She was next to oversee Robert Mueller and she said friday night that she got a walmart job offer that was too good to pass up. Tonight sources telling nbc that russia was also a potential factor and that rachel brand was worried that, quote, rod rosenste rosensteins job would be in danger. If rosenstein left, brand would take over that doj probe. Tonight the doj is disputing this report. Sources also tell nbc brand leaving in part because of other issues. Sources saying brand left because her work as a leader and prosecutor was undercut by the Trump Administrations chronic vacancies. Now thats a point that the Trump Justice Department and the Trump Administration cannot dispute tonight because take a look, over a year into this administration, 30 of the divisions that brand oversaw had no permanent leader. This has also dogged the Trump State Department as well. We reported on that and the Washington Post found no nominees for 230 executive branch positions that require senate confirm
Craziness of this seems to be dawning on my friend the democratic leader. If 87 of the American People think we should provide legal status to the d. R. E. A. M. Ers, let us do our job. Let us pass this legislation. This is the greatest country in the world. But we do have some really stupid people representing it from time to time. Lets be clear. With republicans in control of the white house, the senate, and the house of representatives, the only person to blame, if the government shuts down, will be president donald trump. Thats senator markey of massachusetts. Earlier today, Chuck Schumer traveled to the white house to sit down with President Trump, but no agreement was made. Here they go. Im going to be brief. Im not going to answer any questions. Okay. We had a long and detailed meeting. We discussed all of the major outstanding issues. We made some progress. But we still have a good number of disagreements. The discussions will continue. Well, late today, the president tweeted,
Over Donald Trumps trade war, it includes as well a slide for facebook which has been hammered by a trump digital whistle blower, hes going to speak out on the beat tonight. When mueller calls the white house, i can tell you hell now find a different lawyer picking up the phone, because john dowd, who was the president s top criminal defense lawyer on russia, he quit. Hes out. Done. And this is of course just five days after that same lawyer john dowd issued a bizarre call for the entire Mueller Probe to end. Now that rhetoric was a shift from ten months of public statements of cooperation from trumps team and all of this, lets be clear on the context and why this is not only more chaos, but real problems for america, this all comes amidst the pressure and the firings at the fbi, which experts say could actually add to any potential obstruction case against the white house. It was james comeys deputy fired in that bizarre friday night oaccurrence. That official was andrew mccabe, he sa
Firing uproar. A chorus of outrage over the dismissal of Andrew Mccabe and the president s morning tweet storm tirade. We cannot allow this president or anyone else zwrournd mito undermine this investigation. Now with the president tweeting regularly about this stuff and the investigation, it ties the two together and makes him look bad and makes it much harder for the president to do his job and makes no sense. Stormy past. A new highly revealing report on trumps lawyer reaching out to daniels back in 2011. What he wanted and while it really matters now. I think this heightens concerns on the trump team, as the to possible Campaign Finance violations. And the political impact, a new poll with a surprising result, or is it . Good day to all of you. Im alex witt here at msnbc headquarters in los angeles. A bit past 1 00 p. M. In the east, 10 00 a. M. In the west. Heres whats happening right now out there. New this hour, sweeping condemnation from capitol hill, with even some republicans
But their time is up. Their time is up. And good day. Im andrea mitch in washington with new reporting from nbc news on how President Trumps lawyers are talking to investigators about whether the president would submit to an interview. And if so, under what conditions. Joining me with the details of their reporting White House Correspondent Kristen Welker and National Political reporter carol lee as well as msnbc contributor chuck rosenberg, former federal prosecutor and chief of staff to james comey. Kristin, set the stage here. What were talking about is whether and how the president would actually be interviewed by people from the special counsels office on the russia probe. Reporter thats right. We spoke to three sources familiar with the matter who say the talks are preliminary and they are ongoing. With the president s legal team considering a range of options which include how the president would be interviewed directly by special counsel mueller or potentially his investigators