Interests . This i think only underscores the importance of our brangiing mr. Cohen back before the committee but looking into the issue of whether the russians possess Financial Leverage over the president of the United States. Today cohen officially named the president in court. This is key, because it ties trump to the trump tower moscow discussions, well past the time that the president claims those business negotiations ended. Of course, the president had something to say about it. Hes a weak person and what hes trying to do is get a reduced sentence. Hes a weak person. And not a very smart person. Hes trying to get a much lesser pris prison sentence by making up a story. Heres the thing, even if he was right, it doesnt matter. Because i was allowed to do whatever i wanted during the campaign. I was running my business, a lot of Different Things during the campaign. So very simply Michael Cohen is lying and hes trying to get a reduced sentence for things that have nothing to do wi
The solution in search of a problem, he says. The majority leader seems to be suggesting theres no reason to believe the president would take action to undermine the special counsel to delegitimize his work in the public eye. Defenders of the president says he has yet to do anything along those lines. Keeping him honest. If a wibill protecting the specl counsel is, is it a problem to replace the attorney general with someone who has spoegen out against the attorney general . T at least three Major Players are intimating the angry gang of dems is lying act facts and they will get relief. Okay. Maybe by now youre accustomed to a president tweeting at him. If thats no longer shocking, what about this item . Its a photoshopped collection of people the president has lashed out suggesting theyre traitors. Amo this is something the president actually tweeted out. No doubt he would say well, i just retweeted it. That is true. But the president of the United States who would think you have a lo
Could this bess the Mission Accomplished moment . And how about the wild ride on wall street. The fed raises Interest Rates for the fourth time despite the president s public lobbying against it. Political considerations have played no role whatsoever in our discussions or decisions about monetary policy. But that expected announcement does nothing to calm a very turbulent market, with predictions of an impending recessi recession. A move even took some inside hi own administration took people by surprise. Some are calling this a huge mistake that the president will come to regret. I have a graeme team to break it down, but lets explain exactly whats happening. Syria has off most of our radars for some time. We have about 2,000 troops in the country working as advisories, acting as support for militias fighting the isis forces, buff forces, but the president started speaking out and has wanted to do a withdrawal. He did it by tweet. Instead of talking to the press, he released a video.
Time for us to save billions of dollars a year, and have, at the same time, far greater safety and control. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts is live on the north lawn. What do you think the chances are of reaching an agreement before the deadline . John you know, there is a famous saying, slim to none and slim just left town. I dont know if it is that bad, it certainly is looking like the two sides are very far apart. The president says he needs to spend billions on a wall, it will save billions in the longrun, the democrats are saying we could save you billions by doing Something Else instead of a wall. The president said he is happy to shoulder the blame if the government shuts down over Border Security. He may get the opportunity to do that. The president demanding 5 billion for Border Security in the current budget, that money go to hire more ice and custom Border Protection ark gents. Administrative law agents. The bulk would go to building the wall. He allowed cameras
Why two Top Republicans are openly under mining an investigation into skyrocketing Prescription Drug prices. This is a matter literally of life and death. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The president s hand picked attorney general continues to muddy the waters around the Mueller Report and delay a full public accounts of what happened in the 2016 election and whether the president committed misconduct in office. Appearing today before an appropriations committee, william plans to release a redacted version of the report within the week. Those redactions, barr said, are up to his discretion. The attorney general provided lots of reasons not to trust his discretion. Like his sdegz to clear the president of obstruction of justice after having written a memo in which he argued the president cant obstruct justice when exercising constitutional power and the flood of stories last week, the first ever in 22 months, the first ever leaks from the team warni