The lead starts right now but first where disinformation prevails and democracy fails, putin celebrates a resounding when cementing another six years power, the lies that got him here, and the threat it could pose to the World Order Plus Chaos On America as doorstep, haiti collapses into a gang, stayed in get cnn is in their capital to capture how violence is now the law of the land. And we start with a moment to give us hope i finally got to meet Cj Ricin Person as he finally tastes freedom after more than 12 years behind bars for a shooting, he insists he could not have committed welcome to the lean. Im jake tapper in philadelphia and im going to start with some good news for once. Im in philly because there are major developments here and a legal case that weve been following for years here on the lead involving cj rice who is now a free man as of this morning, the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania officially considers ej rice to be legally innocent of the crimes he was convicted of in 2
Blockbuster report. Im going to end illegal immigration. On a pipeline of undocumented workers from costa rica to Donald Trumps golf course. With immigration, you better be smart and you better be tough and theyre taking your jobs. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. In for chris hayes. Fwlrs the president appointed Matt Whitaker to be the acting attorney general last fall, violating the Justice Departments ord of succession and possibly the constitution, they believed had everything to do with his loyalty to donald trump and his public hostility to the Mueller Investigation. In his combative, often evasive testimony before the house judiciary committee, whitaker did little to ease concerns that hes nothing more than a political hack, installed to run interference for the president. The acing attorney general defended his decision to not recuse himself from oversight of the Mueller Investigation, despite having been advised to do so by ethics officials. Then he denied
Awards. Is is n nightly news w kate snow. The government may be right back the same situation we just escaped last month, another partial government shutdown. That possibility loomed larger today as talks between congressional negotiators stalled out. Some of those members in congress continue to express hope, a deal can be made. Lets begin quickly. Lets start with kelly odonell. Reporter no negotiations at all today. Both party preventing a friday s subtling way. The divide includes a new issue, democrats want to limit number of beds in Detention Center for undocumented migrants. Fewer beds will force the Trump Administration to prioritize holdings and those committed the serious crimes. Democrats out of the blue want a cap on convicted felons to be held in detention. The other is find an amount for a border wall or barrier. The president will give a little but not give up on his border wall. You cant take it off the table or 5. 7 million off the table. If you end up some place in the
Roger stone. Would you say the special counsels investigation is a witch hunt . Are you overseeing a witch hunt . Congressman, as i have mentioned previously, the special counsels investigation is an Ongoing Investigation and i think it would be inappropriate for me. But you wouldnt oversee a witch hunt, wouldnt you, youd stop a witch hunt, wouldnt you. It would be inappropriate to talk about an Ongoing Investigation. Whitaker insisted despite having interviewed for a job at the white house as lead attorney, his personal views on the investigation never came up with anyone inside the president s orbit. Did they talk to you about your prior opinions about the muell mueller investigation. We discussed my legal process. Youre asking me whether or not i talked with anybody in the president s circle about my views of the special counsels investigation when i was a private season not at the department of justice, no, i did not. The clear evidence of how whitaker understands his role as Donal
The airlines giveth and they taketh away. Cristina alesci, way to be at the scene of the news at the right time. President trump taking on two big battles this week, the border with mexico and health care. The president with a new threat to shut the u. S. mexico border. Acting white house chief of staff Nick Mulvaney said the president this time, this time hes serious. Were also concerned about the effect on the American Economy and the nation as a whole, from having more than 10,000 people cross illegally this month. If we close the borders, why would we do that . Because we need the people who are working at the legal ports of entry to go patrol and im not making this up where theres no wall. We were not lying the people when we said this was an emergency. Very few people believed us, especially folks in the media and the democrat party. Its the Democratic Party, Democratic Party. The chief of staff knows that. Its something republicans occasionally do when theyre trying to besmirch