And the people are there for two years, and they are old by the time they leave. It is quite exhausting. The power strug thele and the new class of senators come to capitol hill including rick scott who has not won in florida yet. Are you contending fraud with this recount . Is this picture outdated by tomorrow . And political protection and this hour, the secretary of defense James Mattiss is stepping in for the president to the visit the troops at the border that have been deployed in the heat of the midterm battle. I dont think that there is much question what happened. It is a political stunt for the midterm elections. And good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington, and First Lady Melania Trump is taking a page out of the husbands playbook to take to twitter to send a m message to President Trump under increasing scrutiny and losing more congressional seats by the day. This is the trumps target the r who is the top lieu ten the nant who is at war with secretary mattis and
Report tonight. President trump blasting attorney general Jeff Sessions over federal charges against two republican lawmakers ahead of the midterm elections. Mr. Trump sarcastically saying, good job, jeff, in a tweet suggesting that sessions should have considered the political consequences despite Justice Department guidelines to the contrary. Well talk about the breaking news and more with congressman ted deutsche of the Foreign Affairs and judiciary committees and analysts here with all of the days news. First, the cnn senior white house correspondent, jeff, the president regularly has criticized Jeff Sessions, but this stands out right in the middle of two criminal investigations . It does stand out. Its pretty extraordinary that the attacks from the president have become routine by now. This was different. The president was talking about an ongoing criminal case, suggesting the attorney and his Justice Department should have used Political Considerations here to not effectively go
Because many are asking does President Trump funal finally have the attorn a general hes wanted from day one, that will do the president s bidding . And is he acting more like the president s attorney than the chief Law Enforcement officer of america. You also said back in april that you thought there was spying going on in the Trump Campaign. When do you think that start snd im not going to speculate. Woor arer dp were going to find out when it started. Ive found a lot of the answers have been inadequate and some of the explanations dont hang together. So in a sense i have more questions today than i did when i first started. Chris wallace of fox news is now saying barr quote is clearly protecting this president and advocating his point of view and this breaking news. The former fbi director james comey calling out bar sawing he should stop sliming his own department. Max is the author of the corrosion of conservetism why ilift the right. And i read a small part but let me guv you the
Sat down to preview his new book, the threat, he describes the extreme measure he took to make sure the russia investigation would not disappear. I wanted to make sure that our case was on solid ground and if somebody came in behind me and closed it and tried to walk away from it, they would not be able to do that without creating a record of why they make that decision. You want a documentary record. Thats right. That those investigations begun because you feared that they would be made to go away . Yes, thats exactly right. Mccabe added details to a timeline reporters have been piecing together for nearly new years. Comey was fired on may 9th, the next day, the president called mccabe from an unsecured line while mccabe was meeting with a senior staff. Mccabe says the president bragged how many he claims were happy with the firing. This is what it is like, you can go to any floor and you will see small groups gathering hallway. Some people even crying. The integrity of his conduct an
The second question, however, whether the president illegally interfered with the special counsels investigation, Robert Mueller was far less clear. In fact, mr. Mueller wrote explicitly his report does not exonerate the president. He left that decision to the attorney general who decided in just two days that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute. That decision is already sparking hard questions while President Trump, however, is going on the attack threatening his critics. This was an illegal takedown that failed and hopefully somebody is going to be looking at the other side. So what now . Will the president and his Administration Push for a new investigation, perhaps even a new special counsel to investigate the investigators . Will the president feel emboldened to pardon those in his administration, including Michael Flynn who have pleaded guilty to federal crimes. Conversely, will democrats feel chastened and pull back on this and other probes of mr. Trump . Finally, will