Door asian is disgraceful. And sally yates fired by trump in the early days of his presidency spoke out in an interview with the New York Times matt apuzzo. What worries me more is the relentless attack on Democratic Institutions and norms, and the impact that that can have on our country, not just during the term of a Trump Presidency, but in the years to come as well. Whats happening here with the president tweeting and calling and, you know, it seems like if not weekly, almost daily sometimes, interference there, whether that actually has an impact on the decisions that are made at d. O. J. Or not. The damage is done by the publics loss of confidence that the department of justice is acting independently. Its also clear that the president has lost confidence in many of his handlers who at times have been referred to as guardrails of our democracy. And others as the adults in the room. These days theyre mostly enablers and bystanders. One trump confidant today telling me when i asked
Joining me now, from the white house, cnns kaitlan collins. I have to believe that Michael Cohens lawyers and the president s lawyer is not happy about this interview this morning. Kaitlan. Certainly not. This is the first time the president has acknowledged that Michael Cohen did represent him with the handling of this Stormy Daniels case, making some stunning comments during that freewheeling 30minute long interview this morning. I should note that when that interview began, the president sounded like he was in a good mood, talking about melania trumps birthday, but things got out of hand when he began talking about james comey, the Justice Department and Michael Cohen. Here is what he said about his long time attorney. Michael is a businessman. Hes got a business. He also practices law. I would say probably the big thing is his business. And theyre looking at something having to do with his business. I have nothing to do with this business. I can tell you. How much of your legal wor
Who happened to be married to a lobbyist. He maintained a secret calendar to hide his contacts. That whistle blower said aides met regularly to scrub his calendar of anything that might look bad. According to a new report directly asking the president to fire jeff sessions. Joining me now is epa whistle blow blower. I want to get clear, and you want to get clear, you are support of the president of the united states. You have no ideological or political ax to grind. Is that correct . Not at all. It is just the opposite. I am still the biggest trump supporter and lifelong supporter. I would go through a brick wall for the man today. I want to talk about the calendars. It is not uncommon that agency heads have two calendars. A public calendar and a private cal der. My understanding is there is something other than that going on. Explain what was happening. Like you said, you have the two calendars. But there was a third calendar. We would go on and do these things and before the trips, n
West. A response equally as passionate. Good morning, everyone, welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. How we doing . A little early for kanye west for me. Im christine romans. Wednesday, may 2nd. Would the special counsel try to get a subpoena if President Trump refused to sit for an interview . It appears the answer could be yes. The Trump Legal Team is bracing for a dramatic legal showdown that could end up in the Supreme Court. Sources tell us Robert Mueller has raised the threat of a subpoena in at least one meeting. Some of the president s Legal Advisers gambling mueller will not go that far, but the legal posturing shows while the president has not totally shut the door on a voluntary interview with muellers team, the odds are growing slimmer. Senior White House Correspondent jeff zeleny with more. Reporter in the wake of the revelation of new questions from bob muellers team to the president , we learned late tuesday cnn reported that Robert Mueller has threatened the possibil
Good evening, i am chris hayes. Determines to pick a new Supreme Court justice who will shape american law for decades to come in less than a week. Consider the president s actual track record. His former campaign sits in jail. Former National Security advise, and Foreign Policy to Campaign Already pleaded guilty to felonies. Meanwhile, the president s long time lawyer and fixer who is also under investigation may be getting ready to flip on his former boss. And then there will the people this president chose to run the federal government. Like rob porter despite being incredibly accused of Domestic Abuse by two exwives. Tom price who lost his job after spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on public funds. Anthony scaramucci. The Trump Administration has broken every record for the shear number of people fired in the past year and half. One person still sticking around. I speak of course of epa administrator scott pruitt who has become the poster boy facing a legendary record sett