Reporting. David cay johnston and his reporting, dcreporting. Org, tonight we have their first look at what they have obtained. In just a second we are going to show you exactly what it is weve got. Well walk through it with David Cay Johnston. Were going to get context on it, well get explanation of what it means. Importantly, were going to get explanation and discussion about what further avenues for reporting this may open. But let me tell you first that part of whats very important about this story, about this new document were able to bring into public discussion, part of whats most important about it is that for some reason that we cannot discern this document has been made available. This document has surfaced. It has been handed to a reporter and thats an important part of this story. That may be the most important part of this story. When donald trump declared as a president ial candidate that he would not release his tax returns, he became the first president since the waterg
Electoral fate of the man who many people considered to be forgive me sort of an extra racist dutch version of donald trump. His name is Geert Wilders. Here he is speaking at an event held on the sidelines of the Republican National convention this summer. Notice the pictures behind him . It was sort of a soft foreign aryan antiislam fest that they called twinks for trump. Geert wilders is an antimuslim radical. Hes a crusading antiimmigrant far right nativist of a sort that hasnt been seen in top tier western politics in decades. But Geert Wilders was expected to win the National Elections in the netherlands. He was expected tonight to become the new dutch Prime Minister. He did not win. He will not be Prime Minister. Were going to have more on that election result coming up tonight as well. I should tell you a lot of trump partisans in this country are very upset with Geert Wilders loss in the netherlands tonight tonight is also starting to look basically like deflation day for the b
Twitter or outloud about the ground shaking report that he asked former fbi director james comey to drop the investigation on michael flynn. Is it unusualthatwehavent heard from the president . Absolutely . This is the longest hes gone in a month without tweeting. Likely not a coincidence. Also, were waiting to hear from House Speaker paul ryan. More and more republicans are calling for a special prosecutor. Will the speaker defend the president . Were starting to invoke the i word. I think weve seen this before. I think it is reaching the point where it is of watergate size and scale. So that was senator john mccain comparing this to watergate, which did not end well for the president tat time. Also, where is former fbi director james comey now topping the list of guys you dont want to mess with. Where are his memos . When will we hear from him . So much happening this morning. Vladimir putin saying he will release the oval office transcripts. A lot going on. Evan perez has been work
Lose to make that happen could happen. Gerri willis on how the tide has turned. Shepard thats right. The cook report, a high profile often accurate political prognosticators is sevenday forecasting that the republicans could lose the house in the midterm elections. Three gop members from leaning republican to tossup categories. Representativing Mike Kauffman of colorado, steve knight of california and jason lewis of california. While 11 moved from likely republican to lean republican. An additional six lawmakers moved from solid republican to likely republican. Why . Such a bleak view for the gop . You said it. Noting the gopled American Healthcare act garnered 17 of Popular Support in a recent quinnipiac poll. Cooks poll David Wasserman wrote these words, not only did republicans hitch their names to an unpopular piece of legislation, democrats received ott valuable candidate recruitment tool. Change elections are not uncommon. The last occurred in 2006 when democrats swept the house,
Many people considered to be forgive me sort of an extra racist dutch version of donald trump. His name is Geert Wilders. Here he is speaking at an event held on the silines of the publican National Convention this summer. Notice the pictures behind him . It was sort of a soft foreign aryan antiislam fest that they called twinks for trump. Geert wilders is an antimuslim radical. Hes a crusading antiimmigrant far right nativist of a sort that hasnt been seen in top tier western politics in decades. But Geert Wilders was expected to win the National Elections in the netherlands. He was expected tonight to become the new dutch Prime Minister. He did not win. He will not be Prime Minister. Were going to have more on that election result coming up tonight as well. I should tell you a lot of trump partisans in this country are very upset with Geert Wilders loss in the netherlands tonight tonight is also starting to look basically like deflation day for the biggest republican policy priority