Good morning, im Rick Leventhal on this last friday of 2017. Well ring in the new year together. Good morning. President trump railing against north korea and china in a New York Times interview. The president sounding off in the special counsel investigation and indicating he has faith in Robert Mueller and the outcome saying lets just say i think that bob mueller will be fair and Everybody Knows that there was no collusion. Rich edson is traveling with the president live in West Palm Beach, florida. Hi, rich. Good morning, julie. He brought up that investigation and denied that there was any collusion between his campaign and the russian government during the 2016 election. Did so about a dozen times in a 30minute interview. He also then asked about former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and her deleted emails saying what ive done, i have absolute right to do. What i want to do with the Justice Department. But for the purposes of hopefully thinking im going to be treated fairly, i
One. We have a number of people that would very much like to do it. Its a great position. I will say well name a successor, i dont know, within the next two or three weeks. Something doesnt smell right. Somethings weird. New era on the Supreme Court. The court will hear two arguments today. On behalf of our nation, i want to apologize to brett and the entire kavanaugh family for the terrible pain and suffering you have been forced to endure. In our country, a man or a woman must always be presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. With that, i must state that you, sir, under historic scrutiny were proven innocent. Thank you. The Senate Confirmation process was contentious and emotional. That process is over. Im taking this office with gratitude and no bitterness. My goal is to be a great justice for all americans. And for all of america. Theres simply no doubt the lefts moblike tactics are backfiring. If we stand together and Work Together in the next 30 days, calling our friend
Melissa the special counsel also saying that charging a president with a crime was not an option, that his team could consider. We have full foxing coverage, white house correspond to kevin corke is on the front line with the new reaction from the present, and Catherine Herridges life of the department of justice. We are going to start with catherine. What are things like they are today, catherine . I was in so the Justice Department Robert Mueller spoke to reporters for approximately. Often has a different feeling when you are close to the principal. Ive covered mueller for 18 years, first as fbi director fbi director and now a special counsel. Today he was very relaxed. Also laser like it has focused, delivering that prepared testimony, appearing to me to be very careful not to stray from that text. He also gave the strongest indicator that he is not going to testify to congress publicly or privately. Listen. I expect this to be only time i will speak to you in this manner. I am maki
About gun violence. What are his ideas and how can he get something done . And are tariffs on mexico one reckless move too many for gopers. It was called a cluster beep. And a lot of noise in the house. Will the party go against potus. Clay higgins is back on primetime. He has a take from inside the game. Speaker pelosi has her own fires to put out on impeachment. The more potus blocks congress, like his move to keep the house alumni silent, the more her members say it is time to drop the hammer. And a special closing argument. Cuomo primetime celebrating its first year. What do you say . Lets get after it. Our president is lying and tweeting. It seems a number of gops are tired of it. One aide described the meeting between white house officials and senators, pretty direct. Theres not much support in my conference for tariffs, for sure. Will you try to block this . Were hoping that doesnt happen. In london, the president tried to keep calm and, you got it, carry on. What do you think o
Bomber, now thats a true and evermore on the ridiculous. I want to hand it over to chris for cuomo prime time. Chris . Thank you, anderson. I am chris cuomo. Welcome to prime time. Biden is going backwards in the polls in the latest postdebate. Taking him on over race worked. You know what that means. Theres going to be more of it. And the opponent who came at him the most benefitted the most in the recent polls. Kamala harris, the senator from california, got a big boost. Question, is that why the president s son retweeted a birtherstyle smear about her . Thats the great debate. And what was his sister ivanka doing at the center of g20 class photos in private conversations with World Leaders . She was also at her fathers highstakes sitdown with kim jongun at the dmz . Shouldnt we have the best diplomats beside our president who clearly needs the support. And lawmakers went to the border today. They were shocked. You should be too. But not for the same reason. What do you say . Lets ge