Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Bookminder, executive director for citizens for responsibilities and ethics. And Midwin Charles is an attorney. President trump reacted to cohens plea this morning on twitter where he writes if anyone is looking for a good lawyer, i would strongly suggest you that dont retain the services of Michael Cohen. Okay. Lets remind our audience, the president is downplaying this. Being funny, almost cute. Theres nothing cute about it. The president of the United States is the chief Law Enforcement officer. That is what he is. And yesterday, he has been accused as a coconspirator of a federal crime, maybe multiple. So, please, let that sit in. Midwin what is your take here . My take is this is consistent with donald trump. We have seen him react this way to a varietydifferent thinks
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that s not really what s going on. what s going on is the white evangelical movement, at least the prominent figures, haven t spoken truth to power and said this is a tough judgment. they have been his sword and shield. they will not call him out on any grounds. that i think is what is so corrupting and discrediting. and again, i think the christianity today editorial underscores that and for people who have a conscience, it troubles them. because when you call them out on hypocrisy, it upsets them and they should be upset. peter, thank you so much. if i don t see you, have a wonderful holiday. that wraps us up this hour. i m stephanie ruhl. check out today s good news ruhles. it s a great one. more of my interview with mayor mike bloomberg. coming up more news with hallie jackson. thank you very much. unfinished impeachment business with the status of the stalemate on hyatt is. lawmakers are getting out of town for the holidays and
she s the education secretary. the federal government provides resources, but it doesn t write fundamentally educational policy. thank you for joining me and congratulations. talk about success. the success academies are certainly making it happen. that wraps us up. this was a very busy hour. i m stephanie ruhl, i will see you again at 1:00 p.m.. you can find today s good news ruhles and check out the modern ruhles podcast wherever you get your podcasts. i m sending you down to ms. hallie jackson. all the action is happening, most of it as we speak. brand new developments in the impeachment inquiry on two front. first, the state department s number three is on capitol hill. we re talking about this guy, career diplomat david hale. he s showing up even though the white house didn t want him to. new reporting on what he s telling impeachment investigators right now behind closed doors. what are you going to tell
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have served in syria, members of the military. what have they told you? they re saying keep saying this. they can t really speak out. so they need the american people to understand when they send out these little messages, it s a cry for help and it s about not just the troops on the ground but their families and about what our country stands for. if we can t be trusted to stand with our allies, that s going to last for decades. this is about the future of america and whether our troops can be trusted. thank you so much, paul. i really appreciate it. what a conversation. coming up, it is viewers choice today because you know we re going to have a special good news ruhles in honor of the international day of the girl. two of the options are neck and neck. you could be deciding on one so you re going to have to get your pick in next. she wanted a roommate to help with the cooking.