Implode for suggesting america is not so great. While john brennan, the obama copper. Us now made it his life mission to charge the current president has somehow committeds security clearance tonight in the washington elite are howling in protest. We begin with our correspondent Trace Gallagher. A rough night for one of the president s biggest critics from his home state of new york. Good evening. If you listen close, you can hear a beeping sound. That is the Cuomo Campaign trying to back this truck up. This new york governor was at a signing ceremony where he clearly tried to job President Trump but instead he may have overreached a bed. Watched rain the simple point comes down to this. We are not going to make America Great again. It was never that great. And before the laughing and gasping audience quieted down, the governor quickly tried to make a larger point about womens equality for the comment had already caught fire on social media and it wasnt long before cuomo spokesperson t
And these primaries, its where were learning the country is going. Its the biggest state, the microcosm of the country. A big microcosm, like jumbo ship, thank you, chuck todd. I have a special show. We will joined by senator Elizabeth Warren discussing her plan to force donald trump and other candidates to release tax returns, her first time on the beat. Also, does Michael Cohens guilty plea mean his story is over or just Getting Started . Donald trumps lawyer before Michael Cohen is here live, that could be interesting. Also, Paul Manaforts lawyers back in court today, their first appearance since news broke they were talking with plea deals with none other than bob mueller. The top story is not about trumps lawyer who keeps tangling with bob mueller, rudy giuliani, it is the news that trusts most pivotal white house lawyer, the man at the white hot center of the russia probe, as well as at the center of the warnings about mike flynn, at the center of the efforts to oust Jeff Session
Klobuchar. New threats from the president as well that former white house lawyer don mcgahn cannot testify before congress. The question is can the pe stop him . We will take it up in cuomos court. A Closing Argument tonight thats the most important one i have ever made to you. What do you say . Lets get after it. Now, look, Speaker Pelosi has been shy on impeaching the president but she came strong at the a. G. For committing a crime today. Jerry nadlers warning that the a. G. Poses a, quote, clear and present danger to our constitutional order. The House Judiciary Committee set up a chair today for barr to sit in, along with a place card with his name on it, spelled right, knowing full well he wasnt going to show today. So they are talking the talk, but what will they do . What should they do . Hes not going to resign despite calls from democrats like my first guest, senator amy klobuchar, who got to question him yesterday, a judiciary member and 2020 hopeful joins me now. Good to se
William starts now. Tonight, the trouble for trump. The president headed into a new month after a week of damaging new accusations of failure to land a deal with north korea. And now weve got exclusive reporting tonight that democrats are getting ready to formally ask for his tax returns. Plus, in a court filing late today, Paul Manaforts lawyers argue for less jail time before the former Trump Campaign chairs sentencing next week. The 11th hour on a friday night starts now. Good evening from here in new york. Im katy tur in for brian williams. Day 1,771, and the president is entering march with a host of new and growing and political and legal challenges for himself, his family and some onetime members of his inner circle. Just a few hours ago, one of the former associates, campaign chairman, paul manafort, asked a federal judge in virginia to give him a prison term, significantly below the 19 to 24 years called for under sentencing guidelines. His lawyers noted what they call special
Its the standard arrival time for you, two and a half seconds before the camera goes on. But i need that little glide time in here, which i did not get tonight. Just take it in through your okay. Its a breathing thing . All right. Well, we are going to see how this hour works then. It will be fine. Thank you, rachel. Thanks, lawrence. Full disclosure, tom melanowski is a friend of mine. I say full disclosure because he is now a member of congress and is going to be joining us later this hour. Tom was born in poland when it was in communist control. When he was 6 years old he fled to the United States with his mother, grew up in new jersey. I met tom when we both started working for senator Daniel Patrick moynihan around the same time in 1988. Tom has spent his life concerned with human rights in his work in senator moynihans office and then in president clintons National Security council where he was a senior director and then as the chief advocate for Human Rights Watch and then as pr