He was an experienced senator. He was a harvard trained lawyer. There was nothing simple about him at all, but he would do this thing. He would turn on this folksy country lawyer humble thing as a prolog to his most devastating to the point questions. Now, im just a country lawyer, but, like, walk me through this. Sam irvin is the one who started that during watergate. You hear members of congress now use it all the time. It is sam irvin that theyre referencing, but usually it means theyre about to Say Something pretty good. Today it was connecticut senator Richard Blumenthals turn with the whole im just a country lawyer trick. Now, we have gotten from the attorney general of the United States we have been so fortunate to receive a summary of the report. You know who is beginning to say that report is inaccurate and unfair . The mueller team is beginning to say you didnt do justice to our report, you didnt provide the findings and evidence. Now, im im just a country lawyer from connect
Advertising. David im even wearing the red melissa could the print that says reality check be any bigger . David it could be. I have a giant beer stein coming next. Melissa [laughs] lets get to it. I love it. All right, former fbi chief james comey appearing at a cnn town hall last night two years after President Trump fired him. He is saying that he believes Robert Muellers findings would have resulted in obstruction charges if President Trump were not in office. Watch this. Do you think you should be charged when hes out of office . Based on what mueller has shown. I think the Justice Department will have to take a serious look at that. Whether its a wise thing to do to a former president , i dont know. Thats a harder and much bigger question than the facts of the case. But you think the evidence is there to prosecute . It sure looks like it, with respect to the episodes of obstruction. Melissa President Trump heading back on twitter, saying, james comey is a disgrace of the fbi and
Luck. Tonight during this hour, we will bring you extended highlights that you will not see anywhere else. We must first begin tonight back in washington, d. C. The president of the United States continues to pull out all the stops to impede democratic lawmakers as they try to conduct investigations. Last night donald trump told the Washington Post he is opposed to white house aides testifying before congress. Today he doubled down. We are fighting all the subpoenas. Look, these arent like impartial people. The democrats are trying to win 2020. They are not going to win with the people that i see. They are not going to win against me. The only way they can maybe luck out and i dont think thats going to happen, it might make it even the opposite. Thats what a lot of people are saying. The only way they can luck out is by constantly going after me on nonsense. Trumps comments follow several days of escalating confrontation between the president and House Democrats. Total the doj told the
Congresswoman ilhan omar. She did what the president asked, sort of, receiving a very warm welcome back home in minnesota. Omar and her fellow members of the squad also getting support overseas. Germanys chancellor says the president s racist tweets are wrong. Translator yes. I distance myself from this decidedly and stand in solidarity with the women who were attacked. We begin the hour right there. The controversy that has dominated the past six days. President trump lashing out again at democratic congresswoman ilhan omar just a day after the president tried to disavow heated antiomar chants at a campaign rally. Hes back to criticizing her on twitter, picking up right where he left off. Even retweeting many of his tweets from earlier this week. While drumming up new outrage about how the story is being kufrds by the news media. President trump saying it is amazing how the Fake News Media became crazed over the chant send her back. The media have been totally common accepting of the
They never tell us how they bought it from egypt. Begnaud and the mission to honor some of americas forgotten heroes. If i can do anything in my power to make sure some of these men live again, i will do it. Begnaud good evening. From new york, im david begnaud. This is our western edition. And we are going to begin in Southern California. Today the strongest earthquake in 20 years hit that regiion. Buildings shook, people felt it from los angeles all the way to las vegas. It magnitude 6. 4 quake. Carter evans is at a hospital near the epicenter in ridgecrest, california, which is northeast of los angeles. Carter, i know homes caught fire. Was there anyone hurt, though . Reporter david, there were some injuries, but authorities are not saying to what extent right now. We know there arent any deaths reported, and the hospital behind me is not dealing with any earthquakerelated injuries. Let me step out of the way and show you, it is somewhat of a triage situation. Theyve been evacuating