Economy. I wish others had. It would have given us more time to fix this major problem. Now there is a focus on one thing and one dangerous man, a man whos not elected, whos never run for office, and is standing in the way of a potential economic disaster. Hes been called a kingmaker, a patri patriot, and the ideological godfather of the tea party. Since the mid 80s, Grover Norquist has been the driving force behind the antitax movement. His goal, to take Big Government and in his words, drown it in the bathtub. Norquists weapon is the Taxpayer Protection pledge which was at one point signed by 95 of gop members of congress. Raise your hand if you feel so strongly about not raising taxes. On the campaign trail this year, only one republican president ial conditioned date, john huntsman, dared to cross him. Norquist has clout. He is called the most powerful unelected man in america today. He signed a pledge, its without congress. Im not obligated on the pledge. Republicans are jumping s
Through the b. S. I dont know if theres been any. Wants to cut through the b. S. , get the answers to the questions about how long this is going to go on and this is what was most interesting to me. One of my sources says to me, hes going to find out if we have to fight and where this leads. They seem to think that Rudy Giuliani will be the one to be able to do that where nobody else was able to do that before. In some interviews today he talked about his prior relationship with Robert Mueller. Its not clear to me how a prior relationship with mueller would impact an on going investigation. And he told that in his interview that they do have a prior relationship. I think i should remind people that john dab the lawyer that quit also had a prior relationship with mueller. Giuliani did work with mueller after 9 11 of course. But i think that whole we have a relationship and we get along can be overdone because a lot of people worked with mueller over the years. He also said i think when
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Manafort. That is a fact. That is news. That is legally concerning for donald trump and politically concerning as confessions are not a great message heading into the midterms. But donald trump has his own plan. While he didnt know this trial of this Campaign Trial would be on track for a verdict heading into labor day, which is of course a key time for the midterms, he has long known he has his own plans divert attention. He told a confidant he would revive his attacks on the nfl over people that kneel in protest leading up to the midterms because trump believes its return to the headlines will help republicans win votes. There it is. Today donald trump reupping his attacks on nfl players over the kneeling. This is on a friday heading into the anniversary of course of that Charlottesville White power
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Midterms because trump believes its return to the headlines will help republicans win votes. There it is. Today donald trump reupping his attacks on nfl players over the kneeling. This is on a friday heading into the anniversary of course of that Charlottesville White power rally. Were not going to read the tweet tonight from the president attacking the players in last nights game because it is not particularly newsworthy and were not going to show you all the headlines it sparked. You can imagine there were many of them. The actual developments we are going to show you because that is what trump is distracting from. They include mueller pressing for a wider interview with trump than hes willing to give which would launch a Supreme Court fight, an associate of roger stone in the Grand Jury Box today and getting another roger stone aid held in contempt today for refusing to testify at all in this probe. It includes the issuance of a new subpoena to an associate of
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And a syrian hot spot in kobaco ban. Lets talk live in the newsroom. Good morning. Im carol costello. Thank you for joining me. Kaci hickox is held under mandatory quarantine at a new jersey hospital. She does not have ebola, does not have a fever. She tested negative twice for ebola. In the exclusive interview with cnn, she says her basic human rights have been violated. I understand that people feel like they have a risk, and i think we can have a conversation about what further measures might look like. I think this is an extreme that is really unacceptable. I feel like my basic human rights have been violated. I understand mrs. Hickox is uncomfortable and doesnt want to be quarantined. My greater responsibility is 8 Million People in new jersey. If we get to the point shes no longer an issue or risk factor, then well move from there. More from hickox in a few minutes. First the panic and policy ever changing around the demand. Elizabeth cohen is here with more. Good morning. One fi