Whatwe that means, its to use e power of the office to obtain an improper personal benefit while ignoring orfi injuring the national interest, or acts in ways that are grossly inconsistent with and undermine the separation of powers that is the foundation of our democratic system. Now, this question of whether the president engaged in abuse of power came up before when this congress considered the impeachment of president nixon. And president nixon famously said, if the president does it, it is notde illegal. And this body rejected that because thats not so. That goes directly contrary to what the founders said. But President Trump has said the same thing in responding to the prior investigation by the Department Of Justice and defending his conduct. Heres what he said. I have an article 2 where i have the right to do whatever i want as president. That he has the right to do whatever he wants as president. That is as wrong as when president nixon said a similar thing. That is not what
He has his limits. Speaking from a person familiar with attorney general barrs thinking, speaking from inside the attorney generals mouth suggests possibly, possibly. So there are so many possibilities with this, including that its real. Theres also the possibility that william barr just kind of wants this out there as a way of kind of declaring, this is as much independence as he will declare, get a headline saying hes thinking about quitting. Listen, the problem with whats going on here with the rule of law being shredded and made a mockery of is not that donald trump is tweeting witchhunt, witchhunt. That person should go to jail, this person the president has been doing that since before he started running for president. He did it all through his campaign. Hes been doing it the entire time hes president. The problem is not the president tweeting. At least thats not the new problem. The new problem is attorney general william barr doing what the president is tweeting at him to do. T
And worrying numbers for democrats in wisconsin as millions watch the top candidates fight it out. This is not just a question of the mayors character. This is also a question about electability. All in starts now. Good evening and welcome from las vegas. Im joy reid in for chris hayes. If youre the president of the United States and you learned that a foreign adversary was trying to manipulate the elections in your country, essentially to rig them toward the outcome they wanted, what would you do . If you found out they were trying to manipulate the election for you, would you take the help or resist it because you underthat your legitimacy depended on you winning election in your open right and not with for help . Well, were learning tonight that donald trump was so angry that his own intelligence officials told lawmakers that russia is actively interferesin in 2020, to help him win reelection, he fired the man, the director of national nmg intelligence, Joseph Maguire. It was first
Well keep an eye on that. Senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen, for more on this trial, so this portion of the vaccine trial, its early. Its a small number of participants, and really focused on safety at this point, but good news is theyre not in the development of antibodies of those who took this trial vaccine. Right, so theyre focused on safety, jim, but theyre also trying to see what it does to the persons immune system, what does it actually do, and what they found was that it did get people to manufacture what are called neutralizing antibodies, so that means antibodies that bind to the virus, and here theoretically would prevent it from infecting a human cell. They found when they were in the lab it did prevent it from entering a human cell. Dr. Tolzacs, lets take a listen. This is a first important step in the Journey Towards having a zach seen available for the people who need it the most. Now safety, you mentioned that this is a trial that looks at safety. What they
When it comes to the house impeachment inquiry, bolton says lawmakers should have investigated trump not just for pressuring ukraine but a variety of other troubling episodes as well. Good morning. We have Jonathan Lemire with us, kasie hunt, chief White House Correspondent peter baker, and historian, author, and professor at vanderbilt, university, john meacham is with us, hes an msnbc contributor. We have a lot ahead on the allegations in john boltons book that news rooms obtained yesterday as the Trump Administration is seeking an emergency order to block the books release. Little late. Well also discuss the felony murder charge announced yesterday against former Atlanta Police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in a wendys parking lot last friday. Its an incredible revelation of details, especially in the moments before Rayshard Brooks death. Where things stand on capitol hill. With Police Reform legislation as Senate Republicans yesterday unveiled their plan. But first lets