former chairman of the democratic national committee and an msnbc political analyst and jonathan capehart. opinion writer for the "washington post" and msnbc contributor. good to see you. howard i'll hold you for a second. jonathan, the working thesis we have right now is in the absence of legislation donald trump is on a mission to unravel anything barack obama touched. talk about the top ten states which have the percentage of the marketplace enrollees with the csr, the cost-sharing revenue. look at where they are. mostly in the southeast. mississippi has 78. alabama, 76. florida, 74. south carolina, 73. georgia. 67. north carolina, utah, louisiana. look at that. massachusetts is in there. massachusetts is the only state with that high level of marketplace enrollees that didn't vote for trump. so what's the working thesis here? because by doing what he did today, he hurts his base. >> yeah. i am mystified by -- by what he is doing. look, the republicans, ever since the affordable care act was passed, have been voting -- have been promising fellow republicans, republican voters, that the

thank you, jonathan capehart. michelle, i'll be reading you assiduously. and bret, wherever you are, he will read you. coming up, where are the republicans? if other republicans are thinking what bob corker is saying, why are they staying quiet? we're going to talk to a republican congressman about the silence in his party. >>> plus, how russia weaponized the anger of american voters to sow discord during the american legislation. "the new york times" shows the sophistication and what the russians were up to. >>> and when trump wants attention, he often teases was the same phrase. >> well, i'll tell you than maybe some time in the very near future. >> we're going see what happens. >> mr. president, what did you mean by calm before the storm yesterday? what did you mean by that? >> thank you very much. you'll find out. >> you'll seattle. it's like he is hosting a reality show and wants the audience to stay tuned. >>> finally, let me finish tonight with trump watch. this is "hardball," where the action is. but we know a lot about drama. from scandalous roman