That meeting will happen as Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey ford testify on capitol hill about her Sexual Assault allegations against the Supreme Court nominee. First on rosenstein. A senior official tells us the Deputy Attorney general overestimated how angry the president would be. Rosenstein expected fury after the New York Times reported he suggested secretly recording the president and using the 25th amendment to remove him from office. Rosenstein offered his resignation from office which led to discussions with top officials through yesterday. For now, the future of the man in charge of the russia investigation remains very much up in the air. Senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny with the latest. Reporter christine and dave, President Trump waking up in new york for the second day of the General Assembly. He certainly is going to be on the world stage addressing world leaders. It is trouble and controversy back in the white house which is overshadowing his entire mee
Morning, is over confident. Because the only thing that we know from whats been publically stated by senators is a whip count of 4848. Those are public commitments that could change. Tell you the state of play. A tie. Four key senators remain publically undecided. The protests also put pressure on republicans gathering there. Strategically looking at shots inside senator Susan Collins office. She hasnt announced her public position. Activists confronting democratic senator joe mansion also undecided. How are you not listening to the survivors. Are you . Youre going to get how are you going to vote . Tell me. Tell me. Step back. How long is it going to take you to listen to the us. You see the direct pressure there on mansion who is a democrat in a red state. Meanwhile senator jeff flake with republican of course one of the key swing votes is according to the atlantic tonight still having issues and reached out to a friend you may have seen them together on tv this week. Senator chris c
And rosenstein would remain in office for now, but if rosenstein is out, who would then take on rosensteins current job of supervising the Mueller Probe . We have nbcs Pete Williams, our justice correspondent, nbc News White House correspondent Kristen Welker, Washington Post White House Bureau chief, phil rucker. And adam schiff on the house intelligence committee. Thanks to all of you. First of all, Pete Williams, if you can pick it up where i have left off of all of your great reporting today. We know there are different signals coming on what is going to happen to Rod Rosenstein. Exactly, andreandrea, two contradictory stories about whats happening here. There was one and possibly two meetings in may of last year, Rod Rosenstein suggested that people wear a wire when pemeeti with the president to talk about who the new fbi director should be, and perhaps invoking the 25th amendment to declare the president unfit for office. After that story came out, the Justice Department pushed b
Im brooke baldwin. You are watching special coverage of the intensifying crises facing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The confirmation of kavanaugh is now in serious, serious question. Kavanaugh is vying for a position he will hold for the rest of his life. Justices decide of law of the land for every single american, man and woman. Less than 24 hours before kavanaugh is set to testify on allegations he sexually assaulted a teenager in high school, a third woman is now coming forward making explosive, graphic allegations against him. Among them, she is accusing Brett Kavanaugh and others of being present at parties where young women were getting gang raped, as she describes in a side room or bedroom by a train, her word, a train of numerous boys. The allegations are graphic, they are horrific and well get into them in just a second. These new allegations come from a woman named Julie Swetnick in a sworn affidavit. She is a government worker, went to another local high school at
A key figure is talking to us and us only. Rod goldstone the facilitator of the trump tower meeting. What he says he regrets and happening right now in pennsylvania, sentencing day for bill cosby, who might be looking at spending the rest of his life behind bars. Well take you live to where its happening. We have a Powerhouse Team covering all of this with our show, based out of new york this week. The president is in town for United Nations meetings. Before the meetings started, hes being asked about his Supreme Court pick. Watch. Hes a fine man, with an unblemished past and these are highly unsubstantiated statements from people represented by lawyers. You should look into the lawyers doing the representation. Judge Brett Kavanaugh is an outstanding person. I am with him all the way. The comments are hours after a new allegation from a former yale classmate. A warning, some is graphic. She remembers kavanaugh exposed himself. I remember a penis in front of my face. I knew thats not w