Jordan, kimberly atkins, Michael Schmidt and joyce advance. Joe and mika have the morning off. Good morning to all of you. Lets dive right in. Just days after we learned the special counsel wants to scrap Paul Manaforts plea deal, President Trump is now publicly discussing a possible pardon for his former campaign chairman. In an oval office interview, President Trump left open the possibility of a pardon telling the paper, it was never discussed, but i wouldnt take it off the table. Why would i take it off the table . In that interview, the president criticized Robert Muellers investigation claiming that manafort, roger stone, and stone associate jerome corsi were all asked to lie. If you tell the truth, you go to jail, trump said. You know this flipping stuff is terrible. But i had three people, manafort, corsi, i dont know corsi, but they refuse to say what he demanded. Its actually very brave, the president said, of the trio and im telling you, this is mccarthyism. We are in the mc
In early hours of march 30. Teddy kennedy, his younger son patrick and 30yearold nephew William Kennedy smith found themselves at grounds of a trendy palm beach bar. What ted didnt know, when he suryed the boys out of bed, this night would end up in a courtroom with a sensational rain trial of his nephew. Young woman claims she was brutally raped. For those who were able to reminisce about previous kennedy embarrassments, the palm beach story seemed all too victim. But it was centered on William Kennedy smith. William Kennedy Smith was one of its most conpic conhe commandedf the attention ted kennedy drives off a bridge, leaving a Young Campaign aide to drown, that is the beginning of the kennedy saga. Not just a darker turn but the public seeing. The givthe darker reality of whs going on. As rumors naming mr. Smith as suspect, fuel the clamor of palm beach, questions surfaced and answered regarding willies backgrounds emerged as he remained in hiding, William Kennedy smith, grandson o
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Ramp up the oversight machine. Today, hearings on his tuax returns and family separations at the border. Democrats want to open the books on the trump Family Finances and see where all those millions and billions come from. House Intelligence Committee chair adam schiff promising a thorough investigation of everything trump and russia related, including allegations of compromising materials on the president. Tomorrow, a big public hearing is scheduled. Trumps acting attorney general Matt Whittaker facing the microphone about his oversight of the russia investigation. Well start with the white house correspondent, Kelly Odonnell is standing by for us. President ial harassment. What it is . Reporter well, it is sort of the new version of witch hunt. By that i mean the president often needs an adversary. Hes had one in the office of special counsel in that probe, which he has often said countless times has said is a witch hunt and now in the new world of democratic led house investigation
Own individual political chaos. The governor and attorney general both admit they have worn blackface, as a Lieutenant Governor faces an allegation of Sexual Assault. If they all resign, the state would be controlled by a man who runs his seat by having his name pulled out of a fish bowl. The Justice Department launches a probe into a plea deal that says a multimillionaire Hedge Fund Manager jeffrey epsteen, serving just one year in bail, after being accused of having sex with a number of underaged girls. One of the lawyers who made that deal is now President Trumps labor secretary. I got a lot to cover. We begin today with House Democrats, defying the president s call for an end to what he calls ridiculous investigations. Democrat leaders say launching investigations, and there is a bunch of them, is literally part of their job description. We have a great panel to explain all of what is going on if you of but first to take a step back, this is the start of what democrats have been wa