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time for choosing. the trump indictment forces republican candidates to make a choice, tiptoe around the former president or take their best shot at the front-runner. he s saying i m more important than the country. this is vanity run amok. republican presidential candidate chris christie joins me live next and out in the open. trump s team starts to prepare his defense. what do experts charge with our national defense say about the classified documents stored at mar-a-lago? house intelligence committee chairman mike turner and former trump defense secretary mark esper will be here exclusively. plus a way forward? america s cities confront challenges on crime and justice and a new mayor is delivering on a promise to end homelessness, but now her city faces a new test. this does not catch us off guard nor will it intimidate us. l.a. mayor karen bass joins me exclusively. hello. i m jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is thanking dad. happy
stake through the heart of the trump business and brand. you can see him here entering the courtroom a few hours ago. he is the first member of the family to be called as a witness by state prosecutors, but he will not be the last. his brother eric is set to testify, as well as his sister ivanka, and his dad, the ex-president himself, who is scheduled to take the stand monday. donald trump jr. along with his brother eric trump have spent their entire careers at the trump organization. eric runs day-to-day business, and trump jr. is a trustee of the business entity that technically controls the entire trump org. because of their roles, they stand accused of committing fraud for years and years and years, involving those financial statements that have been submitted by the company. in his testimony so far, donald trump jr. has been asked about his grasp of accounting on that nbc news reports, quote, he said he was aware of what g-a-a-p is, quote, generally accepted accounting p
host: the resignation of four department of justice career prosecutors in the roger stone case has called into question the role of the attorney general, william barr, and the influence of president trump and has called the attorney general to capitol hill for a march hearing. good morning. welcome to washington journal for this thursday, february 13, 2020. we ll spend the first hour or so talking about that, the role of the justice department in the roger stone case. republicans call 202-748-8001. democrats, 202-748-8000. and for independents and others, that s 202-748-8002. u can also send us a text at 202-748-8003, tell us your name, where you re texting from. we re also on twitter and facebook. let s start with the reporting of the los angeles times at latimes.com, and their headline reflective of a number of others, justice department royaled in the roger stone case roiled in the roger stone case. roger stone, a longtime confidant of president trump, receive a le
Uh last night, you know, last night there was real concern the voters in alabama would put an alleged child molester and bigot and homophobe, all the bad things santa frowns on, in the United States senate. [ laughter ] but it didnt happen. The special election actually turned out to be a very special election after all. Last night doug jones beat roy moore to become the first [ cheers and applause ] democratic senator from alabama since 1992. It was a major upset. A republican losing to a democrat in alabama is like a grizzly bear losing to a fish. [ laughter ] it just doesnt happen. Unless the republican happens to be so creepy around young girls, he was banned from the local mall. If the republican youre running against is not allowed inside forever 21, your odds of winning increase significantly. [ laughter ] it is kind of depressing that in 2017, barely not electing an alleged pedophile to the senate is something to celebrate. [ laughter ] but well take what we can get at this poi