The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. Does not change even as this Story Changes dramatically. We know there could be legal consequences. That aside, are there political . Well, thats one of the interesting things because weve weve seen these tweets over the past couple of days. This tweet about Jeff Sessions which a lot of legal analysts and experts have said, boy, that could really do you damage in a court of law, that could be obstruction, that could contradict the other statements. But in the court of Public Opinion and what President Trump believes and what his advisers believe is that attacking this investigation is really the best way to succeed in that court of Public Opinion. And there was definitely a shift after the Michael Cohen raid and weve seen in recent months about the president racheting up his attacks on this Mueller Investigation and im told that is because he very much believes and his lawyers advised him that this as a sitt
I dont think so. I dont think so. I sit here and say i dont think so. I dont know. Im being serious. If someone tried to recruit lebron to run for president , they said listen, theyve got no one. If you dont run, trumps going win, would you run . Well, in that case, i may. If they have no one, there i believe are some people out there. I hope. But lets see first. Lets see first. We also talked about living while black and how even money and fame Dont Insulate you from racism. Much more on that interview in just a moment. But lets start with the president s week, shall we . I want to bring in cnn Global Affairs analyst max boot and molly ball. Good evening. Good evening. Max, President Trump was on the attack this week, lashing out at everyone, saying that sessions should shut down the mueller investigation, contradicting his National Security team on russia, trying to distance himself from Paul Manafort. What does this tell you about his frame of mind . Well, first, don, let me just sa
Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. Whether a person is too close to the subject of the probe, whether Jeff Sessions would beak be more of a Trump Campaign surrogate who happened to be Attorney General rather than acting as an independent Law Enforcement officer. If sessions didnt recuse after that statement, it would have made him look even more like he was doing trumps bidding. And trump apparently didnt know that making that statement would also as just a general matter of embarrassment, make him look weak and out of the loop about a decision that was already done. Because there were reports that show the Internal Doj Process had already resulted in sessions accepting that nonpartisan Recusal Recommendation from the career staff earlier that week and that Jeff Sessions was already working with doj officials op writing the very rationale they would soon release to the public. In fact, it was barely an hour after trump put that public pressure on session
A mix of newsmaker interviews, political analysis, cultural segments and media analysis. Is that the right message to take on trump . Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick joins us next. Plus, russia disconnect, as intelligence chiefs issue dire warnings. This threat is not going away. President trump continues to sew seeds of doubt. Were being hindered by the russian hoax, its a hoax. Is the president taking this threat seriously . Well talk to the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs committee, ed royce in minutes. And house divided . The first lady sides with team lebron after the first daughter breaks with her father on the media. No, i do not feel that the media is the enemy of the people. How will the president handle the public pushback . Hello, im jake tapper where the state of our union is hitting the Campaign Trail after
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Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Bolder balderson is better on crime and taxes and ordinary issues and the question is whether the trump base will respond to that a oppose to the more personality consult that surrounds trump as an individual. If the numbers froze right now, if the democrats even with an l in this race still have won because it went from double digit down to Single Digits as least as of todays polling. Well, they will definitely spin it as a win. And you could argue that the fact that they are narrowing the gap so dramatically on a race on the seat that has been held by a republican for decades is a big deal. There are lots of other races like that actually more favorable to democrats across the country come november, they only need 23 seats in order to flip the house. So they would probably take this feeling confident, take this game plan to some of these other races. Republican base or certain portions of republican voters, he h