. >>> welcome to "kasie d.c." i'm kasie hunt. we are live every sunday from washington from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight august in washington feels even hotter than usual. president trump today publicly roaring as one paper puts it. speaking out on twitter about that trump tower meeting. possibly putting himself and his son in front of legal jeopardy. the president also ramping up his campaigning ahead of november while taking a shot at ohio's favorite son ahead of a high-stakes special election. >>> plus, when governor jay inslee was asked whether he'll take on trump in 2020, he said he's running against him already. i'll ask him what that means when he joins me live. >>> and congressman seth moulton turning fellow vetd ranz into members of congress. he joins me live as well. but first president trump who is spending his sunday at his golf club in bedminster, new jersey, taking 0 twitter seeming to deflect from the investigation of robert mueller into his campaign. there was a familiar attack on, quote, the fake news, the

. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> welcome to "kasie d.c." i'm kasie hunt. we are live every sunday from washington from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, one year after violence overtook the streets of charlottesville, virginia, thousands take to the streets of washington. our nbc reporters are live all over the city. >>> plus, the president tries to cool the rhetoric. while one of his long-time collaborateers accuses him of being a racist. >>> later, long-time listener, first-time caller, the president's legal team takes their case to primetime radio as they assail the attorney general on twitter. >>> known for the history of nonviolent expression, is watching and waiting. a handful of white nationalists, just two dozen, gathered within sight of the white house earlier. thousands more met them head-on during a rainy night here in the nation's capital. and i want to start with our team of reporters that has been out in the rain all day and night. i want to start with garrett haake. garrett, you started your day at the metro meeting this small group of pro

"kasie d.c." my exclusive interview with the >>> welcome back. while the country waits for robert mueller to release his report on russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, it's important to remember threats to our democracy are still being detected. just this week, facebook said it removed 652 fake accounts, pages and groups after discovering new influence operations linked to russia and iran. meanwhile, in a new p-ped for law fair, former facebook chief security officer writes, "in some ways the united states has broadcast to the world that it doesn't take these issues seriously and that any perpetrators of information warfare against the west will get at most a slap on the wrist." joining me is alex stamos, now a visiting scholar at the hoover institution. thank you so much for being on the show tonight. >> thank you, kasie. >> let's start with what happened in 2016. what did facebook know? what, in your view, and how, did they fall short? >> so there's really two different parts

"kasie d.c." tonight we are mourning senator john mccain who died saturday at the age of 81. the senator who was feisty till the end faced death the same way that he approached life. with humor and with courage. in his book, which came out this year, he wrote, quote, the world is a fine place and worth fighting for and i hate very much to leave it, spoke my hero robert jordan in for whom the bell tolls. and i do, too. i hate to leave it. but i don't have a complaint, not one. it's been quite a ride. i made a small place for myself in the story of america and the history of my times. the bell tolls for me. i knew it would. so i tried, as best i could, to stay a part of the main. and i wish all of you great adventures, good company, and lives as lucky as mine. >>> there is now a move underway led by senator chuck schumer, a democrat, to rename the longest-standing senate building on capitol hill after mccain. the question i'm asking, i think that we're all asking, is one of history. legacy and the p

. >>> welcome to "kasie d.c." i'm kasie hunt. we are live every sunday from washington from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, national insecurity as war breaks out over security clearances. >>> plus, breaking this evening, the white house doesn't actually know how much their own general counsel has been telling the mueller investigation. inside the scramble to find out. >>> and later, federal official claims none of the migrant children handled by the u.s. government have been lost. joined by republican senator rob portman who dispels that remarkable claim. >>> in a moment, we're going it talk about new reporting there is a sense of uncertainty throughout the trump legal team over don mcgahn and what exactly he's been telling the special counsel. but we begin through the looking glass. >> why is everybody so obsessed with the president of the united states they can't even begin or finish a sentence without mentioning his name five times? it's kind of weird. >> that's an interesting question to answer. part of the issue is stori

/s ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to "kasie d.c." i'm kasie hunt.washington from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, one year after violence overtook the streets of charlottesville, virginia, thousands take to the streets of washington. our nbc reporters are live all over the city. >>> plus, the president tries to cool the rhetoric. wh

. >>> we're americans and we never >>> welcome back to "kasie d.c." we're remembering the remarkable life of senator john mccain who died at the age of 81 after battling brain cancer. republican ben sass said, "our nation aches for truth tellers. this man will be greatly missed." senator mccain's story is the american story. see you on this very somber weekend. but we've been remembering senator mccain here tonight for, of course, the accomplishments that he brought, but also for the man that he was. i know you spent quite a bit of time traveling with him. there was a new year's eve incident in the baltics, i'm told, among other things. what do you remember about him? >> well, kasie, i loved how you captured his sense of humor and how for him, jabbing at you a bit in good humor, good humor, was a compliment. there's nothing better when you're a democrat and got a call from john mccain which i did several times where he'd say i just saw you on sunday morning defending immigration. he goes, pretty good for a communist. that was a compliment. he was some

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rotini the pig who belongs to one jeremy rosenberger, thanks for watching us tonight on "kasie d.c." we'll be back tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern, good night for now from washington. >>> we're americans, and we never give up, we never quit, we never hide from history, we make history. >> mccain's not in it for the wins and losings of politics. he is politics. >> he is scandal. >> he was willing to walk away. >> and stuck by his principles. >> i can't trust obama. >> he didn't let ambition prehaven't him from doing what he thought was right. >> people always say that we'll never see his likes again, we beard see his likes again. >> a true political maverick. >> tonight we sure showed him what a come back looks like. >> once again put to the test of his life. >> at the epicenter of a legislate seveive showdown, his grit on display. his last election behind him, mccain reflective on his remarkable life in his latest book. >> senator john mccain is opening up like never before. >> john mccabe is an american hero. an imperfect man like all of us, but whose service to america was as close

. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to "kasie d.c." i'm kasie hunt.00 p.m. eastern. tonight august in washington feels even hotter than usual. president trump today publicly roaring as one paper puts it. speaking out on twitter about that trump tower meeting. possibly putting himself and his son in front of legal jeopardy. the president also ramping up his campaigning ahead of november while taking a shot at ohio's favorite son ahead of a high-stakes special election. >>> plus, when governor jay

please be sure to catch "kasie d.c." sunday's at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc.nk you so much for watching. "deadline white house" with my friend nicolle wallace starts right now. /s >> hi, everyone. it's 4:00 in new york. there are new signs today that the president is starting to sweat. special counsel robert mueller's obstruction of justice investigation, after the nonnegotiation negotiation over a presidential interview, the president's lawyer last night described out loud and on television exactly what he's afraid of if donald trump ever sits for an interview. rudy giuliani explained exactly how trump could perjure himself and what the topic might be. >> he's going to ask him, did you tell comey to go easy on flynn? the president is going to say, no, i didn't. hey, bob, you know it. why do you want to get him under oath? do you think we're fools? you want to trap him into perjury. we're not going to let you do that. >> get him

still, with us we have capitol hill correspondent and host of "kasie d.c." on msnbc, kasie hunt.rge w. bush white elise jordan. nbc news and msnbc contributor emily jane fox and joining the conversation, joyce vance. former assistant united states attorney in the criminal division of the u.s. attorney's office for the southern district of new york, daniel goldman and former fbi special agent and msnbc contributor clint watts joins us as well. also with us, pulitzer prize winning columnist eugene robinson. great to have everybody on board on this huge news day. president trump spoke yesterday about the guilty verdict in the manafort trial. we'll get to that in just a moment. you think that would be the lead story. but first the case that has the president not talking at all, at least not yet. this case implicates him in potential criminal wrong doing. the guilty plea of his former lawyer and fixer, michael cohen. cohen pleaded guilty to eight counts, counts one through five, for tax evasion, count six for making false statements to a bank and seven and eighty connected to campaign

welcome to a special edition of "kasie d.c."tonight we are mourning senator john mccain who died saturday at the age of 81. the senator who was feisty till the end faced death the same way that he approached life. with humor and with courage. in his book, which came out this year, he wrote, quote, the world is a fine place and worth fighting for and i hate very much to leave it, spoke my hero robert jordan in for whom the bell tolls. and i do, too. i hate to leave it. but i don't have a complaint, not one. it's been quite a ride. i made a small place for myself in the story of america and the

please be sure to catch "kasie d.c." sunday's at 7:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. thank you so much for watching. "deadline white house" with my friend nicolle wallace starts right now. /s >> hi, everyone. it's 4:00 in new york. there are new signs today that the president is starting to sweat. special counsel robert mueller's obstruction of justice investigation, after the nonnegotiation negotiation over a presidential interview, the president's lawyer last night described out loud and on television exactly what he's afraid of if donald trump ever sits for an interview. rudy giuliani explained exactly how trump could perjure himself and what the topic might be. >> he's going to ask him, did you tell comey to go easy on flynn? the president is going to say, no, i didn't. hey, bob, you know it. why do you want to get him under oath? do you think we're fools? you want to trap him into perjury. we're not going to let you do that. >> get him under oath to answer questions truthfully. that was giuliani making clear the president's lawyers do not want donald trump to ans

priority: you ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to "kasie d.c." i'm kasie hunt..m. eastern. tonight, national insecurity as war breaks out over security clearances. >>> plus, breaking this evening, the white house doesn't actually know how much their own general counsel has been telling the mueller investigation. inside the scramble to find out. >>> and later, federal official claims none of the migrant children handled by the u.s. government have been lost. joined by republican senator rob portman who dispels

. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> welcome to "kasie d.c." i'm kasie hunt. year after violence overtook the streets of charlottesville, virginia, thousands take to the streets of washington. our nbc reporters are live all over the city. >>> plus, the president tries to cool the rhetoric. while one of his long-time collaborateers accuses him of being a racist.

. >>> welcome to "kasie d.c." i'm kasie hunt.o 9:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, national insecurity as war breaks out over security clearances. >>> plus, breaking this evening, the white house doesn't actually know how much their own general counsel has been telling the mueller investigation. inside the scramble to find out. >>> and later, federal official claims none of the migrant children handled by the u.s. government have been lost.

nbc news capitol hill correspondent and coast of kasie d.c. nt, and joining the conversation, former justice department spokesman and now an nbc justice and security analyst, matt miller. white house bureau chief at "the washington post" and political analyst for msnbc and nbc news, phillip rucker. and in just a moment, we will have new poll numbers from "the washington post" and abc news. former u.s. attorney for the northern district of alabama and an msnbc contributor, joyce vance, and white house reporter for bloomberg news, jennifer jacobs, who interviewed the president yesterday in the oval office. so let's start right there with the big takeaways, jennifer. what did he tell you about the mueller investigation? >> well, we asked him if he's going to comply with the subpoena if he gets a mueller subpoena or if he would fight it. and he didn't want to talk to us about that. he kind of sidestepped around that and gave his typical answer, which is, we'll see. but we're told that he -- that they have been discussing it. we're trying to press h

. >> joe, you cannot forget the reason kasie d.c. enya. >> way too cool for this discussion. mika, you mentioned bee gees. now, i hope you're referring to disco-era bee gees because that's a guilty pleasure of mine. >> andy gibb had an album -- >> -- the c-span soundtrack. >> i do like that. i do love that. >> and that soothing voice, mika, that soothing voice. >> well, shadow dancing. there's nothing better. >> well, actually -- yes, there is a hell of a lot better. we don't have time to go through that. by the way, i didn't know that rolling stone -- i didn't know that elo was a guilty pleasure. another great band. chicago. the eagles. >> let's just end it. >> please. >> chris jansing picks up the coverage right now and saves us from oufrselves. >> i'm trying to wrap my head around eugene robinson and the bee gees. hi there, i'm chris jansing, in for stephanie ruhle. this morning, conversation stopper. president trump's legal question rejects robert mueller' proposal for an interview, saying any questions about obstruction should b

d.c. on msnbc kasie hunt. listen to that. >> it's getting longer everyday. >> i like it gets longer every time. >> nothing but the dave matthews band from now on. >> no. i object. >> dear lord. >> non-stop. we also have with us pulitzer prize winning columnist, historian, jon meacham will join us in a moment when he actually wakes up. but we have a lot to talk about today. john heilemann, first of all, couple quick things. first of all, i don't know how stupid rudy or perhaps maybe the fault lies with rudy, that he said, oh, mueller gave us a guarantee that this would be done by september 1st and all rudy has been doing and all donald trump been doing dragging their feet, saying what they're going to do, saying what they're not going to do, making it impossible to come to terms. so i actually -- they're the ones that are, again, they've gone to the four corners and are stalling and yet they're trying to blame mueller for not making a deadline. >> yeah. except here is the thing, joe, and i know we'll talk about

and tonight's panel, kasie hunt, host of "kc d.c."day nights, susan del percio, republican strategist, and democratic strategist, aisha moody-mills. welcome, everybody. mimi, first to you. would prosecutors be interested in the president's admitting that he punished a witness in his investigation, the russia investigation, because of the russia investigation? >> absolutely, katy. and there's a couple of points to make here. first of all, obstruction of justice, witness tampering, can be based on retaliation. it's explicit in the statute. i don't want to get too far into the weeds, but i just think it's important for people to know that given the language that trump used when he admitted why he was revoking the security clearance and why he's threatening to revoke it as to other people who have been and could potentially be witnesses. he's talking about it in very retaliatory terms. and so while we traditionally think of witness tampering as someone threatening or trying to stop someone from speaking, that can be done through retaliati

d.c. on msnbc, kasie hunt.ightning bolts, but a lot of fire and fury out in arizona, especially coming from -- coming from kelly ward. how is that race looking? >> reporter: yeah. so if there's ever a reason to have a lightning bolt i would say it is this race. i mean you have these three candidates, joe arpaio, kelly ward and, of course, the establishment favorite martha mcsally. if you think about the broad symbolism of this, this is for jeff flake's senate seat, who as you mention you're going to talk to. he's stepping off the stage because he thought he couldn't win a primary here in as adrizo and he was right probably based on how the race is unfolding, and you have mccain stepping off the stage, another critic of the president. in their place it has become all about who is the trumpian-possible candidate. kelly ward in her press releases lists a tweet the president sent that was positive towards her a year or more ago. joe arpaio says he was the one standing next to him before anybody else knew trump's na