A look at breaking news, politics and reports from Around The World. No hint of their conditions or demands. Hes got all honestly he has all of the information that he needs. The interview will Pronide Nothing in addition to what he already has. Reporter he said the probe should be finished by September 1st but the time line is up to mueller and not giuliani. For months they have sought to limit facetoface questions about obstruction of justice. A Key Point Of Mueller Inquiry the president repeatedly rails against. That is a total witch hunt. Reporter the president out of public view again at his new jersey golf club. But keeping a close eye on the fraud trial of his former Campaign Chairman paul manafort. But tension inside of the virginia courtroom with judge ellis telling a Government Prosecutor to hurry things along. As a concession to the shortness of life, we need to get it done. Also today the Senate Intelligence committee calling on wikileaks founder Julian Assange to make hims
Wolf Blitzer looks at politics, breaking news and international stories. January of this year, the president s lawyers tell the special Counsel Robert Mueller in a letter that mr. Trump dictated the statement himself. Fast forward to late last month, cnn reporting that Michael Cohen is willing to tell the Special Counsel that the president did know about the 2016 Trump Tower Meeting in advance despite numerous denials from President Trump and his team. And that brings us up to speed. The president now admitting the meeting was designed to get information on an opponent, but once again claiming he did not know about it. Now jay sekulow admits he was wrong when he denied the president was involved in that first misleading statement. Listen. I had Bad Information at that point. I made a mistake in my statement. I talked about that before. That happens when you have cases like this. I think its very important to point out that in a situation like this, you have, over time, facts develop. T
Respect. And i think we could use a lot more of that spirit in washington these days. A lot to talk about over the next two hours. Lets go to our panel, jessica and mo, also shawn steele and ron brown. Ron, to you first, with The Big Picture here and the implications for the coming m midter midterms. Every special election, we say focus on the final margin, not who won. What does this say . This put a big you sharpie underline on everything thats been happening since Donald Trumps victory in 2016. On the one hand, there was an unmistakable move toward the democrats in this district. Oconnor won 65 of the vote
there. An unprecedented showing for a democrat. He gained as well in delaware county, and not as much. Thats what ultimately sank him, and republicans retaining very big margins with slightly disappointing turnout in the rural parts of the district. Thats what we saw in virginia, alabama, and in pennsylvania, the distribution of the district was a little different, which allowed r
You say it as if its a bad thing, hallie jack sson. Msnbc headquarters here in new york. A day after the midterms, still a number of races to decide, enough results for both parties to take a victory lap. President trump will take his this hour, the president scheduled to appear in the eastern room of the white house for a News Conference roughly 30 minutes from now. Today hes already touted himself as the magic man for last nights senate wins. Never mind losing the house, though. President trump also had a message for the Incoming Democratic majority in the house. Investigate me . We investigate you. We also heard from Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell just a few moments ago. The Democrats In The House will have to decide just how much president ial harassment they think is good strategy. Today is more than about democrats and republicans, its about restoring the constitutions checks and balances to the trump
administration. One of the first orders of business that i think that d
All eyes will be on that department of Justice Press conference and the one and only Robert Mueller will be speaking. That wraps it up for me in this exciting news hour. I am now turning over to my friend, Chris Jansing who picks up coverage. 10 00 on the east coast im Chris Jansing in for hallie jackson. What a huge breaking news story were following for you at the top of the hour. Robert mueller the Special Counsel in charge of the investigation is coming out at the department of justice. He is scheduled to make a statement on his investigation at the top of the next hour. His first Public Comments on the probe since he started as Special Counsel more than two years ago. A full team of reporters and experts who have been following this investigation throughout. Let me start with ken delaney in
our washington bureau. Ken, this is someone throughout the investigation did a remarkable job of keeping things under wrap and stopping any leaks from coming out. We have not seen him. He is so