Scapegoated as part of what the president famously called a witch hunt. And now, o man are the president s critics. Among them House Speaker Judiciary Committee chair jerry nadler who had many of the russian hearings. And he said quote this pardon is undeserved, unprincipled and one more stain on President Trumps a rabidly deleting presidency. Subject is abusing his power . Lets get into our prethanksgiving party panel weve got former cia officer, mike baker is here pretty what about diligence . You can say that. Weve also got reason magazine reason. Com editorinchief and former House Press Secretary the one and only Rochelle Ritchie hello everyone. Kennedy lets discuss, mike baker this is clearly an abuse of power. The president has gone mad and has a waning days in the white house. Tell me what happened . The republic is ending this is yet another example. This is a nobrainers far as i am concerned. If you are going to use the president ial pardon power. As offered to the president b
Dollar flat, tenyear 224 and moderate action in crude. Budget priorities the white house out with its 2018 budget plan today which targets big cuts to medicaid, food stamps and disability. Plus u. S. Markets are shrugging off global terror concerns. Futures are aiming for a fourth consecutive day of gains. Isis claiming responsibility for the deadly concert bombing in manchester, uk. The worst terror attack in the uk since the london bombing in 2005. The white house set to unveil the president s budget for 2018 which aims to eliminate the deficit in ten years, the budget includes 3. 6 trillion in spending cuts over a decade, including medicaid, food stamps, welfare, Student Loans and disability benefits. The plan does call for an increase in military spending, most notably, jim, calls for 3 real gdp from 2021 all the way through 2027. Yes, i dont know what to say. You read the new york times, notice i didnt call it the f l failifai failing new york times. This is ridiculous. In a news
20. You probably heard about that when president obama announced cases of executive acts that would not only expand the deferred action program, but also expand it to undocumented parents of children and or other measures less novel shall be discussed as part of this program. And surprisingly, this move has proven extremely controversial and political, leading to denouncements against congress and lawsuits challenging the legality of the acts, including one by nearly half of the state join in the litigation. So in this program we wanted to situate the conversation on immigration executive acts into a broader context and include other areas of law such as health, environment, gay rights, National Security where the president has also been accused of acting as an imperial president. What makes todays program particularly exciting, therefore, is that it is bring together scholars writing on issues of separation of powers federalism, Administrative Law and legislation, and writes rights ac
Of things, certainly a number of more proactive chinese foreignpolicy and the xi jinping claiming, of course that china is now going to have the brainpower the great power foreignpolicy with special characteristics. But the question remains, i think, as to whether putting the periphery at the top really means recognition of deterioration of chinese relations with the neighborhood therefore leading to an adjustment in chinese foreignpolicy going forward. If that is the case, then what is the adjustment . What we are seeing so far is chinas emphasis on economic integration and trying to give the neighbors economic incentives to connect them through the 21st Century Maritime silk road and the economic the traditional economic silk road, to try to find them bind them more to chinas own development, and, in turn, to assist chinas own development. This is not just about getting. Its about giving. This is what china means by a winwin approach. I think the jury is still out as to whether we ar
Hallie jackson, thank you. Right now on msnbc, tale of the tapes. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle call for President Trump to turn over any recordings he may have of his krfrgconversati with ousted fbi director james comey. Plus, recording history. New reports say President Trump has for a long time secretly recorded phone conversations when he was in private business. The reporter who broke the story will tell us what the president s former Associates Say and what it could mean for staffers now. And breaking right now, cyber chaos. The largest cyber attack ever is spreading by the minute, stealing information and demanding ransom from Hundreds Of Thousands of users across more than 150 countries. What you need to do to protect yourself. Good morning, everyone. Im Chris Jansing in beautiful washington, d. C. This morning, democrats are ratcheting up their pressure on President Trump on not one but two fronts. For starters, demanding any takes the president may have of
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