the world that the united states is now exporting racism extremism thanks in part to president trump. a member of the congress on the committee that is considering investigating white nationalism will join me next. and tomorrow could be another tough day for individual 1. new information about investigations into the trump administration, and a new report about a probe into possible influence peddling involving the white house. and later, president trump attacked a democrat who hasn t even announced that he is running for president, while the announced democratic candidates are on the campaign trail talking policy. so, when the world expects you to follow the rules, write your own. because no one gets an opinion on how you live your life, why you shave,
is inexcusable and inexplicable, just from a raw humanity standpoint. look, very different kind of thing, but to see president obama really in tears, racked up after the newtown shooting, after what happened after that school, and you can see how the loss of lives really got toe him. we have a president who has who has no sense of the job, no sense of what he s supposed to be doing, and no heart. and that is a crushing combination in the oval office. all right, ron klain, thank you. jennifer rubin, thank you for joining me tonight. coming up, two members of the administration had to defend the president as worry around the world that the united states is now exporting racism extremism thanks in part to president trump. a member of the congress on the committee that is considering investigating white nationalism will join me next. and tomorrow could be another tough day for individual 1. new information about investigations into the trump administration, and a new report about a
off script, she simply replied yes. but why is the president suddenly so enraged? does he know something that we don t know about the mueller report? according to a new report from cnn tonight, white house lawyers expect to have an opportunity to review whatever version of mueller s report attorney general bill barr submits to congress before it reaches lawmakers and the public. quote, the attorneys want the white house to have an opportunity to claim executive privilege over information drawn from documents and interviews with white house officials. or could the president s anger stem from the growing investigation into his associates launched by the house judiciary committee? you ll recall today was the deadline the committee gave 81 trump-linked individuals and entities to return information for its investigation into possible corruption and obstruction. the committee said in a statement that it is, quote, heard from large number of recipients, many of whom have either sent or agree
those rules require that mueller s report to barr be confidential, and how barr reports to congress, and those rules require that barr s report to congress be brief. and so i m not sure we re going to see very much from bill barr to congress. that said, to your larger question, which is a really important one, there are a couple of ways we might see the entire mueller report. for instance, i wouldn t be shocked if congress subpoenaed it. that may lead to a fight, but i would imagine that congress is going to want the see that, and i imagine a lot of people, me included, you included are going to want to see it too. that s one avenue. as well, barr could decide that his report to congress is brief, but he could append to it all of mueller s report. that may need to go through a federal judge, because undoubtedly, in that report from bob mueller there is going to be classified information and secret grand jury information. but there are vehicles to
associates of president-elect donald trump and russians. former american officials say they had two aims, to ensure that such meddling isn t duplicated in future elections, and to leave a clear trail of intelligence for government investigators. amid what the times describes as fears that intelligence could be covered up or destroyed or its sources exposed once power changed hands, what followed was a push to preserve the intelligence. quote, as inauguration day approached, obama white house officials grew convinced that the intelligence they had was damning and that they needed to ensure that as many people as possible inside government could see it, even if people without security clearances could not. some officials began asking specific questions at intelligence briefings, knowing the answers would be archived and could easily be unearthed by investigators. hmm. at intelligence agencies, there was a push to process as much raw intelligence as possible