White house and the awarded Vice President joe biden president ial medal of freedom and you may have remembered it but obama spoke great length about their personal friendship and he praised bidens leadership and in response biden said he knew no matter what happens, obama would always be there for him. Watch. It was eight and half years ago i chose joe to be my Vice President. There has not been a single moment since that time that i have doubted the wisdom of that decision. Joes candid, honest counsel has made me a better president and commander in chief. Mr. President we know that i will be there for you, my whole family and i know that it is reciprocal. Tucker you didnt have to be obama to appreciate that there was Something Sweet about it. It was all fake, it turns out and in the end obama will not be there for joe biden and in fact his internal friendship has ended and didnt make it through the next president ial term but instead of helping his trusted friend run for the presiden
Country on his 2020 rival. If somebody called from a country, norway, we havent information on your opponent, oh, i think id want to hear it. So 24 hours and a whole lot of outrage later, the president is now saying this i think it was accurately stated and ive had a lot of support well then clarify it. Yeah, i mean ive had a lot of support. First of all, i dont think anybody would present me with anything because they know how much i love this country. Number two, if i was, and of course you have to look at it because if you dont look at it, youre not going to know if it is bad. How do you know if it is bad. But of course you give it to the fbi or report it to the attorney general or somebody like that. And youll recall President Trump said fbi director chris wray was wrong that foreign assistance to a u. S. Campaign does not need to be reported to the agency. Chris wray said it did need to be reported to the fbi and the president said otherwise and the head of the federal Election Co
Contenders. And the ice raids. Takes on the timing and optics and now theres new fallout. The battle for iowa. Democrats descend on the hawkeye state. Its turning into an Amusement Park ride for many candidates. The new ups and downs coming up next. We begin with details on the death of Jeffrey Epstein. The investigation into exactly how the wealthy man died. Joining me now julie brown and ken delaney and National Security and intelligence reporter. Ken, lets start with you. What more are we learning about epsteins final night in. Morgan, multiple federal Law Enforcement officials have told nbc news that epstein hanged himself and theres no indication that foul play is suspected. He was housed in a special housing unit where there were bed sheets, a window sill and bed posts. There were ample opportunities for him to have committed suicide. There is an investigation after the attorney general said he was appalled this could happen in federal custody. The rules called for checks to be m
Plus this week marks one month joyce, talk about the since the impeachment inquiry emoluments clause and doral. Began. Whats to come as congress has the emoluments clause would its hands full with a big slate of highly anticipated testimony have been an obvious hold take all this week. Were going to start this hour oath to try to do okay with the with President Trump. He starts a new week on defense. Law, or avoid a growing number of republicans find it more difficult to defend explicitly violating. They are supposed to take care the president in his impeachment to make sure that our inquiry. Sure from republicans has constitution and our laws are forced the president to publicly faithfully executed. Back track on three major so for a president to do controversial decisions all said something so blatantly as of this sunday, first vialilative of the foreign dissolving plans for dural to be emoluments clause which says you cant accept payments from the sight of the upcoming foreign sourc