third article, all the time robert mueller s new boss railed against the russia probe. trump s pick to replace jeff sessions said once mueller risk becoming a witch-hunt. and finally an article entitled trump s new acting attorney general once mused about defending robert mueller. without objection, these documents will be placed in the record. and i recognize the gentleman for five minutes. thank you, mr. chairman. mr. whitaker, i m going to be really straight with you up front. i m going to cut you off if you make long speeches. we have very limited time. you do not need to thank me for asking the question or compliment me that it s a good question. i m assuming they re all good questions and you re grateful. one, were you briefed by the special counsel. you acknowledged that. did you share that information with any members of your staff, the information learned in the briefing from the special counselor his team? congressman, as i previously testified, there was one other indi
majority. the governor s race and how it gets into redistricting, that s a big deal. leland: the margin that de santis is up is significantly larger than the margin for rick scott. a recount would have to drastically change things in order to change the governor s race. gillian: democrats are all for ma chew whitaker to recuse himself. president trump says whitaker will oversee the mueller probe. allison barber has the latest. reporter: the top democrat in the senate sent a letter to the president questioning the legality of whitaker s appointment. a letter was sent, asking for materials to be preserved in part because the committees plan to investigate sessions debar churr. democrats say president trump asked jeff sessions to step down because of president is trying to undermine the special council s russia investigation and they say the man trump named
gillian: joe de de santis, thak you for joining us. thank you. leland: protesters on the ground in broward county as the recount begins. will it be 2000 deja vu. and on our borders, the troops are there. our political panel breaks down president trump s new push to prevent asylum seekers in the united states. and presiden president trump s g attorney general already under fire. will he have to recuse himself from the mueller investigation?
trip getting worse after that diplomatic beginning, john. well, you know, leland, sometimes you say things and they re taken in one context and when you sit down with somebody, it turns out that they might have been in a different context and that may, indeed, what happened here. don t forget, the french president s popularity ratings have been plummeting in the last few months. his approval rating now stands at 29%. a lot of people in the united states suggesting that president trump spt isn t very popular, when the french president is not popular as well. the president had most of the schedule canceled today because of the weather, very dark and forboding in paris. he was supposed to go to the cemetery northeast of the city, but his helicopter was grounded because of the weather. the chief of staff, and the joint general chief of staffs joe dunford filled in for the president, taking cars a little more than an hour northeast of
city, l.a. county to help make it a good community, and continue this support. so thank you for what you re doing. if anybody has any questions, we are going to go ahead and take them as we go. questions. you want to do it afterward. my apologies. leland: the briefing wrapping up in in thousand oaks, california as the fires out way to the beach. jeff paul on the ground, on the ground in paris, france is our own john roberts travelling with president trump. ahead of the trip there, the french president said that he wanted a military force staffed by the europeans and president trump responded that n.a.t.o. should first pay get their fair share from the french. it would be hard to imagine the