Things, i said i wanted to fire him, number one, he wasnt fired. Article 2 allows me to do whatever i want. Article 2 would have allowed me to fire him. I wasnt going to fire him. You know why . I watched Richard Nixon go around firing everybody and that didnt work out too well. So very simply article 2 would allow me to do it. So this comes as new polling Shows Growing support for the launch of impeachment hearings. The new nbc news wall street journal poll says 27 of americans say there is enough evidence to move forward with hearings. Thats up ten points from last month. Lets check in with boris sanchez. Boris, the president seems unmoved about that. Reporter yeah, thats right, fred. The president with a bit of revisionist history too in that interview with abc news. Its interesting to hear him reference the saturday night massacre as his reasoning for not firing special counsel Robert Mueller. If you look closely at the report there are at least ten different instances in which the
Reform telling reporters he sees strong support from very meaningful background checks but are Mitch Mcconnell and the National Rifle association on board and will anything get done . And america on edge. From a motorcycle backfiring in times square to an armed man wearing body armor at a missouri walmart, anything is setting off alarms and even panic and the country returning to normal. Wolf blitzer is off and im jim acosta and youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. And breaking news in the el paso mass shooting investigation, the arrest affidavit of the suspected gunman quotes him as saying he was targeting mexicans. The affidavit also said when he surrendered to police the suspect told them, quote, im the shooter. This comes as President Trump said he has spoken with congressional leaders and sees bipartisan support for gun law reforms. And the questionandanswer session as he left the white house, he touted the possibility of a deal on what he calls, quote
Passion, fury, and ideas. And weve got all three tonight. Lots to cover. This is saturday night politics. Watching our tvs while some local newscaster tells us we had 63 homicides and 53 violent crimes, as if thats the way its supposed to be we know things are bad, worse than bad. Theyre crazy i want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window, open it, and stick your head out and yell, im as mad as hell, and im not going to take this anymore well, were not going to take it anymore more. And i dont want people screaming, but i do think the late, great peter finch and network kind of sets the tone for me, where the democrats have to be, where voters have to be. And i also think that beto orourke probably had the most the biggest sound bite of the entire election so far with simply a what the f . And i think thats where we are now with a lot of things. Its a bigstakes poker game and democrats have got to toughen u