Near the president s maralago resort in west palm beach, florida. Mark . Good evening, jon. The white house continues to stand behind the attorney general bill barr, even as you mentioned, the number of democrats that are continuing to grow that are calling for bill barrs resignation. Now, this controversy comes after what you were just talking about, the decision by federal officials to intervene in the case that was going on against former trump associate roger stone. Prosecutors were first pushing for a seven to nineyear jail sentence for jones. They overruled that recommendation pushing for a lesser sentence. The attorney general told abc news this week this has nothing to do with the president. Did anybody from the white house call you to try to influence you . No. I have not discussed the roger stone case at the white house. Barr however did take a swipe at the president during that same interview, in which he said the president s constant tweets and comments on Justice Departmen
Spent the weekend. We begin with phil keating who is outside the Daytona International speedway. Phil . Jon, the daytona 500, the 67th running of the greatest american race is currently in a hold pattern right now. The red flag is out after we had a bit of a deluge of rain about an hour, hour and a half ago. So since then, theres been somewhat of an exodus of nascar race fans leaving, not willing to endure potentially more rain, and so as for the race, it could resume any time now or tonight or they may actually try to finish it up tomorrow because they still have 180 laps to go. But it was a sunny sky day before the race when air force one did a very cool and very low flyover of the Daytona International speedway, thrilling the 100,000 fans inside the stands. Air force one did a lap and then landed next door at the airport, where the president and first lady melania descended the stairs and got into the beast. The president s armored vehicle. And then it was into the speedway where th
Major night of fundraising in florida saturday night. As we watch the sunday shows today, he and attorney barr are getting a lot of criticism from democrats. In palm beach. A whole lot of politics. Hi, mark. Hi, leland. Good afternoon. The president did have some fundraisers. 10 million to his reelection warchest. At this hour, the president is no longer in west palm beach, he is making his way to daytona. Serving as the grand marshal to this years race. We want to show you video as they left just a little while ago to make their way up to daytona. You will notice that the president and first lady will be using the president ial limo sometimes known as the beast on the racetrack. He will not be staying in daytona very long. Speaking of d. C. , the controversy surrounding attorney general bar, he remains front and center. Several calling for bill barr to step down after the Justice Department overruled prosecutors handling the case against roger stone. Bar should resign. He should leave
West palm beach, florida. Hi, mark. Hi, leland, good afternoon. The Justice Department is fielding questions after a slew of questions. And there has been so much speculation on recent developments involving multiple cases. President trump did not speak with reporters as he made his way to florida. His trip came days after bill barr told that the president s constant tweets are impacting the Justice Department. The president has never asked me to do anything in a criminal case. However, to have public statements and tweets made about the department, about people in the department, our men and women here, about cases pending in the department, and about judges before whom we have cases, make it impossible for me to do my job. The attorney general is denying that President Trump is involved in the departments case against former trump associate roger stone. Stone was convicted on multiple counts of lying to congress. And prosecuted recommended between seven and nine years. And we learned
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