White house reporter for usa today, heidi pryzbyla. Good to have you all. Heidi, the roy moore story is not going away for republicans. And it seems that donald trump is trying to have it both ways. Or maybe no way at all. How nervous are republicans on the hill right now, especially in the senate, about this race . Think about this, joe. That their best option at this point, just tactically, in terms of keeping this seat in the hands of republicans, would be, at this point, since they cant get him off the ballot for this man, roy moore, an accused sexual offender of minors, to come to the senate and for Mitch Mcconnell to have to unseat him. So i think theyre extremely nervous right now. The best thing that would happen right now for the Republican Party would be if the state party would get on board with trying to push roy moore out. Right now theyre circling the wagons and they seem to be kind of bolstering around him, whereas here in congress, you have members of congress and Mitch
Were joined live. The New York Times said lauer summoned her to his office and had sex with her and she complied out of fear of losing her job. Heres the reaction this morning from lauers cohost after the firing but before the allegations of the details against him went public. Im heartbroken for matt. He is my dear, dear friend and my partner and beloved by many people here and heartbroken by the brave colleague who told her story and other women who have their own stories to tell. Shannon lauer is the latest in the string of journalists and police stations politicians and the complaint was the first formal finding and acted swiftly. Variety said the rude behavior wasnt a secret. Several women said they complained to executives at the network which fell on deaf ears given the lucrative advertising surroundings. Nbc declined to comment. The morning news show was number one in the ratings and executives were eager to keep him happy. So far no public response from the former anchor. Here
Were joined live. The New York Times said lauer summoned her to his office and had sex with her and she complied out of fear of losing her job. Heres the reaction this morning from lauers cohost after the firing but before the allegations of the details against him went public. Im heartbroken for matt. He is my dear, dear friend and my partner and beloved by many people here and heartbroken by the brave colleague who told her story and other women who have their own stories to tell. Shannon lauer is the latest in the string of journalists and police stations politicians and the complaint was the first formal finding and acted swiftly. Variety said the rude behavior wasnt a secret. Several women said they complained to executives at the network which fell on deaf ears given the lucrative advertising surroundings. Nbc declined to comment. The morning news show was number one in the ratings and executives were eager to keep him happy. So far no public response from the former anchor. Here
Nominee before reminding supporters how much is on the line come midterm elections. Its also a vote to reject the ruthless and outrageous tactics of the democrat party. I will tell you, he has suffered. The meanness and anger. You see this horrible, horrible, radical group of democrats. You see it happening right now. They are determined to take back power by using any means necessary. We arent going to give it to them. Well keep it running the way its been running. Bill that from saturday night. This morning Kaley Mcenany reacting at peter doocy and garrett teny, we start with you. How confident is the white house that it will wrap up by the end of this week . To remind folks it was the president that signed off on the Background Investigation but he said all along he believes democrats are doing everything they can to delay judge kavanaughs confirmation and he expects to see that continue. The concern is that with this week for the f. B. I. To complete this Background Investigation i
Had their clearance denied only then to get the green light from senior officials at the white house. These details are coming in from the White House Oversight Committee which just revealed her details in the memo. This whistle blower is tricia w tricia new bold. Conflicts of interest, financial problems even drug use and criminal conduct were some of the issues. Newbold told the committee she was talking as a final resort. Quote, she says i would not be doing a service to myself or my country if i sat back knowing the issues we have could impact National Security, and i feel that right now this is my last hope to really bring the integrity back into our office. A source says ivanka and Jared Kushner were among these. Has the white house responded to this womans claims at all . Nothing so far. Brooke, this letter was sent to the white house counsel. Weve heard from him before on this. Hes argued he believes the power to grant and deny these security clearances rests exclusively with t