Director james comey found out he was fired while in the command center a at the fbi firing, the president exonerated and in a letter from the justice you will recall trump the candidate praised the fbi director back then and embraced him after taking office. The white house was caught offguard by the political backlash from this. But with some democrats in congress saying we are now in a constitutional crisis, tonight the democratic leader in the senate as you heard mentioned, Chuck Schumer of new york, is now demanding an independent prosecutor be named. If Deputy Attorney general rosen stein does not appoint an independent special prosecutor, every american will rightly suspect that the decision to fire director comey was part of a coverup. As we mentioned, this news tonight came accompanied by a chain of letters. First from Deputy Attorney general rod rosen stein saying i cannot defend the directors handling of the conclusion of the invegistation secretary clintons email next came
Chuck schumer doing an unprecedented thing tonight, saying he wants all Democratic Senators on the floor at 9 30 a. M. When he speaks. When weve seen all the senators on the floor in the past, brian, its usually been both parties. Its usually been for something extremely grave. And they all gather for whatever that is. I cant think of a situation where one of the parties asked for all its members to be on the floor at 9 30 a. M. In their seats. Chuck schumer obviously has some very, very important announce member to make tomorrow morning that has to be much more than what he has already said top. And he has said a lot tonight. Heres a question im going to end our broadcast with to michael beschloss. Ill preview it to you. Because no gentle way to put this. You and i have some years on us. What is the historic parallel to today, slash, tonight . Is there any. We are looking to the Nixon Administration for the parallels. Thats where you have to go to find investigation of this level of s
Mohyeldin and louis burgdorf. Michael flynn wants to make a deal. The wall street journal reported he is requesting immunity in exchange for his testimony. This while federal probes into alleged lings between the president s soernlts and russian government plays out. In a letter posted to twitter, flynns lawyer confirmed discussions between them and the congressional committees while citing unfounded allegations, outrageous claims of treason. He added, quote, no reasonable person would submit to questioning in such a highly politicized witch hunt environment without assurances against unfair prosecution. Flynn frequently accused democratic nominee Hillary Clinton with corruption on the campaign trail, including a chant of, lock her up at the republican convention. When speaking last september about clinton aides who requested immunity for testifying in the clinton email server investigation, flynn said this i mean, five people around her have been given immunity, to include her former
With who they think that republican can be or those republicans. There may be three or four, maybe five who they think they can pull over into a cooperative approach to this. Chuck schumer doing an unprecedented thing tonight, saying he wants all Democratic Senators on the floor at 9 30 a. M. When he speaks. When weve seen all the senators on the floor in the past, brian, its usually been both parties. Its usually been for something extremely grave, and they all gather for whatever that is. I cant think of a situation where one of the parties asked for all of its members to be on the floor at 9 30 a. M. , in their seats. Chuck schumer obviously has some very, very important announcement to make tomorrow morning that has to be much more than what hes already said tonight, and he said a lot tonight. Now, heres a question im going to end our broadcast with to michael beschloss, and ill preview it to you because no gentle way to put this. You and i have some years on us. What is the histor
Already stockpiling cash for a potential reelection bid in 2020. A joint fundraiser for the president and the rnc wrapped up a few hours ago and they expect to bring in nearly 10 million. But protesters gathered outside the event at the Trump International hotel yelled shame at the first sight of the president s motorcade. Shame shame shame the fundraiser comes on the heels of a big political blow to the president , the failure of the Republicancontrolled Senate to vote on its health care plan. The support simply wasnt there. But despite the setback, the president seems oddly optimistic. Just to do a little official business, health care is working along very well. We could have a big surprise with a Great Health Care package. So now theyre happy. Reporter what do you mean by a big surprise . You could have a great, great surprise. That would be a very big surprise. And if you ask republican senators how they think they can get a Health Care Bill through the senate, many say its time t