Good evening. Im abby phillip in new york. And tonight, how joe biden got his groove back and why youre about to hear what he said last night. More than a taylor swift single on the radio. 30 plus Million People tuned in last night to watch the president insist that the state of our union is strong, but also to see if biden could still look strong himself. Its something republicans told you over and over again that he simply could not do. President biden, on the other hand, im not even sure if he knows where he is. And i dont say that flippantly, neal. It actually hurts. He is our president , even if i disagree with him violently. But he clearly is not all there may be automatically that we laugh at it, because some of his ideas and all of his ideas are are laughable, arent they . But also, the longer we laugh, the less hell speak. Probably, or the longer hell have to be up there. Republicans. They bet on sleepy joe and a day later the spin is suddenly totally different. Biden wasnt sl
Special prosecutor is going to talk to steve bannon, who you spent a lot of time talking to. The Special Prosecutor has been talking to many of your sources in this book. Has the Special Prosecutor reached out to you to talk to you about either the firing of the Special Prosecutor or any other elements of this story . He has not. And if the Special Prosecutor does want to interview you, would you cooperate with that . Good question, and i dont know the answer. But i think that the answer is, yes, because i have nothing to hide. Everything i know is in the book. What about the sources that are many sources are revealed in the book and many quotes attributed to people. But there are a lot of unattributed quotes. If the Special Prosecutor would point to the book and say who is the source here, and its a source i cant reveal, i clearly would not. You know theres no privilege. The Special Prosecutor could hold you in contempt and you could end up in jail by refusing
to answer that. Ive had
Called the wallpaper and what we see. we see in other reports a picture of donald trump strained against the legal and ethical constraints of office. you know, constantly kind of lashing out against prosecutors and fbi agents who want to just pursue the rule of law. you see him complaining about it but also taking official acts. that was clear in the new york times story last night. it was when he crossed the line from not just complaining about bob mueller but kwhen he issued the order to fire him. under the statute, you don t have to be successful. you have to take an action where you intend to obstruct justice to be guilty of a crime. you mentioned the wiretaps in mafia cases, we don t have wiretaps in this case, but what bob mueller has is conversation after conversation that aides to donald trump can reproduce. he s taken the aides and braugtd them in for interviews. and to the extent he ever said
Not about conflict of interest or supervising the justice department, it s about stopping the investigation. that would be powerful evidence of his intent, this is not someone who acts like an ininnocent person, lawrence. that s the most important thing that comes out of the picture that wolff paints. i was struck by that term wallpaper that michael wolff used. it tells us a lot. if you ever listened to the wiretaps of mafia headquarters in new york or boston or different places, the wallpaper was we need to get rid of that guy, and at some point that guy would be gotten rid of with or without a specific order on those mafia wiretaps. but you re all taking notes while michael wolfff was talking. your reaction to what you heard? i was struck by what he
Did fire james comey, when he instructed a false statement be produced by don junior about that trump tower meeting. so there are a lot of specific acts. and what mr. wolff calls the wallpaper i think is powerful evidence of intent. the fact that trump is saying we ought to get rid of mueller, do this, that, just shows a focus on stopping the investigation. not about conflict of interest or supervising the justice department, it s about stopping the investigation. that would be powerful evidence of his intent, this is not someone who acts like an ininnocent person, lawrence. that s the most important thing that comes out of the picture that wolff paints. i was struck by that term wallpaper that michael wolff used. it tells us a lot. if you ever listened to the wiretaps of mafia headquarters