Rhetoric. Reporter absolutely, michaela, thats right, and the white house reaction to John Boehners lawsuit was swift and harsh with press secretary john ernest calling it a political stunt, a new day for washington dysfunction when its headed for a courthouse. Its a constitutional collision between both ends of pennsylvania avenue. This isnt about me suing the president. What were talking about here are places where the president is basically rewriting law to make it fit his own needs. Reporter House Speaker john boehner made official what hes threatened for weeks, that hes filing a lawsuit against the president saying mr. Obamas executive actions to change the Health Care Law and other federal programs are evidence of a white house thats out of control. Really . Really . For what . Youre going to sue me for doing my job . Reporter just hours before House Republicans revealed their lawsuit bill the president was sharpening up his defense in texas. Ive got a better idea. Do something.
Inside politics the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. Welcome to inside politics. Im john king. Thanks for sharing your sunday morning. A defining early test this week for the president and for republican congressional leaders. A thursday vote on an obamacare replacement plan that is still short votes because of conservative objections. The last is really mad about it. The right is really mad about it. The middle is really mad about it, and so far it just seems to be a constituency of one which is washington insiders. Plus an important new red line on the Korean Peninsula. The secretary of state says no more negotiating over north Koreas Nuclear program. The policy of strategic patience has ended. Were exploring a new range of diplomatic, security and economic measures. All options are on the table. First though the credibility question. I have not seen any evidence that this occurred based upon the briefings that ive seen. Weve not seen any evidence that there was a w
that this occurred based upon the briefings that i ve seen. we ve not seen any evidence that there was a wiretap or a fisa court order against trump tower or somebody in trump tower. my bottom line is i ve seen no evidence of this occurred. with us to share their reporting jackie kunz nick of the the daily beast and margaret at all bat, mary bacon of 538 and mary katherine ham of the federalist. president trump knows but instead of saying he was wrong. here s the question asked on friday by a german reporter if maybe there are some tweets he regrets. probably wouldn t be here right now. very seldom. we have a tremendous group of people that listen and i can get around the media when the media doesn t tell the truth and i like that. as far as wire tapping, i guess, by, you know, this past administration, at least we have