More on the cracks within the Democratic Party later. And stick around to the end of the hour, a duck dynasty star is here. Hes got a new book out. Has america lost touch with his core values . Phil robertson will answer that question. But first, lets go to richmond. Correspondent Allison Barber with all the latebreaking details in virginias worsening political crisis. Good evening. Good evening to you, mike. Duke university tells me theyve asked Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax to step down from the board of visitors at dukes Hanford School of public policy. This after a will one came forward claiming that the Lieutenant Governor raped her into thousand zero at duke when they were law students. They said his attack was premeditated and aggressive and that ms. Watson shared her account of the rape in a series of emails and Facebook Messages that are in our possession. We have statements from former classmates corroborating that ms. Watson immediately told friends that mr. Fairfax had
Doubling down on Holding Trump associates in contempt if they do not comply with house subpoenas and that includes former white House Counsel don mcgahn. So lets start up on capitol hill with our senior Congressional Correspondent manu raju. And you just talked to chairman nadler. What did he say . Reporter well he is threatening to hold don mcgahn in contempt if the former white House Counsel does not comply with the subpoena theyve issued compelling his appearance by may 21st. Youll recall that already the white house is instructed him not to turn over documents to the House Judiciary Committee because, according to the white house, it could breach confidential discussions. Democrats are giving him a chance to come before the committee before holding him in contempt but there are a number of other administration officials, other witnesses that democrats are trying to get cooperation from but the administration is stonewalling, resisting their requests and now democrats are considerin
Happy friday it is friday. Its been a long, busy news week. I have been telling you its friday for the last hour. We begin with a trade war thats escalating in a big way this morning. President trump more than doubling tariffs on chinese imports from 10 to 25 on 200 billion. China is vowing to retaliate. We just dont know how yet. The worlds two largest economies are set to resume talks in two hours meanwhile, President Trumps attorney Rudy Giuliani is planning to visit ukraine to persuade the incoming government to pursue investigations into joe biden. Let that sink in. The president s lawyer is trying to convince another government to meddle in the u. S. Election. Also this morning, new questions emerging about attorney general bill barr. Did he tell the truth when senators asked if the president asked him to investigate anyone. Statements like this from President Trump have people wondering what i would like to see with iran, i would like to see them call me. John kerry speaks to th
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