Things. He was a sailor. He was an aviator. He was a husband. He was a warrior. He was a prisoner. He was a hero. He was a congressman. He was a senator. He was a nominee for president of the united states. These are all the titles and the roles of a life that has been well lived. They are not the greatest of his titles. Nor the more important of his roles. He was a great man. We gather here to mourn the passing of american greatness, the real thing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly, nor the opportunistic apprehension of those who live lives of comfort and privilege while he suffered and served. The perfect illustration of john mccains civility and integrity is when he surprised president obama and bush asking them to speak at his funeral. These were the two men who on different occasions defeated mccain when he ran for president himself. So much of our politics, our public life, our Public Discourse can seem small and mean, and pe
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, doubling down on a slam against Justice Roberts this evening. After the chief justice defended the u. S. Judiciary to the president in an unprecedented public statement. Let me show you exactly what happened. It all began when trump was asked about a federal court ruling which was against his new policy that would bar migrants who come into the United States illegally from seeking asylum. Heres what the president said about the ruling. Well, you go to the ninth circuit and its a disgrace, and im going to put in a major complaint. This was an obama judge, and ill tell you what. Its not going to happen like this anymore. Okay, that sure sounds like a threat against the Judicial Branch by the president. Well, the chief justice of the Supreme Court who has never done anything like this so publicly felt it had finally gone too far and issued a statement. Chief Justice Roberts responds, we do not have obama judges or trump judges. What we ha
Leads for democrats. Months upon months of investigations currently being scheduled. The House Intelligence Committee has cohen back again next wednesday. The following week, a business associate closely connected today trump tower moscow. Theyre likely to call a name youll get to know very well over the next weeks and months, Allen Weisselberg. House oversight also likely to call weisselberg. Other witnesses include donald trump jr. , ivanka trump and more. At least six different committees are investigating trumps life about the presidency. Garrett haake joins me, can we start with don jr. s speech . What are we expecting here . Reporter i think we expect to hear a robust defense of his father. Don trump jr. Was on twitter all day during the open Michael Cohen hearing on wednesday. Live tweeting it and pointing out numerous instances of what he said were lies from Michael Cohen. I dont know if thats the kind of thing hes going to choose to engage in directly on his own without being
There are great limits on what he can do and cannot do and well have to see what he means. This is only a down payment. This is not building all the wall. It is not building the barriers. It is not buying all of the technology were going to need or the manpower were going to need. Sandra kevin corke reporting from the white house this morning. Kevin, is the president going to sign this deal . Well, 64,000 question of the morning. He seemed to tip his hand a bit during the Cabinet Meeting yesterday if you read between the lines, sandra. He did as much on twitter as well yesterday. If im putting money on the table im betting he takes the money and tries to fund the wall by taking money from other pots. Let me take you to twitter and share a bit of what the president had to say about this idea of yes, well get this thing done one way or the other. He said i want to thank all republicans for the work you have done in dealing with the radical left on Border Security. Not an easy task but th
Democrats authority to investigate the administration as the president gives his attorney general sweeping power to investigate the investigators. Our nbc team is here with this story and all others. We will bring you this hour that matter to you today. I must start with my colleague Kelly Odonnell at the white house and leanne on capitol hill. The president is about to get on a plane to japan. He is leaving the country and there is trouble at home. Yes, typically Speaker Pelosi is very careful not to criticize the president , any president , when he is out of the country. We might be almost to the point of a little break in this. But today things have escalated certainly with the president s lawyer Rudy Giuliani using twitter to say that she should apologize for saying the president needs an intervention, which was part of the back and forth i had with the speaker at her press conference yesterday and saying that she has a pattern of halting speech which plays into the videos that wer