has taken another a plunge following a brief made weak recovery the us president donald trump rachel rated his tough position in turkey and threatened new sanctions but many turks are not impressed series more. the turkish currency stabilized briefly this week after the finance minister reassured investors in a telephone conference that he would take all necessary measures to protect the country's banks and business in turkey's newspapers the threaten us sanctions dominate the headlines. we're not pushing for a trade war they quote president arrow one he can still count on the support of his people. we shouldn't make concessions the united states is far away but it wants to show its political strength in this region there's not much that we can do let's keep up the resistance. as we are a country we're patriotic sentiments are high no matter how much the dollar increases we'll get over this. you know. that doesn't worry me to be honest because i believe that domestic measures are taken yes these threats can cause speculative action such as momentary currency fluctuations when turkish

among us who has had conversations with donald trump about omarosa, which we'll get to in a moment. the first thing i want to check with you is something rachel raised at the beginning of this hour, which is donald trump is known to publically lie about having received phone calls from people that are praising to him or helpful in some way. we have seen him do it on twitter, lie about having gotten a phone call from someone -- >> a friend of mine. >> yes. what's the possibility? i guess there is some level of possibility that mark burnett has not called to say of this. >> that could be the case. when there was rumors about compromising tapes from the set of "the apprentice," the word was burnett put a gag order on producers and staff not to leak anything, so this is consistent with that. what's going on here in part is that you don't have a credible narrator in omarosa. when omarosa was kicked off "the apprentice," she went back and said one of the contestants used the n word against her then. nbc denied that. after all that, she continued to partner with trump on projects all the way up to the white house. but the reason this has traction, a

donald trump hit john brennan as hard as he could and that day was today. and john brennan immediately said i will not relent. the straw that broke the camel's back as rachel was just suggesting for donald trump was john brennan's first appearance on this program at this hour last night. here is the last thing that john brennan said publically before president trump stripped him of his security clearance today. >> first i think donald trump has badly sullied the reputation of the office of the presidency with his invective, with his constant disregard, i think, for human decency, as well as befriending of autocratic leaders around the world. i do think that america's standing in the world has also been tarnished. but i think even more fundment tally what he is doing here in the united states is very polarizing and he is, i think, the most divisive president we've ever had in the oval office. he is feeding and fuelling hatred and animosity and misunderstandings among americans. so i am very concerned when i look at some of the tweets that are out there and commentary. we are just fighting with each other as a nation. >> and so today, a hastily scheduled whi

donald trump. there can you see one of the images of him. i believe that's at mar-a-lago. rachel donald trump, that's a really, you know, tough question because you know you are going to get blow back from hollywood, other celebrities, from the eminent domain. i think he handled it very respectfully. i thought it was very well done. steve: the reporter was asking, is he your friend? or did you play with him because is he president? essentially that's the question. brian: other news jim said hard knox said it again i voted for the president once and i'm going to vote for him again if there 2020. i know that doesn't make me popular with the black community but i don't care. rachel: let us know what you think about tiger woods answer and can you email that in to foxnews.com. steve: we have headlines. rachel: starting with a fox news alert. iran has said it is taking control of gulf and strait of hormuz. iranians threatened to block the major shipping route as tension's grow between the nation and u.s. iran test-fired a ballistic missile in that area earlier this month. candidates ma

rachel, how big is donald trump's pecker problem this morning? >> ginormous.ael cohen said the president directed him to payoff the women to influence the election, the president and allies brushed him off and said listen, this guy had his own legal exposure. he was trying to flip and turn trump in and make something up to get himself off the hook. this is different. this is another person that has a long-time history with the president who didn't have legal exposure. if david pecker is coming out right now and telling prosecutors that trump knew what was going on, this is damaging for the president. >> that is the key there. did donald trump -- is he going to cooperate with michael cohen? >> some say the pecker problem is small because campaign finance violations -- what? i wasn't making a joke. rarely prosecuted in court. let's talk about jeff sessions. attorney general. what an extraordinary turn of events. the president has bullied him for better than a year. and yesterday, sessions with rare push back. fighting back against the president. then lindsey gra

donald trump house leader. joining us now to analyze rachel campos duffy and dezlin figurer row. all parties have their person who you want to kind of move on. it's just the way it is. republicans have had the same issue, you know, not so much with boehner but the republicans wanted him to move on and ultimately ed. what do you see, though, you have this incredible number of democrat incumbents now at 51 who say, huh-uh, will not support her? >> well it's funny you asked me what do i see because i feel like i'm a photograph if he, just last week i photograph if he sized that the blue wave, someone was bound to drown. just call me noah, laura. at the end of the day people are ready to move on. not just democrats saying they want to get rid of nancy pelosi, but republicans and independents as well. three quart polled say the time is over for nancy pelosi. it's sad because poorly tim ryan when he tried to run against nancy in 2006, people thought it was a joke. over 20 democrat leaders say they will not support her in june. now in august it's over 50 who are asking nancy to move on.

rachel. what is wrong with donald trump? what is wrong with the president of the united states? that is what most of america is wondering today. after the president of the united states tweeted one of the ugliest statements he has ever made in a long lifetime of very ugly statements. the tweet was met with outrage by former director of the cia john brennan, who will join us later in this hour, and countless commentators on television and online. democrats across the country expressed outrage, and republicans as usual were virtually silent. there was one republican tweet out of the united states senate about the president's tweet today from retiring senator jeff flake saying "this kind of language is unbecoming of a president of the united states. there is no excuse for it and republicans should not be okay with it." that's it. that's what the republicans had to say. the president's language that jeff flake is talking about included calling a person a dog. the tweet was of course about omarosa, who as part of a publicity tour for her book about working in the trump campaign, in t

rachel: tell us what the secret is what exact solid donald trump doing what made all the difference fors everywhere for these companies. >> wisconsin 2.9% unemployment. rachel: hello. >> i think there were three components of this. the election of president trump unleashed optimism among the business community that was gone for a connect indicated it unleashed it. making money was no longer a bad thing. you know, so they got out of their fox holes and they started to do business by the way naturally did. i always joke with people say businesses aren't people. they aren't. they want to live they are organizes you want to be around tomorrow and 100 years from now. they don't want to be in fox holes they were. combination of rhetoric, harsh taxes and crazy regulations. so, immediately, immediately we saw a change. immediately right after the november election. then that confidence started to manifest itself because there is a thing called the virtue cycle success begets success. that's where we're right now. rachel: businessman versus a community organizer president. >> i won't just say co

rachel. >> thanks, ari. good luck to tonight. >> tonight donald trump faces mounting pressure. a federal jury will take this weekend off before resuming these deliberations on the fate of his campaign manager paul manafort and bob mueller now tonight recommending jail time for george papadopoulos. new warnings that republicans not only trail democrats by six points in polling over who could win the mid-terms but a blue wave could mark an end to the trump presidency. that may be motivating for many liberal voters. take this new video that's aiming to rile up conservative turnout by arguing this is now a war for the trump presidency. it comes from a multimillion dollar campaign by former trump campaign chair steve bannon returning from exile to help congressional republicans whether they want his help or not. bannon is one of the most controversial figures in u.s. politics for many reasons. but it can be hard to see what's happening in the midterms without seeing what he's up to. people can't decide what to do about developments in our politics if what's happening is not exposed

donald trump is saying. china saying it's them did he that particular calculation. you know it's difficult rachelle to know whether he's referring to companies or or countries we have seen in the past that the united states has punished chinese companies most notably the telecommunications company it was accused of violating previous sanctions with iran and recently that company was punished and punished severely by the u.s. administration so trump has demonstrated that the long arm of the united states is very long indeed as to what will happen now well we still don't know china insisted remains steadfastly opposed to sanctions of course it would say that because of course china imports more oil from iran than any other country china is iran's most important trading partner and in fact during the past few years trade between the two has risen by more than eight percent so china provides a key economic artery to iran and that is very important right now and of course china needs the oil that it imports from iran because energy security is so very important to china because anything negative in that

donald trump. they are in search of a crime. rachelval the disease and advance of age rendered their verdict. rachel: tropical storm in hawaii overnight. ed: torrential rains and gusty winds pounding island right now. rachel: shot of the morning nearly 200 red, white, and blue corvettes created the american flag during of the annual corvette at carlisle event in pennsylvania ♪ don't stop ♪ make it pop ♪ blow your speakers up ♪ tonight going to fight ♪ until we see the sunlight ♪ tik tok on the clock. rachel: wow, are my teenagers on the play list here. it's kesha, what else do you want? ed: he had i want you to wear a pocket square. griff: he had has given me advice i need a gold pocket square. rachel: you need an american flag lapel pin. griff: i don't have that either. rachel: segment we did on the pledge of allegiance. griff: we're going to get to that, the nfl and the kneelers as the nfl season is about to start. and i have a fantasy football draft tonight weigh that in. that's not what everyone is talking about. ed: no. in fact, t

john brennan will be on rachel maddow tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern as well. >>> donald trump is praising paul manafort today as a good person while this jury in his trial was deliberating all day. plus a revelation from the judge. high stakes for the entire trump organization. >>> later i speak to a journalist who's been covering trump's money for years. he says trump wouldn't literally be in the white house except for the russians. >>> a look at my exclusive interview with steve bannon. roy moore, charlottesville, the midterms, a lot about the mueller probe. if it's friday, we've still got you covered with fallback friday. stay tuned. do you want the same tools and seamless experience across web and tablet? do you want $4.95 commissions for stocks, $0.50 options contracts? $1.50 futures contracts? what about a dedicated service team of trading specialists? did you say yes? good, then it's time for power e*trade. the platform, price and service that gives you the edge you need. looks like we have a couple seconds left. let's do some card twirling twirling cards e*trade. the o

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now you have lanny davis who goes on-air tonight on rachel maddow's show and said that michael cohen might have information that donald trump knew about the hacking before it was released. we're starting to get closer and closer and closer, and remember bob mueller speaks in indictments. he speaks in thorough, detailed, complicated, and sophisticate the indictments. he doesn't speak in the media all this talk about no collusion can be just literally knocked out of the air with one major indictment. >> nicole, that's a great point. the one person in all this mess we haven't heard a peep from and never will until it's time is bob mueller. do you think shares this view of labor day being the start of a forced national rest period where he must put all pencils down? >> i was warned by someone who worked closely alongside bob mueller for close to a decade not to accept any sort of analysis of what bob mueller is going to do. this person said bob mueller wouldn't tell his dying mother if he was going to indict or not indict. if he was going to charge or not charge. if he was going to follow doj policy on this or that. it is a kno

because even as rachel just reported, the tampering in the elections is still going on. donald trump is the one that is unpatriotic, not these nfl players, not anybody taking the hit. it has nothing to do with the flag or the anthem. they are taking a knee was of injustice, the same injustice that happened to heather heyer a year ago. a white woman killed during the march to montgomery simply driving people to and from the march. i met her family and know her family. she lost her life standing up for what's right. heather heyer was doing the same thing. it's a shame she should be wrong. every day that donald trump dismiss it and creates this false equivalency, both sides do it, it continues to set us back. he is a danger. and i don't expect anything. but you said he's a small man. he's small minded. and he has nothing in common with the integrity of these nfl players other than that helmet of a hairdo he wears on his head. >> as they say in court, ta-da. >> the contradictions are -- this is one of law and order. law and order. let's villafy immigrants because of law and order. let's

donald trump -- two things i hope end up on mie doorstep. out of time. my thanks to our panel. that does it for our hour. back here for "deadline white house" at 4:00 p.m. >>> rachel has the night off. she will be back on monday. the friday night of a roller coaster week for the president and his associates. a bunch of great reporters lined up to look at what this week's developments mean for the president. his family and his business. plus, some new reporting on what we know or don't know about what russia may be up to when it comes to the midterm elections this fall. but i want to start this night with these important questions. do you own a private jet? do you park that jet at an airport that you have to drive to from your house? are you unsatisfied with the proximity to your private jet? if you are, you're not alone. >> ease and comfort are what it's all about, but some people aren't content just vacationing and doing business with their private jet. they want to be able to live with it. across the country, private aviation communities or air parks are sprouting up. the most ambitious air park to date is jumbo air in ocala, florida. it will eventually offer re

rachel welsh. >> she's rich, famous, powerful, beautiful and oh, so mysterious. >> reporter: in 1994 he took us inside the lavish three-story 50-room penthouse inhabited by donald trump and then wife marla maples. leach became a multimillionaire himself fulfilling the fantasy phrase he made so famous. robin leach was 76. >>> to an unexpected hotel guest caught on camera. this black bear most certainly did not have a reservation when it opened the front door and strolled into the stanley hotel near rocky mountain national park in colorado. the wild animal calmly tested out the lobby furniture and then wandered back outside on its own. >>> when we come back, the magic of the imagination. it's been two decades since this young wizard cast a spell among readers across america. we'll be right back. is it abus hear what one berkeley city councilman was caught telling the officer who pulled him over for running a red light. plus, another day of bad air. i )m tracking when skies will clear this weekend. thats next at six. right now at 6: >>> and finally tonight a magical milestone for the most popular children's book series of all time. 20 years ago this summer, a magic wiza

rachel's point. they made a deal a while back with themselves that they were going to have to kind of accept whatever came with donald trumpht it was going to be this but whatever came with donald trump because they thought they could get supreme court justices, a tax cut bill through. now donald trump remains quite popular with the republican base, one of the most popular presidents among republicans ever. i don't think they abandon him this close to an election. >> one of the things that can certainly be a rallying cry for the bases of both parties here, talk of impeachment. it is something that democrats are shying away from. here's what senator warren had to say. >> do think that alone is grounds for impeachment? >> i think that what congress needs to do right now is we need to make sure that special prosecutor mueller is fully protected from being fired by donald trump. >> senator warren obviously moving more towards the protect mueller front on that. steve bannon though making the case that this is sort of a tough road for democrats to take. he's got a point, rachel, yes, it energizes both the democratic base and the

the singapore summit, donald trump saying that basically the world can sleep safely in its beds tonight, because there is no longer a threat from north korea. it would seem, rachel rachel, that was a little premature. one wonders, is this trump realising he overplayed his hand? he said too much and now he needs to be a tough negotiator again? what do you think is going through his mind? let's not forget, he cancelled the singapore summit at one point, didn't he, only two reinstated later after the mood music from pyongyang became a little more mullions, as it were. —— emollient. he has clearly state gehlot on this over the personal relationship he built up with kim jong—un. but i think it was clear to the americans there was every likelihood secretary of state mike pompeo might return empty handed a second time after this trip to north korea. they didn't want to see that. donald trump is basically saying now, let's wait and see, and also, looking to fall back, i think, on that personal relationship that he believes he has struck up with kim jong—un. believes he has struck up with kim jong-un. david willis in washington, thank you. people in hawaii are being move

page of donald trump's 2005 tax return for 45 minutes, we got it, here it is -- here, and what did we discover? he paid millions and millions and millions in taxes. and then, there is rachel'savorite conspiracy, trump is an agent of russia. i'm not making this up. watch. >> if the president did that today, because he hasn't some reason to serve that other country, rather than our own, then... then, a lot that has previously been inexplicable is now explicable. is our president subordinate to a foreign power? does our president answer to a foreign government and a foreign leader? worse case scenario is that the president is a foreign agent suddenly. no mike feels very possible. wouldn't change the world as if russia was interfering in the election and they weren't doing it on their own, and he was in on it. this guys someone who supposedly works at the russian central bank. why did the fsp give him a battle for his work? a metal of appreciation right after donald trump clinched the republican nominee for president? >> sean: he's a foreign agent. that is why he's being so tough on putin, like obama wasn't, and clinton wasn't. now if you think her fake, or overhyped, so-called

rachel? >> totally seconding all that was said before. this is a guy who was president donald trump's fixer. he knows things about the president that nobody else knows, even people that work every day in the white house. they're of course going to want to try to get information from him. also, one of my colleagues talked to. michael cohen's lawyer just a couple days ago. lanny davis, he kept bringing up that he's been in talks with john dean, who obviously flipped on nixon during watergate, saying he sees parallels with his client's situation, saying that cohen has seen things that prosecutors potentially would want. so again, i would be very surprised if these conversations are not ongoing right now. he clearly knows stuff they would want to know. >> it's interesting, laura. the special counsel robert mueller referred this michael cohen case to the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york in manhattan, instead of doing it himself. remind our viewers why. that could potentially be relevant if there is a plea deal. >> well, remember, robert mueller has continuously been crit

rachel maddow. up next is "hardball." >> trump tells ag to fire mueller. let's play "hardball." so now he's done it. donald trump facing the greatest investigation since watergate telling the attorney general to fire the special prosecutor. is the president of the united states saying that a renegade federal agency is out to get him. or is trump simply saying he, the country's good leader is simply expressing his opinion on the matter. under investigation for obstruction of justice, donald trump demanded that the attorney general end the mueller probe all together. quote this is a terrible situation and attorney general -- that is trump tweeting. the president knows he is the subject of the investigation. that means the president's tweet could be further evidence that he is out trying to obstruct justice. trump's lawyers immediately attempted to control the damage. telling the washington post that the president was merely expressing his opinion. here is rudy giuliani defending his tweet today. >> he used a medium that he uses for opinions sort of. one of the good things about using that is he has establish

rachel. >> thanks, lawrence. >> well, this is the day that changed everything in the trump presidency and donald trump knows it. because today the trump presidency took a giant step toward impeachment. it happened in a courtroom in manhattan when these words were spoken. "at the direction of," meaning at the direction of the president of the united states. and when a defendant is pleading guilty in court, it is very difficult for the defendant to say something more important than the word guilty. that's usually the most important word a defendant speaks during a guilty plea session. but today in federal court in manhattan michael cohen said "guilty, your honor" eight times and he's also said "at the direction of" twice. and both times he meant at the direction of the president of the united states. and so today donald trump made history by becoming the first president of the united states to be accused under oath in federal court of ordering someone to commit a federal crime to win a presidential election. at the direction of. today michael cohen said under oath "donald trump made me do it. my boss made me do i

rachel maddow she sees herself as a screaming ugly warmongering. you know i could go on but i'll be kind. it was offered or you know in the case of donald trump pc's i'm soft as a peace broker and as a global deal maker you know and there's somebody else wrote that book for him the art of the deal in a peaceful way pieces and so people are now genuinely coming to conscious terms with their genuine selves as we now are slipping over into the into the event horizon of the singularity so we becoming who we genuinely are in real time and again that's what the block chain does because the block chain on it's everything every ten minutes so is completely in sync every ten minutes everything is audited all information there's no arbitrage there's no slippage there's no subjectivity it's completely objective now god is here and god is the toshi every ten minutes there is a complete auditing of all knowledge that's then brea published and then upload it as a singularity approaches that's why these the fifty one percent hash attack will never succeed anyway we'll get more of this discussion some are hallucination. right after this break don't go away s

been pointing out this week, donald trump can't pardon his way out of new york state charges with any of these people, including himself. >> exactly, exactly. >> thank you, rachel. >> thanks, lawrence. >> here is something you have never heard a president say before: if i ever got impeached. the word impeach has not crossed the minds of most presidents. there is no reason to even mention the word during most presidencies, and there has been much media debate this year about whether it is too soon to discuss impeachment in the trump presidency. that debate ended today when the president of the united states discussed his own impeachment when he was asked about it on fox news. >> hard to believe. if the democrats take back power, do you believe they will try to impeach you? >> well, you know, i guess it says something like high crimes. i don't know how you can beat somebody who has done a great job. i'll tell you what, if i ever got impeached, i think the market would crash. i think everybody would be very poor because without this thinking you would see -- you would see numbers that you wouldn't believe in reverse. >> without this thinking, we never would have h

rachel maddow she sees herself as a screaming ugly warmongering. you know i could go on but i'll be kind. it was offered or you know in the case of donald trump pc's i'm soft as a piece broker and as a global deal maker you know when there's somebody else wrote that book for him the art of the deal in a peaceful way pieces and so people are now genuinely coming to conscious terms with their genuine selves as we now are slipping over into the into the event horizon of the singularity so we becoming who we genuinely are in real time and again that's what the block chain does because the block chain on it's everything every ten minutes or so is completely in sync every ten minutes everything is audited all information there's no arbitrage there's no slippage there's no subjectivity it's completely objective now god is here and god is the toshi every ten minutes there is a complete auditing of all knowledge that's then. bushed and then upload it as a singularity approaches that's why these the fifty one percent hash attack will never succeed anyway well got more on this discussion some are hallucinations right after this break don't go away somet

rachel to have a well deserved friday night off for a change. >> have a good evening, sir. >> thank you, alex. this was donald trump's worst week as president and no doubt the worst week of his life. the second worst thing a businessman or a politician can hear is, your accountant has immunity. the worst thing is you are under arrest, and that is usually the next thing that happens to you when your accountant gets immunity, and that's what we discovered today about donald trump, his accountant has immunity. donald trump's father's accountant and then donald trump's accountant and now has the title of chief financial officer of the trump organization. he knows more about donald trump than all of donald trump's wives combined. and his children. allen weissle berg knows about every dollar of donald trump's income and he knows what donald trump has done with those dollars. he knows what has happened to every dollar that has come into any one of the many trump businesses. he knows exactly how much federal tax and state tax those businesses have paid, how much federal tax and state tax donald trump has paid and how much ta

rachel to have a well deserved friday night off for a change. >> have a good evening, sir. >> thank you, alex. this was donald trump'sek as president and no doubt the worst week of his life. the second worst thing a businessman or a politician can hear is, your accountant has immunity. the worst thing is you are under arrest, and that is usually the next thing that happens to you when your accouan

donald trump. host: before you go, explain your point about omarosa a little bit more. i don't quite understand. we lost rachelkeith in massachusetts, republican. go ahead. caller: good morning. with all the millions of spending on this investigation, --re hasn't been one word of yet. manafort did not even justified. if it was hillary, they would lawyer'sbreached her doors and they took over attorney-client thing and all that. go right into the lawyers offices. sessions is too weak. -- listen, you are doing a russia investigation, update something. they have to finish this up because they could go up to 1000 people that could testify against trump. it is frustrating. sessions can go. host: a few tweets as we have been having this conversation. "jeff sessions had no choice but to recuse himself. he was part of the campaign being investigated. " this the same jeff sessions every democrat on the timeline hated and called a racist, the one they are praising now?" helen writes "jeff sessions should either step down or step up to do the job." "of the attorney general was appointed by trump because the -- the preside

donald trump, who has pled guilty to eight different counts. this is on the same day, hours apart. this is stunning. >> you know, and rachel bade is with us, as well. michael cohen in federal court didn't only say that the president of the united states coordinated and directed the payment to stormy daniels of $130,000, only days before the presidential election in november of 2016, but also did the same thing with karen mcdougal, the former playmate that received $150,000 through american media, the parent company of the national enquirer, that he helped orchestrate that with the direction and coordination of donald trump. >> yeah, two facets of legal exposure, as we have been talking about all day, all afternoon. listen, beyond the legal questions, there's a lot of political exposure here too. there's been a lot of focus on legal -- prosecutors, can they come after the president right now, will they have to wait? but listen, congress has the power to impeach. and right now republicans control congress. they're not going to impeach the president. they probably won't investigate, because they're afraid of him. but there is

rachel maddow. up next is "hardball." >> trump tells ag to fire mueller. let's play "hardball." so now he's done it. donaldion since watergate telling the attorney general to fire the special prosecutor. is the president of the united states saying that

donald trump has nothing to offer him. there is no pardon. he doesn't need a pardon. so there is absolutely no incentive not to completely cooperate. >> right. racheler last year the president said if they start investigating his business, personal life, family business, that's a red line. they cross that, he didn't say what he would do but certainly a red line but as you know whether it's tax fraud, bank fraud or other potential financial related crimes, you have to follow the money and that clearly is what these prosecutors are doing right now. >> that's right, wolf. starting to see why trump officials were more concerned for a long time of going on in new york with the payments than the russian collusion story dominating the headlines for most of the past year. this is escalating very quickly and clearly this is why he said, you know, my trump organization's financial information red line. don't go there. trump's not a king. he can't tell the prosecutors not to go after the organization. the person who perhaps can the attorney general jeff sessions who's on the outs with the president right now. it will be interesting to see, you know, if he tri

rachel: and people who laughed at donald trump when we said we might get to 5% we're at 4.6%.s i suspect the economic story will drive them but let's not underestimate the lies and the abuse of power with these people at the top of the fbi and the doj. i think the american people understand what took place in the 2016 election more than people understand that they give them credit for and as a result they think that's also going to drive people to the poll so we'll see the mid-terms the post consequential in a long time. ed: pretty tumultuous week over the last week between michael cohen and manafort and yet the markets which usually hate uncertainty still rolling along. maria: because i think the markets right now are recognizing this between the two parties and i think the markets are just basically investors are waiting to get some real evidence of more progress, so this week, we may get a deal with mexico. we may actually see a new trade deal, a handshake, whatever you want to call it, between the u.s. and mexico and then perhaps the thinking is that canada follows suit. t

rachel has the night off but she'll be back here tomorrow. i promise you. we're in the dog days now but in the dead of winter, rick gates, donald trump's number two person on donald trump's presidential campaign, had a very, very bad day. that's because on february 22nd, special counsel robert mueller slapped rick gates with 23 new fenl charges. that was on top of the eight felony charges he was already facing. an avalanche of colors. if he was trying to get him to blink, it worked. on the next day rick gates made all 31 of his charges disappear when he cut a deal with special counsel rob mueller. at the time gates wrote a letter to family and friends calling it a gut wrenching decision but in exchange for making those 31 charges go away, gates pleaded guilty to two new felony charges. lying to the fbi and conspiracy to defraud the united states. charges that are nothing to sneeze at. under the sentencing guidelines, they carry a maximum prison sentence of ten years. when you factor in they know like rick gates not having a prior record, he could be facing four to six years. for comparison's sake, the agreement that mike flynn got from mueller puts flynn's

devin nunes is donald trump's biggest congressional defender on the russia probe and is now under fire not from critics but for his own words. caught on a secret tape first reported of rachel maddow admitting that he prejudges the mueller probe, that he sees house republicans as, quote, the only ones who can defend trump regardless of what evidence or crimes mueller finds. >> if sessions won't unrecuse and mueller won't clear the president, we're the only ones, which is really the danger. i mean, we have to keep all these seats. we have to keep the majority. if we do not keep the majority, all of this goes away. >> nunes was discredited as a russia investigator over ethics charges that he was coordinating with the white house. he claimed to recuse himself from running the probe. what's new here is that nunes is bluntly admitting how he views his partisan role. he's playing out a new calendar for when he wants to kneecap the mueller probe and assuring donors there is still a plan to impeach mueller's boss, rod rosenstein. so listen to this part because he says the key isimpis simply it kicks in after november. >> the senate would have to drop everything they're doing and st