. >> msnbc news analyst howard fineman joins me. what does it mean that the president of the united states went to these lengths to drastically break and promote the breakage of that now defunct process? >> he is sticking to the theory of politics that got him elected president, he thinks, which is to endlessly feed the passions of his base. that is the simple and rather obvious explanation for what he is doing. she doing it in a political situation where republicans are, for the most part sticking with him, but there is slippage around the edges there on the question of the wall itself and certainly the lengths that she going to to try to get it done. >> how does it draw attention to the fact that he is basically forcing americans to fund this thing. it is one thing to sell something to people that they may or may not want. it is another thing to say someone else will pay for it. but should i have another, let me show you here he was talking about the form of the payment coming in pesos. >> when during the campaign, i would say mex

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aiesha moody mills and howard fineman. glenn, bottom line, what does it mean to you that there is now a third friday letter the attorney general going further than what he has. >> ari, what it means to me, you know, we can quibble with the attorney general's decision to use the word "summary" in his first letter and then in his second letter say i never tried to summarize anything, but let's set the semantics aside. you know, what he did was he tried to set out some of bob mueller's conclusions, but he went so far beyond that because what he did, ari, is he put his thumb on the scale and he said, you know what? bob mueller cannot exonerate the president. he can't clear him from having committed obstruction of justice. so let me go ahead and do that myself. i'm going to say there wasn't enough evidence to charge -- >> and let me ask you for your analysis. the first letter previewed a second letter. so we knew that part. the third letter arrives out of the blue today. and it's not required by the special counsel rules. so th

boud, and with me is kimberly atkins, senior washington correspondent for wbur, matthew, and howard fineman, an nbc news analyst. greg, let me start with you. and people saw the scroll, but i want to put up this big graphic of everything -- and we're not just putting up little ones that are out there. it's everything that is of some substance. we're going to keep it up for a while. we did break it up into different parts here. we've got obstruction of justice, campaign finance, straight-up corruption, the conspiracy allegations, and the issues of abuse of power. so, greg, as a prosecutor, what would you do with a situation like this? you've got threads, some of which are pretty, pretty detailed. some of which are pretty loose. how would you pursue something like this? >> well, the bottom line, chuck, is as a prosecutor, you want corroboration. you want witnesses, you want documentary evidence, and if you can put enough of that together, you can make a case. what's interesting here is, is whether or not the special counsel, bob mueller, is going to report to the attorney general that he foun

. >> howard fineman, always like chopping it up with you on a friday.> turning next to beat exclusive on this letter new from congress. nda stormy daniels and why fox news could be on the end of this scoop. we're back in 30 seconds. f this scoop. we're back in 30 seconds >>> the news tonight, a former fox news reporter is ready to tell congress about the network's role in allegation s t tried to bury a story between donald trump and stormy daniels. we broke this story last night. today it's making many other headlines. the house oversight committee that would request documents related to extramarital affairs and payments of any campaign finance violation as well as an appearance for a transcribed interview with that ex-reporter. this went to her and her attorney. she had the story and was working on it and is now asking one simple thing. let her out of nda to speak about it. her lawyer telling us the client will comply with congress's request and it is itself overrides fox news's nda. >> do you view this ever been it gets to a subpoena level, this reque

. >> howard fineman, always like chopping it up with you on a friday.nks for being here. >> thank you. >>> turning next to a "beat" exclusive and why fox news could be on the losing end of this particular scoop when we're back in 30 seconds. seconds.than ever struggle with debt. intuit is here to change this story... with giant solutions like turbotax, quickbooks and mint that give everyone the power to prosper. intuit. proud makers of turbotax, quickbooks and mint. >>> the news tonight, a former fox news reporter is ready to tell congress about the network's role in allegations that it tried to bury a story that links donald trump and stormy daniels during the campaign. now, we broke this exclusive last night on "the beat." today you can see it's making many other headlines. the house oversight committee telling us exclusively last night they would request documents related to, quote, extramarital affairs and payments by trump and any, quote, potential campaign finance violation as well as an appearance, this is all brand-new, for a transcribed intervi

mean news analyst howard fineman has been tracking these stories for some time.g to both of you. >> hi there. >> barbara, i think you know the saying, it's getting hot in here. >> yes, it is. >> it's getting hot for people who have worked for trump org. maybe not you. >> no, no, i'm cool. >> you're good. you're cool. mr. calamari, you hired him. >> the big squid, we used to call him. >> was that an affectionate turn? >> it was then. >> i don't like to give people a hard time. he wasn't used to talking on tv. >> the only thing that can be gleaned is he's the coo and that's consistent with some soft appointments that mr. trump has been making. >> meaning? >> putting people in positions that they're not necessarily qualified for. >> you're saying he was in over his depth. >> perhaps. >> was he a squid in rougher waters than he could navigate? >> i don't know the that they were rougher waters, they may have been more intellectual waters than he could navigate. he was donald's bodyguard. >> he was like a squid in a water tank at a library and he was not accustomed to

. >> howard fineman is from squirrel hill. >> we went to the same high school.e same time. >> i'm sure you were both "a" students. thank you very much, rabbi chuck diamond. >>> up next, president trump's first veto returns a measure approved by a republican-controlled senate. he got beat in his own house. is this a sign republicans are ready to stand up? back after this. i can't believe. that we just hit the motherlode of soft-serve ice cream? i got cones, anybody wants one! oh, yeah! get ya some! no, i can't believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on my car insurance with geico. ed! ed! we struck sprinkles! [cheers] believe it. geico could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? most pills don't finish the job because they don't relieve nasal congestion. flonase sensimist is different. it relieves all your worst symptoms, including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. it's more complete allergy relief. and all from a gentle mist you can ba