trader himself. columbus nova did not give us a statement before the story but have since given us one. i d like to read a bit from it tonight in which they say that it s okay. yeah. it s a little bit of a longer statement. they told us after the inauguration firm hired michael cohen as a business consultant. report today that viktor vekselberg used columbus nova false and neither vekselberg or its owners were involved in hiring cohen nor for his investment. they re confirming therm hired by cohen and hired for services. that doesn t change that vekselberg was asking questions about these statements. this is the statement from erick the general counsel of columbus nova.
point, as well, that i would try to capture that. unless the president fires mueller, this isn t going anywhere. and even if he does fire mueller, if these republicans on the judiciary committee, which would be the initial step, if they re in primaries, they re not going to do anything. there are a series of ifs along the way. but there certainly is a growing frustration with the president, that this congressman among many others is behind the scenes, starting t ing to be more open . the article got a lot of people talking. erick, it s a good read. one said, honestly, i think there was no vulgar congressman, but these are your words, eri e, and you can t let go of that grudge. there are a lot of congressmen who i know and have relationships with. i ve heard this from a lot of trump supporters over the years, if you hear anything bad about the president, it must not be true. we see this with the stories coming out of the white house and there are concerns, unless
you name the person, it s clearly not true. a lot of people don t want to believe there s this angst behind the scenes. they want to believe the public rah-rah about the president and that s simply not true. thank you very much, erick. appreciate it. good to thalk to you again. you too. outfront now, republican congressman greg alden of oregon. so you ve had a chance to hear that profanity-laced tirade. i ve been assured it wasn t you in that safeway. but erick erickson is saying one of your colleagues unleashed this tirade of profanity and passionate feeling against the president. does this sound like anything you have heard from other republicans in private? no. no. no. i don t think so. look, we re focused here on doing the work of the american people and getting good things done. we work in partnership with the administration on a whole host of policy issues. we ll have a secretary of energy before the committee tomorrow, trying to help unleash america s
running tours like this? i was. and what was the reaction when you said maybe i want to introduce tourists to brown bears? did people think you were nuts? no. it was kind of a natural step and for everybody that came and seen how nice it was and how reasonable it was to be around and photograph bears, for everyone of those that come, each one have 10 friends that would like to do the same thing. nice and reasonable, he says. okay then. let s go see. so where are we here? this is erick, a special ed teacher turned professional bear guide. sometimes the bears will walk on down these beaches here and right over the meadows into these grasses. now the rule i always heard as a young scout, if it s black,
this is not supposed to happ happen. we re supposed to hunker down and admire distant grizzlies through long lenses. but these two mamas and their bunch of kids, they didn t get that memo. we can t run, so we huddle behind erick and try to take solace in the idea that he gets paid to do this. holy [ bleep] that was unbelievable.