Interviews with political figures and news updates. Theyre speaking from the same playbook. But this is a tough line to walk, andrea. Ken dilanian, you had dan coats, head of national intelligence, questioned about the dissonance there. Lets watch. In the runup to the helsinki summit, u. S. Officials, ambassadors to nato, ambassadors to russia, said that the president would raise the issue of malign activity with the president. Im not in a position to either understand fully or talk about what happened at helsinki. Ken, it does seem that dan coats and the rest of the team have still not been briefed on what happened during that private one on one. And thats remarkable, andrea. Dan coats is the nations top intelligence official. He needs to know these things, he needs to understand where the russians are coming from, and what potential negotiations took place between the president and the russian leader. This News Conference was such a fascinating mixture of cynical
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Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. The issue of adoption, did that come up . Like i said, that was the primary thing we had spoken about in the meeting. Thats not the premise that got them in the room. Then it was essentially a bait and switch to talk about that 6789 everybody has basically said that in. The already. There is this another intere interesting thing over the weekend. Hope hicks boarded Air Force One and flew to the president s rally in ohio and back. You may recall, hope hicks resigned from the white house one day before a Congressional Committee that she had told white lies on behalf of donald trump. She is now living here in manhattan and she too has come under scrutiny for crafting that
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What was he projecting when he was tweeting that meeting at the trump tower was about getting dirt on Hillary Clinton . Why would he tweet something that completely contradicts the statement that they wrote saying it wasnt about that and that he lied to us saying he had nothing to do with it. I rest my case. Come on, hes saying exactly what is happening and exactly what is true about him. He cannot help himself. Listen, you know, chris, we do not take this lightly. When this man was on the campaign trail with every being to be objective and report him in a fair equitable manner. And then when we became president of the United States, the same thing. It always gets me when people say this study shows theres 90 of the reports show about this president are negative, but they dont talk about the things that comes out of his mouth and the policies he proposes and what he says or does to people. How are we as media to report positively on something thats negative . The president called count
Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Lenders considered for a job in the white house. Well head to the courthouse in a few minutes for more on this developing story, what it means for the president and the Mueller Probe. As big as that legal story is for the presidency tonight, well begin with a Political Development that might be bigger for him and his party because it is happening at the ballot box. You are looking live at people voting in ohios 12 Special Elections where tonights results could show a looming disaster for republicans in november. Recent polls show this race between two generic candidates here, no real superstar, its a coin flip right now. Folks, in a district like ohio 12 which really is a district that straddles the suburbs and the exurbs out there outside of columbus, in play for a democrat like Danny Oconnor, the democrats are looking at a
battleground approaching 80some seats. If Republican Troy Balderson can eke it out, the rep
Does not work now . Right. Does not work now. Never worked then either. Historically, midterms and polls have shown that people want a check on the president , not a blank check on the president. All right. Thank you all very much. And that is obviously a big Special Election matters across this country. So please stay with us with our special coverage of the Ohio Special Election. It continues now with ac 360. And good evening. Thanks for joining us. It is once again Election Night in america, or at least in five states with some key races that could take the temperature of the electorate three months before the mid terms there are primaries in kansas, michigan, missouri, and washington and in ohio a special Congressional Election in that states 12th District for a seat the republicans have held for decades, but could, could be up for grabs tonight. The president has injected himself into this race, visiting the district on saturday, appearing on stage with republican Troy Balderson.