people. that s silly. that s not true. i think they should call out their members by name. i don t have anything further to say. after charlottesville they were saying they were very fine people on both sides in charlottesville essentially suggesting there are very fine people in the nazis. that s not at all what the president was stating. not then, not at any point. the president has been incredibly clear and consistently and repeatedly condemned hatred, bigotry, racism in all of its forms whether it s in america or anywhere else and to say otherwise is simply untrue. cnn s jim acosta joins us now from the white house. jim, the white house certainly is not backing down from the statements by the president even though sarah sanders wouldn t kind of go there. reporter: yeah, she wouldn t confirm it and she wouldn t share the president s sentiments, i suppose, word for word but, listen, they view these anti-sem mitt particular comments from elan omar as a
is strongest when the grand jury is seeking information from a president. that s where the most precedent is, and that would be the most likely way to get him under oath. so i think the chairman is making a very good point that a special counsel on behalf of the grand jury could force this issue. much more easy than the house or the senate or any other body that would likely look at this. so it s a point well taken. i m not sure the game is over yet, though. i m not sure that the special counsel won t. that is an interesting takeaway from this conversation. thank you all very much. and don t miss john dean, brand-new cnn original series coming up this weekend. his historic testimony during watergate featured in tricky dick, which airs sunday night at 9:00 on cnn. and outfront next, the former owner of a spa linked to the bob kraft prostitution allegations reportedly has ties to president trump and chinese executives. this is like, are we living this a spy thriller?
tonight, the man who has made impeachment his calling, who has spent millions to get other democrats onboard, billionaire tom steyer released a statement that reads in part, is doing what s right worth it? or shall america just stop fighting for our principles and do what s politically convenient? so why is nancy pelosi doing this right now? well, it might be because she just re-watched this. a resolution impeaching william jefferson clinton, president of the united states, for high crimes and misdemeanors. the impeachment of president bill clinton in december of 98. clinton not only survived those impeachment hearings, he thrived. a cnn poll at the time found clinton s approval rating jumped ten points after the house voted to impeach him. so let s be clear, three days before impeachment, clinton s approval rating was 63%. a day after, 73. an all-time high. a surge. and at the same time, the unfavorable view of the republican party, which, of
funds supporting trump. if any of yang s foreign guests reimbursed her for their cost of admission to the event, that would be illegal. yang is a naturalized u.s. citizen, according to the miami herald. the rnc sponsored the fund-raiser and tells cnn in a statement the president s campaign only accepts contributions from american citizens in accordance with the law. they deny any wrongdoing on the part of the rnc or trump s campaign. yang, who has not returned our requests for comment, tells the miami herald she s out of the spa business. the herald reports she s made a new business out of selling access to the president and people close to him. miss yang seemed to appear out of nowhere politically speaking. she hadn t voted in ten years before the 2016 general election. in 2016, 2017, starts to give tens of thousands of dollars to the point where she is able to have access to the president, the governor, ron desantis, one of florida s u.s. senators, rick scott, at, you know, see