negative reviews. a group of republican senators spoke with cnn, one who did not want to be named was stunned by the president s remarks about director mueller. any thought of firing the special counsel is chilling, he said. it s chilling. that s all you can say. another said, one gets the impression that the president doesn t understand or he willfully disregards the fact that the attorney general and law enforcement in general, they are not his personal lawyers to defend and protect him. senator chuck grassley, republican of iowa, put it even more bluntly. the attorney general can t be a weak man for a president. he s got to be very independent and work for be a wingman for the people of the country. over on the house side, republicans also voicing concerns. here s what idaho gop congressman said to politico, i don t pay attention wto what s going on with the administration because i don t care. the family s a distraction. the president is distraction. he summed
save lives and stop the shooter meanwhile police are still trying to establish what motivated stephen paddock to open fire on thousands of people attending a concert across from his hotel investigators are questioning paddocks girlfriend who was in the philippines at the time of the shooting because like her lawyer said she had no knowledge of paddocks plans and that she wished to cooperate fully with police had a killed at least fifty eight people on sunday evening before shooting himself as police stormed his hotel room. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has denied a report that he came close to resigning over the summer there s never been a consideration in my mind to leave our star at the appointment of the president and i m here for as long as the president feels like to be useful to achieving his objectives. a spokeswoman later rejected another claim in the report that tillerson had referred to president trump as a quote moron earlier this week some commentators wer
breaking news. a deadly attack in germany after a vehicle crashes into a crowd there. an accident or an act of terror? the answer is still unclear. we ll get to it for you. and big bombshell. stormy daniels lawyer promising a major announcement. it was not some minor thing. and that threat could have only come from a handful of places. and we re pretty certain that we know where it came from. how michael avenatti is using the tools of trump against the president. still on the job but for how much longer? scott pruitt reportedly meets with the president to make the case to keep his job. the firing line. a new report says the chief of staff urged the president to give pruitt the boot. while the fate of john kelly seems murkier and murkier. he does seem to be the incredible shrinking white house chief of staff. hello, everyone, i m alex witt at msnbc world headquarters in new york. happening right now, attorney michael avenatti says a, quote, major announcement co
he joins us live in just a moment. his colleague, matt apuzzo, has also been poring over these questions all day to provide analysis. he is standing by with that. they write that these are not quoted verbatim, and some were likely condensed. however, the questions fall into four broad categories about alleged campaign coordination with russia and those related to former fbi director james b. comey, former national security adviser michael flynn, and attorney general jeff sessions. among those on campaign coordination, when did you become aware of the trump tower meeting? what involvement did you have in the communication strategy, including the release of donald trump jr. s e-mails? what discussions did you have during the campaign regarding any meeting with mr. putin? did you discuss it with others? what knowledge did you have of any outreach by your campaign, including by paul manafort, to russia about potential assistance to the campaign? on james comey, what did you think
the communication strategy, including the release of donald trump jr. s e-mails? what discussions did you have during the campaign regarding any meeting with mr. putin? did you discuss it with others? what knowledge did you have of any outreach by your campaign, including by paul manafort, to russia about potential assistance to the campaign? on james comey, what did you think about mr. comey s intelligence briefing on january 6, 2017, about russian election interference? what was the purpose of your january 27, 2017, dinner with mr. comey, and what was said? what was the purpose of your february 14th, 2017, meeting with mr. comey, and what was said? what did you think and do about mr. comey s may 3rd, 2017, testimony? regarding the decision to fire mr. comey, when was it made? why? would played a role? what did you think and do in reaction to the news that the special counsel was speaking to mr. rogers, mr. pompeo, and mr. coats? and on michael flynn, what did you know about