Put what on the president . This idea that you just said the the New York Times is reporting that the president approved either wrote or approved the that is not an outlandish suggesting. I take the the New York Times reporting on its face and why wouldnt a father thats president of the United States want to have a say in what his son was putting out that involves him and his presidency. Seems like a legitimate thing thats why i asked. 39yearold son whose running the Trump Corporation and the trump organization, so he doesnt need to be looked over the shoulder by his father. Heres what i think we need to really focus on and obviously i appreciate you having me on. I need to be clear about three things here. Number one, the president was not aware of the meeting, did not attend the meeting and was only made aware of the emails very recently by counsel and not seen the emails. In fact, you know, i didnt see the email until yesterday and im one of the lawyers. So there you have it. Okay.
with identity politics and standing for as republicans and rather than blaming the democrats and the republican parly be to lose and we ll win this year in a land side as i expect we will if we can do this. about donald trump and he said he wanted to save democracy but the process from the left has been to remove tram from the ballot and oral arlts start in earl reigns leading february and
the new piece of it is in many ways people in this country have largely moved on or tried to move on from the pandemic. we ve heard the pandemic itself, covid, is largely over. so you ve got to fit what we re seeing now into that broader context. that s right. there is so difference here. we re talking about a policy that we heard a lot about in the first 2 1/2 years of the pandemic, especially early on. now we ve talking about different rlts here. let s be clear. we re seeing a new variant, out of new york specifically. spikes in the northeast. it s a very contagious version of this virus. if you re not vaccinated, especially medically higher risk in the last few months, you re at risk. we re seeing hospitalizations and deaths in new york where have variant is speaking up. we re not over this. i recognize that the country is,
hearing on capitol hill. brian: latest poll shows that vulnerable democrats might want to think twice. steve: griff jenkins is live in washington to explain. griff, they ve got to take the vote today because the secret of congress in washington is they really only work tuesday, wednesday, thursday and today is thursday. brian: they worked last weekend. griff: that s right. steve: barely. griff: the secret is out of the bag. picking up where they left off last night. mark-up session starts in two hours. members of that judiciary committee working hard debating and approving amendments for the arlts of impeachment. we expect a party vote to move it along party lines go. to the house for a vote next week. jerry nadler began the session asking members to consider the evidence of what the consequences of failing to act would be. you cannot rely on an election to solve our problems where the president threatens the very integrity of that election. so, with the heavy heart, my duty to our c
wednesday s first impeachment hearing in the house judiciary committee. that is the committee which will determine whether to bring actual arlts of impeachment. the judiciary committee chairman jerry nadler has also imposed a second deadline, 5:00 p.m. next friday, for the white house to respond to whether or not the president intends to call witnesses or present evidence in the broader house hearings. and there are also two other major events coming up in week. we re expecting a report from the house intelligence committee with findings from the historic private and public impeachment hearings, plus the president is on his way to london, a long-planned trip, to meet with leaders at the 70th anniversary of the nato alliance. that summit is likely to be strained by the white house s decision to substantially cut u.s. contributions to the central nato budget. cnn white house correspondent jeremy diamond is with the president in florida this holiday weekend. jeremy, i just listed everythi