The latest Political Developments of the day and interviews with top newsmakers are featured. Order is, territory now. And i wonder if theyve had a chance to explain to the president what you reported last week, that under this beefed up postenron witness tampering law, he may have more exposure than he understands. They seem to be leaning on a First Amendment defense, which is not going to hold up if your reporting holds up hes being scrutinized for the way these fit together. What Rudy Giuliani said today is this is ridiculous, the clip you played. The Idea Obstruction by tweet. He said it was bizarre and idiotic and there was nothing to it and the president can express his opinions. The thing about the president and obstruction and collusion, you know, interference or whatever you want to call it is the president usually focuses on the russia question. He says, this is a witch hunt. There was no collusion. He repeats that over and over again. The thing is that does the president rea
briefing today. the new york times publisher, i m guessing that s your boss, was in with the president not making any the new york times specific case, but simply talking about the effect around the world when the american president calls the media, generally speaking, the enemy of the people. i know it s uncomfortable to talk about yourselves and your role. we have a lot of freedom, we are by and large safe to go about doing our jobs. what was, what was the publisher of your paper trying to convey and what are the concerns to be a white house reporter under this president? well, look, i don t know about cause and effect. that s obviously something that is going to be debated. but there is a real concern these days in our newsroom and other newsrooms about the safety of journalists. there has been for a lot of time. it s hard not to watch what happened in annapolis just a few months ago, maybe two months ago the gunman who showed up, not related to the president the white house
kushner or his daughter. or his daughter, any of that calculation changes, bring it on? bill clinton had 67% approval the week he was impeached. that s a poll number played back to me by trump s allies. he d love the fight. not so much if one of his children or son-in-law were in legal trouble. i think that s where it becomes more tricky. i don t know what he will do if they go after his son or son-in-law or daughter or his other son eric trump who has openly talked about russian money coming into their businesses. i m looking at two things right now. not just the public tweets, but also his private conduct because we ve talked on the show before about how he s calling around capitol hill and all the agencies, calling the dni and calling in favors to have them in private shutdown the investigation. so i think that if it in public got to the point where they re going after his family members, we should look at his private conduct as well because as it gets closer to going after
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