shepard: rich edson, thank you. no summer vacation for the u.s. senate. the top republican sayst s pause of historic obstruction by democrats. democrats say he s up to something else entirely. we re live on capitol hill. that s next.
It s wrong. they did stand for the anthem in their game. but the way of twisting the truth and leaving behind ill feeling is the strategy of the president across the board here. we see him attacking sessions again. we see him obfuscating on this letter. sarah sanders said one thing and the lawyers said another thing. shepard: had the lawyers said something that wasn t true to the manafort investigation, that would be a crime, wouldn t it? yes. shepard: if the lawyers said instead, president trump dictated the letter which said the thing that wasn t true, which was the meeting was a russian adoptions when it was actually about with a russian interpreter in the room getting dirt on hillary clinton. right. he has to be truthful shepard: but not with the public. right. shepard: she said one thing. but the lawyers that speak legally to the court said another. it s an important
My bad. shepard: continuing coverage now of news items at the white house briefing today. once more, sarah sanders refused to correct the record on her statement that contradicted the. her report that president trump did not dictate a statement on the trump tower meeting with a russian lawyer and others. the president s legal team revealed in a secret memo which fox news has confirmed that president trump did in fact dictate that statem that is the legal version. the legal version sent to the special counsel i russian meddling. the public version from the podium continues to be that the russians in trump tower was about adoptions, this is important because russians were meddling in the 2016 election. at this meeting were said to be
Alongside us, giving the urgency of these weeks, we presume he won t be jetting off to bedminster or mar-a-largo or spending countless hours on the golf course given the pain his policies have caused the middle class particularly on healthcare. there could be a new spirit of cooperation in the united states senate. a third of the senators will want to be on the campaign trail, shep. shepard: there s also an effort to take on the president over thinks tariffs which so many in the rest belt are complaining. that s right. his own party is concerned about the new tariffs. senator bob corker says the bill could be rolled out tomorrow. congress wants to sign off on tariffs and expect the bill to be released tomorrow. shepard: thanks, mike. dreaming about retirement? hope you ve been saving. a new report that shows how
Distinction. the american public realizes that she works for us. so does the president. shepard: so does he. yes. we re paying their sally. so how does this shake out? why? pressure from the mue igation continues to mount. this is like a siege engine rolling up to the castle. you imagine him sort of attacking sessions because of that frustration. you imagine him speaking this way about the eagles to try to make this a patriotic issue when it s not. you can argue just as effectively that the eagles are being reportsful of the constitution, which the president suggested they weren ts being, but speaking their mind and by engaging in issues that are difficult in the united states to talk about. racism, police brutality, you name it. that s what this is really about. it s not about not respecting the military and not respecting the flag. shepard: if this is an effect to get the people not to trust the institutions which are the