The president has begun preparing for a possible interview with Robert Mueller. Should the president ever sit down with the special counsel . I think it is very dangerous for the president to do so. Pruiscott pruitt has been accomplishing the president s agenda, and that has some on the opposing political side upset. No one other than the president has the authority to hire and fire members of his cabinet. Its a decision that hell make. This deployment has begun. President trump is planning to secure the border with up to 4,000 National Guard soldiers. People here tell me that they are fleeing violence, or theyre just trying to find a better life. Good saturday morning. Im Dianne Gallagher in for christi paul. Im victor blackwell. Good morning to you. Live pictures, this is, of course, the white house. President trump waking up this weekend. A white house official tells cnn exclusively that the president s lawyers are prepping him. In case he agrees to be in the hot seat facing Robert
A little bit volatile. Thats the word to use, right . Thats like down 500 at one point . Steep drop. I went out, i went and you know did my tilling in the garden. And i came back in, 15 minutes later and it was, it was you did exercise, that was historic event. Its tuesday, february 6th. With us we have former treasury official and morning joe economic analyst Steve Rattner to explain what happened yesterday. He knows everything about it. Im sure he is, what happened and whats going to happen. Hes going to tell us exactly what we should do. President of the counsel on forng relations and author of the book a world in disarray richard haas. A associate editor of commentary magazine, noah rothman and National Political reporter Heidi Przybilla is with us and Pulitzer Prizewinning historian john meechum. Could be another highly volatile day for the market. Stocks fell sharply. The numbers were stunning. The dow shed 1500 points. The index fell below the 25,000 mark. Erasing all of its gai
President. He even showed up at the white house fourth of july picnic yesterday. Why the turn about today . In a moment well talk to a report here has been covering pruitt and the scandals from the beginning. The white house picnic is a big back drop in another issue, the pick of the supreme court. During the july 4 picnic, donald trump suggested to friends and some external advisers that he had made up his mind. That he has settled on d. C. Circuit court of appeals judge Brett Kavanaugh who it is worth noting has gone on the record saying, a serious constitutional question exists whether a president can be criminal naturally indicted and tried while in office. This is donald trump were talking about so anything could happen between now and monday night 9 00 eastern when he is expected to make his official announcement in prime time. Were following news on Michael Cohen who until recently was the president s long time attorney. To drive the point home, cohen used his holiday to scrub t
Hurricane florence. Willie, theres a United States senator that is saying to the good people of South Carolina and North Carolina right now that if that is the president of the United States idea of how you respond to a hurricane, get in your cars and leave. I mean this seriously not as a political dig. If youre in florence and considering riding it out, your president just said that a hurricane response where 3,000 died is his measure of get success. Get out of there. Of course, there are those that die in natural disasters that, of course, die because of nature, because of the storms themselves. But in puerto rico, so, so much negligence. Such a delayed response and, again, such an unpresident ial response from a man picking fights with leaders in communities there that were struggling just to get power and water back. Yeah. Obviously, were going to be focused on whats happening or whats about to happen with Hurricane Florence. Weve got the forecast in just a second. But this is the
Woodburn and bernsteins detective work. It struck me as prophetic and worth repeating today. We thought watergate changed america and our political process. But did it . Good evening. President nixon reportedly will announce has resignation tonight. Vice president ford will become the nations 38th president tomorrow. That word comes unofficially from aides and associates. The president has been part of politics for 28 years now. Part of the National Political scene for about 24 of those years. And this appears to be the final day of his administration. Tonight at 9 00 eastern daylight time, the president of the United States will address the nation concerning developments today and over the last few days. This has, of course, been a difficult time. This is, indeed, an historic day. The only time a president has ever resigned from office in our nearly 200 years of history. You see the white house there. In just a few moments now, president nixon will be appearing before the people, perh