Announced sweeping new indictments of 12 russian intelligence agents. They are accused of hacking more than 300 individuals associated with the Clinton Campaign. Dccc and dnc, beginning by at least march 2016. The president still plans to meet putin on monday despite calls from Senate Democrats and john mccain calling to cancel the helsinki summit. Ahead of the big meeting, trump is spending the day golfing at his resort in scotland. Where crowds of antitrump demonstrators are also spending the day. Want to bring in now aliza collins, capitol Hill Reporter for usa today and also kevin sar illy, chief washington correspondent for bloomberg and andrew desaid ario from the daily beast. Great to have this gang with me as we jump in. Kevin, i want to start with you. We knew from this indictment that the president knew about it, was briefed on it before this trip. But he said that when it comes to nato and theresa may, that would be easy. Vladimir putin may be the difficult part. How do you
Tonight it is my honor and privilege to announce that i will nominate judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. Judge kavanaugh, the d. C. Circuit court of appeals, the father of two daughters. A long time fixture of republican law and politics. He served as staff secretary of the george w. Bush white house. He clerked for a justice he was chosen to succeed. Mr. President , i am grateful to you. And im humbled by your confidence in me. Thank you. 30 years ago, president reagan nominated Anthony Kennedy to the Supreme Court. The framers established that the constitution is designed to secure the blessings of liberty. Justice kennedy devoted his career to securing liberty. I am deeply honored to be nominated to fill his seat on the Supreme Court. Judge kavanaugh promised to keep an open mind in every case, though he has never expressed outright opposition to the 1973 roe v. Wade decision, he was vetted by the conservative federal society on that and other social issues. J
About trump and russia. Putins fine. And the president s fixer threatens to break his silence. People are seeing through the nonsense. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. In one hour the president will announce his decision on the most consequential Supreme Court nominee in a generation at least. Washington is abuzz with speculation on just which potential nominee has won the president s favor. The New York Times has reported that just hours ago one of the reported final four was spotted leaving the u. S. Courthouse in washington, d. C. Accompanied by four black suvs believed to be secret service. Another spotted back at her home in indiana, where she was clearly not getting ready for an announcement. But here is the truth, and its important to keep focused on this. The real decision for Supreme Court nomination was made for trump, and the nominee will be another from the list by the conservative group the Federalist Society and its current effective le
Glares of federal court. What we learned about the manafort trial which will be under way by this time next week. All of it as the 11th hour gets under way on a thursday night. Well, good evening once again from our nbc headquarters here in new york. Day 546 of the Trump Administration. And at the height of the hubbub over helsinki donald trump has invited Vladimir Putin to washington this fall. As the New York Times and others have been saying trump long ago became the First American president even suspected of having any kind of loyalties or obligations to the leader of a foreign power, in this case a full on adversary who hacked our president ial election. And now the president has apparently doubled down. He apparently had his white house aide for National Security extend the invitation to putin. It was not shared, apparently, with those at the top of his administration. So witness this, our own Andrea Mitchell was interviewing dan coats who happens to be the director of National I
Yes. On thursday the media spoke truth to power meaning they spoke to themselves. About themselves. Lets hear more from the most trusted man in use. 300 newspapers coordinated articles criticizing President Trump just after he accused him of coordinating articles criticizing President Trump. Nobody read them. If jerks like me were not talking about it with you even know . God, that guy is gorgeous. Yes, you can applaud. [applause] hes the new cronkite. Why should i not quote myself . Is that not what the media does . They are roasting marshmallows, shaped like the head of donald trump. [laughter] heres a question, do the people at home who subscribe to the newspapers no they just read about trump was coordinated hackery . Or did they not notice since such exclusion of drop by the press is identical to their usual workday . The difference they plan this like a protest because it was. Finally the media and the activist politics made their wedded bliss transparent. Its been there all alon