courage and conviction twice last week. once when he talked after the robert mueller hearings, about the fact that we have to fight what s going on in this country and we will be asked, where were you? what did you do? and, second, he took on the head of the border and talked about the squalid conditions in trump border camps. he also subpoenaed members of trump s own family, his government advisers, including mr. kushner who is a slum lord in baltimore. if they want to model what living in a place that is clean could look like they could start with the kushner owned apartments in baltimore. but larger than that, larger than his racism, and let s stipulate, he s racist and, no, black people can t be racist. oppressed people seeking equality may be a threat to donald trump but they re not that is not racism. that s something else. so tonight what you re going to see and the democratic candidates have to do, they have to be real. they have to go big.
the loopholes. they refuse to fix assignment. those two things would make it 95% easier. president trump fumed today about the quinnipiac poll finding about 80% of african-americans believe he is racist. the president called the paul fakery and insisted no president in recent decades has done more to improve the lives of african-americans than he has. bret. we won john roberts live on the north lawn, thank you. interview with republican senator tim scott in just a minute. president trump says the intelligence agencies in the u.s. are out of control and that his pick to be the next director of national intelligence will do a great job. texas congressman john ratcliffe was one of the breakout performance at last week s robert mueller hearings. now is coming under greater scrutiny tonight than at any time during his career. correspondent doug mckelway tells us more. i think that john ratcliffe is going to do an incredible job if he gets approved. the intelligence agencies have
jerry nadler is making the case for impeachment behind the scenes with speaker nancy pelosi. nadler telling colleagues the time to act is now while the nation is focused on the robert mueller hearings and the fallout but the house is about to begin a six week summer recess and on thursday committee chairman adam schiff and elijah cummings said they could support formal impeachment hearings if president trump was to defy an order. democrats who are close to pelosi believe her position may be softening on starting a speaker probe. they would like to fight in the courts first. at a meeting thursday morning, she told democrats they should do their own thing when it comes to impeachment. today she will meet with congresswoman alexandria
the past few weeks. he was pressed pi a vet joer he said he s not going to be as nice this time around. he will be huddling with his advisors, even running through some mock debates as he prepares for the debate on wednesday. dave and christine. thank you for that, arlitt. house democrats that want president trump impeached are concerned time may be running out. jerry nadler is making the case for impeachment behind the scenes. he is saying the time to act is now while the nation is stilg focused on the robert mueller hearings and the fallout. the house begins a six week summer recess. wish we had all of that. at a meeting thursday she told democrats they should do their
programs, school programs, housing programs they should put their vote up or down on house floor in the senate floor as opposed to hiding what they re trying to get on. chris: let s talk about the delay in the robert mueller hearings, as i discussed with kellyanne conway, from this wednesday july 17th to the following wednesday july 24. that will only be two days before congress leaves washington for six weeks for the august recess. will that not make it pretty darn hard for democrats to build on anything that robert mueller should say? one of the point here was to build momentum and to pursue with the president in whatever he did or did not do but if you have a big hearing and leave two days later for a month and half what does that accomplish? i support the work of chairman nadler and the judiciary committee of the council and the support are only one part of this. i want to encourage everyone across america to read the report and get your eyes on