The russia investigation in disgraced and discredited. The president s tweet coming after the New York Times revealed over the weekend that White House Counsel Don Mcgahn is cooperating, extensively, with team mueller. Cnn has learned that President Trumps personal lawyers were not give a full account of what exactly was discussed there, but President Trump says mcgahn is not a rat and insist he allowed mcgahn to be interviewed. Remember here, you and i, american taxpayers, pay mcgahns salary and not the president. We start with Jeremy Diamond live at the white house. Tell me more about the communication between trumps legal team, his personal lawyers, and the white House Counsel, don mcgahn. It kicked off this weekend with the remarkable revelation that you mentioned that the white house and the president s personal legal team were not fully debriefed by don mcgahn or his attorney about the 30 hours of enter vice that we can now confirm that don mcgahn sat for with special counsels te
For the sake of some half baked spur yus nationalism cooked up by people who would rather fine xam goscapegoats th solve problems. Always with honor. In the end it matters less that you can fight. What you fight for is the real test. This morning we remember john mccain. Ill talk to Hillary Clinton and his Arizona Senate colleague jeff flake. Plus, President Trumps nightmare week. My elcohen pleas guilty and Paul Manafort found guilty. Ill talk to a leading democrat on the house Judiciary Committee. How has this impacted Approval Ratings . We have a new poll taken before and after the paul and manafort stories broke. Joining me, tom broe okay, andrea mitchell, susan page and david broaddy. Welcome to sunday for a special edition of meet the press. Good sunday morning. He was a warrior, a politician, statesman and maverick. The news that senator john mccain died late yesterday at his home in arizona was not unexpected. But it was no less tragic. Some deaths leave a greater hole in our n
Abusive priests. All that coming up. Lets begin with the breaking news. Hurricane maria killed thousands more than initially reported. That according to a new study commissioned by the government of puerto rico. Researchers from George Washington university here in washington say the correct death toll should be 2,975. Thats up from just 64. Lets go to our correspondent layla santiago. Shes here in washington over at George Washington university. Youve been doing a lot of excellent reporting on all of this. This is a massive, massive change. Remember, these are all u. S. Citizens were talking about. Update our viewers. What can you tell us . Reporter well, i just finished talking to the two lead researchers on this study, and the big question now, wolf, this study commissioned by puerto rico, has found 2,975 to be the number of excess deaths, but will the government of puerto rico now take this study, now take this number and make it the official death toll . I have reached out to the
Ibanez in for jillian mele. Rob happy monday, thanks for getting up with us, fox news alert, special operations helicopter crashing in iraq, several u. S. Service members on board are reportedly injured this according to newsweek. Return to go base after small raid, military officials telling this week crash likely happened after some type of mechanical malfunction, we will keep an eye for you. Rob absolutely. 149 hostages abducted by the taliban in ambush but Officials Say insurgents are Still Holding people hostage at this time. The ambush comes despite announcement from afghan officials of fourday cease fire with Taliban Group and secretary pompeo praising cease fire. We remain ready to support, facilitate and participate in direct negotiations between Afghan Government and the taliban. Meantime National Security john bolton says hes open to the idea of america privatizing our longest war in afghanistan. Theres always discussion, im always open to new idea but i will not comment on
Far less money than his rivals, he ran hard to the left, for abolishing i. C. E. , for legalizing marijuana. He connected with the Grassroots Energy of a Democratic Base that has come alive with activism in the trump era and gillum will now face republican congressman ron desantis. He thanked the president profusely. He has forged a bond with the very voters who powered trump in 2016. These are two candidates, gillum and desantis, two nominees who very much reflect the values and passions of their respective parties bases and that means that this race in florida might offer all of america a preview of 2020, of what happens when these two powerful forces, the trumpian right and the resistance left collide in one of the biggest and most crucial swing states on the map. Already today, we got our first skirmish. Hours after his victory, desantis found himself in controversy when he said these words about gillum on fox news. He is an articulate spokesman for those far left views and hes a c