President and the clinton camp. Lets get to it. First from the fox news deck this wednesday afternoon, President Trump says theres a lot of love and unity among republicans. This as he continues his public fight with two senators in his own party. More on that in just a moment. First, a reminder how we got here. Breaking in this hour yesterday, the announcement from the arizona senator jeff flake that he will retire at the end of his current term. On the senate floor, he said he will no longer be complicit in the face of what he calls President Trumps reckless and outrageous behavior. The Tennessee Republican senator bob corker also ramped up his criticism of the president yesterday calling him untruthful and saying the president will be remembered for debasing the nation. Analysts say the infighting raises questions about tax cuts and the partys agenda. The president said hes lunch yesterday was a love fest with the exception of senators corker and flake. Listen to what he told the fo
He was talk about tax reform. He also dismissed flakes criticism. He said to his campaign advisers, i take it hes a democrat. He was told he was a republican. Flake, of course, yesterday went off on the president , standing up in the senate to denounce his uncivil tone, saying it was reckless, undignified outrageous. The president was asked if he thought he needed to be more civil. He said he thinks the press makes him to be less civil than he is. He repeated the fact that he went to an Ivy League College and he is a very intelligent person. The president also weighed in for the first time publicly on the revelations that the Clinton Campaign and the Democratic National committee, at least funded in part that so called unverified dossier that was put together by that former british spy, as well as fusion gps. Lets listen to what the president said on that front. Hillary clinton always denied it. The democrats always denied it. Now only because its going to come out in a court case they
Britain and in a number of phone calls urged the president to stay in. Boris johnson the British Foreign secretary was here yesterday meeting with the Vice President saying that britain fully supports the jcpoa and they wish that the president would. At this point, our understanding is the president will very shortly announce he is getting out of the Iran Nuclear Deal. Dana john roberts. Thank you. Bring in kevin mccarthy. There was never a lot of bipartisan support for the deal on capitol hill. President obama declined to put it forward for a vote because they said they wouldnt have had the votes so they took action unilaterally. Now the president of the United States, the current president , donald trump is going to apparently reverse the decision. Your thoughts today . My thought, remember, this is not a treaty. This is part of the problem with the agreement. Even if you look back on those we respect, you go to condoleeza rice, the former secretary of state, she said she would never
But he did authorize me to report that he is very pleased as he said his innocence has been recognized and he pointed to that white house statement. The key element in that white house statement, dana, is that in about 2015 a witness in the case came forward and said that they believed evidence had been withheld from them during the prosecution process and the interview process and that they would have testified quite differently if they had known that information. In any event, Scooter Libby has spoken to me. I want to be respectful of that conversation, but he did authorize me to report that he is very pleased that his innocence has been recognized. With this decision by the white house. Dana were going to talk more with Chris Stirewalt about all of it, the history of it and the politics of it today. Right. Dana i also wanted to ask you about another story you are following today. What happened in court with Michael Cohen this morning . Okay. So the hearing resumes this hour in a new