Memoir. I think its helpful to note at the outset that a federal judge ruled very recently that the u. S. Justice department under attorney general william barr basically concocted a false pretext to lock Michael Cohen back up in prison when the real reason that they locked him back up in prison was specifically to try to stop him from publishing this book. I mean, you know, note to corrupt Law Enforcement figures of the future or the present. If youre going to jail someone to try to stop their book from coming out, you better, a, succeed or, b, prepare yourself for the fact that in taking that kind of swing at somebody, you have just made a lot more people want to read that book, if for no other reason than to figure out why the president s attorney general would go through these kinds of acrobatics, illegally according to a federal judge, to try to make sure this never saw the light of day. Boy, is there no better way in our culture to get people interested in something than to tell
Everyone is talking about, president obama coming out with a longawaited response to the country plus intelligence gathering. These are his first comments since a White House Advisory Panel recommended the nsa should still collect data, but do a better job of protecting civil liberties. We have to make important decisions about how to protect ourselves and sustain our leadership in the world while upholding the privacy protections that our ideals and our constitution require. We need to do so not only because it is right, but because the challenges posed by threats like terrorism and proliferation and Cyber Attacks are not going away anytime soon. They are going to continue to be a major problem. President obama did acknowledge that changes need to be made. Hold officeus who in america have a responsibility to our constitution. Thee i was confident in integrity of those who lead our intelligence community, it was clear to me in observing intelligence operations that changes in our Tech
A possible Hillary Clinton victory. History will record that 2017 was the year that america lost, truly lost its independence. Truly lost its independence. And, by the way, this is our final shot, folks. In four years, its over. Youre never going to be able to win. Youre never going to be able to win. Its going to be a oneparty system. This is your final shot. Donald trump is renewing his pledge to build a wall along the border with mexico. He describes himself the voters in colorado as a unifier. Lets get more now from cnns Jason Carroll. Reporter john and christine, donald trump had very little to stay about the debate to the crowd here in grand junction, colorado. He did say that the debate would be, quote, interesting. Certainly, a number of his supporters want him to stay on message during the debate. And while hes out on the campaign trail. Having said that a number of gop leaders pushing back on Donald Trumps unfounded claims that the electoral process is, quote, rigged. They ce
This is the cbs weekend news. Ninan good evening im reena ninan. President trump lawived out at leaders of hurricane ravaged puerto rico today hours later he backtracked with an amazing job is being done in puerto rico. Great people. Mr. Trump is at his golf club in new jersey this weekend. He visits the american territory on tuesday. Our David Begnaud has been in puerto rico for 12 nights reporting on the storm and the islands resiligence iits bln n so slow its put peoples lives in danger. Theres a disconnect between what has been said and the reality. Yesterday, general buchanan said, i dont have enough troops. I dont have enough equipment. Reporter on friday the mayor pleaded for more help. So i am asking the president of the United States to make sure somebody is in charge. Reporter that was after she spent nearly a week helping to evacuate residents. The governor, ricardo rossello, was asked to comment on the president s tweets. My read on this is its in the context of the mayor o
Stormies smile, she reportedly paid to keep quiet about an alleged sexual relationship with donald trump speaks out with a smile. What she revealed. Heading south after keeping a low profile in recent weeks, the First Lady Melania Trump heads south to florida. Why skip out on her husbands trip to switzerland . Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. Breaking news, we got new details about the scale of the russian evacuation as it penetrates deep into the white house while President Trumps lawyer tries to walk back the president s stunning declared readiness to speak under oath with the senior counsel. We have our correspondents and specialists standing by with full coverage. We begin with our political correspondent, sarah murray, what are you learning . Wolf, the president s lawyers looking to send the message they are cooperating with the special counsel as well as russia probes in congress, releasing an outline in the ways in which they believe they have been transparent, high