And the russia investigation in general this weekend. Cnn was first to learn that a federal grand jury in washington has approved the very first charges in its probe. Now the person or persons indicted could be arrested as soon as monday. I say persons because this indictment is still sealed, so while we know there are some charges, we dont know exactly what they are or who they are against. What we do know is that mueller is investigating possible collusion between the Trump Campaign and russia, as well as possible obstruction of justice by President Trump. Heats also been looking into hes also been looking into foreign lobbying by key Trump Associates like Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn. We have now more from one of our reporters who helped break the story. Shimon, what can we expect come monday . Reporter at the least on monday, we should expect some court action. Initially before that, some sort of Law Enforcement activity. Whether or not the person or persons whether its more tha
Trump. Whats up deplorable . This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening. Im katy tur in new york in for chuck todd and welcome to mtp daily. And welcome to a case of purity polluting our politics. If you want to survive in this Republican Party, you need to be mad, crazy about President Trump. And if you want to thrive in the Democratic Party, do you need to be crazy mad about President Trump . Are you stuck in the middle . As the saying goes, there is nothing in the middle of the road. But yellow lines and dead armadillos. Want to get ahead in Trumps White House . Loyalty and flattery is your ticket to ride. The president has tapped his doctor admiral Ronny Jackson to run the v. A. Does jackson have an experience running a giant bureaucracy with hundreds of thousands of employees . No. But he did rather memorably praise President Trump as an articulate healthy and genetic marvel. All Clinical Data indicates the president is very healthy and that he will remain so for the
Most important new political term might be oprah. More on that shortly. First, though, reporting from the white house, otherwise known as the d. C. Headquarters of mensa, all of his aides coming out to say how smart he is. A reporter the president felt compelled to address those concerns on saturday in a tweet, indicating his mental stability, indicating also that among his two greatest assets are his stability and like being really smart, the president said. Also, the president over the weekend indicating his sort of alignment if you will with president Ronald Reagan, whose stability was also questioned late in his term, though in hindsight, some of those questions were actually found to be valid. The president also continued to attack Michael Wolff, the author of the blockbuster book, and his allies coming out in support of the president in very broad terms. Listen. No one questions the stability of the president. President trump is completely capable. The reality is the president is
The truth is truth. I dont mean to no, it isnt truth. Truth isnt truth. And then the president on twitter today out bashing a new report about White House Counsel Don Mcgahn cooperating with the mueller inquiry, a story the president already confirmed. All right. Lets go to geoff bennett, nancy cook, caitlyn huey burns, and guy lewis, a former u. S. Attorney. Geoff, we have more revelations on this sunday as well as the president reacting to the headlines that spewed over from yesterday in that New York Times article. What is he saying today . Among the many revelations included in that New York Times report is that the president wasnt fully aware of the extent to which the White House Counsel Don Mcgahn was cooperating with Robert Muellers team of investigators. While the president tried to counter that today in a series of tweets, one he says, i allowed White House Counsel Don Mcgahn to fully cooperate with the special counsel. He also attacked the New York Times for implying, the pr
They want to stay here but to shut it down, that is not what i was sent here to do. And why is President Trump headed to a place that cant do him any good. This is mtp daily and it tarts right now. Evening. Aim chuck todd here in new york city. And welcome to mtp daily. Call it a wakeup call or an sshow. But the last 24 hours have been a reminder of the capitol and to top it all off weve moved closer to a Government Shutdown. From the heartland to the oval office, look at what happening. It republican senator just bucked the demandss to keep the government open. This republican senator is comparing the president s rhetoric to joseph stalin. This white house chief of staff just reported called some of the president s promises on immigration like building a wall uninforms. And this republican senator was laughed at by her constituents for defending the president. This republican senator said the fallout from the president s vulgar comments feels like an episode of Jerry Springer. And thi