Fate of a white Police Officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager. Its a story weve been following for the past three months. The 12member panel is debating whether or not to charge the officer with a crime. President obama and the teens family are urging everyone to stay calm no matter what the jury decides. The grand jurys decision is imminent on whether or not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the killing of mike. Brown. Even as the grand jury debated wilsons fate. Ahead of that, cnn sources say officer wilson is in final negotiations with the city to resign. Wilson reportedly expressed concern about resigning while the grand jury is hearing evidence. Wilsons regular nation would mean nothing to protesters if they dont get indictment and arrest. The cray of the people is overwhelming. Democracy the cry of the people and all were asking is for a fair trial for the system to do what its supposed to do and for him to be put into the same system that we put in every day. As
Donald trump. Jeff sessions, attorney general for donald trump. Members of the trump family itself. This matters. Its serious. Our battle ships werent sunk and our towers didnt collapse, ala 2011, but make no mistake, 2016 is a year that we should mark on our calendars. And its still going on. The attack didnt end on election day. It will continue, as you have suggested, unless all of us in this room will stop it. Admiral rogers, youve proudly worn that uniform your entire career. I am proud of your service and grateful for it. But i would i would ask you, sir, not even with respect to this specific investigation, to use your own words, as someone who no doubt has been in theater, whos lost brothers and sisters in combat, to explain to me, more importantly to the American People, dont assume they know the answer, tell them in your words why we should care about russias active measures campaign aimed at destabilizing our democracy and that of our allies. In your words, sure, why should
For the first time about general Michael Flynns russian connections. Its revealing she warned the white house that flynn had lied repeatedly to Vice President mike pence and others about his contacts with russians. These are lies that yates says left flynn exposed to blackmail by the russians. We believe that general flynn was compromised with respect to the russians. Logic would tell you that you dont want the National Security adviser to be in a position where the russians have leverage over him. Yates says she warned the white house multiple times about flynn. And that news comes as were learning about yet another warning, and this one was directly from then president obama to President Trump. At this meeting youre seeing, remember it . Just two days after the election when trump visited the oval office during that meeting, obama warned him about flynn. Now, President Trump late today firing off a number of tweets, actually, some moments ago, calling the, quote, russia trump collusi
North korea or was there actual tactical importance . And life imitates art. How showtimes hopeland predicts President Trumps struggles. As he escalated war with the intelligence community, we were drop jawed. Thats what we had been shooting. Thats right. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening. Im chuck todd in washington. This is mtp daily. Much of the focus hack overseas and lawmakers have a reprieve from washington. But plenty are feeling the heat at home and it is not a great time to be a republican. Remember this moment from 2009 . The reforms will im proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally. That was South Carolina republican joe wilson. He got a bit of his own medicine this week. Constituents chanted back at him for an answer he gave on violence against women. Its not just conservative republicans lying wilson feeling the heat at home. Moderate republicans were booed while answering questions at town halls this week and taking positions in line
Affordable care act states got the option to expand medicaid that helped lower and poor populations. Under the house bill that would end in 2020. The senate bill phases it out more slowly over time. So the states have more time to adjust. But over the long term the growth in cuts would be even larger than the house bill. Now, the five gop senators that are opposed to the bill in its current form, three others still reviewing it, how does Mitch Mcconnell bridge that gap . Thats the big challenge this week and something were all going to be watching closely over the next five days ahead of the vote. I think we have to remember that what conservatives want and what moderates want are vastly different. Moderates want to make sure that they curb spending. They want to make sure medicaid gets more money, that theres more protection for people who are trying to get drug treatment. Conservatives on the other hand want a fuller repeal of the Affordable Care act. They also want to make sure that