Ayes have it. We remain adjourned until 10 00 tomorrow. Announcer with the house in recess we are waiting the democratic response from the Democratic Party. The designated survivor went to an undisclosed location. Justices thomas, alito and , the be a secretary in washington earlier today. We open our phone lines in just a moment to get your reaction to the president s speech which ran just over an hour. In comparison, resident reagans speech in 81 ran about 30 minutes. Ran 42 minutes. Bill clinton tying President Trump for just about an hour. Peter . Peter in just a few minutes, we are going to hear from former Kentucky Governor steve bashir with democratic response in louisville. Cheers and jeers as former Kentucky Governor steve bashir prepares to take the national stage. At the capital, is National Exposure is seen as an opportunity to spot like kentucky or as an embarrassing reminder of what is wrong in the state. I am really excited and proud and all kentuckians ought to be proud
But now we know he spoke to the Russian Ambassador twice. Democrats are saying he lied to congress under oath and calling for him to resign. Sessions said he will recuse himself from any investigation related to the campaign. He said that when he testified his answer was honest and correct as he understood the question baits related to the trump president ial campaign and not to his role as a senator and senators meet with diplomats all the time. So he said he did not testify falsely. Let me be clear. I never had meetings with russian opera tifs or intermediaries about the Trump Campaign. The idea i was part of a quote continuing exchange of information during the campaign between trump surrogates and intermediaries for the russian government is totally false. That is the question that senator franken asked me. Reporter earlier today the president said he had total confidence in sessions. He said he did not think sessions should recuse himself. That he was not aware of sessions meeting
Making of donald trump and james henry. Then as donald trump continues his crackdown on immigrants, we look at the shocking case of an Asylum Seeker from el salvador who is being detained as she battles a brain tumor. Free sara now amy we will speak to sara Beltran Hernandezs attorney and Amnesty International, which is calling on ice to release the ill woman. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Justice Department said wednesday attorney general Jeff Sessions met twice last year with russias ambassador to the United States contradicting , sworn testimony by sessions to congress. The disclosure renewed calls for a special prosecutor to investigate ties between the Trump Campaign and russias government, and prompted calls from senior democrats for sessions to resign. During his confirmation hearing in january to become attorney general, thensenator sessions was asked by minnesota senator al franken wheth
When he was a surrogate for the Trump Campaign. David kspeak with johnson, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of the making of donald trump and james henry. Then as donald trump continues his crackdown on immigrants, we look at the shocking case of an Asylum Seeker from el salvador who is being detained as she battles a brain tumor. Free sara now amy we will speak to sara Beltran Hernandezs attorney and Amnesty International, which is calling on ice to release the ill woman. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Justice Department said wednesday attorney general Jeff Sessions met twice last year with russias ambassador to the United States contradicting , sworn testimony by sessions to congress. The disclosure renewed calls for a special prosecutor to investigate ties between the Trump Campaign and russias government, and prompted calls from senior democrats for sessions to resign. During his c
When he was a surrogate for the Trump Campaign. David kspeak with johnson, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of the making of donald trump and james henry. Then as donald trump continues his crackdown on immigrants, we look at the shocking case of an Asylum Seeker from el salvador who is being detained as she battles a brain tumor. Free sara now amy we will speak to sara Beltran Hernandezs attorney and Amnesty International, which is calling on ice to release the ill woman. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Justice Department said wednesday attorney general Jeff Sessions met twice last year with russias ambassador to the United States contradicting , sworn testimony by sessions to congress. The disclosure renewed calls for a special prosecutor to investigate ties between the Trump Campaign and russias government, and prompted calls from senior democrats for sessions to resign. During his c