The part that he talked about the mention of the clintons, i didnt like either, it seemed partisan. Trying to portray him as a stumbling, bumbling drunk, gang rapist who during high school and college was bill cosby. Even assuming he were unfairly accused hes still supposed to behave as a judge . New reaction from all sides this morning as you saw a little bit of that. As the fbi now launches its weeklong inquiry into the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh. President trump targeting nbc news in a late night tweet yesterday and saying he wants the fbi to interview whomever agents deem appropriate. But today a senior u. S. Official tells nbc news the white house has knots changed the fbis scope despite the president s comments. Thats important because the fbi does not have free reign. Its acting on behalf of the white house which has to set the official boundaries. So the limits are still the same, the fbi will question a specific witness list this week. A list that does not include kav
Security. I think we know better. Its an issue of his own political insecurity when the right wingers start screaming at him, he just backs off in front of us. Mike is on capitol hill for day number two. Vick, what is being said behind all these closed doors, if anything . And what are the members of congress saying . Whats happening in the white house . What are you hearing. In its crickets and abandoned ghost town here in the capitol today and likely to be tomorrow on Christmas Eve. The members of congress are scattered to the wind. The senate is in tomorrow with a pro forma session. That means somebody comes in, bangs the gavel, and thats it, and the same for thursday. Unless theres some kind of breakthrough, the one thing Mick Mulvaney said on television this morning and many of the talk shows he appeared on is this could last july january 3rd, the mandate for the start of a new congress when democrats take over in the house of representatives. Mick mulvaney also tried to intimate
Obstruction effort in decades. This woke the two sides could be headed for more clashes. Democrats are giving the irs and the Treasury Department until friday to turn over six years of the president s personal taxes, and democrats are considering multiple contempt charges against Trump Administration officials, including u. S. Attorney general william barr for not turning over the unredacted version of the mueller report. Here the Trump Administration has decided to say a blanket no, no to any kind of oversight whatsoever, no witnesses, no documents, no nothing, claiming executive privilege over things that it knows there is no basis for. Theres no basis executive privilege over hundreds of thousands of documents regarding events that took place before donald trump was president. You cant have a privilege, an executive privilege when youre not the executive so they know that vast categories are inapplicable to the privilege here, so they are just stonewalling. Cnns Jeremy Diamond is at
Good morning to you. President trump is set to officially launch his reelection effort tomorrow, but today that launch is getting a bit overshadowed by a purge of campaign pollsters after numbers leaked showing the president running behind democrats. Thats multiple. In key battleground states. Of course, it includes joe biden in michigan and wisconsin. Sources tell cnn the president is frustrated at the attention those results have garnered. And now hes claiming theyre fake. The president showing his frustration this morning in a tweet saying, only fake polls show him running behind democrats. Of course, these were polls produced by his own campaign. Sarah westwood joins us. The president has taken aim at media organizations, media polls that dont make him look good. This is his own campaign. Does he expect folks to believe these polls were face even though they were produced by people working for him . Reporter its important to know the campaign is not denying these numbers are accura
President trump and his top aides denying that the economy could be facing a possible recession in the near future despite warnings from economists that a downturn may be headed our way. Most economists actually say, phil, were not going to have a recession. Mostly of them are saying were not going to have a recession. But the rest of the world is not doing well like were doing. The president said to be increasingly nervous at the possibility of a recession just as he is gearing up his campaign for reelection. But what about the democrats hoping to unseat him . Would a recession help or hurt the eventual democratic nominee . Its a good discussion. Joe lockhart, vicari sellers. If a recession hit during the primary contest, how would that play out in the democratic race . Well, first of all, i dont think any democrat i know joe and myself both are not hoping that the country goes into a recession. We dont want individuals to have to suffer more than they are. But what we are seeing is t