S in cnn tonight. Im don lemon. A little past 11 00 on the east coast. Live with new developments. President trump back in the white house. In turmoil. The investigation getting closer to the president. The bombshell revelation that the special counsel was nearly fired. The president s own white House Counsel threatening to quit if that happened. The parallels to another earlier president ial scandal are unavoidable. But just how close are we getting to a watergate here . And how much of investigators most crucial evidence is coming from inside the white house . The calls coming from inside the white house. I want to bring in two people who have first hand knowledge of this. Elizabeth holstman was a member of the house judiciary during mccarthy. And white House Counsel. John, im going to start with you. Explain why you think there are echos of watergate in this russia investigation. Well, they both start with a penetration, if you will, or attempt the penetration in one case of the d.
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Digging in over the cause of the grid lock. President trumps proposed wall on the u. S. mexico border, which the president repeatedly threatened to close this week if funding for his wall doesnt materialize. We have three days left in 2018, the Outgoing Congress will punt on the showdown until the new one convenes next week. Its first legislative fight already laid out to get the government fully working again. Joining me now, joe madsen, sirius xm radio talk show hoyt. Hue Hewitt Salem Radio Network host and mailboxes nbc analyst and maya wiley former u. S. Assist attorney and msnbc legal analyst. Maya, we are looking at a shutdown with no end in sight. The president seemingly alone or almost alone in the white house, only 40 of the white house staff working because of the shutdown. First lady has gone to florida. And he is tweeting all kiengds of things, blaming the democrats, blaming in and that, even though he was the one that said he was going to make mexico pay for the wall. Here