Security and human rights. A Statement Released by the white house explained now, if you ask me, these agreements are not reasons to postpone a meet, their reasons to have a meeting. Sitting down and negotiating is not a sign of weakness, its usually a sign of strength. In 1961, president kennedy sat down for the vienna summit to discuss their troubled relationship. President reagan sat down with mikael gorbachev. Join be me now is Christina Pelosi and from new york, Michael Shure, whos the usual host of this show. Welcome to both of you. Thank you. Michael, lets start with you. Isnt there a danger here of escalating the situation with russia by canceling a meeting in such a dramatic fashion . Isnt there a sense of raising the dress level here . Yeah, you know, david, you talked about a little bit of precedent in 1961 with 39 kennedy. The worlds a different place now. He is skating with russia isnt what it once was. I think by giving them a small punishment of not having this meeting,
President ial democratic town halls will begin and well have more on that nay moment. Ill speak with mayor Pete Buttigieg later. Tried to sell Barack Obamas senate seat and also the former nypd officer bernie. Tax fraud, corruption, the very thing that trump claims he cares so much about. Some of the men who are getting bailed out of course have ties to trump. And in two days another person close to the president will be sentenced, and im talking about roger stone. So, is his pardon coming next . Kaitlan collins is live outside the white house. Kaitlan, what are you learning . Reporter the president didnt indicate he went through the typical doj channels where there are vetting procedures before they make a decision like this. Instead he seems to have relied on the advice of friends, business allies, and even political allies as well. Yes, we have commuted the sentence. Reporter the former governor of illinois was serving 14 years after being convicted of trying to sell Barack Obamas s
Is he ready to finally crown someone in that state . Coming up. Hes my guest. Lets go out front. Good evening. The town hall theres begin and ill have much more on that. Ill be speaking with mayor buttigieg this evening. also, the former nypd commissioner bernie kerik. These are people convicted of extortion, fraud, false statements, tax fraud, corruption. The very things he cares so much about. Some of the men have ties to trump. In two days, another person close to the president will be extensioned. Of roger stone. Is his pardon next . We again our coverage. What are you learning about how the president decide who had to pardon and whose sentence to commute . Before they make decision like this. Instead, he seems to have relied on the advice of friends, business allies and even some of his political allies as well. The former governor of illinois was serving 14 years after he was convicted of trying sell Barack Obamas open senate seat for personal gain. He once appeared on the appren
Is welcome to the lead. We begin with the politics lead with President Trump continuing on his post Impeachment Campaign to throw caution to the wind and elbows to his enemies. Firing officials who testified against him, aaccount taing the faith of folks who voted against him, smearing judges and prosecutors and anyone who may question him. The president is today targeting his former chief of staff general john kelly after kelly told an audience it was a killer to work for President Trump and kelly insisted that Alexander Vindman was right to be concerned and to report President Trumps call with ukraines president zelensky. As cnn reports, kelly may have been motivated to speak out based on how vind mman was treated. He will do a spectacular job. I have no doubt. Reporter President Trump lashing out as his former chief of staff after he publicly defend ed a prominent impeachmet witness trump fired. Alex vindman. Vindman was a guy when we took him out of the building, the building appla
Have been hindered in being able to address that. Now, this comes as a curfew here in cairo has gone into effect. Its been about an hour now since the beginning of the third night of a militaryimposed curfew. Very few people out on the streets. The government saying tonight it was really going to enforce that curfew and arrest anyone who remains out. Obviously, that is coming on the heels of a very violent day, one that saw a lot of confrontation between supporters of the ousted president Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood and anticoup coalition on one side and police and Security Forces on the other. Keep in mind, we are still getting these death toll numbers. As you mentioned, in one area where all of these marches were supposed to converge, the death toll in that area alone stands at 80. Tens more killed nationwide. It is very much a challenging security situation as it unfolds in the next couple of hours, craig. Ayman, at this point, any sign of or word from the general . Rep