i do want to follow up with the congressman denying all these allegations in a statement. in fact, he went further flaming the media and saying the investigation is a witch hunt. we know the rhetoric is similar to what we hear from president trump. what s your reaction to that. should the congressman step down until the legal issues are resolved? do you want to see him withdraw from the race. he should, but he s not known to make the right decisions. he blames his staff, blames his family. why would the speaker of the house, republican leader paul ryan strip him of responsibilities. if the speaker of the house thinks he s not responsible enough to serve. why would we believe that. it s not a witch hunt. it s him not taking responsibility for any of his action sks and saying things th are reckless. let me talk to you about your issues. you represent the wing of the young democratic party. more minorities.
brute strength. that s what his base loved about him. that s the one why he has offended so many people and is not necessarily invited to all these things that used to just be considered basic duties of the job. he sort of went on to say you don t invite threats to sit down and, you know, eat of your salad plate. he was trying to explain the way the norms of this office had been uphended by this president. the point i was raising about you earlier about who is the more trumpyist candidate. i want to play the sound bite from senator flake. talking about the republican public essentially now being trump s party. take a listen. this is the president s party. much to my consternation. i think for the long term de detriment of the party. i hope that s not always the
executives, they say they re still afraid of this president because without any notice, without any warning, he can lash out on twitter. it is this uncomfortable situation where they want to support this president but at the same time, they fear his unpredictabili unpredictability. i have no doubt it will be a testy exchange with those executives when those hearings take place. shannon pettypiece, live for us at the white house, thanks, shannon. thousands gather to mourn the queen of soul. we re going to go live to detroit next. david. what s going on? oh hey! that s it? yeah. that s it? everybody two seconds! dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with great pleasure that we offer our congratulations on your acceptance. through the tuition assistance program, every day mcdonald s helps more people go to college. it s part of our commitment to being america s best first job.
endorsement is solid gold. he has a 90% approval rating. we ve seen florida now becoming more and more of a red state and shift kind of away from a true purple state as in since 2002, only three elections, state-wide elections, have gone to democrats, and you ve seen the kind of shift towards more republican and donald trump is there idle here in the state of florida so they ll vote for whoever trump tells them to. on the democratic side, it s a crowded slate there. we have four key candidates including the daughter of former governor graham. you talk about florida being a key swing state. will the blue wave stop short in florida? could we see some of the more progressive candidates make gains? as of right now, i don t think there s going to be a blue wave in the state of florida when it comes to the governor race. i foresee rick scott s two-term governor, the most popular
board. ashley parker in d.c., thank you guys very much. new target now. the very latest person to take heat from republicans on the russia investigation is on capitol hill in a closed door interview. the very latest justice department employee. the president is now attack on twitter. plus, 2,975. a new study found that s the number of people who died in puerto rico in the five months after hurricane maria. far higher than the u.s. government s official findings. also, trump controls google. why he s calling out the web giant and what we could hear from the white house about in the next hour. house about in the next hour.