Good morning and welcome to a. M. Joy. Im tiffany cross. Now we all know that donald trump has a thing for dictators and each time he praised these leaders, men who he has called good friends, trump exposed and apparent autocratic envy that foreshadowed what we are seeing right now in portland, oregon where on friday thousands of protesters including the wall of moms and a wall of veterans standing in solidarity for black lives matter were met with federal agents who deployed tear gas to disperse the crowds. Federal officers wearing military style camouflage and helmets have been patrolling portland with batons and tear gas driving around an unmarked vehicles sweeping up and detaining protesters in a way that oregons own attorney general says resembles abductions. This is trumps secret police. Federal agents igniting chaos in a city led by a democratic mayor who was also tear gassed by u. S. Agents this week. According to trump, he simply is trying to quell unrest. In other words, he i
Would be hard. Ill be honest, i never could have imagined anything like this. I want to say thank you to our Law Enforcement. Thank you to the fearless fbi agents and thank you to the brave Michigan State Police Troopers who participating in this, acting under the leader of joe casper. I want to thank the u. S. Attorneys and their teams for pursuing criminal charges that will hopefully lead to convictions. As a mom with two teenage daughters and three stepsons, my husband and i are eternally grateful to everyone who put themselves in harms way to keep our family safe. 2020 has been a hard year for all of us. Hard for our doctors and nurses and truck drivers, Grocery Store workers. Its been hard for the teachers and students and parents. Hard for those who have had to stay isolated to stay safe. Its not over yet. Heres what i know, were michigan. We have grit, heart and were tough as hell. We made it through the great recession. We made it through auto bankruptcies. None of us have face
Affair with the president. Its a new twist in the Stormy Daniels case thats even more dramatic because the special counsel in the russia investigation, Robert Mueller, played a role in making this raid happen. Lets go to our justice correspondent evan perez and our Law Enforcement analyst josh campbell, a former fbi special agent. Evan, what are you learning about this extraordinary raid . Extraordinary raid is exactly the point here, wolf. Michael cohens office, we know, has been raided by the fbi. It was carried out under the authority of the u. S. Attorney in manhattan and according to Michael Cohens attorney he says this was done as a referral. In other words the referral from the special Counsel Robert Mueller who apparently has uncovered Additional Information that merited Additional Investigation by the u. S. Attorney in manhattan and this is now, of course, meaning there are two investigations that affect Michael Cohen and potentially the president of the United States. Michael
Going to show it to you and show you why it suggests that the president has good reason to be worried. Happ happy hanukkah to all jewish brothers and sisters. Lets get after it. Now, before we start tonight, let me say god bless the soul of president George Herbert walker bush. My condolences to his family, my gratitude for their and the president s service. His passing would always be too soon for his loved ones. But for the country, it comes at a perfect time to remember a very different type of leader and leadership. We have more on that later in the show. First, it is another big week for the russia investigation. The special counsel is due to make three Crucial Court filings, sentencing memos from Michael Flynn, Michael Cohen and with paul manafort. With manafort, well likely learn what hes been lying about with flynn and mueller. With cohen, we will get a sense of how they have been helpful. We already know the president is worried, right . Hes been sending out tweets that have h
Headquarters in new york. Guessing game. President trump threatening an investigation to hunt down the author of that New York Times oped as more seep ynior offici deny their involvement. Now the Vice President is weighing in on what it means for the administration. Plus backing down. Why President Trump says the payment to Stormy Daniels was inval skp inval invalid. Plus the effect of sacrifice 9 11 First Responders are still coping with major Health Problems 17 years after the attacks on the United States. It is something about which comedian john stewart has been outspoken and the former host of the today show will talk about it. We begin with the search for the white house staffer who penned the oped for the New York Times four days after it was published the Trump Administration appears no closer to finding out who the author is. Among the claims made about the administration is that there were early whispers within the cabinet of invoking the 25th amendment. Vice president mike p