my thanks to jonathan, alease jordan, and mike schmidt. that does it for our hour. i m nicolle wallace. we got a little silly there. mpt daily starts now. hi, chuck. i m not sorry for the silly. it s like the curb works. also a beep could work too here. what was pence doing? i know the mess leaves not a lot of choices. you remember mystery science theater 3000, i want the news on mute and somebody to come up with thought bubbles on pence. let s do it in our free time. that s a tv show. thank you, nicolle. if it s tuesday, the white house becomes the fight house. good evening, i m chuck todd here in new york. i m not on mute. welcome to mpt daily. top republicans are shrugging
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independent justice department as a tool to be wielded against his political enemies. that department now in the hands of a staunch political ally, matt whitaker. what could go wrong it s a paradigm we see today he basically went out and said we re not going to let this happen at the ninth district anymore. he wanted to investigate his enemies. totally unqualified lackey. he does not recognize the independence of the rule of law in this country. and there s ample evidence for this both of how he wants to abuse the use of the justice department and how he wants to shut down any justice department implications that might implicate him or his associates. this is the biggest story of the trump presidency across the board. it s his disregard for democratic norms. it s a great story. i m sure you will get more on the other programs that follow that does it for our hour. i m nicolle wallace. mpt daily starts right now
last rule standing on the laws in this country. yes we will keep a close eye on this. i m going to my office to watch you. good. i m katy tur in for chuck todd welcome to mpt daily. we re beginning with a stunning development. the president is sizing with the saudi regime after they murdered jamal khashoggi, after the president s own cia reportedly concluded the crown prince himself ordered the killing. in a lengthy and defiant statement, the president said king salman and crown prince mohammad bin salman vigorously deny any knowledge of the planning or execution of the murder of mr. khashoggi. our intelligence agencies continue to assess all information, but it could very well be that the crown prince had knowledge of this tragic event. maybe he did and maybe he didn t maybe he did and maybe he didn t again, we should note that the cia s assessment, according to a person briefed on it, is that he did. the president spoke to reporters just a short time ago, doubling