Of the 2016 election. To really understand why the socalled catch and kill scheme wasnt just about preventing negative press, just something all celebrities do, as Lindsey Graham tried to spin it a few days ago, well get in our Way Back Machine and take a trip down mem memory lane. After donald trump clifrm clinched the republican nomination and there is referred to his women problems, among female voters. The low Approval Ratings were fueled by his own rhetoric and his attacks against ted cruzs wife, a republican candidate carly and his long history of crude and vile remarks, not to mention his Flagrantly Misogynistic approach to his opponent Hillary Clinton and look at how that showed up in the polls for him. 73 of voters had a negative view of donald trump by midmarch of the election year. 64 of women voters in April Of 2016 said they have a quote, strongly unfavorably view of trump. In the middle of all of this, attorney Keith Davidson sends a text to the editor at the National Enq
Welcome back to the weekend. Week two of the election first trial wrapped with a bombshell. Under redirect from the prosecution, former the National Enquirer david pecker admitted he brought former playbook model Karen Mcdougal story about her affair with to influence the election. The story says would have been gold if it had been published. He also detailed conversations he had with white house staffers after Trump Took Office about extending mcdougals agreement. And joining us now to discuss it all is New York Times Investigative Reporter Susanne Craig and Senior Correspondent Laura Jarrett. I was reading all yawls notes all week. That means my friend Laura Jarrett was slower to respond to text message. We have been watching this breathlessly but there are a lot of folks not watching it with the same level of detail. If someone was not tuned in all week what would you tell them what the top line of what happened . The top line is a man who has no donald trump for the better part of
To www. Cspan. Org. Washington journal continues. Host welcome back. We want to hear what you think about president Donald Trumps first week in office. Democrats, please call 2027488000. Republicans, call 2027488001. The independent line is 2027488002. The president signed some 15 executive actions this week tackling everything from rolling back the Affordable Care act to the southern border wall to temporarily stopping the Refugee Resettlement program. Heres what he said this week in an interview with abc news on his views about illegal voting. [video clip] i said it and i said it strongly because what is going on with voter fraud is horrible. Won the popular vote if i was campaigning for the popular vote. I would have gone to california, i would have gone to new york. I would have gone to a couple of places i did not go to. I would have one that much easier. Electoral college is all that matters. If you look at put a registration, you look at the dead people who are registered to vot
That almost hour and a half long press c0 nfe re nce. Lets turn to the issue of mr trumps connections with russia and alleged contacts with russia of his Campaign Team during the election. This came up several times during the Press Conference on the president was very clear on the issue. I can tell you, speaking for myself, i own nothing in russia, i have no loans in russia, i dont have no loans in russia, i dont have any deals in russia, President Putin called me up very nicely to congratulate me on the wind of the election. He then called me up next grimly nicely extremely nicely to congratulate me on the inauguration, which was terrific. But so did many other leaders. Almost all the leaders. Russia is fake news. This is fake news that out by the media. There were so many sound bites in this Press Conference, rush of being fa ke this Press Conference, rush of being fake news was another one. He was pushed again by otherjournalists at this Press Conference. When you aware that anyone
That almost hour and a half long press c0 nfe re nce. Lets turn to the issue of mr trumps connections with russia and alleged contacts with russia of his Campaign Team during the election. This came up several times during the Press Conference on the president was very clear on the issue. I can tell you, speaking for myself, i own nothing in russia, i have no loans in russia, i dont have no loans in russia, i dont have any deals in russia, President Putin called me up very nicely to congratulate me on the wind of the election. He then called me up next grimly nicely extremely nicely to congratulate me on the inauguration, which was terrific. But so did many other leaders. Almost all the leaders. Russia is fake news. This is fake news that out by the media. There were so many sound bites in this Press Conference, rush of being fa ke this Press Conference, rush of being fake news was another one. He was pushed again by otherjournalists at this Press Conference. When you aware that anyone