Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Over 30 hours with the white House Counsel, misspelled only, with my approval for purposes of transparency. The Washington Post reports that mcigans own lawyer has told the Trump Legal Team, mcgahn does not believe he implicated the president in any legal wrongdoing when he spoke to the special counsel. Meanwhile the president s lawyer is now in Damage Control mode. Earlier tonight, he explained that and he the president s former attorneys are now aware of what was in mcgahns testimony. John dowd got a political version of what mcgahn said during that period of time. John, of course, because of what happened over the weekend, went through it thoroughly. Ive been on the phone with him for hours and gone over it with him. When it first came out, i didnt know the details of what mcgahn said. Now do i. I knew not to worry because if the president said anything criminal to the counsel of the white hou
Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Former Chief Of Staff at the cia and at the pentagon. Robert, i would like to begin with you. What is the degree to which the trump camp was Caught Off Guard by just the idea of 30 hours of don mcgahn testimony in front of the special counsel . Its not tonight trump camp Caught Off Guard. It was mcgahn himself a year ago who was found this whole strategy by john dowd and ty cobb, the president s lawyers, to be off. Mcgahn didnt agree with the Cooperation Strategy when it came to the mueller probe. He advised against it. He went along with the cooperation, setting the over 1 million documents from the white house and offering his time. In fact, i saw mcgahn go into muellers Office Around 6 00 a. M. One morning when i was staking it out. He was fully cooperative then and ever since. Theres some reporting. Hey, joyce, cobb and dowd, their decision to waive
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Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters in new york. Day 578 of the Trump Administration. And tonight the president of the United States is coming off a vicious string of personal attacks, comparing people to dogs and rats and calling Robert Mueller discredited and disgraced. He is neither. And now tonight the president is talking about what is at the heart of all of it. The russia investigation. Now that he knows his white house lawyer has testified fully before the mueller team. This afternoon, reuters interviewed President Trump. They report, he is, quote, worried that any statements under oath he provides to special counsel Robert Mueller could be used to bring Perjury Charges against him. Quote, trump echoed the concerns of his top lawyer in the probe, Rudolph Giuliani, who has warned that any sitdown with mueller could be a perjury trap. Reuters quotes the president as saying association if i Say Something and he, meaning comey, says something, and it is my
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the new york times has counted and reports the president has tweeted attacks against at least 487 people. a figure now dated, because of fresh attacks tonight. 487 people, companies, or institutions since launching his run for the white house. and this might have been the closest that the first lady came today to calling out obliquely her husband s behavior. let s face it. most children are more aware of the benefits and pit falls of social media than some adults. the president was back at it within an hour of his wife s speech. melania trump has received plenty of criticism for her campaign to combat online bullying. according to the new york times , the president suggested that mrs. trump choose a different topic to avoid questions how the wife of a notorious twitter bully could lead a campaign to spotlight anti-bullying and other child
melania trump has received plenty of criticism for her campaign to combat online bullying. according to the new york times , the president suggested that mrs. trump choose a different topic to avoid questions how the wife of a notorious twitter bully could lead a campaign to spotlight anti-bullying and other child wellness efforts. today the first lady s director said that melania trump is well aware of the criticism but that will not deter her from doing what she feels is right. i would hope most people in this country are happy that they have a strong and independent first lady who only it s had a the best interests of the children at heart. well, this could be seen as a break of sorts from her husband. this reads, melania trump planning solo international swing to africa. according to the statement released today, she is planning a trip through several as yet unnamed african countries in october. the trip, of course, follows her