on eastern texas. the worst flooding in the state s history. in houston, thousands stranded waiting to be rescued tlaz water keeps rising and rain keeps falling. with totals up to 50 inches expected in some areas by the end of the week. that is a year s worth of rain in a matter of days. at least ten people have lost their lives and the result of the storm. while 30,000 are expected to need emergency shelter according to the federal emergency management agency. the president and first lady are now headed to texas first thing tomorrow morning to survey the damage. i look very much forward to it. things are being handled really well. the spirit is incredible of the people. the coordination between different services as you snow going well. traveling throughout certain parts and we may go back on saturday depending on where the storm goes we may also go to louisiana on saturday. storm comes amid an onslaught
times over the six years president obama called me to ask me about dropping the case. zero. what does that say to you? again this president has no idea about the notion of the independence of the department of justice. remember, what he said to comey when he was fbi director. hey, can you go light on my buddy, flynn. p? then this situation, hey, mr. attorney general, you ought to drop this case. that is an abuse of power. that is unconscionable. as eric holder said earlier today, that never happened mr. barack obama. i entered the justice department when george herbert walker bush was president. i m confident that george herbert walker bush never asked that of dick hornberg. thank you for being with me tonight. thienk you. i want to play for you the president s explanation tonight, earlier today, of why he thought that attention would be garnered by his timing of joe arpaio and
d credentials was not at the white house today. deputy assistant sebastian gorka resigned, portions of his resignation letter. but within an hour the white house gave the statement sebastian gorka has not resigned but i can acknowledge he no long every works at the white house. deresign did he resign or was he fired? to have a whenly official in the comms shop basically lie about how i left the white house, that disappointing. it s disturbing. the fact of the matter as was reported in the federalist and elsewhere after the afghan speech and i decided it s time to resign and support the president from the outside more effectively. i told general kelly, i requested a meeting with him. i informed him both over the phone and via e-mail on friday that as of that day i am resigning. those are the facts of the
i don t believe anyone doubts the american people s values or commitment of the american government or government s agencies to advancing those values and defending those values. and the president s values? and the president speaks for himself, chris. are you separating yourself for that, sir? i ve made my own comments as to our values as well in a speech i gave to the state department this past week. what do you make of that? that is a blow your socks off moment. that is rex tillerson very confidently separating himself from the president of the united states. with respect to the president s statements about charlottesville. i think there are some members of the cabinet frankly thinking about their legacy. but at the same time, let s remember, tillerson is throwing some stones from a glass house when he is talking about american values. it is worth remembering at the same time he is trying to scrub democracy promotion and human rights advancement from the mission of the
financing for this project. you did get this initial letter that is signed by donald trump himself. so this was a real negotiation. they were really trying to build the trump tower, while donald trump in moscow, while trump was running for president. what seems established here matt and i would like you to weigh in on this, in your reporting, in washington post reporting, rossalynn s reporting and reporting on the meeting, in all three cases, if russia and representatives of the russia state wanted to send information or set up a meeting or contract the trump orbit or vice versa, there were channels along which that could conceivably be pursued? no question. when we have, we have an administration previously a campaign that said over and over again no contact with russia, no contract with russia, no contract with russia. and it s been, gosh, only the end of august. it s been eight months of nonstop contact with russia. so of course, there were channels by which russia could