no. reporter: president biden clearly saying that is not what he was doing, calling for regime change with his remarks in poland, but still, that drew a very quick response from russia yesterday who said that the decision about who rules russia is not up to biden but up to the russian people. now it comes as president biden has really been escalating his rhetoric when it comes to russian president vladimir putin in recent weeks called him a murderous thug, war criminal, yesterday referring to the russian president as a butcher after meeting with refugees there on the ground in poland, now has faced criticism in washington for his comments, senator jim rich, ranking member of senate foreign relations committee said it was a horrendous gaff from the president and could be viewed as an escalatory step by russia so certainly the white house will continue to face questions about president biden s intentions when you think, going back to
situation. just like the first president who was catholic, jfk, who drew a line between he said catholicism affected his moral positions but not his political positions. president biden has said although he believes in the catholic church s views on abortion, he would not let that affect his political views. the country is still reeling from the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. you say the crises of the past year haven t translated into action on transformative legislation. is there any kind of historical precedent for what we re witnessing in our country right now? it s absolutely true that ordinarily in times of crisis there s a collective will to go behind the president in making changes. it certainly happened during the depression when the federal government had not taken
he s referencing the fact that he said a few weeks ago that there was in fact a quid pro quo when it came to ukraine. his attorneys say, since he has never disclosed any information relating to its officials duties at the white house, he should not be lumped into the same suit as mick mulvaney. house am dids have already said they do not want to prolong this fight in court. that s why they with drew a subpoena for him last week, and if mulvaney is not allowed to join this lieutenant, it s possible he could file his own, but brooke. this could be an effort at stall tactics, since these lawsuits are being fast tracked, they re not fast enough. at this point the judge in the original lawsuit says he won t be likely to hear arguments on this case until december 10th,
executive privilege as a justification for not answering questions from democratic committee members. it earned him a warning about being held in contempt, drew a string of frustrated responses from democrats and attacks by republicans on the proceedings themselves. the president tweeted praise for him. he tweeted back, thanks. in short, corey lewandowski was the central figure today in a messy, very messy political drama or circus or witch hunt depending on how you see it. here s a small sample, including a key moment with democratic committee member hank johnson, during which he confirmed that the president told him to order then attorney general jeff sessions to curtail the mueller investigation. the white house has directed i not disclose the substance of any discussions with the president or his advisers to protect executive branch confidentiality. i recognize this is not my privilege, but i am respecting the white house s decision. as for actual collusion or conspiracy, there w
myth, the legend, tim o brien, the man we ve been waiting for, who has seen his taxes. his book trump nation drew a lawsuit from trump claiming he was not a millionaire that lawsuit was dismissed in court. good to see you. good to see you, yes. i want to talk about the terminology, how they lay this out which the secretary shall furnish the committee with any return or return information specified in such a request. and the key word here is shall, ie, must. this stems from the teapot dome scandal in the 1920s when the federal government decided it was time to keep an eye on the executive branch because of scandals around financial self-dealing in the warren harding administration. it dates back to that, and it is purely about congressional oversight of the executive branch. and it s well within not only the constitutional guidelines about the way that the congress should act with regard to the executive branch, it s been instituted in some of the law that came out of the teapot