Right after dean had started spilling the beans on not only the crime but the coverup and the nixon enemies list and all the rest of it. That summer, july 1973, Republican National Committee Chairman george bush set out on a listening tour. He traveled to four states to assess the mood of the Republican Party when it came to watergate. How were the Party Faithful feeling about watergate . How was the party coping . How was this playing outside washington . We know that did he this and we know what the results of the listening tour. Were because george bush wrote this memo about it. Date, july 2, 1973. Memorandum to general alexander haig, white house chief of staff. You see the initial theres gb. I pre fared attached mood of the party memo for the president. And then he gives the bottom line. Quote, were in fair shape. I expect when we get by those witnesses dragged in by dean, well be doing okay. All best. And indeed theres this twopage memo thats attached. And it is addressed to both
Audible. The most inspiring minds. The most compelling stories. Text listen5 to 500500 to start your free trial today. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. The polls closed two days ago. Some key races still undecided tonight. House democrats have so far picked up 30 seats but that number could grow as more outstanding races are called. Tonight some stunning news coming out of florida. Governor rick scott who is running for the u. S. Senate is calling for an investigation of his own race against incumbent Democrat Bill nelson. Also tonight, more fallout over the president s firing of Jeff Sessions. Sources telling cnn there is a growing sense of concern over the man who is now acting attorney general. Many white house staffers were apparently unaware of Matthew Whitakers multiple public statements questioning the Mueller Investigation and undermining its premise. He plainly stated he doesnt believe in the basis of the investigation that he is about to be in charge of. And Matthew Whitake
Paul manafort . I have Great Respect for what hes done what hes gone through. What he did, some of the charges they threw against him, every consultant and lobbyist in washington probably does. Good morning. Welcome to am joy. Its been an action packed news cycle. The Tropical Storm still dumping heavy rain on the carolinas and has claimed seven lives. A live report on the storm later on in the show. And Brett Kavanaugh is facing an allegation of Sexual Misconduct from when he was in high school. People close to Michael Cohen say hes talking to muellers team. And in a Development Donald Trump did not see coming in the investigation, Paul Manafort is now cooperating with Robert Mueller. Paul manafort pled guilty to two charges, and admitted guilt to 10 charges in his virginia case. Manafort must cooperate fully with the government in any and all matters as to what the government deems the cooperation relevant. That means he has to meet with investigators without a lawyer, he has to turn
Lets debate in private. Lets debate in private. If we dont get what we want, one way or another, through you, through military, through anything you want to call, i will shut down the government. Okay. Its worth noting Chuck Schumer and nancy pelosi said several times to the president , lets not do this in public, lets do this privately. In case youre wondering about world reaction, let me told you what wall street did, the markets gains disappeared right after trump threatened to shut down the government over border wall funding. Lets begin with nbc white house expanda correspondent geoff bennett. Jeff, that was kind of wild. That was a lot of direct confrontation. I think we would be naive to think those kind of discussions dont happen. Obviously, we know they do but typically they happen behind closed doors. They do. Certainly, all lie, this is a preview of what divided government in the trump era will look like, plenty of drama and plenty of disagreement. To get to the core of what
Second chp officer, got some rounds off. Were not sure if they got to the suspect or if the suspect killed himself. They were able to engage in gunfire. It was his last heroic act in doing what he needed to do and standing the ground and being brave. Lets take you there to the scene. Cnn correspondent nick watt is live in thousand oaks. First focusing on the victims and the survivors, tell me what you know. Reporter well, 11 people were killed in and outside of that club. First the Security Guard and then the gunman moved inside and shot members of staff and bar patrons. We spoke to a lot of people in the early hours of this morning, people who had been line dancing when the gunfire broke out. Many of them fled the club. Some were throwing bar stools through the window to escape, some got out through the kitchen, some through the loading bay. They were outside wrapped in blankets provided to them, calling their friends, frantically trying to find them. There are many small colleges aro