My people came to me, dan coats came to me and some others, they said they think its russia. I have president putin, he just said its not russia. I will say this, i dont see any reason why it would be. I have great confidence in my intelligence people, but i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. That is the president of the United States directly contradicting our nations intelligence agencies. But wait because a day later back at the white house the president essentially is saying would, wouldnt, that was a slip of the tongue. The sentence should have been i dont see any reason why it wouldnt be russia. Sort of a double negative. I said this wednesday, ill say it again, that was ridiculous, right . The president now says he misspoke, that despite his comments in the last 18 months that he does agree with u. S. Intel chiefs. Then in the same breath, this. Let me be totally clear in saying, and ive said this many times, i accept our In
President called democrats treasonous for not standing up and applauding during the state of the union. Report also comes a month after nbc news reported that the president s legal team is looking at options other than in person testimony. For instance, submitting answers. To written questions. Reaction, as you might imagine, on the hill today, split, along party lines. Should the president sit down with mueller for an interview if he asks for one . I would say that the president ought to listen to his lawyers on that point. To me, this is a pretty low ethical bar. For the president of the United States, to meet with bob mueller and respond to questions. If he chooses not to, i think the American People are going to ask what is he hiding. Obviously, that was ron wyden, not chuck grassley. Lets start with our white house reporters. Jeff, my friend, at the white house, tell us more about the president s teams thinking on this right now. Hey, peter. To be clear, the fact that the presiden
To be realized in other callers a glimmer of hope. Also coming up President Trump signs off on terrorists for still an alum many m m ports despite criticism at home and abroad but a growing number of countries seeking exceptions will get the view from the American Chamber of commerce here in germany. President trumps a surprise announcement that he will meet to north koreas leader kim jong un is being cautiously welcomed by most World Leaders but just months after the two sides seemed close to confrontation over pyongyangs Nuclear Program many of the meeting will result in further deescalation so lets just take a look at some historical examples of high stakes face to face talks will start in one nine hundred thirty eight british Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain came away from a meeting in munich where the german leader he declared peace in our time a year later World War Two broke out. Nine hundred sixty was next to the height of the cold war u. S. President john f. Kennedy had with
And each time there was something more that came out in the case that he has been pursuing. And that one is really a rabbit out of the hat, because im not aware of any actual formal discovery mechanisms that are already under way in his lawsuit for Stormy Daniels that could have obtained this information. Right. So its really striking to see, and its been confirmed by the New York Times. Yes. And that was i mean, youre to be talk to him. I do not want to delay you. But when this came out today, everybodys reaction was one, what does it say . And two, how could he possibly know this . How could he obtain this information . So thats why it became its always important to get corroborating news, right . But when the New York Times and nbc news both came out and said that both those news organizations had obtained financial documents that corroborated what avenatti was claiming, that makes this not just intriguing, that makes this really, really important. And i am dying to see what he has
Discovery mechanisms that are already under way in his lawsuit for Stormy Daniels that could have obtained this information. Right. So its really striking to see, and its been confirmed by the New York Times. Yes. And that was i mean, youre to be talk to him. I do not want to delay you. But when this came out today, everybodys reaction was one, what does it say . And two, how could he possibly know this . How could he obtain this information . So thats why it became its always important to get corroborating news, right . But when the New York Times and nbc news both came out and said that both those news organizations had obtained financial documents that corroborated what avenatti was claiming, that makes this not just intriguing, that makes this really, really important. And i am dying to see what he has to say to you about it tonight. Any technique, suggestions about how i can drag out of him how he got this stuff . He is sitting right beside me. Just whisper here. Youre better at g