Character. Indicting a president. The arguments for and against filing charges if it is determined that President Trump committed a crime. Well start this hour with some new reaction for you from Stormy Daniels attorney Michael Avenatti. To this weeks bombshell, Associated Press report that the National Enquirer kept a safe with documents about hush money payments and damaging stories that it then killed about donald trump leading up to the 2016 election. Now Michael Avenatti spoke to joy reid this morning, speculating here on what might be inside that safe. Plenty of damaging information, joy. I think it is a treasure trove of documents and evidence relating to the extent that Michael Cohen and donald trump went to cover up facts, to hide facts from the American People, in connection with the 2016 election. Do you think this is mostly about paying women off. Is there there is no question. And this is as National Enquirer david pecker and long tief cfo Allen Wiselberg were granted immu
Weve been talking about it overnight in our breaking News Coverage. John mccain, 60 years of service including his military time, his time in the u. S. House, the u. S. Senate, of course, a president ial candidate nominee twice, in 2008. But his father and grandfather were also navy admirals. He was a navy fighter pilot, obviously, a p. O. W. In vietnam for five and a half years. Just a remarkable legacy of service he leaves behind. Griff it is a morning to wake up and be grateful that we had such a patriot and the remarkable things he did that embody and personify the american spirit. Tucker carlson did an obit package, and he looks back on the legacy of senator john mccain. John Sidney Mccain iii was born on a military base in the panama canal zone. Mccains grandfather accepted the Imperial Japanese surrender in tokyo bay in 1945. His father, also a fourstar general, later commanded all American Naval forces in the pacific. After graduating from Episcopal High School in virginia, mcc
Guy we talk about every day. It tell like a parting gift from aretha franklin, possibly the best hour ive had in two years is because she passed away and we got to talk about her for an hour. And the Memorial Service today ive been dancing and shaking and shimmying. It needs to be preserved for alltime in terms of that cultural moment for that memorial. It was an incredible thing. Thanks my friend. See you next week. All right. Im in for lawrence odonnell. The president of the United States loves to talk about breaking records. But he will not be bragging about the record that he broke today. President trumps disapproval is now the highest it has ever been in the Washington Post abc news poll. For the first time 60 of americans disapprove of the job that donald trump is doing as president and more than half of americans, 53 , strongly disapprove of the job donald trump is doing. Meanwhile, less than a quarter strongly approve of the president. It was just yesterday that the president t
Phil keating . Give us an update. Governor, the sometimes struggling and sometimes notorious florida election workers actually made significant and really almost complete prospect on my progress to date in dealing with the remaining t outstanding ballots that were so questionable. The hand count, as it is cold out here, but here in Palm Beach County, and most of e state, they are completely donet completely close to it. Inside the warehouse in Palm Beach County, for all the county has been goingg on, no oe inside, it is locked up for the night. Now across the state this morning and afternoon, they went through ballots, which had been kicked out by the machines, determining voter intent, if at all possible. In broward, the vast majority were under bold ballots, where the senate race had been left blank. Democrats are blaming that on ballot design. As for the senate race itself, the original vote count and recount numbers are pretty much close to the same. Republican governor rick scott
Tonight you will hear his thoughts from his own voice, part of a video diary he kept. I would like you to hear what he said the night he was defeated. Your mother is asleep in the next room. These are his reflections. Now the job is not finished. It kills me. Our kids were absolutely magnificent. Always telling me, we are proud of you, dad. I never understood how much the defeat stung him because he kept it hidden. He bottled up this sense of defeat. Brit the lose his father felt the younger bush said it wasnt just the defeat by bill clinton. Dad didnt accept the baby boomer view of dignity and honor. To be defeated by the first baby boomer was upsetting to him. Brit he was born in 1924 in milton, massachusetts to a family with a strong sense of public duty. His father prescott was a forceful figure who would become a United States senator. One of the famous stories in our family, mom, i hit a home run. And she would look at him and say how did the team do. Brit he twont school at ando