Martin luther king jr. s friend, john lewis, gets tonights last word. Up next, new reporting white house chief of staff john kelly warned epa director skon pruitt the scandals had to end. Thats on The 11th Hour with Brian Williams and that starts now. Tonight, the president may feel relief, but hes not off the hook in the Russia Investigation. As new questions emerge about him being a subject. And legal advice for donald trump is offered up this evening on fox news. Plus what happens when Robert Mueller delivers his report . Well ask a powerful member of the Senate Judiciary committee. And reality check. Donald trump on day 440. Learning that enacting policy as president is a lot harder than delivering an Applause Line on the stump. The 11th hour on a wednesday night begins now. Although he is a subject . There was no collusion between the president and russia, so nothing has changed. We know what we did and what we didnt do. So none of this comes as much of a surprise. The Washington
watch cable news. when the president launches a what sounds like and looks like to the markets a trade war, even fox news watches the market tumble. larry kudlow went out and spoke to our own kristen welker and tried to clean up the president s remarks on that. let s watch and talk about it. is it possible that these stiff new tariffs against china are, in fact, a negotiating tactic and won t go into effect? yes, it s possible. it s part of the process. i mean, i would take the president seriously on this tariff issue. you know. there are carrots and sticks in life. but he is ultimately a free trader. he said that to me, he said it publicly. so he wants to solve this with the least amount of pain. peter baker, i m sure someone on twitter will fact check me but i have never heard donald trump say i am a free trader, have you? well, he says from time to
you re talking about the washington post was talking about him unleashed. i mean, the more he s confident and emboldened to kind of say what he wants to do and just talk about it without consulting people, without having a real discussion about it, we re going to see this happen over and over again. we saw that a lot this week with immigration. he s been tweeting about it for three days. and it s clear that the staff was not ready for whatever plan he had, if he had a plan. now suddenly here we are talking about sending the national guard to the border. and clearly they were not ready for that and they didn t have that in place. so, you know, it s only hurting him, his own, you know, staff, and undermining exactly what he does want to do. so i don t know how sustainable it is but i think we re going to continue to see it happen. and peter, just another example i think today. we know the president likes to watch cable news. when the president launches a what sounds like and looks
what sounds like and looks like to the markets a trade war, even fox news watches the market tumble. larry kudlow went out and spoke to our own kristen welker and tried to clean up the president s remarks on that. let s watch and talk about it. is it possible that these stiff new tariffs against china are, in fact, a negotiating tactic and won t go into effect? yes, it s possible. it s part of the process. i mean, i would take the president seriously on this tariff issue. you know. there are carrots and sticks in life. but he is ultimately a free trader. he said that to me, he said it publicly. so he wants to solve this with the least amount of pain. peter baker, i m sure someone on twitter will fact check me but i have never heard donald trump say i am a free trader, have you? well, he says from time to time, i believe in free trade. but it has to be reciprocal trade. he always qualifies it. that s not what larry kudlow said, larry kudlow said, he is a free trader.