To comment. The president cheering on a 250 million lawsuit against the Washington Post by nicholas sandmann, accused of liable. Jussie smollett was charged with staging an attack against himself to boost his career. The attack received coverage for weeks. News commentators and even president ial candidates weighed in. Why would reporters fall for this before everyone else. In spite of the evidence, its not true. He had no reason to do Something Like this. Howie how did the media embrace his hoax. Lara logan says the media are mostly liberal and negative of donald trump. Thats a political position, not journalism. We have become propagandists. Howie r. Kelly indicted on sexual abuse charges. Why did media exposes fail to derail his career. Im howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. The New York Times in a lengthy story on the russia investigation reported that President Trump asked the acting attorney general to put an alley, the u. S. Attorney of manhattan who already recused himself in t
The clock ticks down for the trade deal with china. Micheal is here. All of that is ahead right now on sunday morning futures. Democrats are vowing a big response to the president s declaration to build the wall. Maxine waters spoke out on friday. Its time for everybody to standup. All hands on deck. To refuse this president , these fake Emergency Powers he would like to have. Im urging everybody to get together. All this weekend send a massage to washington dc. A number of republicans and democrats in the house and senate say they object to the president s plan as well. Some call it an over reach of executive power. Joining me know is kevin mccarthy. Thank you so much for being here. Is this a National Emergency. Your reaction to what is happening . Some of your colleagues are pushing back. First of all, does the president have the authority. President s have declared more then 60 emergency. They can be clear in an emergency. In 2005 janet they declared an emergency so did new mexico
Cold crazy. Its similar to what the Nixon Administration said to aide. Its not unusual for congress to investigate potential criminal wrongdoing by the president. They created an enemies list with the 81 individuals and entities they are going to try to persecute for material on trump. Its not specifically what jerry nadler is looking for. The president is right, this is almost literally a witch hunt. Howie 81 trump world targets. Legitimate oversight or partisan overreach. Gayle king confronts r. Kelly about the alleged sexual abuse of young girls and he explodes. The cbs morning host kept control of a tense and volatile situation. Im howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. Even some journalists sympathetic to House Democrats are questioning whether they are going too far after jerry nadler demanded information from 81 groups and individuals. The president calling the democrats crazy, signaling his administration might not comply. President trump the witch hunt continues, and they want to
55 miles of fencing that allows people to get through, whats the point of that. Howie the pundits praised him or vilified him. This is a direct violation of constitutional rights. The Campaign Promise the majority of americans dont want you to keep. What kind of emergency is that . I dont like the idea of a National Emergency. One reason the president is supporting this horrible bill is because weak republicans in the Senate Behind the scenes are afraid of the president using emergency measures. Howie the crumbling claims of Actor Jussie Smollett who said he was attacked. I have got exclusive reporting on the Jeff Bezos National Enquirer mess. Plus longtime nbc sportscaster, bob costas, blows the whistle on nbc. He says he was benched from the super ball because he blew the whistlele on brain concussions. I imagine the next press release is its an open question whether the earth is round or flat. Howie nbc isnt even denying this stunning charge. Im howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. W
Pending u. S. China trade deal happening now. All that as we look ahead right now on sunday morning futures. And as Congress Gears up for votes this week to block the president s National Emergency declaration on the border wall, the president on his next move. President trump will i veto it . 100 . 100 , and i dont think its survives a veto. We have too many smart people that want border security, so i cant imagine if it survives a veto but i will, yes. Maria my next guest is making his own prediction about how it all plays out. Senator Lindsey Graham is with me this morning republican from South Carolina he is the chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee and serves on the Senate Appropriations, Foreign Relations and budget committees as well good to see you senator thanks so much for being here. Thank you. Maria so how does this play out the democrats put this resolution up on tuesday, of this upcoming week, then it moves to the senate, can you tell us what happens then . We might