with me, all-star cast, bill maher, michael moore, kathy griffin, rob reiner, nancy giles. an all-star cast. i expect in that group you're looking at now are going to have lots to say. get a good night's sleep tonight and stay up with us tomorrow night for our "hardball" late-night special, lots of attitude in that hour. >>> tonight on "all in" -- >> mr. trump, do you support a special prosecutor on russia? >> the white house tries to kill investigations before they start. >> i guess my question would be, a special prosecutor for what? >> tonight, congressman adam schiff and dick durbin on the growing bipartisan push. >> i think we all need answers. >>> plus, as the investigators work with the white house -- >> what i've been told is by many folks is that there's nothing there. >> why others are breaking ranks. >> you're going to need to use the special prosecutor's statutes. >> then, new reports of a high-stakes obamacare repeal as the president has an aca epiphany. >> nobody knew that health care could be so complicated. >> a protests at a joint session. we'll look at wha

a live late-night edition of "hardball" with guests including but not limited to bill maher, kathy griffinchael moore, rob reiner and more. wednesday, back at 9:00 p.m. eastern. a special broadcast we're putting together on the trump/putin power play as questions mount over this investigation into the trump campaign's ties to russia. for now, for us, "hardball" with chris matthews begins right now. >>> eastern promises. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. tonight with an fbi led counterintelligence inquiry under way and two congressional investigations just beginning, there are strong signs out there that president trump has ordered a preemptive strike on those problems of his possible russian connections. we learned last week reince priebus asked the fbi to knock down stories about the reported communications between trump aides and figures in rush that and the "washington post" and axios are reporting the administration's pushback effort went further.

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bill march, kathy griffin, michael moore, rob ryaner will have all sort of the west coast reaction to the president's address. that's midnight tonight. >>> and we've got more mtp daily just ahead, but first, here's hampton peson with the cnbc market wrap. >> thanks chuck, dow down by 25 points. s&p off six, nasdaq dropping 36 points. >>> demand on the rise in the housing market. that means higher prices in the spring compared to last year. existing home sales hitting a ten-year high last month. >>> apple's ceo tim cook promising shareholders tons of revenue for new non-iphone products. he wouldn't say more and apple will reportedly change the iphone charger again to include a usbc port used in phones by google and hdc. that's it from cnbc. first in business worldwide. when you've been making delicious natural cheese for over 100 years like kraft has, you learn a lot about people's tastes. honey, what do you want for dinner tonight? oh whatever you're making. triple cheddar stuffed sliders. sold! >>> welcome back. our countdown continuens to president donald trump's first address befor

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