Today the russia investigation took a major step forward. For the first time a member of the president s inner circle faced questions on capitol hill. Put another way, this investigation has now come within one man of the president. He is arguably the closest man to the president. White house Senior Adviser and soninlaw Jared Kushner spent more than two hours with the Senate Intelligence committee and then he made a Public Statement saying he never colluded with russia. It comes as trump pours the pressure on his own Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, who rekuzed himself from the Justice Departments russia investigation months ago. A decision the president has not been able to get past. He wrote about sessions on twitter this morning, referring to his own Attorney General, mind you, as our beleaguered Attorney General. And tonight the Washington Post as a new report headline, trump leaves sessions twisting
in the wind Bile Berating him publicly. It reads in Part Sessions was once conside
i m talking about through the legislature than any president. for a while harry truman ha us. i think we ve gotten more than anybody, including harry truman who was number one. but they will tell you we got none. knows claims about what the trump administration has done in terms of legislation, especially when compared to other administrations aren t view. and they have driven historians to distraction. the washington post chose to go another way they have looked at the trump administration in a different method. phillip bump has compiled a list of things president trump has undone. the list is lengthy. bump asked all followers on twitter to do to point out anything he had forgotten process. it runs the gamut from withdrawing from the paris climate accordings to banning transgender members of the military removing a bike sharing station from the white house. pull it ser prize winning column
i m talking about through the legislature than any president. for a while harry truman ha us. i think we ve gotten more than anybody, including harry truman who was number one. but they will tell you we got none. knows claims about what the trump administration has done in terms of legislation, especially when compared to other administrations aren t view. and they have driven historians to distraction. the washington post chose to go another way they have looked at the trump administration in a different method. phillip bump has compiled a list of things president trump has undone. the list is lengthy. bump asked all followers on twitter to do to point out anything he had forgotten process. it runs the gamut from withdrawing from the paris climate accordings to banning transgender members of the military removing a bike sharing station from the white house. pull it ser prize winning column
his campaign may have committed some crimes during the last election. it s really just sort of a stunning moment and stunning political tin ear tone deafness whatever you want to call it. ashley at the risk of being accuse of naval gazing let s talk about our profession. i ve said around the newsroom the last couple of months the last thing you want to be this year is a pull it ser prize judge. good luck there because i think we could double the number of them usually awarded for the reporting that has gone on in the first six months of this administration. there hasn t been this great a time to work for the because jeff bezos owns it amazon washington post since the montana mid-70s. with that in mind when you hear a president say to this spirited audience of 30,000 kids in the most american organization you can think of, boy scouts of america, when you hear him tell
last thing you want to be this year is a pull it ser prize judge. good luck there because i think we could double the number of them usually awarded for the reporting that has gone on in the first six months of this administration. there hasn t been this great a time to work for the because jeff bezos owns it amazon washington post since the montana mid-70s. with that in mind when you hear a president say to this spirited audience of 30,000 kids in the most american organization you can think of, boy scouts of america, when you hear him tell them their news media are fake, what the effect do you think that might have? well, i think it goes back to the point earlier in the program just about the president either intentionally or unintentionally oh or probably some combination of both chipping away at a lot of these democratic institutions.