Hes talked about these positions consistently and this is exactly what the president will talk about at the World Economic forum. General mcmaster, there will be reports recently that leaders, authoritarian leaders in other countries, particularly in southeast asia, are using one of the president s favorite phrases, fake news to describe reporting that isnt flattering and it reflects poorly on their country and it reports invent truths. President trump has made a point of not publicly talking about things like human rights and freedom of speech, freedom of expression. Is he concerned at all . Or are you concerned that the president s rhetoric are combined with his silence on these issues is creating a climate where authoritarian leaders, they have free reign to do what they want and the United States will not welcome to the lead. Well break away from the White House Press briefing and well continue to monitor and bring you any updates. Were learning the two Major Key Players have been
Paid for by crooked hillary and the dnc and improperly used in fisa court for surveillance of my campaign. Witchhunt. Sunday, quote, why does the mueller team have 13 hardened democrats and zero republicans . Another dem relent added does anyone think this is fair . And yet there is no collusion. And this morning, monday, quote, a total witchhunt with massive conflicts of interest. Well fact check those claims in a moment. But lets ask, why now . Why after ten months of silence is he breaking it now . Reporting across multiple outlets says this is a president who has decided what he felt was true all along that ultimately he is his own best adviser, and his best advice to himself right now is to fight. It is also a president who saw headline after headline last week that Robert Mueller issued a subpoena for documents from his private business, something he had called a red line. It is also a president who felt vindicated by Andrew Mccabes firing, a disloyal fbi agent getting with the p
President he is not a target of the Michael Cohen investigation. That cohen is the only target of that investigation. You will remember a week ago monday cohens office, home and hotel room were raided by the fbi and taking everything in there. Cohen had 3 clients, the major one was the president. Rod rosenstein telling the president he is not a target. Which raises a question how does he know that to be a fact if prosecutors have not had an opportunity to look at the materials that were seized in cohens home because they were tied up in litigation the president and cohen to have a special master look at those to determine which ones are subject to attorneyclient privilege. And the revelation that Rudy Giuliani is joining the team. The president said rude segreat. Hes been my friend for a long time and wants to get this matter quickly resolved for the good of the country. Back to the assurance from Rod Rosenstein that the president was not a target of the cohen investigation, should inf
What were learning about trumps fixation on Robert Mueller. This became an obsession with the president. He had to get rid of mueller. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. As the president s lawyers continue to negotiate the terms of his looming interview with the special counsel, the president s friends and aides are panicking and the republican counteroffensive against the Justice Department is shifting into overdrive. Tonight the white house is denying it had anything to do with the abrupt departure of a top fbi official whom the president has been openly attacking for months. Nbc news broke the story the deputy fbi director Andrew Mccabe left the bureau today Effective Immediately months before his expected retirement. One source said mccabe was exercising his retirement eligibility, characterized his decision as stepping aside. But according to other outlets, the decision may not have been voluntary. Cbs news reporting that mccabe was forced to
Im rene marsh in for christi paul. Im victor blackwell. Good morning to you. Another round of a fight we have seen before. The president versus the fbi. President trump going on the twitter attack on the agencys Deputy Director. Trump reupped accusation is that Andrew Mccabe is bias because of political donations his wife received in the past. Mccabe is one of the agencys most senior officials and oversaw the investigation into the Hillary Clinton emails. Also, the white house is fighting against claims President Trump made derogatory remarks about immigrants. The New York Times is reporting that during a meeting with Top Administration officials, President Trump claimed that all haitians have aids and nigerians would never go back to their huts once they saw the United States. More on that in a minute. We start with shimon porkopes and the attacks on the fbi. Reporter good morning. Trumps tweets taking aim at several fbi officials, including Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe came with wor