Just one guy who has seen it 12 times. A look back at the legends lost this year when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. We are now 24 days away from donald trump becoming president , which means, of course, that barack obama remains president of the United States for the next 24 days. But you would not know it from listening to donald trump who s repeatedly violated a longstanding and quite important norm in american politics, one that president obama himself stressed in his first News Conference just days after he was elected way back in november 20 amidst the rst financial crisis s the great depression. The United States has only one government and one president at a time, and until january 20th of next year, that government is the Current Administration. I have to reiterate once again that we only have one president at a time. And i want to be very careful that we are sending the right signals to the world as a whole that i am not the president and
Dossier and his relationship with Stormy Daniels. Michael cohens attorneys trying to keep material under wraps. One surprise participant at that hearing is an attorney representing President Trump arguing on behalf of the president. Our crime and justice reporter Shimon Prokupecz is over at the courthouse in new york here in washington. Cara scanel with more details on what the fbi is specifically looking into with regard to comey. Shimon, let me go to you first. Was it surprising to have one of the president s attorneys there at the hearing . Certainly, wolf, it was surprise forg all because we had expected to hear arguments here. We werent even sure we would be allowed in the courtroom because there was some thought this would be a sealed proceeding. But when we got inside, Michael Cohens attorneys started making some arguments. Then we learned that someone was intervening and that person was the president. His attorneys were present and they were going to argue that he, the presiden
That signature out of his own pocket. Heres the statement. Quote, we are confident that after applying Supreme Court precedent from the clinton matter, the court will order the depositions and the trial to proceed. We expect to be placing the president and his fixer under oath in the coming months, close quote. Our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta is at the white house. Hes making a reference to the deposition given by thenpresident bill clinton in the paula jones case back in 1998. Has there been a response from the white house on the prospects of the president , the current president , having to give a deposition in this case . Reporter wolf, there certainly are echoes of the 90s playing out this week over here at the white house. But as of yet, no, the white house has not responded to this prospect of the president giving a deposition in the Stormy Daniels case. Ive asked various white house officials. They havent gotten back to us yet. I suspect, wolf, when Sarah Sanders
James comey. Many republicans blasting the move of tariffs, calling it dumb. But first, a pardon that may be sending a Strong Political signal right now, the secret memo in the hands of the investigators. The president saying hes given a full pardon to desouza. Desouza pleaded guilty to violating Campaign Laws back in 2014. Among the president s previous pardons, Vice President cheneys previous staff Scooter Libby and joe arpaio. Is this a message that he has their backs if they stand by his side. And he also is considering pardoning Rod Blagojevich and Martha Stewart. Also, Andrew Mccabe has turned over a secret memo to Robert Muellers team. It raises questions about the firing of james comey and its connection to the russian probe. Lets go to our Senior Correspondent jeff zeleny. Hes traveling with the president in houston right now. Jeff, first of all, what is the president saying about the pardon of desouza and the others he may pardon . Reporter wolf, certainly the president is se
Already to be checked out medically. I cant give you an estimate. I dont know the number. I would say more than six but beyond that, i couldnt really tell you. Yeah. One of the saddest things, actually, is there were pets in the luggage compartment and i know those pets werent rescued. You said they were or werent . They were not rescued. So they are still in that compartme compartment . Yes. Oh, boy. Yeah. And likely didnt make it. Devastating. There is a few folks here that had pets in crates that they had checked and as a dog owner myself, it absolutely devastatin devastating. That is devastating because i had the dogs this weekend because my partner had to go somewhere and they are sitting in my office waiting. Because they are family. They are family. Yes. Thats awful. Listen, i got to ask you where are you now . You said that everyone was off the plane and they were trying to interview you and you said you didnt have you dont have identification because its still on the plane. Wh