into the f.b.i. s investigation of the trump campaign. his name is james baker, the former f.b.i. counsel who appeared before house lawmakers two weeks ago but had to leave after a few hours. lawmakers want to speak to him about the report deputy attorney general rod rosenstein was willing to wear a wire and talked about using the 25th amendment to remove the president from office. if james baker took rosenstein seriously they want to know what he did about it. that story came through andrew mccabe. who was in subsequent meetings and what actions were taken? big picture president trump was asked about the robert mueller/russia probe on 60 minutes. president trump: i don t pledge anything but i have no intention of doing that. i think it s a very unfair investigation because there was no collusion of any kind. you won t pledge? president trump: why should i pledge to you? if i pledge i ll pledge, don t
to rod rosenstein that drafted the memo and he has the ability or discretion to provide that information to congress and also to release it publicly, shep. shepard: catherine, no word from the special counsel on this or anything else, right? and that s typical. the office does not comment on matters of process and they would see this as a process question. but we do know that they have indicted or have guilty pleas from 32 people, four former trump campaign aides but the charges have been for crimes prior to the campaign or for lying to federal investigators. on 60 minutes the president was pressed whether he would end the russia probe altogether. i don t pledge anything. i have no intention of doing that. i think it s a very unfair investigation because there was no collusion of any kind. but you won t pledge? why should i pledge to you? i don t have to pledge to you. i have no intention of doing that. the expectation is there will be new findings released be i
wants to look into the health care cost. if we want to win back some of those voters who voted for donald trump because they ve given up hope the more conventional politicians are going to do anything about it, he hasn t done anything to improve their lives but we have to be willing to offer solutions that will. one of things he said was about the mueller investigation. she asked him to make a pledge to not get rid of mueller. let s listen to that. will you pledge pledge that you will not shutdown the mueller investigation. well, i don t pledge anything. but i will tell you i have no intention of doing that. i think it s a very unfair investigation because there was no collusion of any kind. but you won t pledge? i don t want to pledge. why should i pledge to you? if i pledge, i ll pledge. i don t have to pledge to you, but i have no intention of doing that. what do you read out of that?
one of things he said was about the mueller investigation. she asked him to make a pledge to not get rid of mueller. let s listen to that. will you pledge pledge that you will not shutdown the mueller investigation. well, i don t pledge anything. but i will tell you i have no intention of doing that. i think it s a very unfair investigation because there was no collusion of any kind. but you won t pledge? i don t want to pledge. why should i pledge to you? if i pledge, i ll pledge. i don t have to pledge to you, but i have no intention of doing that. what do you read out of that? one thing wave learned about president trump you can t rely on his word anyway. but he clearly wants to give himself the operating room, the maneuvering room where he could get rid of mueller, rod rosenstein or push jeff session out the door.
to work in the senate. senate polling has been very good since kavanaugh. voters are focused on those red states. it s not going to help the house but the polls show it s more likely to democrats say they re more likely they re more likely to vote as a result of the democrats are more likely. but it doesn t change the fact we have a lying president who hates women. let s talk about the mueller probe. he s still not making any promises on that. let s listen to it. will you will you pledge, pledge, that you will not shut down the mueller investigation? i don t pledge anything. but i which tell you, i have no intention of doing that. i think it s a very unfair investigation. but do you pledge? why should i pledge? if i pledge, i pledge. py don t pledge to you.