Prescription in terms of what you ought to do that would count as normal behavior in that circumstance. For the last couple days even this white house in its unusual situation and unusual relationship to political norms in general, for the last couple days even this white house accepted the basic principle that a president shouldnt fire the person leading an investigation into his campaign because the president doesnt like that investigation. For the past couple days the white house at least halfheartedly try to explain the firing of fbi director james comey as something other than what it looks like. They produced a memo from the Deputy Attorney general saying it was because of the handling of the Hillary Clinton email last year. They produced the Vice President of the United States to assure people in his calm, steady way that the president only fired the fbi director because of grave concerns about the fbi director coming from within the department of justice. The white house spokes
Allegations. Three quarters of frankens democratic colleaguings are now calling for him to resign. Interestingly, most republicans sitting this one out. Trust me, i got questions today. I want to start with msnbcs Garrett Haake live on the hill. Do we know for sure what franken will say . Can he throw a carve ball here . It seems unlikely. In fact, last night, his office used twitter to push back pretty hard at the idea that he had made any specific decision about what he was going to do today. Saying only that he would speak on this today. And he was still in conversations with his family and his colleagues about figuring out the pathway forward. But also make no mistake, it could be very, very difficult if he were to decide he would hang on to this seat, having completely lost the support of his caucus. Were up to i think 35 Democratic Senators who have now publicly called on franken to step aside. Remember, there are three Democratic Senators on the Ethics Committee who are prevente
American news. Listen, im going to cut to the bottom line right now and tell you that i do not know why secretary of state Rex Tillerson was abruptly fired today and neither do you and anybody who says they do know, well, were going to get as close as we can to that tonight. Right now, it is still a mystery. Nevertheless, he is out and so im going to do that awkward camera turn right now. So we can add the name of the secretary of state to the list of departures of senior officials from the Trump White House and the senior ranks of the trump administration. Just in the past couple weeks we have had to move my Camera Position so that we can show you this bigger wall so we could make room to add a third column here on this wall. We were two columns before. We had to add hope hicks as she resigned and josh raphael as he resigned from deputies communications director, the one that worked for jared and ivanka and jared and ivankas other friend, the guy trump put in charge as the office of i
He does it in a way that is professional and effective. I am also told there is a unanimous belief among the president s allies the president s best legal strategy at this point in the obstruction of justice investigation is to exert executive privilege and not answer the kinds of questions detailed in the New York Times this week. One attorney involved in the Mueller Investigation told me today that the release of the questions to the New York Times was a, quote, inside job designed to get through to the president. More significant perhaps, two sources tell me that emmet flood is don mcgahns hand picked successor as white House Counsel. One adding that mcgahn views flood as a, quote, wartime consigliary. Three describe him as calming and competent figure this west wing badly needs. And one source close to mcgahn says of flood, quote, you dont want a successor who is going to stab you on the way out the door. Don envisions a transition of a couple of months. We should make a bubundantl
The New York Times best sellers list. Tonight is more than an open. Its who i am. Its what i know and what i did for over three decade. As a prosecutor, superior court judge as well as elected district attorney. The way it works is you are innocent until you are proven guilty. Unambiguous word etched in stone. Why would anyone ignore this truth, especially the ranking democrat on senate judiciary, senator diane fine tine, is stunning. But you shouldnt be surprised. The left is committed to the removal of a duly elected president. And now an allout assault on our system of justice. To them you are guilty, guilty until proven innocent. But no one in all the years i spent in courtrooms has ever been able to prove a negative. So forget the timehonored notion like due process, probable cause, beyond a reasonable doubt or a jury of your your peers. Today word and unsubstantiated facts are enough to convict in the esteemed hallowed halls of the United States senate. The ability to defend your