This was somebody there are people who were skeptical about donald trump from the very beginning. This was Somebody Playing Ball with donald trump and was a supporter and maybe even going to be his Vice President ial candidate. So the fact that hes saying these kinds of things shows that he gave him a fair hearing, was willing to give him a try, and its become pretty clear that this is a highly problematic president. Part of the thing that is worrying to me is were starting to see everything through the prism of heres another twitter scandal, heres another bit of the crazy. How crazy. Youre talking about somebody who has more access to information about threats to america than almost any human being on earth, Senator Corker, saying hes afraid of world war iii, to the paper of record for the country. That should be a full stop, all traffic comes to a halt moment. Because this is a cry for help for the country. And yet but it doesnt come until after donald trump personally insults him on
When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Days after a senior republican senator referred to the white house as adult day care, the man that many believe is in charge of supervising the president , Chief Of Staff john kelly, was sent out before the press to shoot down reports that the president s tantrums are causing big problems. The day began as it often does with a president ial outburst on twitter. This one aimed at the struggling people of puerto rico. Who three weeks after Hurricane Maria are still suffering through an acute deadly crisis, many lacking access to safe water and food, and Urgent Medical care. Well have the latest from the island coming up later this hour. Today the president appeared to blame puerto rico for its current situation, threatening to cut off federal recovery efforts. I quote him here. Electric and all infrastructure were disaster before hurricanes. Congress to decide how much to spend. We cannot keep fema, the
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The president now . No. I dont, no i dont have nothing to say to him. Lets remember, general john kelly deployed his considerable stature to back trump and frame this as fight between a serious president and loud, lying member of congress. Then the tape surfaced showing it was kelly who had his facts wrong and today miss johnsons remarks it show you you can take congresswoman out of the picture and still have word of grieving mother contradicting the word of president. A president who has broken records for his misleading and false statements in office. General kelly, it is not too late for you. You can correct this record so we can all move on. But asking people to move on without correcting the record isnt moving on at all. In fact it is contrary to the
accountability required. No person is above checks and balances. Joining me, joint call from cbc urging General Kelly to apologize for blatant lies about congresswoman johnson. First niger. Former terror Intelligence Officer and longt
Boy. Jeanie moss. Cnn. New york. And dont forget you can watch anywhere. Anderson starts next. We begin tonight with the president yet begin saying something that turns out not to be true and the white house covering for him. The white house official confirmed to cnn the west wing tried to after the president said this in the rose garden last week when asked why he hadnt said anything about the four u. S. Soldiers killed. Ive written them personal letters. Theyve been sent or theyre going out today but we were doing the weekend. That was monday. On tuesday, the president said this on a radio interview. I have called i believe everybody but certainly ill use the word virtually everybody where during the last month something happened. Keeping hip honest he hadnt called virtually everybody and in an email changed by role the president tweeted in response. Explain what he said. Thats right, anderson. And point out we tried to ask the question this all day long in response to the widow of
The wounded boy who called 911. Hed been shot, and what he tells the dispatcher. Facebook under fire tonight. And now, apple ceo tim cook, and what he says about facebook. And tonight, our experiment. One of our producers prints out Everything Facebook knows about her. And youll see what she found. And the hit and run tonight in broad daylight. Five people hit. At least one dead. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night. Possible Severe Weather hitting this evening, and the newest turbulence in washington at this hour. President trump has fired another member of his cabinet, v. A. Secretary David Shulkin is now out. This comes after the firing of secretary of state rex tillerson, then the president S National Security adviser h. R. Mcmaster was out, and then today, shulkin. All of this in just two weeks. Replacing shulkin, the president is now nominating admiral ronny jackson, the white house doctor, who, after the president s recent physical,