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🗓️ 31 January 2018
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Seth takes a closer look at how Trump's administration was rocked by reports that he tried to fire Robert Mueller.
Then, Seth chats with MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell about what goes into a hosting a nightly opinion program as well as his suppressed Boston accent.
Finally, go behind the scenes with Lawrence as he chats with Late Night producer Henry Melcher.
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1:04.8 | reports that he tried to fire the special counsel in the Russian investigation, Robert Muller. |
1:09.5 | For more on this, it's time for a closer look. |
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1:39.0 | And, without my whole life, somebody will explain some day why, but I've always gotten a lot. |
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1:51.9 | things happen, but I've always really had a very good press. And it wasn't until I became a politician |
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