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better life. >>> in the case of lyin' ted cruz, lyin' ted. lies, oh, he lies.ble, holds it high, puts it down, lies. >> matter of principle, and i'll tell you -- >> you are the single biggest liar. >> he holds up the bible and then he lies. >> we learned today that president donald trump will be holding a rally for senator ted cruz in october. trump tweeted he'll be picking the biggest stadium he can find. there's a lot of big ones in texas. as senator cruz attempts to beat back an unexpectedly tough challenge from congressman beto o'rourke. just kind of fascinating because the relationship between donald trump and ted cruz has been one of both mutual contempt and mutual convenience. you may recall that when the two were both candidates in 2016 and cruz was showing a little traction. trump retweeted a picture of heidi cruz and melania trump with the caption the images are worth a thousand words and cruz responded with this. >> i don't get angry often, but you mess with my wife, you mess with my kids, that will do it every time. donald, you're a sniveling coward

. >> lyin' ted, lyin' ted. he's a lying guy.st of them. >> donald, you're a sniveling coward, leave heidi the hell alone. >> everybody hates cruz, lying ted cruz. >> donald is a sore loser. >> basket case. >> this man is a pathological liar. the man is utterly amoral. >> critics see hypocrisy in these men patching things up though we'll note it's common for primary rifles in politics to reunite or try governing together. owe rerk is running from a proud democrat, not slying away from the culture war traps trump has tried to set. it's not every texas candidate who takes this the position in the nfl debate. >> i can think of nothing more american than to peacefully stand up or take a knee for your rights any time, anywhere, any place. >> that simple statement went viral, drawing a shadow from lebron james, it's netted over 19 million views online. what is going on in texas? i'm joined by wendy davis, former diagnosis designate senator, and george see, former senior advisor to marco rubio's 2016 campaign. he told the "washington po

. >> don't believe your lyin' eyes.hese reports are because the news seems nowhere near favorable to him. a new poll shows 60% of americans disapproval of the job he's doing. headlines about "the national inquirier" has decades of dirt on him stored in a safe and he wanted to buy it back. and john mccain's funeral, which he was reportedly not invited to as two former presidents eulogized the fallen senator in a symbol of bipartisanship. is trump's war on the media really just a war on the truth? errol lewis and april ryan, the author of the new book "under fire: reporting from the front lines of the trump white house." welcome, all. april, let's start with you. one of the targets of trump's attacks this week was his lester holt interview. it was a big interview in the wake of the comey firing. it caused a lot of problems when he said it was motivated by the russia investigation. why is the president singling this out? >> one, lester holt is a solid journalist, he's a solid nightly news man. and he's got credibility. you

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. >>> from lyin' ted to letting sleeping dogs lie, senator ted cruz turning to president trump and hisldren for help with less than 50 days until election 2018. despite the nasty past cruz is desperate to keep his senate seat and the president is desperate to keep the state red. donald trump jr. and president trump himself are expected to stump for cruz. amanda, you once worked for senator cruz. i don't need to remind you of the litany of nasty things. >> got it memorized. >> that cruz and trump said about each other. >> one side was more deserved than the other. >> and cruz said some nasty stuff, too. what does this say? can he not win without president trump? >> is it really that tight a race? >> the republican party base has chased a lot. the tea party base that propelled ted cruz to victory in 2012 is different now and it's trump's base and it's important for cruz to show he has a united front with the president and that's -- all the troubles are put behind them. >> a new quinnipiac point finds cruz is nine points ahead of beto o'rourke, cruz at 54% and o'rourke is at 45%. real cle

in 2016, he called him lyin' ted, was every critical of his wife and even trying to link his father to the assassination of john f. kennedy. guest 2: a lot of republicans have come around to the president since he has been in office. president trump has similarly come around to a lot of republicans he has said negative things about. campaigns are campaigns and i'm sure ted cruz is going to be welcoming to the president when he comes. host: tennessee right now showing -- is ahead slightly over marsha blackburn. both -- other polls have it dead even. it is an open seat with bob corker retiring. why is it so competitive? guest 2: it is competitive idause he has statewide name where marsha blackburn is still in the process of getting herself. -- a very popular former senator came in and let in the polls but on election day, he was beaten pretty handily and you will see marsha blackburn win in tennessee for similar reasons. tennessee is a very republican state. host: ben winston, let's talk about florida. this is a state that democrats need to keep. rick scott, the outgoing governor racing

same thing with lyin' james comey. hated him, wanted him out, thought he was gusting until i fired him. immediately he became a wonderful man, a st.-like figure in fact. really sick. this as all eyes are on the special counsel, robert mueller, as the 60-day midterm window nears with the rips wary of any preelection surprises. there have been 32 indictments, 5 guilty pleas and two people behind bars. one of those guilty pleas is from former trump campaign advisor george papadopoulos. on friday he is set to appear before a federal judge. over the weekend his attorneys filed a 16-page defense sentencing memo alleging that mr. trump and attorney general jeff sessions approved of the meeting between trump and russia's vladimir putin during the 2016 campaign. joining me now is joyce vance, former u.s. attorney and msnbc contributor and john laurel, former federal prosecutor. thanks to both of you for being here. joyce, i was talking to somebody, a lawyer on friday maybe, who said to me that rudy giuliani carrying on about th

same thing with lyin james comey.ed him, wanted him out, thought he was disgusting until i fired him. immediately he became a wonderful man, st.-like figure in fact. really sick. joining me now is philip rucker, the perfect person to have with us to talk about this breaking news. i'm not even sure quite where to start here, but clearly there are a lot of layers to this idea that he was charging some close to the midterm elections that obviously impacts the president himself. >> yeah, it's a big deal tweet because the justice department is supposed to operate independently political concerns, independently of any concern about which party does well in the midterm elections. what president trump seems to be suggesting in this tweet is that his attorney general should have politicized the justice department by timing these investigations so that they would not interfere with the midterm elections. that is a big no-no in washington and it's yet another indication of trump's view that the attorney general should work for h

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donald trump, as you remember, dubbed you "lyin' ted." he took swipes at your wife and father.ou in turn called him a pathological liar. and quite frankly, there's so many insults between the two of you, it would take the rest of this show to go through them all. but now that he's president, you guys have become friendly to the point where you praised him in "time" magazine. how do you respond to critics who say as it relates to president trump, you've lost your dignity? senator cruz: well, there's no doubt 2016 was an election unlike any others. and there were some hard shots thrown. i tell you, my dad, who's here tonight, anyone who knows me, knows my father has been my hero. heidi and my daughters, anyone who knows me knows heidi is my best friend in the world. i think she is in the most beautiful woman on the face of the planet. i'm blessed from god to be married to heidi cruz. now, after the election in 2016, i faced a choice. donald trump had been elected president and we had an opportunity, an opportunity to do something extraordinary. i made a conscious choice to do the

donald trump called you lyin' t ed. at your wife and daughter. there were so many insults between the two of you that it would take the rest of this show to go through the mall. friendly.ecome how do you respond to critics who say that, as it relates to president trump, you have lost your dignity? there is no doubt 2016 was an election unlike any others. there were hard shots thrown. everyone knows my father has been my hero every day of my life heidi and my daughters, anyone who knows me knows that heidi is my best friend in the world. she's the most beautiful woman on the face of the planet and i am blessed from groton -- from god to be married to heidi cruise. -- cruz. after the election in 2016, i faced a choice. donald trump had been elected president and we had the opportunity to do something extraordinary. i made the choice to represent 28 million texans. i have a responsibility to fight for every person in this state. i have worked hand-in-hand with the president on substance and we have deliver the biggest tax cut of a generation. we are

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in 2016, he called him lyin' ted, was every critical of his wife and even trying to link his father tohe assassination of john f. kennedy. guest 2: a lot of republicans have come around to the president since he has been in office. president trump has similarly come around to a lot of republicans he has said negative things about. campaigns are campaigns and i'm sure ted cruz is going to be welcoming to the president when he comes. host: tennessee right now showing -- is ahead slightly over marsha blackburn. both -- other polls have it dead even. it is an open seat with bob corker retiring. why is it so competitive? guest 2: it is competitive idause he has statewide name where marsha blackburn is still in the process of getting herself. -- a very popular former senator came in and let in the polls but on election day, he was beaten pretty handily and you will see marsha blackburn win in tennessee for similar reasons. tennessee is a very republican state. host: ben winston, let's talk about florida. this is a state that democrats need to keep. rick scott, the outgoing governor racing a

. >> lyin' ted. >> nominating donald trump is a train wreck.senator ted cruz in october. biggest stadium in texas we can find. beto o'rourke. it's turning out to be a closer race than many expected and former secretary of state john kerry refusing to squash rumors about his own white house ambitions in 2020. >> are you going to run in 2020. >> i'm not thinking about it right now. >> i hear the passion in your voice. >> i never retweeted or retired. talking about 2020 right now is a total distraction and waste of time. ed: waste of time. he didn't shut the door. he already won the democratic nomination in 2004 but lost the race to former president george w. bush. we will see if he gets back in. rachel: thousands gathered in detroit yesterday to pay their final respects to aretha franklin. ed: but for the reverend al sharpton the queen of soul's funeral was the perfect venue to, yes, go after the president. >> on my show i misspelled respect and a lot of y'all. [laughter] a lot of y'all corrected me. now i want to you help me correct president tr