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Protect americans. Thats why we are asking democrats to come to the table, sit down with us. Negligent. Dont be obstructionist. Dont be a party that says no because it is the president. Do what you were elected to do help americans, protect americans, give americans the best life they can have. Join with the president in the fight. I guarantee you well have an incredible six years like we have had over the last two years under this president s leadership. Yes or no, are you inviting the house leadership to the white house today . Im not aware of a meeting. I wouldnt be surprised if there was outreach between our team and members of the hill throughout the day and throughout the weekend. Sarah sanders, thank you very much for coming on. As i said, Robert Mueller threw us a giant curve ball today and you still agreed to come and take questions. We commend you for that. Thanks, john. Its a busy morning at the white house between the shutdown and the arrest of roger stone. Our cameras were
Lawmakers questions. The questions begin with whitakers threemonth oversight of the Mueller Probe which he spent much of the Previous Year attacking on television, radio and online. Well bring you the session live. It begins at 9 30 a. M. Eastern at the bottom of the hour. Until then we have experts and analysts standing by beginning with manu raju on capitol hill. For a guy who has only had this job since November Whitaker and who will be replaced likely this month, there is a lot of drama around this. Reporter no question about it. The firing of Jeff Sessions that occurred after the midterm elections, democrats have a lot of questions about the circumstances of the hiring of matt whitaker, whether the president had discussions with him about whether he would recuse himself of overseeing the mueller investigation, why whitaker decided not to recuse himself, whether the president talked to him about the Michael Cohen guilty plea and the fact that federal prosecutors implicated the pres
Journal reporting sondland frequently updated top officials on efforts to convince ukraine to launch investigations the president was demanding. Among them, Energy Secretary rick perry and mick mulvaney, who famously said this about trumps pressure campaign. We do that all the time, with foreign policy. I have news for everybody, get over it. Theres going to be political influence in foreign policy. Also released this weekend, a deposition from former top official, tim morrison. He told officials that sondland was acting at the direction of the president and that he spoke to a top ukrainian official about exchanging military aid for investigations. Republicans trying to shift the blame for mounting trouble away from the president. Those individuals who leaked this, this is all coming out into public has weakened that relationship. It exposed things that didnt need to be exposed. It would have been better off if this happened behind the scenes. Funding would have been restored and the r
A. M. In laondon and 5 00 p. M. I hong kong. The focus is on one, gordon sondland, head of the e. U. He frequently updated top officials on efforts to convince ukraine to launch investigations the president was demanding. Among them, Energy Secretary rick perry and mick mulvaney, who famously said this about trumps pressure campaign. We do that all the time, with foreign policy. I have news for everybody, get over it. Theres going to be political influence in foreign policy. Also released this weekend, a deposition from former top official, tim morrison. He told officials that sondland was operating at the request of the president. Republicans trying to shift the blame for mounting trouble away from the president. Those individuals who leaked this, this is all coming out into public has weakened that relationship. It exposed things that didnt need to be exposed. It would have been better off if this happened behind the scenes. Funding would have been restored and the relationship with