Lets go outfront. Good evening, i am erin burnett. Outfront, Breaking News on several fronts this hour. At the white house, the president meet whiting on stimu. It is a promise from biden to work across the aisle. We expect to speak to reporters after the meeting, well bring you that as soon as it happens. There at the microphone outside the white house. On capitol hill, major deadlines loom in the Impeachment Trial of former president donald trump. Democrats filing, and trump has to give his papers by tomorrow. President trump may add new lawyers to the defense team. If he does, theyll join the Brand New Team as of last night, two attorneys known for high profile, controversial cases. David schoen and bruce castor. David said i represent all sorts of Reputed Mobster figures, alleged head of russian mafia, straels mafia, and a guy the government claimed was the biggest massive ee owes oh in the world. Castor is a prosecutor that declined to prosecute bill cosby. Cosby was eventually co
Lets bring in our leadoff panel for this friday night. Franco ordonez, White House Correspondent for mcclatchy newspapers, covering immigration and foreign affairs. The New York Times katie benner, pulitzer prizewinning reporter who covers the Justice Department. And yamiche alcindor, White House Correspondent for news hour on pbs. Thanks to all of you for being with us. Katie, let me start with you. We have that reporting tonight about some movement on that issue of reunifying parents with children, at least some of them. You cover the Justice Department, the legal end of this. It sounded like there was still plenty of confusion when that Executive Order was issued the other day by the president about what that was actually going to allow in terms of reunification. How clear is that now . Absolutely. So as you say, this was another selfinflicted wound by the Trump Administration not thinking through clearly enough a directive before issuing it. So we saw a lot of confusion last night.
Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen on Wednesday said Peter Navarro failed to consider the consequences before joining the “cult of Trump” as the former adviser faces trial for contempt of Congress charges. “I mean, the extent of the damage that Donald Trump causes for those people who get caught up like myself in this cult of…
thing to do. i actually think, and i said this at the time, this whole legitimate political discourse statement of the rnc was a self inflicted wound, i think it s gonna hang with him for a while, in the course of this. i think mitch mcconnell understands this that is a big mistake, and that s why he did what he did. so, it will stick with them, because it s one of those kind of things in politics, that s very easy to understand, very quick to understand, why would one party describe a violent insurrection in that manner, so in typical ted cruz fashion he doesn t stand on any principle, he just does whatever he wants, trying to score some political point in the moment. on the other side, eugene, what do you think that these republicans who are condemning the rnc censure, is it even possible, as pelosi says, to take the party back? it doesn t appear to be possible, right now, the party as it is is a cult of trump.
one party describe a violent insurrection in that manner, so in typical ted cruz fashion he doesn t stand on any principle, he just does whatever he wants, trying to score some political point in the moment. on the other side, eugene, what do you think that these republicans who are condemning the rnc censure, is it even possible, as pelosi says, to take the party back? it doesn t appear to be possible, right now, the party as it is is a cult of trump. and when i fear, and what i believe, is that in till the cult of trump is defeated. until that idea of that vile idea is defeated at the polls, at least once more, says trump got defeated in 2020, until it s rejected by enough republicans in the base, that s where the politicians are going