York. This was day 355 of the Trump Administration, and that new book on this presidency called fire and fury has apparently torched its first victim. Steve bannon is out as the head of Breitbart News. Well have the latest on that just ahead, but also out tonight, 10 hours in all of testimony from the cofounder of the Company Behind that trumprussia dossier. That testimony came from glen simpson, that man right there, who appeared before the Senate Judiciary committee back in august, and the 312page transcript of that event gives us a much more detailed look at what the Research Firm fusion gps was doing and what u. S. Authorities knew and when. Its complicated, but lets get to it. The firms work has taken center stage in this partisan battle on the hill over the russia investigation, and this glen simpson has called on the Committee Senior republicans to release his testimony. Well, today the Judiciary Committees top democrat did that for him. Senator Diane Feinstein of california rel
Good evening, rachel. So 98 women now have seats in the house of representatives. A new record high. Could be 99 depending on how some of the rest of these counts shakeout. It really was an extraordinary night for women candidates. Yeah, and people said this was going to be the year of the woman, year of the woman and lots of cynics and nay sayers were like you always say that whenever you want democrats to win. First of all, democrats did win. But second of all youve got 1en women in the house of representatives for the First Time Ever and its pretty undeniable. It they went down against female democrats. And tonight, rachel, when we see the afternoon breaking news of the president firing the attorney general, im just imagining what our world would be tonight if the democrats had not won the house of representatives, a huge win that changes the nature of trumpism in washington. Yeah, and i dont think that theres a disconnect between these two stories. The democrats want control of con
Mulvaney is currently trumps budget director and was until recently simultaneously the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that was originally the brainchild of elizabeth warren. The announcement that mulvaney will get his third Trump Administration position comes after trump spent the week pretty much flailing around publicly looking for someone, anyone to take the chief of staff job, after his first choice following the departure of john kelly unexpectedly and embarrassingly turned him down last weekend. So there is tons to get to tonight. First, after everything that happened this week, it seems fitting that this morning started with a mystery. Quote, more than a dozen reporters lined up in the hallway outside the courtroom about an hour before the first of three cases were set to be argued by u. S. Court of appeals judges. Reporters and members of the public were free to enter the courtroom during the first two cases. But the secrecy clampdown quickly followed as the c
County tell us about the midterms . And nbcs rebranding of megyn kelly has ended after a comment about blackface. But was her deck stacked from the get go. And a message about leadership that could not be more timely. But first the suspect was arrested in florida friday and facing up to 48 years in prison in connection with devices sent to prominent democratic politicians and donors. Christopher ray said these are not hoax devices. Still to be determined is whether or not thaw were viable. The suspect was charged withile egooal mailing of explosives and assaulting federal and former officers. Thats the good news. We owe a debt of gratitude to the Law Enforcement solving this case so quickly. And the pipe bombing perpetrator that presents another low in our discourse. Before his capture of this case as a potential false flag operation. Before there was a suspect where thaw were addressed to prominent democrats. That suggests the intent was to do harm to mem bfrz of that party but some s
No point in objecting except on principal. A source tells nbc news that on the tape they discuss whether to reimburse National Enquirer. The white house denies any affair took place. This morning President Trump tweeted that it is inconceivable that a lawyer would tape a client totally unheard of and perhaps illegal. The good fuse is that your favorite president did nothing wrong. Reverend al sharpton hosts politics nation and sat down with cohen yesterday. Here is what he has to say about the meeting. He said, i want you to know, rev, i am not going to be the sacrificial lamb here. Im going to do what is right for my family and im go doing do what is right for my country. He seemed to feel like i was out by my himself. That the president had not stood by him. He would say things like i have been loyal. But loyalty has not been given to me. And i think the fact that he reached out to me, someone very known to be a trump critic, sent a message both to trump and to the investigators that