The latest Political Developments of the day and interviews with top newsmakers are featured. Were not doing enough. Look at these five people. Heres the thing, john. There is a whole Cottage Industry of distraction folks. This is a distraction from x or distraction from mueller. Im not sure that was the case because there are a lot of fires happening now around this administration. The Robert Mueller, Paul Manafort, Special Counsel, Jeff Sessions fire series is one of them. There is also the election en r interference fire, big deal. I had conversations with folks on the other side of folks on capitol hill, both parties. One consistent theme i heard in relation to election interference, Leadership Starts at the top. I asked point blank, who do you talk to in the white house, who do you talk to in the administration . Nobody, we dont know who the point person is, we dont know what their strategy is. This is somebody who is at a high level over there. This seemed to be a way of the whit
Washington post report tonight that Robert Mueller brought up the possibility of issuing a subpoena to the president to testify if the president doesnt agree to an interview. And joyce vance said to you that they would have made a very serious decision about even saying that, and that Robert Mueller would not have said that, she doesnt believe, if Rod Rosenstein hadnt already confirmed with Robert Mueller and said, well, if he doesnt agree to an interview and you need an interview, the next stage will be a subpoena, meaning that rosenstein had in effect preapproved the subpoena so that mueller then mentioned it. That was a really fascinating exchange. And it has two totally fascinating implications, right . One is the Mueller Investigation is proceeding and vaulting over new legal benchmarks, including this subpoena threat to the president with the authority, under the authority of Rod Rosenstein. And this is marching forward as a legal matter. The other thing it suggests is that we th
Mueller would not have said that, she doesnt believe, if Rod Rosenstein hadnt already confirmed with Robert Mueller and said, well, if he doesnt agree to an interview and you need an interview, the next stage will be a subpoena, meaning that rosenstein had in effect preapproved the subpoena so that mueller then mentioned it. That was a really fascinating exchange. And it has two totally fascinating implications, right . One is the Mueller Investigation is proceeding and vaulting over new legal benchmarks, including this subpoena threat to the president with the authority, under the authority of Rod Rosenstein. And this is marching forward as a legal matter. The other thing it suggests is that we think its this amorphous and interesting open legal question as to whether or not the president can be compelled to testify, whether he can be forced to testify before the grand jury under a subpoena. We think of that as an open question. What joyce is suggesting about the process would indicat
Country . If you ask newt gingrich, it boils down to two words. I think two words are going to define the 2018 election in the next three weeks. One is kavanaugh. The other is caravan. If you ask the president , its all about one word. Trump. A vote for morrisey is a vote for me. A vote for marsha is a vote for me. A vote for cindy is a vote for me. A vote for steve is a vote for me. As the Washington Post puts it, through force of personality and bold pronouncepronouncement has placed himself at the center of the november ballot. It py quote, Research Indicates the determining factor this this election is how voters feel about President Trump. The big question were asking today is this, are the 2018 midterms about anything other than donald trump . Joining me senior election analyst sean trendy, Ashley Parker and jonathan lemier. Ashley, let me start with you. The president obviously making the case that, hey, you got to vote for your local republican candidate because that means your
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