Whether Jared Kushner misused his white house power for potential economic gain, and this led to his attorney general who had to recuse because of all these russia issues. And from the west wing, Trumps National security advisor may bounce, and trumps longest serving aid, hope hicks, shes getting out after telling, quote, white lies. A lot to get to. But we begin tonight with bob mueller bearing down on an ominous and pretty famous question. What did the president know and when did he know it . We can tell you thats what bob muellers trying to figure out. The when, like when donald trump learned of the russian email hack. Thats what mueller is now asking. Intrigue over that russia email on clinton. In fact it arose when i interviewed sam nunberg last night. I think its probably at that meeting with don jr. , im sure don jr. Reported to his father, what they had heard. I dont think theres anything wrong with that, by the way. You think don jr. Told his father everything he was hearing a
Seems to be in jeopardy. This, as the president headed to pittsburgh for that campaignstyle event. A live look at air force one. It just left the tarmac at joint base andrews a few moments ago. Back on the ground in the lower chem chamber, the count in the, seem to be voting no. The president , a bit frustrated. After tweeting today the current plan wont work. The president today said it wont be him or republicans who catches any of the blame. The government shutdown, sir . It could happen. Well see what happens. Its up to the democrats. We start at the white house and capitol hill. Jeff bennett and Garrett Haake. Before we get to tweet, tell us where the vote count stands right now at 102 here in the east, in both the house and the senate. Right now, things are looking better for this bill in the house. Republican lawmakers have made the calculation conservatives arent going to stand against something that the president says he wants. The president seems to be back on board with getti
Help. The order appoint the special counsel that he has the right to look into any platters that ray rose or may arise directly from the investigation into links between russia and the trump campaign. That would presumably include attempts to stifle the investigation. Those facts dont seem to matter to team trump because the attacks are meant just as much for the court of Public Opinion as they are for the courts. They appear to be working. A recent Washington Post poll shows nearly as many people, 45 , disapprove of muellers handling of the investigation. Joining me now, i have the think cross founder of the beat d. C. , charlie piece, writer for esquire and Michelle Bernard of the Bernard Center for women, politics, and public policy. Good morning, lets start off by taking a listen to giuliani this morning on abc down playing, though he does admit donald trump telling james comey, the former fbi director, to let Michael Flynn off the hook. Take a listen. What he said to him was can y
A month ago, talking about how he did believe that the report had been mischaracterized and released in such a way, the letter, that it undermined and these are muellers words it undermined one of the central purposes of the Justice Department appointing a special counsel. Which would make those comments basically a lie. Certainly would make his testimony to Charlie Crist a lie. If done under oath, perjury. The statement he made in the senate, he deliberately misled the United States senate in a hearing which, of course, judges have been impeached for doing as much. Federal judges have been impeached for doing as much. Certainly, a lot of republicans that are still in the United States house and senate voted to impeach bill clinton for committing perjury, the type of which the attorney general of the United States did while testifying before the house of representatives. Lets lay it all down. Well start at the beginning. It is wednesday, may 1st. Good morning. Along with joe, willie, a
Help from the government, even as the u. S. Economy hits a speed bump in job growth and the stock market completes its worst week of the year. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts starts us off tonight. Good evening, john. Chris, good evening to you. The situation in alabama is simply heartbreaking. And today the president and the first lady went down there to do their best to reassure folks that they are not alone. On his way out the door today, the president had some other issues to attend to including a february jobs report that came in way below expectations. Departing the white house to tour the tornado devastation in alabama, President Trump put the best face he could on a disappointing monthly jobs number. The economy is very, very strong. If you look at the stock market over the last few months its been great and certainly since my election its up getting close to 50 the stock market. So we are obviously very happy with that. The economy created only 20,000 jobs in febr