Bipartisan effort to protect the special counsel. Later, tuesday was a long night and its still going. The president tries to put his thumb on the scale as recounts are under way. And well talk about Lessons Learned from the midterms as naturally the curtain rises on 2020. Were going to start here in washington where President Trump has just arrived after another memorable trip overseas that highlighted tensions with leaders of americas longest standing allies and showcased his embrace of America First nationalism. Trump joined more than six dozen World Leaders at a ceremony in paris commemorating the end of world war i. It was during that ceremony that Emmanuel Macron delivered a searing rebuke of the rising nationalism around the globe. Translator this vision of france as a generous nation, of france as a project, as france, the bearer of universal values was displayed during these dark hours as the very opposite of the selfishness of a nation which only looks after its own interests
Pelosi said this. I think of it as a responsibility as we go forward. And this isnt breaking a glass ceiling, this is breaking a marble ceiling in the capitol of the United States. Cnns Sunlen Serfaty is on capitol hill. Between nancy pelosi and her news and all these new freshmen members on both the house and senate, youve been talking to so many of this many, whats the feeling up on capitol hill right now . I think its an emotional day for many people, especially those incoming members. I can tell you in talking to a lot of them, the ones that make up the most diverse class into history ever, i think the moment is just not lost on them. They know their place in history. As theyre sworn in today, that are feeling the gravity of that moment, their place in history. This freshman class certainly ushering in a new face to congress as we said, the most diverse and the record breaking number of women, certainly a big notable storyli line coming aft midterms. I want to highlight one touchin
Specifically, cohen has confessed to lying in august of last year about the real estate project that was he was pursuing in moscow on trumps behalf while trump was a candidate for president. Identifying the president as individual one in his plea document, cohens hearing today marks the first time the president of the United States has been named in open court in connection with muellers investigation. The documents reveal that cohen testified falsely when he said he only discussed the real estate project with trump on three occasions. Hes now connfessed that he discussed the status and progress of the moscow project with trump on more than the three occasions, and he briefed family members of trump within the company about the project. Thats among the several lies that cohen told congress. Cohen claimed that the moscow project ended in january of 2016 when it actually continued through june of 2016. He claimed he never agreed to go to moscow, yet, he did agree and asked trump if trump
And county of denver for a guy named john hickenlooper. I dont know what ever happened to that guy, but he was a terrible boss. Want to bring in nadia foster, a paralegal who will be attending law school in the fall. Congratulations. Thank you, senator bennett. So my question is the Legal Profession threw me out. I hope you have a better time. Its not for everybody. Thats what i told my mom. We begin with the markets sinking into the red, the friday freakout on wall street is a reaction to President Trump and his new tariff threat against mexico. The president this morning tweeted that the new levies are about stopping drug and illegal immigration. Quote, mexico must take back their country, the president says, and its clear today his views on the tariff threat are a way to force the issue. The president wants to slap a 5 tariff on all mexican goods which would sharply increase to 25 over the next few months. The potential ripple effects are huge. That 5 hike adds up to a tax increase
Up. Together everyone achieves more. Like every Little League coach i ever had. President trump is meeting with his cabinet at this hour and we expect to hear from inside the room. Well bring it as soon as we have it. The other big meeting is an attempt to get past a stalemate over government funding. Tch house and senate will join the government for the first sit down. Sources say the meeting will include a briefing for department of Homeland Security officials. Democratic leaders are not optimistic saying it appears to be more of a white house stunt a than a serious attempt. President trump said Border Security and the wall thing and shutdown is not where nancy pelosi wanted to start her tenure as speaker. Lets make a deal . Keep talking about it. The last time, chuck, you shut it down. No, no, no, 20 times. I dont want to do what you did. 20 times you were called forly shut down the government if i dont get my wall. None of us have said you said it. You said it. Ill take it. You kno