Senator al franken takes his parting shot. I of all people am aware that there is some irony in the fact that i am leaving, while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of Sexual Assault sits in the oval office. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im kris h chris hayes. The closer special Counsel Robert Mueller gets to the president , the harder they are working to discredit the investigation and the fbi, indeed the very notion of politically independent Law Enforcement. In the wake of Michael Flynns guilty plea requiring him to cooperate with the russia investigation, and news that mueller subpoenaed the president s bank for financial records, republicans appear to be laying the groundwork for a political purge at the fbi. Theyre seesiizing on reports t an agent was removed last summer after the justice departments Inspector General began examining whether that agent had sent Text Messages that expressed antitrump political views. That agent, preeeter st
Southern california. Officials now racing against time to battle six wildfires. More than 20 Million People in california yesterday picked up their phone and saw a text warning of extreme fire danger. That is a scary situation. Thanks for getting an early start with us. It is friday, december 8. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. Lets begin in washington. Al franken facing allegations by several women. He struck a defiant tone in his speech thursday. He suggested hes paying a price for not denying the claims earlier and more forcefully. I also think it gave some people the false impression that i was admitting to doing things that in fact i havent done. Some of the allegations against me are simply not true. Others, i remember very differently. Franken did not apologize in the speech and he also complained about the unfairness of being forced out while President Trump keeps his job and roy moore keeps running for senate. I am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of
Thats what makes this story so interesting. Brand new emails that have leaked if trumps inner circle. They were first obtained by cnn and they appear to tell a different story. That the meeting led to plans which were put in writing by the very people who orchestrated the trump tower meeting. It involved the british publicist who set this whole thing up. Rob goldstone had the offer that donald trump would get dirt on Hillary Clinton from russias meeting with the people you see on the screen. Those people, of course, trump jr. , Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort and some russians. The issue was what would happen. There was a news story about russia hacking the dnc and said, it was quote, eerily weird given what they had discussed at the trump tower meeting five days before. And after trump jr. Posted his email response on twitter under pressure, it was revealed, of course, that there was that dirt offer. The son of one of the russian attendees emailed his father and said why was trump jr. Ad
There and to a member of Donald Trumps inner circle. More on that in a moment as well mp. Then the new pew poll out today. For a man who loves ratings like President Trump. This is terrible news. His overall Approval Rating a dismal 32 . Not even one in three. Matching the lowest we have seen since he took office. And there is more bad news for the president. Troubling numbers on russia, 59 say senior members of team trump likely had improper Campaign Contacts with russia. And troubling numbers on Sexual Assault. Nearly 3 4s kaug the issue important. Why those numbers so bad . Retires review. Donald trump junior refused to Tell Congress that he and his father what they discussed about the trump tower meeting with russians. And as i just mentioned we have learned there was follow up after that meeting despite denials from trump junior. There wasnt really follow up because there was nothing there to follow up. As we were walking out in the end there was bait and switch about what it was
An email from Rob Goldstone who works for a russian pop star. The june 9th meeting was attend i by Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort. After the public learned earlier this year about the meeting, which the trump team had hidden from the American People for more than a year, team trump attempted to down play it. First they lied, then they claimed Nothing Happened at all at the meeting. It wasnt a followup, it was a followup. As we were walking out. He said listen, im sorry for that. There wasnt really followup, there was nothing there donald trump jr. Said. There were followup communications. Cnn is reporting this right now. Ones that congressional investigators are exploring to determine whether there was more to that june 9, 2016, meeting at trump tower that has been disclosed. I want to bring in jim sciutto and mano raju. Tell us more about what youre learning. What was this followup communication from that meeting . Headline here, these are previously undiscloeed emails. They show the