What were trying to do on the other very important policy, regulatory and legislative issues that need to be addressed. And by the way on the global issues were dealing with. On romney, not talking about him as a president ial candidate, hes a skilled businessman, hes certainly gotten some experience on being in the president ial business. And i think hes a talented guy. But i could say the same thing about a lot of people. Men and women. I think its going to be fascinating. But heres my deal. I think the American People in elections in the house elections in the senate, elections for governor and therefore elections for president of the United States are going to look very, very carefully for people that share their values, but bring competence and experience to the process. If you went and looked at all the polls, there was a great concern in the last election where people go to washington and govern and do they have the competence and the experience to do so . Good morning. The wall
Support from key parts of his base. Good morning. Its thursday, may 11th. Is. And this morning a congressional investigation into Michael Flynn, its advancing as the state Intel Committee issues subpoenas to the former National Security adviser, but that is being overshadowed by the sudden ouster of james comey who was leading the probe into russia and the election. Pete williams begins our coverage. Reporter the Justice Department is now looking at five candidates all within the fbi to act as interim fbi director after the firing of james comey as the bureau struggles to adjust are to the shock. Fbi insiders tell nbc news that many at fbi headquarters believe he was fired because he would not end the russia investigation, something the president clearly wanted over tweeting two days ago when will the taxpayer funded charade end. The Justice Department and white house say the final steps in firing comey who husbandgot bac washington after being in the was, they say he met with Jeff Ses
Herself. The other side was using content that was just flat out false. And delivering it in a very personalized way. I get the nomination. So im now the nominee of the Democratic Party. I inherit nothing from the Democratic Party. The comey letter, which was now we know partly based on a false memo from the russians. So for whatever reason and i speculate but i cant look inside the guys mind, you know, he dumps that on me on october 28th. I immediately start falling. Shannon President Trump reacting to that and breaking developments around the unmasking of trump advisors by the Obama Administration. John roberts joins me live from the white house. The president going back and forth with Hillary Clinton a little twitter war going on over her comments yesterday. The president tweeting crooked hillary blames everybody but herself. Hillary clinton promptly replied people in there is a reference to the mysterious tweet the president sent out the night before. He misspelled coverage and wen
I want you to make some predictions. Do we expect any drama . Im assuming the drama begins as soon as they take the gavel but can the drama begin with this president and what are the chances anything gets done . What are the key issues . I think, mika, the likelihood anything will get done of substance in the lame duck session will be small. The president will do what the president will do. I know well talk later about the special counsel and the drama there. I think right now you got a situation where the president has in the course of his two years in office accomplished almost nothing on the legislative front. So i dont see any great urgency. One of the things the president said we would have is another tax cut. That was one of the things he promised at the end of the campaign. One they were going to work on that while congress was out of session. Now that congress is back in session theres no appetite to do that. One thing the president looked like he was going to put pressure on i
News on democrats making new demands of the trump team as pressure to impeach the president builds. The House Judiciary Committee issues new subpoenas for the president s former adviser hope hicks and Andy Donaldson who was chief of staff to don mcgahn. This hours after mcgahn defied a subpoena to testify himself as democrats grow more furious about white house stone walling. The push for impeachment is intensifying tonight. Speaker nancy pelosi has called a nemeeting of all house democrs and the impeachment debate is expected to be front and center. This hour ill talk to democratic congressman, a member of the House Oversight committee and our correspondents and analysts are standing by. First, let gees go to our seni congressional correspondent. They are keeping the subpoenas coming despite defiance by the white house. Another confrontation flairing up between House Democrats and the white house. If the pattern here has been that the white house said no even to congressional subpoena