Plus dennis quaid. Im a football player. Theyre going to pump up the volume here. What happened yesterday . A former president being prosecuted by the sitting president will leave a blackco stain on the fabric of this country. But lets not forget whose move this was. The New York Times reported that joe biden directed his Attorney General to prosecute his rival prosecu. Quote, mr. Biden privately told his close circl e of advisers that mr. Trump posed a threat to democracy and should be prosecuted for his role in the events of june 6th. Of according to two people familiar with his comments. He also told confidence that he wanted Attorney General Merrick Garland to stop acting like the Attneral To A Ponderoud to take decisive action. Dent this is not an independent justice department. This is not an indepen stice ded. Special counsel. This prosecution is being directedecutio by the commander in chief and now the Corporate Media is engaged in Aengage Bloodthirsty and libelous wad r again
Less than 60 days to go, and the race for the white house is as heated as ever. Im poppy harlow. Year watching cnn. Hillary clinton is donald trump are Trading Barbs over comments the democratic nominee made in new york last night. Somehow shes apologizing what she said, and trump is retweeting president obama, thats right, retweeting president obama, to make his point against clinton. Lets see what clinton said about some Trump Supporters last night. You know, to be grossly
generalistic, you could put half of trumps supporters into what i call the basket of deplorables. Right . [ applause ] the racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, islamophobic, you name it. But that other basket of people are people who feel that government has let them down. The economy has let them down. Nobody cares about them. Nobody worries about what happens to their lives and their futures. And theyre just desperate for change. Clinton quickly took heat for grouping millions of americans into that socalled b
Worldwide. In his first speech abroad he urged them to purge their communities of, quote, the foot soldiers of evil. The man who campaigned heavily on a proposed muslim ban today asked islamic leaders in the middle east to unite with america in the global fight against terrorism. Lets get out to Nick Robinson in the saudi capital where President Trump gave that speech today. Nick. Reporter ana, part of President Trumps message seemed to be to alleviate the concerns of those in the room that under president obama they lost the support of the United States. He said our friends never need to question our support, a reassuring message for those in the room, but he had a tone that was designed, if you will, draw the audience in. He said, im not here to tell you how to live your lives, that we have common values, and through those common values we can find common security. He also said that whats
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Commencements since becoming president. It comes after the white house fallout of the sudden dismissal of james comey during the fbi investigation into possible ties between the Trump Administration or rather trump campaign, i should say and russia. Now this is as four candidates prepare to interview today for the fbi director job. We have a team of political reporters and analysts standing by here. Lets begin with cnn washington Correspondent Ryan Nobles who is at the commencement. You see him there on the left. What are you hearing from the crowd there . I understand theres about 7,000 students and families who will be watching. What are they saying . What do they expect . Reporter well, this is expected to be a pretty friendly crowd for the president. This is a group of people and voters in particular that generally supported him during the election and, of course, here at Liberty University their president Jerry Falwell jr. A very influential evangelical leader that allowed the th
Honored that recusal with regard to matters pending the Department Of Justice, but i just want to comment on what may have been on anybody elses mind or offer any opinion about that because its not for me to make those decisions. Well, it is exactly, i think, why Senator Schatz asked a whole series of questions about the scope of recusal, because i am a lawyer. Senator schatz may not be. He asked better questions than i did, but i also am having real difficulty understanding the scope of the recusal, its contours in definition, and i have an unresolved question about whether or not thats why the Attorney General failed to appear before us today, is to avoid having to answer direct questions about the scope of his recusal. I do appreciate and respect your appointment of a highly talented Special Counsel, and there have been questions from both sides that imply strong support for his independence and his conduct, and i appreciate the care with which you are answering my questions, but im