What do we know about this russia reporting . Lets walk through what the administration lawyers are saying because its nothing new on their front but theres a lot of new stuff when it relates to what Robert Mueller might be looking in to, right . Reporter thats right. First to tick through the details of the the New York Times reporting, essentially the the New York Times reporting overnight that President Trump has been discussing with witnesses their discussions with investigators from the special counsel. They cite two instances of this, one with the White House Counsel Don Mcgahn in that instance theres been a back and forth whether President Trump had ordered mcgahn to fire special counsel Robert Mueller and the long and short of it, halle, is that it ultimately prompted mcgahn to remind the president , this is something you actually did ask me to do, the fire Robert Mueller. The the New York Times says, the president said he remembers that zirchly. Thats one instance. The second
Michael flynn might tell the special counsel. No, im not. What has been shown is no collusion. No collusion. There has been absolutely there has been absolutely no collusion. So were very happy. And frankly, last night was one of the big nights. Well see what happens. But flynns guilty plea and his promise to cooperate with the fbi investigation raised serious legal questions. Joining us, jeff bennett and ken delanie nbc intelligence and we have paul butler former prosecutor and professor at Georgetown School of law. And jeff, the white house has been working hard on the reflection of the tweet. And well put it up again because the president brings up the word fbi. We had known he said before consistent with his statements before about his statement about general flynn lying to the Vice President and that was the reason. In terms of why he said they had to let him go. But there is more to this. Jeff. That is right. And the question is, if President Trump knew that mike flynn lied to th
Justice department. They argue that trumps former Campaign Adviser carter page was strongly wrongly, rather, surveilled even though a federal judge found probable cause to suspect him of being a foreign agent. And now the president has effectively confirmed what we already knew, that the whole charade is, in fact, intended to defend him from the special counsels probe. As trump tweeted on saturday, quote, this memo totally vindicates trump in probe. Hes like caesar now. He refers to himself in the third person. But the russian witch hunt goes on and on. There was no could he clugs and no obstruction. The word now used because after one year of looking endlessly finding nothing, collusion is dead. This is an american disgrace. He defended the memo saying it should have no impact on the special counsels work. Lets watch. I actually dont think it has any impact on the russia probe for this reason. The memo has no impact on the russia probe . Not to me it doesnt. You were in favor of the m
Your eye about passing a tax cut that benefits the wealthiest in our country. Get down to business for of every day people in our country. Isnt that heartwarming anyway. The action is going down just a block from where we are right now on capitol hill. There have been several procedural efforts to tried to find a way out of this mess, including Mitch Mcconnell urging democrats to remove their filibuster just moments ago. Though the end game seems difficult to determine with both facing hardliners that make Common Ground the hardest real estate to find night. Thats a great phrase. And while democrats seem to have taken strength from polls like this one from the Washington Post that Shows Americans are more willing to blame President Trump and the republicans for the shutdown, they might want to Pay Attention to other polls out there with some potentially ominous sounds when people are asked to choose between a Government Shutdown and protecting daca recipients. By the way, people want t
Shutdown. Expect a flurry of activity. Congress back in session. The house at 9 00, senate at noon. On this the one Year Anniversary of president trumps inauguration parts of america closed for business Courtesy Congress and this president. Why couldnt they reach a deal to keep it up and running . This morning there are lots of opinions about that. This is the greatest country in the world but we do have some really stupid people representing it. The only reason that the government was shutdown was the Republican Leadership decides they dont want to work on the weekend. So will the president get all the blame or will it be shared by congress . New poll results out today plus what is open and what is closed . The impact this closure will have on your life. And once again back to the live picture of capitol hill. New efforts get underway to end the Government Shutdown. It is in its seventh hour. House members reconvene at 9 00 a. M. Eastern. Leaders from both sides of the aisle hurling a