Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. His son to cancel the meeting. He did not tell the fbi about the meeting. And if anything, he further encouraged and emboldened the russians to hack. Because he went out just about a month and a half after the meeting and said, russia if youre listening which is two years ago from today as you pointed out you would be rewarded for hacking Hillary Clintons emails. Lets go to Kelly Oconnell in new jersey also joining us u. S. Congressman Danny Heck Of Washington and glenn kushner. First to you, kelly in berkeley heights, new jersey not too far where the president is spending the weekend at the bedminster resort. I want to talk about the ten different ways weve counted that the president has refused to answer questions on camera regarding cohen in that 2016 Trump Tower Meeting in the month of june. Are we hearing any feedback from
the white house on this . And all of this Radio Silence on this matter,
quote, the attorneys want the white house to have an opportunity to claim executive privilege over information drawn from documents and interviews with white house officials. or could the president s anger stem from the growing investigation into his associates launched by the house judiciary committee? you ll recall today was the deadline the committee gave 81 trump-linked individuals and entities to return information for its investigation into possible corruption and obstruction. the committee said in a statement that it is, quote, heard from large number of recipients, many of whom have either sent or agreed to send documents to the committee. those documents already number in the tens of thousands. washington post opinion writer jennifer rubin, who will join us in just a moment, argues whatever the president s motives for his twitter meltdowns, those meltdown are likely to continue, because most members of his own party won t stand up and denounce him. quote, there is no moral o
off script, she simply replied yes. but why is the president suddenly so enraged? does he know something that we don t know about the mueller report? according to a new report from cnn tonight, white house lawyers expect to have an opportunity to review whatever version of mueller s report attorney general bill barr submits to congress before it reaches lawmakers and the public. quote, the attorneys want the white house to have an opportunity to claim executive privilege over information drawn from documents and interviews with white house officials. or could the president s anger stem from the growing investigation into his associates launched by the house judiciary committee? you ll recall today was the deadline the committee gave 81 trump-linked individuals and entities to return information for its investigation into possible corruption and obstruction. the committee said in a statement that it is, quote, heard from large number of recipients, many of whom have either sent or agree
i m looking at your most recent article entitled look out, democratic voters are angry and energized. where does the anger stem from? i think it comes from the 2016 election where they feel like donald trump used an advantage from a foreign power. i think it comes from the serial outrages that they see. donald trump s attack on our democratic institutions and norms. they see it from the attack on the health care system. and even from things like the tariffs which have disrupted the farm economy in the great midwest. so, i think there are substantive policy reasons and i think there s a great outrage at him specifically. at the lies. at the bullying at the misogyny. i think the democratic base is as energized e ed as i ve seen. look, republicans hold a narrow majority in the senate. and a pretty nice cushion in the
a nonstarter with those tea party republicans who came to capitol hill calling for slimmer government. rob and vinita. now we turn to egypt, facing widespread labor unrest in addition to those antigovernment protests. workers at the suez canal walked out yesterday, along with railway and bus workers. those in several other major industries, too. most of their anger stem from reports about president hosni mubarak s vast wealth. reports say he s worth tens of billions. despite the strike, suez canal traffic was not affected. back here at home, an horrific story from the suburbs of atlanta. police say a violent attack on a family have left two young boys, ages 1-year-old and 4-year-old dead. another young man either the father or stepfather of the boys is left hospitalized with wounds. no one is in custody but suspects have been identified. the children s mother was not