Is now under way one day after a mass shooter attacked republican practice for this very game, leaving five wounded including representative Steve Scalise, who remains in Critical Condition. Capitol Police Officer david bailey, 36 hours after being injured in the line of duty, threw out the games ceremonial first pitch. Thats him there. Lets speak with two members of congress from the game later in the show. Meanwhile, president donald j. Trump is being investigated for possible criminal obstruction of justice. Today he attacked the integrity and character of the man who is investigating him. This as his Vice President , mike pence, is lawyering up. And this just in. The Washington Post reporting that the special counsel is now investigating Jared Kushners business dealings. More on that in a bit. We begin of course with the president , who appeared to go after special counsel Robert Mueller, the man leading the Justice Departments russia investigation, in a series of official statemen
Requests in the coming weeks. And the president in the oval office told russias ambassador that the pressure is off now that the, quote, nut job james comey was fired. No puppet. No puppet. Its pretty clear. Tonight the case for obstruction of justice. The white house responds. And all of the massive fallout from these two stories when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. With the president in the air on his first overseas trip, major developments in the stories still surrounding the white house he leaves behind. Tonight the stunning revelations that a senior white house adviser is under investigation. That the president bragged to russian officials in the oval office about the firing of his fbi director and finally that former director comey himself has agreed to testify publicly before the senate. First, the investigation. The Washington Post first to report today that the Law Enforcement investigation into possible coordination between russia and the
Now, theres a very different issue than it was during the campaign because theres no longer a question of evaluating a candidates income and career and record to help determine whether theyre fit for office. Its a question about the active financial entanglements and whether hes compromised in any way that might have a bearing on his conduct in office. The president has insisted over and over again that we and the press are the only ones who care about his tax returns, but this weekend that march is all around this country, tens of thousands of americans took to the streets to show care about them, too. They even turned up right across from maralago, the trump owned result where the president just spent yet another weekend, republican lawmakers, home for easter recess has been feeling the pressure on this front hearing from constituents who want to know what the president may be hiding. Take a look at what may have happened today. Different countries around the world and what theyre un
Do you agree with the president that the house bill was mean and a son of a b . And well go inside the ballpark as republicans and democrats come together when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. This is the scene at Nationals Park in washington, d. C. , where the congressional baseball game is now under way one day after a mass shooter attacked republican practice for this very game, leaving five wounded including representative Steve Scalise, who remains in Critical Condition. Capitol Police Officer david bailey, 36 hours after being injured in the line of duty, threw out the games ceremonial first pitch. Thats him there. Lets speak with two members of congress from the game later in the show. Meanwhile, president donald j. Trump is being investigated for possible criminal obstruction of justice. Today he attacked the integrity and character of the man who is investigating him. This as his Vice President , mike pence, is lawyering up. And this just in
It is because we cannot solve our problems by making the same failed assumptions and repeating the same failed strategies of the past. Old challenges demand new approaches. Ive determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. While previous president s have made this a Major Campaign promise, they failed to deliver. Today i am delivering. Dana President Trump stressed israel as a sovereign nation with the right to determine its own capital. The president or the state department of beginning to move the embassy to jerusalem from tel aviv. In an attempt to ease concerns, mr. Trump wanted palestinians to know he remains fully committed to helping broker a peace deal. I also want to make one point very clear. This decision is not intended in any way to reflect a departure from our strong commitment to facilitate a lasting peace agreement. We want an agreement that is a great deal for the israelis and a great deal for the palestinians. I intend to do ev