at the end of the day. you guys all brought your midweek game to start us off on a monday night. we sure appreciate the conversation and the reporting from robert costa, ashley parker, jonathan lemire. great appreciation on a monday night. coming up for us, donald trump holds his first state visit as he welcomes the french president to washington. later, bush 41 s biographer, jon meacham, standing by to talk to us about the health of the former president, which has sadly taken a bad turn. he s in icu and critical in houston tonight, just days of course after his wife s funeral. the 11th hour just getting started on a monday evening.
learn more form that s basically the extent of what we know thus far. in washington tonight, there s been some drama over the course of the day into this evening. the first drama resolved in the white house s favor. it surrounded the nomination of ex-republican congressman now kriismt on cia director mike pompeo, after rex tillerson was fired. up to the mind he was the first ever nominee to be voted down by the foreign relations committee in the senate. pompeo, however, was saved that indignity at the last molt when, you guessed it, senator rand paul once again decided that while he likes all the attention he gets for saying he ll be a no vote, ultimately he wouldn t vote no at all, not if it has real-world consequences. senator rand paul has made a profession of this in washington, over and over and over again. senator rand paul, as soon as