can vote for him, but most people aren't into that. >> still with us for more, jonathan allen, rick wilson. rick, what do you make of this guy? >> you know, i worked for a mayor of new york city who ran for president, and he was at that time pretty well regarded because he did a pretty good job during 9/11. you know what that got him? nothing. in the presidential race. bill de blasio's record is basically killing groundhogs and being unpleasant. this is not a guy who is going to go far in the democratic field. i don't understand the motivation for it. i don't understand the reasoning behind it and i don't think bill de blasio really does either. this is a guy running out of a sort of twitch instinct of some kind, but his campaign is already dead, it's just too dumb to lay down. >> jonathan, with apologies to the groundhog community, we just showed the video. same question to you about mayor de blasio. >> it's so hard to follow rick wilson. but i will say that on the bright side for bill de blasio, at least the protesters weren't encouraging him to run and leave the state, because i think t

joining our discussion now rick wilson, contributor to the daily beast.hing trump touches dies." and jason johnson professor of politics and media at morgan state university. jason is also an msnbc contributor. and rick wilson, here we have the republican david and goliath and i thought we're all supposed to root for david in that story, right? >> well, you know, this is the new republican mode, and it's always going to be anyone who opposes trump must be destroyed. that's why the caucus is going after him. that's why the nrcc is floating this guy in the primary. it reminds me in 1973 when the impeachment articles are brought to the judiciary committee republicans voted with a majority on three of the charges, obstruction of justice, buse of power and contempt of congress. as justin laid out in those tweets and we've seen from the evidence those three cases can be made. but i promise you not one member except him right now would vote for them whether the evidence is overwhelming or not. they will protect donald trump until the last dog dies. >> jason john

rick wilson, waiting in the wings. >>> this time another temper tantrum again i pray for the presidentf the united states. i wish that his family or administration or staff would have an intervention for the good of the country. maybe he wants to take a leave of absence. i don't know. >> i was extremely calm very much like i am right now. and it was sad when i watched nancy all moving -- the movement and the hands and the craziness. and i watched her. that's by the way a person that's got some problems. i'm an extremely stable genius. >> the movement and the hands. this week sniping between the two of them, trump and pelosi proved to be too much even for the fox five, the host of the five on fox news the president's cable network of choice. >> think about how lucky all of us are to be alive at this moment. things are so good that two of the most powerful american politicians are in a public roast. >> washington is by and large a pretty deplorable place for this very reason and i think a lot of people watched this and they think they're both nuts. >> it's like two people over 70 accusin

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and rick wilson is with us. he is a republican strategist and contributor to the daily beast.uthor of the book "everything trump touches dies." and jason, this is a somewhat compl complex tactic by the attorney general. the point he is making in the letter is some of the material in jerry nadler's subpoena, which is for the full-on redacted mueller report and the underlying documents includes grand jury material which the attorney general believes he is not legally allowed to deliver to the committee at this point. and so he would then ask -- in order to avoid the citation of contempt, he would ask the president to invoke executive privilege on all of this. and the letter seems to acknowledge that it is not all subject to executive privilege, but that would at least delay the processes in the movements against the attorney general. so we might or not nigmight not have a vote 12 hours from now in the judiciary committee on contempt. >> this is simple. barr has thrown down the gauntlet. he has thrown down the gauntlet. this is it. the democrats have to basically decide if they a

that's why need to act. >> aisha moodie-mills and rick wilson, thank you for joining us. >> a 12-page refusal let there says the white house won't turnover documents to house judiciary so the committee chair likens the president to a king and accuses the white house as if trump were a tyrant or dictator and our elements of our own government trying to get us into a war with iran? they claim incoming threats from iran but members of congress have at least one british general don't seem to know what they are talking about and the alabama governor signs a bill effectively banning abortion and violates the law of the land and reproductive rights are now in something of a ground war across our country as "the 11th hour" gets underway on a wednesday night.

risk wi rick wilson was on this network. he had him on before. his contention is trump is hoping, praying he won't get nicked in the senate. it all his political social media life has been predicated on. knowing him as you do knowing his character as you do, does that much up with known reality? >> it does. i think that the president himself we know from reporting had conversations with speaker elosi where he's like you're not going impeach me. he was afraid that would be the first line. that the how he's remembered in the history books even though those around him tactically think that would be the best thing to happen to him. yes, first of all, we known he's born to play the verdict role and sit there and say the system is rigged. the deep state is against me. look, i'm being treated unfairly. we heard that time and time again with the candidate and commander in chief but they feel like they can -- republicans feel like they can go to the democrats into this. they think if they do commence with impeachment talk and proceedings, they can say loo

. >> joining me now jim mussina former campaign director and republican strategist rick wilson.ng on. i want to get both of your thoughts and, jim, we'll start with you on that town hall from pete buttigieg. not all democrats thought it was a good idea for him to go do that. >> i think it was a good idea. i think democrats have to continue to talk to every single voter and a bunch of independent voters and a bunch of swing voters who watch fox news. i think the way he did it by taking on the network and by pointing out exactly what he disagrees with was very smart and he got to talk to a whole bunch of voters that democrats are going to need next year to beat donald trump. >> rick, were you surprised by the reaction, by the response that buttigieg got? >> i think jim and i agree on this point. he did the right thing by going into the lion's den and i think he was, i think he had a pretty successful outing really in terms of sticking to his brand. sticking to his message. and, also, to address the things that a lot of democrats were concerned about. you know, why would you do thi

that's why need to act. >> aisha moodie-mills and rick wilson, thank you for joini ing us.ing that is as close to exciting as swearing on tv is narrowly averted swearing on tv. it's almost as good. >> did you see my reaction? did you see how happy i was that i was narrowly avoided? >> i think you might have put an exclamation point on your reaction. thank you, my dear. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. montana governor steve bullock is our guest tonight. he has just joined the democratic race for president. you have never seen him on cable news in this context, although you have seen him on this show before. i'm very excited to have him here tonight.

gloria borger, rick wilson. good to have both of you with us. i'm glad you got the royal blue memo on this friday. should have been red, white, and blue. >> actually purple. >> which you can't organize. all right. thanks, guys. >>> one thing democrats and republicans were able to agree on before this long weekend was a clean bill to fund $19 billion in disaster relief. that is, until one lone gop congressman stopped it from going forward. we're live on capitol hill to explain why. >>> plus, howard stern says he thinks president trump's entire campaign was a publicity stunt. that revealing cnn interview just ahead. >>> and right now, the man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping jayme closs is in court to find out his sentence. you'll hear he emotional statement for the judge. don't tell your mother. dad, it's fine. we have allstate. and with claimrateguard they won't raise your rates just because of a claim. that's why you're my favorite... i know. are you in good hands? leaders of the democratic party. for over two years, this president has broken t

republican media strategist rick wilson. thank you for all being here.conversation, you want today make a point about what an impeachment inquiry would entail. >> what impeachment means is charges. impeachment itself does not result in the removal of a president which means the way our constitution is set up is the house decides whether or not to charge, but charging in and of itself, this is what your previous panel was constitutioniconstitutiovering s is what happened here. any democratic process requires that. >> nancy pelosi's argument is that the best outcome, for politically for democrat social security to -- democrats is wha you said, is tell the american people what is happening through the hearings. >> the hearings under way are what i think is part of an impeachment process. they're part of a process to determine whether or not to charge. just as a practical matter, if you're having hearings and investigations in congress, you're moving toward a process to determine whether or not to actually charge and then have a conviction proceeding in the

rick wilson. he's the author of everything trump touches dies. gentlemen, good evening. douglas, i'll start with you. mueller was clear. the president didn't commit a crime he would have said so. and the constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to accuse a sitting president of wrong doing. is he telling congress to open impeachment proceedings? >> if he's pointing toward the door and telling them to go through in my mind. one of the great founding founders of the america james madison talked about constitution education. that for democracy to work we have to be aware of checks and balances, what's in the institution. today mueller getting to see him and hear his voice was starting opening with the public. that's post mueller report saying we the public needs to be part of this, congress is the people's house. and that impeachment is a very real option. he was cryptic about it. he was under stated about it. i think it's a historic day. the movement for impeachment is gained steam. >> yeah. that said, rick i'll bring you in. before the comment

rick wilson was on this broadcast a while back. said if they impeach the president, it fails in the senate, donald trump raises $100 million off as portraying himself as a victim of a coup and gets re-elected. is the remedy for law breaking an election day and on the other hand have the public been invested enough in this story as written, as protected, as released to the public and as we have all kind of muddled through it what we know as the mueller report. >> that's a great question. that's what really gets to the heart of what impeachment is supposed to be about. the framers put it in the house of representatives. not in the court, not in independent prosecutorial force but in the house of representatives. that does suggest that politics does play a part. it's not a judicial thing per se. the president doesn't have to break a specific law to be found guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors. it's not unreasonable for the house democrats to say let's not go forward if we're not able to sway a sizable number of the public and inclu

and rick wilson, republican strategist we've never met before. i love the way you take on trump. you're the author of the book "everything trump touches dies." and guys, a tip of the hat to my former friend donald trump we built a wall, yes, a wall. the saturday night politics wall. we're going to go through the building blocks of that wall throughout the show to wrap up this week's top stories. and let's get right to it. low barr. the strategic planning to take down trump in 2020. >> he lied to congress. he lied to congress. if anybody else did that it would be considered a crime. nobody is above the law. >> this attorney general lacks all credibility. >> seem to be excusing a campaign that literally had hundreds of contacts with a foreign adversary. >> you have betrayed that trust. america deserves better. you should resign. >> mike, scary week. we saw an attorney general, an in-house counsel to the president on display purging himself, a president saying that the a.g. would not deny that the president has not instructed him to go after investigations. one of the big canondrum

. >> aisha moodie-mills and rick wilson, thank you for joini ing us. good evening, rachel. >>> the one thing that is as close to exciting as swearing on tv is narrowly averted swearing on tv. it's almost as good. >> did you see my reaction? did you see how happy i was that i was narrowly avoided? >> i think you might have put an exclamation point on your reaction. thank you, my dear. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. montana governor steve bullock is our guest tonight. he has just joined the democratic race for president. you have never seen him on cable news in this context, although you have seen him on this show before. i'm very excited to have him here tonight. today was the deadline on the subpoena for the justice department to hand over any of the counterintelligence information that was turned up by the robert mueller investigation. the justice department as of today appears to be defying that subpoena, or at least they're not handing anything over. congressman adam schiff, the head of the intelligence committee did a sort of b

and rick wilson. republican strategist. we've never met before. you wrote "everything trump touches dies". and as a tip of the hat to my former friend, donald trump, we built a wall. yes, a wall. a saturday night politics wall. we'll go through the wall throughout the show as a road map to wrap up the week's stories and let's get to it. low bar. could the ag ease legally challenged -- in 2020. mike? >> he lied to congress. he lied to congress. and everybody else did that. it would be considered a crime. nobody is above the law. >> this attorney general lacks all credibility. >> you seem to be excusing a campaign that literally had hundreds of contacts with a foreign adversary. >> you have betrayed that trust america deserves better. you should resign. >> make, scary week. we saw in-house counsel perjuring himself saying the president can end an obstruction. that's aimed at him. a president saying that ag would not deny the president. the president has not instructed him to go after investigations. one of the big conundrums the democrats have had i

jason johnson, rick wilson, thanks to both of you for joining us tonight. that is the last last. "the 11th hour with brian williams" should have started a few seconds ago. "the 11th hour with brian williams" should have started a few seconds ago. >>> breaking tonight from "the new york times," a decade of trump's taxes show, quote, year after year mr. trump appears to have lost more money than nearly any other individual american taxpayer. the reporter who broke this story is standing by with all the details. plus we are just hours away from a vote in house judiciary on whether to hold attorney general bill barr in contempt. the white house tells don mcgahn not to hand over documents subpoenaed by house democrats. he also could be held in and the senate majority leader today provides air cover for the president.it mitch mcconnell says case closed on russia, all of it, and much more as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a tuesday night. 1 good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. i'm steve kornacki in for brian williams. day 838 of the trump administr

>> rick wilson, in the never trump crowd, has the great phrase everything trump touches dies. >> don to that rule he came out of the mueller report looking the same as he did when he went in. a lot of the critical testimony about obstructee type of acts from the president come from don mcgahn. he refused in this case twice to go out there and two the bill barr thing. remember when bill barr came out, the import of how he produced this was overblown, but i think he shamed himself in this by saying the president cooperated to his full extent. no, he did not. and trump does this all the time with people who work for him. go out and say this thing about me. go out and sort of defile yourself in my name and in support of me. mcgahn has refused to do that time and time again. i would say it probably is not going to lead to some kind of huge break through, but what it will show is that the president in very sharp relief, that the president is lying. and it's not a good look on the president of the united states to just lie about one of the only people who has come out looking good. >> that

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