Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. His son to cancel the meeting. He did not tell the fbi about the meeting. And if anything, he further encouraged and emboldened the russians to hack. Because he went out just about a month and a half after the meeting and said, russia if youre listening which is two years ago from today as you pointed out you would be rewarded for hacking Hillary Clintons emails. Lets go to Kelly Oconnell in new jersey also joining us u. S. Congressman Danny Heck Of Washington and glenn kushner. First to you, kelly in berkeley heights, new jersey not too far where the president is spending the weekend at the bedminster resort. I want to talk about the ten different ways weve counted that the president has refused to answer questions on camera regarding cohen in that 2016 Trump Tower Meeting in the month of june. Are we hearing any feedback from
the white house on this . And all of this Radio Silence on this matter,
with their daily antics, and this plus all that happened on capitol hill with the filibuster, with their election takeover, it s been a very bad week for joe biden. maria: so what does this mean for the future? i mean, what do these failures tell you about what s to come? i know you have a vote this week in the senate. can you walk us through what we are going to see on wednesday when chuck schumer pushes through trying to eliminate the filibuster. yes, indeed. and bear in mind, they re trying to eliminate the filibuster to push forward their radical agenda, the socialist takeover. but they used the filibuster this week to block a vote on ted cruz s nord stream 2 sanction bill. so very hypocritical. but once again they re going to try to do away with the filibuster to blow up the senate so they can blow up the courts,
korea shooting off a missile, china with their daily antics. this plus all that happened on capitol hill with the filibuster, with their election and take over, it is been a very bad week for joe biden. maria: what it does mean for the future? what do these failures tell you about what is to come? and i have a vote this week in the senate can you walk us through what we are going to see on wednesday when chuck schumer pushes through trying to eliminate the filibuster? yes indeed. and bear in mind they are trying to eliminate the filibuster to push forward their radical agenda the socialist takeover. but they used the filibuster this week to block a vote on ted cruz sanction bill. very hypocritical. but once again, they are going to tried to do away with the
you can see that. there s no doubt the state department today is trying to reopen the consulate in jerusalem. it s not only illegal, it s immoral. we have a embassy in jerusalem today and they are trying to reopen the consulate. it s indicative of a pro- palestinian view that sits inside of so many of our foreign policy elites and establishments. we should not permit that to happen. the trump administration to the right thing by israel and by the us to protect our friend and ally and build out further peace not only through the abraham accords but through understanding that said america is not going to send 20, 30, 40000 soldiers, but we will simply support our friends and put real cost on our adversaries like the iranians. maria: secretary, good to see you. thank you. we will see you soon. but break and then texas senator ted cruz on joe biden supreme court pick. will the judiciary committee vote before the midterm cracks then will a sanction bill come in time to stop vladimir putin
overall effort. we didn t do this alone. we are doing this with partners and allies and therein lies one of the most important pieces. russia is isolating itself. only has one or two people out there countries out there paying attention. china, maybe india. i suspect india won t be quiet much longer. you have an unclassified briefing from the administration as the crisis in ukraine escalated and another one next week. what do you feel like the most critical things to learn from that and the big questions that still remain for you on where this goes next and the responsibility on congress to do something here? responsibility on congress comes first in my mind. i don t understand why we have not passed the sanction bill of our own. some of it may not some of what has been done has been done without the authority of congress. others need to be done but we