Put you right now. Afterwardstch sunday night at 9 00 p. M. Eastern. California senator Dianne Feinstein spoke about President Trumps decision to fire fbi director james comey. She made comments during a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on null francisco to be. He next senator feinstein renewed her call for an independent special prosecutor to investigate russias interference in the u. S. Election. Senator grassley normally i dont start until a Ranking Member or members get here. In this particular instance, i can start, but im going to stop wherever we are when the Ranking Member gets here, so she can make an opening statement. Good morning. Im pleased that we can hold this nomination hearing for three very well qualified nominees to three important in our government. Nominated solicitor general, hell be the first ever Asian American senator confirmed solicitor general after confirmation steven angle, assistant attorney general to the office of Legal Counsel and of functions that Le
President trumps decision to fire fbi director james comey. This is an hour. Senator grassley normally, i dont start until a Ranking Member or members get here. In this particular instance, i can start, but im going to stop wherever we are when the Ranking Member gets here, so she can make an opening statement. Good morning. I am pleased that we can hold this nomination hearing for three very wellqualified nominees to three important positions in our government. Noel francisco, nominated solicitor general. He will be the first ever asianamerican senateconfirmed solicitor general after confirmation. Steven engel, assistant attorney general for the office of Legal Counsel, an office that functions as Legal Advisor to executive Branch Agencies and the president. Makan delrahim, nominee to be assistant attorney general for antitrust division at doj. Makan immigrated to this country when he was 10 and if he confirmed, he will be the highestranking iranianamerican official in the department
Prior testimony. Nbc 10s matt delucia joins us. They heard more testimony from cosbys deposition this morning, right . Reporter thats right. The jury came in with another question centered around that deposition once again, the part where cosby describes his romantic feelings for Accuser Andrea Constand and his account of the Sexual Experiences the two of them shared. You see there are some supporters of bill cosby outside the courthouse this morning. This time he entered without his wife. You might recall yesterday he entered the courthouse with his wife camille but not the case today. The jury got the case last night and deliberated for four hours before the judge sent them home. Before that happened, the jury asked their first question. They wanted to get more context on cosbys decadeold testimony about pills, where he called the pills his friends. Now thats two questions the jury came back with centered around cosbys 2005 deposition. In closing arguments yesterday, we will talk abo
Trump when the election. What does this mean for the future of the Trump Presidency . A shocking spy scandal in mexico. This is an operation by the state, were the agents of the utilized our have resources, our taxes, our money to commit seand make a we will w the Mexican Government used an israeli made spy software to surveil a team of International Investigators who had been dispatched to mexico to investigate the highprofile disappearance of 43 students in 2014. We will look at some recent major news from the United Nations that has received little attention. 122 countries have approved a global treaty to ban the possession and use of Nuclear Weapons, despite the u. S. Leading the opposition to the treaty. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The white house is in crisis mode following revelations that Donald Trumps own son openly embraced an effort by the russian government to peddle information incrim
Are grateful to have you here to discuss your thoughts on this matters. Ive stayed my view the president ial leadership will be a key component to any successful tax reform effort. Just last week i quoted president obama in a speech on the senate floor in 2012. He said things like our current Corporate Tax system is outdated, unfair, and inefficient. He never g the problem was that president obama never got around to meeting out on tax reform. I expect more from President Trump and tax reform, that expectation comes in large part because of knowing him annoyed the way he approaches things. O i have to say also because he and secretary mnuchin have been talking about it so much. But more than that they engage a in congress on these issues. Ise i believe your nomination is another way this president has further demonstrated histment commitment of confirming the commitment of the job killing tax code. Your tax expert and will play crucial part of this in denver. Before i finish up i want