Saudis arent offering any answers to the public even as turkish media reported on some of these grisly details, gleaned from audio recordings which they say prove he was tortured and killed. Late today reporters put the question to donald trump if khashoggi was dead. It certainly looks that way to me. Its very sad. Certainly looks that way. Were waiting for the results of about three different investigations and we should be able to get to the bottom fairly soon. What are you considering for possible consequences for saudi based on those well, it will have to be very severe. Its bad, bad stuff. But well see what happens. Okay. Trump appearing to shift his tone a touch there. The Washington Post meanwhile reports that the white house and saudi royal are searching for a mutually agreeable explanation that will avoid implicating the crown prince regardless of the facts and look at this, thats even as mounting evidence points not only to the saudi governments knowledge of khashoggis fate b
Democratic party at a rally in key battleground state pennsylvania last night. Good morning, everyone. Im sandra smith. Jon im jon scott. President trump in full Campaign Mode calling his potential 2020 challengers socialist whackos laying out what he believes the Democrat Party has become. President trump sleepy joe is coming because he wants to change the world. These people have gone nuts. How do you lose this election, right . Democrats are now the party of high taxes, high crime, open borders, lateterm abortions, killing your Second Amendment and radical socialism. The Republican Party is the party that america wants. Thats what america wants. Were the party of the american worker, were the party of the american family, and were the party of the american dream. Do we want keep America Great or make America Great again . Keep America Great. Sandra peter doocy starting things off for us this morning live in washington how did the president size up joe bidens Campaign Last night . By
Night, based on the New York Times and Washington Post reporting. When barr was questioned about that, he said that mueller was not questioning the accuracy of the letter but the media reporting around it. And urged barr to put, perhaps, the summary of conclusions on behalf of his team and make them public prayer that was a decision barr said he would not make and would wait for the whole release of the report. That was one thing we were waiting to hear for clarification so far today. Sandra senator lee he went on to challenge him on that, because he said in testimony had not heard of concerns coming from either steam. He was asked about that. He explained himself. There were some heated moments in that room, and its been a few hours now. Theres going to be more to come after a quick break. Bill they have broken for an hour and we will go back to the hearing when it begins on the house side. Theres a lot of action, we will get you caught up on everything here. First, lets start a brand
Case closed, really, it should case very much open. The American People want open and transparent. Harris john roberts has more from the north lawn. As weve talked about it, to force william barr to turn something over unredacted, isnt that forcing him to break the law . By the bay, congress could change the law. They certainly could if they wanted to. We will get to the barr aspect of all this in a minute. Another subpoena fight brewing between the white house and congress. Don mcgahn was supposed to, by 10 00 this morning, turn over documents that have been subpoenaed by the House Judiciary Committee to the house judiciary related to the mueller investigation. Instead of getting documents from don mcgahn, Jerrold Nadler, the chairman of the committee, got a letter from pat cipollone, the white house counsel. Which said, in part, the white house records remain legally protected from disclosure on longstanding constitutional privileges because they implicate significant executive branc
Alone at the border with nothing but his name and a phone number written on his shoes. And an nbc news exclusive, the acting dhs secretary insists that family separation policy is now history. I think the president has been clear family separation is not on the table. This was a zerotolerance Prosecution Initiative targeted as adults violating the law. And the invisible workforce, women spent twice as many hours by men doing tasks they do not get paid for like taking care of children and cooking. Linda gates will be here on why closing the gap is vital for the American Economy and beyond. We have a lot to cover but we must begin with the white house and capitol hill barreling towards a constitutional collision. In a brandnew interview, President Trump is ramping up the fight with Congressional Democrats, triggering a dramatic escalation in the tensions between the two this morning. The president telling the Washington Post reporter robert costa that complying with congressional request