Time. Then, before heading to mt. Pleasant, a little after 4 00. And that is just as President Trump will be in Council Bluffs touring a Renewable Energy plant. He then heads to West Des Moines for a republican fundraising dinner this evening. That is just when biden will be about 180 miles away speaking in davenport, a speech in which he will be eviscerating the president. The copy of the remarks we have seen is page after page of scathing attacks on the president. His policies, his politics, and his personality. So lets get to it. Cnns jeff zeleny in a town which is bidens first stop. Are we in june 2019 or have i fallen asleep and woken up in october 2020 . Kate, that is a great question. Certainly, joe biden would like it to be 2020. He would like it to be just a few months before the november general election campaign, but he does, of course, have a primary to win. He has 23 other democratic candidates. Several of whom are taking shots at him as well. Hes trying to show voters her
His rage against two administration officials, former White House Counsel Don Mcgahn and his fbi director christopher wray. Trump is trashing mcgahn after the news broke friday that mcgahn had refused trumps demand to clear him of obstruction of justice for trying to fire special counsel mueller. On saturday trump tweeted i was not going to fire bob mueller and did not fire bob mueller. Actually, lawyer don mcgahn had a much better chance of being fired than mueller. Never a big fan. Separately, trumps attack on fbi director wray comes after wray refused to say in his testimony last week that the fbi had spied on trumps campaign. Trump wanted him to use that word spy. In a series of tweets yesterday, trump quoted a rightwing activist saying, the fbi has no leadership. The director is protecting the same gang that tried to overthrow the president through an illegal coup. Mcgahn and wray join a growing list of officials whom the president has publicly attacked after hiring them for top j
This is cnn tonight im don lemon. There is a lot going on tonight well catch you up on five big headlines. Judge fwrants house impeachment investigators access to the grand jury material after a bomb shell week in the investigation. Charles cupperman is filing a lawsuit asking a federal judge to rule on whether he has to testify. Before house investigators. Speaking of that. Investigation the president today playing the victim comparing impeachment to how African Americans are treated by the criminal Justice System. While he was speaking at a historically black college. Well never let up on our efforts to ensure that our Justice System is fair. For every single american. And i have my own experience. You know that. You see whats going on with the witch hunt. Only ten stints were invited to hear this speech and they didnt all attend. Ill talk about this in just a few minutes. A new report about changing voter demographics ahead of the election. Those could spell trouble for trump. A for