In terms of the transition he told reporters that he would take his time choosing members of his cabinet. But the big news that president elect barack obama made that day, the actual controversy he stirred is up began with this. In terms of speaking to former president s, i have spoken to all of them that are living. Obviously, president clinton. I didnt want to get into a nancy reagan thing about doing any seances. Oh, snap. President elect obama making a wise crack about former first Lady Nancy Reagan apparently doing seances at the white house. Although the former first lady did consult with an astrologier, thats true, the seances had more to do with mary todd lincoln. That nancy reagan seance crack was the big news. He later had to call nancy reagan to apologize. It was a huge deal at the time. It kind of haunted him any time he had to go see nancy reagan. Fast forward to today. Donald trump has not had a first press conference. In fact, hes not had any kind of a press Conference S
Also, chaos in venezuela. Soaring inflation, a crashing economy, violent protests and yet a president determined to stay in power. This week, donald trump said the u. S. Would not let that country crumble. Ill talk to a leader of venezuelas main opposition party. Plus, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could reshape the american Political Landscape. The ruling could have a Significant Impact on district lines nationwide. Will the court make elections fairer . And, finally, humans as we know them have roamed the earth for tens of thousands of years. Are we on the verge of a new kind of human . Homo sapien version 2. 0. Are we ready for that . But, first, heres my take. At the sixmonth mark of the Trump Presidency what im struck by is the path not taken. The lost opportunity. During the campaign, trump tapped into a real set of problems facing america. A deep frustration with the existing political system. He embraced and expressed somewhat inconsistently a left right divi
Discuss that and more. Chaos in venezuela. Soaring inflation, a crashing economy, violent protests and a president determined to stay in power. This week, donald trump said the u. S. Would not let that country crumble. Ill talk to a leader of venezuelas Main Opposition Party. Plus, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could reshape the american Political Landscape. The ruling could have a Significant Impact on district lines nationwide. Will the court make elections fairer . And finally, humans as we know them have roamed the earth for tens of thousands of years. Are we on the verge of a new kind of human . Homo sapian version 2. 0. Are we ready for that . First, heres my take, at the six month mark of the Trump Presidency, im struck by the path not taken, the lost opportunity. During the campaign, trump tapped into a real set of problems facing america. A deep frustration with the existing political system. He embraced and expressed somewhat inconsistently a populism that
2. 54 centimeters is an inch. I like 3 centimeters rolls off the tongue. All right. See you this afternoon. Good morning. Stephanies off today. Wednesday, february 19th. Lets get started. These signs the president s frustrations with the russia probe are boiling over. Reporter the president is pointing the finger of blame on just about everyone except Vladimir Putin in moscow. The number two official at the department of justice personally unveiled indictments against 13 russians brought by special Counsel Robert Mueller. The russian conspirators want to promote discord in the United States and undermine Public Confidence in democracy. As you can see with the fbi indictment, the evidence is now really incontrovertible and available in the public domain. This indictment is not only an indictment of the russian figures involved. Also indictment of the inaction of this administration. If anything, a future platform for conspiracy. The president playing a blame game. Tweet storm, 13 about
destruction of evidence, and it doesn t absolve trump of the idea that he willfully retained the documents. he knew he had them in 2022, when he turned stuff over to the archives. they told him, hey, there s classified documents in this stuff. they knew he had them over the course of the next year, talking to his lawyers telling him, turn them over. and the fbi kept funding stuff in what you are turning over. it will ultimately not change anything, but quite possibly with the way judge cannon handles things, it could drag it out just a little bit more. just a little bit more. we are now at the first anniversary of the mar-a-lago case, the grand jury and bob dikeman came down on june 8th, 2023. anyone s guess if we get to the second anniversary. bradley moss, thank you, sir, for your time tonight. have a good night. that is our show for this evening. now, it is time for the last word , with jonathan k part. lawrence o donnell come in for jonathan. i would love to see