The control o special Counsel Robert Mueller. The Associated Press is reporting mueller, quote, has taken over a separate criminal probe involving former Trump Campaign manager Paul Manafort and may expand his inquiry to investigate the roles of the attorney general and Deputy Attorney general in the firing of fbi director james comey. And nbc news justice correspondent Pete Williams has more on mueller adding hes quote already closely managing the investigation, receiving daily briefings, and weighing in on investigative tactics. Meanwhile, in russia, today president Vladimir Putin offered a new explanation when faced with questions about his countrys meddling in our countrys election. While all of our intelligence agencies have found russia took part in our electoral process putins equivocation is not all that far from Donald Trumps. In effect, hes saying a lot of people could have done it. Putins comments came during a forum and a one on one interview in st. Petersburg with our own
The Associated Press is reporting mueller, quote, has taken over a separate criminal probe involving former Trump Campaign manager Paul Manafort and may expand his inquiry to investigate the roles of the attorney general and Deputy Attorney general in the of fbi director james comey. And nbc news justice correspondent Pete Williams ha more on mueller adding hes quote already closely managing the investigation, receiving daily briefings, and weighing in on investigative tactics. Meanwhile, in russia, today president Vladimir Putin offered a new explanation when faced with questions about his countrys meddling in our countrys election. While all of our intelligence agencies have found russia took part in our electoral process putins equivocation is not all that far from Donald Trumps. In effect, hes saying a lot of people could have done it. Putins comments came during a forum and a one on one interview in st. Petersburg with our own megyn kelly. There is no specific evidence, no facts.
Breaking news. President trump is on his way back to washington from the south eern border. He seems poised to declare a National Emergency to get the wall funding he has been demanding. The white house is prepping a Legal Defense of the move as we have learned mr. Trump rejected a compromise proposal by a small group of republicans. Also breaking, the former fixer who knows many of mr. Trumps secrets is now set to testify in public. Michael cohen has agreed ed td appear before the House Oversight committee as the white house is gearing up for a fight to block the release of some or all of muellers final report, hiring 17 lawyers to pursue potential claims of executive privilege. This hour, i will talk with the House Ethics Committee chairman. Our core spoerespondents and an are standing by. First, jim acosta, he is in texas. He is at the border with plex cowhe mexico where mr. Trump visited today. We heard all sorts of wild statements from the president. Reporter its quiet where we ar
Warrants President Trump i dont know what they have planned, i would do. That i would do it, i would stop there if we could, you have to ask the secret service. I would certainly thank, high, folks. I would stop there. I wouldnt mind. Its not a bad idea, i wouldnt mind if you want to do that. [inaudible. [ creme rats arent moving President Trump if you read one of your competitors theyll tell you that the democrat starting to say this is not an argument they can win, are some of the very young, very smart democrats that just got elected to congress. And i dont know if you saw the same story that i did, but theyre saying this is not an argument were going to win. This is a common sense argument. Now, if for any reason we dont get it going and theyre not going to sk act responsibly and they dont mind debt and crime and the problems that they cause by not having a barrier, then you will see what happens with National Emergency. Which i can do very easily. And theres no question it holds u
Shut down some of them, everything that american take for granted expect hanging in the balance and as politicians are playing with fire, theyre arguing over who did or did not throw a temper tantrum. Our meeting did not last long. The president walked into the room and passed out candy. Its true. We saw a temper tantrum. I dont have temper tantrums. I really dont. He sort of slammed the table. I didnt smash the table. I should have. He just got up and said, then we have nothing to discuss and he just walked out. I very calmly said if youre not going to give us strong borders, byebye, and i left. Not only was the president unpresident ial, surprise, surprise, i think the meeting was a set up so he could walk out. The Sticking Point in this shutdown, the president insisting on a barrier at the southern border and that is where the president is now where he wants his wall and on a visit to the border that even he admits wont change, quote, a damn thing, let me bring in jim acosta. He is