Darkest days. And joe, we have breaking nbc reporting about steve bannon this morning. Planning to cooperate with a special Counsel Robert Mueller and the russia probe. We have reporters standing by on that huge story. I would like to you frame out what we saw yesterday. We had Lindsey Graham being Lindsey Graham again speaking out against the president s staff. Weve got the shutdown looming in three days. It feels like, like something is happening. Well, weve seen the president s attempt to corrode basic constitutional norms over the past year. Thats been a concern. But now were actually seeing again, the United States senator who ive always liked and had Great Respect for, actually denying something that all of washington knows happened. Fox news even said it happened. You know why . Because the president of the United States, according to conservatives, was calling around after it happened, bragging about using the words that senator cotton now denies that he used. White house offic
Jonathan . Good afternoon, we are expecting a press conference at any moment at the fedex facility here in austin where investigators have been swarming this morning to look at what is described as vicious package. We are awaiting confirmation as to whether they have indeed found what would be a six explosive device here. We should get news from that press conference at any minute now as they say. This obviously comes on the heels of the explosion overnight in the fedex facility you were talking about just outside of san antonio. Its in the town of shirts, about 17 miles from austin. One woman reported some hearing issues after that explosion. She was a fedex worker, 1 of 75 in the facility but there were no significant injuries. That being the one piece of good news from that explosion. Authorities are not yet definitively linking it to the other four explosions that have happened here in austin. But we do say they are doing everything they can define who a member is responsible for t
One, of a top chinese executive in canada. And the state of politics. More shadowy politics revealed. As the investigation into North Carolina elections fraud takes aim at a gop operative. In the state of wisconsin, the power grab continues. The Wisconsin Legislature voted to strip away the power of the Incoming Democratic administration. This is legislation thats clearly designed to undermine the results of the elections we just had and the process through which this is passed was simply embarrassing. And no vacancy. Saudi lobbyists booked hundreds of rooms at trumps d. C. Hotel immediately after the 2016 election. This as a group of bipartisan senators condemned the white houses response to kamal cahas doshys murder. Organized by people under the command of mbs. This was republican Lindsey Graham. The fear and anxiety being felt on wall street and across the country. Uncertainty tasking stocks and taking big bites out of your savings. I have a fantastic team to break it all down. Eve
Allowed to get any tax return he wants. And there is no exception in the law when it comes to the president. In fact, the law was written specifically to account for the need to get the president s taxes in a circumstance like this. Nevertheless, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin has just said tonight that he is not going to meet that midnight deadline. Secretary mnuchin says he will personally oversee a review of the request instead. Quote, given the seriousness of these issues, which bear no connection to ordinary tax administration, we have begun consultations with the department of justice to ensure that our response is fully consistent with the law and the constitution. So, the law says the irs clearly shall hand over any tax return the chairman asks for. The irs did not do that. They punted to the treasury secretary. The treasury secretary now says he is consulting. He is reviewing. While the law waits for him to follow it, which is what he will ultimately have to do here. But wh
Law when it comes to the president. In fact, the law was written specifically to account for the need to get the president s taxes in a circumstance like this. Nevertheless, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin has just said tonight that he is not going to meet that midnight deadline. Secretary mnuchin says he will personally oversee a review of the request instead. Quote, given the seriousness of these issues, which bear no connection to ordinary tax administration, we have begun consultations with the department of justice to ensure that our response is fully consistent with the law and the constitution. So the law says the irs clearly shall hand over any tax return the chairman asks for. The irs did not do that. They punted to the treasury secretary. The treasury secretary now says he is consulting. He is reviewing. While the law waits for him to follow it, which is what he will ultimately have to do here. But while that rubicon is busy being crossed tonight with regard to the presiden