The House Judiciary Committee. But he is staying put in congress, at least for now as a powerful ally comes to his defense. And tripling down. President trump continues to weigh in on the Alabama Senate race without mentioning republican candidate roy moores name. New tweets that take aim once again at the democrat in the race. We begin with democratic senator al franken breaking his silence after mounting allegations of Sexual Misconduct. He spoke to cbs affiliate today. Hasnt your credibility been undermined . I i would say, yes. And i have a long way back. I have a long way back to win back the trust of the people of minnesota. I have let the people down. Ive let the people of minnesota down. Ive let my friends and staff and supporters down. My family down. I have especially let down the people who have seen me as a champion for women. And the senator continued his apology tour with an appearance on minnesota public radio. And im taking responsibility. I apologize to the women who h
Why i did for him and shoplifting is no big deal. I should have left them in jail. Later he writes shoplifting is a very big deal in china as it should be, five to ten years in jail. Should have gotten his son out during my next trip to china instead. China told them why they were released. Very ungrateful. Ball is an outspoken and controversial figure in the sports world. He said this to espn when asked about trumps role in freeing his son and his teammates, quote, who . What was he over there for. Everybody wants to make it seemed like he helped me out. Boris sanchez, throughout these whole ordeal, trump wanted to make sure everyone knew he personally intervened. Thats absolutely right. Shortly after it was confirmed that they would be released and we found out from the white house it was President Trump who personally asked chinese president xi jinping to release these students to the United States, the president tweeted out, wondering allowed if these students would actually thank
Shepherd smith reporting live from the fox newsdesk. Shepard a live look now, at the white house. Were waiting for President Trump to hold a news offense with the Prime Minister of norway. We expect President Trump will take questions, and will do so shortly. Well bring it to you as it begins. This comes as the white house is firing back after a federal judge temporarily blocked the president s decision to end so thecalled dreamers program. The hundreds of thousands of imgrnts whose parents brought them to the u. S. As children without documents. President trump ended the program in september. And he Gave Congress until march to come up with a replacement. The judge ruled that ending the program could cause serious, irreparable harm to young immigrants. The white house calling the judges decision outrageous. The hulg came after just i should say hours after yesterdays rare oncamera negotiation of sorts over immigration, the president today calling his meeting with lawmakers from both p
Wednesdays hearing on capitol hill. I think that the main focus right now is to have the president and his counsel who you know are given the same privileges as president nixon and president clinton had to participate and engage in this impeachment process, even to the point that if we have executive sessions on the Judiciary Committee, they are invited to participa participate, and we are certainly hoping that the president and his counsel will take advantage of that. This all comes as congress is getting ready to shape up a busy week of the investigation including the house Judiciary Committees first public hearing. One member of that committee who has participated in the past three impeachment probes is sharing why this one is different. Unlike some of the other proceedings, we got the best evidence at the very beginning. To do me a favor though phone call laid out really a this for that improper scenario where the foreign aid that was a law to be released was being held for a perso
Wbur and msnbc contributor. Kimberly, youve seen the documents and all of the reporting about it. What do you see as being significant about them . Well, what it does is it creates a clear connection between this effort to remove the ukrainian ambassador, to recall her, and secretary of state mike pompeo and Rudy Giuliani. It just adds more factual basis to the two weeks of testimony that we just saw in the impeachment hearings, which shows an effort to remove yovanovitch from her post because giuliani and others who were a part of this parallel tract focused on this investigation, getting an investigation by ukrainian officials of joe biden. They saw her as an impediment to that, and this is a key part of this entire narrative that the democrats were laying out this week. And these documents show exactly how that took place, with the phone calls leading up to her recall. Okay. So, you have the state department denying congressional investigators access to the documents. And the way th