i think it's very important, harold ford. let me bring you in because we worked together, republicans and democrats on the hill. you got me in trouble the first time i met you because we got along so well. harold and i were on the education committeement he had a bipartisan reform plan that the republicans and democrats wanted no part of. they would not let us bring it up. he said, hey, buddy, can you sign on to this? looks pretty good. signed on to it. the leaders got angry. that's the stort of thing that actually still happened back then, harold. i do want to say we've been hard on president trump. i want to salute the president for what he said yesterday, the members of congress for what they said yesterday. i salute "the new york times." i salute people on the right and the left for talking about the need dialing back this -- we can disagree. we can even fight. but at the end of the day we have to let people out there know that we're on the same team. >> one of these unspeakable lows this morning. it's gratifying an refres

. >> formerly congressman harold ford.as a weird statement from rod rosenstein. >> a few of us thought is this real? that's how bad rod rosenstein's statement was. >> think about where we've come from, you had a president who had his vice president, deputy attorney general and attorney general all go out and say we fired him because of performance issues, sluggish morale. director comey, excuse me. sluggish morale. he handled the hillary clinton matter in a way we thought was just reached a level that was cause for him to be dismissed. then the president comes out on nbc news two days later and says look i fired him because of russia. right. >> and then you have three officials, a former deputy director, who is now under questioning regarding their conversations with the president and perhaps a memo that was written. this to see rosenstein's comments this evening, it is all very, very strange. i think david summed it up very well, the difference in the contrast between the base and those in the house. but you have to wonde

>> general frosh, harold ford.itically motivated lawsuit by two attorneys general who the majority of their residents didn't support donald trump and they personally don't support him. number one, how do you react to that? is there anything you want to build on general racine's point, please do. >> first of all, we're working with the ethics adviser to the obama administration and george w. bush administration. the emoluments clause is the key anti-corruption clause in the constitution. it protects every american from the president putting his interests above those of all of the rest of us. i think every american needs to know that when the president sends our sons and daughters into harm's way he's not doing it because of his business interests. we node to know that when he makes a deal with another nation he's not doing it because he has a golf course there. this is not a partisan issue. this is an issue about presidential honesty and the avoidance of corruption. >> brian, does it concern you at all when people h

harold ford.ing about an economic message for democrats. some have suggested that the absence of one over the last six to nine months has played a role in the outcome of some of these races. first, do you agree with that? and two, what should that message look like? >> the message is about fighting for regular americans and the things that are harming them. this health care debate is a huge economic debate. if you c if you can't afford health care, what are you going to do? when i talk to people across new york who just lost a job, the first thing they're worried about is access to health care. and what they're really angry about is they have to go into poverty, even though they've worked their whole lives, to get access to medicaid. so what we should be working for is medicaid for all. that's the kind of solution people need. and they need to know they can get that job that's available. whether it's retooling our training so you can get those jobs and really change how we offer that kind of, whet

it's not going to work. >> i've seen you be brilliant in 30 seconds, harold ford. what does it mean that the vice president has lawyered up? >> his lawyer will be part of the pence election team if something bad happens to this president. all questions go back to what nicolle wallace said, michael flynn. flynn was the reason pence had reservations about this administration when he was lied to early on. it could be flynn very well that could undo this presidency and push pence and his lawyer and campaign team into the white house. it will be interesting to watch. >> our thanks to former congressman ford and jolly. >>> up next, the ball game that was much more than a ball game tonight in washington. we're back right after this. whuuuuuat?rtgage offer from the bank today. you never just get one offer. go to lendingtree.com and shop multiple loan offers for free! free? yeah. could save thousands. you should probably buy me dinner. no. go to lendingtree.com for a new home loan or refinance. receive up to five free offers and choose the loan that's right for you. our ave

democrat harold ford here in new york. republican david jolly in tampa.not that you can speak for all republicans but this effort at a new health care bill happening in virtual silence and secret in the senate. what about what you guys call deliverables? what are especially republican members of congress going to go home at the july 4th break and say to the folks look what i brought you? >> obamacare created winners and losers. for some it made health care more accessible and more affordable and others increased costs. the winners won more than the losers lost. i don't think republicans have realized that. you have a lot of republicans who came in in 2010 under a repeal plan. now obamacare is more embraced and voting in 2017 like it is 2013. the opportunity for somebody to lead right now and i think it could come from the democrat is to offer a real plan. democrats saying we are happy to work together with republicans, offer something that acknowledges reduction and care and increased prices because that is what the american people want. the secret delibe

harold ford and brendan greeley are still here. >> all right. >> have it. >> keep the camera on thoseuys. one thing i warn people 4.3%, the unemployment rate, i like to -- i discount that whether it's high or low because the denominator changes every month. so it's hard tocalcule. the 138,000 jobs addedhat's an important number. it is lower than we expected. we were expecting 184,000 but we're still in -- >> i have to interrupt you. megyn kelly is asking vladimir putin. >> let's listen. >> russian interference in the election. >> some are your defenders who have seen the classified intelligence report and all accepted this conclusion. and even private, nonpartisan security firms say the same, that russia interfered with the u.s. election. are they all wrong? >> translator: have you read those reports? >> i read the nonclassified version. >> translator: well the nonclassified version, is null and void. who was your tailor? what about the [ inaudible ] did they have any claims about this. no, they are firmly tied. but you can't wear the suit. can it happen? yes, it did happen with one o

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. >> mike barnicle is here, former democratic congressman harold ford jr. >> hello, professor. >> and on capitol hill, senior politics reporter from "usa today," heidi prizbella. >> prisba! >> that's a goody. >> geez. >> my morning is made now because we zoomed in on mark halperin. >> that was t.j. over at cbs news. come on, t.j., stop hacking the feed! god, t.j., what's wrong with him? he's the worst. inside joke. we love you, t.j. >> the future of federal health care policy is uncertain this morning after republicans were forced to pull their overhaul plan yesterday. it became clear the votes simply would not be there. to get the bill to the floor and maur majority leader mitch mcconnell addressed the press. >> we will not be on the bill this week but we're still working toward getting at least 50 people in a comfortable place. >> mr. leader, is your effort to repeal obamacare dead? >> no, we're still talking about it. i remember how challenging it was for the democrats when they were enacting this back in 2009 and 2010. it's a complicated subject. we have a lot of discuss going on.

. >> mike barnicle is here, former democratic congressman harold ford jr. >> hello, professor. >> andcs reporter from "usa today," heidi prizbella. >> prisba! >> that's a goody. >> geez. >> my morning is made now because we zoomed in on mark halperin. >> that was t.j. over at cbs news. come on, t.j., stop hacking the feed! god, t.j., what's wrong with him? he's the worst. in

harold ford jr. and one of the people who i search on twitter for all of the things that you tweeted to make sure i haven't missed anything. you've been one of the -- >> that's a lot of pressure. >> yeah, it's a lot of pressure because you better be as good on tv as you are on twitter. all right. i want to read you guys something from the weekend. from the "a.p." of all unbiased sources. no offense. all right. "president donald trump can't be counted on to give accurate information to americans when violent acts are unfolding abroad." i read that ten times. is that where we are? >> scary as that is, it seem to be. you know, it's interesting, his little tweets -- i want to come up a new word because he drops these turds. now we're going to call them twurds. then he talked about we need to keep people safe with a travel ban where factually that's completely wrong. 13 jihadists who lethally killed people in this country since the/11, not one of them is from outside. they were all citizens or permanent r

i'll bring in my panel, donny deutsch and harold ford and peter baker, out with a brand-new book today, obama, the call of history. >> congratulations. >> thanks. >> joining me from washington, there's more, matt slat, conservative union and heidi for usa today and nbc analyst. you cover this white house and everyone knows this president loves to win. do you think it hurt his efforts at winning that he really never sort of got in line with any conservative principles when it came to health care, kept talking about more heart, less mean. anything that was going to do anything to roll back obamacare was going to have to pick some priorities and make tough choices. do you think anyone had that talk with the president snd. >> i don't think we have a sense of what this president wants the bill to be. we don't know the top priorities other than saying the obamacare program is gone. he made a point of saying it isn't working and collapsing in its own weight own ought to be fixed but he hasn't weighed in, this is the only way i see doing it. in some ways that might help him get to a deal. >> w

katy tur, nbc news correspondent, harold ford, and megan murphy, editor of bloomberg.an and everybody, i am so proud to live in an age where you have videotape because -- >> it's a blessing. >> trump can deny all he wants, but this sort of jonestown performance here with these people, i mean i'm going to go to you, congressman, because i've never seen loyalty demanded so explicitly. he wants them to be his -- >> it reinforces what director comey said. anyone that didn't believe him, you have more reason to believe him. there's a new book out on tiern tierney, atir annie, and he writes in the book how loyalty is the beginning of the undermining of the rule of law and the cohesion that keeps a society together. i guess he's talking about it at a big level, but you see some of them with trump. it was fascinating to see omarosa being the most powerful man in the universe. he seemed to think this is a win for him personally, and i've never seen anything quite like what happened in that cabinet meeting yesterday. i don't know if anyone has. i mean maybe in other countries yo

. >> it smells like harold ford. >> it really top secret? >> i have no idea where i'm going. you are. >> adam, that sounds like a great segment for al. it's going to happen. you know it will. >> better we have one of our favorite games. we like to call ken-fessions. >> all right. here comes jerry. >> thank you so much. >> can you appreciate the art? pick a question and go ahead and answer. >> great. >> if we ever received the gift of a hangover four, who would be your dream celebrity cameo? the og himself, al roker. >> it's funny you say it, i watch and watch. i wonder what it would be like to be in a movie like that. it just looked like it was a blast. >> it is crazy. it's so much fun. it's so crazy that the setting is so crazy, you actually act normal off camera. you know? sometimes when i've done kids movies or something where the material is not edgy enough, like off giddy and edgy, and then it's the complete opposite. in bangkok we're going the scenes and off scene we're having a nice dinner at a restaurant. it's mellow and sareen. >> next question. >> next question. you

along with catty kay, harold ford, jr.ons richard haase and as promised, joe and meika. welcome to your own show. >> well, we're supposed to be on vacation. >> well i said at the top of the show, you guys were on your way to vacation, you had tickets to the red sox game. >> it's going to be a big one. >> david price was pitching, you were going to bring your kids up there, it was going to be a circus, you don't want to deal is with it. >> not if it's me, tmz and my dogs on the streets. >> i asked you to come back. meika, what has been going on in the last 24 hours? >> you know what, i think it's been fascinating and frightening and really sad for our country. i have been getting a lot of texts and hearing you all talking. thank you, i'm fine. my family brought me up really tough. this is absolutely nothing. but i think for me, personally, but i am very concerned as to what this once again reveals about the president of the united states. it's strange. >> yeah, i think. so we had so many people saying hope you are okay, we