He has the inside scoop coming up. First, chief National Correspondent ed henry kicks off the coverage with breaking news. Good evening. Great to see you. The District Attorneys Office here in manhattan is thinking about bringing criminal charges against President Trumps business, the trump organization, in connection with how officials they are reimbursed Attorney Cohen for his payments to that adult film performer. According to the New York Times tonight. The president said months ago of the special counsel started probing his business dealings, that would be what he called a redline that could spark Robert Muellers firing. This is more complicated because it would be State Charges against the trump organization, not federal charges brought by mueller. It would be harder to justify a meal or firing perhaps. Plus the president has the power to pardon Paul Manafort or anyone else for federal charges but he does not have Clear Authority to pardon people or corporations for criminal char
to feed off that. paint the resistance as extreme and fire up their own base. that s why i think the democratic leadership does not want to talk about this yet. okay, so the president this morning talking to ainsley earhardt on fox & friends saying how can you impeach somebody doing a good job questioning the articles of impeachment do not say count one, doing a great job. it s a high crime or misdemeanor and adult to burn that ballpark yet. the thing that surprises me a little bit about the democratic leadership is how they are not being terribly subtle about their opinion on this. they are telling their members let s not talk about this now or yet. let s let the voters have their say and then we will talk about it. it s very obvious what their plan is. it s a smart strategy, isn t it? you are a republican or part of the g.o.p., it s a smart one. there s nothing wrong with saying we are not going to talk about it. there s no need to talkative because he got to get a majority. sh
he felt comfortable with you guys. he showed you what was on his tivo. what did you watch? the sally yates and jim clapper testimony on monday testifying before the senate. it wasn t exactly his primetime lineup. but, you know, the president was essentially giving us his color kmem te commentary in his private dining room off the oval office pointing out when he thought senator grassley did a great job questioning or lindsey graham, he s a good questioner. then analyzes the responses to the crowd reaction. it wases almost like watching, you know, color commentary in a football game. my colleague, steve kornacki, has a question for you, zeke. everybody knows donald trump, people who don t like him, people who like him, know him as the character first from the reality show, now obviously now as the president of the united states, but in the exposure you had, did you see any aspects of his permisonality, that you saw side of donald trump that the rest of us watching him through tv a