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and eugene robinson is a columnist at the washington post and msnbc political analysts.to have alter view but does the saturday. dean, i will start with you, your reaction to that hot mic moment? >> first of all, can i say that i am happy to be here, ayman. if i won the mega millions, i was not coming. that not be a billionaire. i would send someone to talk. considering i am not a billionaire, i will be with you on saturday. >> let me tell you something, friend, if i won that mega millions, i would not be here, as well. you'd be talking to somebody else. we are in the same boat. >> i'm happy to be here with you. look, this is like a scene from goodfellas. the big guy is going to take care of it and do the right thing. to remind people, this is literally four weeks before roger stone's trial was to begin, where he was accused of lying to congress and trying to witness temper. he was convicted of seven felonies, seven, folks, by a jury. guess what, donald trump ultimately pardon him. the big guy is trump, we know, and matt gaetz says the big lie will take care of it. this

pulitzer prize columnist, eugene robinson. it's great to see you both.ith new legal and ethical questions being raised about whether former president trump may be trying to influence witness testimony related to the house select committee's january 6th investigation. according to the "new york times," trump's save america pack and his allies have paid for or promised to finance the legal fee of more than a dozen witnesses who have been called in to testify. financial disclosures show the save america pack paid $200,000 to different law firms. more than a dozen witnesses have received free legal advice and had attorney fees paid for by the american conservative unions first amendment fund which consults with trump's team about who's fees to cover. that is according to match slap the organization's chairman. as we learned the house elect comply tee asked witnesses whether anyone has tried to influence their testimony. unlike witness tampering there's nothing illegal about a third party covering legal fees for a witness. meanwhile republican congress woman

we've got jonathan lemire and eugene robinson with us. he conversation msnbc contributor mike barnicle. former u.s. senator and now an msnbc political analyst, claire mccaskill. we have to go to gene robinson who suffers with washington. you guys get to hold on to juan soto? >> i sure hope so. you know, this is a guy who can do anything he wants to do. i mean, he is just the most amazing hitter. i saw him play on sunday in a game, miraculously, that the nationals won against the braves, who are just really hot and really good. he went 1 for 4. it was, you know -- the one was a solo home run late in the game. that's kind of an off day for him. this guy is the best pure hitter i've ever seen. >> incredible. >> he is 23 years old. the nationals need to pay him. now, they offered him $440 million, which is a fair chunk of change. >> there you go. >> offered that over 15 years, however. the per year salary would put him maybe, say, 20th all-time in terms of the amount of money he is getting. he needs to be higher up that chain, i think. >> yeah

in a "washington post" op-ed, eugene robinson writes, we have had liars and hypocrites in the senatee some now actually, and the public has survived, but to an alarming degree, herschel walker seems to think he knows everything about everything, while his words suggest he knows nothing about anything add all. herschel walker, however, has a decent chance in the almost always red state of georgia of winning. >> senator warnocis not just my colleague. he's my brother, my friend, and most importantly, he's an extraordinary u.s. senator and an extraordinarily effective representative of the state of georgia. i have the privilege of working alongside him every day to deliver vital infrastructure investments in our state, to work alongside him to lower the cost of prescription drugs for georgians. working alongside him to advance the interests of our state working for every corner of our state, representing every community in our state, whether they were for us in the last election or against us. i have every confidence that on the basis of that record, his extraordinary character, the rep

another that eugene robinson writes about today in "the washington post" is this: this is how in marchlained his doubts about evolution. at one time science said man came from apes. did it not? if that is true, why are there still apes? think about it. >> well, you know, we knew herschel walker was going to be entertaining on the campaign trail. i think the extent of it is really proving quite shocking just in how unfit and how little gravitas he has. >> here is somebody who complained about, talked about black fathers abandoning their children, and then we find out he has three children that he pretty much had never talked about and apparently never sees very often. how wore road are republicans about that seat? >> very worried. i've heard from veteran gop political operatives who are just like, whoa, this is not a good one. it's been reported that mcconnell is sweating this race. what could they really do? herschel walker was supported by trump. he got put in. he's just not a strong candidate going up against raphael warnock who actually is a pretty good politician. this seat should

and associate editor of the "washington post," eugene robinson.

we're joined by eugene robinson and david corn, author of the one upcoming book" american sigh coast is". gene, you look at the evidence coming through, seems the committee is getting its work done, and they're hearing from people, even sanctioned white house veshts, because not talking to them is worse. >> yeah. not talking to them is definitely worse. the idea of something being too crazy for peter navarro is just -- that is insane. pretty much the definition of insane. i think this hearing this thursday should be a blockbuster ending for now of the public hearings, and of course the big question that we all have is, what is merrick garland doing with all this? what is the justice department doing? is there a parallel justice department investigation? if so, where's it heading? if not, why not? that's the question. >> the hearing on thursday night will get to what i think is the central core issue. it cannot be denied that donald trump did nothing. we were all there. we all were watching. we know what he did. there's no controversy or controverted fact here. so why did he not do th

eugene robinson, thank you.ich will be our guest on monday to talk more about his forthcoming book. >>> coming up, we're getting back to this morning's big, breaking news on the world stage. the assassination of former japanese prime minister shinzo abe. u.s. ambassador to japan rahm emanuel joins us at the top of the hour. "morning joe" is coming right back. e how do we show that we'll stand tall through the storms? nah. (thunder) how do we make our clients feel secure and- ugh... after people for over 170 years. "morning joe" is coming right back your mission: stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and take. it. on... ...with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill can dramatically improve symptoms... rinvoq helps tame pain, stiffness, swelling. and for some...rinvoq can even significantly reduce ra fatigue. that's rinvoq relief. with ra, your overactive immune system attacks your joints. rinvoq regulates it to help stop the attack. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. seriou

. >> nbc with the report, and clearly the result of climate change, eugene robinson.> yes i have. look, we know what's causing it. it is carbon emissions, carbon and other greenhouse gases that we put into the atmosphere that have warmed the planet. something we have to deal with is that. but we also have to deal with the changes we have already caused. the mega-drought in the west, and the heat waves that you see reflected in these fires. we just had a heat wave here. it is going to the pacific northwest. next, the coastal flooding that we are seeing. we are seeing this sort of thing around the world, but specifically here. we are going to have to adapt to what we have done. we are going to have to rethink the way we manage the forests in the american west that are prone to fire. we are going to have to rethink how we keep people cool in these potentially lethal heat waves. we are going to probably have to erect some big barriers in front of some of our major harbors and cities to protect them from flooding. so we have to move on both tracks. we have to mitigate clim

eugene robinson, chief correspondent for the "new york times," peter baker.st, susan del percio. good morning to you all. a lot to get to, veterans group who were originally on capitol hill, to celebrate the pack act. instead, we're left in shock. after republicans unexpectedly blocked that bill. the pack dak would aid those exposed to toxic burn pits overseas and in war. >> every minute of delay is a minute that a veteran who fought for this country, and their families and caregivers suffer and die. how are these people human? where is any sense of decency from any of them. 42 republican senators. >> today was supposed to be a celebration, right? we see so many in d.c. >> yeah. it just makes the gut bunch that much more devastating. these people came down here, so they could finally tell the men and -- their constituents are dying. and they're going to get it done in recess? you know? tell their cancer to stay home and go visit their families. this is a disgrace. if this is america first. america is [ bleep ] >> jon stewart will join us about an hour from no

associate editor of the "washington post," eugene robinson.d to have you both on board this morning. joe, we're going to be looking at, obviously, what is going on abroad with president biden and his meeting with abbas, but let's begin with the secret service, accused of deleting text messages that could be critical to investigating the eve events of the insurrection. how could they be deleted? the dhs inspector general writes, after his office requested full electronic records for an evaluation of the capitol attack, the secret service deleted a significant number of text messages from january 5th and 6th of 2021. this was on tapbtained by nbc a intersected by the "intercept." they denied there was malicious attempt. >> really? oh, really? they also denied donald trump didn't lunge at secret service agents and choking them. it is interesting. you have the facts, the reality, and then you have the secret service denying that reality. this is the second time in a week it happened. you even have a d.c. cop saying, yeah, yeah, what we heard cassi

and associate editor of the "washington post," eugene robinson joins us this morning. >> willie, to set this up, on our show yesterday which, of course, was wednesday. >> shut up. >> perhaps it'll be next friday. >> it is tuesday today. >> we were talking about -- having a little fun with the joe biden poll, which shows joe biden's numbers just absolutely tanking. he is at 33%. you know, 64% of democrats don't want him to run again. blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. and he is beating donald trump head-to-head. 44% to 41%. we had a lot of fun a couple weeks ago about the fact that there has not been a positive profile written about kamala harris in at least two years. this is not just, you know, the far right that constantly attacks her, thinking that white people in their mother's basement who are 44 years old with cheetos smeared all over their face and their boxers are going to love the stories because they'll feel superior as white men who are at such a good station in their life. but also, we're hearing it from mainstream media. one outlet after another, one leak after another, that kam

let's bring in pulitzer prize-winning columnist and associate editor of the ""washington post,"" eugene robinsonor of the "recount" and host of "he will l hell and high water" podcast, john heilemann. elise jordan, former bush administration official. and jonathan lemire. cipollone did exactly what cipollone could do last night. he couldn't, in that case, you had cipollone because of executive privilege, because he was the president's lawyer, he couldn't reveal direct communications, but he does everything but going, you know what happened. >> right, right. i mean, it was -- it was actually kind of clever, the way he did it. >> yeah. >> absolutely no doubt as to what he was saying. everybody in the white house wanted them to disperse except the president. and that's -- you know, last night's hearing was stunning because as bad as you think donald trump's behavior was, criminality was on january 6th, it was worse. it was actually worse. and i think maybe we should stop accusing him of inaction because he did act. it wasn't inaction. it was malfeasance. it was criminal activity. what he did was en

and associate editor of the "washington post," eugene robinson. we begin with the latest developments in the mass shooting in illinois. six killed, 38 injured when a gunman opened fire at a fourth of july parade in highland park. that is an affluent suburb of chicago. this video shows a band playing as people begin to run. other footage caught the jarring sound of gunfire. ♪♪ [ gunfire ] >> imagine the shock and confusion. maybe it was fireworks, they could rightly think. no, those were gunshots. the series of shots you heard followed by a second round of shooting that lasted about 7 seconds. the gunman was on a rooftop with a high-powered rifle. parade-goers scattering in all directions once they realized what was happening. you see a band running there. the crowd left behind chairs, toys, baby strollers, and blankets. here's one witness describing that scene. >> a few minutes into the parade started, like, the marching band had just passed, i heard a subsequent pop, pop, pop, all in quick succession. i thought to myself, that's not -- that sound

it's hard to argue with eugene robinson's characterization. in spite of what the vast majority of americans want, the protection of a woman's right to full reproductive health care and more gun safety, not less, and free and fair elections, the court's maga majority have chosen to rule by supreme court edict, to inflict their narrow preferences for society on hundreds of millions of americans. and they're not just using the regular process for considering cases. over the past five years we've seen a monumental shift in the court's use of emergency orders; the so-called shadow docket, to enact sweeping decisions on the american people. these cases don't get the full process we're tomorrow familiar with -- lengthy deliberations and opinion writings -- because it's argued that the applicant would suffer irreparable harm if their request was not immediately granted. the shadow document decisions, by the way, are usually unsigned and unexplained. and in the past, they essentially involved death penalty cases, cases of literal life and death, of pre