and snow. search and rescue efforts are still underway, and new york s governor has declared a state of emergency. the severe winter weather impacting multiple states, leaving more than 50 americans data across this country. and in buffalo there is chaos in the streets. thieves are breaking into abandoned stores and hollowing out big ticket items like televisions. buffalo mayor byron brown, outraged. people who are out looting when people are losing their lives in this harsh winter storm, it s just absolutely reprehensible. i don t know how these people can even live with themselves, how they can look at themselves in the mirror. they are the lowest of the low. for some of the pictures that we have seen in social media of these looters, they are not looting foods and medicines. they are just looting items that they want. so these aren t even people in distress. these are people that are taking advantage of a natural disaster and the suffering of many in our community to tak
community will need to come in and help and that is why the un was warning there is an impending humanitarian emergency. at least 15 people have been shot dead in a bar in the south african township of soweto. and in the tennis defending champion novak djokovic faces nick kyrgios in the men s final at wimbledon later today. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. nine candidates have now entered the race to become the next leader of the conservative party and prime minister. the trade minister, penny mordaunt, and the former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt, are the latest to declare their candidacies. tax is high on the agenda, with sajid javid and jeremy hunt both saying they will cancel the planned rise in corporation tax and reduce it further. mr hunt set out some of his plans on the sunday morning programme. no conservative should offer unfunded tax cuts and i think no conservative should raise taxes either. what you need are
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. General under president clinton and former federal prosecutor. Julia, i will have you play a few roles for me tonight because you do also cover the Justice Department. Jeff sessions in the room with the president when he is told that Robert Mueller is going to be Special Counsel, according to bloomberg news. Jeff sessions offered his Rec Resignation in that moment. I think the idea that Robert Mueller had been appointed was pretty obvious right there. He saw the writing on the wall, that it was because he had recused himself from this investigation that this had been allowed to happen, that Rod Rosenstein was allowed to appoint this Special Counsel. The way we all see it and the logical way to see it is the appointment of Robert Mueller was because of the firing of jim comey. It was actually the president s decision to fire jim comey, not Jeff Sessions decision. But knowing donald trump and i
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Jeopardy for the president. Were learning more about the trumpmueller relationship. The day after he interviewed Robert Mueller to be the director of the fbi, trump was in an Oval Office Meeting when an aid announced that mueller had been appointed the Special Counsel to investigate the Trump Campaign. Trump and Attorney General jeff session, who attended both meetings were blind sided according to a person familiar with both meetings. The president immediately blasted sessions for not knowing the announcement was coming and challenged how the person he just interviewed for the fbi job and who trump had said he had a past dispute with over Golf Club Fees could now be investigating him, the person said. Now, we dont know if trump had turned down mueller for the fbi job at this point. But we do know that Christopher Wrey wasnt named until a month after. Read on the man, he knew he would also be
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Will decide if the president is likely to sit with Robert Mueller for an interview while at bedminster. But it might not be Donald Trumps decision to make, admitting that trump might be, quote, forced to testify on matters that occurred before he took office and that might mean real legal jeopardy for the president. That admission comes as we are learning new details about the trump mayor relationship. Bloomberg reports that the day after he interviewed Robert Mueller to be the Deputy Director of the fbi trump was in an Office Meeting when it was announced that mueller was announced to be the lead investigator of the campaign. Trump and Attorney General jeff session were blind sided according to a person familiar with both meetings. Trump blasted session for not knowing the announcement was coming and