good to be back. it s great to you have here. do you remember the name brandan van grek? as i have memorable name. if not, the circumstance of which you first heard it? but if you are like me and the first time you heard the name brandon van grabbing is the first time you heard the word he is spee naj formerly associated with the presidency of donald trump. espionage as in the espionage act, not just spy movie stuff, as in u.s. law. we were only about four months in to the trump administration when the new york times was first to report that the then brand new trump administration had made a very unusual hiring decision that ultimately implicated the work of a veteran espionage prosecutor at the u.s. department of justice. it was very early on. may 2017. you think about that for a second, trump was inaugurated at the end of january. this was less than four months later in may of that year, less than four months into his presidency, we learned of the new york times
all a very, very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. let s do at home joining us this hour. it s great to have you here. do you remember the name brandon van grack? it s a very memorable name, so you might remember the sound of it. if not, the circumstance in which you first heard it. but if you are like me, in all likelihood, the first time you heard the name brandon van grack, it was the first time you heard the word, espionage, formerly associated with the presidency of donald trump. espionage as in the espionage act, as it not just spy movie stuff but as in u.s. law. but we are only about four months in to the u.s. trump administration in the new york times first reported that the then brand new trump administration had made a very unusual hiring decision that ultimately implicated the work of a veteran espionage prosecutor at the u.s. department of justice.
the source tonight, a fiery president biden says he s not going anywhere. as the new york times editorial board is calling on him to drop out of the race for the good of the country and the fallout tonight from donald trump s avalanche of lies last night firehose of false. so it s really aimed directly at. now, we ve learned more than 50 million viewers. i m kaitlin collins, and this is the source even at this. late hour tonight, president biden and his campaign are still scrambling, like they never have before. pull off what could be a mission impossible on ringing the alarm bells that are sounding within his own party. this after the president and the presumptive nominees disastrous performance in front of 50 million viewers last night, right here on cnn. if you re still processing what happened and what you saw, trust me so are we and president biden today was out on the campaign trail attempting to tamp down the panic among democrats i know i m not a young man. i don t
can we read? should we read into that so the supreme court often leaves some of the most controversial cases for the final day and then they leave town. and it also doesn t then have an effect on their other parts of their caseload in terms of how they or their opinions or received i do think that there s almost no chance that donald trump will be vindicated with a maximise view of presidential immunity. and i think when we see the case on monday, big question will be, what is it also me for future presidents? is there this blanket immunity or not? i do not think the court is going to give that that s so interesting, it s always great to have you here. thank you so much. thank you. thank you. thank you thank you for joining us. the news continues here on cnn save from the source. tonight, a fiery president biden says he s not going anywhere is the new york times editorial board is calling on him to drop it out of the race for the good of the country. and the fallout tonight
administration had made a very unusual hiring decision that ultimately implicated the work of a veteran espionage prosecutor at the u.s. department of justice. it was very early on, it was may 2017. so think about that for second. i mean, trump was inaugurated at the end of january. this was a list than four months later in may of that year, less than four months into his presidency, we learned that the new york times, that during trump transition, a person who they had been considering for job of national security adviser, not just somebody to be a national security adviser to the new president, but literally the national security adviser. a guy they ve been considering for that job according to the times, had notified the trump transition team that there was a big problem with him potentially being appointed national security adviser. a very serious problem. this guy who was being considered as national security