One other observation. What it tells you is there was never the slightest intention of flying Carrier Strike aircraft in north korea to take out their missiles or nukes, which most have been saying the last two weeks. True. And yet, jeremy, we talked about the possibility because we heard the president in realtime talk about this armada, clearly aimed at north korea, full disclosure. We reported it as fact. So did every News Organization we saw including the New York Times which has now published this different version of events. The armada comment got a wide circulation. The armada comment was april 12. It turns out on april 12, the carl vinson Carrier Strike group was 3500 miles away from the korean peninsula. Its like saying, a ship off the coast of san diego is headed to new york. I mean, its just its not even remotely true. Now, i think one of the reasons why the president made that statement incorrectly was that the president , im told, was not consulted at all about the movement
Procedure to remove a blood clot from above his left eye. It revealed he has giablastoma. His doctors say the senator is recovering from surgery well and his Underlying Health is said to be excellent. Joe, your thoughts . John mccain obviously a giant in washington, d. C. But hes been a giant in American Life for a very long time and he served his entire adult life for the United States people in vietnam and being a prisoner of war, someone who was allowed by the north vietnamese to leave because his father was a powerful add mir in the u. S. Navy but john mccain refused and said he wasnt going to go until all of his men came home with him. He did come home physically broken but mentally and spiritually tougher then ever. He was a fighter his entire life, a fighter when he was with the rag va reagan administration. Im not so sure that the most important work hes done hasnt been over the last six months when hes been fighting to uphold the basic tenets of u. S. Democracy, championing ch
Of turning the house into a frat house. Admits to a culture of bad behavior and says that hes leaving office, just not yet. Welcome to the lead, im jim sciutto in for jake tapper today. We begin with the politics lead. And the Republican Party potentially on the cusp of a major legislative victory. Trying to get to a vote on a massive Corporate Tax cut and a cut republicans say for every day americans as well. But with a slim majority in the senate, Republican Leaders are closely following key votes which could be on shaky ground with two republicans currently a no, and the health of two others in serious question. Legislative win would be the first for President Trump, checking off a campaign promise, but, with a bill that is deeply unpopular with most americans. Meanwhile, shakeup on capitol hill could be coming in the new year. Sources tell cnn that Speaker Paul Ryan is contemplating an exit from congress after the 2018 election. Lets begin with abby phillips, she is at the white ho
Senate republicans finally got something done. They should thank steve bannon. And the National Conversation on Sexual Harassment and assault. We all need to be part of the solution. Women of the senate are speaking out. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. And good evening. Im Steve Kornacki in new york in for chuck todd. Welcome to mtp daily. We just got new information in the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff about the ambush in niger that killed four American Service members and will get to those highlights and details in just a moment. We begin tonight, though, with three Big Questions stemming from this incident. Number one what are the political consequences of this deadly ambush . Number two what are the consequences stemming from the president s handling of the incident, especially how he has handled the dispute with a grieving military family . And number three what if there arent any political consequences . Today we heard from myeshia johnson, whose family has bee
Misconduct. We need to correct errors and deter future violations. Dana Catherine Herridge is live on capitol hill. The. Could take the stage at any moment. I might have to cut you off. Tell me about congress attempts in trying to get more documents from the doj and the fbi. Will it be successful this time . Dana, the Big Development in the last 90 minutes is the house has voted in favor of this nonbinding resolution calling on Rod Rosenstein, who is testifying at this hour, to provide the remaining documents that are under subpoena, including documents about intelligence activities by the fbi prior to july 2016, which is when the russia collusion case officially opened. That vote was 226 in favor to 183. Lets listen to one of the fiery exchanges from earlier today. Now, the Justice Department had previously provided texts from that date. They included the messages we have except the will stop text. Why didnt the Justice Department produce that to congress when we asked . I want to ass