Including setting a time limit for the sit down. John roberts joins us with the latest. Good evening to you. Since the questions Robert Mueller wants to ask the president made public, there is prudence for an interview with mueller. After our conversation with Rudy Giuliani, the decision process is influx. News about the russia investigation a moving target with the newest member of the president s legal Team Rudy Giuliani saying the jury is out about a sit down with Robert Mueller. Ill keep an open mind, but i have questions about the interview. The president may be telling the truth and comby may be lying. If they have an open mind to that, well consider it. On the 50 some odd questions mueller wants to ask, giuliani is fearing a trap. How long would he give mueller . Two hours. And the questions must be narrowly focused. Questions in advance, relevant topic, meaning russia which may not be relevant any longer. We want him to tell us that and their theory about the obstruction of jus
Welcome to early start. Im Alex Marquardt in for dave briggs. Im christine romans. Radio silence after lawmakers getting briefed by the justice intel officials about the confidential source in the russia investigation. It is not clear if the standoff with the House Republicans and department of justice is diffused or about to erupt. Two briefings and hours of talks with no clarity from the house chairman devin nunes. He is threatening to hold Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein in contempt for not turning over documents which the source said he did not get. The allies claimed the fbi used a confidential source to spy on the Trump Campaign. The source was not a plant. The briefings on thursday included an appearance by a trump staffer which was questionable. More now from justice reporter laura jarrett. Reporter a surprise appearance from the white house lawyer and now many more questions about what comes next as the president s lawyer Rudy Giuliani essentially says the team needs to
Exrussian spy but the president also struggling to explain why the president is not speaking out more on moscows bad behavior or even allegations of his own. This week President Trump has been the commander in brief steering clear of any yore comments on two issues nagging his administration, russia and Stormy Daniels. Pulling his punches instead of delivering them. The president has been incredibly engaged. He gives us messages to come out and deliver on his behalf on the regular basis but hes also put out a number of tweets over the last week. He also has a country to run and hes doing a great job with that. Sometimes he chooses to specifically engage and punch back and sometimes he doesnt. Reporter the president left it up to his press office to insist that his administration is doing enough to punish russia touting this weeks announcement that 60 Russian Diplomats are being kicked out of the u. S. Were applying pressure on russia, were certainly encouraging and working with our all
Former deputy spokesperson for the state Department Fox news analyst and host marie harf. And in the center seat, former White House Press secretary for President Trump sean spicer is outnumbered today with your fancy socks on. A lot for you to weigh in on, this new cycle is fierce. Sean i dont know if there are too many that have not been fierce. This is pretty normal. Harris lets get to normal, shall we. As we await the remarks on the president , more reaction to the decision is coming into revoke john brennan security clearance, White House Press secretary Sarah Sanders says that the president is upholding his duty to safeguard the nations secrets. Watch this. Speak of the president has constitutional responsibility to protect classified information and who has access to it. And that is what he is doing paid for filling that responsibility. This is actually specific to mr. Brennan and the others are under review. Harris brennan responding in a New York Times oped accusing the presid
Did not make even the most cursory public show of respect on sunday for mr. Mccain against whom he had continued to indulge a personal grievance. Even as it was apparent that the Republican Arizona republican was losing his battle with brain cancer. The president spent much of his day golfing and attacking his usual enemies on twitter. Its telling that john mccain chose two of his former political rivals to eulogize him. George w. Bush with whom he duked it out in the gop primary in 2000 and barack obama who he faced in the 2008 president ial campaign. Mccains choice creates a contrast so stark it takes ones breath away. Donald trump was never even a political rival of mccains. Trump simply trolled the onetime prisoner of war claiming he didnt like p. O. W. S who didnt get captured. That pettiness is ongoing. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders, chief of staff john kelly and other white house aides advocated for an official statement that gave the decorated vietnam war p. O. W. Plau