Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Going on here. The president tweeted over the weekend hes willing to shut down the government if he doesnt get the money for the wall and some bigtime immigration reforms. In the process, he may force Republican Leaders, thats his own party, and candidates into a fight they dont want to have, particularly with these midterm looming. But we know it is an issue that has been at the top of the president s agenda since he launched his campaign. Something he made clear again during his weekly address. We must enforce the rules against visa fraud, illegal overstay, Illegal Entry and other Immigration Violations and crimes, and crimes they are, believe me, crimes they are. The president is calling for several things. He wants at least billions more in funding for a border wall. He wants to end the policy of catch and release, which lets Asylum Seekers live in the United States until their cases are heard. And he wants to
The oval office, President Trump declined to weigh in on the Russia Investigation. At a News Conference with the italian Prime Minister do you feel betray ed by Michael Cohen, sir . A question about cohen and no response. Instead, the president unloaded in his usual safe space where there are no questions, on twitter, tweeting there is no collusion and slamming the Russia Investigation with a personal attack taz Robert Mueller rigged witch hunt and just after the president was tweeting there was no collusion, his outside lawyer was claiming on cnn that collusion isnt a crime. Which i dont know if thats a crime. Colluding about russians. You tart analyzing the crime. The hacking is crime. Add about that, the president relied on his aides. If theres no collusion theres no crime in collusion. Giuliani suggested the Special Counsel may have a conflict and couldnt say what it is. You have to hear the conflict. Not the president. I cant tell you. Not sure. The former mayor railed against coh
Good morning, everyone. It is monday, july 30th. Im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside Yasmin Vossoughian and louis bergdorf. President trump spent part of his Weekend Lashing out and questioning the credibility of Robert Muellers ongoing investigation. In a series of tweets yesterday, trump claimed there was no collusion and called muellers probe a witchhunt and an illegal school. He went on to right, is Robert Mueller ever going to release his Conflict Of Interest with respect to President Trump, including the fact that we had a very nasty and contentious Business Relationship. I turned him down to head the fbi one day before appointment as Special Counsel, and comey is his close friend. Also, why is mueller only appointing angry dems, some of whom have worked for crooked hillary, others including himself have worked for obama. And why isnt mueller looking at all of the Criminal Activity and real russian collusion on the
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Point out that a lot of people called us the carrot and stick policy. They are getting the fable wrong, because the boy tied the carrot to the end of the stick and held it in front of the donkeys nose in order for the donkey to move ahead. He never had the donkey with the stick. One other point harris this donkey might get hit. Is that your point . Not with a stick, a baseball bat. One other piece of news, john kelly, the Chief Of Staff who was thought to be on the way out, calling him battle and Everything Else in the sun, the president the day after his one Year Anniversary of Chief Of Staff and asked him to stay on through 2020, and john kelly said that he will stay on as chiefs of staff. Harris in Case People Were Tuning in with regard to iran, not to make anything light, but the president has really gone tough with rhetoric, and now the opportunity, the timing, their economy is in deep trouble. He says that i know things are tough, maybe you have time to talk. Do not miss some of
Good evening from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 557 of the Trump Administration, 99 days now until the mid term elections. And this might go down as the day we witnessed a change resulting in the new defense strategy. It is about something Rudy Giuliani has started to say. In the days after the president ial election Donald Trumps advisers had a message about contacts between russians and members of the campaign team. In the ensuing months as numerous such communications were revealed the message changed. There was no collusion with russias effort to disrupt the election. On monday President Trumps lawyer Rudy Giuliani presented a third line of defense, even if mr. Trump did collude with the russians he committed no crime. My client didnt do it. Even if he did it it is not a
crime. Hacking is the crime. The president didnt hack. He didnt pay for the hacking he said on cnn. The article goes on. It is just a word choice, said a Criminal Law Professor at georgetown. Im s