2 00 p. M. In washington where today the president s lawyers are scrambling to clarify his tweets. It is unusual since the president s lawyers dont respond so quickly to clarify anything, he says, which makes you wonder if the tweet in question got them worried. In a series of official president ial statements, remember the white house has called his tweets official statements, trump called the russia probe a disgrace to the usa and seemed to demand his Attorney General put an end to it. Quote, Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this rigged witch hunt right now before it continues to stain our country any further. As reported in the New York Times last week, Special Counsel Rocky Mountain is keepi m rob Robert Mueller is keeping an eye on the president s twitter. No, say the president s lawyers. Katy Tur hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Clinton campaign, and the indictment of 13 russians and three entities who allegedly used a Sophi
believed it is unprecedented expansion of executive power not just from this president but past presidents suggesting they re against it, again, not wanting to go against president trump on this. secretary neilson was at the policy luncheon for republicans trying to persuade their vote. vice president mike pence went last week to talk to them. we expect more senior officials to be working with republicans as we move to the vote. what they care about on the optics, not as much on substance as peter pointed out. thanks to you both. up ahead, michael cohen back on the hill whether trump likes it or not. he revealed through his lawyer new trump hush money check live on the show. that new reporting is next. $70,000 check which i have with me today. the president said to michael at that time you will be getting the two checks soon. e getting the two checks soon. you wouldn t accept an incomplete job
issue issues at large. communications between whitaker and the president are foremost in their minds. their first big issue, first big subpoena for something like this. is this the card they want to play. do they want to use their chips right now? they have a number of other administration personnel, secretary azar, secretary neilson. the question is, is this really the one they want to push right now? go back to the graphic you showed at the top of the segment. this is one of a whole heck of a lot of either active or potential investigations. to laura s point, is this where you want to put all of your emphasis, particularly because running out the clock as it relates to these sorts of things is very much a bipartisan tradition. this is not something that is unique. my guess is that donald trump would rather matt whitaker not
off. democrats concerned there was one key witness missing that s the secretary of health and human services. and i m sorry that secretary is passing the buck to you when we asked him to be right here in your seat today. so the overall concern is that a number of cabinet nominees resisted coming before on a range of issues. some sited scheduling conflicts and others tried to come up with alternative dates. we will hear from secretary neilson but it s not going happen until march until she initially declined the request to come this week. this is happening on capitol hill. these investigations are happening.
both working together. the focus from democrats was on the issue of reopen the government first and then go on to renegotiate. we also have the president s press secretary saying they had a productive meeting. the speaker of the house with a letter to pull back from the january 29th state of the union. it is not disindisinviting, buts a renegotiation of a time and a place given the level of security. the only response we have gotten has come from secretary neilson who is involvemented in the secret service. they re jobs have continued through this crisis.