Reportedly requested Additional Resources for the trumprussia investigation. Basically, we dont know what kind of resources he was asking for, whether it was money or man power or other fbi resources, bake amy, he wanted to put more fire power into that investigation. Laugh the wall street journal reported james comey accelerates his own personal peace of work on the investigation. He previously had been briefed weekly on the progress of the trumprussia investigations. In the couple of weeks before he was fired, though, james comey had started taking daily briefings on that investigations, according to wall street journal. But then he was fired, with the president now admitting what he was thinking about when he fired james comey is that darn russia investigation. That fake russia investigation, how much he wants it to go away. No you the fbi director has been fired, now we have crossed this rubicon where the president is under active investigation under serious counterintelligence cha
Starts right now. Good evening im chuck todd in washington. And welcome to mtp daily. Thank you for watching while i was gone and thank you for being here when im back. Were following two major stories tone. One of them could unend the Justice Department the other could up end the entire healthcare system. Thats all. And what happens next on either of them, right now anyones guess. President trump has tovd the Political Landscape as we know it right now. Hes publicly nothing his attorney general Jeff Sessions likely as a way to force his resignation, possibly as a way to fire special counsel bob mueller. Today mr. Trump blasted sessions again, this time he hit him nor not firing the acting fbi chief Andrew Mccabe because of his wifes old financial ties to democrats. So if youre scoring at home, the president is now on the record saying he thinks sessions, quote, shouldnt have recused himself, is damaging the presidency, should be investigating Hillary Clintons, quote, crimes, should be
Doesnt resign, i hope hes not fired. If you look at so much of what the president of the United States wants to accomplish on his agenda, sessions is central to that. The weakness is that the president is trying to not use his power. Hes trying to get sessions to quit and i hope sessions doesnt quit and if the president wants to fire him, fire him. Do you think the president is demonstrating weakness by his handling of sessions . Absolutely. Lets get to our reporters covering all of this today. Nbc newss Kelly Odonnell at the white house. Kimberly atkins from the boston herald. Vivian salama. Kelly o, let me start with you. The men that we just played youve covered a lot of them. You have covered sessions, you have covered a couple of president s. Set up this standoff between sessions former colleagues, republican senators, some of the most conservative ones in the u. S. Senate, and the president he now serves. Well, Jeff Sessions had a reputation in the senate of being someone who was
Good morning, everybody. Its friday. November 10. Theres new pressure on the gop this morning after troubling allegations against Republican Senate roy moore of alabama. Followed a Washington Post report where a woman claimed in 1979, moore, then a 32yearold assistant, da had a sexual encounter with her when she was 14 years oled. She and her mother sitting outside the courtroom and struck up a conversation. Offered to watch the girl while her mother went inside for a child custody hearing. One of the reporters who broke the story tells what happened next. After the mother went in. He got her phone number and subsequently picked her up around the corner from her house. Drove her about 30 minutes away to his home in the woods twice. Did that. The first time there was kissing and then the second time he took off her clothes. He took off his own clothes. He touched her over her bra and underwear and guided her hand to touch him over his underwear. Some pretty startling allegations there.
Number, picked her up and took her to his home in the woods, twice did that. The first time there was kissing and then the second time, he took off her clothes. He took off his own clothes. He touched her over her bra and underwear and guided her hand to touch him over his underwear. Nbc news has not independently verified these accusations, corfman never filed a lifl suit. We should know the age of consent then is now 16yearsold, she was 14. Three other women between the ages of 16 and 18 at the time told the post they, too, were pursued by moore. He never forced them into any sort of relationship or sexual contact. The post indicates the post did not seek them out. Poor calls the report completely false and a desperate political attack. He says it is no surprise, with just over four weeks we maining, in a case in the u. S. Senate with National Implications that the Democratic Campaign would come up with these allegations. He responded i dont have night saying. And here is what we hav