Today the russia investigation took a major step forward. For the first time a member of the president s inner circle faced questions on capitol hill. Put another way, this investigation has now come within one man of the president. He is arguably the closest man to the president. White house Senior Adviser and soninlaw Jared Kushner spent more than two hours with the Senate Intelligence committee and then he made a Public Statement saying he never colluded with russia. It comes as trump pours the pressure on his own Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, who rekuzed himself from the Justice Departments russia investigation months ago. A decision the president has not been able to get past. He wrote about sessions on twitter this morning, referring to his own Attorney General, mind you, as our beleaguered Attorney General. And tonight the Washington Post as a new report headline, trump leaves sessions twisting
in the wind Bile Berating him publicly. It reads in Part Sessions was once conside
Everything i have been a able to decipher up to now, half the benefits go to the top 1 . I have been in congress a long time. I remember another president who was able to railroad a tax code through the congress during the 1980s. And the Wall Street Bankers the corporate president s took that money and outsourced our jobs from the region of the country that i represent. So theres no requirement that money be invested in america. Even if they get it. So its a really lopsided to the top to the same class that is has cause sod many of the problems were facing today in regions like i represented. Frankly, as a member of the defense committee, i have to say were a nation at war and for any president who be sort of hanging out at a tax cut to the very wealthy at a time were at war, there isnt a veteran in his family. I think its really dangerous
and no matter who they are, trump or the establishment character like mitch mcconnell, they are obsessed with the estate tax. They call it the death
promised after his years of decades in the senate that he could negotiate this. there s much more going on so to grasp onto this simple narrative is not doing a service to the public. howard: very different coverage when john mccain was the maverick on killing obamacare. that white house statement accused joe manchin of the trail and we heard him come back and talk about right half white house aides tried to beat the living crap out of here and suddenly we had the wrestling match the media loves to cover. it s been an easy narrative to grip onto as emily said, and it works for both of them. i think they are leaning into it because for senator joe manchin elevates him and it s good for his base in west virginia, which is more right leaning constituency. it helps president joe biden he can really use biden as a foil to the progressives howard: you mean mansion. yes, joe manchin joe manchin, sorry. ultimately at the end of the day the press may be
john mccain. that brings to mind the vote on the senate floor that ended the hopes of killing obamacare. sinema voted against a $15 minimum wage. john mccain did defy his party by killing an exceedingly popular program in obamacare. sinema is no john mccain. she s the idealogue blocking her
senator joe manchin and also now on his lesser known partner in so-called centrism arizona senator kyrsten sinema. calling it, quote, an ineffective stunt to gain leverage over a separate proposal. leverage over other proposals? senator, it s called politics. while manchin has been monopolizing center stage sinema has c largely stayed on the sid lines, and her motivations, honestly, they re still unclear. her arizona allies say she wants to be considered a maverick like the late m arizona republican senator john mccain. that obviously brings to mind mccain s icanuck 2017 thumbs down vote on the senate floor that ended republican s votes of killing obamacare. i m sure you remember that moment. sinema who claims she s fighting for working class families and wants good paying jobs seemed to conspicuously mimic mccain s gesture back in march when she