Good evening, im erin burnett. Outfront, the president and his allies intensifying a war against the Justice Department, in particular against Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein. Trumps advisers, including republicans on capitol hill, cory lewandowski, steve bannon, aggressively painting rosenstein as part of a deep state plot against the president of the United States. Now the campaign, our jake tapper reports tonight, focusing on pushing rosenstein to reveal details about the investigation that both the Justice Department and fbi do not want out in the public. Lets take exhibit a, and that is trumps claim that the fbi infiltrated his campaign. The president demanding details in a meeting this afternoon with the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein was there, along with the fbi director, christopher wray. They all came to the white house to meet with the president. And trumps attack to the Justice Department became a fullon onslaught. Heres how it started, with this. If the fbi
You are the reason i stay up at night. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. Tonight, breaking news, after two weeks of obfuscation and angry denials the saudi government has finally admitted that Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi is dead. And that they killed him. Here is their story via the official saudi press agency. The prime mare investigation indicated discussions which occurred between him, that would be khashoggi, and the persons who met him while he was present at the kingdoms consulate led to a quarrel and fighting, which led to his death. They were saying it was an accident, result of a quarrel that got out of hand. Thats what the saudis want you to believe. The turkish Officials Say they have evidence, much of it confirmed by other journalists, that 15 saudi agents flew into istanbul on october 2nd, assassinated mr. Khashoggi, dismembered his body with a bone saw they brought for that purpose, and flew out the same day. One of th
Greatest threat to my family in the entire world. You are the reason i stay up at night. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes. Tonight, breaking news, after two weeks of obfuscation and angry denials the saudi government has finally admitted that Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi is dead. And that they killed him. Here is their story via the official saudi press agency. The prime mare investigation indicated discussions which occurred between him, that would be khashoggi, and the persons who met him while he was present at the kingdoms consulate led to a quarrel and fighting, which led to his death. They were saying it was an accident, result of a quarrel that got out of hand. Thats what the saudis want you to believe. The turkish Officials Say they have evidence, much of it confirmed by other journalists, that 15 saudi agents flew into istanbul on october 2nd, assassinated mr. Khashoggi, dismembered his body with a bone saw they brought for
Ralph northam under pressure to resign even from his own party. Nearly every prominent democrat in the country right now, urging him to quit the governor dug his heels in today. But insists hes neither one of the people seen in that yearbook photo from 35 years ago. When i was confronted with the images yesterday. I was appalled that they appeared on my page. I believe i am not either of the people in the photo. I stand by my statement of the apology to many virginians who were hurt by seeing this content on a yearbook page that belongs to me. It is disgusting, offensive, racist and it was my responsibility to prevent it from being published in the first place. My belief that i did not wear that costume or attend that party stems in part from my clear memory of other mistakes i made in the same period of my life. That same year, i did participate in a dance contest in san antonio. In which i darkened my face as part of a Michael Jackson costume. I look back now and regret that i did no
Others avert their eyes after his latest round of controversial comments. I will talk to j. D. Shultz, who is challenging him for his congressional seat. First, at the end of last weeks show, the washington posts Philip Rucker made this prediction. Phil, what are you watching this week . The president is at bedminster, new jersey, all week. This is his summer vacation. When hes on vacation there he golfs, eats and watches a lot of television and unstructured time, which means controversies could emerge. Never doubt phil rucker. He was not wrong. President promoting baseless conspiracy theories. You think the clintons are involved in Jeffrey Epsteins death . I have no idea. I know he was on the plane 27 times. As the market was dropping, trump was on social media slamming the guy he appointed add Federal Reserve chairman. The rally in chmanchester apparently frustrated trump started throwing insults. That guy has a serious weight problem. Go home and exercise. The dueling protests takin