Moment. A lot going on this morning, but lets start here in miami. Nbcs Peter Alexander is here in the debate hall with me. Give us the inside scoop. What are we seeing from the candidates as they make their final push heading into tonight . Well, different strategies for different candidates as they prepare for this first evening here. Chris, last night we caught one Elizabeth Warren. She was participating in a town hall. Several people in attendance sht. She was there late into the evening even in advance of tonights debate. She announced what was a surprise that she would be going to that Emergency Shelter thats become so controversial, the biggest one in the country thats hosting some of those Migrant Children as an effort to shine a harsh light on president Trumps Administration policies before she gets to the debate here this evening. For other candidates, its a different look. Theyve been hinted the scenbeh less oncamera time. Amy klobuchar has spent time watching the 2016 prima
Tonight. Were just hours away from the first democratic debate of the 2020 president ial race with senator Elizabeth Warren coming in hot and with a target on her podium. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. We begin with the politics lead, quote, does it ever stop . That question coming from President Trump after finding out that special Counsel Robert Mueller is being forced by congress to testify publicly on july 17th in what may be the most anticipated testimony of the Trump Presidency so far. Mueller will answer questions from the members of the house judiciary and Intelligence Committee after being slapped with a subpoena. Now mueller made clear in his view his 448page report was his official statement and the only one he wants to give but House Democrats are eager to question the special counsel about the evidence he uncovered and whether he would have charged the president with obstruction of justice but for Justice Department precedent that a sitting president cannot be indict
Great to have you both. People talk about the polarization in america. Let me read you a little from this study. From the more in common group. It says democrats and republicans estimates of the proportion of their opponents holding extreme views is almost double the reality, 55 versus 30 . We talked about how its impossible for anybody to get things done, especially in washington. Perhaps this is one of the reasons. The good news is maybe americans are more in line in their thinking than they might believe that they are. Donna, let me go to you first. First of all, thank you for bringing it to my attention. I downloaded it. Its a really good report. 60 pages. What i can glean so far is we are more disconnected than we are divided. I was shocked to see this Perception Gap is causing us to distrust one another, distrust our Political Institutions and i do believe that it is also exacerbating this instability that we have in our political class. I would hope more americans can read it, s
This is cnn tonight, i am don lemon. Robert mueller agreeing to the testify publicly before congress on july 17th. The agreement reached both the house and the Intelligence Committee issuing subpoenas to compel him to appear. Hell be testifying in backtoback hearings by each committee that day. Representing a huge moment for House Democrats who have been at odds whether to dive into the impeachment process, so theres a lot to discuss tonight so i want to turn now to cnns evan perez, matthew rosenberg. We have a lot to talk about and weve assembled a great group. President trump is responding to the news mueller is going to testify next month tweeting president ial harassment in capital letters. Hes called this harassment from the start. I mean, its clearly angering him, but its nothing new hes tweeting hes said that all along. Right, its not a surprise the president is not a fan of this idea. Look, i think you setup it very well certainly in the last hour with manu, even if mueller say
You want to be better than whos there now . Make your stand on this issue. Tell us what you would do. And as for what is right here, you want to believe in something bigger than yourself, the good book . Matthew 25 45. He will answer when you refuse to help the least of these, my brothers and sisters, you are refusing to help me. Thank you for watching. Cnn tonight with dlemon starts now. The kids. Sorry. That picture. I cant. I cant even look at it. You must. I cant even look at it, chris, every time it comes up. I have to look away. I cant. Im not being dramatic. Its just dramatic . Of course it kills you. It kills every part of you. Every part of us that makes us human. This issue, not since what i saw during the war that was being ignored here at home, has something ripped at me and made me feel like im not doing my job right. When i first saw it i said this cant please tell me this is not real, this is not real. Then the alert came out from cnn, and its real. I cannot believe you