Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. Deliberating three days after this. I think its very sad what theyve done to paul manafort. Thank you very much. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. The president appears to be terrified he has a quote rat in his midst. Inside the white house. That i should be clear, thats his word. Rat. Its not the kind of language we are used to hearing from the president of the United States who is, of course, entrusted by our constitution when suring the nations laws are faithfully executed and who is responsible for appointing our most senior Law Enforcement officers. Youd expect to hear that word in a very different context. Your uncle was a rat. Sit down, sit down. Your uncle was a rat and now hes in the witness protection program. Thats my fathers brother youre talking about. Now the president is assuring
the country not that he has obeyed and upheld the law but that he does not hire snitchs. Tweeting the naming Nort
Chris Hayes discusses the days top news. So im going to be a little contrary here, chris, say i see where the president is coming from when he says this is a bit old news, my colleague, bob costa and i wrote in november when don mcgahn went before bob muellers interview team, sat down with verdicts two days straight so people have known for a long time that don mcgahn was cooperating with the investigation, that everyone who was in the white house was encouraged to voluntarily be engaged in these interviews. Now what we do know now is that after the week stories, by the times don mcgahns attorney has alerted and assured trumps own legal team that don mcgahn provided no information that was incriminating to the president , did not incriminate him. In fact, don mcgahns lawyer was putting tear mind to ease, sent them information saying my guy does not incriminate your guy. Are you serving the office of the presidency and you are serving the american public. Youve got to balance those two
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. We now know the president of the United States asked three different people who obviously have supervised the russia investigation whose side they were on. New report tonight that early last month the president asked rode rosenstein if he was on my team. Thats after he reportedly asked then acting fbi director Andrew Mccabe ho voted for in the election and after he told previous fbi director james comey the one that he fired i need loyalty, i expect loyalty, according to comeys sworn testimony. It appears to be yet another attempt by this president to interfere in the Justice Departments investigation into whether he or his campaign conspired with a foreign adversary in the criminal sabotage of his opponents campaign. Over in congress, a separate brank of government which the framers intended to place a check on president ial power, theres no question about whos on the president s team. In fact, the undisputed team captain is house intelligen
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. We now know the president of the United States asked three different people who obviously have supervised the russia investigation whose side they were on. New report tonight that early last month the president asked rode rosenstein if he was on my team. Thats after he reportedly asked then acting fbi director Andrew Mccabe ho voted for in the election and after he told previous fbi director james comey the one that he fired i need loyalty, i expect loyalty, according to comeys sworn testimony. It appears to be yet another attempt by this president to interfere in the Justice Departments investigation into whether he or his campaign conspired with a foreign adversary in the criminal sabotage of his opponents campaign. Over in congress, a separate brank of government which the framers intended to place a check on president ial power, theres no question about whos on the president s team. In fact, the undisputed team captain is house intelligen
Cages . To my knowledge, cbp never purposely put a child in a cage if you mean a cage like this. And mind the gaps, the federal budget deficit ballooning 77 in the first four months of the fiscal year as the trade deficit hits an alltime record. Both driven by the president s tariffs on china and a trillion dollars tax cut. Is this a case for his unconventional policies now catching up to him . Im still looking for the trickle down. Well begin this morning with the kind of headlines that would be stunning in normal political times. The president s former Campaign Manager Paul Manafort is about to be sentenced to prison, possibly for the rest of his life. The president s former lawyer Michael Cohen has been handing over evidence that he said sheds light on what the president and his attorneys knew about cohens false testimony and all of the while the shadow of president ial impeachment is hanging over both the white house and capitol hill. I have a fantastic team here this morning. To b