President on miss johnsons behalf and yesterday he the commuted her sentence, citing her Good Behavior and rehabilitati rehabilitation. Nothing which would be especially controversial, except its part of a pardons and proposed pardons thats raising questions on a number of fronts, including just how is the president using one of the absolutely powers that the president shares with kings. The current Time Magazine cover story raising the specter of an imperial presidency, something well touch on later. But first, the case of Alice Marie Johnson and Kim Kardashian west who spoke earlier today with van jones. You spoke with Kim Kardashian west, what did she have to say . She was super happy about getting this woman her freedom. She was passionate about the cause. She made a little bit of news. She said donald trump called her directly, personally, on her cell phone. And then she then got a chance to call Alice Johnson in prison and let her know that she was going to be coming home. And sh
And left behind, traditionally safe democrats are facing a string of primary challengers. I wont wait my turn. My mother did not raise me to ask permission to leave. I think that experience doesnt mean that much if youre not actually good at governing. And President Trump doubles down on his attacks against google, accusing the search giant of not promoting his 2017 state of the union after years of pushing people towards obamas. Heres the problem, trump didnt deliver a state of the union in 2017. Get your facts right, sir. Theyre really treading on this territory and they have to careful. A new bombshell report by the Washington Post declaring that winter is coming for the white house, despite this late august blistering heat. President trumps inner circle increasingly worried the commander in chief is not prepared to protect himself if the democrats win the house this november and pursue subpoenas or impeachment charges. The report coming as we learn of a new major shakeup. White Hou
Lawyers were not given a full accounting of what mr. Mcgahn said. We start with caitlyn collins. Lets start with the connection, the communication, or perhaps lack thereof, between trumps personal legal team and the white House Counsel, don mcgahn. What do you know . Brooke we are seeing how they are still scrambling to find out what it was that don mcgahn said during these 30 hours that he sat down with investigators from Robert Muellers team. Its pretty clear they dont know a lot. We heard from Rudy Giuliani who is the president s lead attorney on the president s outside legal Team Handling this russia probe saying he is relying on what john dowd told him. Esque on the president s legal Team Last Year but left the team five months ago. Hasnt been around in five months yet that is the person that jaul joule is relying on for his information that he is essentially getting secondhand here, brooke. We are seeing them scramble to find out what it was that says since no one on the presiden
So we begin our show with the raging debate right now about what it means to be american at a time when the line between your politics and your patriotism has begun to blur. Particularly under this american president. Perhaps the biggest ways those lines are blurring are how the president teams e seems to attempt patriotism to mean a certain level of loyalty and love to him. According to mar. Trump, if you dont stand in a fog for him like his state of the union you are not being patriotic. They were like death, and unamerican, unamerican. Somebody says treasonous. Yeah, just, why not . You know. Can we call that treason . Why not i mean they certainly didnt seem to love our country very much. Nothing like yucking it up over treason. According to white house, few dont support his pick for secretary of state, you might not be a patriot. Look, at some point democrats have to decide whether they love this country more than they hate this president they have to put aside the safety and secu
All he knows about the longtime boss . Still dlib rating. Jurors weigh the evidence for a third day in the trial of former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Whats behind the judges private conferences with lawyers from both sides . And president ial insults. Showing new signs that hes shaken and unsettled, President Trump lashes out in all directions calling Robert Muellers team, quoting the president of the United States, thugs. Is Melania Trump trolling her husband speaking out against Cyber Bullying . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. President trump unleashes another torrent of abuse on twitter sounding frantic calling special Counsel Robert Mueller disgraced and discredited, calling his investigators angry, democrat thugs. That follows a the New York Times report that white House Counsel mcgahn met for more than 30 hours with muellers team and sources now say the president was rattled after learning about that extensive cooperation. And there are now new questions