It remains to be seen whether democrats with some republican help will have any chance of an override of that veto. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts starts us off tonight as he often does from the north lawn. Good evening, john. Bret, good evening. President trump was working republican senators hard today trying to stanwyk the bleeding. In the end it wasnt as bad as it could have been but it was pretty bad. President trump not known to be a man of few words said it all in what is likely his shortest tweet ever. Veto. 12 republicans defected to vote against the administration. A stunning rebuke of the president. Mitt romney made it clear it was not about building a border wall. Its a question about the balance of power that is core to our constitution. This is not about the president or about Border Security. In fact, i support Border Security. I support the construction of a border barrier. In the oval office with requireds Prime Minister earlier today the president insist
In the effort to remove venezuelas disputed president and his socialist government. The american leader saying in the rose garden Even Stronger sanctions may be coming. He spoke with reporters this afternoon alongside the visiting brazilian president. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts was there. A lovely afternoon in the rose garden it was. So far the effort to oust Nicolas Maduro has been unsuccessful, there have been some cracks in his regime but none big enough to wedge him ou out. Venezuela was topic a in President Trumps first meeting with the new brazilian president jair bolsonaro, President Trump indicating he has no idea when Nicolas Maduro may step down if ever. President trump im not being told any specific time but we havent done the tough sanctions yet, we can do the tough sanctions and all options are open. Brazil shares a border with venezuela and has been assisting the u. S. And giving humanitarian aid to venezuelans fleeing economic collapse. Jair bolsonaro i
Better message and a better vision for america. Now we are seeing that theyve gotten beat again when it comes to the Mueller Report. They were convinced. Not only were they convinced, they went out and lied about what they expected the Mueller Report to tell america. And they got it wrong, they got it wrong in 2016, theyve gotten it wrong again. Harris meanwhile, Top Democrats are requesting the attorney general testify as soon as possible to talk about his decisions regarding the Mueller Report. Two Congressional Correspondent mike emanuel now with more on capitol hill. This is heating up. No doubt about it. Good afternoon tea. A key conservative at the house is democrats are getting desperate. I dont know whether that may be reduction. They are and cover it. Theyve already question the very intention and basically at the ethics of the sitting attorney general, which is abhorrent. They didnt like the ruling. They didnt like that they came out their summer report and barr pass informat
The caliphate is gone as of tonight. [cheering and applause] very good. Thats pretty good, right . Jon Benjamin Hall is reporting live from syria where u. S. Forces are working to finish crushing the terror group. Benjamin. President trump saying that the caliphate is finished very imminently. Were hearing the same thing on the ground out here. The announcement has not yet been made officially. There are some pockets to be cleared. But there is nothing left of their last stronghold. For the First Time Since weve been here in syria five days covering this offensive, the bombs have stopped dropping, the gunfire has disappeared. There is an eerie calm now. I think we have witnessed the end of the caliphate. This town and the final emotion campment is thought to be empty with a few isis fighters found last night. The job is in a clearing stage. U. S. Military strikes made this job possible and there is a lot of gratitude from people on the ground about that. You see signs of us air power h
Forward and should go for a full examination and a trial in the United States senate my vote would be yes. Even Mitch Mcconnell is adding to the drum beat. The New York Times reports the Senate Majority leader now believes an impeachment trial is inevitable. All this is happening after a week of bombshells in and around the white house. With the biggest one blowing up what has been President Trumps prime defense in the ukraine scandal. No quid pro quo. But thursday acting white house chief of staff Mick Mulvaney admitted there was. Today he is meeting with republican lawmakers at camp david possibly facing the fire for having said this. Did he also mention to me that the corruption related to the dnc server . Absolutely. No question about that. But thats it. Thats why we held up the money. You just described a quid pro quo. It is funding will not flow unless the investigation into the democratic server happens as well. We do that all the time. With Foreign Policy. I have news for every