I simply said, im sorry. I cant do that. All end all in starts right im chris hayes in a stunning turn of events Senate Democrats have enough votes to filler buster the First Supreme Court nominee and poised to block what will suppose to be an easy victory for the Trump Administration after a string of major setbacks. According to conventional wisdom in washington, the president s nomination of judge neil gorsuch was a home run, just about the one thing all republicans could agree on and conflicts over dismantling obama care. The president himself, this confirmation was suppose to provide a much needed win after a series of losses. From the depth of the Health Care Bill in just a few weeks his first major legislative effort to hold up of both travel bans, to the revelation that his campaign is under fbi investigation for possible links to russia. Now, democrats are standing in the way and its up to Senate Republicans, either to accept defeat or change senate rules and kill the filler b
War of words tonight between Hillary Clinton and drup donal p trump. I want you to listen to this. So the russians, in my opinion, and based on the intel and counterintel people ive talked to, could not have known how best to weaponize that information unless they had been guided and heres guided by americans. Guided by americans and guided by people who had, you know, polling and data information. Who is that . Were getting more information about all of the contacts between Trump Campaign officials and Trump Associates with russians before, during, and after the election. So, i hope that well get enough information to be able to answer that question. But youre leaning trump. Yes. Okay. Yes. Im leaning trump. I think i think its pretty hard not to. So what was the reaction, how did the create react, kara . Well, i think it was interesting, i think people listened because it was a rifting rif rive riveting explanation from her side about what happened. A lot of these investigations, wel
Weirdly across from jill stein. Plus of course flynn was fired in february from his post as National Security adviser after just 24 days after allegedly lying about the content of secret conversations with the Russian Ambassador during the president ial transition on the crucial day that sanctions against russia were imposed. On tuesday, flynn was accused by lawmakers from both parties of potentially breaking federal law for having not disclosed payments from foreign governments including the russians, a crime punishable by up to five years in prison. Today, new developments. Democrat Elijah Cummings releasing documents showing that flynn was specifically warned in 2014 not to take money from foreign governments without advance permission and that he is now facing a formal investigation by the pentagon for potentially violating the law. The pentagons warning to general flynn was bold, italicized, and could not have been clearer. I dont care what his lawyer says. There is no such docume
Night saying quote, this is not a truthful or accurate portrayal of the conversation between the president and mr. Comey, end quote. Were covering that and much more this hour with our guest including senator angus king and Elijah Cummings, Ranking Member of the house orsight committee. Koern koer correspondents and specialists are standing by. Pamela brown is standing by bp what are you learning from your sources . Reporter we learned that james comey former fbi director wrote in a memo shortly after a meeting he had in President Trump in february that the president asked him to end the Michael Flynn probe. Of course Michael Flynn was the former National Security adviser who resigned because it became public that he spoke about sanctions with ambassador from russia. We were told that comey was appalled that the president would try to interfere in an investigation like this and wanted him to end it, that he wanted to document it and make a paper trail. He recapped part of the conversat
And north korea to calm things down. President trump tweeting this, military solutions are fully in place, locked and loaded should north korea act unwisely. Hopefully, kim jongun will find another path. Lets get the latest. Will ripley is in beijing. First, sara, to you, with the president starting the day off like this, what else should we expect from the president . Reporter well, certainly the president is not looking to soften his tone. Its interesting, there was a white house official trying to down play the president s language saying this is not new, the u. S. Always has a military option lready for military action. It is new to see a president boasting about u. S. Military might when tensions are rising with a Nuclear Power like north korea. Today, the president will be hu hunkered down. He is meeting with nikki haley, the ambassador to the united nations. Rex tillerson will be there as well as hr mcmaster. They are trying to take a lead on the diplomatic crisis. We heard a lo