Its 9am in singapore, iam in london and 8 00 in the evening in washington, where the white house has vowed to fight the news media tooth and nail, over what officials see as unfair attacks on donald trump. The new president has taken issue with estimates of the size of the crowd at his inauguration on friday. His Press Secretary says it was the biggest in history for such an event, but as our North America editorjon sopel reports, the evidence doesnt support the claim. The weightiest issues on the planet were discussed at Donald Trumps inaugural address, but what the president is in a white rage about are suggestions that the crowds for him were not as big as they were for barack obama eight years ago, even though the evidence is incontrovertible, as these two photos, each taken 45 minutes before the inauguration started, make plain. But last night, journalists were summoned to the most extraordinary White House Briefing to be told they were lying. This was the largest audience to ever
Its 9am in singapore, iam in london and 8 00 in the evening in washington, where the white house has vowed to fight the news media tooth and nail, over what officials see as unfair attacks on donald trump. The new president has taken issue with estimates of the size of the crowd at his inauguration on friday. His Press Secretary says it was the biggest in history for such an event, but as our North America editorjon sopel reports, the evidence doesnt support the claim. The weightiest issues on the planet were discussed at Donald Trumps inaugural address, but what the president is in a white rage about are suggestions that the crowds for him were not as big as they were for barack obama eight years ago, even though the evidence is incontrovertible, as these two photos, each taken 45 minutes before the inauguration started, make plain. But last night, journalists were summoned to the most extraordinary White House Briefing to be told they were lying. This was the largest audience to ever
jr. saying that they will continue to go after him. mitch mcconnell said that manchin will continue to be a target. the question is does that help him in west virginia on the ground. and then there is the longer term view around folks like susan collins. collins was not just the final yes vote, she was to democrats the knife. she was the closure, the person who really ended this thing. and already she is under enormous pressure from a crowd funding effort, from protesters and from a democratic base who sees her as the number one target in maine. here s what she said to us about that over the weekend. the crowd funding effort was clearly an attempt to intimidate me. and i don t react well to that. they have wrraised a great dealf money. but the political calculus does not enter into my decision. reporter: susan collins is the only republican senator left
i m not certain when, but i do not believe he was the assailant. we re already seeing the effects of this in particular, a crowd funding effort to raise money against collins potential 2020 opponents. this is an amount of money that broke the $3 million mark in contributions friday. we were talking early in the hour about the site crashing. how is this going to play out for her? it s certainly an open question. i think this has been her most high profile vote that could work against her in a blue state certainly. but she has been winning reelection and winning reelection comfortably for many, many years. i m going to interrupt you because we are hearing from susan collins who is speaking. let me say that i thought it was particularly important because i believe that dr. ford
feckless, feckless, woman! standing there letting trump and his appointees steal healthcare from millions of americans. steal the right to choose like women do with their bodies and you stood by there oh, i didn t know. i m so naive [bleep] you. [bleep] you. lisa: friendly. steve: i wonder where he stands. this is a crowd funding effort to get her to vote no on kavanaugh has raised more than a million dollars that will go to her opponent in 2020 if she votes yes. lisa: here to react to it someone much more friendlier than that caller seen your judge napolitano. [laughter] also with the best laugh. susan collins says this is a bribe. do you agree. no. first of all, if you know susan collins as many of us do, she is a very thoughtful, independent woman who will vote the way her heart and mind tell her to and absolutely will not be influenced by. this she won t respond to it. and she won t overreact to