Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Here in new york. Day 581 of the trump administration, and just tonight a short time ago, in fact, new legal troubles potentially for the president on a new front. Well let the New York Times tell it. Quote, the Manhattan District Attorneys Office is considering pursuing criminal charges against the Trump Organization and two Senior Company officials in connection with Michael Cohens Hush Money Payment to an adult film actress, according to two officials of the matter. A State Investigation would settle on how the company accounted for its reimbursements to mr. Cohen for the 130,000 he paid to the actress, stephanie clifford, who has said she had an affair with President Trump, closed quote. Mostly along those same lines a big story today had to do with a long time friend of the president who has apparently turned on him. The publisher of the national
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members of congress that they have to go down this path because they do like the idea of disciplining the president, i don t know how you turn away from that. especially if we re in the summer. and you have presidential candidates. there is the risk that the president s space could be riled up. the corollary is a mask of disillusionment. we put you all into congress for this, and i m a broken record here. that s why they decided to go forward with impeaching clinton. we better keep the base happy. you re sticking around, you re not done yet. no deal with mexico as negotiators walk away.
damaging. of course that kicked off the impeachment drama with clinton. clinton survived. how did he survive, why did he survive and what does that tell us about trump s situation now? number one, there s this, when the lewinsky story broke he was very popular, already at 60% in the polls. and the numbers didn t crash. they kept going up. clinton was forced in the summer of 98 to admit to the affair. his popularity got higher. september 98, almost exactly 20 years ago ken starr came out with a report that formally accused the president of the a imcro crime, committing perjury. the white house party, we tell you every time we re on this doing election previews this year, the white house party always loses seats. they gained seats. that told folks there was a backlash against the idea of impeaching clinton. this is the bottom line story of 1998. by the end of that year when impeachment was being pushed by republicans the question was asked, did the president of the united states commit
year, the white house party always loses seats. they gained seats. that told folks there was a backlash against the idea of impeaching clinton. this is the bottom line story of 1998. by the end of that year when impeachment was being pushed by republicans the question was asked, did the president of the united states commit a crime. the vast majority of americans said yes. bill clinton committed a crime, a perjury. those same americans were asked, okay, he committed a crime, should he be impeached? and the vast majority there said no. they needed democrats to go along to convict, and democrats looked otthose numbers, the election and said no, there s no need for us to bolt on this president. and they survived. steve when we come back from a break will be joined by a guy who was there for it and witnessed it. that and more when we come back. you wouldn t accept an incomplete job
they gained seats. that told folks there was a backlash against the idea of impeaching clinton. this is the bottom line story of 1998. by the end of that year when impeachment was being pushed by republicans the question was asked, did the president of the united states commit a crime. the vast majority of americans said yes. bill clinton committed a crime, a perjury. those same americans were asked, okay, he committed a crime, should he be impeached? and the vast majority there said no. they needed democrats to go along to convict, and democrats looked otthose numbers, the election and said no, there s no need for us to bolt on this president. and they survived. steve when we come back from a break will be joined by a guy who was there for it and witnessed it. that and more when we come back. oh! oh!