News, analysis and interviews with politicians and observers. Hill for the president and his party. A republican loss might tell us more. If the gop cant hold this district, which last elected a democrat back in 1980, then its a pretty safe bet democrats will recapture the house in november. That would not only stall any trump legislative agenda but also put investigations, possibly impeachment, on the table. There are longer term questions too. If republicans keep losing in the suburbs s th, is that just are acti reaction to the Trump Presidency or a longterm shift . The president tweeted this morning, casting the democrat as, quote, controlled by nancy pelosi, among other things. That democrat is Danny Oconnor, who hopes to benefit from antitrump sentiment in the suburbs but smartly prefers not to talk about the president. Were crisscrossing this district talking to voters about Kitchen Table issues like paying your mortgage, like having access to a safe and secure retirement, like m
Commentary, newsmaker interviews and panel discussions. A lot to get into. Stay tuned, its time for our breaking news opening monologue. We are going to start, we are going to go very slow tonight because a lot of new information. Robert mueller and his team of partisan investigators, they want to face off with the president of the United States number but today President Trumps attorneys flatly rejected, rightly so, muellers interview terms. They have countered with a proposal of their own. In a statement, the attorney for President Trump, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani wrote we are restating what we have been saying for months, it is time for the office of the Special Counsel to conclude its inquiry without further delay. The former mayor is not predicting that the investigation could be over by september 1st. He will be right here on the show with more details in just a few moments. Without a doubt, President Trump should be aware. Mueller, his merry band of antitrump deep
Coverage today blake burman on how responding to the today meeting and ashley when it comes to irans oil the u. S. May already be winning. We begin with blake. Hi there, maria. As you know the Trump Administration is trying to carve out a deal as it relates to denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula with north korea. As that is happening, iran is warning north korea that the United States, in their words, cannot be trusted. The iranian leader Hasan Rouhani meeting earlier this week with a top diplomat from north korea and this was how that meeting was relayed as it comes from Iranian State media. One quote quoting Hasan Rouhani, quote the u. S. Administration performance in these years has led the country to be considered untrust one way or the other Anuntrustworthy Andunreliable ad which does not meet any of its obligations it comes as the Trump Administration has level idea new Sanctions Against Iran and says more sanctions will be coming in 90 days from now on
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Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. On the other hand, you know, while that seems like a petty thing and an inargable thing, that might really get under the skin of the president when it comes to somebody who has become his most important ally on capitol hill. One of the things they did on that Impeachment Discussion is they lied to their contributors with this notion that it is Senate Procedure to immediately take up a bill of impeachment from the House Of Representatives and the senate can do no other business. The House Of Representatives sent over the impeachment of a federal judge in 1988 in august. The senate didnt take up the trial until 14 months later. And even then they did it parttime, a couple of hours a day here and there. It doesnt in any way clog up the senate on the confirmation of brett kavanaugh. So my reading of that was then just lying to their enthuiasts
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Weather, to understand fuels better. So there are things that can be done at the federal level. But you know what, when you look at what happened at redding, when you look at what happened at santa rosa, when you look at what happened in ventura, where fires have gone from the wild land urban interface right into the suburbs, right into towns, thats at the state level. We have to look at our zoning. We have to look at our construction materials. We basically have to look at where we have people on the land and how we protect them. Right now we just have to thank those 14,000 firefighters that are on the ground. Incredible. Glen, thank you. Thank you for watching this hour of velshi ruhle. Ill see you tomorrow at 8 00 a. M. I turn you over to Andrea Mitchell for Andrea Mitchell reports. Former Paul Manafort deputy rick gates back on the witness
stand. Reporter theyre going to say hes damaged goods, he comes to court as a convicted felon. He was convicted of lying to the fbi when agents