Hilarious friday follies for you later in the show. Airline etiquette and a bizarre new couple site on the docket. But first the doj is dropping criminal charges against former acting fbi director Andrew Mccabe. Who admitted to lying to federal investigators. Meanwhile, roger stone could spend nine years in prison for a similar crime. Lying to congress. Does any of that seem fair to you . It shouldnt. Apparently, there is still a two tiered system of justice in washington, d. C. Where Trump Supporters are punished and resistance members tend to walk. And they dont just gogo free. They are handed lucrative gigs on television to play victim to a crowd. We dont expect to live in a country where p the perceived political enemies of the president suddenly become the subjects of criminal investigations, in a a pursuit, you know, to throw political enemies in jail. Thats an absolute abrogation of everything that we know and expect from our system of justice as americans and its disturbing to
In the primary last year. But unlike a lot of other professional republicans, including senator rubio himself, rick didnt decide to eat his criticism of donald trump once trump won the nomination and ultimately the election. He has stuck with his critique. Hes the unusual highprofile republican who started off as a no to trump guy. And he remains a no to trump guy. And hes not the only one. There are some, but not many. Back during the election last year, last july, which was right after we started getting the first reporting about how russia appeared to be involved in the hacking attacks on the Democratic Partys email servers, last july rick wilson got a call from a reporter about something very strange, and honestly, very worrying that was starting to circulate about donald trump. An Investigative Reporter in the bb News Business called up rick wilson and said, hey, basically, youre a never trump guy, have you heard anything about this private intel operation that has turned up suppo
My original instinct was to pull out, but all my life i have heard that decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk in the oval office. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening, im katy tirr in new york in for chuck todd. Prepare for the worst, hope for the best. Youre looking live at the scene outside of the Phoenix Convention center, where President Trump is holding a campaignstyle rally in just a few hours. Officials there are bracing for some potential large protests tonight. Organizer are hoping for a show the force against the president , especially wake of his charlottesville comments. Thousands of demonstrators, some protrump, some antitrump and antifascists are expected tonight. To call this combustible is probably an union statement. The president just landed in yuma where he will meet with members of the marine corps and border patrol. Moments ago, he told my colleague Nicolle Wallace that this was the wrong time for President Trump to visit. The
The commander of the seventh fleet as the search was on for the missing sailors after another deadly collision at sea. Plus, have you got your Powerball Ticket for what is expected to be the second largest jackpot in u. S. History . Its all happening now. We begin with this fox news alert as we await remarks from President Trump and nevada following a fiery speech last night in arizona, hello and welcome to the second hour of happening now. Im jon scott. Melissa i melissa francis, the president traveling to reno to deliver a speech to the American Legion National Convention, signed a bill making it easier for veterans to pay for benefits. This comes after the president s Campaign Style rally in phoenix, where he blasted the media, criticized arizonas two republican senators and threatened a Government Shutdown if congress doesnt fund his border wall. Chief White House White house correspondent john roberts his life with more. Good afternoon to you, the president will have another frien
Sarah Huckabee Sanders with a chance to walk back the president s remarks insisted and left sessions twisting in the wind. As the president said yesterday, he was disappointed in the attorney general sessions decision to recuse him himself but clearly he has confidence in him or he would not be the attorney general. How can sanders say trump clearly has confidence in attorney general sessions when given the opportunity to prove that today, the president took a hard pass. Mr. President , does Jeff Sessions have your full support. President trump thank you, everybody. Mr. President , did you authorize elon musk to help have you talked to mr. Sessions . I spoke with several republican senators today. One of them told me, quote, one gets the impression that the president doesnt understand or he willfully disregards the fact that the attorney general and Law Enforcement in general, theyre not his personal lawyers to defend and protect him. He has his own personal lawyers. And the white hous