White house with the inauguration of donald trump in january. Well, tonight, the senate appears maybe poised to change that with the biggest change to the american tax code in 30 years, as chris hayes was talking about with his guest tonight, there is no deadline by which they have to pass this bill. There is no procedural deadline. That isnt a big deal but would make things easier for them. There is nothing. There is no reason they need to be rushing to try to pass this bill tonight before administration has even produced analysis about what it will cost while the bill is still partially handwritten, while senators have had no substantive hearings on it at all but the republicans are rushing to try to do it tonight. And so weve got eyes on that huge news story as the senate floor continues to bustle and as we expect them to move toward a vote at some point, were going to have live reports on that throughout the hour, im guessing. With Trump National security advisor Michael Flynn plea
Onceinageneration opportunity to deliver real tax reform for everyday hardworking americans. Inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. Welcome to inside politics. Im john king. Toll our viewers in the United States and around the world, thank you for sharing your sunday. It is a moment of high consequence here in washington. A confidant of President Trump pleads guilty in the russia meddling investigation. Says he is cooperating with the special counsel. And suggests several others still in senior white house jobs knew of his improper dealings with russia. This acknowledgement of criminal guilt is a shattering moment for the trump presidency. We have a moment, similar to watergate, where the question is going to be, what did they know and when did they know it . Not just the president , but Jared Kushner and michael pence, the Vice President. That thickening cloud of investigation comes at what should be a moment of celebration. Senate republicans passed a
Chose to moderate its response to the sanctions as a result to flynns request. We have john roberts standing by at the white house, but we begin with Catherine Herridge live outside the federal courthouse in washington. You were in the courthouse to give us this report. What did you see . Thanks, dana, and good afternoon. After 33 years of military service and five in combat, the retired general and National Security advisor enter the courthouse behind me and he stood composed and stoic in the courtroom as he pled guilty to a felony, in this case, lying to federal investigators about his connotations with the Russian Ambassador in 2016. What we really learned today was the granular details about how flynn came to be a gobetween, carrying information between the Trump Transition Team and the Russian Ambassador. If we run through the timeline, you can see exactly what the government was getting to. About december 28th, this is when the Obama Administration imposed sanctions in retail ret
Chew on. Two stories breek this friday night. Who bob mueller interviewed today and the Briefing Room and russian contacts. Ill bet you know that many big stories do break on friday nights. Tonight no exception. But this comes late in the day from the New York Times. An Important School regardless of where one may stand on the russia probe. This is a story that can cut both ways. It reinforces how persistent Russian Forces were even after the election which obviously looks bad. But it also suggests the russians may not have had the best access, which trump allies are using to argue there was no high level conspiracy. Now whichever direction you take this story, it is significant for the workings of our government and for this russia threat. Whether the president acknowledges it or not. Heres what ill tell you. Here is the big news. The New York Times reporting that bob muellers team spent today and yesterday interviewing top trump aide hope hicks. And two, that russian operatives were
There it is. I dont know what that means. Then theres headline. Special master report. Barbara j. Jones. The Court Appointed the honorable barbara s. Jones, retired federal judge, as special master to render decisions regarding privilege issues related to items seized from certain search warrants on april 9, 2018. Henceforth known as the seized materials. This report is submitted to provide the court and the boirts an update of the special masters progress. That you are soon to the courts order, june 26, 2018, the plaintiff and intervenors have submitted designations for items in their poe session with the xegs of 22,633 items currently being reviewed by the Trump Organization. That review must be completed on or before july 5th. Which is thursday. Quote, once the Trump Organization submits its designations, any remaining items not designated privileged, or highly personal will be promptly released to the government. And then theres this. A release of 1,310,365 items that were not desi