with mbs alone while the president is off with kim jong-un. and there s no question raised? no issue, no information about questions about the murder of a washington post reporter and you adding there s a virginia resident right now in saudi custody that s being tortured potentially and jared kushner what exactly is he doing for the american people and for american interests with the crown prince at this time, at this moment in history? what could he be doing with them that s helpful to america and not helpful to trump s personal financial interests? you have asked the operative question. and that is part of the reason why it s so important for the united states congress and the american people to get a full picture of the president s and president s family financial picture whether through the emolument clause or through subpoenas. we can answer that question better what jared kushner is
criminal activity. when asked by the quinnipiac university poll did president trump commit crimes before becoming president, 64% of voters say yes. yes, de. 24% say he did not. on whether trump committed crimes after becoming president, 45% say, yes. 43% say no. in the poll taken from friday through monday, voters say they are more likely to believe the president s former lawyer michael cohen. 50% over 35% who believe trump. and 58% believe congress should do more to investigate cohen s claims about president trump s unethical and illegal behavior. 35% disagree. nearly six in ten voters, 59% are against congress beginning impeachment proceedings against the president. cohen is scheduled to appear at another private session of the house intelligence committee today and david shuster or
security secretary mcconneknee nielsen is heading to capitol hill. she s expected to face questions from democrats regarding president trump s national emergency declaration and immigration strategy, including family separations. it comes as new government figures reveal that despite the trump administration s policies, migrant border crossings have hit record highs. last month more than 76,000 undocumented immigrants crossed the southern border either at legal port of entry or apprehended between ports of entry. that s the highest total for february in 12 years. and the highest single month total since trump was elected. however, it is not an overall record as border crossings were consistently over 100,000 before 2008 and were higher than
following that but there was a report the week before last that the southern district is looking into trump s practices. and then this question of obstruction of justice. one of the most intriguing things he said in that hearing sometime after the raid of his office and his apartment around two months later he had a conversation with the president but couldn t discuss that conversation because it s still under investigation. very intriguing. whether it was about pardons or something else. clearly investigators have an interest in. this question about pardons is one the justice department will have a hard time ignoring. they have to look into it. we know his attorney in a conversation or a series of conversations sound very similar to this conversation that rudy giuliani had with steve ryan, cohen s lawyer, dangled pardon in front of paul manafort and mike flynn back in 2017. those would unquestionably be
continue to be felt as new figures reveal the federal budget deficit surged. 77% in just the first four months of 2019. according to the treasury department the deficit for the budget year which began back in october came in at just over $310 billion. that compared to just under $176 billion during the same period a year ago. the jump in the deficit is a result of the 2017 tax cuts by the president and the gop along with an increase in government spending. and donald trump has long since boasted about his academic prowess. but there s one thing the public has not seen and that s his school records. the washington post reports that in 2011 the private high school donald trump attended of tasked with hiding his school files. the request came after trump had openly challenged barack obama to show his own records to prove