if i was a liberal, rachel maddow would be all the rage. think what we see in the country right now is that theree are people on the far left who are frustrated with the democratic party because theno democrats are kind of caught in the middle of their own vortex. some of the democrats want to go far left, they want to go income redistribution, jacked up the tax rates, and then there are the ones that are kind of struggling, kind of a little bit in the middle. there are no-man's-land. they have tried all of the ideas of globalization and big government programs, and they failed miserably. obama had a phenomenal personality. he was able to outdo mccain who was a terrible candidate, and mitt romney with the 47 disaster comment. able to win both times.y but had a candidate like donald trump caught fire in 2008, 2012, barack obama would not have won the presidency. it would not have been reelected, but we did not have the candidate. >> sean: some headlines in the the georgia sixth district. >> i love the faces on nbc! >> sean: and on cnn!nd the

if i was a liberal, rachel maddow would be all the rage.hink what we see in the country right now is that there are people on the far left who are frustrated with the democratic party because the democrats are kind of caught in the middle of their own vortex. some of the democrats want to go far left, they want to go income redistribution, jacked up the tax rates, and then there are the ones that are kind there are no-man's-land. they have tried all of the ideas of globalization and big government programs, and they failed miserably. obama had a phenomenal personality. he was able to outdo mccain who was a terrible candidate, and mitt romney with the 47 disaster comment. able to win both times. but had a candidate like donald trump caught fire in 2008, 2012, barack obama wouldk not have won the presidency. it would not have been reelected, but we did not have the candidate. >> sean: some headlines in the george r sixth district. >> i love the faces on nbc! >> sean: and on cnn! the fundraising free fall. you have senator chris murphy of conn

in a new interview, rachel maddow seems to be back trackin tracking.he says it is possible that it's possible that there was no knowledge. and there's a lot of circumstantial evidence that points at a lot of unexplained and false contact between trump people and russian people. circumstantial evidence is circumstantial evidence. this is a serious thing. even chris matthews after comey testified said that it's dead. this has gone on for nearly 11 months. what's your reaction to what's being said now after all that bad reporting? >> i think rachel maddow must be riddled wrapped because the tinfoil had is through the roof. it's not going to convince conspiracy theorists like her to stop. her number one goal is to bash and obstruct the trump administration. it has been from day one. and they're going to beat that dead horse until they can't do it anymore. i think it's especially ironic that this interview she gave that you quoted from his in "rolling stone" magazine which apparently is billing her on a trump cover as the most trusted name in news. could th

rachel maddow is the only beginning. the huge double standard, coming up next. morning joe, steve colbert. don leman, anderson cooper, george stephanopoulos, and much more. the founders of the media equality project, good to see you both. you have this web site. we have millions of people now that have engaged in this effor effort. this is not a boycott. this is an effort -- all these efforts by the left to isolate and target conservatives, you are saying enough is enough. explain what you are doing. >> we call it, to complete this game. that's exactly what's happening. media matters for america. left-wing advocacy group has been involved in this tit-for-tat game. they have been targeting your advertisers and have done at other talk show host. it's time for conservatives to say we are not going to take this anymore. we have a grassroots game. we've had millions of people who have tweeted -- more than 4 million people have been involved in this campaign. hundreds of thousands are checking out this web site. it has gone crazy. it's the one reason and one reason on

>> i think rachel maddow must be ronald wrapped because the tinfoil hack consumption there is through roof. it's not going to convince conspiracy theorists like her to stop. her number one goal is to bash and obstruct the trump administration. it has been from day one. and they're going to beat that horse until they can't do it anymore. i think it's especially ironic that this interview she gave that you quoted from his in "rollingin stone" magazine which apparently is billing her on a it's front cover as the most trusted name in news. could there be a bigger joke? the fake news purveyor. we talked about this so many times, you and i are always transparent about what our biases are, what our ideology is, what our perspective is. we put it all on the table, and we asked people to do their own homework and verify their own facts. anybody can commit journalism. there are double standards off the left and rolling stone. who was founded by one of the democrats biggest donors. they are a propaganda machine for the liberals just as rachel maddow is. >> the thing is they've done this for mont

>> that was rachel maddow in the documentary all the president's men revisited.rmer special prosecutor for the watergate. and author of washington journal reporting watergate and richard noykts's downfall. elizabeth, i want to take you back to a moment that carl bernstein described there in the documentary a moment ago where fairly early on in their investigation when he was having a cup of coffee with bob woodward, he turned to him and said the president is going to be impeached that was the reporter's gut. that wasn't based on the information he had at this point. when was that -- when did that happen for you? and when did it happen for most reporters covering the story? >> the first reaction which i thought was what carl was talking about what was this weird thing? it was buried in "the washington post," the first story. nobody knew what it was. a lot of people didn't even notice it. somebody was caught burgling the democratic national committee. we thought well, what's that about? it might be about something big. but it didn't really break into a widely accep

>> that was rachel maddow in the documentary "all the president's men revisited." for the southern district of new york and a former assistant special watergate prosecutor. also elizabeth drew, contributor fought new york review of books and author of "washington journal reporting watergate and richard nixon's downfall." elizabeth drew, i want to take you back to a moment that carl bernstein described there in the documentary a moment ago where fairly early on in their investigation when he was having a cup of coffee with bob woodward he just turned to him and said the president's going to be impeached. and that was the reporter's gut. that wasn't based on the information he had at this point. when was that -- when did that happen for you? and when did it happen for most reporters covering the story? >> the first reaction which i thought was what carl was talking about was what was this weird thing? it was buried in "the washington post," the first story. nobody knew what it was. a lot of people didn't even notice it. somebody was caught burgling the democratic nat

it wasn't sarah palin's fault, it's not rachel maddow's fault fault, not bernie sanders paul.e need to tone down the rhetoric, it has gotten out of hand on both sides. the finger-pointing, a lot of americans are sick of it. >> heather: how do you manage to do that but still protect our freedom at the same time? >> i'm all for a robust debate over policies that divide us, this country is based on the idea that we should go to war politically. nobody is talking about infringing free speech or anything. these shootings and other kind of attacks remind us after each one, there's always a moment where the calmer voices say that we need to watch our tone and not demonize the other side. >> heather: we have to take personal responsibility for what you say, also what you say on social media because that allows these comments and ideas to spread so much more quickly. republican congressman gary palmer, he says that the media needs to help bring down the rhetoric as well. >> i think you will see it from leadership on both sides of the aisle, we've got to see it in the entire community,

have ratings that rival that of a baby monitor and all of a sudden there is a spike whether it's rachel maddow whether it's c.n.n. whether you name it whether it's the late night who ever benefits from this they saw it like a moth to a flame they went in that direction but what happens is you've got these pathetic apologists who the only think you can come up with right now after the election is donald trump isn't smart he's a liar look the bottom line is simply this donald trump has no friend he is a much better they didn't he was a declared war against an idea is that because i'm going to and i'm going to go over you hang out here and hang on michael let me let me go to spread and let me go to see if steve you know it seems to me the media is looking they want him to have a goal they want him impeached and removed so they're looking they're searching for it they're doing it everything upside down ok that's not defending donald trump it's defending the presidency and the constitution and the democratic process that apparently russia is is roading i mean it's complete fantasy it's they're doin

now with rachel maddow. welcome back. we've been sending you good thoughts and eagerly anticipating your return. >> i have been away for a very long time in cable news time. but even in normal human time it has felt like a very long time. i have missed this crossover with you every night. i've missed being here. >> great to have you back. >> thanks for doing that. thanks to you at home for joining us. i am back. i want to say a big thank you to ari mel ber and to joy reid for filling in for me while i was out sick this last week and a half, almost two weeks. thank you to everybody here on the rachel maddow show who worked so hard to keep everything running in my absence. i want to thank my bosses for their understanding while i was out sick at a quite inopportune time, i guess. i want to say thanks to all of you who said nice things and wished me well and told me you were praying for me while i was out. i'm not totally well as you can probably tell, but i am like, i don't know, 90% of the way back. would you

we'll go to the rachel maddow show in just a few minutes. first the major news we've been following all day on msnbc. the mistrial for bill cosby. after 52 hours of deliberations, the jury coming back deadlocked on all counts. cosby was charged with three felony counts of aggravated indecent assault. he and his team have repeatedly denied these and all allegations of sexual misconduct. nbc's ron allen has been covering the trial and, ron, the jurors just getting back to pittsburgh within the last couple of hours. what are you watching right now? >> well, yes, they arrived in pittsburgh by bus. they'd been sequestered for two weeks. after that marathon and intense 52-hour period of deliberation. for several days of that, they had already announced they were deadlocked. they kept pressing on trying to come to a decision. a unanimous decision. many court observers thought what was happening was there was a majorities of jurors pushing for a conviction and they couldn't convince a minority. a hole out or two or three or four to go along with the

msnbc's rachel maddow called for trump to be "taken out". a taxpayer-funded play features a trump look-alike getting murdered. noam chomsky is a revered liberal icon. weeks ago, he called the republican party the "most dangerous organization in human history." not soviet socialists or chinese communists. not the nazis, khmer rouge or isis. such delusional talk should have his family consider institutionalizing him. chomsky's writings are featured on college campuses. last week's shooter was the second bernie sanders supporter who attempted a murder-spree in recent weeks. this should give sanders pause. same for elizabeth warren. yes, they should hold trump and the gop accountable. this makes for a vibrant democracy. but their calls for a resistance is a dog-whistle that incites their unhinged followers. the headlines dot net. i'm mark hyman. developing now.. simpson field in alexandria's del ray neighborhood is back open.. after last week's horrifying ambush. neighbors filled the stands last night for a little league game. it took place near

rachel maddow puts on her conspiracy wires. you can't make this stuff up. take a look. >> if there was a turnout effect from the bad weather today in the district, does that have any partisan implications that you could foresee for same-day election day voting? >> yeah. >> see the weather kept the democrats home. i cannot go by without maddow floating a russian conspiracy theory. and there's zero evidence of trump russia collusion. it's been a farce, a total fabrication, 11 months of lies and conspiracies made up from people like maddow. today maddow was at it again whipping up a new crack pot theory and talking about money laundering and even vladimir putin made it into the mix. you cannot make this stuff up. apparently she can at nbc news. take a look. >> if this new reporting from tim o'brien proves out about russian money pouring into trump probability and coming in from sources close to putin, if that reporting proves out, then the question of why that happened. why was money connected to putin pouring into trump projects. why did they do that? >> key

it doesn't mean bernie sanders and rachel maddow are responsible. but some republicans say this is typical of liberal hate. guy: we remember tucson very well. i covered that closely and recall the media coverage. immediately the left' narrative was palin is responsible, right-wing hate is responsible. her shooter was a schizophrenic who was not political and not trite wing. the "new york times" repeated that this week and had to correct themselves. howie: i wrote that day it was ridiculous to blame sarah palin. but the point purchase making is beth sides are perfectly willing to engage in extreme rhetoric. at the time of the gifford shooting there was a bull's-eye thing that made people jump to conclusion. but there was less of this i thought this time. i think there was less of it than there has been. >> i think the left and the media is much more willing to run with the narrative that right wingers are at fault. the media moved on, let's have a nice time at the congressional baseball game. if this was a right-winger shooting a democratic congressm

rachel maddow puts on her conspiracy wires. you can't make this stuff up. take a look. >> if there was a turnout effect from the bad weather today in the district, does that have any partisan implications that you could foresee for same-day election day voting? >> yeah. >> see the weather kept the democrats home. i cannot go by without maddow floating a russian conspiracy theory. and there's zero evidence of trump russia collusion. it's been a farce, a total fabrication, 11 months of lies and conspiracies made up from people like maddow. today maddow was at it again whipping up a new crack pot theory and talking about money laundering and even vladimir putin made it into the mix. you cannot make this stuff up. apparently she can at nbc news. take a look. >> if this new reporting from tim o'brien proves out about russian money pouring into trump probability and coming in from sources close to putin, if that reporting proves out, then the question of why that happened. why was money connected to putin pouring into trump projects. why did they do that? >> key

the dot connector rachel maddow. how are you? >> you can tell my my voice i'm not mylf i'm still recovering from this thing, but i am super happy that i'm able to be with you guys tonight. and this is -- talk about dot connecting. this is a -- i feel like this is one of those moments where we've been bush whacking through the forest for a long time and all of a sudden we came out under a clearing and we can see where we are. it's sort of a landmark moment in terms of this investigation, i think. >> when you see this special counsel overseeing the manfort inquiry, what do you think that means? >> you covered it very well in the a. block in terms of what we want about why this came about and what it might mean, whether it's expected or not. i mean, i -- for me, it raises a few different things. first of all, i think it raises some factual questions which are knowable things that where will get answered. it's practical stuff but i think it could be consequence shall. ok, does this mean, then, that the resources of that fbi inquiry,

he loved rachel maddow. he drove his white van from illinois to alexandria, virginia to attack the congressional baseball game. next up, the republican congressman who represents that district that the shooter lived in, he says his office got ten calls from the shooter. he's congressman mike boss. he's here to talk about the conversations next, don't go away. dearthere's no other way to say this. it's over. i've found a permanent escape from monotony. together, we are perfectly balanced. our senses awake. our hearts racing as one. i know this is sudden, but they say...if you love something set it free. see you around, giulia ♪ whoa that's amazing... hey, i'm the internet! i know a bunch of people who would love that. the internet loves what you're doing... ...so build a better website in under an hour with... ...gocentral from godaddy. type in your idea. select from designs tailored just for you and publish your site with just a few clicks-even from your... ...mobile phone. the internet is waiting start for

our coverage, however, continues with a special edition of "the rachel maddow show" and it begins right now. rachel, good evening. >> good evening, brian. thank you, my friend. usually at this time as you're signing off, i'm cheers you with a glass of wine at home, this time i'm still here. >> don't mix the two. >> i never do. thank you. thanks to you at home for sticking with us for a late edition of the rachel maddow show tonight. we'll continue to watch the final returns from the two special congressional elections tonight, republicans as we now know holding ochoen to control of those two congressional seats that their party held previously but which they had to fight hard for in south carolina and in georgia tonight. republicans are obviously celebrating tonight they kept the two seats republican. that said, democrats are also celebrating tonight they made it so hard for republicans to keep hold of those two seats. de democrats kept it to single digit margins. they won by more than 20 points. so bottom line is republican hold both those seats but they do so in such a way that leaves

evening "the rachel maddow show" starts right now with joy reed. >> that you can't for joining us as well. rachel is still under the weather but she did tell us she's itching to get back into this share and hopes to be back very soon. we've got a big show for you, including a story that broke late this afternoon involving the leak of a top secret document. we'll have more on that in just a bit. but first, let me take you back to july of 1974. just one month before president richard nixon resigned from office. they were regal from the months long watergate scandal. he was on his way out the door. his defense secretary was worried about what might if the president decided to subvert the constitution to stay in power even as everything around him was falling apart. god for bid if he tried to authorize the use of nuclear weapons without consulting anyone first. nixon's defense secretary overwhelmed by the possibility tried to prevent anything like that from happening by going behind his back to the chairman of the join chiefs of staff. if essence, the defense secretary asked the chairman

our coverage, however, continues with a special edition of "the rachel maddow show" and it begins rightgood evening. >> good evening, brian. thank you, my friend. usually at this time as you're signing off, i'm cheers you with a glass of wine at home, this time i'm still here. >> don't mix the two. >> i never do. thank you. thanks to you at home for sticking with us for a late edition of the rachel maddow show tonight. we'll continue to watch the final returns from the two special congressional elections tonight, republicans as we now know holding ochoen to control of those two congressional seats that their party held previously but which they had to fight hard for in south carolina and in georgia tonight. republicans are obviously celebrating tonight they kept the two seats republican. that said, democrats are also celebrating togh

we'll go to the rachel maddow show in just a few minutes.s we've been following all day on msnbc. the mistrial for bill cosby. after 52 hours of deliberations, the jury coming back deadlocked on all counts. cosby was charged with three felony counts of aggravated indecent assault. he and his team have repeatedly denied these and all allegations of sexual misconduct. nbc's ron allen has been covering the trial and, ron, the jurors just getting back to pittsburgh within the last couple of hours.

as you know, she is also the host of this show, the ultimate dot connector, rachel maddow. how are you? >> hey, you probably can tell from my voice, i am not exactly myself. i am still recovering from this thing. but i am super happy that i am able to be with you guys tonight. and this is, talk about dot connecting, this is a, i feel like this is one of those moments when we've been bushwhacking through the forest for a long time and we just came out into a clearing and we can see where we are. it is sort of a land mark moment in terms of this investigation, i think. >> when you see that the special counsel is now overseeing the manafort inquiry, what do you think that means? >> you covered it very well, i thought, in the a block, in terms of what we understand about why this came about and what it might mean. whether it is expected or not. i mean, for me, it raises a few different things. first of all, i tnk it raises some factual questions which are knowable things, which eventually we will get answered. it is and really practical stuff. i think it could be consequential.

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because rachel maddow came through in like sneakers on. >> yeah. >> you know what i'm saying?s our show, 'cause you can come on there and curse. >> yeah. >> seth: yeah, that's a nice -- >> it's so good. >> you can't come on here -- >> seth: no, yeah. >> it's good to just let -- >> seth: and you guys don't have to beep it right? >> no, we are allowed five "f" words. >> seth: really? >> every episode. >> i thought he was going to say it. i thought he was going to say it. [ light laughter ] >> i know! you know what, every -- we've been on other shows, on major networks and we've dropped big curses on every other show. and they told us not to do it on this, so we -- >> seth: yeah, you're -- >> very careful. >> seth: by the way, i'm going to -- i -- you know what? i'll give you one. >> you'll give us one? [ light laughter ] >> come on. [ cheers and applause ] >> how many syllables do you want? >> damn, seth, are you [ bleep ] with me? [ laughter and applause ] >> seth: so wait, you get five? now are there times in your half hour show that you hit the five real early? >> yeah, like

now with rachel maddow. back. we've been sending you good thoughts and eagerly anticipating your return. >> i have been away for a very long time in cable news time. but even in normal human time it has felt like a very long time. i have missed this crossover with you every night. i've missed being here. >> great to have you back. >> thanks for doing that. thanks to you at home for joining us. i am back. i want to say a big thank you to ari mel ber and to joy reid for filling in for me while i was out sick this last week and a half, almost two weeks. thank you to everybody here on the racl

the d n c chuck schumer and others are sending out memos eighty six the russian story it's dad rachel maddow on m.s. and b c has devoted her entire career to this that is out so this is a multiplicity the russian story is dead see it as dead and we knew it to be true the whole time that we have to leave it there always good to get you through it so that was a legal media analyst thank you. tonight a huge cyber attack has hit firms in at least ten different countries from india to the united states who was first reported in ukraine and russia which have been the worst hit countries mico france to santiago joins us live now with more details what more then do we know about this attack. well yes indeed several major companies all across europe have come under attack major firm in the u.k. w p p a major logistics company in denmark major companies in the netherlands we're getting reports from spain and france france the united states and of course the most countries affected have been ukraine and russia in ukraine. he has brazil airport as well as the metro subway systems major ukrainian banks e

to lay off this story the other offshoot of this is what are people like rachel maddow going to do whose entire show is based upon this russian story so the repercussions of this are multifold yes the timing i as you said is certainly enter seen and so in the thing in an article that was retracted there was an unnamed source and there are counts that the article was associated with one of senator elizabeth warren staffers who was apparently egged on by the staff at senator harris so while they will wait for orenstein to respond what would this mean for the democratic party if indeed senator warrants team was involved in that. that's the least of their problems the problem that the democratic party has right now the d.n.c. is that they have an incoherent message and a lot of this was also done as this post-hoc rationalization to explain to the world and justify why hillary clinton with the billion dollar war chest blow the election and frankly lost despite the fact that she had no no i paid to speak of this is a multiplicity of problems that finally came to a head look what they're going

their flagship program on cable, rachel maddow. >> just last week, it was reported on 18 previously undisclosedn russia. they are looking into a russian citizen on the trump campaign last year. maybe is not as terrible as he says, all those little things might be true. what would change the world's of russia was interfering in the election. and they weren't doing it on their own. the fbi director being fired by the president to try and change or stop an fbi investigation into the president campaign, that is a big deal. >> hannity: if it wasn't so sad, it's actually funny. so are you proud of that? are you proud megan? are you proud matt? these two fake news chiefs you don't have to look further than their campaign contributions. they gave a whopping couple thousand dollars to the dnc. and andrew contributed over $50,000 to president obama, hillary clinton. and his wife betsy has contributed over $100,000 to the democrats. coming up, we need your help for a very important question of the day straight ahead. no. at lendingtree, shop and compare loan offers from top lenders and in just 5 minutes,

the rachel maddow show i will watch right now starts right now. good evening, rachel. >>> well, good evening and welcome once again from our head quarters in new york. two big stories we are covering tonight. it has been an eventful day starting with the news this morning that republican members of congress were fired upon while in a ball field in suburban virginia. the gunman is dead, the number three ranking republican in congress is critical. he was visited by the president at the hospital tonight. we will have complete coverage of that story in just a moment. but first about the president. on this day, 146 of the trump administration, the president's 71st birthday, the washington post is reporting tonight president donald trump is under investigation by the special counsel robert mueller. the story came out in the form of a scorching headline quote special counsel is investigating trump for possible obstruction of justice, officials say." you will recall in the early days after james comey was fired as fbi, had the white house made sure everyon

and rachel maddow blamed it on the weather.ichard fowler last night, he said we knew they were going to lose. >> they were ready. they thought he was the little engine that could. i think the democrats. where is the ed rendells. the old school democrats. who is this joe biden. >> joe biden. joe biden. but they need -- this san francisco very liberal, that's the base of the party now. of course, they are losing elections. most americans think that's terrible. the democrats used to be able to communicate with the working man. they have been pushed to the side. kennedy: that's why time ryan who challenged nancy pelosi earlier this year for her leadership said she has got to go. he was the first one to put his neck out there, now there are a lot of necks. what a night. coming up. an elite college in connecticut is facing controversy after a black professor suggests all whites should die. my business was built with passion... but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one.

this is his first interview on t "rachel maddow show." i am looking forward to speak with him of the news. as of tonight, there are two high ranking officials of the trump's campaign. first one, of course, was trump's national security, mike flynn, he resigned in february, just three and a half weeks in the new administration, he resigned on contacts of conversations, he has had with government officials that he did not disclose or publicly lied about them. we learned that the acting attorney general of the united states had gone to the white house, physically, herself in the first week of the new administration to warn the white house urgently that their national security adviser michael flynn had been compromised and he was vulnerable to russian blackmail and coreercion. flynn was flying about those things. they had that over mike flynn. they could cohearse and behave in ways that's not good for the united states. after the warning, they remained today of a lot of questions of the white house basically having no response of warnings for

because comey is planning on writing a novel or a tell-all book or working for msnbc and following rachel maddowvery night. he is a perfect black helicopter conspiracy theorist himself. james comey did not require -- think of this. hillary clinton was not put under oath when she was interviewed about her server. or that a complete transcript of that interview was set to be created. why not? why wasn't that done? look at what happened to michaeh flynn. the guy was tarred and feathered by the press one trump allegedly said i could hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, letting flynn go. he's a good guy, i hope you can do this and let this go. was it similar to what the president said on "60 minutes" about the clintons? that he "didn't want to hurt them?" that he was basically saying he wanted to let them go. comey apparently didn't want to hurt the clintons either.o factoring the campaign, he felt it was necessary to come out and announce the fbi's findings about hillary clinton. comey laid out that clinton had top secret access program and classified information onma her unsecured se

"the rachel maddow show" starts right now. >>> tonight jim comey in his own words the night before we get to hear from him under oath. the testimony that stunned washington. even before comey is scheduled to deliver it. tonight the questions yet to be answered. what else the former fbi director, now a private citizen, may reveal tomorrow. >>> plus the damage assessment in terms of the trump presidency after another bad day. how well president trump responds. 11 hours from the start of the hearing as "the 11th hour" gets underway. and good evening once again from our head quarters in new york. james comey may have more power over the president and the future direction of the russia investigation as a private citizen than he had as fbi director. comey might have been fired by donald trump but before that day came, he wrote a lot down. we've been reading reports of it but today we saw what comey plans to say tomorrow because it's been posted by the senate committee on intelligence for all the world to see. it show as man who took copious notes, something he says he hasn't done before but

and rachel maddow blamed it on the weather.ler last night, he said we knew they were going to lose. >> they were ready. they thought he was the little engine that could. i think the democrats. where is the ed rendells. the old school democrats. who is this joe biden. >> joe biden. joe biden. but they need -- this san francisco very liberal, that's the base of the party now. of course, they are losing elections. most americans think that's terrible. the democrats used to be able to communicate with the working man. they have been pushed to the side. kennedy: that's why time ryan who challenged nancy pelosi earlier this year for her leadership said she has got to go. he was the first one to put his neck out there, now there are a lot of necks. what a night. coming up. an elite college in connecticut is facing controversy after a black professor suggests all whites should die. my business was built with passion... but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. with it, i

. >> i think every day that he wakes up and gets, you know, taken on by the rachel maddows of the world and kathy griffins of the world, he continues on. >> reporter: the main message that got him elected. >> we will make america great again. >> reporter: we expect to see that support reflected big time today when vice president mike pence comes to iowa. he will be part of the roast and ride with senator joni ernst which is an hour from where we were in des moines. you know, i have to say, christi, i was struck to a certain extent by how republicans react when you ask them about donald trump. they seem a bit uncomfortable with his tweets and his rhetoric is too strong. at this point of his presidency, republicans in particular, seem prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt. they still feel that the policies that he is pushing and pulling from the paris climate accord and the jobs and economy. they still feel it is very core will benefit them in the long run. they are still sticking by the president. >> do they give you any indication how strongly they will stand by him if the econo

matthews needed to look no further than his colleague, rachel maddow, on the same network, as one of conspiracy theories. remember when maddow speculated that venezuelans were protesting in the streets because of trump's fcc filing? watch this quote. >> venezuelans are enraged anew by this brand-new fcc filing from the white house. this is a country that should be a rich country, but people have literally been starving in venezuela, somehow in the midst of this incredible crisis in venezuela, somewhere they found a half million dollars to donate to the very, very, very inexplicably overfunded trump inauguration. >> hannity: i get it, if the dog bites, if a bee stings, it's got to be donald trump's fault. there was also the time that maddow theorized that she could be a gateway drug for the kkk. it take a look. >> a lot of people who i think are like this, they wonder if he is a gateway drug, if there is something beyond donald trump himself, that means a much greater transformation of the republican party into something that is going to be new to mainstream politics. >> hannity: and

. >> i think every day that he wakes up and gets taken on by the rachel maddows of the world, he becomes more popular with that group. >> reporter: one of the main reasons president trump sticks close to those issues and main message that initially got him elected. >> and we will make america great again. >> reporter: we expect to see reflection of that support this afternoon at this annual roast and ride. the vice president, mike pence, is the headliner, they're expecting a capacity crowd. i spoke to senator ernst yesterday, she said there are some things that donald trump does that turn people off, his style is not perfect, but she says he is hitting on big issues her constituents care about. that's one of the reasons he continues to have quite a bit of support in iowa. >> all right. ryan from des moines iowa. thank you. >>> up next, chair of the house intel committee promised to stay back, stay out of the russia investigation after a trip to the white house landed him in scrutiny with the ethics committee. why is he sending out subpoenas. >>> and biden, hillary clinton trying to expla

tinfoil hat conspiracy theorists, all who want to destroy trump, especially in the media, like rachel maddow and her friends over at msnbc and cnn. they are completely unhinged and deranged. some on the left continue to peddle this conspiracy theory. it's becoming so ridiculous that even democrats are saying, georgia six, enough is enough. >> i think robert costa is right. the fact that we have spent so much time talking about it russia has been a distraction from what should be the clear contrast between the democrats and the trump agenda. >> people in ohio are not talking about russia or michael flynn or put in. what's happening with their pension, how much it cost to send a kid to school. real bread and butter stuff. when we are talking about trump so much, we are not talking about them. >> sean: for those on the left who are still holding out hope and preying upon prayer upon prayer on their knees that they will somehow be proven right about trump-russia collusion, they should take a look at this exchange between congressman trey gaudi and form obama secretary jay johnson from yesterday.