Reports and interviews that give viewers a look inside the corridors of power in Washington, D. C. All this is ken vogel of the New York Times and also the law firm of butler rocca and dershowitz, former federal prosecutor Georgetown Law 0 professor and legal analyst paul butler. Former assistant u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york also an msnbc legal analyst mimi rocca, and Professor Emeritus at harvard law school, Alan Dershowitz. He is the author of the book the case against Impeaching Trump. Thanks to all of you for being with us on this sunday night. Ken vogel, i want to start with you just in terms of what weve been seeing out of the white house from this president today. What prompted this flurry of tweets . Well, clearly hes fairly under a lot of pressure. Michael cohen is coming out publicly and releasing the tape of the conversation regarding a payoff to a woman who alleged he had an affair with her, has seemed to set him off in a way we havent seen him reall
No question about it. Talk to your doctor about chantix. Welcome to kasie d. C. Im kasie hunt. We are live in washington from 7 00 to 9 00 eastern. Tonight the president lashes out against Robert Mueller claiming Conflicts Of Interest. Plus russia gate travels to the Worst Airport gate in america. Don junior and Robert Mueller treated to the lucid nightmare that is gate 35 x at Reagan National airport. At the same time the president s inner circle is fighting it out in federal court and the court of public opinion. Later well talk to senator Chris Van Hollen about matters
foreign and domestic. He floetsz new sanctions for months could you as tariffs start to turn politically toxic at home. But we begin with a series of tweets from the president late today including a Greatest Hits of grievances against special counsel Robert Mueller. Quote, is Robert Mueller ever going to release his Conflicts Of Interest with respect to president trump, including the fact that we had a very nasty and
i am defending civil liberties and a narrow construction you re defending him in the name of civil liberties. i am defending the concept of lenny at this. i have to tell you, if the evidence were to point to crime, whether it be of hillary clinton or donald trump of or of you i am going to make that case. but i am not going to make the law stretch for an individual who is very unpopular. that s my view. get it clear. we are going to press because on this conversation because we want to turn to the trial of paul manafort which is set to begin tuesday in alexandra, virginia. peshl counsel robert mueller s team has named 35 witnesses that may be called by prosecutors to testify in court. among them former deputy rick gates who plead guilty to financial fraud and lying to investigators. also named is former chief strategist for bernie sanders 2016 presidential run, tad devine who helped manafort elect strong man viktor. 35 witnesses are set to testify. ken vogel, as we look at the
i am not making a case for anybody. i would be making the identical case if hillary clinton had been elected and they were trying to stretch the law the way all four of you are trying to stretch the law to target somebody who you disapprove of. i am the only person on the show who is trying to defend civil liberties. give me at least an opportunity to make that case and don t accuse me of making a case for somebody i m not making ats case for. i m responding to what you re saying. i am not responsible for what trump said earlier you are defending him, sir. and to your point, the president s story has changed repeatedly. i am not defending him. i am defending civil liberties and a narrow construction you re defending him in the name of civil liberties. i am defending the concept of lenny at this. i have to tell you, if the evidence were to point to crime, whether it be of hillary clinton or donald trump of or of you i
prediction. thank you very much, nbc s kristen welker. joining me now, contributing editor for newsweek and the daily beast elle ma cliff. eleanor, i m going to get with you in terms of your reaction so far we ve learned going on under the administration. i think there s legitimate concern on the left and the right. but i think if we look at this with a little bit of humility, and you look at the dangers that we face around the world and the effort to catch up with the social media universe, i think what the administration is doing, continuing programs that began during the bush era, but putting them on a firmer legal and constitutional footing, i think they re doing the right thing. now, whether they ve gone too far, whether there should be some brakes put on, i m sure congress will get involved. but i think this is the world we