They say there is no case here. But we have a corrupt Attorney General that tried to make a case. Thank you very much. [indiscernible] mr. President , do you believe in karma . John the president walks away after speaking to cameras outside the courtroom there in manhattan, the former president insisting its a witch hunt, he did nothing wrong, that maralago was undervalued by the judge, which a lot of people would say at 18 million hes got a case to say that it was undervalued. This is going to go on for a long time. We may be hearing from the former president a lot in the days and weeks ahead. Gillian you heard him sort of tripling down, same Talking Points over the same strategy, messaging over the last two days as well, reiterating his claim maralago should be valued at closer to 1. 5 billion. John and adding the new wrinkle some republicans are floating his name for Speaker Of The House. Something well get into a little later on. Gillian i would not wish on my worst enemy. That the
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show is over. she white house correspondent john roberts is live on the north lawn. what s the view from the white house? the view from the north lawn is pretty much up as it always is. in the south lawn, huge celebration as the president welcomes the world champion washington nationals. if you hear cheering, that s what it s about. the president joking as he let off the ceremony that the two things that everybody in washington is talking about are the nationals and impeachment. he prefers to talk about the nationals right now. the president continuing to go after the whistle-blower. in a tweet this morning, saying the whistle-blower gave false information that dealt with corrupt politician schiff. he must be brought forward to testify, written answers not acceptable. where is the second whistle-blower? he disappeared after i released the transcript. does he even exist? where is the informant? here s what he said coming back from new york as he arrived at
gop claiming mr. trump was joking when he asked wchina to investigate biden. you think he was serious about thinking china would investigate the biden family. he said it right there in publ public. i think senator rubio said he s getting the press all spun up. reporter: larry kudlow wasn t sure about that. sdp was the president joking or not serious when he suggested the chinese investigate the bidens? i don t know. reporter: the president is claiming energy secretary rick perry urged him to turn to the yun cra ukrainians. i asked multiple times, we think it s in the united states and in ukraine s best interest that you and the president of ukraine have conversations, that you discuss the options that are there. absolutely, yes. reporter: even though perry insisted biden didn t come up. not once.
truth. you watch what the president said, he s not saying china investigated. those lawmakers seemed confident that the president wasn t serious. his economic adviser, larry kudlow said today he s not sure. was the president joking or in any way not serious when he suggested that the chinese should investigate the bidens? i don t honestly know. i don t honestly know. meanwhile, the washington post reports the president s possible impeachment has quote triggered a reckoning in the republican party, their collective strategy is simply to survive and not make any sudden moves, according to one former senior administration official quote nobody wants to be the zebra that strays from the pack and gets gobbled up by the lion. for more i m joined by one of the washington post reporters who wrote that piece we quoted from, robert costa, and mike murphy, republican strategist, and cohost of the hacks on tap podcast. thank you for being with us. robert let me start with you.