Im brian curtis and welcome to the Texas Tribune festival to trump and the presidency. A very rich panel. Of here are a whole bunch trump and there is lunch on the main mall and the day will conclude with a session at the at t center. This panel is supported by pearson and the sponsors and donors but play no role in determining the content of panelists or my line of questioning. This event will be 60 minutes. The last 15, 20, ill leave it open to your questions. And pearson will be hosting all of us for a brief meet and greet at the text Union Building where we all drain the swamp together. So please join us for that. If you are going to tweet during this event and while looking at your phones, please silence it. Let me introduce our panelists. Douglas brink ley and cnns president ial historian and author of several books. Mara liasson is the until Political Correspondent for n. P. R. And covered every election since 1992. 1776. She is a contributor to fox news. And h. W. Brand, a hist
Of a case of obstruction of justice. The president is undergoing scrutiny after he sent out a tweet offering a new reason behind why he fired Michael Flynn. The president tweeting this yesterday. I had to fire general flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the fbi. Today the white house is playing damage control downplaying that tweet saying it was written by an attorney for the president. Lets begin with the news that a Senate Investigation is developing a case on obstruction of justice against the president of the United States. Shimone what else did feinstein say about this case being built . For her it was a point to make and one of the things she said its been difficult to get at the truth in this investigation. She and members of her committee have been asking for documents from Donald Trump Trump jr. , from Jared Kushner and her point today was also to say that it appears at least on the special counsel side that theyre building out perhaps a case for some kind of obstr
Alongside lewis burgdorf. The fallout along john conyers continues to grow. Conyers announcing hes stepping down as the Ranking Member of the House Committee. 27 year terms congressman made that announcement. Saying he was stepping down because of the ongoing Ethics Committee on the matter. Released a statement saying i deny the allegations. Many of which were raised bid documents reportedly paid for by a partisan a lot right blogger. I very much look forward to vindicating myself and my family before the House Committee on ethics. Office recently confirmed paying a settlement of 27,000 to a former staffer who says she was fired for resisting sexual advances. Conyers acknowledged the payout. Denied the allegations about what the money was for. Tells the news that conyers decision to step aside comes after days of nancy pelosi working behind the scenes with conniers and other black congressional members to lay the groundwork for him. Pelosi is calling for due process before making concl
Yeah, like the finale of the apprentice. What happened, why was she fired . This whole thing gets to the level and caliber of talent throughout the executive branch. There were some wonderful and exceptionally good people working in the white house. There are people who you wouldnt hire. Thats a great point. Lets face it, no one few what omarosa was doing. What was her job . Well, she was supposed to work in the communications side with outreach. So, but no one few what that really meant. But to mikes point, it is, you hire someone who doesnt know what the white house works, what their job definition is and to chief of staff kellys credit, he called her out. Again she went around him for the very reason she got fired for going around him in the first place, she got escorted out. The secret service says they were not involved in removing omarosa from the residence. If you feel you can walk personally into the first familys private quarters, what does that tell you . How did she even kno
along with a top democratic leader, senator chuck schumer. it s all ahead on face the nation. captioning sponsored by cbs face the nation with cbs news chief washington correspondent bob schieffer. and now from cbs news in washington, bob schieffer. and good morning again and welcome to face the nation. well, here s what it looks like is taking shape, a deal that would extend the debt limit through 2012 and would cut up to $3 trillion in spending over the next ten years. first wave of cuts would total $1 trillion and a bipartisan, super congressional committee would have to determine the additional cuts by thanksgiving of this year, or if they could not agree, congress. and congress does not act, there would be automatic cuts to defense spending and entitlements. senator mitch mcconnell who has emerged as the key player in this deal is here with us in the studio this morning. senator, thank you so much for joining us. so how close are you? well, i think we re very c