duly elected president of the united states. that could be treason. >> that was liz cheney third highest prp in the house, dangerous accusation of a failed coup. only one member of trump's own party has come out publicly against him, congressman amash from michigan. a few weeks ago he said the president engaged in impeachable conduct. today he set his sights on bill barr in a tweet. attorney general barr has deliberately misrepresented key aspects of mueller's report and decisions in the investigation. he ends with this. barr has so far successfully used his position to sell the president's false narrative to the american people. this will continue if those who have read the report did not start pushing back on his misrepresentations and share the truth. joining our conversation, former chief spokesman department of justice matt miller back from parts unknown. i want to get you on all of that. first of all, liz cheney worked at the state department. she knows a coup. calling fbi and justice department people who engaged in a coup is really dangerous stuff. >> really dangerous. in

, for the fist, the first sitting u.s. senator, richard blumenthal. and liz winstall. we're bringing out the air horns. >> apparently, that is exciting. it became very clown like in here. a circus environment. >> senator, thank you for taking this risk. >> i'm a little disappointed already, i do comedy, too. >> i didn't know that, is that a joke? >> that's a joke, i'm one of the unfunniest people you will ever meet. we're going to do one more air r the first u.s. senator here. what do you think of that? >> the timing was horrible, first of all, the last one you nailed it. here's the thing, you listen, observe, horn. >> liz, who needs to fall back this week? >> i think -- i don't even know if it's a fallback, i guess it is. kanye needs to fall back for his feckless valentine's day gift to kim kardashian. the video was super bizarre. they took the garage and then he went to a gas station and got all the roses. and then put them on the ground. >> who is that playing? >> had kenny g come. and all of this feels like -- fall, don't go to the gas station to get the roses because that's for

liz cheney go out with her shoulder pads on ready for attacking and blocking the news women. >> i worked with liz cheney. she follows a playbook, political playbook, in her dna from her father. the political playbook is run on this -- you want to talk about the dark underbelly of america, it's donald trump and liz cheney and everyone following in his pat. it's heinous and also idiotic politics. look at the headlines in swing states. think you will win over anyone, trump's racist tweets in america. trump is a bigot. these aren't from msnbc, these aren't from our website, from mainstream objective editorial pages in america's newspapers. >> this is smart politics if you're talking about the new york world in 1890, where all you care about is this narrow strip of constituents that will get you reelects over and over. what donald trump is doing is pitching himself into the arms of 36 million voters who apparently will let him fire a gun on 35th avenue and not care about it. that is completely divorced from great leadership and moral authority. the republicans on the senate and civil w

that the third highest ranking republican liz cheney called appealing and bizarre. this is not the first controversial statement we've heard from the iowa congressman just to name a few. in 2017 he said assimilation, not diversity, is our american strength. and earlier this year he said white nationalists, white supremacists, western civilization. how did that language become offensive? and the congressman in his only public response to this so far just in the last hour while we've been on the air, he didn't take it back. he instead hit back at liz cheney for her voting record on abortion. i barely even know what to say about this, but another winner from him is "i'd like to see an america that is just so homogenous that we look a lot the same." >> chris, he says it because he believes it, and that's it. he believes it, it's a disgrace, it's disgusting, he should resign. if every republican does not come out against him and call for his resignation, it shows where they stand. >> mccarthy already said we took away his committee assignments. on the other hand you can make the argumen

gave me representation as well. >> yes, we had you on with him. >> yes. and liz smith, a congresswoman from texas said, you know honey, the only thing you need to know about donald trump is he's a 7-year-old who never grew old. and that's a pretty good working way to understand where he's coming from. because kids when they get into a fight don't think about what's good in the long term. how should they constructively work their way out of this to get to a good resolution? what he thinks is there's a thing in front of me now, i don't like it, i'm going to strangle it to the ground. even if it's not in my self-interest to do this. that's why i keep doubling down on this bonkers claims about alabama. >> frank figliuzzi, what i keep thinking about when we see the president with his hand on an image doctored by a black sharpie is so that was a lie that was brought to light because the president held it. all of the things that he does on tape are lies that we know about because he does them on tape. what do you think the sort of scope of the iceberg is underwater? what is happening behind t

the oval office. >> yeah, i mean, i have a tape of liz cheney and kevin mccarthy and mitt romney saying that this is, you know, steve king doesn't represent the party of lincoln. all three of them defenders of donald trump on just about every issue. >> and i think what's so upsetting about the steve king thing is not even so much what he has said as odious as it is, but it gives a window into the voters of the republican party and the people who have supported him and condoned this all this time. look -- let's parse that line. like, what's wrong? when did saying white nationalism or white supremacy become a bad word? i mean, the problem is there are voters who are thinking that, too, like, what is wrong with that? and that's the problem with the republican party. that those people have nowhere else to go and they have a president who seems to endorse those views which are un-american. >> and it has been particularly empowered under donald trump. you were working for president bush when trent lott made his statement that strom thurmond, how much better off would we have been if he

dame that are the most notable that you are worried about the most? >> well, as our friend, liz lev, said in the previous hour, brian, there is a pious tradition that notre dame includes a relic of the crown of thorns from the passion of jesus christ. were that to be lost in holy week, of all weeks, that would be a devastating loss to the christian world.

, everyone from liz cheney and lindsay graham to susan collins join arms in outrage here. i think he's going to have to even potentially walk it back. >> one thing i want -- go ahead. >> with the opinion stuff, i agree 100%. but what we've seen over the past two weeks is something different than that, which is democrats were sort of torn on impeachment for a while. in large part because their leaders were also hesitant to do it. as soon as those officials jumped on board for impeachment, you saw public opinion fall. where you see more republican comes out for it. maybe public opinion does switch a little bit. >> and, frank figliuzzi, one thing that is different just to pick up on sam's point is that with the russia investigation, the mueller probe was carried out to mueller's credit behind closed doors. it was kept secret. >> it was a state secret kept that way at the direction of robert mueller. whistle-blowers in the public and i know this from having to defend policies that were unpopular with the public that were revealed by whistle-blowers, whistle-blowers have almost universal cr

third ranking republican in the house liz cheney called the news sickening and trump's actions impossible to understand in trying to clarify the white house's position trump's statement today rang hollow. he put this out. quote, the u.s. does not endorse this attack and has made it clear to turkey that this operation is a bad idea. we expect turkey to abide by all of its commitments and we continue to monitor the situation closely. this tragedy unfolding comes under scrutiny a new nbc exclusive reporting. quote, trump and his family have long had business ties in and with turkey. the most visible example being the trump tower in istanbul which licenses the trump name. erdogan attended the opening ceremony in 2012. and ivanka trump tweeted a message thanking him for attending. we are now pleased to bring in retired four-star general barry mccaffrey as well as heidi przybyla who has a byline on that amazing story. but i'm going to start with you, general mccaffrey. i have never -- a lot of the people that i talked to, to understand the impacts of trump's presidency are former nat

achieve their dreams. >>> i'm liz belizabeth warren. >> julian castro. >> my big idea, my big idea is to fix our democracy and return power to people. >> my big idea is a freedom dividend of 1,000 a month for every american starting at age 18. >> i'm senator bernie sanders, and we're fighting for medicare for all. >> my big idea is. >> i want to cancel student loan debt and provide for universal free college. >> my big idea is to fight addiction and treat mental health. >> strengthen american democracy. >> my big idea is for america to defeat the climate crisis. >> my big idea is skills training. >> my big idea is universal pre-k. >> paid family leave. >> my big. >> raise teacher pay. my big idea is to bring peace and prosperity to our nation by ending wasteful wars and investing in our people. >> there are two dozen candidates with big ideas representing every corner of their big tent. policy obviously a crucial discussion ahead of any election. but for democrats this time around, there is something that might be of equal importance. i would argue more. the ability to beat trump. that s

very good. liz warren excellent. and we expected that bernie sanders. and kamala harris and cory booker. but i was very, very surprised at how well -- when beto came on, it was polite when he left he almost got a standing ovation. i think it's because they respected the audience and talked policy and took on the question of institutional racism head on and didn't duck. >> i have a precise question about one of the people you mentioned. bernie sanders was the runner up in 2016. there's no analysis of that saying coming out of the race the main impediment is he didn't get enough votes of nonwhite voters that are key in the democratic nomination. he's a front runner in the race, a top tier, nearly won iowa, new hampshire, et cetera, et cetera. has bernie sanders made enroads, the kind he needs if he's going to be the democratic nominee, to draw a sought piece of that vote? >> i think he has worked on that, i must say as one that questioned him two years ago, he has been very much involved in a lot of the issues that have come up. he stayed in touch with a lot of people around the co

republican leadership team. what comes next? i don't think we know right now. liz cheney is possibly the next rising star of the party. she's the number three person in leadership. they desperately need women, strong women. after that, i don't know. >> they had another retirement -- >> and she might run for senate. she might leave the house also. >> can we go to the nikki haley thing? this is the garbage level that now plays the republican party. i sat in the room going into 2016 when marco rubio was the last best guy that was going to beat donald trump and nikki haley said the same things about donald trump lindsey graham used to say, what a terrible, awful person he was. nikki haley holds her nose and says i can work for this guy. i can support the guy. she leaves and this is a major indication how they will behave when trump's gone. they are going to pretend this wasn't about them, and they didn't enable it. but they did. this is why people like me left the republican party because they can never trust people like nikki haley again. >> she added the emoji, the frown. >> and this i

like john thune and liz cheney. you're seeing silence from the republicans, or republicans, obviously, mitt romney is at the front of it. i don't believe it's beyond comprehension, as david said. we're early in this. the democrats is got to keep it tight. it is not beyond comprehension that they can't get 20 senator. we all know in a private ballot the republicans don't want him there. nobody wants him there anymore. he's really not good for anybody. you and i both know, everybody at this table knows they can take a secret ballot, i guarantee you there would be about a 98-2 vote because the republicans don't want him there. they just need air cover. as each day goes on, they get a little bit more air cover. if they can keep the story as simple as i made it, president sold out your safety, that's a compelling story. >> all right. annie carney, berit berger, thank you for starting us off. >>> after the break, the smear campaign against alexander vindman was a classic trump-inspired fox news gop operation greased with the primetime appearance and accusation that vindman might be a spy. y

criticism, but we've soon,ly steven scalise, liz cheney, they have not criticized the president much here. i'm not really sure what the fallback plans could or would be. you might break off some of the. fwhooefr seen anything this and democrats are choosing these witnesses because they're not political. but the top of the republican conference does not anticipate much breakage even after these next couple weeks. it might be famous last words, but that's the reality they see right now going into tomorrow. remember who is going to be doing the questioning here. it's going to be basically adam schiff and his counsel versus devin nunez and his counsel. that's important to keep in mind, very different styles, very different politicians who will be performing this massive, massive hearing. >> that's for transferable. being ve-- for four nights, eac side watches their own convention. each side watches their own primary debate and millions of people watch the general election. that's what television looks like in this did you not. >> and none of them feature the kinds of people that are witn

liz warren is real. and so is kamala harris. kamala harris has began edging up way above where she is. so i think biden so far is safe. and i think that he's earned that with his vice presidency even though i disagreed with him in the '90s, i turned into a fan of sorts during the obamacares. but you can't underestimate those two ladies. >> let me just put up this question about electability because it seems to be something that -- someone that can beat trump, 5% more democratic voters are looking for someone to beat trump. and then sharing their views is down 5%. i point that out to him because a source yesterday described donald trump as most anxious about joe biden, not because of his talent on the stump, not because of his ties to obama, because of his similar ability to take from donald trump's coalition the kind of voters that donald trump needs to be re-elected in pennsylvania, ohio, michigan, florida, wisconsin. >> yeah. i think that, and we've talked about this before. i think when donald trump sees joe biden, he sees that collection of five or six states. he knows that it'

for people in the polls. fs essentially, liz berth warren is up on top.top. but biden's at 17. buttigieg at 18. and sanders at 19. and in early state poll, that could be two dozen people. >> yeah, but when you look at where biden was when all of this kicked off, he had such a commanding lead and i remember we talked about this after the first debate. and he had a bad performance in the first debate and his line the next day was i'm electable. joe biden said it. he said it. i remember we talked about that and at the time, i said saying you're electable isn't enough to get through this whole thing. and what pete buttigieg and elizabeth warren are very prepared candidates. they do their homework. they're well spoken. biden speaks in word salad and he has not been ready to handle policy questions. voters are figuring that out and that's a healthy thing. if he's being separated from them because they've emphasized know-how and quality, that's a good thing. >> all right. after the break, more president obama. calling out the woke culture in america. obama. calling out the woke cultu