Chris Matthews debates hot political issues with politicians, newsmakers and Washington leaders. Sunday in washington d. C. Closely following the terrible events in charlottesville, virginia. We condemn this egregious display of hatred and bigotry and violence on many sides. I think there is blame on both sides. In his decision this morning to once again get into the culture war by attacking mostly black athletes for kneeling. Trump writing the nfl players are at it again taking a knee when they should be stands proudly for the national anthem. He added be happy, be cool, a Football Game that fans are
paying so much to watch and enjoy, is no place to protest. Stand proudly or be suspended from playing. Kenny stills wrote we were not protesting the national anthem, we were actively working to create. I am joined by ashley parker, eugene scott. Thanks to all of you for being with us. Ashley, let me start on the question of the president , this is not the first time we have seen this choo
Chris Cuomo asks the tough questions to newsmakers in Washington and around the world. Appoint him. If hes a superior officer, the senate has to confirm him. And hes not really being supervised closely by rosenstein. Hes basically given free rein. Hes indicting Russian Foreign agents. He has a specific mandate. Rosenstein reviews it. Weve seen that decisions have been made to parse out Different Things that mueller started looking at and then went to the Southern District so that, you know, theres been a judiciousness in terms of what he can do. I dont see why you think thats a clear question. Well, no. It is because in terms of the supervision, Rod Rosenstein basically does not effectively control the actions why not . Well, because you see that there has been no limits on rosensteins on muellers jurisdiction and authority. He is now going after manafort, which is has nothing to do with the russian investigation. But in the mandate, it says that things that arise from it. Sure. And it
We have to wear these goggles because the ashes coming off of there so fast, the winds are speeding up so much right now. This is the problem every afternoon here. And theres no end in sight right now. Theyre expecting these red flag warnings to continue. Stephanie, thank you. Stay safe. The news continues right now. I want to hand it over to chris and cuomo prime time. Chris . Thank you, anderson. I am chris cuomo and welcome to prime time. A roger stone confidant is facing a Contempt Charge in the Special Counsel probe. Is this about hiding the truth . His lawyer says, no, its about exposing it. Hes here to make the case to you. And looks like trump wants to give himself another tax cut. A rule that is good for him and people like him, not so good for the rest of us. One of the architects of the original trump tax plan is here to test it. And as charlottesville braces for the return of White Supremacist marchers, trump calls out wouldbe protesters. The problem is hes talking about nf
Onto someone else. As someone who was raised in the christian tradition, i dont know about you, but i was taught to offer love instead of condemnation. Love the sinner hate the sin. It should be made clear that the Indiana House had to the opportunity to include language that explicitly now here we are. What i am heartened by honest people all across this country who are vowing to pool their money and their business from indiana unless they correct the legislation. The state stands to lose millions. Someone who fought for civil rights for everyone said a long time ago at the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice. Thank god for that and hallelujah. This is cnn tonight, im don lemon. Lets get to it. Miguel marquez is in indianapolis with the latest. What is the latest miguel . The latest is the city council here in indianapolis has passed a resolution opposing sb 101 and the governor of the state is sort of doubling down in an opinion piece in the wall street jou
Zapruder, granddaughter of the man whose home movie famously captured the shooting. And the president keeps calling opioids a National Emergency but no funding. Whats the solution . A man who won a record settlement against big tobacco says its time to sue big pharma. And his rebuke of donald trump at the 2016 democratic revengs riveted america. Isar khan, the father of a gold star soldier killed in iraq is here. The announcement of muelle muellers first charges is headspinning. Let me recap. One, republicans in the house said they will investigate the 2010 sale of a stake in american uranium, to a stateowned russian company. Two, slip gop members will look at the fbis handling of Hillary Clintons email. Three, for his part, the president has asked the state department to speed up its release of any remaining Hillary Clinton emails. Four, the white house also pushed that a gag order on an fbi informant pertaining to the uranium one deal be lifted. Five, we also learned that the Data An