Martin luther king jr. s friend, john lewis, gets tonights last word. Up next, new reporting white house chief of staff john kelly warned epa director skon pruitt the scandals had to end. Thats on The 11th Hour with Brian Williams and that starts now. Tonight, the president may feel relief, but hes not off the hook in the Russia Investigation. As new questions emerge about him being a subject. And legal advice for donald trump is offered up this evening on fox news. Plus what happens when Robert Mueller delivers his report . Well ask a powerful member of the Senate Judiciary committee. And reality check. Donald trump on day 440. Learning that enacting policy as president is a lot harder than delivering an Applause Line on the stump. The 11th hour on a wednesday night begins now. Although he is a subject . There was no collusion between the president and russia, so nothing has changed. We know what we did and what we didnt do. So none of this comes as much of a surprise. The Washington
free trader. and the republican party used to be for free trade but donald trump isn t. the truth is with donald trump you can probably find him saying a lot of different things on almost any different issue and point to that particular moment. the most consistent thing he has said, of course, is the free trade agreements of the last quarter century or so have been bad for the country, have been poorly negotiated, and that he plans to rip them up or change them to the benefit of the united states. not exactly the message that larry kudlow was sending today. larry kudlow was trying to reassure our trading partners, trying to tamp down the idea this is going to be kind of a global conflict over trade. and there s something to kristen s question which goes back to what we were just saying. is his talk about ripping up the iran deal, ripping up nafta, pulling out of syria, how much of this is intentionally maximized in order to gain advantage in negotiation in which his good cop/bad cop
time, i believe in free trade. but it has to be reciprocal trade. he always qualifies it. that s not what larry kudlow said, larry kudlow said, he is a free trader. and the republican party used to be for free trade but donald trump isn t. the truth is with donald trump you can probably find him saying a lot of different things on almost any different issue and point to that particular moment. the most consistent thing he has said, of course, is the free trade agreements of the last quarter century or so have been bad for the country, have been poorly negotiated, and that he plans to rip them up or change them to the benefit of the united states. not exactly the message that larry kudlow was sending today. larry kudlow was trying to reassure our trading partners, trying to tamp down the idea this is going to be kind of a global conflict over trade. and there s something to kristen s question which goes back to what we were just saying. is his talk about ripping up the iran deal,
is his talk about ripping up the iran deal, ripping up nafta, pulling out of syria, how much of this is intentionally maximized in order to gain advantage in negotiation in which his good cop/bad cop staff pulls him back from some seemingly extreme version of events to something more tenable that the allies and other partners have to meet him more in the middle? that s an interesting question that i don t know we really have a good answer to. anita, i ll ask you to answer this. how much of this is i ll throw out a bush-era word, tra stingry? i m for protectionism, i m against trade, which is exactly what a lot of his working-class base wants to hear. when the republicans on capitol hill lose their mind, larry kudlow comes out, when the markets lose their minds, comes out, tries to soothe the waters. who s donald trump going to
working one job but they re working two jobs or maybe three jobs to bring in enough income to pay the bills? no question, democrats see the problem. donald trump does have a lot of support among blue collar workers. people who work with their hands, at dpt saonald trump say. democrat have a problem dpop th. do they have a solution? elizabeth warren came out with a 20-page report why donald trump is bad for the country. they haven t come up with the right solution. you ve heard a lot from democrats saying the president hasn t kept promises on trade. said he would label china currency manipulator. rip up nafta. now renegotiating. we don t know where it ends up. enough? can we know the answer to the