Murder and ron goldman, now hes about to become a free man again after serving nine years for Armed Robbery and kidnapping. Plus, hes vowing to return to sparring with fellow lawmakers after a brain cancer diagnosis. And hes already tweeting about his differences with trump about u. S. Policy in syria, so what is the prognosis for maverick of the senate, john mccain . Good afternoon, welcome to the lead, im jake tapper, beginning with our politics lead today. The nations top Law Enforcement officials find themselves in the extraordinary position of defending their right to keep coming to work today. After the president of the United States attacked the top officials at the department of justice and the fbi. In an interview with the New York Times, President Trump attacked the attorney general, the Deputy Attorney general, the former head of the fbi, the acting head of the fbi, and of course, special council, Robert Mueller whos investigating his campaigns possible ties to russia. The s
Sarah Huckabee Sanders with a chance to walk back the president s remarks insisted and left sessions twisting in the wind. As the president said yesterday, he was disappointed in the attorney general sessions decision to recuse him himself but clearly he has confidence in him or he would not be the attorney general. How can sanders say trump clearly has confidence in attorney general sessions when given the opportunity to prove that today, the president took a hard pass. Mr. President , does Jeff Sessions have your full support. President trump thank you, everybody. Mr. President , did you authorize elon musk to help have you talked to mr. Sessions . I spoke with several republican senators today. One of them told me, quote, one gets the impression that the president doesnt understand or he willfully disregards the fact that the attorney general and Law Enforcement in general, theyre not his personal lawyers to defend and protect him. He has his own personal lawyers. And the white hous
This summer at our armed forces. Our 14 years of two wars wearing down our military. Good afternoon, everyone, welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. Were going to begin with the politics lead. Fresh off his multiple calls for unity and healing yesterday saying we are one people with one home and one great flag, and its time to heal the wounds that have divided this nation. President trump this morning retweeted this image of himself eclipsing president obama. He attacked Congressional Republicans and democrats. He referred to the Fourth Estate as fake news, and he began the process of banning Transgender Americans from serving in the military. Sarah murray starts us off today from the white house. Reporter President Trump taking to twitter to get several things off his chest today. First, going after paul ryan and Mitch Mcconnell. For not faattaching debt ceilin to a popular va bill which just passed for easy approval. They didnt do it, now we have a big deal with demes holding them up