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how important this process is, to getting confirmation, as we saw what happened in 1986. more importantly, i think he took head on a lot of the critics and criticism of decisions that he s made and votes he s cast. and i thought in particular, with cory booker becoming historic, you saw the first sho for the 2020 democratic nomination for president. let s just put that on the table. certainly, that s part of the drama and theater of what he chose to do. but i also found it somewhat ironic that just in january of 2016, in legislation that he co-sponsored with mr. sessions, that celebrated those who walked from walked the selma mile, if you will, that he referred to him as it was a great honor to work with him and that he appreciated his commitment to civil rights. and yet now sees him as he referred to him as a danger with danger to our country, as he s been quoted to say. the politics is not lost here. i think everyone in this town understands that. and to have this stag ....
this is the movie of comic books, like he s playing a president. he s doing this thing, which he s talking away action heroes talk, not the way presidents talk with the power of life and death in their hands. we ve turned to the north koreans and kim jong-un, if he takes a provocative measure, if he fires on guam, i think we re going to take military action. i m almost sure the president can t retreat from this position. once military blows are exchanged, i think the chance of going to all-out conventional war are significant. he still doesn t have a usable nuclear capability. i don t think we re going to go there. but i do think the president is saying he s prepared to go to nuclear conflict. one of the more chilling moments on this network today. and with that, let s bring in our leadoff friday night panel. welcome to all. matthew, can you walk us through the evolution of donald trump s language of this week? first of all, we note that we can only hope the expression lo ....
tries to clean up trump s tweet, saying he knew general flynn lied to the fbi when he urged then-fbi director jim comey to drop the investigation into flynn. the president s tweet raising serious questions about whether the president obstructed justice. here s sarah sanders late today. look, the president knew that he lied to the vice president. that was the reason for his firing. the problem is, that is not at all what the president tweeted four days ago when he fired off this tweet. quote, i had to fire general flynn because he lied to the vice president and the fbi. the white house has made it very clear, president trump s tweets are, quote, official statements by the president of the united states. no matter who might draft, tweak, or actually type them. in this case, lawyer john dowd, the first person ever to take the blame for a presidential tweet. trump s tweet and sarah sanders explanation simply are not the same. they contradict each other. they also don t match cnn ....
virginia lieutenant governor ralph northam. democratic candidate for governor. we ll be watching next week to see how you do. thank you for joining us, sir. thanks so much, katy. that wraps things up for me this hour. ali velshi, my friend it is friday. are you done? the president is overseas. right. i think we re going to have a quiet weekend. i don t know. just say it. might have a quiet weekend. there s always one. i have property to sell you in florida. katy have a great afternoon and i hope you do have a quiet weekend. i hope we all do. i m ali val shi, as katy alluded to, president trump will arrive in hawaii, the one stop before he kicks off his high-stakes visit to asia. the longer overseas trip of any president since 1991, but the president is traveling with some hefty political baggage as the russia investigation looms. mr. president, do you remember george papadopolos during that march meeting i don t remember much about that meeting. it was a ve ....
running the trump organization. it worked that way in the campaign and in the white house. people like gary cohn, one of his chief economic advisers, peter navarro, he would have them battle it out about tariffs. navarro s side ended in winning. that s also been trump s long-held view about tariffs. gary cohn later resigned, mostly because of that decision made by the president. but he is someone who, in our reporting, shows in recent weeks he s grown more and more frustrated with some of the advice from his straf. he s also grown more and more frustrated more of his staff is leaving, but at the same time, he feels a little liberated, he s been telling people close to him that he wants to trust his instincts, trust his gut. he thinks that s what won him the election in 2016 and that s what he waunnts to rely on more and more in the white house, and we re seeing that this week in particular, the decision on tariffs and the surprising decision on north korea. how much does tha ....