Erin Burnett stays ahead of the headlines, delivering a show that is indepth and informative. We know this president does not likes to talk about money but doesnt like to talk about his personal finances. Tax returns a perfect example. And the president s tax returns, talked about it this could be significant . And significant is a key word you just used. Donald trump spent his life accumulating secrets and Spending Energy on nothing so much as keeping those things hidden, uncultivating and managing his image. Looking around, people who know Different Things intntimately. Know him well and are talking to investigators, prosecutors, he has no control. Alarming is when donald trump feels this vulnerable, impotent, he lashes out, bites back. I think the next couple days and weeks will be scary and utterly unpredictable. The reporting weve seen,
too. In the Washington Post, the new york times, when backed into a corner, everyone around will tell you its when he lashes out. Seen the tweets.
The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. Has gone through. You know, he worked for Ronald Reagan for years. He worked for bob dole. His firm worked for mccain. He worked for many, many people, many, many years. And i would say what he did, some of the charges they threw against him, every consultant, every lobbyist in washington probably does. We are a long way from drain the swamp, unless you are Paul Manafort and you do what everybody else also does. The president was asked about Michael Cohen, his longtime attorney, somebody who worked for him for more than a decade. He is trying to distance himself now from Michael Cohen, who has pleaded guilty to eight Felony Charges and implicated the president in the Campaign Finance violations to which he pled guilty. This comes, of course, as the specter of Michael Cohen and what he could possibly say to prosecutors further, if
matt whitaker about the mueller probe. would you say special counsel s investigation is a witch hunt? are you overseeing a witch hunt? and family separation. do you know what kind of damage has been done? then new allegations about blackmail and the national enquirer and why it could mean trouble for the president. i have always said, why didn t the national enquirer get the pulitzer prize. and a washington post block buster report. i m going to end illegal immigration. on a pipeline of undocumented workers from costa rica. all in starts now. good evening, from new york, i m joy reid in for chris hayes. when the president appointed matt whitaker to be the acting attorney general last fall, violating the justice department s order of succession and possibly the constitution, democrats feared it had nothing
seem like bezos believes there is a connection here. he was hinting at that connection by referring to the saudi angle in his blog post. and i think what he was doing was encouraging not only his reporters at the washington post but other reporters to try to get to the bottom of it. there was clearly something going on here where the washington post was working on a story about the national enquirer, that s one of the reasons that triggered american media and the enquirer to try to blackmail bezos, so his ownership of the post was a factor in this, and i think reporters, and columnists at the post are applauding their boss now. they are relieved that bezos stood up to the enquirer, and exposed the extortion attempt. even if it meant something embarrassing for him directly. right. let s look at a couple of things we know for sure. number one, the president loves the national enquirer. here he is. the national enquirer did a story, they actually have a very good record
hard to understand. i think even now i have some viewers look at me and say oh, what if i want to be kanye west. you could have been kanye west or michael jackson without darkening your face. fed investigating issues of blackmail of the national enquirer . could it spell trouble for president trump? i ve always said why didn t the national enquirer get the pulitzer prize for edwards and o.j. simpson and all of these things? (vo) only verizon was ranked #1 by rootmetrics. #1 in 3 opensignal mobile experience awards. #1 in video streaming according to nielsen. and #1 in network quality according to jd power. and that s why the only network to win in all four major awards is the one more people rely on.