Exploring issues that affect leaders in the U. S. And around the globe. Okay, this person is trying to move a conversation in this direction for this purpose. So it seems a little obscure, i dont understand where are theyre trying to go. Is it a pr strategy or is it a legal strategy . Is he a lawyer or a spokesman we have michael avenatti, lanny davis and Rudy Giuliani out there just talking away. I dont think any of them are actually coming up with a cohesive legal strategy for what they need to do because they want to win the pr battle. Lan ny is not allowed to talk. Whatever were talking about now, i have a feeling Robert Mueller has already been over that. But Rudy Giuliani is acting like a squirming coil an going all over the place. Hes saying donald trump never hacked the dnc. No one ever claimed that. Hes also saying that donald trump Didnt Attending T the me with russians. Take a listen to what else he said. This russian meeting, he wasnt there. He wasnt at the meeting. He did
Interviews with political figures and news updates. Or observed it. I think if this is true, its a very important development. Its always been hard to accept trump juniors characterization of this meeting as unimportant because of the timeline that it happened on and because of the participants. You have microsoft, the then campaign manager, along with trump jr. , kushner and others meeting with russians. That didnt look like an unimportant meeting that you would runt after the fact which is what trump jr. Said. If there were setup meetings in advance, this will take on increasing significance as a key part of the narrative involving collusion between the campaign and the russians. And barbara mcquaid, the fact that the proximity of the then candidate, just one floor away from when that meeting took place, the fact he then went to a Campaign Lunch later that day with his son, the likelihood they never would have discussed that becomes even more implausible just because of the relations
The days biggest political and news stories, with interviews and reporting from around the nation. The days biggest political and news stories, with interviews and reporting from around the nation. The days biggest political and news stories, with interviews and reporting from around the nation. Thursday, a Sanctions Bill against russia. This will be a heck of a lot easier if there was a white house who actually carried and was willing to get in the fight. Clearly continuing, the russians are not going to slow down. The last point is the problem that hangs over this entire news tonight. It appears the fbi and facebook are acting in realtime, which indicates some learning compared to 2016. The president himself though hasnt only undercut past intelligence about russia attacking in 2016, he also says he doesnt think its happening now either. Is russia still targeting the u. S. , mr. President . Press, lets go, make your way out. You had a chance to speak with the president after his comm
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. And Senior Reporter for the Washington Post,er rinne blake and anna palmer. Carol, let me go to you. You are writing now about how the president sees this interview with Robert Mueller, how his legal team sees the interview. Heres the thing, Rudy Giuliani is talking and talking and talking about this. You know whos not . Roberts mueller. Thats absolutely true, hallie. Robert mueller has been silent and the president s lawyers have been la quashs. But one thing has not changed and thats the essence of donald tru trump, which is he believes hes his best lawyer and own best pr guy and own best thinker and diplomat and in this instance, he does believe and has as we were reported back in the spring, has always believed that if he could just sit down with these people, he could straighten this all out and explain no collusion, this is a hoax. Now, his lawyers also have changed slightly in the sense that some put their
Kate Bolduan gives a fresh take on todays top stories. Letting him ask about obstruction but doing so in written answers and limiting inperson questions to questions that dealt with things that events that happened before President Trump was inaugurated, focus on the potential collusion questions and nothing about obstruction of justice. All of these debates over whether they will sit down are going on while giuliani is saying President Trump does want to sit down with him, he is expressing interest. Its the legal team that has the reservations about that. This is happening while the president is continuing to lash out at the Special Counsel. Thats because the president believes he can sway Public Opinion to agree with him that this is a witch hunt and be on board this investigation has gone on too long, that its a witch hunt. Whether or not that pans out is up to the president s twitter feed and whether he can convince his supporters. Stand by to stand by. Great to see you. Thank you