Campaign was spied on has been granted the authority by the president to investigate the investigation into Trumps Campaign and its ties to russia. The directive has unleashed a fire storm of criticism including from senator mark warner. Warner saying in a statement this afternoon, quote, people risk their lives to gather the intelligence material that President Trump and attorney general barr are so eager to politicize. Select ively declassifying sources and meths in order to serve a political agenda will make it harder for the Intelligence Community to do their jobs protecting this country from those who wish to do us harm. The New York Times reports this about the impact on the Intelligence Community, quote, the cia considers Confidential Sources its most highly classified and most protected assets. And any investigation that could possibly force it to reveal those identities is likely to create a standoff. Donald trumps war against the intelligence and Law Enforcement community has
Senator john mccain saying he did not get the job done for our great veterans in the va. Seven months after his passing, senator mccain was on the president s mind and in his Public Comments numerous times today and that was only the beginning. John roberts joins us from the north lawn, a busy. The president should have had an easy win this afternoon, a visit to an Army Tank Plant that was revitalized by increased military spending that the president ordered and new jobs were created, but instead the president stepped all over his message going after a man who has been dead for seven months. President trump im thrilled to be here in ohio. And lima ohio the plant where they build the abrams tank, President Trump chose to continue his feud with senator john mccain who died last august. President trump i have to be honest, i have never liked him much, the president opened up the wound over the weekend criticizing him for handing the steele dossier over the fbi and the double down today. P
Texas last year, but since beto orourke declared his candidacy for president of the United States, i have not yet had a chance to speak with him, but he will be here in person tonight. I am very much looking forward to that. Today was a roiling boil of a news day, though. Its one of those days when the Financial News crossed out of the business pages and onto the front pages, with the dow jones plunging more than 600 points. Some of that nauseating drop today may have been just the inevitable Market Reaction to the start of the president s longpromised trade war with china. I think its hard to know whether the markets would have sunk quite so low if this seemed like a longawaited trade war with china that the United States was handling well or was approaching in a way that was wellthought out. Instead, the president s series of confusing and at times even nonsensical statements and tweets about this tariffs game that he is trying to play with china and what he thinks it will do and wha
But he will be here in person tonight. I am very much looking forward to that. Today was a roiling boil of a news day, though. Its one of those days when the Financial News crossed out of the business pages and onto the front pages, with the dow jones plunging more than 600 points. Some of that nauseating drop today may have been just the inevitable Market Reaction to the start of the president s longpromised trade war with china. I think its hard to know whether the markets would have sunk quite so low if this seemed like a longawaited trade war with china that the United States was handling well or was approaching in a way that was well thought out. Instead, the president s series of confusing and at times even nonsensical statements and tweets about this tariffs game that he is trying to play with china and what he thinks it will do and what he thinks a tariff is and who he thinks pays the money for a tariff and why u. S. Farmers should be willing to make these sacrifices for him as
Hawaii congresswoman, tulsi gabbard, washington governor, jay inslee. Minnesota senator, amy amy klobuchar. Beto orourke. Tim ryan and massachusetts senator, elizabeth warren. From nbc news, decision 2020, the Democratic Candidates debate live from the Performing Arts Center in miami, florida. [ applause ] good evening again, everyone. Welcome to the candidates and our audience here in miami in the arts center and all across the country. Tonight we are going to take on many of the most pressing issues of the moment, including immigration, the situation unfolding at our border and the treatment of migrant children. We are going to talk about the tensions with iran. Climate change, and of course we will talk about the economy. The Kitchen Table issues so Many Americans face every day. Quick rules of the road. Before we begin, 20 candidates qualified for this first debate. Well hear from 10 tonight and 10 more tomorrow. The break down for each was selected at random. The candidates will h