Its odd to me that Current Events or larger political things are not approached more in the american theater, only because its such great red meat for us. Woodruff and its friday. Mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze the fallout from the comey hearing and the rest of the weeks news. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the high stakes struggle between President Trump and fired f. B. I. Director james comey is our top story again tonight. The president has answered comeys Senate Testimony with outright denials, new talk
President trump . If you believe james comey, call 2027488000. If you believe President Trump, call 2027488001. If you do not know or do not believe either of them, call 2027488002. Read just on social media on twitter reach us on social or facebook atr facebook. Com cspan. Responsys James Comey Testimony is on the front page of the Washington Post, he said President Trump accused james comey of committing perjury in his Blockbuster Senate testimony and said he was willing to share his version of events under oath with a special counsel overseeing the expanding Russian Investigation. Donald trump declared his innocence yet refused to solve the mystery of his own making by stating whether he has case of es of his oneonone conversation with james comey. Lets look at the present yesterday. On twitter you referred to the testimony of james comey vindicating you. Hisyou tell us why you feel testimony vindicated you went it is his word against your word. Exist . O, do tapes President Trump i
Of the leftwing national media. Today the president declared comey is not only a liar, but a confessed leaker as well. He held a rose garden News Conference in which said he will be able to testify under oath that he never asked comey for a loyalty pledge. That he never asked comey to drop the investigation into former National Security advisor general michael flynn. Fox news chief white house correspondent, john roberts, with our report. John there was a lot of anticipation about what the president would say about the testimony on capitol hill. It turns out he said a lot. In the rose garden President Trump spoke for the first time in public about james comeys testimony on capitol hill. He said he would be happy to tell the details of their meetings to robert mueller, under oath. The president said he never asked comey to shut down the investigation. I didnt say that. He lied about that. I didnt say that. And there would be nothing wrong about i did say that. But i didnt say that. Repo
I was honestly concerned he might lie about the nature of our meeting, so i thought it really important to document. Comeys testimony rocks washington. Reaction to comeys testimony . Thank you very much. Do you think he told the truth . The president never directed or suggested that mr. Comey stop investigating anyone. Somebody asked me, does it bother you that he called the president a liar . Everybody in town calls the president a liar. Jim comey probably perjored himself. He fired the fbi whos the head of his investigation. What the hell did he think was going to happen . He felt pain. He felt hurt. He was a wounded man. It was dumb. The guy he thought he swatted off the board is basically running d. C. Comey is saying comey dont play that. The uk election will officially result in is a hung parliament. That could mean big trouble for Prime Minister theresa may. Its been a remarkable story. Heartstopping video from illinois after several hot air balloons got all tangled up together.
Its odd to me that Current Events or larger political things are not approached more in the american theater, only because its such great red meat for us. Woodruff and its friday. Mark shields and david brooks are here to analyze the fallout from the comey hearing and the rest of the weeks news. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the high stakes struggle between President Trump and fired f. B. I. Director james comey is our top story again tonight. The president has answered comeys Senate Testimony with outright denials, new talk