Trump says the gop controlled congress is just days away from passing tax reforms. And that could mean savings for americans as soon as february. Likely attended a deal today on a compromised version of their competing tax bills. President trump seeking a quick vote and a needed victory after a stunning upset in alabama that will cost the gop a crucial vote in the senate. Also breaking Democrat Doug Jones says President Trump phoned him after his historic win and invited him to the white house. Jones describes the call as gracious. But privately a source tells cnn that the alabama results were devastating for the president. After endorsing the scandal taken by republican roy moore mr. Trump is trying to claim in a new tweet he was right about the race all along because he didnt back moore in the primary. And the Deputy Attorney general in the hot seat defending the special counsel he appointed as republican lawmakers accuse Robert Muellers team of political bias. Rob rosenstein telling
With the russian. Plus, news of a new steel memo, revealing memos of russian interference in trumps choice for secretary of state. And why a russian coach currently in jail on thailand could crack the russia investigation wide open. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. A former trump aide who recently spent hours being interviewed by Robert Muellers team thinks the special counsel has something on the president of the United States. Sam nunberg is a name you probably heard a fair amount today if you were checking the internet at all, and he is a political consultant who was fired from the Trump Campaign in its early days way back in 2015. A couple of days ago he was questioned by muellers investigators for over five hours. Today in a live phone interview on this number, he told my colleague katy tur that he concluded based on those questions that mueller has the goods on his former boss, president donald j. Trump. You sat there in that room being questio
Interference in trumps choice for secretary of state. And why a russian coach currently in jail on thailand could crack the russia investigation wide open. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. A former trump aide who recently spent hours being interviewed by Robert Muellers team thinks the special counsel has something on the president of the United States. Sam nunberg is a name you probably heard a fair amount today if you were checking the internet at all, and he is a political consultant who was fired from the Trump Campaign in its early days way back in 2015. A couple of days ago he was questioned by muellers investigators for over five hours. Today in a live phone interview on this number, he told my colleague katy tur that he concluded based on those questions that mueller has the goods on his former boss, president donald j. Trump. You sat there in that room being questioned by muellers investigators. I want to hear directly from you. Do you think
Change what is legal and what is illegal in this country. Though kennedy most often voted conservative, he also voted with the more liberal justices on issues such as samesex marriage and the Death Penalty quite often and the swing vote upholding the voe versus wade decision. And your lives could very well change because of todays news. Kennedy writing in a letter he hand delivered to President Trump that he will leave the court july 31st and giving President Trump the opportunity to name a successor and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell saying the senate will vote to name the successor this fall. Setting up what could be a brutal partisan battle before the Midterm Elections. Buckle up. We have the team of the reports from the white house to capitol hill and my experts to break this down in this consequential moment in american history. Well start off with cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider. And why announce it now . Why today. That is exactly what the legal observers are
Is the narrowest in a generation and it came as protesters descended on capitol hill. Donald trump praised kavanaugh before heading to a rally tonight in kansas. He will be a great justice of the Supreme Court. People have thought that for ten years. They thought hes just an extraordinary person, a great, great talent. And i think hes going to make us all very proud. Trump tweeted that kavanaugh will officially be sworn in tonight though not in public. Instead it will be done by chief Justice John Roberts and retired Justice Anthony kennedy in a private ceremony. The nomination of brett m. Kavanaugh of maryland to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is confirmed. But first lets look at the protests under way right outside the u. S. Supreme court. Kavanaugh is inside. Mike viqueira is there. Tell us what youre seeing. Reporter its an extraordinary moment. I dont know what else to say. The day was petering out, the crowd was thinning out. Had been a crowd do