Loyalty a number of times in this interview, whether he would put trump first, whether he would go out of his way to protect his former boss. Very telling was this one thing he said about how he is not going to be used anymore and he is not the bad guy in this story. Take a look. He said, i will not be a punching bag as part of anyones defense strategy. I am not a villain in the story, and i will not allow others to try to depict me that way. Very striking because up until this point, especially since the fbi raided his home and office a couple months ago, he has not been saying a lot. The fact he is coming out to say this is where i stand and im not going to be the guy that takes a bullet for President Trump, that tone of defensiveness is very, very interesting. His tone when it comes to the fbi and russia investigation very interesting. He is distancing himself from President Trump on two major issues. First as you said is this fbi raid when they came in and raided his home, his offi
Potential nominees this weekend. Weve asked the white house about it but have yet to get a response. We have to point out that one of the key issues that is going to be brought up again and again in this confirmation process is abortion, partly because key republicans like senator Susan Collins of maine may determine their vote during confirmation on whether the nominee supports roe versus wade. She told jake tapper that in a meeting with President Trump last week, she asked the president to focus on a nominee that respected legal precedent. She says its part of the reason she supported the confirmation of justice neil gorsuch. She is not alone. Other lawmakers are sort of echoing that idea. Heres senator Lindsey Graham on meet the press this morning. Im pro life. The job of a judge is to call decide cases before the court, but one of the concepts that means a lot in america is you dont overturn precedent unless theres a good reason. I would tell my pro life friends, you can be pro lif
Details about who he is thinking for his Supreme Court justice it, there are two women under consideration and we have Team Coverage tonight. Kristen fisher on the battle over row v wade, what is fueling it and what are the actual facts. We begin with David Lee Miller in new jersey as the president heads to westminster for the weekend. Donald trump spent half the flight time aboard air force one flying from joint they sanders to morristown, new jersey speaking with reporters on a variety of subjects. Among them the nomination of a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Anthony kennedy. Two women are now on a short list, a great groups of intellectual talent. In just over a week the president said he will reveal his nominee and starting this weekend he might meet with two candidates at his golf club in new jersey. We have some outstanding people. I have it down to five. The board the plane cameras were not allowed to record mr. Trumps remarks but there is audio. The president discussed j
Kristen fisher on the expanding battle over row v wade what is fueling it and what are the facts . We begin with david miller in new jersey, as the president heads to bedminister for the weekend. Good evening, david. Reporter good evening. Shannon. President trump spent about half the flight time on Board Air Force one flying from joint base andrews to morris town, new jersey speaking with reporters on a variety of subjects. Among them the nomination of a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Anthony kennedy. Mr. Trump says, as mentioned two women are on the short list. He called all of the candidates a great group of intellectual talent in just over a week the president said he will reveal his nominee. Starting this week he might meet with two candidates at his golf club in bedminister, new jersey. President trump we have 5 very outstanding people. Look, i like them all. Ive got it down to about five. Reporter now, on board the plane cameras were not allowed to record mr. Trumps remar
Where President Trump is preparing for a battle. Hes going to be interviewing Supreme Court candidates this weekend while pledging an announce the on july 9. Well start with the immigration protests. We have correspondents fanned out. Sitting here with us in studio, as we are going to be covering it over the next hour or two. We want to start in minneapolis. A reporter for the star tribune joins us on the phone. What are you seeing . Reporter hi, richard. There are quite a lot of people here. Were going up downtown minneapolis, started a few minutes ago, maybe about 20 or 30 minutes ago. And i see a crowd that stretches for, multiple blocks. I think we have seen that on facebook earlier there were about 5,000 people that were going. Many more interested in going. And were still waiting on confirmation for a final count from the police but its definitely in the thousands, slowly walking down minneapolis. Who is in the crowd and what are they saying . Reporter well, i mean its some what