Bill Congress Passed a week ago and then ended up caving and signing the measure as is last night. The new legislation with the higher relief payments is now in Mitch Mcconnells hands. The senates top democrat, Chuck Schumer, says he will try to quickly pass the bill on the senate floor tomorrow. And now vermont senator Bernie Sanders says he will filibuster and override the defense bill approved in the house until mcconnell allows a vote on the 2,000 direct payments to americans. That bipartisan house vote to reject Donald Trumps veto of the 741 billion defense bill sets up the first override of Donald Trumps presidency weeks before he leaves office. 109 republicans broke with the president to vote for the override. And it has now been more than two weeks since weve actually heard directly from the president in public. He has yet to comment personally on the Christmas Day bombing in nashville, and he has said nothing in recent days about the latest covid surge or the staggering loss o
Tamara keith, White House Correspondent for npr. And ken vogel political reporter for the New York Times. Thank you all for being with us especially as part of our Leadoff Panel tonight. Ken, ill lead off with you. What do you make of this bank subpoena, if true, is it a big deal . What else does it speak of . Absolutely. We always kind of knew that this was a possibility that mueller would start looking into Donald Trumps finances and this subpoena, again, if it is accurate that Deutsche Bank has been subpoenaed, would indicate that he is fully going down that route. Deutsche bank is significant because donald trump it has at least 130 million worth of Donald Trumps debt and it sold some of that debt or could have sold some of that debt to russian banks. That could potentially give these russian banks some leverage over donald trump. And so you have the combination here potentially of Donald Trumps finances as well as his
dealings with russia and how those two things intertwine. So ev
Bottom line that was their goal heading into tonight, to live to fight inll of these in november. Brian, well accepted it over to you. Our thanks to steve kornacki. We ask only that you not stray from the big board. We will come back with results as they come in throughout the broadcast. Checking in on other news, day 502 this was of the trump administration. And President Trump wasted no time again today lashing out at his own Attorney General of his recusal from the Russia Investigation. President trump wrote on twitter, the russian witchhunt hoax continues all because Jeff Sessions didnt tell me he was going to recuse himself. I would have quickly picked someone else. So much time and money wasted. So many lives ruined. And sessions knew better than most that there was no
report would be positive, as we learned the next morning. But when aide mentioned sessions, trump abruptly ended the conversation and unmuted the television in his office, dismissing the staffer to resume watching
By his thinking, why deprive good friday visitors of a good visit to an iconic irish pub. Submit ted without judgment. That is our program for a friday nig night. Whatever your persuasion, we wish you a good weekend. Good night from our headquarters here in new york. Hi, everyone. Its 4 00 in new york. Icing is in and public criticism of russia is still very much out. Nbc news with extraordinary reporting about Donald Trumps quote, president Donald Trumps National Security advisor spent months trying to convince him to sign off on a plan to supply new u. S. Weapons to ukraine to aid in the countrys fight against russianbacked separatists. When the president finally authorized the major policy shift, he told his aides not to publicly tell his decision because doing so might agitate russian president Vladimir Putin. Quote, he doesnt want to bring it up, one white house official tells nbc news. It is not something he wants to talk about, this source says. This new reporting helps fill in
Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Would have obstructed it. He has a right to defend himself. If he believes hes innocent, he is innocent, he should speak out. White house also moved quickly to frame trumps words as nothing more than his own personal view. Its not an order. Its the president s opinion. The president is not obstructing, hes fighting back. The president is stating his opinion. Hes stating it clearly. Hes certainly expressing a frustration that he has with the level of corruption that weve seen from people like jim comey, the president s angry. Frankly, most of america is angry as well and theres no reason he shouldnt be able to voice that opinion. But remember what the white house once told us about how we should regard what this president says on twitter. Are president trumps tweets considered official white house statements . Well, the president is the president of the United States so theyre considered official