republican voters abandon president trump, republican elected officials by and large are not going to abandon president trump. they already are not offering what seems like a very robust defense of what president trump is alleged to have done. but they are attacking his attackers or in some cases just trying to avoid saying anything at all. peter baker, i read from our friends over at time magazine tonight, this is about secretary of state mike pompeo. nearly two dozen officials told time that in recent days pompeo has become increasingly loud and bullying and appears frequently distracted and impatient during state department policy meetings. what s that about, you think? well, look, he s under a lot of pressure obviously. he had to admit that he was on that telephone call with president zelensky even though he hadn t admitted to that earlier. that raises a lot of questions. what was the secretary of state doing on that call? why hadn t he acknowledged it earlier?
media. everything about this condolence call news story is shameful. that was joseph wolfson. instead of honoring the heroes who have made the ultimate sacrifice, both trump supporters and haters in both d.c. and the media will use their deaths as opportunities to push their own narrative that the president is either wonderful or a sociopath. everyone should let these grieving families alone. everything about this news cycle has been down right shameful. that captures it. it has become part of a media mail strom. i don t think president trump intended to go on the path when he made this off the cuff remark about president obama and other presidents didn t calm people. the question wasn t about that. the question was why hadn t he spoken out about the deaths of the four soldiers in niger. by the way, i didn t see a whole lot of coverage of those
was asked was why hadn t he commented about this mission? he himself brought up these families, these gold star families and the way he talks he contacts them and, you know, as if it was some sort of contest with previous presidents in the way that he did it. that s what struck the sour note from the beginning, and he has not let this go. i mean, its one thing we know the president is a counter puncher and we saw him counter punching at congresswoman wilson today. but at what goal? it s one thing to counter punch because you want to repeal obamacare. it s one thing to counter punch, even to gin up his base. but to use these gold star families that are grieving. that video of mrs. johnson today was just so heartbreaking how you could keep this going after seeing that, there s just no political goal here. there s no win, and we know that he likes to get wins. charlie sykes, i want to play a brief clip from a mutual friend of ours, jack jacobs, one
the president s trust, but why hadn t he lost the trust on the 26th? that s what s pressing in between. right. ivan watson is getting reaction from the kremlin and the breaking news involving the now ex-national security adviser micha michael flynn. what are you learning in moscow? reporter: i think seeing a number of top russian lawmakers come out and basically interpret the resignation of mike flynn or the firing as we have now heard of mike flynn as being kind of a blow against russia so you have a bunch of senior political figures here seeing this interpreting this as a threatening move and essentially defending mike flynn. the kremlin itself last week when asked about reports of sanctions being discussed
than underestimated, let s say. there s a major problem here for germany. authorities had their eyes on him like you had said, he was traveling in parts of that continent. but i want to ask you what can we learn from it? vetting, what s the takeaway here? well, this is something, the most immediate concern that i think the trump administration is going to have to deal once they assume office a month from now, how we keep track not only of people who are trying to come to the united states to visit, but how we keep track ofce they. as we know about this guy in germany, he had already been inside the country for quite some time. he had applied and been denied asylum. so question then for law enforcement becomes kwfs he still in the country? why hadn t he been deported? that s the issue we re going to have to grapple with here at home. when to take a hard line with folks who we perceive as a security risk and actually force them out of the country.