We also have new information on when mueller plans to drop his final report. Its a big night. So lets get after it. A lot unfolding. Its immediately gavel cuomos court into session. Welcome to the show. Good to have you for the first time. Thank you. Its great to be here. Neil, are you good . Are you hearing me okay . John, ill start with you. You get to go first. So the new reporting we have is yes they want to know about the president s Business Practices in the Southern District of new york. Insurance claims. The New York Times had that and left it there. We have advanced it to how did they use insurance at the companies . How did they file . How much did they coffver . How much did they claim . How much did they recover versus how much they spent on those claims . Was it done legitimately. Pretty specific questioning. What does it mean to you . Where could it lead . This seems to be part of the broader investigation into the Trump Organization and how it was doing business and as y
17 say do it now. 32 Want Congress to continue the investigations to build a better case for impeachment. And they may get their wish starting tomorrow, monday, as attorney general william barr faces contempt proceedings if he doesnt turn over the unredacted Mueller Report. Treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin has to decide whether to release President Trumps tax returns and Michael Cohen begins his threeyear prison sentence. But even with all those tremors from the white house, the big quake may come soon as several news organizations are reporting that special Counsel Robert Mueller may testify before the House Judiciary Committee by the end of this month, possibly as early as next week. And the president is already flexing his twitter fingers, tweeting this afternoon, quote, bo bob mueller should not testify, no redos for the dems. Joining me now correspondent for pbs. And Campaign Director for the center of American Progress action fund. And sfeea nelson, a former g. O. P. Committee co
It is tuesday, may 21st. Along with joe, willie and me we have veteran columnist and msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle, Jonathan Lemire, Washington Bureau chief and author of the mate tr matriarch, susan page and jeremy bash is with us well. We have a lot going on, including investigations into the Trump Presidency and attempts to hold the administration accountable. The white house has directed former counsel don mcgahn to defy a congressional subpoena to testify before the House Judiciary Committee this morning. In a letter to Committee Chairman jerry nadler, white House Counsel said the Justice Department has, quote, advised me that mr. Mcgahn is absolutely immune from compelled congressional testimony with respect to matters occurring during his service as a Senior Adviser to the president. He went on to say the president has directed mr. Mcgahn not to appear at the committees scheduled hearing. A lawyer for mcgahn later said the former white House Counsel would, quote, respect the p
hehis is the cbs evening news with scott pelley, live from the democratic national convention. pelley: good evening. legh stakes here tonight for the president of the united states as he tries for a breakout moment in this dead-heat race mir the white house. barack obama will accept the nomination of his party, but under very different circumstances than his first nomination. in 2008, he was leading a movement for hope and change. omy wit, he hopes that the voters impatient with the ag economy will not seek change again so soon. in his speech tonight, mr. obama will say that the american people face the clearest choice of any time in a generation. our campaign 2012 correspondents are covering the convention, and, first, we re going to go to nancy cordes, who has found out more of what the president will say. nancy. reporter: scott, obama esdaaign officials tell us that tuesday night michelle obama was about the president s character, and last night with president clinto
you post online. all of that and much more. the five starts right now. eric: all right. the d.c. debt deal dominating the news. and rightly so. the country is or was on the verge. here is the deal. $2.1 trillion in cults. with the ceiling rise of $2.1 trillion in tramples. maybe twoin tranches. based on a panel, super panel if you will, with triggers. the good news is the spending cut by $2.1 trillion. the bad news, we re still overspending by $2.1 trillion. the good news is no news taxes in the deal. bad news is the democrats are still trying to see taxes in the deal. bottom line, tea party, game-changers. thank you, tea party. take the win and live to play another day. in honor of the tea party, we ll say thank you for a big, big old bag of tea. is that for real? eric: a big bag of tea kimberly: just for bob beckel. eric: a game changer, my friend. look at that thing. drop a tea party. they changed the rhetoric, changed the dialogue. bob: i ll give you t