that war has included attacks by the president on our first guest tonight, andrew mccabe, and his wife. much of the times reports today is a cohesive assembly. most of it is what we already know and what s already been revealed on the president s war on the investigators, including special counsel robert mueller and his staffer. but the lead item in the times report shows the president once again stepping up to the line, if not crossing the line, of obstruction of justice. the times reports that shortly after firing attorney general jeff sessions, the president called matthew g. whitaker, his newly installed attorney general, with a question. he asked whether jeffrey berman, the united states attorney for the southern district of new york and a trump ally could be put in charge of the widening investigation. that was, of course, a widening investigation in which the president of the united states had already been effectively
revealed on the president s war on the investigators, including special counsel robert mueller and his staffer. but the lead item in the times report shows the president once again stepping up to the line, if not crossing the line, of obstruction of justice. the times reports that shortly after firing attorney general jeff sessions, the president called matthew g. whitaker, his newly installed attorney general, with a question. he asked whether jeffrey berman, the united states attorney for the southern district of new york and a trump ally could be put in charge of the widening investigation. that was, of course, a widening investigation in which the president of the united states had already been effectively named an unindicted co-conspirator in federal court in manhattan. an unindicted co-conspirator who committed crimes with michael cohen and ordered michael cohen to commit crimes in arranging payoffs for the silence of two women in the final days of the presidential campaign.
feeling emboldened and rattled lashes out, claiming with no evidence election fraud. all of a sudden they re finding votes out of nowhere. firing attorney general jeff sessions and choosing an acting a.g. who has described how a sessions replacement could kill the mueller investigation. he just reduces the budget so low the investigation grinds to a halt. already democrats are calling for matt whitaker to recuse himself. joining me this morning, the head of the republican campaign committee, senator cory gardner of colorado and democratic congressman adam schiff of the house intelligence committee. also a woman s place is in the house. a record 100 plus elected, most of them democrats. two are with us today. elissa slotkin of michigan and lauren underwood of illinois. and some two dozen people have now died in those california wildfires. we ll have an update. joining me for insight and analysis are matthew continetti, editor in chief of the washington free beacon, donna ed
they had affairs with him. the wall street journal says federal prosecutors have gathered evidence of mr. trump s direct role in the hush money deals with stormy daniels and karen mcdougal which may violate campaign finance laws. daniels lawyer, michael avenatti, says it is more proof that the president repeatedly and lied about his knowledge of the pay-offs. this as mr. trump is facing backlash for firing attorney general jeff sessions and appointing a controversial critic of the russia probe to oversee robert mueller. i ll get reaction from senator richard blumenthal. he is a top democrat on the judiciary committee. and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first, let s go to our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. he s covering the president s trip to paris. jim, mr. trump landed there just a little while ago, but he landed with some new baggage. reporter: that s right, wolf. the president is on the ground here in france to celebrate the
think like going out with your friends, you don t expect this to happen. so i guess it s taught me that life is precious, and it s short, and i m going to make sure i m aware of my surroundings from now on and live my life to the fullest, because this is absolutely awful. sara, i m remarkable young man. we ll have more on the shooting later in the program and hear from another survivor. and other news to get to, the latest on the fallout from the president firing attorney general jeff sessions. we ll hear from the author of a new op-ed who says the appointment of matt whitaker is unconstitutional and breaking news also about the reaction to matt whitaker within the white house. later, two days after the