A stunning 98 of black women who voted in alabamas senate election, cast their ballots for doug jones giving a democrat the victory in a state thats been redder than red for years. The Trump White House cannot afford to have this be their message to africanamericans. What the hell do you have to lose . Sources tell cnn omarosas departure was a long time coming. There have been questions all along about how much she was doing for the voters she was supposed to represent. The trump administration, one of the least diverse in years, is less diverse tonight. What message does that send to voters . Well discuss all of that lets bring in chris and april. Its an interesting story. There are lots of legs to it. The president s Approval Rating among black voters is down 7 . It wasnt high to begin with. Are all these indications that President Trump and republicans are going to have a big problem on their hands come 2011 . Black voters and young voters may be mobilized against them. You mentione
Africanamericans in the trump administration, it matters. It bears repeating, a stunning 98 of black women who voted in alabamas Senate Election cast their ballots for doug jones, giving a democrat the victory in a state that has been redder than red for years. So the Trump White House cannot afford to have this be their message to africanamericans. What the hell do you have to lose . Sources tell cnn omarosas departure was a long time coming. Yes, there have been questions all along about how much she was doing for the voters she was supposed to represent. But the fact remains the trump administration, one of the least diverse in years, is less diverse tonight. What message does that send to voters . Well discuss all of that, lets bring in now cnns politics editor at large Chris Cillizza and political analyst april ryan. Good evening to both of you. Hey, don. Its a very interesting story. And there are lots of legs to it. Lots of tentacles and nuance here. Right . Its not just the dep
Intelligence committee finally dropped. The big question tonight is, will another shoe drop . The president today declassifying the explosive memo, spearheaded by devin nunes, formerly of the trump transition team. Its the most explicit official republican effort yet to try to undermine the fbi and mueller russia investigation. It was released despite warnings from the president s own handpicked fbi director and Justice Department officials. The president touting it as evidence of antitrump bias at the fbi. I think its a disgrace whats happening in our country. When you look at that and you see that and so many other things, whats going on, a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves. Are we on the eve of a saturday night massacre . Will President Trump fire his Deputy Attorney general rosenstein, who is named in the memo as having approved one of the surveillance warrants of a Trump Campaign adviser . Ros rosenstein supervised things, too. Do you have confidence in him. You figure
Nunes, formerly of the Trump Transition Team. Its the most explicit official republican effort yet to try to undermine the fbi and mueller russia investigation. It was released despite warnings from the president s own handpicked fbi director and Justice Department officials. The president touting it as evidence of antitrump bias at the fbi. I think its a disgrace whats happening in our country. When you look at that and you see that and so many other things, whats going on, a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves. Are we on the eve of a saturday night massacre . Will President Trump fire his Deputy Attorney general rosenstein, who is named in the memo as having approved one of the surveillance warrants of a Trump Campaign adviser . Rosenstein supervised things, too. Do you have confidence in him . You figure that one out. Do you still have confidence in rosenstein . You figure that one out. A ringing lack of endorsement, especially from a president who has already fired fbi di
Questions including, who paid whom . Much more on that in just a moment. Then theres the news that on any other night would be our top story. Thats about Jared Kushner, denied access to topsecret intelligence. The president s soninlaw and senior white house adviser, who was operating on an interim clearance had his access downgraded last week after the chief of staff, john kelly, made changes to the security clearance system. And were learning that officials from at least four countries have discussed how they could use kushners business dealings, his inexperience, and his financial troubles to manipulate him. That is according to the Washington Post, which also reports that those countries, israel, mexico, china, and the uae, the united arab emirates, acted on those conversations. The report goes on to say that a source said Top White House officials were worried that kushner was, quote, naive and being tricked by foreign officials. And then theres another member of the president s in