Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. This will play out. Which, as of tonight, could serve as the headline for the status of everything. Still under investigation by the special prosecutor. Unclear how this will play out. Leading off our discussion now, joyce nance, former special prosecutor. And former counsel to the mayor of New York City and eugene robinson, Opinion Writer for the washington post. Hes an msnbc political analyst. And you are a former federal prosecutor also. What do you make of the giuliani conditions for the interview . Well, in fairness i was in the Civil Division of the u. S. Attorneys office. I will say that unfortunately giuliani has become someone whose career is not going to be looked at quite the same light as it was before this because he really had a storied career. And what were seeing is just
this complete disintegration of what was a credible lawyer into someone who has lost all credibility. While
Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Rudy giuliani told politico today that the trump team wants to rule outofbounds about half of what Robert Mueller wants to discuss the president. Quote, we dont want questioning on obstruction. They would have to concede that. Robert mueller would not be allowed to ask President Trump what he said to james comey about the fbi investigation of michael flynn. James comey says that the president told him, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. Hes a good guy. I hope you can let this go. The only area that the trump team would consider allowing is how donald trump and his campaign interacted with russians during the president ial campaign. A week after reports that trumps personal lawyer Michael Cohen is willing to testify that donald trump knew about the meeting in tru
W. This is it we do is live from berlin looking for a lifeline britains a theresa may makes a deadline dash to avoid a greggs that crash out just three days away from the word drawled its main meets with president michel and paris to plead for another extension earlier she made the same plea to chance on the american and berland also coming up israelis vote in a hotly contested election political newcomer but he got a centrist and a former general is mounting a stiff challenge to for term Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right wing
likud party were in jerusalem. On the ark thank you so much for your company everyone. It is crunch time for british Prime Minister theresa may shes been on a whirlwind European Tour ahead of a crucial issue summit tomorrow and just days before the u. K. Scheduled departure from the bloc she met with french president in myanmar calm and paris and earlier she was here in berlin for talks with german chancellor Angela Merkel may once an extension to t
Sa reef to try to keep his job. Why some people who initially welcomed the islamic militants are now having second thoughts. Im good for the time being but i need to let people know that im getting desperate. Desperate pleas from captives in north korea. What message pyongyang is sending by granting these interviews to cnn. In pakistan the Prime Minister is about to appear before both houses of the countrys national assembly. Prime minister sharif is facing mounting pressure to step down over allegations that last years elections were rigged. Demonstrators in the street have been demanding his resignation. Theyve been protesting for weeks and getting louder and louder. In islamabad, of course initially we thought he would be talking within the last hour. But were still waiting. What is happening there, exactly . Reporter rosemary, the joint session is now under way. The Prime Minister has arrived and actually the interior minister has just started addressing parliament during this hour
We. Well address to the nation. There was no night the president could have scheduled this speech that couldnt be competing with a ton of news and that is the case this evening. With the controversial senator Jeff Sessions sitting for his first confirmation hearing to become trumps attorney general, a confirmation hearing that lasted over ten hours and is still going, as i understand, and republican plans to repeal obamacare facing new hurdles and new directives from the president elect. But tonight just as president obama is preparing to take that stage in chicago an explosive new report concerning trumps briefing on russian hacking. Two u. S. Officials with direct knowledge tell nbc news that briefing materials prepared for the president elect included information which initially circulated among trump opponents and was passed to u. S. Intelligence agencies making damaging allegations about his dealings with russians. The sources would not comment on the nature of the allegations. Ne