Chris Cuomo asks the tough questions to newsmakers in Washington and around the world. But they won, and if you look at why the women won, almost to a person they were much closer to the center and the Traditional Democratic views than what were seeing with the new crops, you included. Do you think that is a reflection about how much change your party can take and how soon, that more of those candidates are winning because theyre huing more closely to Traditional Democratic standards . Well, i think you have to take a look at two things. Where the American People are at and then also what wins campaigns. And its no secret that while Grassroots Campaigns absolutely are have their place and are very strong in Voter Turnout when they are able to turn out voters. Money does win elections. So when you have pac groups that are able to pour in half a million to a Million Dollars per race, that absolutely makes an impact. However, nothing changes the fact that the majority of americans believe
Wolf Blitzer looks at politics, breaking news and international stories. January of this year, the president s lawyers tell the special Counsel Robert Mueller in a letter that mr. Trump dictated the statement himself. Fast forward to late last month, cnn reporting that Michael Cohen is willing to tell the Special Counsel that the president did know about the 2016 Trump Tower Meeting in advance despite numerous denials from President Trump and his team. And that brings us up to speed. The president now admitting the meeting was designed to get information on an opponent, but once again claiming he did not know about it. Now jay sekulow admits he was wrong when he denied the president was involved in that first misleading statement. Listen. I had Bad Information at that point. I made a mistake in my statement. I talked about that before. That happens when you have cases like this. I think its very important to point out that in a situation like this, you have, over time, facts develop. T
Chris Cuomo asks the tough questions to newsmakers in Washington and around the world. Chris Cuomo asks the tough questions to newsmakers in Washington and around the world. You know, i think it is like that red herring where the more time we spend kind of debating any one individual person or figure is less time that we spend talking about medicare for all, tuitionfree public college, and a great new deal. I think what we really need to do is have discipline on winning back the house. We need to spend more time talking about the issues that Americans Care about and the issues that are going to get more money in the average americans pocketbook and less money spent on totally Expensive Health care and education. So you go from the organizational structure of who are our bosses to the substantive. Now, emilys list, which youre very well aware of, they put out an organization that said we want to promote women being in politics. Theyve done very well. And in fact, some of their candidate
Become a reality among democrats. Up first, a tale of two felons. President trump praises Paul Manafort, his former Campaign Chairman, now convicted on eight federal counts of tax and bank fraud. The president tweeted this, i feel very badly for Paul Manafort and his wonderful family. Justice, and he puts the word justice in quotes took a 12yearold tax case among other things applied tremendous pressure on him and unlike Michael Cohen, he refused to break. Make up stories in order to get a deal. Such respect for a brave man. The president took another swipe at Michael Cohen, his former lawyer and personal fixer for more than a decade who pleaded guilty to eight charges and implicated the president of the United States in a hush money scheme. The president tweeted this. Quote, if anyone is looking for a good lawyer, i would strongly suggest that you dont retain the services of Michael Cohen. Lets bring in our white house
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Public opinion. Last night, house managers who essentially act as prosecutors in the trial delivered their brief, arguing why President Trump should be removed from office, calling President Trumps conduct, im quoting now, the framers worst nightmare. And now the ball is in the president s court. His legal team has until noon tomorrow to file their own brief, but today some already are making their case. There is a confusion between the reasons for having impeachment, and those include we dont want to see president s who are dishonest. We dont want to see president s who abuse their power. Thats all true. But then when it comes to coming up with the criteria for impeachment, we dont use terms like dishonesty or abuse or maladministration or malpractice. We have to focus in on specific criteria to avoid weaponization of impeachment. Cnns Boris Sanchez is in florida where President Trump has departed for texas and Sara Westwood is on capitol hill. Boris, you first. Were learning more abo