He said, look, i respectfully decline to comment about the specifics of that. One of the reasons here is that now were talking about potentially obstruction of justice. This has gone from just, you know, kind of a political criticism to the potential of obstruction of justice here. No one wants to discuss this publicly. Theres no question thinking back to those days last year, last spring, when Jeff Sessions recused himself, i remember i was with President Trump, he was in norfolk, virginia on a military boat. He was the gerald ford, touring it. He got word and was very upset. As we learned more about it, it was clear at that moment that he was surprised by this. And officials tried to get Jeff Sessions to stop this. Now coming full circle about a year later, its clear here that that was a key moment here. The president so furious about Jeff Sessions who he thought was an ally recusing himself. Of course Jeff Sessions, a longtime senator from alabama, recused himself under the advice o
Made on both sides. Certainly the events of the last couple days make the likelihood of a deal more complicated. We have to get very important issue solved. Bottom line, all people ought to be treated with respect. I know what happened. I stand behind every word i said. Donald trump wants to change this narrative, he should hack on immigration. Donald trump needs to lead on this. The flames are really hovering right above them, gaining momentum. The first thing i heard were the screams and i see the firefighters catching the babies. I dont feel like a hero. Its our job. I couldnt be anything else. Announcer this is new day with chris cuomo and allison camera toe. When a catch really matters is what that firefighter just did. Can you imagine catching a kid from that height, all that heat and that fire. Thats when they are at their best. Thank god for them. Good morning and welcome to your new day. The clock is ticking as Congress Returns to work today. Lawmakers are facing the very real
Mental gymnastics. Up and down. Ive heard that before. Up and down. Up and down. Donald trump has plenty of love hate relationships. So is Steve Bannons mea culpa enough to bring him back into President Trumps loving inner circle . You have to take the oath, you know. Michael wolffs new book describes a white house in chaos. We also have with us Steven Miller. No, we wont. That was something. Holy moly. I could have told you. The thing is, i dont know if were supposed to be shocked by that, but barnicle no. We saw that last season, in the debut season of trump the presidency. I already saw that Steven Miller episode and was like, wait a second. I dont know what this is. Maybe one of his principle policy advisers sent on to, i mean, embarrass himself, speaking as jake tapper aptly pointed out, to an audience of one. Audience of one. It was horrifically embarrassing. When you worked, elise, for other president s and the state department, we would actually send people that worked for the
That about wraps it up for this hour of msnbc live. Right now its time for am joy with joy reid, russia, taxes, collusion, we got it all. Take it away, joy. The bottom line is this is the biggest tax cuts and reform in the history of our country. Everything in here is really tremendous things for businesses, for people, for the middle class, for workers. Good morning. Welcome to am joy. Just before departing for his christmas vacation at his private club in maralago, where the initiation fee is 200,000 and annual dew dues ruu 14,000, President Trump signed into law a major tax overall which will line the pockets of the millionaires and billionaires who make up the trump cabinet. Folks like Steve Mnuchin and Jared Kushner who stand to squirrel away millions under the new tax scheme. Not to mention the millions republicans will shovel into trumps own bank account through the bill. 11 million a year according to a New York Times analysis. The middle fifth of american households will get a
Michael schmidt of the times reporting, quote, President Trump gave firm instructions in march to the white houses top lawyer. Stop the attorney general from recusing himself and the Justice Departments investigation into whether mr. Trumps associates had helped a Russian Campaign to disrupt the 2016 election. The times citing two sources, saying mcgahn tried and he failed. The report goes on mr. Mcgahn was unsuccessful and the president erupted in anger in front of numerous white house officials, saying he needed his attorney general to protect him. Mr. Trump said he expected his top Law Enforcement official to safeguard him in the way he believed john f. Kennedy has attorney general has done for his brother john f. Kennedy. And eric holder had done for barack obama. You might remember last week President Trump sat down for an inter view with Michael Schmidt while vacationing in maralago. He made similar comments about holder and obama. I will say this, holder protected president obam