Adm. Ronnie jackson facing explosive allegations of drinking and driving and wrecking a government vehicle. The pres. s embattled pick was spot on capitol hill tonight reportedly meeting with sen. Tom tillis who is a member of the va committee. There are reports that republican support for the confirmation is dwindling. Is anxious to answer the charges. Team coverage tonight, Kristin Fisher will have details on Rudy Giulianis efforts to wrap up the special counsel investigation. Chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge reports on james comey and his friendship with a law professor who had a special deal with the fbi. Was a line crossed. We begin with it henry on the latest on dr. Jackson. Fox has confirmed donald trump met with rear admiral Ronnie Jackson and is hanging in for now midreports that the white house is bracing for the possibility that he will throw in the towel. I spoke tonight with rob shah and he says the president supports jackson but added, quote, we are pre
8112th well be in singapore. I never says it goes in one meeting. I think its going to be a process, but the relationship is building. I look forward taking the sanctions off some day. I dont want to use maximum pressure. We did discuss the ending of the korean war. Can you believe that . A letter was given to me by kim jongun, a very nice letter. Oh, would you like to see what was in the letter . I havent opened it. I didnt open it in the front of the director. I said, would you like me to open it . He said, you can read it later. I may be in for a big surprise, folks. Lets get reaction. There was a lot in that sound bite that we just put together from today, the potential end of the korean war, the potential for denuclearization, a thaw between the two countries. A lot happened in that meeting this afternoon. It did. It seems like that cancellation that you referenced, where it was off for a couple days, was maybe a good, healthy reality check for everyone involved, including at the
Holding up the president s pick at historic levels. Deputy press secretary hogan guidley. They are focused on the obstructionist behavior. We have 111 fewer nominees at this point than any other administration in history. Democrats are being obstructionists. Its grotesque. Melissa peter doocy has more on capitol hill with more on this. How do you think it went . On the way in the meetings the president would only answer question about the first lady. A little bit of what he said, he said she is doing well after kidney surgery and it was successful and the doctors at walter reed were incredible. That was it. The president is at lunch. We saw him go in there with the counselor, Kellyanne Conway, the speech writer Stephen Miller and the press secretary Sarah Sanders with a few dozen lawmakers that he is urging to cancel their august recess if they cannot fund the border wall and confirm a high number of officials he nominated by august 1. We are waiting to hear what he wants to talk about
Presumably with the president of the United States. But then that storyy changed. Nbcs new account said it simply recorded the numbers he dialed and not the call content that he made and that is where we are as of right now, 8 00 p. M. Eastern time. One thing we know for sure is that nbc screwed up, but thats pretty much allha we can be certain of. If nbcs first story was wrong, why do we assume the second was right . We dont know the truth and we have no way of knowing. In the absence of honesty from our government, we are totally dependent upon leaks for our news and many of those are dishonest. Michael cohen by the way stillly doesnt know why his office was rated why his phones and emails were reported to the government. No one in the government isic required to tell him nor will they tell him. Imagine if that happened to you, one day men arrived at your home and seized your computers and files at gunpoint, and never explained why they were doing it, and the next thing you knew, the
Hysterical and its getting worse. This is your time to rise. He love a country girl i love a friday night and i love this life abby some people may be out celebrating this friday night but nope, we are up. We are here. He had sewed excited. Pete if you are up and readready to go, if you are in california you might still be up. Abby thats okay. We dont judge on this show. Whatever time it is we are happy with that. Pete little intoxicated in california, you are watching us, we welcome you just like every up and at. It was a remarkable week. By the way have you an Embassy Opening in early next week. You cant keep up with the space with what is happening and the world stage. Abby so far President Trump and the presidency this was the biggest, most important week when it comes to Foreign Policy and probably the tom of that is north korea and secretary of state mike pompeo, he now says that there will be economic benefits to north korea if they denuclearize. Take a listen to this. If chairm