All right. Here we are continuing on. Youre watching cnn. Im brooke baldwin. Two major live events happening this hour. One, live pictures there at the west wing. The president will speak from the white house for the very First Time Since news broke. The special counsel will now investigate whether his campaign had ties to russia. So were watching and waiting for that. Hes doing that with the colombian president. Meantime, up on capitol hill, you can see the microphones set up. Were hoping to hear from some of the senators. The man who appointed Robert Mueller is the Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein and he is briefing all 100 senators in a closeddoor meeting as i speak. And he is expected to reveal what he knows about why President Trump fired former fbi director james comey. But first, lets get to more breaking news because sources are telling cnn that former senator Joe Lieberman is the frontrunner to replace comey as fbi director. Lets begin there with our senior White House C
Im chris hayes. Tonight on the 117th day of the presidency of donald j. Trump, the u. S. Department of justice has appointed a special counsel to oversee an investigation into the Trump Campaigns potential ties to russian interference in the american election. The momentous development coming two hours ago. The Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein, the man who wrote the memo that the administration initially used to justify President Trumps firing of fbi director james comey, announcing he is appointing former fbi director Robert Mueller to serve in the role of special counsel, to oversee the fbi investigation into russian government influence in the 2016 campaign, and any possible collusion with the Trump Campaign. Rosenstein saying in a statement, quote, my decision is not a finding that crimes have been committed or that any prosecution is warranted. I have made no such determination. What i have determined is that based upon the unique circumstances, the Public Interest requires
With reaction from democrats, and what this means for the investigation going forward. This russia thing with trump and russia is a madeup story. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Tonight on the 117th day of the presidency of donald j. Trump, the u. S. Department of justice has appointed a special counsel to oversee an investigation into the Trump Campaigns potential ties to russian interference in the american election. The momentous development coming two hours ago. The Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein, the man who wrote the memo that the administration initially used to justify President Trumps firing of fbi director james comey, announcing he is appointing former fbi director Robert Mueller to serve in the role of special counsel, to oversee the fbi investigation into russian government influence in the 2016 campaign, and any possible collusion with the Trump Campaign. Rosenstein saying in a statement, quote, my decision is not a findin
The fact that Richard Nixon said this as an ex president and having been nearly impeached, maybe that should tell you how well that argument went over at the time. Yet, it is being revived today over this president ial tweet from saturday morning. Quote, i had to fire general flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the fbi. He has pled guilty to thots lies. It is a shame because those actions during the transition were lawful. There was nothing to hide. That is a stunning tweet because until that tweet was sent, as far as the public knew, the president fired National Security adviser Michael Flynn for lying to Vice President pence about contact with the russians. Yet, the tweet says and lets show it again, i had to fire general flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the fbi. Lying to the Vice President certainly illadvised but Vice President s are probably used to that sort of thing and its not illegal. Lying to the fbi, that is a felony. When the president fired gener
Loopholes. The first is, we have an inadmissibility problem, meaning when they come to our border, i have to let them in. I cannot keep them out by virtue of them being in a gang. Once we catch them and detain them, i cannot remove them by virtue of them being in a gang. And by the way, these things are unique to our country. No other country has this. This is unique to our country. And its got to change. So the framework that you proposed will close these. So i remain hopeful to work with congress on your behalf and the administrations behalf to close these and other loopholes to secure our borders. So without going into further detail, i would like to turn it over to john krennan, the acting assistant attorney general for Dojs Criminal Division whos going to walk us through a bit more of ms13. Thank you, secretary nielsjen. One of the most dangerous threats comes from ms13. Ms13 has more than 30,000 members nationwide, but the gang has a particular presence on u. S. Soil. The numbers