Can you imagine if were going to get the transcript of all ten hours of that testimony all on the dossier from the guy who knows enough about it to say, i stand by it . And he just spent ten hours defending it. You know what im worried about . Im worried about what time were going to get the transcript. Rachel, say its like, i dont know, 8 30 p. M. For example, just as a way of ruining your life. Ill just tell you if it comes out after dinnertime on the east coast, would i commit to doing at an minimum is just reading it out loud on tv. Just random pages. Just anything. Yeah. And it will be breaking news by definition. If it comes out by lunch time, well act it out. If it comes out by dinner time, youre just going to get it raw. Thanks, rachel. Thanks, lawrence. Well, even after issuing his very first president ial pardon, President Trump clearly does not know that the acceptance of a pardon is an admission of guilt. So by issuing a pardon on friday night to former sheriff joe arpaio,
History, and he believes in senate traditions, protocols, courtesies. He would never have said that without checking with chairman chuck grassley. So you think that hatch saying that and saying it the way he did means that both hatch and grassley would vote to release the transcript . Well, what it absolutely means is grassley has no problem with orrin hatch saying that. It doesnt necessarily mean that grassley is going to join him, but it probably means there are others who will come along. Also orrin hatch used to be the chairman of the judiciary committee. Right. Chuck grassley has complete respect for orrin hatch in this matter and, and hatch would never, never do something that chairman grassley doesnt want him to do in that committee. Can you imagine if were going to get the transcript of all ten hours of that testimony all on the dossier from the guy who knows enough about it to say, i stand by it . And he just spent ten hours defending it. You know what im worried about . Im wo
Over here. Really . Im not ready. I think we need to turn back time. Potting soil. Its the last day of hanuk h hanukkah, there you go, how wonderful. Thank you new reporting from nbc news reveals high level counterintelligence briefing from the summer of 2016, stay with me, summer of 2016 the fbi warned then cad donald trump that russians might try to infiltrate his campaign. Hmm. Citing multiple government officials familiar with the matter, the report says the warnings were timed to occur around the period when the candidates began receiving classified intelligence, which put them at greater risk from being targeted by spies. They got a clear morning. Trump was believed and warned. The way they were put. At a session 2016 about sfaj attempts from russia. Two Law Enforcement officials told nbc news, Hillary Clinton received a similar briefing and the candidates were urged to alert the fbi about any suspicious overtures to their campaign. Youd think youd tell someone, right . Im a litt
Reporter it is sort of a sense of surprise here at the white house simply because theres a big difference between declaring a Public Health emergency and declaring a president ial emergency under the emergency the National Emergency act. Much more sweeping powers, the president has, under the emergencies act, including waiving privacy laws and waiving medicare regulations, and creating the ability to have more beds to treat substance abuse. While the Public Safety emergency, the Public Health emergency we will hear about today is much more limited. We have had a number of those, and a number of those are in effect right now around the country, but the first time the last time a Public Health emergency of this type was declared goes all the way back to 2009. So the white house pushing back this morning on the idea that they have reneged or changed direction, nonetheless its clear that the white house believes a Public Health emergency is the right way to go on the Opioid Crisis. It open
Mark halperin, Washington Bureau chief and associate editor of commentary magazine and jonathan la mere. Last night as you know President Trump unveiled it was billed as a new approach to afghanistan. The 30minute speech marked a major policy reversal for donald trump who in the past has urged the United States to get out of afghanistan. My original instinct was to pull out and historically i like following my instincts, but all my life ive heard that decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk in the oval office, in other words, when youre president of the United States. A core pillar of our new strategy is a shift from a timebased approach to one based on conditions. Ive said it many times how counterproductive it is for the United States to announce in advance the dates we intend to begin or end military options. We will not talk about number of troops or our plans for further military activities. We are a partner and a friend, but we will not dictate to the Afghan Peo