It. I want to read you this very unusual press reece rest lease that he has issued. Normally people in his position are absolutely silent about these investigations. But he has issued a press release tonight, 9 22 p. M. Saying americans should exercise caution before accepting as true any stories as attributed to anonymous official, particularly when they do not identify the country let alone the branch or agency of government with which the alleged sources supposedly are affiliated. Americans should be skeptical about anonymous allegations. The department of justice has a long established policy to neither confirm nor deny such allegations. And as you know, that comes at the end of a couple days in a row now of what are appear to be leaked information about the special prosecutors investigation. No way of knowing where thats coming from. Might be coming from inside the Justice Department. Might be coming from people who are subject to that investigation or who knows. But a really extr
Will gop leaders hold a vote without hearings and without saying whats in the mystery bill . An american detainee dead. Otto warmbier, the virginia student who was held in north korea for nearly a year and a half, has died, according to his family. He was returned to the United States in a coma. He had been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for allegedly stealing a propaganda poster. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Breaking news, amid another round of mix the messages in the russia investigation, the white house now says, and im quoting, it is possible there may be an answer by the end of the week on whether the president has made secret recordings. Its been ten days since the president promised an answer and well over a month since he hinted in a tweet that he may have tapes of his conversations with fired fbi director james comey. Thats about all the white house is saying, refusing to answer most questions on the russia probe even
S. E. A. L. Team one and deployed to iraq as the leader adviser to the Task Force West in fallujah, received the bronze star and remains a Lieutenant Commander in the navy reserves. Hes now a member of the House Foreign Affairs committee, House Judiciary Committee and the committee on oversight and government reform where he chairs the subcommittee on National Security which critically has oversight on all matters concerning National Security and Homeland Defense including the Justice Departments role on those matters. In that capacity, he makes statements this week, not about donald trump jr. s emails, but about former fbi director comeys record of his conversations with President Trump. Some of which the former fbi director has admitted to leaking to the press. Welcome, congressman desantis, thank you for being with us. Thanks for having me. That was an extraordinary interview you gave. In it you said four things, former fbi director comey has to be investigated by the department of
Back. And the man who says he was recruited to collude with the russians talks to robert mueller. Russia is fake news. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The president s nominee for drug czar is out. After an investigation by 60 minutes and the Washington Post uncovered his role in fueling the deadly Opioid Crisis. The president chose were congressman tom marino from pennsylvania to lead the office of National Drug control policy at a time when drug overdoses are the leading cause of death for americans under 50. According to that investigation by 60 minutes and the post, marino pushed a bill through congress written by the pharmaceutical industry that prevented federal officials from cracking down on drug distributors at the very height of the crisis. To the dea agent in charge of monitoring those prescription drugs, it was an outrage. I just dont understand why congress would pass a bill that strips us of our authority in the height of an opioid
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The president s nominee for drug czar is out. After an investigation by 60 minutes and the Washington Post uncovered his role in fueling the deadly Opioid Crisis. The president chose were congressman tom marino from pennsylvania to lead the office of National Drug control policy at a time when drug overdoses are the leading cause of death for americans under 50. According to that investigation by 60 minutes and the post, marino pushed a bill through congress written by the pharmaceutical industry that prevented federal officials from cracking down on drug distributors at the very height of the crisis. To the dea agent in charge of monitoring those prescription drugs, it was an outrage. I just dont understand why congress would pass a bill that strips us of our authority in the height of an opioid epidemic. In places like congressman marinos district. Why are these people sponsoring bills when people in their backyards are dying from drugs tha