President s assertion of a National Emergency here is unprecedented. This statement from former Senior National Security Officials who have served both republican and democratic administrations, this declaration from them comes as Congress Prepares to vote on a resolution that would block the president s declaration of an emergency, which he is using to try to build his wall between the United States and mexico. One of the things we will be talking about with john bren and then otherwise this hour is the fact that that congressional resolution is going to be brought up in the house of representatives tomorrow where it will definitely pass. And then Republican Senate leader Mitch Mcconnell will not actually have the opportunity to do his usual everyday trick where he doesnt allow things for a vote if the president doesnt want him too. In this case Mitch Mcconnell has no choice but to allow for a vote on this resolution, blocking the president from declaring an emergency. I mean, we wont
When nixon won that president ial election in 1968, he appointed that same John Mitchell, the guy who had run his campaign to be attorney general. Attorney general of the United States. Now John Mitchell would eventually be convicted on multiple felonies in conjunction with the watergate scandal and would serve 19 months in prison. Nixons second attorney general was a man named richard kleindeitz. His tenure as attorney general ended on the day when nixon tried to stop the watergate investigation by basically cleaning house at 1,600 pennsylvania avenue. On april 30th, 1973. Nixon tried to essentially cauterize the bleeding wound of watergate by all at one time, all in one day, getting rid of his white house counsel, his white house chief of staff, his top domestic aide and his attorney general. They all quit or got fired all at once, all on that one day. And funnily enough, that stunt did not end the watergate scandal and all four of the men who resigned or were fired from the Nixon Ad
Vivid and troubling picture of the cost of the ongoing shutdown. The failure to fund the fbi undermines essential fbi operations such as those designated to combat crimes against children, drug and gang crimes and terrorism. Payroll deadline at midnight. Meaning hundreds of thousands of federal employees are more likely to miss a second paycheck. You dont want, you know, the Mortgage Company to tell us, you know, were going to be starting the, you know, foreclosure process. I mean, thats stressful. With no end in sight. This is like the most horrible experience ever. Because i need my i need my cancer treatments. I need whatever medical necessities that come along with this disease. So thats what scares me most. When was the last discussion about this trump tower deal . Because rudy got everybody really confused, i have to say. He goes on meet the press and says could have been through the election. Then he said he was talking in hypothetical terms. The reality is, it wasnt a deal. We
Questions they ask in the documentation you have to provide, its a ton of financial stuff. A big part of the way they assess you in terms of whether some adversary or crook might be able to leverage something against you, part of the way they check that is to check your finances. If youre going to have access to Sensitive National security or intelligence related information, they want to make sure youre not going to be susceptible to bribery, literally selling your country for cash. If you are in financial dire straits, or if you are in debt up to your eyeballs, if you have Financial Burdens of any kind that might cause you real stress, thats a big red flag. So they stress test you financially before you can get a security clearance and if youre an fbi agent, looking at the outset of your career while employed as an agent at the fbi, they will go back and frequently recheck that aspect of your life to make sure your financial situation has not changed to open you up to that pressure o
Now. Good evening, rachel. Thank you very much my friend. Thank you at home for joining us this hour. Happy monday. There has been a lot of news today. Theres been a lot of news in the past couple of days. This is sort of an important moment, i think, that we are in, in the trump presidency, potentially in modern american history. But in terms of understanding whats about to happen next, i think we actually need to start with a little modern american history. In 1968, when Richard Nixon ran for president , his campaign was directed by one of his long time friends, an attorney named John Mitchell. When nixon won that president ial election in 1968, he appointed that same John Mitchell, the guy who had run his campaign to be attorney general. Attorney general of the United States. Now John Mitchell would eventually be convicted on multiple felonies in conjunction with the watergate scandal and would serve 19 months in prison. Nixons second attorney general was a man named richard kleinde