they were pushing votes to give one example to joe stein, her vote in michigan, in pennsylvania and wisconsin was greater than the gap between donald trump and hillary clinton in those states. you can't prove that it did affect the outcome. but it certainly seems likely that it had some impact. >> cordes: it does beg the question, how is it that these russian operatives knew to focus on purple states like michigan and wisconsin and your campaign didn't? >> of course we spent a lot of time and energy and effort in all those states. >> cordes: hillary clinton did not spend much time. >> we had tim kaine was there, barack obama, she spent enormous time in pennsylvania and michigan. we spent a lot of effort, we had staff in wisconsin that even president obama had in 2012. that begs the question. we focused on the places we thought were -- that were in contest and the end of the day we fell short in those states and i think that this act active effort by russians could have tilted the election in donald trump's favor. i think what the real issue is, how he's reacted to it. in that context if this

i voted for joe stein. didn't you put up a photo of vladimir putin sitting at the rte table in moscow at the conference next to the national security riser of the united back to theith a camera, joe stein. my dad hated commies. everyone out there who hears me knows what i am talking about. i tell you, joe stein -- jill stein was there. host: we have the picture, tom, and we have used it in the past. here it is now. caller: it astonishes me. it turned my stomach. and she came on the networks and tried to say, i did not do anything. i was there, i was supposed to do either, what a lie! anyway, last of all, a blue wave is coming. vote democratic and vote the red communist scum out. host: from the new york times -- therussians like facebook most. details as we learn more from the indictment, available at www.c-span.org. on the republican line, george from dallas, texas. good warning. european,s, i am a and what i see is the way these people, the democrats, cnn, the big governments, i do not say anything about t

joe kennedy. everyone seemed to have a rebuttal to the state of the union. bern yea sanders, jill steinivists. everyone got to have their say which is why we here at the daily show are pleased to turn now to our very own roy wood, jr. for this year's state of the black shit address. >> good evening, black people. people of color, and rachel dolezal. speaking to you tonight from harlem in new york city. and not the gentrified part where the white people have taken over with muffin shops, i'm in a church basement at 453rd street where it is blacker than a wu tang family reunion. and tonight, tonight black people, we're here to answer one question. where we is? let's be honest. being black in america in 2018 is a struggle. for the first time in awhile a white man is in charge. now we've had while presidents before. but but this dude is on another level. he messing with black reporters, black congressman, football players, rappers, all this guy does is come after black people. he like sickle cell that is good at golf. there is a silver lining though. a silver lining for black people. unempl

joe." it is tuesday, february 13th. with us here in washington, we have politics editor bill stein. >> the joy is all mine. >> it's so goodf casey dc on msnbc. >> oh, wow. >> it's awesome. >>> former white house press secretary now nbc news political correspondent josh ernst

joe." it's friday. february 9. with us we have veteran columnist and msnbc contributor mike barnicle. and msnbc john. politics editor for the daily beast sam steintator. and on capitol hill senior writer ed politico and co-author of the play book jake sherman. the federal government is actually going reopen this morning after a funding fight on capitol hill. that fight led to another government shutdown. and the house just passed a budget bill by a vote of 240 to 186. it came about three hours after the u.s. senate passed legislation overnight with bipartisan support. now the long-term budget. it's going to raise get this conservatives federal spending by about $300 billion over the next two years. it calls for raising the debt ceiling. it will raise it through 2019. it including $90 billion in disaster aide. the reason for the last minute drama was republican senator rand paul. the use of procedure tanctic to block the senate from speeding up the vote. so congress could meet the senate deadline. give them a vote on the teammate that would keep budget caps in place. he protested the large price tag of the deal. >> i can't in all good honesty and

joe." still with us in washington, politics editor for the daily news, sam stein. reporter heidi prisbella and joining the conversation coauthor of "the president's club" michael duffy and nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of andrea mitchell reports, andrea mitchell. >> something fascinating is happening. the new york post obviously a murdoch-owned newspaper and a paper that obviously donald trump, it's the first one that he reads every morning, the murdoch paper has been pushing a more rational approach to background checks and trying to put pressure on the president or encourage the president to move forward. and i want to show the inside here because it is fascinating because donald trump is moving on the possibility of background checks, doing something on background checks. but you look across the top, and the headline across the post, how many times, how many times. andrea, there is no one in the media that donald trump respects, reveres more than rupert murdoch. and it appears rupert murdoch is a very important voice here and appears to b

joe," it's friday, february 9th. with us, veteran columnist and msnbc contributor mike barnicle. national affairs analyst for nbc news and msnbc, john heilemann. politics editor for the "daily beast," sam steinst and political commentator, susan del

joe." it is tuesday, february 13th. with us here in washington, we have politics editor bill stein. >> the joy is all mine. >> it's so good to have you here. >>> nbc correspondent and host of casey dc on msnbc. >> oh, wow. >> it's awesome. >>> former white house press secretary now nbc news political correspondent josh ernst and jeremy mash is with us as well. great group this morning. we'll jump right into the news. not a lot going on again. trump administration officials continue to offer tangled explanations about the departure of a high level aide who is accused by two former ex-wives of domestic abuse. the trump white house has veered from outright praise of former white house staff secretary rob porter to the chief-of-staff john kelly calling the allegations true to definitive to no definitive statement on who knew what and when. here's a brief recap of just the past six days. >> why would the president accept his resignation if the president thinks he did nothing wrong? >> that was a personal decision that rob made and one that he was not pressured to do but one that he made on his own. >> would rob porter still be