two fact witnesses. they have held off really pushing for them until now because they didn t want the congressional investigation to interfere with the mueller investigation. but the mueller investigation is now over. and so they want to get that information on the record for themselves. elliott, what does hope hicks bring to this conversation that we with don t already know from the mueller report? she kind of appears scattered through the report and we should point out that hicks is scheduled to appear in a closed session at the judiciary committee, not the intelligence committee. like the line from hamilton the room where it happens, she was the person literally in the room at many times being so close to the president and can speak to perhaps the president s intent and so on. what the folks in the house lose is the public splashy moment because so much as you know having worked in congress around congress for a long time, so much of the benefit of doing things congressional
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mess. it is not something that can be confined inside the borders of the state of syria. i appreciate your analysis and i encourage our viewers who are following this to look at a map and see where syria lies and all of the countries around it. it is a big job. that whole region could have more turmoil than it does now. you explained it so well. thank you. my pleasure. eric? when al-assad first assumed power in syria in 2000 in the wake of his long-time dictator father s death there were high hopes that the western educated london living doctor would take his country in a new direction. there was even the splashy vogue magazine spread that praised his glamorous wife. what happened? we go to washington for more. when al-assad, just 34 and educated partially in the west gave his inaugural address in
national national public radio d syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. steve? i think the white house strategy is now clear. they are going to push forward with reconciliation. robert gibbs made allusions to that in his briefings today. it s been briefed on background by the white house officials in the last 24 hours. i think what they are most likely to do is push forward with reconciliation but only after this event that the president has, embracing some republican ideas and trying to do so in a splashy, outfront way, possibly tort reform. some kind of medical malpractice reform. david axelrod mentioned that specifically as an area of possible agreement. gibbs again today mentioned it. so i think what they do is they try to embrace some republican ideas, probably several that were offered yesterday at the session. republicans don t still don t want to sign on to this massive bill, the takeover of health care, and the white house says, look, because these republicans are so id
juan williams news analyst for national national public radio d syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. steve? i think the white house strategy is now clear. they are going to push forward with reconciliation. robert gibbs made allusions to that in his briefings today. it s been briefed on background by the white house officials in the last 24 hours. i think what they are most likely to do is push forward with reconciliation but only after this event that the president has, embracing some republican ideas and trying to do so in a splashy, outfront way, possibly tort reform. some kind of medical malpractice reform. david axelrod mentioned that specifically as an area of possible agreement. gibbs again today mentioned it. so i think what they do is they try to embrace some republican ideas, probably several that were offered yesterday at the session. republicans don t still don t want to sign on to this massive bill, the takeover of health care, and the white house says, look, beca