President trump sending up to 4,000 National Guard troops to the border. Thats about a brigade size. Some democratic governors say they will refuse to allow troops from their states to partake in the plan. Fox news correspondent gillian turn everywhere is here with more. Hey, pete. In the wake of President Trumps decision to dispatch National Guard troops to secure the southern border, the pentagon has now announced they are creating a special Border Security cell of their own. The cells official mission . Backing up Border Patrol agents. Aaccording to the secretary of defense. We are looking at how we can best provide support to the department of Homeland Security. Well figure it out. It will be consistent with law and the spirit of congress. No problem. But dont let that Mission Statement fool you. Serve as liaison between the pentagon and the department of Homeland Security, making sure 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Watching monitors, border cameras and sensor feeds. Those kinds of
Paul ryan is stepping down. Announcing his retirement from congress at the end of this year despite denying earlier reports that he was stepping down, strenuously denying those reports were totally wrong and off base. There he was today saying yes, indeed, im gone quickly followed by another gop retirement which brings the total of republican lawmakers walking away from elected office to a whopping and we believe record setting at least in the modern era, 25. Tonight, that same paul ryan, the speaker of the house for as long as he sticks around is also one of several republican leader who have gone to the white house to dine with with the president , the man there in the center of that picture as he faces down an increasingly threatening investigation by Robert Mueller, federal prosecutors in new york who raided the president s personal lawyers residence earlier this week in response, the president is by all accounts openly musing about firing his own Justice Department appointees to a
Came to the same conclusion, this is horrible appeaseable, slippery slope stuff, they are breaking precedents that are priceless and can you blame them . Right. Given the circumstances that theyre in, maybe there is a greater good that they are trying to sacrifice for. The question is whether or not the sacrifices buy them anything toward that greater good and we just dont know it yet. I always found i had to learn this, actually, working in the senate. When the other side is demanding something of you, you always look at it, as long as you can trying to find, is there anything in there i can give them, is there anything . And rosenstein is now in politics, in a way naa Deputy Attorney general hasnt been for a very, very long time. This takes us back to a previous era of politics when the Justice Department was politicized but in the modern era it hasnt been. So hes in politics now. When he looks at a trump moment, he has to look at it like a politician and figure out is there a way i
This tonight, the way Rod Rosenstein responded yesterday to the president s tweet and today in the meeting. The longer ive stared at it i find myself coming down on the side of what other choice did he have . The live to fight another day view of it. Talking to congressman jim himes, talking to ben wittes, both of them actually sort of came to the same conclusion, this is horrible appeaseable, slippery slope stuff, they are breaking precedents that are priceless and can you blame them . Right. Given the circumstances that theyre in, maybe there is a greater good that they are trying to sacrifice for. The question is whether or not the sacrifices buy them anything toward that greater good and we just dont know it yet. I always found i had to learn this, actually, working in the senate. When the other side is demanding something of you, you always look at it, as long as you can trying to find, is there anything in there i can give them, is there anything . And rosenstein is now in politi
Devos. That was unbelievable. We reached out to her office for comment. Unbelievable. Nicole, thank you very much. If its tuesday, bob mueller if youre listening, did candidate trump noi about the Clinton Emails before the wikileaks release. Did donald trump know about those emails before they came out . Absolutely. Whos telling the truth . Plus Paul Manafort stays silent as the defense rests. He and his legal team believe the government has not met its burden of proof. Its election day in the midwest. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening im in for chuck todd. We begin with a bombshell allegation, that the president was part of the russian conspiracy to sabotage our democracy. That allegation being made by a former top aid to the president who has already sworn that she has tapes of conversations with him and his campaign team. Guys, buckle up. Heres is just part of my interview with Omarosa Manigault newman after she confirmed that she spoke with special counsel Rob