Confessore. Republican strategist and political commentator susan dell persio and jim vandehye. You are one nice guy, weve always known that about you, political analyst, Michael Steele. You are one patient man. Do you want to tell everybody that doesnt know what were talking about it. Well get to it. Well get to it. Michael, that was surreal. Quite an experience you had there. Tweeted over the weekend, known you for a very long time, ive known matt who runs cpac for a very long time and i was of course we were all stunned that somebody said it was a mistake to select you as the head of the Republican Party because you were black, but then matts nonapology to you and then just not even a suggestion, basically saying you deserve the criticism because youve been critical of donald trump. Yeah. And this was that moment for me was the final trumpification of the Republican Party. Matt could not see the forest through the trees. He was blinded by an apparent loyalty to whatever the presiden
I mean youve been playing football for a long time. Whats your personal experience . Do you think theres any truth to that . Well, again, i do think that were in a time whether because of social media or because of the presidency, people are getting outside of, i guess, the pleasantries are maybe the protocol of how to talk to people. Its really disgusting on both sides. Its disgusting to look at my social media feed and see people say stfu or go back to wherever, people say shut up and play. Ive had that plenty of times too, depending on what side of an issue ive come out on. I do think that the president has the ability to set the atmosphere and the temperature and the climate for how we interact with each other. Whether we agree with him or not, theres always a certain way to speak to people, theres a certain amount of respect we should have for people, for their humanity. When you use obscenities, when you say the sob comments that we talked about earlier this year, that does have
Thousands of schools across our nation walked out of class today demanding action from washington after the massacre in Floridas Marjory Stoneman douglas high school. That shooting was a month ago today. Across the nation, students streaming out of class by the tens of thousands saying often simply enough. Enough students dying. Enough blood in the hallways. Enough families shattered beyond repair. Reaction to the shooting in south florida has rippled across the country. Sparking meetings, changing local laws, inspiring some businesses to change their rules about gun sales. Some of the students today risking suspension for leaving School Without permission. In the north, students faced freezing temperatures and repeated a concern that weve heard over and over again, that when they walk into school, they may not come out. I come to school to get better in life, not to lose my life and not to learn how to dodge bullets. Organizers say 3,000 walkout events are taking place across the coun
Scamming customers. This one with a billion dollar price tag on it. We begin with the newly released memos, con temp rainious and detailed notes about conversations he had with the president about everything from Jeff Sessions to russian hookers. Comey describing those conversations as chaotic and trying to piece them together, like a jigsaw puzzle. Ive got a great panel. First, some of the most relevant parts of those memos. They cover at least seven interactions comey had with the president and other white house officials. The topics were talking about here came up repeatedly. Mike flynn, the embattled and eventually fired former National Security adviser. At one point, comey says trump criticized flynn. Saying, quote, the president pointed his finger at his head and said the guy has serious judgment issues. A week or so later, comey says chief of staff Reince Priebus asked him point blank if flynn was under surveillance. That led to a private conversation in midfebruary between come
New york times. Tell us more about the contents of this letter and why its important. Well, the contents of this letter really spells out what weve been reporting, ana, that the president s lawyers believe that he does not have to sit down with Robert Muellers team, and that he did not obstruct justice because hes the president of the United States, and under the constitution, he is allowed to fire whoever he wants. In this case, the former fbi director james comey. And then under the constitution as a result of the lawyers interpretation, that the president can stop an investigation if he wants because the Justice Department is under the executive branch. So, certainly, the lawyers are spelling out in this 20page memo that was handed over to Robert Muellers team, according to the New York Times in january, a very broad interpretation of president ial powers. And they make the case in this letter to muellers team that they have already been so transparent with handing over documents be