Have to be . Hes the most mocked man in america. That is the problem with the media. Monday open liesing late night. Its hard not to feel like youre being redundant. Kim jongun as rocket man. Dominating snl. Such a nasty woman. Hes like a mime producing raw material. Hes blowing up scripts. Thats a really great joke. The pace of the news. So much faster making and breaking careers. Its like a little churchill. Excuse me. Would you say youre on a mission to take him down . I would like to see him brought down to the ground. Preferably in handcuffs. Has late nightgown too far . Is this disrespectful of the office of the presidency . I think so. Tonight in the age of trump. November 8, 2016, the late shows Stephen Colbert was hosting a live Election Night special. A dream gig for the comedian who believed he would be documenting history, the dawning of a Hillary Clinton presidency. He began the show up beat. You dont need to chant my name, america doesnt have dictators, yet. Here you have
Avoiding a Government Shutdown tomorrow night. Approving shortterm spending for federal agencies, but not for long. Now a new shutdown deadline looms over washington. We have a lot to get to tonight. I want to bring with our breaking news. The fbis Deputy Directors testimony today. I want to bring in cnns senior Congressional Correspondent manu raju. Manu, good evening to you. I understand you have learned tonight what fbi Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe has been telling lawmakers behind closed doors. What can you tell us . Reporter yeah, thats right, hes met with multiple committees this week for two different investigations and one of the committees he met with this week was the house Intelligence Committee, in a private testimony earlier this week, he was asked about james comey, his former boss of the fbi, before comey, of course, was fired by President Trump. And he was asked about conversations that occurred from comeys telling with President Trump, where trump apparently had asked
Because a clinton ally contribute money to his wifes campaign. The president reacted to the news saying. Deputy director is raping the clock to retire with full benefits, 90 days to go. They say the fbi may be in need of a serious reboot. This is not about the politics of who therefore organs. Is there a double standard at the Justice Department . What if you have a certain political leaning you get away with things. If you dont, you end up like mike flynn and get charged. If thats the case, then something is rotten in d. C. And it has to be cleaned out, fixed, and totally purged. Allison has more from washington. Is he out . For weeks there have been rumors about a potential mccabe retirement. Now we have learned that acting fbi director Andrew Mccabe is eligible for retirement in march. A handful of outlets reported that he would retire in the new year. We dont know that for sure. Just that he is eligible. Those reports have led to present trumps most recent tweets attacking him in t
We now know from multiple sources that Robert Mueller is zeroing in on the president s firing of james comey. Michael flynn who talked to the fbi one year ago today tried to keep the entire thing secret from the white house. That one day a year ago today really set into motion a lot of things were seeing now in terms of the obstruction of justice. There is now a incredible case of obstruction of justice against donald trump. Im not going to sit here and say there was clearly obstruction. Indicting a president of the United States on obstruction of justice isnt like going after you or me. Prosecutors will call this a head shot. You cant miss. Were waiting on a White House Press briefing, Sarah Huckabee sanders will likely face questions about the russia timeline and why president ial felt it was okay to ask who a career Civil Servant voted for. Not to mention news again but nbc news that mueller questioned firing acting attorney general sally yates, mike pompeo and mike rogers all with
Plus tens of thousands flee the syrian city after three known to Turkish Forces shell the city observers say the only hospital that was hit by an airstrike. The last. Time Helena Humphrey thanks for joining me well the dispute over the poisoning of an expiry in britain is deepening russia says it would expel twenty three british diplomats in a tit for tat response to measures the u. K. Has taken against moscow over the case now the British Ambassador to moscow lori bristow was summoned to the Russian Foreign ministry earlier heres what he said after that meeting. Russia today doesnt seem like i was a Prime Minister but i think i very much was i did i think i thought i thought it was i get it its. British ambassador to moscow that well the case so former double agent said case cripple and his daughter attacked with a nerve agent in the first a shitty of souls for last week both are in a critical but stable condition in hospital the kremlin is furious that the British Foreign secretary B