Media is on offense. They are taking on and attacking Robert Muellers credibility. Today press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders took questions about the Mueller Investigation, about mike flynn, about donald trump, jr. , specifically. She was asked about the president s son, invoking Attorney Client privilege in not wanting to answer questions about a conversation he had with his dad. Release him from any such privilege and allow him to speak to the committee . Thats a question you would have to ask his attorneys. We believe that his lawyers had a legitimate reason and basis for not answering those questions, but thats something i would direct you to his attorneys to address more fully. Can you explain to me how it could be Attorney Client privilege and neither donald trump, jr. Nor President Trump are attorneys . Again, thats something you would have to talk with don juniors attorneys about. I asked on monday when the president became aware that Michael Flynn lied to the fbi. You refer
Market loss. And what the president s Deportation Force is up to while no one is watching. No one should have the right to destroy a family like this. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Tonight, the democratic rebuttal that weve heard about to the nunes memo is headed to the white house. Thats after the House Intelligence Committee voted unanimously to release it earlier this evening. Now, this happens on a day when the stock market went into free fall, just as the president hit the road to promote his tax bill. The dow jones suffering its largest singleday point drop in history, erasing its gains for the year. Much more on that, coming up. While he was in ohio today, the president also accused democrats of treason for declining to give him a standing ovation during his state of the union last week. And he appeared to weigh in once again on the nunes memo release last week, at least we think thats what he was talking about. Oh, but did we catch th
Poised to pass the biggest tax overhaul since the 1980s. The senate is expected to start voting on it soon. The bill expected to pass after several republican holdouts vowed their lastminute support. That includes Tennessee Republican senator bob corker who you may recall voted no the last time around. The first time around. A vocal critic of donald trump who is not running for reelection. Corker attracted a lot of attention when he sudden will i decided to vote for the bill in the past couple days. Critics blamed it on a socalled corker kickback, suggesting hes been bought off by a provision of the bill favorable to him. He vigorously pushed back on that today and said tonight hed had a change of heart. At the end of the day, you have to decide, do you think this is better for our country or worse for our country, worse off having this . I think its better and im glad to be supporting it. So why go ahead and vote for this now at a time of economic strength . Yeah. For all the reasons
York. This was day 355 of the Trump Administration, and that new book on this presidency called fire and fury has apparently torched its first victim. Steve bannon is out as the head of Breitbart News. Well have the latest on that just ahead, but also out tonight, 10 hours in all of testimony from the cofounder of the Company Behind that trumprussia dossier. That testimony came from glen simpson, that man right there, who appeared before the Senate Judiciary committee back in august, and the 312page transcript of that event gives us a much more detailed look at what the Research Firm fusion gps was doing and what u. S. Authorities knew and when. Its complicated, but lets get to it. The firms work has taken center stage in this partisan battle on the hill over the russia investigation, and this glen simpson has called on the Committee Senior republicans to release his testimony. Well, today the Judiciary Committees top democrat did that for him. Senator Diane Feinstein of california rel
Again, from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 334 of the trump administration, and congress is poised to pass the biggest tax overhaul since the 1980s. The senate is expected to start voting on it soon. The bill expected to pass after several republican holdouts vowed their lastminute support. That includes Tennessee Republican senator bob corker who you may recall voted no the last time around. The first time around. A vocal critic of donald trump who is not running for reelection. Corker attracted a lot of attention when he sudden will i decided to vote for the bill in the past couple days. Critics blamed it on a socalled corker kickback, suggesting hes been bought off by a provision of the bill favorable to him. He vigorously pushed back on that today and said tonight hed had a change of heart. At the end of the day, you have to decide, do you think this is better for our country or worse for our country, worse off having this . I think its better and im glad to be sup