank you. >>> new questions this morning over the fbi's decision to fire an agent caughen at ther of a political firestorm. senior counterintellige se agent petezok faced claims of bias after sending anti-trump textessages in the weeks before the election. the president ch

boy i had the out on -- honor to meet dwight eisenhower he is always inspired me and also read chris matthews biography of bobby kennedy. i think he has done next island child in this regard and of course we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of senator kennedy these are my top three books to read this summer. . . . . tomorrow his

." >>> good evening, i am chris matthews in washington. desperately seeking an escape from omarosa, donald trump is once again abused his historic office. to get omarosa off his back for a few hours and to silence those. he has revoked security clearance of john brennan. to attract media glare, trump is threatening to do the same to nine other foreign officials. many of whom like brennan have been outspoken. the need to protect classified information. however, within hours the president blew that cover story and gave away the game revealing his true motive. telling the "wall street journal," he blames brennan and others. "i call it the rigged witch hunt. it is a sham." trump is using the power of the presidential office to silence his critics. and he shows how vulnerable he feels about russia collusion. trump's director of national intelligence dan coats" was not informed before the announcement." the omarosa tapes, media blitz continues today she released a new tape that showed the members of the family itself offering her hush money. bre

chris matthews will be back monday with special guest omarosa. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >> tonight on all in. >> roger stone in the special counsel cross hair. >> no circumstances under which i would testify against the president. >> the growing case against trump's long time friend and confidant. as the subpoenas of stone's associates pile up. >> i don't want to instigate the special counsel. >> day nine of the manafort trial. and one year after charlottesville. >> i think there is blame on both sides. the message. "all in" starts now. >> good evening from new york. i am chris hayes, a former associate of roger stone was held in contempt of court. the third time this individual andrew miller failed to show up in court to testify before the grand jury. miller is the second witness connected to stone to cut and run. sam nunberg's public meltdown after receiving a subpoena in march. he was implicit. he did not want to incriminate his mentor. >> roger stone is like my father. i am not going to go in there for them to set up a case

"hardball" with chris matthews is up next. >> dogfight. let's play "hardball." >>> i've been trying to think of a u.s. president who called someone a dog. trying to remember obama, or w. or bush senior or ronald reagan calling a woman for the world to hear a dog. how far is this president taking us. how far is he taking his office into history's basement. can we ever rise up to our pride, our hopes and image of ourselves in washington. the president likes to say when backed into a corner he fights back. taking fire from ommarosa. president trump calling her a low life. tweeting today when you give a crazed low life a job. what has brought trump to this level of depravity. here is omarosa earlier today. >> what is he trying to hide? i think he should be afraid of being exposed as a maisogynist e is. >> the spokesperson for the president could not guarantee that a recording does not exist. here is that exchange. >> can you stand at the podium and guarantee the american people they will never hear president trump utter the n word. >> i can't

knows that he is not well, like mika brezinski, and the claim that the president is not well by chris matthews, do we really think that those 10,000 people cheering in pennsylvania and wilkes-barre were stupid and couldn't figure out if this president were smart with the program or not with the program? >> kellyanne: well that's the thing, judge. all across the country, and i traveled frequently out on behalf of the white house, he was in florida and pennsylvania already this week, and he does that for a very specific reason. he takes the case directly to the people, and the middleman doesn't like it. he communicates with all of us the very same time what's on his mind at any given moment through his vast social media platform and cuts out the middleman. i don't want to lose sight of how much affection and appreciation there is in this country for the president and his policy. people know exactly what you just said, a booming economy. and people know it. i went through the crowd last night in pennsylvania, they are there because they are appreciative of having options in this job market. they

good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. attorney michael cohen has sworn under oath that donald trump told him to pay off born star stormy daniels for the purpose of influencing the 2016 election. this puts donald trump himself at the heart of a crime. the news of cohen's testimony is part of a double barrel of bad news for the president today. late today came word that both trump's top former campaign trail and his personal lawyer fixer now stand guilty of federal charges. paul manafort was convicted of eight charges including filing false income tax returns and another foreign bank fraud charge. michael cohen pled guilty also on eight counts today. he faces up to five years in jail. deputy u.s. attorney had this to say about the cohen case. >> these are serious charges and reflect a pattern of lies and dishonesty over a period of time. we are a nation of laws and the essence of this case is about is justice and that is an equal playing field for all persons in the eyes of the law and that is a lesson that mr. cohen learne

knows that he is not well, like mika brezinski, and the claim that the president is not well by chris matthews, do we really think that those 10,000 people cheering in pennsylvania and wilkes-barre were stupid and couldn't figure out if this president were smart with the program or not with the program? >> kellyanne: well that's the thing, judge. all across the country, and i traveled frequently out on behalf of the white house, he was in florida and pennsylvania already this week, and he does that for a very specific reason. he takes the case directly to the people, and the middleman doesn't like it. he communicates with all of us the very same time what's on his mind at any given moment through his vast social media platform and cuts out the middleman. i don't want to lose sight of how much affection and appreciation there is in this country for the president and his policy. people know exactly what you just said, a booming economy. and people know it. i went through the crowd last night in pennsylvania, they are there because they are appreciative of having options in this job market. they

just a few hours ago omarosa explained to our colleague chris matthews why she taped conversations. >> i am so glad i didn't. nobody would believe me if i didn't. >> she has revealed much more about the white house. this is what she shared on the network earlier today about trump. >> the president talked often as you will see in unhinged about how important it was to tape your enemies and make sure that you had information on your enemies. >> you think he has taped people? >> he threatened comey. he said, you know, you have to watch out. there might be tapings. >> she said this about the interview that president trump gave to msnbc news last year in which she discussed the firing. >> he was being prepped by hope hicks to say that they came up with a memo so that they could justify the firing. definitely a hope hicks press secretary type of things. >> if they prepped him to lie. >> every day. >> did you ask the question why we are lying? >> all the time. >> the answer was? >> this is how they do it. this is the trump administration. >> this is her assessment of the president's ability

." >> good evening, i am steve kornacki in for chris matthews. the public relation blitz from the president's top lawyer continues. rudy giuliani after rejecting special counsel mueller's request for a sit down interview. >> if it isn't over by september, then we have a very, very serious violation of the justice department rules that you shouldn't be conducting one of these investigations in the 60-day period. >> there has been an informal tradition in the justice department. but in a recent report the justice department inspector general noted the 60-day rule is not written or described in any department day policy or regulation and does not call to an end for active investigations. giuliani also attacked the special counsel's motives. >> he knows the answers to every question he wants to ask. he is going to ask him did you -- do you think we are fools? you want to trap him into perjury. the reality is that he doesn't need to ask a single question on obstruction, he has all the answers. the president is not going to change his testimony. stop t

in a new interview with chris matthews, she provided new details about the alleged tape. >> when you listen to the parts you heard, how many times did you hear mr. trump, your former boss, how many times did you hear him use the "n" word? >> multiple times. what's upsetting is it was about someone who was on the cast with me. about kwame jackson. >> reporter: jackson is a businessman. he declined to comment saying taking a hard pass on all things omarosa. she also said there are more recorded tapes. >> i have plenty. >> reporter: even leaving a door open to the special counsel. >> anything mueller would like to see? >> if his office calls again, anything they want, i'll share. >> and kristen, one other thing the president has been tweeting a lot about omarosa. one thing he said was she was violating the terms of a nondisclosure agreement basically an agreement not to say bad things about the president. what do you know about that? >> reporter: well, that's right. take a look at that tweet. this came out on monday. he wrote, wacky omarosa already has a fully signed nondisclosure agree

chris matthew will anchor our coverage. craig melvin is next. >> good afternoon to you, andrea, as this nation pause to remember two bona fide icon members, john mccain. the u.s. capitol is scheduled to open at this moment to pay their respects and saying good-bye and the other, the queen of soul, aretha franklin whose voice helped heal some of our natio's' deepest wounds. a service honoring her life is underway right now as friends and family members sharing powerful performances and stories as well. presidents and pastors are fuelling the pews and all to pay their respect of the greater grace testimomple of detroit. aretha franklin of in so many ways o f the sound track of the civil rights movement. >> smoky robinson says how he missed talking to his friend. a friend that he has known for 70 years. here are some of the memories he shared. >> today, lord, we thank you for the life and legacy of aretha lewis franklin, thank you forgiving us a precious gift, aretha. she was a treasure from a treasure and a treasure surrounde

chris matthew will anchor our coverage.. capitol is scheduled to open at this moment to pay their respects and saying good-bye and the other, the queen of soul, aretha franklin whose voice helped heal some of our natio's'

that he is not well, like mika brzezinski, and the claimez that the president is not well by chris matthewsdo they really think that those 10,000 people cheering in pennsylvania were stupid and could not figure out to that this president was smart with the program, not with the program? >> well, that is the thing, judge. all across the country, and i travel on behalf of the white house. and we see the president out quite a bit, he will go to the third rally this week in ohio. he was in florida and pennsylvania already. and he does that for a specific reason. he takes the case directly to the people. cuts out the middleman, and let's face it, the middleman does not like it. cuts out the middleman when he communicates as all of us at the same time, what is on his mind, at any given moment through his vast social media platform, cutting out the middleman. and i do not want to lose sight of how much affection and appreciation there is in this country for this president and his policies. people know, they feel and they are living exactly what you just said, a booming economy. the predictions wer