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6 years

"If John Dowd actually wrote that tweet he should be fired. That's stunning legal malpractice." - @RepTedLieu tells me, adding that even if it was Dowd, by it appearing on the president's account, "you've just owned it. So it doesn't even absolve Donald Trump."

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"Wait, Mariana, before you get reporting. Is that somebody kite surfing behind you?" People are still on the beach as #HurricaneIrma nears.

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"We're seeing the President of the United States commit obstruction of justice in plain view," @RepTedLieu asserts about the ongoing investigation into Russian meddling.

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"His security clearance needs to be suspended now." @RepTedLieu tells me about Jared Kushner in the wake of private email use scandal

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. @RepTedLieu said, "What makes America great is that the President doesn't get to decide if this is a witch hunt—law enforcement decides."

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"If John Dowd actually wrote that tweet, he should be fired. That's stunning legal malpractice." Clip of @RepTedLieu 's response to @POTUS lawyer John Dowd claiming responsibility for @realDonaldTrump 's tweet about #MichaelFlynn yesterday.

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. @tedlieu to me now: "Kushner lied" on clearance forms - he needs to be investigated

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"I'm a former prosecutor and you wouldn't do a plea agreement with someone as big as Michael Flynn in order to get information on people in lower levels." - @RepTedLieu tells me about Flynn plea deal with Robert Mueller

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Remarkable statement from @RepTedLieu : President Trump’s response to Mueller indictment shows “consciousness of guilt” Watch our interview in full:

Rep. Lieu: Trump tweets after Mueller indictment show "consciousness of guilt"

Congressman Ted Lieu is criticizing President Trump for failing to fully implement sanctions against Russia for election meddling, and for firing off what he terms "unhinged" and "desperate" tweets...

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"The fact that foreign countries are even considering cooperating with the FBI—cooperating with Mueller—on this investigation into Jared Kushner adds a completely new dimension to this investigation that we have not seen before." @NatashaBertrand on Qatari response to Kushner.

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NBC's @mayaharris_ just told me, "there are families still grieving" b/c of deaths from police treatment similar to what Trump encouraged.

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"So yes, I would consider funding for the wall if that's the ransom President Trump wants." @RepTedLieu tells me after recalling a protest sign at the Women's March indicating the new political generation would tear down any wall that Trump was able to build.

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"I think the best way to deal with this is to ignore him." Stoneman Douglas senior Emma Gonzalez on POTUS tweet relating Parkland shooting to Russia probe

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My conversation with @tedlieu

Rep. Lieu: "Kushner lied," should be investigated

Congressman Ted Lieu, D-CA, discusses a recent spate of revisions to clearance forms by high-level presidential advisors, and then how special counsel Mueller's investigation is proceeding.

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"The Trump administration has been late and inadequate in their response." @RepTedLieu speaking w/ me about the president's response to PR

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"I served on active duty in the military and I want a functioning government." @RepTedLieu on GOP criticism of Dem motives

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"This entire plan is not paid for ... it's going to blow a huge hole in the federal deficit." @RepTedLieu tells me about GOP tax reform

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"While [Nunes is] fooling around on the Intelligence Committee, he's really ignoring the constituents back home." @JanzforCongress

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When @POTUS points to past administrations and says they did not have an effective strategy for dealing with #NorthKorea and passed the buck, is he right? @RepTedLieu responds.

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"I have been in Congress for 3 years now, I have not seen a single budget from the Republican leadership. That is ridiculous. We need to take a stand." @RepTedLieu

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“Trump needs to be removed from office, quickly. And then he should be arrested and tried for sedition. That is where we are right now. Anyone who pretends otherwise is deluded,” says @chrislhayes .

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Michael Cohen, rebuttal witness?

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. @tedlieu - #ScottPruitt is a deeply paranoid person’

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#MuellerInvestigation : @RepTedLieu talks about the shift of the #SteeleDossier attention from Republicans to Democrats.

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. @tedlieu : Trump's lawyer lied about tweets WH lawyer says attacks not related to indictment. Lieu begs to differ.

Rep. Lieu: Trump admin lawyer lied to NBC News

President Trump's lawyer Ty Cobb has asserted that the president's web-based accusations of Russian collusion with Clinton and the Democrats are not reactions to the coming indictment. Rep. Ted lieu...

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"[Gates] is pleading guilty to lying to the FBI and one count of conspiracy. The fact that Mueller has charged him with this instead of the multitude of other charges that he was vulnerable to suggests that he has a lot to say, potentially, about Paul Manafort." @NatashaBertrand

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Q: Have you heard from any government officials about your activism or gun safety reform? Stoneman Douglas senior Emma Gonzalez: "Nope."

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The government shut down on the first anniversary of Pres. Trump's inauguration. As we speak, tens of thousands of people are gathering in cities around the country for a second #WomensMarch . @MSNBC will cover all that and more today.

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. @AprilDRyan : “I am not eating the pie” 🥧🥧🥧

Press ends 'piegate' feud with White House dessert party

Reporters dug into chocolate-pecan pie with White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders Thursday – ending the months-long “piegate” controversy. “Piegate is over!” declared April...

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. @tedlieu - #ScottPruitt is a deeply paranoid person’

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Throwback to 2014. Happy birthday my friend @JoyAnnReid !!! 🎂👸🏾

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San Antonio Mayor on Sen. Ted Cruz : "There will be hell to pay, but first we have to get our residents out of the hell they’re experiencing right now."

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. @OMAROSA - WH staff used #tfa in texts to represent 25th amendment talk

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Leaked Bank Records Tie Russian Money To Kushner Startup He Didn’t Disclose

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Covering the DC #MarchForOurLives with the tireless @alivelshi for @MSNBC . This is just one of over 800 demonstrations planned across the country today. As many as half a million people are expected to show up in the nation's capital alone.

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This morning I spoke with Alicia Blonde, a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School teacher who lost two students in the shooting. She is marching today in the Washington D.C. #MarchForOurLives demonstration. via @msnbc

Parkland teacher hopes for gun reform amid 'March for Our Lives'

For hundreds of thousands of students nationwide, the more than 800 “March for Our Lives” demonstrations across the country planned on March 24 are more than a political statement — it is their...

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Harvard Law Prof.: Trump attorneys’ memo 'has the law all wrong' @tribelaw

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@GeoffRBennett @MSNBC Thanks @GeoffRBennett for the shoutout about the shoutout 😎 I’m so proud to be a small part of your admirable contributions @MSNBC ❤️ #teamwork

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to go back and change history. Rep. Ted Lieu was in the middle of that history. His reaction to what she said at the Trump rally Saturday.

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Protests in Scotland as Trump’s U.K. visit continues. @LucyKafanov has more from Edinburgh. via @msnbc

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. @NatashaBertrand tells me that Russian attempts to contact Hope Hicks were made for either of two reasons: • Russians were "trying to compromise her" • Or they were trying to "get directly to President Trump"

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"It is really remarkable to see the Evangelical community kind of take a collective shrug at this." @JNSmall on Trump/Stormy Daniels allegations

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Basketball icon Michael Jordan responded to a tweet from President Trump, which bashed a television appearance of NBA star LeBron James. @NBCNews White House Correspondent @KellyO has the latest on @MSNBC .

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What is 'reflexive control' and how did the Russians use it in 2016? @MollyMcKew , who says Russia "absolutely" impacted election outcome, and @john_sipher spoke with me earlier. This one is a must watch!

Intelligence Expert: "Absolutely" Russians affected election outcome

'Reflexive control' is a psychological tactic that conditions people to react in specific and predictable ways. How did the Russians use this maneuver during their 2016 campaign to muddle the...

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Behind the Manhattan DA's message to top House Republicans.

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What an absolutely amazing photo!

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. @NBCNews cameraman Dwaine Scott captured this incredible drone shot during NBC's eclipse coverage on the USS Yorktown in Charleston Harbor.

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"I don't think we would have the #MeToo movement right now if the women in this country felt safe." - Fmr. Miss USA Contestant Samantha Holvey

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We’ve got Nunes challenger @JanzforCongress loaded into our control room and we’ll be talking with him in the 1pm hour. Please tune in! @MSNBC

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. @Omarosa - #TFA used among WH staffers for 25th Amendment talk

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. @tedlieu - The more we know "the stupider" House intel GOP looks #WittWeekenders

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With my colleague @Lawrence : Pussy Riot's warning about Trump for the U.S. resistance

Pussy Riot's warning about Trump for the U.S. resistance

Nadya Tolokonnikova from the Russian punk music and protest group Pussy Riot joins MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss the similarities and differences between President Trump and Vladimir Putin...

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After testifying before Mueller's grand jury, fmr Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg said the Russia probe is not a 'witch hunt.' I'll speak with him at noon, on @MSNBC .

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Here are all the #MarchForOurLives protests planned across the U.S. today.

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STEYER TO ME: Trump tweets calling me 'wacky' show we "struck a chord" with the impeachment ad.

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“I was in utter and complete shock.” Texas congresswoman, @JasmineForUS , on republican Marjorie Taylor Greene showing graphic images of Hunter Biden during a hearing.

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"There seems to be a lot of hubris surrounding the people who have been charged in this investigation." @NatashaBertrand tells me about dozens of indictments against former Trump aides

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Congrats to the @maddow team from all of us at @AlexWitt #WittWeekenders

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After passing @seanhannity , Rachel @maddow is now cable's most-watched news host

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. @McFaul - I worry about the Russian govt. harassing me through Interpol

McFaul: I worry about the Russian govt. harassing me through Interpol

Former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul believes the Russian government plans to indict him and will use Interpol to harass him…unless the Trump administration does something about it. He...

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Does Tigger know he’s in a… bathtub?!?! 😬 #tigger #Tuesday #water #yikes

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"Roger Stone and I had a critical role in helping President Trump, who's always his own strategist, develop a script that would really help him... be gold in [his] political brand." - Sam Nunberg to me on @MSNBC

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We will be LIVE on @MSNBC from now until 11 pm EST. We will be covering the 800+ #MarchForOurLives demonstrations across the country, Pres. Trump's renewed #TransMilitaryBan , #JohnBolton 's appointment as the new National Security Adviser and much, much more.

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"[Trump's] supporters are so clueless and dumb to realize that at Mar-a Lago he's hiring the very same people he says he doesn't want in the country." @rolandsmartin says to me

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. @RepRubenGallego - President uses troops as ‘political props’

Rep. Gallego: National Guard cannot be ‘political props’

Mixed reactions arise from current and former elected officials representing U.S. states that border Mexico after Pres. Donald Trump ordered members of the National Guard to the southern border....

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NEW: "I'm also going to go on record here today and say additional people are going to be indicted." @RepDennyHeck who sits on House Intel Committee goes on the record with me about future of Russia inquiry.

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"I'll take Trump at his word for why he fired James Comey" ... "because of the Russia investigation" - @RepSwalwell to me

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. @tedlieu - The more we know "the stupider" House intel GOP looks #WittWeekenders

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Trump is pulling U.S. out of Paris climate deal - Axios

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Surprise! I'm on early today. Here's what we're monitoring: Did Jared Kushner’s business talks influence White House policies? Why did Pres. Trump make an announcement on new steel and aluminum tariffs? We also have myriad @NBCNews scoops to get through. NOW on @MSNBC .

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Now on @MSNBC : More coverage of the life and legacy of the late Sen. John McCain.

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. @rolandsmartin breaks it down: "This is the problem when you have a debate when it comes to the issue of 'somebody racist' and 'not racist.' We begin to debate the phrase and the words. No, you look at the actual policies. This is the mistake we have been having all week…"

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Today we are taking time for reflection and remembrance after the passing of Senate Maverick John McCain. Now on @MSNBC Live.

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#PlayingWithFire : @Lawrence joined today to talk about his new book relating the presidential election of 1968 to 2016.

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Mayor @Ron_Nirenberg : "The sun is finally shining but it has revealed what the significant damage and suffering we have experienced over the past week."

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"Please go somewhere and sit down," @RepBowman to former NY Governor Andrew Cuomo.

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After Attorney General Jeff Sessions took the Inspector General's recommendation to fire Fmr. FBI Dep. Dir. Andrew McCabe, @JoaquinCastrotx said the turnover of the Trump administration has a "Lord of the Flies" quality. via @msnbc

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Fmr. CIA Officer: @realDonaldTrump characterization of FBI is "nonsense" @john_sipher

Fmr. CIA Officer: Trump's characterization of FBI is "nonsense"

John Sipher, a former CIA officer, reacts to comments from the president and other high-profile Republican leaders that have called into question the independence and integrity of the FBI. Then...

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The unverified Trump dossier has some awfully strange coincidences, according to @NatashaBertrand

Bertrand on Trump dossier allegations: "Coincidence" is a generous word

New reporting overlays a timeline of known contacts between Trump associates and Russian officials against a salacious (but unverified) dossier about Trump. The author, Natasha Bertrand, discusses.

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No bets, but Russia probe connoisseur @NatashaBertrand makes a pretty informed guess as to who may be detained 2moro

Bertrand: Indictment probably involves financial entanglements

Natasha Bertrand discusses why she thinks Michael Flynn or Paul Manafort, both at one point senior Trump aides, may be the subject of Bob Mueller's sealed indictment.

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According to Congressman @RepSwalwell , Pres. Donald Trump is downplaying the Russia probe, and it is "disturbing."

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Responding to proposed ban of trans service members in the military, Kristen Beck told me that strong leadership can overcome any change.

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Don't miss @tedlieu later this morning on @MSNBC with his take on the #MuellerInvestigation

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#RussiaInvestigation : @NatashaBertrand explains why White House Communications Director Hope Hicks' insight will be useful to the #MuellerInvestigation .

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So about those memos Fmr. FBI Director James @Comey wrote about his interactions with @realDonaldTrump . The @AP has posted those redacted memos for all of us to read.

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Look who I ran into at the end of my show!! Lucky enough to welcome @JillWineBanks to the broadcast tomorrow.

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#MuellerInvestigation : @AriMelber joined @darabrown this morning to explain @CNN report of Robert Mueller's #sealedindictment .

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Something big just happened with the Russia investigation and @NatashaBertrand broke it down for us

Bertrand: Mueller's probe shifting to criminal investigation

Facebook has provided Special Counsel Mueller with evidence of a coordinated Russian effort to buy political ads on its platform. Business Insider's Natasha Bertrand explains why this is significant.

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Pres. Trump — within the last 90 minutes — defended #RobPorter , who has been accused of spousal abuse. Porter has denied the allegations. Trump has not yet spoken about the alleged victims. Trump blocked the Democratic response to the #GOPMemo . Is it all politics? Now on @msnbc

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. @tedlieu - The more we know "the stupider" House intel GOP looks #WittWeekenders

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NEW: "I have one Republican that has said he's looking at it, considering it." - Dem. @RepCohen on impeachment articles against Pres. Trump

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WATCH: @meghanbarr describes how counter-protesters prevent "free speech" ralliers from reaching Boston Common

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"The President has to do [a Mueller] interview I would say. I would highly suggest that he does." - Sam Nunberg

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#RussiaInvestigation : @RepMikeQuigley said #CarterPage is the "most evasive, bizarre witness" he has ever encountered.

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Coming up in 5, the author of the TIME mag cover piece below, David Von Drehle; @MSNBC

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. @RepAdamSchiff says he would expect to focus on these issues in a possible interview with Steve Bannon: •Erik Prince/Seychelles meeting •Trump Tower meeting •Concerns about money laundering W/ the caveat: "I can only talk about [issues] that are in the public view already"

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#MuellerInvestigation : @RepAlGreen joined our panel today to talk about how long the investigations on #TheHill may last.