implement president trump s executive order. you have senate and house leaders struggling to pass some sort of bill and the president s advice this morning, quote, republicans should stop wasting their time on immigration until after we elect more congressmen and women in november. stop wasting their time. and with this tweet, the president effectively killed any hopes for now an imgrapgs bimig bill in con. b but the president himself said that he was quote 100% behind their push to pass an immigration bill. and on the house floor, drama today, democratic congressman ted lu was just accused of breaking the rules of decorum by playing the recordings of wailing children who were taken from their parents at the border.
as the times puts it tonight, the interest in vekselberg suggests that the special counsel has intensified its focus on potential connections between russian oligarchs and the trump campaign and inaugural committee. also today in the special counsel s ongoing prosecution of trump campaign chair paul manafort, you might have heard there was a rip-roaring court hearing in that case with a 77-year-old judge who is known for his enjoyable courtroom theatrics. that judge did not disappoint in terms of drama today. he gave mueller s prosecutors a thorough going over, so much so that the president admiringly quoted the judge from the hearing transcript today and complimented him in a campaign-style speech that he gave today at the nra. we ll be talking about that court hearing a little later in the show because that rip-roaring hearing today did have a lot of drama in it but the judge did ask one really, really good question about the prosecution of paul manafort. it s a question that as
inaugural fund donor who brought this russian oligarch to d.c. to see trump sworn in. as the times puts it tonight, the interest in vekselberg suggests that the special counsel has intensified its focus on potential connections between russian oligarchs and the trump campaign and inaugural committee. also today in the special counsel s ongoing prosecution of trump campaign chair paul manafort, you might have heard there was a rip-roaring court hearing in that case with a 77-year-old judge who is known for his enjoyable courtroom theatrics. that judge did not disappoint in terms of drama today. he gave mueller s prosecutors a thorough going over, so much so that the president admiringly quoted the judge from the hearing transcript today and complimented him in a campaign-style speech that he gave today at the nra. we ll be talking about that court hearing a little later in the show because that rip-roaring hearing today did have a lot of drama in it but the judge did ask one really,
mueller s investigators have also questioned that trump inaugural fund donor who brought this russian oligarch to d.c. to see trump sworn in. as the times puts it tonts, the interest in vekselberg suggests that the special counsel has intensified its focus on potential connections between russian oligarchs and the trump campaign and inaugural committee. also today in the special counsel s ongoing prosecution of trump campaign chair paul man afort, you might have heard there was a rip-roaring court hearing in that case with a 77-year-old judge who is known for his enjoyable courtroom theatrics. that judge did not disappoint in terms of drama today. he gave mueller s prosecutors a thorough going over, so much so that the president admiringly quoted the judge from the hearing transcript today and complimented him in a campaign-style speech that he gave today at the nra. we ll be talking about ing abi court hearing a little later in the show because that rip-roaring hearing today did h
what have you learned? well, alisyn, michael cohen will show up in court later today after a federal judge ordered him to return to court this afternoon because she wants to know more about who his clients are as part of cohen s effort to prevent them from reviewing the documents, cell phone and other devices that were seized in last week s raid. now, cohen has been pushing back on this saying that this should be covered by attorney/client privilege. last night trump s lawyers weighed in. they said they want to review the documents first before the fbi can even take a look at them. now, this is something that the judge is going to hear arguments on later today. but it is not the only piece of drama today. stormy daniels is going to be in court. she will face off against michael cohen. she doesn t have a role in the court hearing. they want to keep pressure on michael cohen, on the president, and she s at the heart of this