the republican establishment in alabama, roy moore specifically. roy moore would have won that election if mitch mcconnell and these others hadn't turned against him. we have a very good feel on how to win. i have been very involved in this since the tea party, you know, the tea party election in 2010. so i think we have a very good idea of how to make these films and get people out. >> how can you blame republicans in washington for what happened in alabama? >> he came out on sunday morning on national tv and said i'm not voting for roy moore. mcconnell was the guy -- it is the republican establishment that dumped all this stuff to the washington post that turned against him when their candidate got smoked in the primary. so it was the republican establishment that said from day one, we're not only going to support roy moore, they were meeting to unseat roy moore and unseat him if he won. that was the republican establishment turning against him. >> how much money does your group have? >> we've raised, you know, quite a bit of money. we made a pre

the biggest flat forts, roy moore was buried by that. you can't, they had the biggest media platforms in the country. the questions gets to be, how legitimate were those? did they turn out to be something? >> did it shake your view? >> absolutely not. >> we looked at the allegations, i don't believe them then, i don't believe them today. as they get adjudicated. maybe i will change my mind. what i saw then and now. absolutely not. >> bottom line, are you saying, what was a historical gap is 20 with trump and women, you think it will close? >> yes. do we get it to 11, i don't know. i think 20. more importantly, in those districts, you have to hold the house, no doubt about that. >> important set of questions, we will go next to the first reaction from the panel about steve bannon, what you heard. and later, steve bannon, how he heard about the firing of james comey, and the first thing they said about the white house. many people living with diabetes monitor their blood glucose every day. which means they have to stop. and stick their fin

but monica didn't mention roy moore.onica didn't mention representative john conyers got kicked out, along with al franken. >> i did. >> laura: people knew about him for years, though! i've been hearing about him -- i mean, that too me, wasn't even news. monica, there is -- it's fun to look back on some of these montages. i think all allegations should be taken seriously but people shouldn't be condemned before actual facts come out, which i think everybody rushes to judgment. >> you and i have talked about this repeatedly, laura, there is no due process in the me too movement. your point is a critical one about in the political sphere,to if we will apply a standard, it should be applied equally across the board, and you just don't see that happening. part of that is a function of the media, which is so hyper anti-trump hyper anti-conservative, hyper anti-republican, that you're not getting the same kind of treatment. i just think with the ellison case, because he has been long been considered a superstar, that checks a

you mentioned roy moore. when trump got on board the roy moore train, that motivated some democrats to come out and say this person is going to continue trump's vision of making america great and i'm not on board with that so i'm going to come out and vote for his opponent. >> he was also an accused pedophile. >> there were some complicating factors from a candidate's perspective for sure. ashley parker, before i let you go, you're reporting on the president all week. what are you watching for in the coming week? >> well, one thing that's been fascinating, going back to the campaign trail briefly, is the president has gotten a lot more disciplined. one of the reasons there was that worry before the president would show up next to a candidate. especially as he did in alabama with luther strange offer an anti-endorsement. he brings the candidate, he's there to support up on stage. he praises them, urges to the crowd to get out and vote for them in the special election, the primary again in november. i'm going t

intervened in a primary there with luke for in behalf of luther strange he lost that then he supported roy moore so he wants to turn that around that's why he's involved in a primary in for in florida on behalf of ron the centers for governor against another republican down there adam putman he is involved in the governor's race in the primary in georgia and he's putting it all on the line i think in some cases he will help he certainly help run the census already and others i think some republicans will say please mr president stay home. if you miss. your staff he'll stay three twenty twenty. you know that saddens me i got a lot of respect for john kelly but i think he made a mistake in taking that job the word in washington and around the white house you talk to i'm not talking about the reporters you talk to senior staff at the white house they'll tell us as they told me that john kelly basically is chief of staff in name only nobody takes him seriously the president doesn't consult them the president doesn't include him in a lot of meetings i think of john kelly again whom i admire had any o

roy moore specifically. election if mitch mcconnell, shelby and others hadn't turned against him. we have a very good feel how to win, how to turn people out. >> charlottesville. >> yes. >> was the president wrong to say there was blame on both sides? >> no. he's absolutely correct. the whole discussion, what the president was saying, go back look at the statements made. if you look at it he's saying that the discussion about the confederate monuments, they should be covered, or should be removed, whether the confederate monuments of these generals are part of southern harriet amp. people a heritage. that's what he's trying to say. hang on. if you say, where's it end? talk about the neo-nazis and neoconfederates and kk, the president is adamant saying both parties are wrong, shouldn't be allowed to come there and start to cause havoc, and that authorities ought to shut that down. >> bring in msnbc political analyst jonathan alter, colu columnist and start with bannon getting back in the game. still takes swi

, the president's unwillingness to believe any of the women accusing roy moore of sexual assault and really pedophilia. all of his political scandals have their roots in this reflex towards misogyny and racism. where do you think we are if we've become desensitized to any of that? >> trump always has to have an enemy. i'm rereading george orwell's "1984," the leader has to have an enemy, but it doesn't matter who. trump always has to have an enemy to deflect to. but all too often, virtually all the time it's someone from a community of color, someone that is a woman. so i think that we need to reflect on the fact that whether we as a society have come to accept that as a norm. because that's the dangerous point moving forward. if we're willing to so devalue the oval office, that when we hear the president call a woman of color a dog, that same president who has only glowing words for vladamir putin or even for kim jong-un, then we're really at risk as a society of rolling back many of the gains we've been able to fight hard to make. >> let me ask you a serious question -- >> i have a

the allegations of sexual misconduct by roy moore played a role in that. what i'm interested in seeing as how this plays out more generally into the midterm elections this fall. vote why did white women for president trump in those numbers? guest: the other thing important to look at, white women are not monolithic. the way they vote, their voting pattern seems to be highly correlated with three factors. education level, marital status, and religious preference. subou print down those factors, different groups of white women you see different patterns. the gap between college educated and noncollege educated white women, there was a 20 point discrepancy with college educated white women voting for secretary clinton. within those categories you see a 30 point split between evangelical white women and not evangelical white women. about a 10 point split or divide on marital status with unmarried white women voting more democratic than married white women. taken july 19 through the 22nd, the job approval among women, 30% approved. 60% disapproved. what do thos

>> roy moore would have won that election.him. >> is that a good thing to revise the patriarchy. >> by the way. you brought it up. what about those accusers. the questions and i will give you time, is donald trump walking away. >> he is definitely -- >> charlottesville. was the president wrong to say there was blame on both sides? are you a witness to the fact of obstruction. >> i am working on something that needs to be done and i see it on tv. >> we covered a lot of ground and we will show it to you tonight at 10:00 p.m. steve bannon's first ever interview on msnbc. and here on "the beat," we'll be right back. they're handing us more than mail they're handing us their business and while we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget... that your business is our business the united states postal service. priority: you ♪ p3 it's meat, cheese and nuts. i keep my protein interesting. oh yea, me too. i have cheese and uh these herbs. p3 snacks. the more interesting way to get your pro

he said a lot about you when you had a parting. >> roy moore would have won that election. him. >> is that a good thing to revice the patriarchy, as you put it? >> by the way. you brought it up. what about those accusers. the questions and i will give you time, is donald trump walking away. >> he is definitely -- >> charlottesville. was the president wrong to say there was blame on both sides? are you a witness to the fact of obstruction or collusion or both? >> i am working on something that needs to be done and i see it on tv. >> we covered a lot of ground and we will show it to you tonight at 10:00 p.m. steve bannon's first ever interview on msnbc. and here on "the beat," we'll be right back. the highway when the guy in front slams on his brakes out of nowhere. you do, too, but not in time. hey, no big deal. you've got a good record and liberty mutual won't hold a grudge by raising your rates over one mistake. you hear that, karen? liberty mutual doesn't hold grudges... how mature of them. for drivers with accident forgiveness liberty mutual won't raise their rates becau

. >> you mean like roy moore? >> for example, roy moore. we saw this with obama to a certain extent too, right? obama was magic. for republican voters trump is magic, but he may do what mitch mcconnell has been so afraid of for so long which is ultimately endorse a bunch of candidates. >> both obama and trump were singular figures within their party. just like we saw with obama and are starting to see with trump now, that popularity is not necessarily transferable to the congressional candidates. trump is not a republican. he spent the better part of his political career, short as it's been, attacking the republican party and its leadership and talking about how they were rigging the system against him to deny him the nomination. so it's not surprising that there are not a lot of trump voters out there or that there are trump voters out there, i could say, who are skeptical of voting for a congressional republican. just don't care to and probably weren't going to show up in a midterm anyway. >> kevin, final thought to you. is there anything

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but none of the major candidates running this orr are as controversial politically radioactive as roy moore, the former chief justice who won the party's nomination, only to see his campaign collapsed after he was accused of sexual misconduct. collapsed after he was accused of sexual misconduct. alabama's most powerful democrats are for from united. there have been "she's, including an attempt this month by mr. jones to oust the state party chairwoman. in the washington post, a story from arizona. republicans grow optimistic in a bruising primary. establishment republicans have grown confident that our top recruits will survive tuesday's primary weeks after they pleaded with the president to take sides. more leaders expect thought mcnally to prevail over the insurgent conservative kelly ward. maricopaa culpa -- heriff joe arpaio. worried that nick sally will begin the general election from an expensive primary that has forced her to attack the right in a state where demographic changes have opened the door for the democrats. looming over all of this, they write, is the president who has sta

friess, he lost to gordon the last time a candidate lost was last year when luther strange lost to roy moore in alabama's senate race. after his loshls he faces democrat mary throne in november. a dev78 ends in the search for mollie tibb etc. the 20-year-old iowa college student that disappeared last month while jogging. they say christian rivera led investigators to her body. he now faces first degree murder charges. the suspect an undocumented immigrant. one quick to pounce. kelly ward tweeting the lack of leadership and courage by open border senators like jeff flake and john mccain, republican, minds you, adding #build the wall. w.h.o. reports the suspect worked for years owned by craig lane a prominent iowa republican and had been vetted through e-verify. more now through brian young in iowa. >> dave, christine, this is not the ending so many people in this community wanted. in fact, it's not many times you go to a news conference and have so many people standing behind you, who start sobbing when police are giving details about this. mollie tibbets is somebody people wanted to find, fr

spirit and example i an exampler company that tried to trick the reporters into believing roy moore. if that had gone out without the post being involved to b with ta good story for a while. the standard is what has prevented that from happening. >> there was someone who sent to me that the harvard law is a pedophile. it is just a lie. it's liable that the reason he was predicated on a prior story six or eight months ago when they had to goso out and hire lawyers, there is no question it is a lie. but that first story spawned this message and i would sue for defamation unless people start standing up to this stuff it is not going to stop. a few lawsuits against people that are reckless or mean or cruel or do these things that may be in part to solving this. it isn't going to be an easy struggle. i'mm big on the first amendment. because of some of the portable stuff, i'm not thrille through e internet or social media. it's not going anywhere. the i read stuff about myself.ou some of it is factually wrong. i don't like it social media is here and it's incumbent upon us to be aggressive

post about the country that tried to trick the reporters into believing that she was a victim of roy moore and one i was struck by was the fact that if that had gone out as youtalk about and i to , as opposed to being involvedin all, that could be a big story for a while . until it got discounted but the fact that the post had their standards really is what prevented them from happening. >> let me give you another example is that over the weekend there was someone who tweeted to me that alan dershowitz, harvard law professor is a pedophile. that's just alive. it's just a lie. first of all is accusing him of a crime which is liable and the reason it was predicated on a prior some other story six or eight months ago when someone else did it and alan had to hire a lawyer and they shut down. and there's no question it's a lie and i won't get into the whole background but the thing is that that first story on this to that was tweeted to me, ivan tweeted that if i were alan dershowitz i'd sue for defamation because unless people start standing up to this stuff is that it's not going to stop. def

yours truly he says nothing about roy moore. or children locked up and separated from parents. this is a fellow who when he was governor said there should never be a religious test for immigration. and yet when donald trump proposed to bar muslims from american ports of entry, he went along with it. there's -- in george wills estimation, he's the most cia dent figure today. in some ways he is. donald trump is the man he professes to be. the grabbing persuasion. mike pence accepts all of this. all of this depraved behavior. and says and does nothing. you lock at this guy standing behind the president at the events, i don't think you can see a more expressionless person. he has absolutely no expression on his face because he's just there to support the president. and never express his own value. >> it's sick. morality is transactional now. >> the second page talks about how pence once said the worst moments in american history come when we value the economy over morality. that's what trump has done. >> the shadow president. thank you. we'll be right back. hey there people eligibl

meltdown right now, only person who lost major national elect in a cycle because was he an extremist is roy mooreabama. >> and also a pedophile to be honest. >> leader of republican party supported him, why is republican party not competing because -- >> liz: ford -- >> absolutely ridiculous to say we lost the virginia race because somehow we could compete, we could win now and then, in alabama guess what we needed a senate seat he backed luther strange who lost. liz: we used a harsh term that we condition o can't use on thi, pedophile. >> sorry about that. liz: okay moving on. >> i get what objective circumstance we need a liberal punching back. liz: you are not. >> wait, leave it there sorry, ford, raj, you are not answering the question of why you claimed high wa she is a capitalist. >> thank you. >> carmaker gm working out a deal with a local hospital group, instead of dealing with insurers, gm saying that say good thing, doc siegel on that after the break. [music playing] (vo) from the beginning, wells fargo has supported community organizations like united way, non-profits like the american

he covered the special elections consonant race in alabama between roy moore and deb jones. first started at nbc news in july 2013. this event would not have been possible without the coordination and support of the staff of the center along our colleagues at nyu, washington, d.c. please join us in the lobby for light reception after the event and thank you and enjoy the program. >> hello everyone. are we good? can you hear me? thank you for having us and thank you to kevin. this is john mcconnell and this is june shih. we will take questions afterwards. i have been here in dc for five years. i've been around the scene for a short time. this is an opportunity for me. for many people here the question is, where will you be in the next few years. how old were you when you started with hillary clinton? >> 23. >> mac she was the first lady. >> mac yes. suddenly you can find yourself in that situation. >> how did you get connected? >> is a reporter in florida, i am more of a partisan than a democrat. i wanted to take a side. i wrote -- i called a friend and he said, hillary clint

and how does that square with support with roy moore. to have gender equality, don't you have to take on patriarchy. this is a guy who is clearly reviled, is also getting in in a way other conservatives aren't. he is trying to push this conversation even as donald trump says they are not buddies. >> i think people have to listen to him and i congratulate you in getting them on. people on the center left where i am, they need to hear this other side. it is not going to change anybody's minds but you have got to know what you are up against. >> in 2016, people were caught by surprise because we weren't listening to everything. >> we thought hillary clinton was going to win right up until 8:30 election night. not enough angry white people. thank you, ari melber. full interview with steve bannon airs tonight ten eastern. rachel has john brennan on tonight. and he is right in the middle of the news. up next giving our round table a chance to weigh in. he is hitting them because he is scare of manigault. trump blaming the districts of columbia

i'm going to go back to those people that told roy moore we didn't want him. they said we don't want you. i think that was a tell tale sign. what happened in alabama -- people are saying we don't want this. some people are saying we want this. there is a quiet movement going on in this nation in the churches, in the hcbu community and many of the black greek organizations and the links and other organizations that are getting people to the polls to vote. they are saying there are things on the table like vote against hate. that is their thing. they are getting people to the polls. i understand the black vote is not as large as the mainstream vote. those numbers are coming out and showing that they are a force. once again you have something that we have never seen before happening in florida and possibly it could change the dynamic of florida politics and national politics and what is happening in georgia. there is a quiet movement to go up against what this president is doing. >> you know, what is interesting to me is -- i want to read something here. you talk

i'm going back to those people in that black belt that told roy moore, we didn't want them. they said we don't want you. i think that was a tell tale sign. what happened in alabama, and people are saying, you know, we don't want this or some people are saying we want this. there's a quiet movement going on in this nation, in the churches, in the hbcu community, the black colleges and many of the black greek organizations and the length and other organizations that are getting people to the polls to vote. and they're saying, you know, there are things on the table. ncaa says vote against hate. that's the thing. they're getting people to the polls. i understand the black vote is not as large as the mainstream are vote but they're coming out and showing that they're a force. we have something we've never seen before happening in florida. and possibly it could change the dynamic of florida politics and national politics and what's happening in georgia. so there is a quiet movement, don, to go up against what this president is doing. >> yeah. you know what's interesting to me is

that's the media and that's the establishment narrative trying to-- >> sheriff joe, really, isn't roy moore>> no, i'm not-- sheriff joe at this point is irrelevant. it's really between marsha and kelly and the media likes to, for some reason and the establish pt paint kelly as kind of crazy. if you actually listen to what she says she's not crazy. again, she's the most aligned with trump. martha mcsally actually had a video scrubbed from youtube, pacically yelling at john kelly when he was the head of homeland security, demanding that daca recipients be protected in tucson. and maybe if she'd be honest, i didn't like trump and now i do. the fact that she won't talk, they don't want that anymore. leland: if the feeling you're getting is kelly ward is the person to run and win in november, does arpaio become a little bit of a foil here in the sense that he could take enough votes away from ward and sort of the trump vote and the trump factor, to put mcsally over the top? >> you know, people say that. i don't buy it. i just, you know, joe hasn't been out as much as kelly and martha when she go

in that pennsylvania special election back in march, and remember he backed luther strange then roy moore in alabama, both of them lost. but the president is clearly reveling in this string of winning endorsements. >> my polls are great, but the question is, is it transferable? now, it certainly was with florida because you saw ron desantis, who's gotten a tremendous -- you know, many, many points. the governor of georgia, where he was down by five and won by 40 after i endorsed him. if you take a look at congressman donovan from staten island, he's down by 10 and wins by 24. so we've had a lot of impact. and that's why i'm going around. >> man, he's clearly enjoying this. kind of looking at the polls and in the weeds on this. the value of his endorsement seems to have gone up. he wants to do more. >> and he doesn't name brian kemp in there, who's running for governor in georgia. the lack of familiarity with these candidates is kind of interesting. and it's not like he's ushering in ideologues. he's not backing people because of their ideology, often. he's backing them because they like h

. >> the alleged child molester roy moore in alabama and the president supported him. don't think that mike pence would and yet he stands almost -- i don't know if stoic is the word. expressionless. stands by the president. you don't know what he is thinking. >> we did know what he was thinking at the cabinet meeting last december when everyone went around the table and praised the president. mike pence spoke for three minutes and a praise for him every 14 seconds and eventually he said it's great honor of my life to serve you. it is not so much about serving the american people right now as keeping donald trump satisfied. you know, i often think of mike pence as like the kid who's in the strict family and his family was very strict. the kids were not to speak unless spoken to. if anyone entered the room they were to rise. he learned how to stay out of trouble. and with donald trump mike pence is one of the few people who never gets in trouble. he's always got this calibrated just perfectly. >> the quote you -- the quote is this that i wanted to ask you about. the vice

donald trump, let's face it, he intervened for a republican named roy moore in november and the republicansackside. we'll have to see whether he's a positive or negative for the gop in november. >> there's still nearly 8,500 absentee ballots and provisional ballots to be counted. do you think it could change things as they stand? >> i think this is right cnn is not calling this, but it is a task for o'connor. he's got to have about a 25% margin amongst those absentee and provisional ballots to be able to overhaul the lead. that's a pretty hard task. but it's not impossible. so, you know, given that ohio is up to ten days to count the outstanding ballots and given there is a recount provision if the margin is within 0.5% you and i could be talking about this for a couple weeks to come. >> right. and i do want to get your take on the kansas governor election. that's a very tight race as well, trump endorsing chris kobach over the incumbent governor. and that makes some republicans very nervous. what does that signal to you? >> well, it should make republicans nervous. that's first of all, and

roy moore had a particular set of problems and baggage. in pennsylvania 18, they were blaming ricks account -- ricks account -- rick saccone. last night, schaeuble percent -- lderson did not have any specific baggage. the republican who won the race, she was fine. but every step of the way democrats are over performing. i think what is remarkable is the special election to been across the country. montana,lking about kansas, south carolina, ohio, pennsylvania. one consistent trend is democrats over performing. i think that is because of president trump. he is feeling and energizing the democratic party that any single democrat could, and that should be concerning for republicans because democrats don't need to 18 ohio 12 for pennsylvania to get the majority. there are districts within reach for them to get to the majority. ust: our guest will be with for the first half marathon talk about the primary that took place yesterday. if you want to discuss the bestif you voted a primary elen on tuesday and you want to give your thoughts on that,

everyone was paying attention to you when roy moore was running. how many people could make the whole state of caliph fama -- of alabama to vote back i out. vote that guyto out. we cannot continue to spend all of our money on elections and not get some resources to the ground. [applause] there are people who are taking about.at you never know when you get a win like that in alabama, you have to understand that people will then be targeted. we need all of the electoral energy to not only invest in people to get into office, but on the ground, making it possible for people to get out to the polls. rootss a grass organizing. it is not these organizations you have heard of. it's not a big church you do not want to go to. you have to invest in the infrastructure because we might win. we might win. [applause] and if we win, what are we going to do? and also, we might lose. and there are people who know how to survive, even in the most hostile of territories. we will tell you what survival looks like. how you do not give up hope when you are faced with ri

scintilla of sin variety liberal columnists would be writing in favor of hugin the way they wrote about roy moore. they not really worried about corruption. meet the new swamp creatures, same as the old ones. you have been running on issue of corruption. one of the reasons you gout into the race. how is that going? >> going well. resonating with the people of new jersey because they know they deserve better and they should get better and serve better in washington. but, also, the ineffectiveness of senator menendez not just corrupt but ineffective also. the people of new jersey so sorely served and that is resonating. i'm encouraged what i'm hearing not just in my race but all around the state of new jersey people are finally saying it's gone too far we need change. either senator sweeney and orho last few days bold measures to fix the fiscal issues we have in new jersey. we need bold change. >> dana: president trump's tax cuts are something that obviously it's helping fuel out economic boom that we have. new jersey wasn't all that happy because it stripped the new jersey residence from being abl

. >> symone, remember roy moore? he was defeated because black women showed up. in alabama.e recognized in congress? >> absolutely. but i think the problem, don, has been that black women have continually had to make their case to not just the democratic party, but i think everyone, about why we are so important. the influence that we have and how vital we are, not only to the conversation, but the movement. luckily, within, you know, recent times, if you will, unfortunately, people have just now started to wake up to the influence and the importance of black women. so, i hope that we codify that recognition in the leadership, throughout the democratic caucus. >> quentin, i'm up against the clock here, but nancy pelosi says, i am not going anywhere. do you see an ugly battle shaping up? >> i don't think it will be ugly. when you call the leading black woman in congress un-american, you kind of put your foot in your mouth a little bit. so, again, i'm excited about the chances to see the first black speaker of the house and i think we're going to see it. >> thank you all. have

premier example of that, even though he was running against an historically terrible candidate in roy mooret also conor lamb, the other example you gave. if national democrats give space to local candidates to tailor their messages, they are in a much better place. >> jim messina and elise jordan, it's great to have you both, thanks to both of you very much. >>> and now a terrible situation on our west coast, california, more than 14,000 firefighters are battling 18 major blazes across the state, one of which has become the biggest the state has ever seen. here is nbc's correspondent. >> reporter: this has become the largest fire in state history. some 450 square miles has now been torched. that's larger than new york city and philadelphia combined. this fire is 30% contained but still threatening 11,000 structures. it's a blowtorch on the front lines. firefighters say today they will be dealing with triple-digit weather. they say they won't is containment for a matter of weeks. back to you. >> miguel almaguer, thank you. the president tweeted about the wildfires, blaming environmental laws

. >> alabama, roy moore. >> that's a whole other thing. >> no, no, no. >> the voter fraud controversyething that has come up. >> that was generally gunked up by the legal challenge. >> what do you think voters make of all of that. they see the president's support and -- >> they see kobach, given a tough job to get at the swamp, and really corrupt voter laws regarding that show i.d. to vote and they don't purge voter laws for dead people, they say i want that guy but he was resisted by the establishment. >> we're awaiting a letter from the president's trel team on conditions for a possible silt down interview. what trump's team wants offlimits and what it could mean for the russia probe. sometimes, bipolar i disorder can make you feel unstoppable. ♪ but mania, such as unusual changes in your mood, activity or energy levels, can leave you on shaky ground. help take control by talking to your doctor. ask about vraylar. vraylar is approved for the acute treatment of manic or mixed episodes of bipolar i disorder in adults. clinical studies showed that vraylar reduced overall manic symptoms

he made some points in the interview, for example, noting that roy moore would have won if mitch mcconnelln't intervened. i'm glad he intervened because it would have been a disaster for the republican party as an institution to the extent it still exists if that outcome -- if steve bannon's preferred outcom would have been the case so i don't know if there is more he brings to the table but this is an opportunity to come back into the discussion and he's taking it. >> adrian, what does steve bannon bring to the table. >> i don't think he brings much to the table. this is a desperate man trying desperately to hang on to whatever shred of relevancy he has left in the trump administration but also in politics. he's putting this war room together to try to save the house from republicans by focusing on impeachment when democrats have candidates across the country who are running on protecting health care, racing wages and ridding washington of corruption, that trump and the gop have infiltrated throughout politics. so i think he's trying as kurt pointed out really desperately to try to hang o

where you had the one established -- you had the sort of two different establishment characters in roy moore. so the path mere works in mcsally's favor. but to give a sense of just how intensely extreme the fidelity to donald trump has been in the primary, i want to play the little clip, the interview you had with joe arpaio today about the passing of john mccain. take a listen. >> do you think john mccain was a patriot? >> yes. >> a hero? >> uh, that's hard for me to answer. >> why? >> you know why? because i never had a hero in my life until several months ago i woke up and after 75 years, i found my hero. you know who that person is? donald trump. >> sort of says it all, kasie. >> reporter: in many ways, it speaks for itself, chris. and obviously, joe arpaio is somebody who -- i suppose if the president had pardoned me for a crime, you would -- you would be happy with said president. >> grateful, yes. >> but arpaio obviously has -- you would, yes. arpaio has a very difficult legacy with immigration here in the state and somebody who has been extraordinarily divisive here in arizona and ha

remember with roy moore, he said he was supporting somebody else and then sort of reluctantly went with him. here there is no hiding that. he is putting himself directly in the middle of this race and whether or not the republican is able to hold on is largely on donald trump's performance. >> are does balderson want the president there as we wipe off the lens there from our camera looking at what is happening? does he want the president there, charlie? >> well, i think that he is hoping that president trump will activate his base. this has been a year in which obviously the enthusiasm level among democrats is dramatically higher than republicans and the closing gap between o'connor and balderson is evidence of that. what is interesting about this, the message that trump has been putting out, putting aside this nonsense about lebron james, it has been a very meat and potatoes message. bolder son bolder -- balderson is better on crime and taxes and ordinary issues and the question is whether the trump base will respond to that a oppose to the more personality consult that surrounds trump

it's not because he backed roy moore. not because he saw good people on both sides of the kkk rally, not because he talked about grabbing women in the bleep. in 64 days they're on the ballot. >> it's to give themselves enough distance from the president to get through the election. >> so they can carry his water and whatever else -- >> i doubt we'll see much on this, right? and the issue for them is he's obviously a load stone. and the president doesn't realize it. and he thinks he's a force multiplier. he is in some places. they are looking at a demolition of their house majority and they will do anything to protect it. but i think it's tactical. it's not that deeply held. because if it was we would have heard more of this in the past. instead we see the house intelligence committee turn into a de facto arm of the white house. >> de facto, nunes, paul ryan green lighting it, is running absolutely as an arm of the white house. it shows the most sort of sacred part of our national security oversight role as being corrupted

you can go down the list, roy moore.s he hasn't spoken up on. >> the president's on personal family. >> yes. to imagine mike pence with this grabber guy, as his running mate running for president, is almost mind boggling, yet he keeps his mouth shut. you look at him standing behind the president at various events expressionless doesn't really capture it. you can't tell what he thinks ever. >> michael d antonio, thank you for being with us. al li snisy alisyn? >> it has started a conversation. thank you very much. >>> the president says he's getting rid of nafta. we get a cnn reality check. it h to take care of yourself. but nature's bounty has innovative ways to help you maintain balance and help keep you active and well-rested. because hey, tomorrow's coming up fast. nature's bounty. because you're better off healthy. nature's bounty. now t-mobile has unlimited for the rest of us unlimited for you for them for all right now, get unlimited for as low at 30 bucks per line for four lines at t-mobile you might or joints.hin

i mean, the republicans decided to put roy moore in that position, and that turned out to be disastroust know, the president uses jeff sessions as the way to talk about the mueller investigation as a witch hunt. if it wasn't for jeff sessions, i don't know -- now peter strzok is gone. what else are they going to do but basically decide to go after robert mueller who doesn't respond either? kennedy: no, he doesn't respond. we were talking about this a little bit today on "the five." what happens not only with sessions, but with the mueller probe? and, you know, sessions whether he likes it or not is the gatekeeper to the institution -- >> well, he is. and i don't know if you saw in the "wall street journal" this weekend, there was this big story that said that president trump and rod rosenstein, now they're getting a along great, and their relationship is fantastic. it's fantastic, their relationship. [laughter] so i don't think that people in the trump administration have a lot to worry about when it comes to rod rosenstein. i'd let the investigation end, end appropriately -- >> kennedy

we spoke about a lot including his support for roy moore, his new group working on the mid terms, charlottesvilleghts issues, the economy, a whole range of subjects and also the mueller probe where he has served he said as a fact witness to both collusion and obstruction parts of the probe. he is also worried and the reason he said he he's speending so much money now, he's worried some republicans are complacent about how well democrats could do in the mid terms. take a look. >> this is an up or down vote on president trump. this election is going to come on a referendum on him. he permeates the entire political culture. i think those that are around him are telling him that, hey, it's okay to lose the house. you can work with the democrats and you can run against a democratic house in 2020. it's bad advice. >> that bad advice, he says, is why he needs to get involved. he said donald trump may not need his help, but he's here to give it. i also got some more specifics from him about the money he raised and pushed him on who he's getting it from, ali. >> i know we'll hear that on your show tonight

gabriella looks back on this the anniversary of the crusade it was sadness at a great plan going to roy. moore we didn't struggle and sacrifice ourselves for this if the revolution saw the seed of rebellion fighting for our rights in the last four months of the political crisis those rights are being crushed by the government i feel that it's a losing sight of what was once the revolution's dream amid the country's current troubles the dreamers of the revolution can at least hold on to a time they say has shaped them for life john heilemann. the man i work. of all of those stories on our website of course the carol floods in southern india our top stories out how people in recovery camps. you want your knowledge is there i'm still robert these are all top news stories china and the u.s. are imposing twenty five percent taxes on sixteen billion dollars worth of each other's goods it's the latest round of terror since the trade war began in july the u.s. wants beijing to change what it says are unfair trade practices china says it's filing a complaint to the world trade organization adrian brown