Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Washington post also reports tonight the white house is preparing an Executive Order that authorizes the president to punish foreign interference in u. S. Elections. The post writes, quote, the eightpage draft order appears to be an effort to stave off aggressive legislation, including a bill introduced in congress this month and to quell criticism that trump seems to give more credence to russian president Vladimir Putins denials of interference than to u. S. Intelligence agencies conclusion to the kremlin sought to undermine the 2016 election. That comes to us as Florida Democratic senator bill nelson, whose running in a tough reelection fight, tells the tampa bay times, quote, russian operatives have penetrated some of floridas Election Systems ahead of the 2018 mid terms. He said any further information is classified. Today the white house actually did impose new sanctions on
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Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Represents what trumps lawyers expect to be their last word on muellers request for a sitdown interview. The letter from trumps lawyers leaves open the possibility of having trump answer some questions in writing. According to the two people familiar with the negotiations. Earlier today during a live radio callin show, conveniently hosted by his cocounsel jay sekulow, Rudy Giuliani called on mueller to end his investigation, but declined to get into details about these negotiations about the interview. We dont have an internal deadline. We are moving i use the phrase expeditiously through this, and understand the significant constitutional issues that are raised. But mayor, i know youve said and ive said, we want the see this come to closure soon here. Mayor . Yeah, we do. Its about time that it ends. I also think and i hope the Special Counsel is sensitive to it as we are. We do not want to run
paul: tuesday night state of the union address als paul: president trump highlighting accomplishments over the past 2 years as he heads into tough reelection fight, here on where the president stands at midpoint of his first term and challenges that lie ahead, fox news contributor and wall street columnist karl rove, served as senior advise the other president george w. bush, welcome, karl, good to see you. good to see you, paul. paul: what do you think the president is right now as he gears up, is he in a very good position as he heads into reelection? well, i think he s in a challenging position. if you take a look at where he might be which is wheree the democrats might be, 38% by parson barack obama had 42% and the president s job approval in real clear politics just below 42%, he was starting out
eight-page draft order appears to be an effort to stave off aggressive legislation, including a bill introduced in congress this month and to quell criticism that trump seems to give more credence to russian president vladimir putin s denials of interference than to u.s. intelligence agencies conclusion to the kremlin sought to undermine the 2016 election. that comes to us as florida democratic senator bill nelson, whose running in a tough reelection fight, tells the tampa bay times, quote, russian operatives have penetrated some of florida s election systems ahead of the 2018 mid terms. he said any further information is classified. today the white house actually did impose new sanctions on russia, but not for election meddling. the administration is penalizing the kremlin for using chemical weapons against an ex-spy and his daughter in the uk, a decision that congress had to push the white house to make. meanwhile, republican senator rand paul is in moscow this week, of all place, a
washington post also reports tonight the white house is preparing an executive order that authorizes the president to punish foreign interference in u.s. elections. the post writes, quote, the eight-page draft order appears to be an effort to stave off aggressive legislation, including a bill introduced in congress this month and to quell criticism that trump seems to give more credence to russian president vladimir putin s denials of interference than to u.s. intelligence agencies conclusion to the kremlin sought to undermine the 2016 election. that comes to us as florida democratic senator bill nelson, whose running in a tough reelection fight, tells the tampa bay times, quote, russian operatives have penetrated some of florida s election systems ahead of the 2018 mid terms. he said any further information is classified. today the white house actually did impose new sanctions on