Governments are spending money there in order to curry favor with the president of the United States. Well talk to one of the men behind the lawsuit. Washington, d. C. Ag carl racine. And later, Chuck Schumer spoofs todays roundtable of flattery at the white house. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening. Im katy tur in new york in for chuck todd. Welcome to mtp daily. Its been another manic monday for this white house. The secret service pours cold water on those trump tapes. The president is sued by two attorneys general, and an Appeals Court strikes another blow to the president s travel ban. But we begin tonight with the Chain Reaction from james comeys bombshell testimony. In a surprise move, attorney general Jeff Sessions will testify tomorrow under oath publicly in front of the Senate Intelligence committee. Sessions says he personally wants to respond to the former fbi directors allegations. It will be the attorney generals first public testimony since his confi
Message. Two days after a shocking ambush at the congressional baseball game raises big hopes for charity and raises hope for a more respectful tone in washington. President trump is among those calling for unity, but dont bet on a more respectful twitter tone from the president. Another angry tweet storm underscores the growing threat of an expanding special counsel investigation. With us this day to share their reporting and insights, carol lee, jonathan mark, perry bacon and karen of the Washington Post. Up first this hour a number of new developments and a few curious twists in the russia election meddling investigation. Special Counsel Robert Mueller is very serious. Expanding his team now. Hiring 13 seasoned attorneys so far with more to come his spokesman says. Vice president mike pence has hired a private attorney to help him navigate the investigation. A few moments ago in florida he said that is routine standard practice. No big deal. The Washington Post reports one area of i
Of whether a university or how is doing well was a function of how much the university spent. In florida youre now seeing questions like what is your graduation rate. How many students are holding jobs. So youre seeing a focus on outcome. The point was trying to make was that we tend in washington to simply say how much more money can we spent ob something rather than lets think outside the box and try to solve a problem. I think we owe it to the american taxpayer that is ultimately footing this bill to focus less on how much we spend and more on whether, in fact, the problems are being solved. So thank you very much. I appreciate you coming by today. As we get back to whats going on today, i wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the three Service Members that were killed this weekend in afghanistan. The incident is currently under investigation, but our thoughts and prayers are with the families of these american heroes who lost theyve liir li this tragic event. Its workforce week he
Up a phoney collusion with the russian story. Found zero proof. So now they go for obstruction of justice on the phoney story. Nice. Its possible well hear more from the white house during an off camera briefing from the Deputy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders later this hour. We will of course monitor that. Our other top story right now, a change of tone up on capitol hill. In the wake of the shooting at a congressional baseball practice. The majority whip Steve Scalise is in Critical Condition and undergoing a third surgical procedure. President trump today saying scalise is still in some trouble. Hes in some trouble. Hes a great fighter and hes going to be okay we hope. Weve had a very, very divided country for many years and i have a feeling that steve has made a great sacrifice, but there could be some unity being brought to our country. Congressman scalise is just one of the five people that were injured in wednesdays shooting. Lets bring in cnn brian todd. Hes
Plus, Senate Shutdown . Democrats threaten to grind government to a halt unless republicans share their secret Health Care Bill. We have no idea whats being proposed. Theres a group of guys in the back room somewhere. Will there be a public hearing soon . And the best political minds will be here with insights on what happens next. Hello. Im jake tapper in washington with the state of our union is on retreat. President trump awoke this morning at camp david for the First Time Ever. Hes spending fathers day there with his son baron and First Lady Melania Trump who posted this photo with the caption family sport weekend. The president s been on twitter posting defiantly this morning the making America Great again agenda is doing very well despite the distraction of the witch hunt. Many new jobs, high enthusiasm. The witch hunt hes referring to the Law Enforcement congressional investigations into russian interference in the u. S. Election and possible collusion by members of the trump te