Alex Witt hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. You just heard his account of the tape. Did you actually hear the tape . I did. Did you miss this girl, did you read my book . A few other highlights from the book, she claims she walked in on President Trump and his lawyer, michael cohen, and the president was eating a piece of paper as if trying to hide it. She also says he had a tanning bed installed in the white house. The president himself has not commented on the book but his administration dismissed it out of hand saying in a statement yesterday, this book is riddled with lies and false accusations. Eddie, let me start with you. Here we are talking about this book. How much import do you give this, what shes alleging in this book, the racist components to this presidency . Its just the latest evidence, but i wants just salacious talk. We shouldnt give omarosa toosm
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then you became acting attorney general as of november 7th, 2018? the president tweeted i was going to be the next acting attorney general on november 7th of 2018. how did you learn you got the job? i can t remember if it was, which preceded which but i believe i received a phone call from the president of the united states asking me to be the acting attorney general. a moment ago you said you learned by tweet. did i misunderstand you? yeah, i think you did. a lot of people there not clear after that answer. so what do you think about his lack of clarity and frankly his overall knowledge. what does that show you? first of all, we live in an amazing time if you and i pair on tv you hear by a tweet you ve been appointed to a major position in the trump cabinet. but the other thing that s clear is that whitaker was performing on one level for president trump. he s the perfect trump witness.
i have a date of september 22nd, 2017, that you became chief-of-staff, is that correct? that is incorrect. when is your first working date as chief-of-staff for attorney general sessions. i started at department of justice on october 4th of 2017. then you became acting attorney general as of november 7th, 2018? the president tweeted that i was going to be the next acting attorney general on november 7th of 2018, the order that i have received from the president has the date of november 8th of 2018. okay. do you have a copy of that order? i do have a copy of that order. can you provide it to the committee, please? i d be happy to. i don t have it with me, though. turning to some other enforcement priorities. on december 22nd, 2017, the department of justice sent a formal request to the essential cruc bureau asking for an addition to the census of a question asking about citizenship status. did attorney general sessions
i have a date of september 22nd, 2017 that you became chief of staff, is that correct? that s incorrect. i started on october 4th of 2017. and then you became acting attorney general as of november 7th, 2018? the president tweeted that i was going to be the next acting general on november 7th of 2018, the order that i have received from the president was november 8th, 2018. okay, do you have a copy of that order? i do. can y can you provide it to the committee, please. yes, i do not have it with me but i would be happy too. a former request to the sense us bureau asking additional questions and citizenship
like republican light this election cycle, they ll lose. we re talking about michael avenatti because michael avenatti has been on tv a lot. people know who he is. how many candidates might be better leaders and have good policy? instead we re focusing on michael avenatti, which kind of reminds me of 2016. we don t have much time because money is real and people start raising money essentially november 7th of 2018 if they want to be a contender. so let s get kamala harris a podcast. up next, the trump administration calling the space force one giant leap in the right direction, but late night just thinks it s the gift that keeps on giving. our adversaries have transformed space into a war-fighting domain already, and the united states will not shrink from this challenge. pence s speech reminds me of jfk s immortal words