A news and interview program, anchored by Erin Burnett. Client, the president , sit down with the Special Counsel. You will recall the latest proposal from mueller willing to limit the number of questions about obstruction of justice. They made clear they wanted to ask the questions in person. They want to limit the questions in person to events that happened before he was inaugurated as the president. That doesnt seem something that mueller is willing to budge on either. The president is at odds with his legal team. He believes if he gets facetoface with Robert Mueller he can prove his innocence and that that interview can bring all of this to an end. The president s legal team has made quite clear they do not think this is a good idea. They are advising their client against it. One of the president s attorneys put it best today when he said ultimately this final decision will be up to president trump. Thank you very much. At the time and we can evoke privilege. When it comes to the q
A news show featuring the top headlines of the day from pop culture to politics, which are discussed by a rotating panel of four women and one man. A news show featuring the top headlines of the day from pop culture to politics, which are discussed by a rotating panel of four women and one man. Lets go to doug mcelway, live with the news with a. Great to see you. Brittian had long ago come to the conclusion that russia used a nerf agent to poison the two. It was only yesterday that the State Department officially concurred, promising to impose new sanctions. The sanctions will take effect later this month and are believed to include denying russian licenses for the purposes of exports among other things. The any sanctions follow the Trump Administration order last march to expand 60 russian diplomats, the largest expulsion in history and close the russian consulate in washington. Russia vehemently denied the poisoning. Connecting new sanctions to these events in salisbury is unacceptab
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Robert mueller is not. See you in a bit. Here onset for another day, dan goldman, an msnbc legal analyst along with our pal nbc News Reporter carol lee. It is less hot than it has been all week. You picked a good day to be here. Dan, let me start with you, if you look at what each side wants, they are both looking for leverage. And the sticking point, one of them seems to be this idea much an in person interview. What is the framing behind that . The trump team wants questions on collusion only and special counsel wants to hear about it all. I think Rudy Giuliani is trying to figure out a way to drum up some leverage because ordinarily the witness of the defendant or target or subject does not have the leverage, the prosecutor does. And but because bob mueller is not talking and Rudy Giuliani is, hes able he has the whole Public Domain to make all of his arguments, even though as
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Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. He said, any further information is classified. Today the white house actually did impose new sanctions on russia, but not for election meddling. The administration is penalizing the kremlin for using chemical weapons against an exspy and his daughter in the uk, a decision that congress had to push the white house to make. Meanwhile, republican senator rand paul is in moscow this week, of all places, apparently on his own summer Outreach Mission to the kremlin. The senator had been one of the few open defenders on capitol hill of President Trumps overtures to vladimir putin, the only defender at times. Today he wrote this about his visit. Quote, i was honored to deliver a letter from President Trump to president Vladimir Putins administration. The letter emphasized the importance of further engagement in va
An offer of talks or 7 more economic pain, part of the Trump Administrations maximum Pressure Campaign as north korea calls on the white house to drop sanctions over its Nuclear Weapons program. Richardson has more. Reporter in an hour the Trump Administration is exiting the Iran Nuclear Deal. That is when the United States restores sanctions against iran that it lifted under the Obama Administration as part of the nuclear agreement. Officials say the sanctions are designed to constrict the revenue iran uses to fund, quote, terrorists, dictators and militias around the region, the National Security adviser denies the Trump Administrations goal is the collapse of the iranian government. Our policy is not Regime Change but we want to put unprecedented pressure on the government of iran to change its behavior and they have shown no indication they are prepared to do that. The president made it clear that he views the Iran Nuclear Deal is one of the worst in american diplomatic history. Ev