The last two hours. A battle between the fired fbi director, james comey, and the president where both sides are not just fighting, they are fighting dirty. I mean dirty. Donald trump didnt seem to care much about Russian Election meddling but cared a lot about russian prostitutes and that other thing. This is the stunning contention of james comey who we are hearing from out loud for the very first time this morning. Stunning for what he says, but more so for how he chooses to say it. Listen to how he answers questions about the unverified salacious intelligence he discussed with donald trump back in 2016 that the russians allegedly had videotapes of russian prostitutes with donald trump urinating on each other. This was on abc a short time ago. I said to him, sir, when he started talking about i may order you to investigate that. I said, sir, thats up to you, but you want to be careful about that because it might create a narrative that were investigating you personally. And second,
With the north korean dictator on a secret trip that he took last month. Pompeos confirmation by the senate today and the north and south korea summit thats happening right now as i speak, it comes just weeks before what is apparently still planned to be a meeting between kim jong un, the north korean dictator, and our own President Trump. Now, President Trump did not have his most cool, calm and collected day today. So this little preview tonight of the president s own meeting with one of the most notorious and unpredictable Nuclear Armed dictators in the world, its not a relaxing feeling to know that our president in his current state of mind is about to sit down with that guy. But its been an unsettling day of news. Its also been a day with tons of news in it. Pompeo confirmed as secretary of state. So hes going to be taking over that Critical Agency after a year that is considered by everyone on all sides to have been a disaster for the state department under trumps first secretary
For you today or would you like some more . Right now as i speak north korea and south korea are holding a summit on the border between those countries. Its daytime there. Daylight right now. Because its tomorrow in terms of the time difference. Obviously, this is very, very, very high stakes excuse me. Historical diplomacy. And it comes on a day when the United States government has confirmed a new secretary of state. Former republican congressman and immediate former cia director mike pompeo. Mr. Pompeo was confirmed today, and then he left immediately for a nato meeting in brussels. The white house today released these photos of mr. Pompeo meeting with and shaking hands with the north korean dictator on a secret trip that he took last month. Pompeos confirmation by the senate today and the north and south korea senate thats happening right now as i speak, it comes just weeks before what is apparently still planned to be a meeting between kim jong un, the north korean dictator, and o
To blame for this young shutdown. 47 say trump deserves most of the blame. 33 blame the democrats. 7 blame the remaining republicans in congress. Another poll finding another 43 blaming trump, and those bad vibes for the shutdown theyre spreading and contimeinating trumps overall approval with 56 disapproval. Now, that is bad. You hear these numbers a lot in politics and its easy for them to kind of, like, blend together to serve a point. But stop and think about it like this. The democrats just won the midterms by a larger margin, 8 , than the national margin for other widely celebrated waves like the republicans 1994 revolution which made Newt Gingrich speaker. 8 . This new approval polls show trump under water, though, by 17 tonight. That is way worse than that midterm stomping which as we just showed was itself a historic margin. Donald trump is dealing with this by, well, no, by not dealing with it. He offered several statements and tweets today that basically claimed the shutdown
I will be the one to shut it down. The last time you shut it down, it didnt work. I will take the mantel for shutting it down. Tonight americans agreed by a 14 point margin saying trump is to blame for this young shutdown. 47 say trump deserves most of the blame. 33 blame the democrats. 7 blame the remaining republicans in congress. Another poll finding another 43 blaming trump, and those bad vibes for the shutdown theyre spreading and contimeinating trumps overall approval with 56 disapproval. Now, that is bad. You hear these numbers a lot in politics and its easy for them to kind of, like, blend together to serve a point. But stop and think about it like this. The democrats just won the midterms by a larger margin, 8 , than the national margin for other widely celebrated waves like the republicans 1994 revolution which made Newt Gingrich speaker. 8 . This new approval polls show trump under water, though, by 17 tonight. That is way worse than that midterm stomping which as we just sh