Montana. President trump tweeted the secret service is unaable to confirm in fact deny any of the phone now charges that have devastated the family. Tester should resign. The great people of montana will not stand for this kind of slander when talking of a great human being. This hour, President Trump will depart the white house for michigan to give a campaignstyle speech. Its the second Straight Year he will hold a rally at the same time as the white house Correspondents Dinner. Joining me now curtis lee, and natasha bertrand. Alexi, President Trump in a series of tweets went after the senator for what he said about dr. Jackson. Is the president alone or are others weighing in too . In well t the interesting thing is hes only going after senator tester and not the others who have supported or sort of said these allegations are something to look into. I think that everyone in the white house is rallying behind Ronny Jackson so hes not alone in that way but trump knows this is a politic
Lot of reasons. First and foremost, the news was, wow, hey, finally somebody said yes, right . The president has had a lot of trouble filling out his russia legal team. By our latest count based on public reporting, best as we can tell we think the president has asked and been rejected by 12 different lawyers just in the past few weeks. Now, in a normal presidency, even a normal troubled presidency, it would be very unusual for a president to not be able to get anyone he wants to come represent him as a lawyer, right . Its the president of the United States. Its a great honor. You dont say no. It has not gone that way for President Trump, though. He hasnt been able to get any highprofile lawyers to represent him on the russia case. So, that was part of the big Rudy Giuliani news, right . Rudy giuliani is a high profile person. Hes not necessarily a highprofile lawyer. I mean, he is a lawyer, but hes not high profile because of his lawyering these days. But trump did get a yes from him.
The president of france says this of his touchyfeely bond with President Trump. History does repeat itself. In 1778, the french philosopher voltair and Benjamin Franklin met. They embraced each other and kissed each others cheek. Which can remind you of something. A little humor there to the policy of that speech in a few moments. We begin with a critical cabinet nomination in trouble, and mounting Republican Senate anger at the trump white house. Dr. Ronny jackson is the president s pick to run the Veterans Affairs administration. He says he wants a confirmation hearing to answer allegations that range from drinking too much on foreign trips with the president to leading a hostile working environment. Today, they say jackson deserve a fair hearing after lawmakers finish vetting all these allegations. Im going to make sure we have an open, fair hearing for the nominee, for the president of the United States and the interest of our veterans. Well get to the bottom of every claim and mak
I just turned and looked at my producer as well as the staff who works on my show and said, doesnt that feel like a whole bunch of other stuff is about to break . Some day, well do that show that we have planned to do in the early afternoon today, but everything has changed since then. All right, lots going on. President trump hired former new york city mayor Rudy Giuliani six days ago, to be his personal lawyer. Specifically to represent him in the russia investigation. And that was fascinating for a lot of reasons. First and foremost, the news was, wow, hey, finally, somebody said yes. All right, the president has had a lot of trouble filling out his russia legal team. By our latest count, based on public reporting, as best as we can tell, we think the president has asked and been rejected by at least 12 different lawyers, just in the past few weeks. Now, in a normal presidency, even a normal troubled presidency, it would be very unusual for a president to not be able to get anyone h
For them. Like lots of other republican household names, donald trump was running for the republican nomination for president by that point, and by that point, september 2015, nobody in republican politics actually thought he could win their partys president ial nomination. But by that time already, it was clear that he had enough support that if he wanted to, he could potentially really screw things up for the Republican Party. The party was worried that if and when donald trump lost the republican primary, he didnt get the nomination of the party for president , they were worried he might still keep running anyway, he might become a spoiler. The conventional wisdom in republican politics at that time, september 2015, was that even if trump couldnt win the nomination or the presidency, his stint as a candidate for president thus far was going well enough that it was really good for his celebrity status. It was probably good for his business, and so he would keep going with his candida