mueller team about what answers trump is going to give. i don t see how it s okay for trump to say he s not going to answer questions about obstruction of justice, a main part of robert mueller s investigation, but that s their position right now. because they believe that that probe stemmed from the firing of james comey and trump had an absolute right to do that. let me suggest a strategy. they ll say, you can have half of what you want, you can have written answers, which is nonsense, because lawyers write the answers and they ll be cleverly written. but i ve got this new guy, matthew whitaker, who s any attorney general, and he s not going to push for any sort of subpoena, so live with it. how about that? we ll give you something, but don t ask for more, because i ve got a guy that s going to defend me. if that happens, mueller has to report that to congress. he has to tell the congress that they have shut him down? if they shut him down on any investigative step, absolutel
the house and strategizing behind the scenes on their plan moving forward as they plan the majority in the house come january, january 30th, exactly. axios reports that a senior source says that democrats are preparing a. canyon with exactly 85 targets, the democrats plan to probe every aspect of donald trump s life and work. but the new york times reports that planning to go on the offensive could be a challenge for democrats moving forward, writing, democrats who remained remarkably focused during their campaigns must now figure out how to put forward their own agenda, even as they deal with the provocations of a president who relishes confrontation and disdain s institutional norms. well, that s fancy writing. but adrian, you were head of strategic communications. that is right. how do the democrats stay strategic so that they look good a couple of years from now when we have to pick a party to lead the country? yeah, all of this talk about democrats coming in and having a c
thank you, frank. thank you very much. you look so comfortable up there under shelter, as we re getting drenched. you re very smart people. what do you make of that? well you said that the president s hair was so lacquered that it was like the burning bush that never burned. it s true. you saw the lectern was wet, his coat was wet, but the hair did not actually get wet. i do think he sees himself as out there, sacrificing. perhaps not like the world war i soldiers in the trenches well, he said that his vietnam was surviving, you know, essentially stds and he was a very brave soldier in doing that. first of all, that seems to be somewhat blasphemous about guys who serve and got killed and everything he s done it repeatedly. and i think the not going to an american war memorial that s why he went over there. i think it s also isn t that why he went over there? it was the purpose. and i think he said, well, i ll
trump tower meeting in june of 2016 is so critically important. and now remember, paul manafort, who was present at that meeting, is cooperating with robert mueller. the timing of that, between the time of the hack and the dissemination of those e-mails that were stolen in the fall of 2016 would be the perfect opportunity to have a conversation about what would be the best time to release these to maximize the impact in favor of president trump. and so, if anyone at that meeting, don jr. or jared kushner or paul manafort was involved in providing that advice, that could make them co-conspirators. i like lawyers that can speak english, barbara. you re making it clear. thank you, ken dilanian, for your great reporting, especially the stuff tonight. up next, president trump lashes out after his paris trip, mocking president macron s approval ratings including french defenses during the world wars and threatening new tariffs on french wine. he is a bull in a china shop. why is he fight
taunting him over the german occupation of france in both world wars, tweeting, how did that work out for france? they were starting to learn german in paris before the u.s. came along. well, that s all horrible nonsense. he also called criticism over that canceled stop infake news, saying the secret service said no when he suggested they drive there. in an opinion piece in the washington post on veterans day, ana mill babank the americ heros you think of on veterans day, satirically noting, we think of president trump battling rain for not one, but two days this week. i m joined by dana milbank. a bull in a china shop underestimates this president. why are we having this pee match in the rain? the french would have a phrase for this and be right to apply this to the president. presumably he starts firing away