Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Rudy giuliani told politico today that the trump team wants to rule outofbounds about half of what Robert Mueller wants to discuss the president. Quote, we dont want questioning on obstruction. They would have to concede that. Robert mueller would not be allowed to ask President Trump what he said to james comey about the fbi investigation of michael flynn. James comey says that the president told him, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. Hes a good guy. I hope you can let this go. The only area that the trump team would consider allowing is how donald trump and his campaign interacted with russians during the president ial campaign. A week after reports that trumps personal lawyer Michael Cohen is willing to testify that donald trump knew about the meeting in tru
The most powerful members of congress. What you should know about alexandria cortez, how she won, how it affects the house map come november. And we wille hear the first live reaction from nancy pelosi, any moment she will be speaking right there. And well also hear from senator hirono who will be with me live. Well talk with her about the immigration developments. And on the hill, not just immigration developments, but also one of the most controversial fbi agents. Were talking about peter strzok. And well talk about that as the house gets ready to take a vote that looks likely to tank by the way. It is the last day of the term for the Supreme Court, a big decision expected on labor unions. And maybe, just maybe, a decision to call it quits. Were on retirement watch for this guy, the swing vote on so many cases. Anthy kennedy. Might he be ready to hang up his robe . We have our team here and ready to go to cover all of this. We have a decision actually from the Supreme Court on this l
To put up a major, if not a final roadblock. At 9 30 a. M. Eastern time that it happened from now, a painfully divided Judiciary Committee will vote on whether to vote judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court could come as early as tuesday. Make no mistake, not only does the adjudication of this allegation of Sexual Assault hang in the balance, but so does the balance of the highest court in the land. Overnight, the American Bar Association, which had weighted Brett Kavanaugh wellqualified for the seat he is seeking, took the extraordinary step of asking the committee to put the nomination on hold. The group says the basic principles that underscore the senates constitutional duty require nothing less than a careful examination of the accusations and facts by the fbi. To be clear, as of this moment, that will not happen. Majority republicans with the strong backing of the white house have decided that they and the country have heard enough. The three republican senators and three dem
In room]. I understand the question then and the answer then and i understand the answer now and the question now to be 100 accurate. You were concerned about whether i was involved in the program that two other nominees had been involved in. And the report that senator feinstein produced, the Justice Department report, they showed that i wasnt. In other words, the program, crafting the program for the enhanced interrogation techniques for the detinees. Judge kavanaugh, thats not the question. Do you see me asking you whether you crafted the program . I didnt. I asked you about your involvement in the haynes then you went further asking then you went further. You violated the second rule to every witness. You answered more than i asked. I told the truth. You volunteered more information than i asked and you went further than you should have. In the three specific instances that i have given you, you clearly were involved in questions about rules governing detention of combatants. I und
Issues or Economic Issues and the truth or at least the best answer emerges after debate and over time hand that freedom of speech is important to help advance that cause of the debate. Its important just as an individual matter i think to have that protection written into the constitution. You may have an unpopular view at a particular point in time. If that view were suppressed, that view would never take hold even though that view would be the better view. So its a particularly important in the Supreme Court precedent, i think, to protect unpopular views or views that seem out of fashion or out of fashion at a particular moment in time because of both the inherent dignity and also for the broader purpose that that advances societal progress or economic progress or social progress. Most good ideas were unpopular at one point or another. Take time to take hold and i think the framers understood that. They were look where they came from and how they had to fight against suppression of