That is how they used to do it when he was in charge. Now that the white house has handpicked someone to take over that job, apparently we get the kushner forms 7 00 on a friday night. That does it for us tonight. Well see you again on monday. Now its time for the last word. Ari melber sitting in for lawrence tonight. Good evening, ari. Good evening, rachel. Sometimes the news breaks late and people ask why, and theres no reason. And then sometimes it feels like maybe theres a reason. Thats right. And, you know, some of these things, i just feel like its because were all cursed, and we dont get real weekends. So fridays just end up being a busy day. But there are some things in the news tonight that feel like legit, deliberate Friday Night News dumps that are supposed to be burying these things. Right. And your reporting on what outgoing former director shaub said adds context to that. I am ari melber in for Lawrence Odonnell this evening. It seems Attorney General Jeff Sessions week d
Putin. Well see about today. Were looking for the United States to improve this computer glitch. That does it for us. Well see you right back here tomorrow. In the meantime, Stephanie Ruhle picks up the coverage. Good morning, everyone. Im Stephanie Ruhle with a lot to cover today. Starting with answers, emails and calls. Some of President Trumps response to Robert Muellers questions now revealed has new details on the investigation emerged. Latenight phone calls between donald trump and his associate roger stone and the president dangling a pardon for, guess who, Paul Manafort. Emission failure. The va says it will not reimburse all veterans who were paid less due to a technical glitch. Taking stock. Markets surge after the fed chair suggests interest rate
increases might slow down. Now an expected meeting between trump and the leader xi jinping over the weekend. Theres a possibility a deal can be made. Having said that, some caveats as always. We begin with some of the very fest deta
making enemies on themselves. i think another example of this hearing coming up. laura: this is something i want to go to jerry nadler said just moments ago on this whole issue of the mueller appearance. let s watch. there is no right to divide congressional subpoena. the white house might assert some privilege, but when they reveal that a lot of the information mueller and even private attorneys, they waive the privilege. so i think he will answer the questions that are put to him. it is his civic duty to do so and he s an upstanding prosecutor. laura: allen, is that true that mueller, there is nothing mueller can do? he has to submit? jerry nadler is the chairman of the house judiciary committee. and i don t think he apparently knows law but go ahead, alan. alan: first of all, he ought to know that he said speaking to private counsel waives the privilege. that is the essence of privilege. the special counsel or white house counsel, obviously so they can ask questions about th
donald trump s superpower is making enemies on themselves. i think another example of this hearing coming up. laura: this is something i want to go to jerry nadler said just moments ago on this whole issue of the mueller appearance. let s watch. there is no right to divide congressional subpoena. the white house might assert some privilege, but when they reveal that a lot of the information mueller and even private attorneys, they waive the privilege. so i think he will answer the questions that are put to him. it is his civic duty to do so and he s an upstanding prosecutor. laura: allen, is that true that mueller, there is nothing mueller can do? he has to submit? jerry nadler is a chairman of the house judiciary committee. and i don t think he apparently knows law but go ahead, alan. alan: first of all, he ought to know that he said speaking to private counsel waives the privilege. that is the essence of privilege. the special counsel or
doesn t say classified information is one of them, that classified information needs to be scrubbed from this report, which makes me think perhaps all the information mueller revealed and relied on during the investigation has already been revealed potentially. if we see a lot of redactions in this report i will have a lot of questions because cross information doesn t appear to be one of the things he s worried about. joining us on the phone, democratic for rhode island calling in. appreciate you calling in. good to be with you. let s just start with your takeaways here with what we have learned from robert mueller, a momentous day here. we know he said he found no evidence, robert mueller found no evidence of conspiracy, however, he did not come to a conclusion on obstruction of justice and instead the attorney