Headquarters. Im kristen fisher. Leland good to be with you. Could be with you at home. I am leland vittert. For a guy whos under indictment we are hearing an awful lot from former top advisor roger stone telling his story yet again in an interview this morning. Gillian turner joins us with the latest friday night. Now we hear from him again today in changing. Is deftly not holding back and today we heard from the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee the democrats investigation into russian collusion has now been vindicated by the latest indictment of robert stone. President trumps longtime friend. And of course all of the above whined about all of the above. 100 contacts but a thousand lies and its a bigger broader picture mueller is looking into. Reporter seventh risk charges include minor congressmen he speaking out today showing despite the charges hes still in a fighting mood insisting to abc news if he did Tell Congress mistruths, he didnt mean to live. And a failure of m
At the border. Would you have advised the doj to implement the policy of zero policy . We never would have supported such a policy proposal. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington where President Trump and Speaker Nancy Pelosi are facing off, battle lines being drawn between an increasingly embattled president and House Democrats investigating his policies and his finances. President trump punching back this morning on twitter, in all caps, slamming the congressional oversight as president ial harassment, and again slamming house intelligence chair adam schiff before calling Congressional Democrats nuts. Joining me now, nbc White House Correspondent kristen walker, nbcs kasie hunt, Paul Charlton in phoenix, and security analyst matt miller, former chief spokesman to attorney general eric holder. Welcome, all. Now you have career hhs officials, the people in charge of refugees and migration, saying they never would have recommended zero tolerance. Well get to this in a lat
Releases the actual report. Coming up in under 30 minutes the attorney general will talk about and take questions about the report. No one outside his inner bubble has actually seen. At his side will be the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein, the man who gave Robert Mueller his initial mandate. Robert mueller will not be there for any of the press conference. Democratic leaders nancy pelosi of the house and Chuck Schumer of the senate are calling on mueller to testify publicly before congress as soon as possible. So the public can hear his conclusions and possibly a rebuttal of what we are about to hear from attorney general bill barr. Dont forget, this investigation has led already to 199 criminal counts, 37 people and entities being charged, seven guilty pleas. Dont forget these Six Associates of President Trump were indicted, all as part of this investigation. Were going to bring you live coverage of attorney general barrs News Conference which is set to begin moments from now.
Fridays testimony from two u. S. Diplomates paints a vivid picture of the u. S. President s direct involvement in the ukraine scandal. First up was former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch. While she was testifying, the president went after her on twitter. The other witness was david holmes. Holmes said he was told the president did not care about ukraine, only in getting dirt on democratic rival joe biden and bidens son, hunter. He said the person who told him, that was the u. S. Ambassador to the eu, gordon sondland. Holmes said he was with sondland in a restaurant as sondland spoke with mr. Trump on the phone. Quote, i heard ambassador sondland greet the president and explain he was calling from kiev. I heard President Trump then clarify that the ambassador was in ukraine, ambassador sondland replied, yes, he was in ukraine and went on to state that president zelensky, quote, loves your ass. I then heard President Trump say, so hes going to do the investigation . Ambass