About the the russia investigation. Chairman nunes has wren a memo alleging fbi misconduct over a warrant to eavesdrop on former Trump Campaign adviser carter page. The doj warning the release of the memo is extraordinarily reckless but that didnt stop the gop from voting to release it, exactly what President Trump wanted, and they know that. It comes on the same day as a surprise recess leg nation of fbi Deputy Director an new mccabe, who steps down in the wake of months of criticism from the president. We have a lot to cover in this hour. Jessica snyder, first up, good evening. Two major breaking stories today. First on this controversial partisan memo alleging the fbi misconduct, the house gop voted to release it. Now its over at the white house with President Trump to review. Whats the latest . Yeah, thats right. Sol memo has made its way to the white house. And at that point it will be reviewed by the white houses counsel, the National Security council, possibly the broader Nation
Meeting to discuss all of the major outstanding issues. We made some progress. Discussions will continue. Dana plenty of blame going around on both sides. I wish for all of our sakes that the democratic leader would figure out what he actually wants. Speak with the best that the road looking leader in the senate is another bandaid, another four weeks of temporary funding. A wasteful gesture, a wasteful exercise. And he knows it. What they are simply trying to do is hold all of government hostage. Our Kids Health Insurance for a completely unrelated issue. Democrats have been willing and ready to sit down at the negotiating table to reach with our republican colleagues. But we will not be blackmailed. Dana jessie, im going to you first. Theres nothing in there that you dont agree with. Why not go ahead and do that and well keep talking to you about the other stuff . Jesse im just bored by the whole thing. I think this country is run by imbeciles. We are 20 trillion in debts, we do this
Chris is off this morning. John berman joins me. Happy friday. We have a lot of news. We begin with several developments in the russia investigation despite repeated denials from President Trump and the white house, we now have concrete evidence that mr. Trump was personally told about ties between one of his Campaign Advisers and russia. A former National Security adviser, d. J. Gordon, was at this meeting where george p papadopoulos made his pitch. He said President Trump did not dismiss the idea. And his soninlaw Jared Kushner turning over documents. Also, serious new questions about attorney germ Jeff Sessions, his memory or lack thereof. This after carter page testified that he told sessions he was traveling to russia during the 2016 campaign. Remember, sessions was also in the room with George Papadopoulos when he made his pitch. He is not aware of any conversations between the Trump Campaign and russia. Democrats say they want to know whats going on here. All of this happening a
Making unsubstantiated claims. About the russia investigation. Now chairman nunes written a memo alleging fbi misconduct over a warrant to eves drop on carter page. The doj warned the release of the memo is extraordinarily reckless. That didnt stop the gop from voting to release it. Which is exactly what President Trump wanted and they know that. It comes on the same day a surprise resignation of the fbi Deputy Director Andrew Mccabe. Who stepped down in the wake of months of criticism from the president. We have a lot to cover in this hour. I want to bring in cnn justice correspondent. Jessica snyder. Good evening to you. Two major breaking stories today. First on the controversial part season memo alleging fbi misconduct. The house gop voted to release it. It made its way to the white house. It will be reviewed by the white House Counsel office. The National Security council. And possibly the broader National Security community. This is a five day revoo window. Before the president m
you don t believe that surrogates from the trump campaign had communications with the russians? is that what you re saying? i did not, and i m not aware of anyone else that did. and i don t believe it happened. and you don t believe it happened? i don t believe it happened. this was october 18th. this was two weeks ago, gregory. we know carter page told the house intel commission yesterday that he told jeff sessions that he was meeting with the russians. we have the picture of george papadopoulos sitting next to him, i guess three people down from sessions, saying he is talking to the russians right now. this is a real problem. it is a problem. jeff sessions s former colleagues want to get him back in front of the committee and try to reconcile with the facts that we now know and push him on why he is forgetting or why he