President obama says america has lost a patriot and humble servant. Former president bill clinton who defeated george h. W. Bush said few americans have been or ever will be able to match president bushs record of service to the United States. To those close to him, his most Important Role as a husband and as a father and a grandfather. Give me some words to describe your father. My dad is just the kindest person. Hes been an extraordinary role model. I cant its hard for me to be objective. I believe hes as close to perfection as any person. If everybody was like him in trying to find the best in others, the world would be a way better place than it is today. You said he inspired you. How so . Well, throughout my life, an amazing man, whos absolutely selfless. It inspires me to teach in inner City High School after college. He inspired me to think about Public Service. We had gone to the inaugural parade. I wanted to see what it was like to go into the oval office. Dad walks in. I said
So that was one of the items of breaking news during your hour. And this is one of those situations that chaos has broken out really since the attorney general actually the president announced on a radio show the attorney general was going to have a press conference. Then the attorney general had to hustle out his announcement. From all of your time covering the news from all of your time in governmen have you ever heard of high ranking government officials calling a press conference to discuss a document that will nobodys allowed to see . I think thats a first also. Im going to defy william barr overnight to find us any precedent for what hes doing tomorrow. And rachel, does it mean, does it simply mean that the attorney general of the United States of america is actually afraid, afraid to have a press conference after the report comes out, to have a press conference a few hours late silver hes afraid of that . I mean, what this they could only book the room before the report . It the
Well talk about all of it tonight and then some starting with new cnn reporting on concerns among people close to the president about what he might do next. Cnns jim acosta joins us now with the very latest. Jim. Reporter yeah. What is the latest on how President Trump wants to handle the Senate Impeachment trial . Reporter john, ive been talking to my sources. Weve all been talking to our sources over here at the white house all day long. The latest is that it sounds as though the president is coming around to this idea advanced by Senate Republicans that a lengthy trial filled with witnesses is just too dangerous to his political future. You know, hes gone through this impeachment process, and as painful has it has been and as much as he wants to be exonerated and as much as, yes, he wants to bring in witnesses, he wants the whistleblower, he wants hunter biden and so on, Mitch Mcconnell, lindsey graham, his allies in the senate have impressed upon him and his top aides over here, pe
Relationship with a professional staffer after she admits she had a relationship with a staffer in her campaign. The way the democrats are running the impeachment inquiry, these closed door hearings could soon begin way to public hearings and be shown right in your living room. Phil mattingly, tell us the potential timeline here. Reporter this is going to work in stages. Its a little over a month old, and everything up to this point has taken place behind closed doors, hourslong depositions, some of which included explosive testimony and some which included some thee a theatrics. This will move into the public domain. They do plan to hold some public hearings which may include some of those individuals that have testified in depositions behind closed doors. This is part of the process. First behind closed doors for depositions, then public hearings, all the while drafting an impeachment report that would serve as the basis for any articles of impeachment that may come through. Brian br
Impeachment saga. Lets break it down with nbcs hans nichols at the white house, Geoff Bennett is on capitol hill once again. Also with us, nbc news justice correspondent pete williams. Thank you all for being me. House democrats leading this impeachment inquiry have issued the subpoena to Rudy Giuliani, the president s personal lawyer. What do we know about what theyre looking for from mr. Giulia giuliani . Since the theory of the case that democrats are building against President Trump is that he used the office of the president for personal gain by leaning on ukrainian counterpart to dig up discredited dirt on former vp joe biden and also used Rudy Giuliani, his personal attorney, as the intermediary, House Democrats say they now want to know everything that Rudy Giuliani knows about this entire ukrainian gambit. They issued a subpoena to him and three Business Associates to turn over any and all documentation related to his communications with ukraine. Interestingly enough, a lot of