i see vivian nixon back there in the back from college and community. she's educating all of the women. and i see counsel members over here -- yeah. so i want the counsel members to stand, donna, i don't know how many of y'all are out here but yen mail wept out -- so -- you know. these are the warrior women on the frontline, so you know it sounds like i'm going to do all of this. we're going to do this and all of you too. i mean, you can't leave here tonight and not think about what are you going to do to take your community back to make it safer. to make it holier and that's what i'll propose -- >> and then -- suzanne are you saying you're bringing new way of life to new york from california or expand? >> so yeah.

this is from vivian to those who say there's no evidence of collusion, republicans would not be investigating trump if there was nothing there. from april 30, 1973, president nixon talks about watergate, some of his key aides, including jon erlichman and bob haldeman, were let go. >> as the new attorney general, i have today named elliot richardson, a man of unimpeachable integrity and rigorously high principle. i have directed him to do everything necessary to ensure that the department of justice has the confidence and the trust of every law-abiding erson in this country. i have given him absolute authority to make all the decisions bearing upon the prosecution of the watergate case and related matters. i have instructed him that if he should consider appropriate, he has the authority to name a special sprfing prosecutor for matters arising out of the ase. whatever may appear to have been the case before, whatever improper activities may yet be discovered in connection with this whole sordid affair, i want the american people, i want you to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that during my term as president, justice will be pursued fairly, fully and impartially.

nixon asserting that trump's followers are the silent majority. we also have breaking news tonight. let's first bring in tonight's starting panel. news and finance writer at yahoo news, briana goal riga. and vivian salaamo. welcome to you all. and i hold in my hand the breaking news. this is a press release that came out in the last hour from the justice department. social media, where attention spans go to die is, losing its collective head. they are standing on a ledge with this. this is the associate attorney general rod rosenstein, americans should exercise caution before accepting as true any stories attributed to anonymous officials particularly when they do not identify the country let alone the branch or agency of government with which the alleged sources are supposedly affiliated. americans should be skeptical about anonymous allegations. the department of justice has a long-established policy to neither confirm nor deny such allegations. michael, you are going to get the first crack at this. again, the theorizing tonight on social media ranged from is this a cry for help by the number two guy at justice, or has doj been hacked? >> well, it's an extraordinary statement, brian, it's kind