Giuliani is adding value to the president s legal team, but his numerous tv appearances may be causing anxiety for the administration. Reports tonight that the white house is not happy with giuliani. Tonight a cnn source saying that he is embarrassing the president. Giuliani no doubt raised eyebrows in the west wing when he was asked this weekend if trumps longtime fixer Michael Cohen paid other women to stay silent. I have no knowledge of that. But i would think if it was necessary, yes. When asked today if other women have received money from the president , press secretary Sarah Sanders would only say that she is not aware. Rudy giuliani was also asked if the president would ever take the fifth amendment in the russia investigation, and he did not rule it out. Mr. Trump, you recall has repeatedly said that only criminals take the fifth. And would the president comply with a subpoena from the special Counsel Robert Mueller . Here is what giuliani says. Well, we dont have to. He is th
The president can put himself above the law. And pardon himself. Kaitlan collins is at the white house. Exactly 500 days after the president took the oath of office, and lets begin with the issue of president ial pardons. The president , his team has been talking about it all weekend, and now the president is talking about it. Reporter yeah, poppy. Not exactly the message that republicans want out there shortly before the midterms, this is what the president is going with this morning, maintaining he is above the law and he could pardon himself if it came to that, saying that it has been stated by numerous legal scholars, i have the absolute right to pardon myself, but the president adds, why would i do that when ive done nothing wrong. He goes on to talk about the special counsels russia investigation saying it is a neverending witchhunt that is led by 13 angry and conflicted democrats. So here, poppy, the president is maintaining that he could pardon himself if he needed to, but he d
We are live in singapore with the details including who may end up picking up kim jonguns hotel tab. We have john brennan joining me onset live to talk about it. And former president bill clinton, his take on the me too movement. 20 years after his own sex scandal involving monica lieu wince sky. Do you feel like you owe her an apology . I do not ive never talked to her. We have more of that interview coming up. You do not want to miss it. Were going to start with the current president and the new claims from his legal team. Rudy giuliani now saying publicly what a lot of folks have success inspected for a while, that if push comes to shove, the president s team is locked and loaded, ready toing for a broad definition of sec e executive power, so broad that giuliani now suggests the president might be above the law. Part of a memo first reported in the New York Times. The problem with the argument here might be giuliani. Had is not one of his more consistent legal views. Watch. What ha
Trump administration has erected a tent city near this Intake Center just along the u. S. mexico border to house children who migrated to the u. S. , fleeing violence in south america. Only for some of them to be taken from their parents who accompanied them. Under Donald Trumps zero tolerance immigration policy. In about an hour from now, hundreds of people are expected to rally at this spot to demand the Trump Administration give those dads back to their moms and dads. The Trump Administration released a statement saying they do know the locations of all the children in federal custody and theyre working to reunite them with their families. Although a dhs official tells msnbc, separated parents were quickly given the option to sign paper work leading to deportation, meaning a large percentage of kids in hhs custody may no longer be in the u. S. Officials also released new numbers claiming that as of june 20th, just over 2,000 minors are being held by the government. As for this facil
Documents and protestors being go dragged out of the chamber while republicans defended the nominee. I welcome everyone to this confirmation hearing on the nomination of mr. Chairman. Brett kavanaugh to serve as associate justice. Mr. Chairman, i would like to be recognized for a question before we proceed. Youre out of order, ill proceed. We cannot possibly move forward. We believe this hearing should be postponed. I move to adjourn. We will continue as planned. We arent in executive session. I ask to be recognized. Here are the facts. Judge kavanaugh is one of the most distinguished judges. Mr. Chairman, we ought to have this loudmouth removed. We shouldnt have to put up with this kind of stuff. And on it went from there. Senator john kennedy is getting set to question judge kavanaugh and well talk to him coming up here. First lets begin with Shannon Bream live inside the hearing room. Shannon, what do we expect today . Good morning there. Good morning. Substantive today. This is whe