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jennifer ruben an opinion writer at "the washington post" and an msnbc contributor. julia aimsly, national security and justice reporter for nbc news. julia, let's start with you because you've been involved in our reporting that there were many people who the fbi could have interviewed, didn't interview, some who approached the fbi. and all week wave been speaking to fbi experts, something lisa can confirm to us, who said the fbi could have interviewed ten times as more people. something have constrained them from doing so. what do we know about this, julia? >> that's right, ali. this works differently than a criminal investigation where the fbi can lead wherever the bread crumbs take them. they were given at the beginning of the week a list of only four witnesses that they were allowed to interview. that later expanded but we believe by a very small window, and they still had to go back to the white house when they happened to go interview additional witnesses. and as we learn today, more than 40 of those additional witnesses, potentially some who went to yale with

jennifer ruben is back with us as well. jennifer, this is unusual for the president.ng, and now he's suggesting as he i guess reads the tea leaves that it's possible that congress shifts power over to the democrats on november 6th. it's not about him. >> yeah, well, i guess we're not going to have that red wave he's been promising. this seems to be preplanting the idea that, in fact, they're going to lose at least one house. but i will agree with him in this regard. it's not totally his fault if they lose. the lion's share of the blame really goes to paul ryan and mitch mcconnell who decided they were going to become professional sycophants. they were going to indulge him, enable him, they were not going to do their job in terms of oversight and constitutional responsibilities and voter turnouts don't like that. they want a check on the president. so if they lose and lose big a big part of the blame has to be put at their feet. >> let's look three weekends out, ron. a congressional ballot survey of women voters say that 59% of them will vote democrat, 37% will vote re

that seems pretty straightforward slam dunk politics right there. >> jennifer ruben is with us, jennifer ruben knows more about taxes than i do. jennifer, i want to ask you for your thoughts on the piece and whether you can weigh in on this political question that emerges. this is a mythbusting investigative piece of journalism. it blows apart the myth that donald trump repeated himself that based on a $1 million loan, he created all the fortune and all the gold stuff in his apartment and all the planes and whatnot. what do you think the political significance will be of this body of reporting? >> i think, unfortunately, there's a certain element, of course, that doesn't believe facts and they don't believe facts that "the new york times" or the "washington post" or msnbc or other mainstream outlets come up with. so for his true core base, those people have drunk the kool-aid a long time ago, they're not going to be dissuaded or upset by this at all. i think the problem for trump's opponents has always been that once this myth gets set in stone, once the lie gets set, everything else --

. >>> joining us now jennifer ruben opinion writer at washington post and msnbc contributor. richard stengel, former secretary of state in the obama administration, now an msnbc political analyst. and josh letterman, national political reporter for nbc news who has been getting us so much of this information. let's start with you, josh. what new news do we have out of saudi arabia tonight? we do know that the turks have released these passports of seven men. >> that's right, ali. the turkish officials released to nbc news scans of the biopage of seven of the saudi citizens that they say were part of this hit team allegedly sent by the saudis to istanbul to perform some type of an operation involving mr. khashoggi that led to his death. so, these are the scans of that part of your passport where it has your photo and it has your name. all your identifying information like your date of birth. it matches up with names that were included in a list of alleged saudi hit team members that was published last week in a turkish pro-government newspaper. so really, the reason we're seei

. >> also jennifer ruben, conservative writer for "the washington post" says republicans my sole judgeny under trump may come back to haunt the >> do you think this is still a 48-48. >> i must tell you in respect to the whether or not he will proce -- whole process has been rigged. if anyone has been on trial here, it's been sexual assault victims. doctor ford gave the most incredible testimony. she had the president of the united states saying she was credible. then he mocked her within days after making that statement. this is a ram job. this is clearly a mitch mcconnell effort to get the anywhere van that they've been seeking for a long time. having a majority of conservative justices on the supreme court guarantees them 30 years of being in control. men and women will go to the polls because congress still has a voice here. we still have the power to check and balance the other two blanchst branchblanc branches of government and we need to stand up. >> what were you getting across in your piece. speaking as a conservative fellow traveler. >> i want to say senators today are so emotio

cornell belcher who has done polling for the obama campaign and jennifer ruben, a conservative writer for "the washington post" and a critic of much of what donald trump has been doing. cornell, when you look at that back and forth that i just showed, how do democrats walk that line? the data is good, the mood is sour? >> i think a couple of things, ari. one is, the battleground poll is important for dems that have an edge there. but generically and the national generic, it goes back and forth, but if you look at 2006, the last wave election, democrats, because of quite frankly structural problems and directing, democrats need a 10 or 11-point generic going in. that's fluctuated back and forth. that said, if the intensity thing is always a plus, but is it intense across the board with young voters in particular? i'm most worried about millennials not turning out. if we have a 2014 or 2010 electorate, democrats won't do well. we need to expand the electorate, and i question whether or not we've done enough to dig in to younger voters and make them motivated. >> jennifer? >> i think the

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