That there were two modifications to the policy from the committee of the whole, and those modifications are one, that we would remove the clause about the seal of College Readiness and in addition to that, that we would only do option five which is option five, for a Continuation High Schools for the class of 2014 and the class of 2015 and then after, the students would go back to option one and so we will just delay it for two years for continuation of the high school students. Those were the only two changes from the committee of the whole. The original that was discussed and at committee of the whole, included, change of the requirements for county programs, the students that are governed by the county, of San Francisco, and we have brought out why, because you act as both the county board of education and as of a board of education for San Francisco, unified school district. So mr. San der son, i think that this is a good compromise, i have been able to go out and visit with the L
Mueller will include that review of manfort into this wider russia probe. Thats not great news for the Trump White House. But it does not automatically undercut their argument that trump has eliminated his ties to manfort and that this review might have little to do with the core of the 2016 campaign for. The other report does check Current Trump officials, however, including the man who just picked mueller for this job. Take a look at this tonight. The a. P. Reporting that mueller may expand his inquiry to include the top two d. O. J. Officials, Jeff Sessions and rod rosens and they sent that now discredited letter recommended that comey be fired for one reason, which President Trump later said was not the real or only reason he fired comey. They discussed that firing with trump, despite recusing himself from the russia probe, he suggested that letter caused the firing but trump of course admitted that was not true in an interview with nbcs lester holt. Did you ask for a recommendatio
First foreign trip of his presidency. From the white house to the hill, deputy a. G. Rod rosenstein at the capitol for a second day. The russian probe has crossed the boundary from counterterrorism to criminal investigation. I think the American People deserve the scope to be as broad as necessary to regain confidence. Is mr. Mueller on a witch hunt . Do you share the president s view . I dont personally believe in witches. Were dancing with angels. The question is, will people look back and say, what did you do . This is about the fight for the soul of our democracy. Replacing james comey. Could the president s pick for fbi director come any day . This as the New York Times details a lack of boundaries, claiming trump made comey uneasy. Comey reportedly even tried to blend in with the blue curtains and hide from trump during a white house ceremony. Lets deprebrief with our Team Reporters and analysts, including the reporter behind that New York Times piece, but lets begin are hans nic
Releases the actual report. Coming up in under 30 minutes the attorney general will talk about and take questions about the report. No one outside his inner bubble has actually seen. At his side will be the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein, the man who gave Robert Mueller his initial mandate. Robert mueller will not be there for any of the press conference. Democratic leaders nancy pelosi of the house and Chuck Schumer of the senate are calling on mueller to testify publicly before congress as soon as possible. So the public can hear his conclusions and possibly a rebuttal of what we are about to hear from attorney general bill barr. Dont forget, this investigation has led already to 199 criminal counts, 37 people and entities being charged, seven guilty pleas. Dont forget these Six Associates of President Trump were indicted, all as part of this investigation. Were going to bring you live coverage of attorney general barrs News Conference which is set to begin moments from now.
Were fighting all the subpoenas. Look, these arent like impartial people. The democrats are trying to win 2020. Theyre not going to win with the people that i see. And theyre not going to win against me. The only way they can maybe luck out, and i dont think thats going to happen, it might make it even the opposite, thats what a lot of people are saying. The only way they can luck out is by constantly going after me on nonsense. The president told the Washington Post that he is opposed to having current and former aides testify before congress. The post also reported the white house is planning to fight a subpoena to have the former white house counsel, don mcgahn, testify before the judiciary committee. Im going to speak with the committees vice chair in just a moment. The white house has also instructed a former official not to comply with the House Oversight committee investigation. The Justice Department has told congress it will not agree to its demands to have a top official appe