All the president s lawyers. The strategy behind the white house beefing up its legal team with more than a dozen attorneys. And new this morning, a report from the Washington Post chronicling efforts by President Trump to conceal his conversations with russian leader Vladimir Putin. The paper reporting that top u. S. Officials do not have detailed records, even in classified files of trumps inperson interactions with putin over five locations over the past two years. That includes a conversation shrouded in secrecy between the president and his russian counterpart on the sidelines of the g20 summit in germany back in 2017. The post reports that on that occasion, President Trump took, quote, possession of the notes of his own interpreter and instructing the linguist not to discuss what had transpired with other Administration Officials. The pattern of secrecy extends to the president s twohour meeting with putin during their helsinki summit. Several Administration Officials telling the
Headlines, a 57 surprise. Guess who just showed audiotaup sidelines of the summit in france. Nobody at the Trump Administration is talking about it. There are reports the Iranian Foreign minister is coming. Can you confirm that . No comment. Plus a new deal but not the deal. A major u. S. Ally agrees to sign on the dotted line. And second thoughts about second thoughts. The president s comments about the china trade war and the tortured white house clarification. For inside and analysis, we have all of these folks right here, a number of correspondents and analysts in place for us. Well begin with bill neely, our global correspondent on the ground in france. Bill, its a big deal this ir iranian planes arrival. Who was in it . The g7, the plane landing about three hours ago. Hes been in talks with the French Foreign minister. I say gate crash, but the french know about it. Macron has been working quite hard over the last few weeks talking on the phone to irans president and, indeed, dir
This month the impeachment inquiry moves into the next phase. Heres what is happening this week. Tomorrow, the Intelligence Committee will get its very first look at chairman adam schiffs draft of the impeachment report. Hell lay out the case based on its findings for the removal of president donald trump. The very next day, that committee will conduct a vote, mainly a formality, on whether to pass the report on to the Judiciary Committee which is responsible for drawing up articles of impeachment. The vote should pass, the most likely along party lines. Then on wednesday the Judiciary Committee will hold its first public hearing featuring a host of constitutional scholars and experts. Jerry nadler has invited donald trump and his legal team to participate in the hearings, but i wouldnt hold my breath. Hell probably mount his defense by talking smack on twitter and rambling to cameras with a helicopter in the background. By friday, the white house needs to decide if to participate in t
Down. Nancy pelosi and is doubling down. The acting head of the department of Homeland Security is out. The agency has had four secretaries in three years. Up with us, he Cover Congress for politico. And he was an assistant u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york. Done call way is a democratic strategist and ceo of pine street strategies. With us jeff mason, a White House Reporter for reuters. The week has gone from bad to worse. The u. S. Attorneys office is looking into giulianis dealings in ukraine. President trump seemed to be distancing himself from his personal attorney and his most out spoken defender. Well i dont know. I havent spoken to rudy. Hes a very good attorney and has been my attorney, sure. Hours after damaging testimony from the former u. S. Ambassador to the ukraine, yovanovitch pointed to false claims by people with questionable motives referring to two of Rudy Giulianis associates. President trump claims he does not know who they are. Adding to an impe
Hearings. Weve read the transcripts. And its clear that this president acted in a way that not only violates the public trust, he jeopardized our national security. And he undermined our democracy. In 11 months, the American People are going to vote on the next president of the United States. Why then are we plunging the country into this kind of turmoil and this kind of trauma now. When the voters themselves will resolve the matter one way or another. The president s aggressive and unprecedented resistance to congressional subpoenas for witnesses and documents is blatantly and dangerously unconstitutional. If accepted and normalized now, it will undermine perhaps for all time the congressional impeachment power itself, which is the peoples last instrument of constitutional selfdefense. If you read the majoritys report, it is well written. It is some of the best work youll see frankly in some ways of fictional accounts of what this actually is, but it actually talks about it. That the