“It’s illegal for me to talk about that with you.”

Former Acting FBI Director and career special agent Brian Driscoll was fired from his position after resisting Trump’s political retribution campaign. On this week’s episode of The Best People, he tells Nicolle about the stunning line of questioning he faced while being vetted for the acting director role.

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On Friday, President Donald Trump swatted down a question on the record-breaking deployment of the USS Lincoln, telling a reporter the ship hasn’t been deployed “nearly long enough” despite concerns from family members of sailors who report deteriorating conditions on the ship. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-AZ, who served as a captain in the U.S. Navy, slams Trump’s comments as “insulting,” telling Morning Joe the president “doesn’t know what hardship is.”

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Nicolle Wallace has the latest on Texas Senate candidate James Talarico’s unusual new campaign ad touting the endorsement of an attorney whose $1,000 Montblanc pen was taken by Ken Paxton in 2012.

Paxton’s spokesman said it was a simple mistake.

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“Everything is much more expensive on the daily.”

MS NOW’s Nnamdi Egwuonwu spoke with Georgia voters about the ongoing affordability crisis.

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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse tells MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell that Donald Trump jumped on a Kennedy Center board meeting call where the members voted for a measure, not on the original agenda, to “inscribe” Trump’s name on the Kennedy Center.

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