Legal issues pertain to National Security. Ben runs a wellregarded blog called lawfare, which i think is kind of a page 1 on war fare. . On may 16th, ben wittes did this online, on twitter. Which is a weird thing. Nobody knew what was wrong with him. Nobody knew what this was about. You can see the time stamp there, he sent it at 3 18 p. M. On may 16th. Hey, ben wittes, whats that about . Well, then later, boom. Literally the word boom. Two hours and eight minutes after that initial tweet, we now now in retrospect what that tick, tick, ticking was about. He tweeted boom and a link to that story, comey memo says trump asked him to end flynn investigation. It was a huge story when it broke and somehow ben wittes knew it was coming out because he tweeted tick, tick, tick, tick, tick once it came out and boom once it landed. That was may 16th. And then two days after that, ben wittes started ticking again, at 2 44 in the afternoon, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick and sure enough, four h
Because ive seen enough leaking and distortion. Have a hearing and invite everyone. Republicans set to lose control of the house and the house judiciary committee. The president began the thanksgiving holiday with members of the military. The call, which was supposed to be about supporting members of the military. Among reports that their government murdered and dismembered a u. S. Resident. James cole mey is saying he won answer questions if the hearings are not open to the public. We turn to leann caldwell. My first question is this guy is going to be out of the leadership position. Why would you do this at the end of republican control of the house when theyve had two years. Thats right, ali. The fact the democrats are going to take control in january means this is republicans last stand to change the conversation away from trumps controversies and what the base is really like. While theyre doing that, this is also comey and Loretta Lynch are two people republicans wanted to come be
Theyve studied it a lot they have nothing definitive and the fact is, maybe he did, maybe he didnt. If you look at raup iran what, theyve done, theyve been a bad actor. You look at whats happening in syria with assad with runs of thousands of People Killed we are with saudi arabia were staying with saudi arabia. And by the way, just so everybody i have no business whatsoever with saudi arabia couldnt care less of course, thats not how intelligence works and thats according to former intelligence official who also said today that the combustibility of mbs, the crown prince of saudi arabia, will surely come back to bite us. Because of Donald Trumps Statement Today, theres also a great chance that the white house just stumbled into a major intel scandal. Hear the questions that the democraticrun House Intel Committee just might want answered when was the president briefed on the Intelligence Communitys assessment regarding mbs role in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi . When the president flo
To impeach or not to impeach and it has drawn a fissure between the party. And joe bidens return to ready to run. Details on his big announcement to take back the white house. But first, President Trump wrapping up a round of golf in the Sunshine State but the Mueller Report is hanging over him like a dark cloud. Believing hes the best messenger in the white house he was on twitter this morning leaning on familiar phrases like no collusion, witch hunt, attacking the findings. At the same time democrats are now taking on sides on whether to impeach or let the political process play out. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading the effort to tamp down the cries from senator Elizabeth Warren and others like her who want the president to face the ultimate decision. This is about a point of principle. I get it. There are people who think politically, no, it is going to be too hard to do this. This isnt about politics. This is an even specifically about donald trump himself, it is about what a
S. W. A. T. Responded quickly. Deputy thought they had the sniper contained but after coming through the building as of early today no jump gunman, no motive, note gun, somewhat unusual because the weapon they believed was a highpowered rifle. Right now you have a mystery and police remain a target. Thousand 911 call from 21yearold deputy after getting hit. This happened around 3 00 p. M. Yesterday in the l. A. Suburb of lancaster. The shots coming from a government subsidized apartment for homeless and the mentally ill. Why do you put mentally ill people in a fourstory apartment across from the Sheriffs Department . Its indefensible and something has to be done about it. He was in training to become a patrol deputy. Hes recovered. He was prepared to get in his car and removed his fest when the shooting happened. Thankfully the wound was minor and hes been treated and is doing well come in high spirits. His family is with him and we expect he will find full recovery. A residence in thi