That may have others sweating. Welcome to the lead. We begin with breaking news. President trump minutes ago, he cannot let it go. He continues to attack a dead man. War hero john mccain. Moments ago speaking at a factory in ohio the president going off unprompted on the late senator mccain in 2018 whose family is still grieving. Blaming mccain for not being strong on veteran issues. Blaming ending up in the fbi attacking for not voting to repeal obamacare and complaining that he didnt get a thank you for allowing mccains funeral to go forward. Some republicans were finally saying enough. Republican senator even promising to deliver a whipping of President Trump. Lets talk about all of this with my panel. This is going on multiple days now. Thats why it doesnt make any sense. I think that the Republican Leaders, more Republican Leaders are going to come out particularly as it becomes this character question on whether or not they will stand up for a deceased war hero not just a dead ma
Formally requested the six years of the tax return. They have give and delinquent 7 days. President says im under audit, translation, no way. Mr. President , the chairman of the Democratic House ways and Means Committee moments ago asked the irs for six years of tax return zblos is that all . Thats all. Oh. Usually its ten. I guess theyre giving up. Until such time as im not under audit i would not be inclined to do that. Okay. Not inclined to do that. This is the letter that just came to the commissioner of the irs. Chairman richard neil from the house ways and mean asking for trumps business and personal tax returns. Chairman neil says the request is part of his responsibilities. Lauren fox is outfront live at capitol hill. After getting the letter she broke the story first. The chairman has been handling this carefully. Now putting in out there, and starting whats going to be a big war. Why now . Well, erin, thats right. The day after the election i went up and i interviewed richard
Congress takes a significant step in trying to get his hands on the full Mueller Report. The House Judiciary Committee is expected to vote to authorize a subpoena to get special counsel Robert Muellers full and unredacted 400page report. Democratic lawmakers want to see why the fourpage summary in special counsel mueller specifically did not exonerate the president on obstruction of justice and even though the special counsel did not establish a criminal case against the president for conspiracy or coordination with the russians, democrats want to see if the report outlines questionable activity or contact with the russians, perhaps short of a crime. Just last week President Trump said he did not mind if the report went public, but now he appears to have had a change of heart. Overnight he used new language to suggest he does not want it out at all. He even called a public release, quote, ridiculous and a waste of time. The other day on twitter he suggested maybe we should just say no
Sort of whimper and probably more protests in the streets. We will see you again on monday. I hope you have an excellent week. Now its time for the last word with katy tur filling in for lawrence tonight. Hey, rachel. Can you say bloody catastrophe with a british examined. Both terrible. Both brexit and your british accent, im sorry to say. If i do a fake british accent, it actually sounds like im scaring. We wont go there. Rachel, have a wonderful weekend. Im katy tur in for lawrence odonnell. Exactly one week ago special Counsel Robert Mueller submitted his report to attorney general william barr detailing his investigation into President Trump and russia. In the weeks since, its become clearer every day that the fight to release muellers full report might be uglier, dirtier and just as controversial as muellers actual investigation. That is especially evident after barr sent a letter this afternoon to the chairman of the senate and house judiciary committees. Barr writes in part, we
To block White Nationalists from using the social media giant to spread their message. But will it work . Well dig into that in a bit. We start with President Trumps opening day pitch to michigan voters. Expectations are for another rousing Campaign Style speech. Its his first since the mueller investigation, yet this visit is also a canary in the coal mine for his reelection. The president barely won michigan. Fewer than 12,000 votes separated him from Hillary Clinton. More importantly, the grand rapids area should be an easy pick up for the president next year. Ce kent county consistently goes republican did until last year. Its one of the biggest problems that republicans face. Lets start with nbcs kelly odonnell. Shes at the white house for us. Tell us a little bit more about why the Trump Campaign decided to go specifically to this part of michigan. Reporter well, its rarely a mystery when campaigns are planning their travel. Youll see big events that are tied to fundraising, espe