is strongest when the grand jury is seeking information from a president. that s where the most precedent is, and that would be the most likely way to get him under oath. so i think the chairman is making a very good point that a special counsel on behalf of the grand jury could force this issue. much more easy than the house or the senate or any other body that would likely look at this. so it s a point well taken. i m not sure the game is over yet, though. i m not sure that the special counsel won t. that is an interesting takeaway from this conversation. thank you all very much. and don t miss john dean, brand-new cnn original series coming up this weekend. his historic testimony during watergate featured in tricky dick, which airs sunday night at 9:00 on cnn. and outfront next, the former owner of a spa linked to the bob kraft prostitution allegations reportedly has ties to president trump and chinese executives. this is like, are we living this a spy thriller?
another shutdown as he did in december, then we can t do much about that. we re going to proceed with trying to fund the government for the next two years. that s what our responsibility is. again, it s a battle we ve already fought, he lost, and he would lose again. so it s up to him what ramifications come from that. all right. thank you very much, congressman yarmouth, i appreciate your time tonight. absolutely. and next, why can t the white house press secretary, sarah sanders, answer a question that is sort of absurd? yes or no, does the president truly believe that democrats hate jews? i am not going to comment. all right, plus, president trump claims michael cohen asked him directly for a pardon. so why won t the white house give the evidence? this should be pretty easy. and new details about the former owner of the spa where the new england patriots owner robert kraft is accused of paying for sex. is the owner trying to give the chinese access to people in the
70% in presidential elections routinely, 71% for hillary clinton. every member of the united states senate that is jewish is a democrat. all but two jewish members of the house of representatives are democrats. the democrats are not the problem. really, the problem is the republican party. donald trump is out there saying offensive things and the republican party members are saying offensive things repeatedly, including about charlottesville, most notably. the idea that when neo-nazi are marching, saying jews will not replace us, and the president says, they re very fine people, that is a party that has a problem with anti-semitism. all right, well, how do you explain louis farrakhan? louis farrakhan is not a member of the democratic party. he s not even a part of this discussion. i m drawing the same parallel. the congressional black caucus routinely consults with him. you have maxine waters and others taking pictures with him. and no one will condemn him and he is the biggest a
done and you re in court or in hearings. but at the same time, she knew she couldn t win, because the president says one thing, his credibility is shot, and then you also have michael cohen whose credibility is shot. and you don t know which way to turn. but you know, why have a briefing? because of transparency. people need to know what s going on. and the unfortunate thing, you see it unravel in realtime that she is the queen of dodgeball. and right, and perhaps, you know, she s hoping that the takeaway from this will be, why bother, so she doesn t have to do it again. no, the takeaway is, keep coming out, you know, and start giving us some answers. and john, on that point, she was also asked about the hush money payments. michael cohen has produced the check, multiple checks now, and some to congress and more to the new york times, that were from the president, reimbursing him for payments for stormy daniels. okay, we all know that s what they were for. the question poeses the m
kaitlan collins is at the white house. kaitlan, the president, when it comes to this issue, no problem saying that michael cohen asked him for the pardon, point-blank, and he said no. so why can t sarah sanders just answer the question and give the specifics? reporter: well, that s really the question of the hour here. because it was the president who made this remark. typically sarah sanders is there to either explain the president s remarks, elaborate on them. but the president made this remark on twitter and reporters haven t had the chance to question him about it since then. so today when sarah sanders is asked, she simply referred back to the oversight committee. but reporters wanted to know if the president did if michael cohen did ask the president for a pardon and he denied him, how did michael cohen ask the president? when did he ask him? was it here at the white house? but those were answers that sarah sanders did not give to reporters today. now, there s a chance she