And you think of okay, what is the cancer on this presidency . And i have a theory about that. What the cancer on this presidency is. Which i will be announcing in the next hour. And therefore we will all watch. Thanks, rachel. Thanks, lawrence. Well, President Trump lashes out. Well all know that. And he has been doing that for a very long time. Probably since childhood. He started lashing out at me personally six years ago when i called him a liar as soon as he opened his mouth about president obamas birth certificate. When he became a president ial candidate, he lashed out at mexicans, at muslims, and of course every day at the news media. He has continued lashing out at the news media, relentlessly. And he has continued the trump principle of lashing out at anyone who gets in his way. Anyone who causes him a problem. And that tendency to lash out at his opponents as become the cancer on the Trump Presidency. That is what i think the cancer on the Trump Presidency is. The president
Of richard nixon, the president met with nixons secretary of state Henry Kissinger while fighting off claims that his firing was about the russia investigation, he met with two men named sergey. Russian. Of mike flynn and carter page flame. It was closed to the press. The still photos we are able to show you came from the russian Government News agency. Today also saw the white house on defense trying to explain the reasoning and the timing for comeys firing. The president took the advice of the Deputy Attorney general who over sees the director of the fbi and they made a decisioning to remove him. The president s decision to accept the recommendation of the Deputy Attorney general and attorney general to remove director comey as head of the fbi was based solely and exclusively on his commitment to the best interested of the American People and insuring that the fbi has the trust and confidence of the people of this nation. Very much for being here. Appreciate it. Why did you fire dire
Ruhle. Guess what weve got . Breaking news. President trump naming his new fbi director just one day before his old one is set to testify. While there are new revelations that President Trump reportedly asked his director of National Intelligence to intervene and get james comey to back off the russia probe. What the intelligence head is testifying this morning. And never leave me alone. James comey reportedly telling attorney general Jeff Sessions, keep me away from trump. Plus new details on what james comey plans to say tomorrow and will President Trump live tweet the whole thing. Mr. President , what message do you have to jim comey ahead of his testimony . I wish him luck. We are just one day away from the big comey hearing. In just an hour, another hearing with four of the top Law Enforcement and intelligence officials in the country. Russia will be a focus there. Remember, its infrastructure week, if you forgot. But first, the president trying to change the conversation naming h
Coast of japan tonight. We will continue to monitor it through the evening. That does it for us tonight. For this hour. Well see you again on monday. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Rachel, i watched a watergate documentary today. And soy just want to apologize through you to the audience for possibly wrapping too many of my questions tonight in watergate stuff. Because it is amazing, the parallels are just amazing. And eerie. Until you start doing Fred Thompson accent, you are forb forbidden you. Are forbidden for apologizing for these things because the parallels are real, in real life. Its amazing. They keep going on and on and on. And you think of okay, what is the cancer on this presidency . And i have a theory about that. What the cancer on this presidency is. Which i will be announcing in the next hour. And therefore we will all watch. Thanks, rachel. Thanks, lawrence. Well, President Trump lashes out. Well all know that. And he has
One hour from now step into the hot seat to kick off two days of block buster testimony. In 24 hours former fbi director james comey is expected to dispute President Trumps claims he was told he was not under investigation, did not tell him that once, let alone three times. I wish him luck, those words from President Trump as he fired the man expected to bear details of his private conversations with the president. It could be the most consequencial congressional testimony since watergate. Before we get there, we are here. These men testify in just minutes. Among them the director of National Intelligence dan coats, who is in the middle of a brandnew controversy. This morning the Washington Post reports the president asked coats to get the fbi to back off its probe of Michael Flynn. A revelation that comes at the same time as new reports of just how far james comey went to separate himself from the president and in the midst of all this and likely no coincidence at all by the way break