In talking about this, you have to go with the woman. I dont know if hes guilty or not but if he quits, hes admitting guilt to a rape charge. Howie is there a double standard with the media pummeling Brett Kavanaugh. The National Enquirer is accused of extortion by jeff bezos. Most of of the press dismisses President Trumps calls for unity and bipartisanship in the state of the union saying his governing style is very different. I saw this as a psychotically incoherent speech with cookies and dog. And dog poop. Everything he said in the speech will be overshadowed by the fact he said there cannot be investigations. It was quite effective as an opening speech for the 2020 campaign. Howie im howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam seemed on the verge of resigning days ago for wearing black face. But the media narrative changed after the Lieutenant Governor was accused of unconsensual sex. He went into hiding. And laid low. The second this issue popped up in v
Plus what were learning from the explosive new manafort filing. Thats obviously what our position is. Plus inside the Green New Deal democrats unveiled today. This is such a water shed moment. And trump finally answers questions about the child policies. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im joy reed in for chris hayes. And we have breaking news tonight regarding to tabloid newspaper aligned with donald trump. Tonight the ceo of amazon and owner of the Washington Post, jeff bezos has very publicly accused the Parent Company of the National Enquirer of extortion and blackmail. The National Enquirer had already published intimate Text Messages between bezos and a woman not his wife. But now he says they threatened to publish compromising photos of him if he did not stop an investigation into how they got those texts. He posted the information himself, emails he says are from a and,executives that can scribe photo that enquirer was going to post, including a below the be
Attempt, i think, b by the majority. This is an inaccurate reports and this is no way to run an investigation. It is only a way to go through the emotions to get the pretense of trying to find the truth. Martha so now we wait for the third leg of this investigation from special counsel robert mueller. Chief correspondent catherine from capitol hill with where this stands now, high catherine. Thank you, martha, the republican chairman of the Intelligence Committee and ranking democrat posted they have more questions and they want to talk to more witnesses, but also indicate the investigation is winding down, no one is talking about evidence of collusion. Though the democrats continue to be concerned about what they characterize as suspicious contact between russians and the Trump Campaign. And also tonight there may be new legal exposure for the personal Attorney Michael Cohen after his lawyer lanny davis issued the select committee on intelligence has accepted mr. Komans request first
Top three leaders. Mounting calls for Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax to resign after a second woman accused him of Sexual Assault. Meredith watson says fairfax raped her when they were students and friends at Duke University in 2000. Fairfax says the accusation is false and part of a Smear Campaign against him. Among the calls for his resignation, democrats in the house and senate in virginia. Saying fairfax should resign. He can no longer fulfill his duties. And a delegate is talking possible impeachment. I cannot stand by silently while the Lieutenant Governor is facing multiple allegation of Sexual Assault. I believe these women. He needs to resign immediately. Should the Lieutenant Governor fail to do so, on monday, i intend to introduce articles of impeachment on Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax. Also, more democrats cred criticizing Matthew Whitaker. He told the committee he has not interfered with the Mueller Probe and not shared the information with the president. He was
Now an aid e has tell abc news that those talks have broken down. They could reach an agreement tomorrow, thats considered the last day to have lawmakers to consider and vote on legislation to fund the government by midnight this friday. However, hope for a breakthrough have now diminished. The white house chief of staff and mulvaney says the president is ready to act on his own if he does not get a deal he likes. We cant rule on a shutdown. Whether or not he gets 2. 5 or 5. 7 million, hes going to do whatever he legally can to secure that border. Is declaring a National Emergency still on the table or is he persuaded by republicans lets not go there. It is not a precedent. This is the law. One of the top negotiators believe there is still a 50 50 chance a deal could be reached. I dont think we would ever give up with the president will have some options, perhaps will have some options but short of a deal, theyre not good options. The next 24 hours a crucial, we can close some deals bu