was discussed. morrison did, however, acknowledge, that during that phone call in question, he connected the president s references to investigating the 2016 election in the bidens to his previous conversations with gordon sondland. gordon sondland of course is the u.s. ambassador to the european union. now morrison said that it wasn t until a later conversation with sondland who sondland had said had direct access to the president that morrison felt a, quote, sinking feeling and realized that u.s. military aid to ukraine might be on the line. and with that i d like to welcome in my panel for the night. with me on set here is kong regulation rational reporter for politico andrew who america got to see up close behind the ambassador bill taylor during that first public hearing on wednesday. you see him right there. also with me is white house correspondent jeff mason. and joining us from new york former nrcc communications director matt gorman. and news executive and former washington b
many students here say that this visit is bs, nothing more than a photo op. when they are asked about pushing criminal justice reform further, they say it doesn t matter who is in the white house, nothing will change for the african-american community. now those who felt a little more excited about the opportunity to see the president said you know what? he will bring more attention to this campus and if we have the possibility to ask him questioning or be in a space where we can have a die long about issues that ask us we welcome it. and then another member of the campus community, i said are you excited about trump making a visit to the hbcu, he said that is not my president, i don t care. former executive director of the democratic party. elise, president trump supporters said over and over that it is not about what he
families, and that was also the case today. there just seemed to be that many more people. the protest last wednesday was smaller in size but had that much more intensity. there were people who really wanted to be there, who felt a very strong purpose in being there, and they had a much stronger resolve. that, of course, spiraled into protesters throwing bricks and police responding very swiftly with firing teargas and rubber bullets. people were shocked by the level of police force that was used. the police say that they were doing what they had to do in order to quell a riot. many of the protesters today were saying that the police need to apologize for what happened last week and there really was the sense they didn t want to see a repeat of that. the police were hanging back today. the protests very peaceful, very civilized. people say they will continue to show in the coming days how
event. meanwhile, abc news citing sources familiar with the investigation reporting that no more indictments are coming from the special counsel. the report also highlights a letter from deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, suggesting because the president has not been charged, he is unlikely to be condemned in mueller s report. in a june 2018 letter to the chairman of the senate judiciary committee rosenstein writes, quote, we have a duty to prevent the disclosure of information that would unfairly tarnish people who are not charged with crimes. adding, quote, disclosing uncharged allegations against american citizens without a law enforcement need is considered to be a violation of a prosecutor s trust. and that s obviously, mika, you have rod rosenstein and the justice department learning from the mistakes that james comey made in the 2016 campaign. right. where they didn t indict hillary clinton, but james comey felt a need to hold a press
finally report on the incident says the pilot felt a colleague was questioning his reputation. says he was involved in an unnecessary, unprofessional and long conversation even in a critical phase of the flight. the acting u.s. attorney general says he s been fully briefed on the mueller investigation. and says he thinks it s close to being completed. whitaker says hopes the report from the special counsel will come in as soon as possible. the latest trump associate to face charges in the mueller investigation is roger stone. long time trump friend and adviser heads to court tuesday on charges that draw the clearst line yet between the trump campaign and democratic e-mails stolen pi by russia. released by wikileaks. roger stone flashing his nixon victory sign outside the florida home as had e headed to