How important this process is, to getting confirmation, as we saw what happened in 1986. More importantly, i think he took head on a lot of the critics and criticism of decisions that hes made and votes hes cast. And i thought in particular, with cory booker becoming historic, you saw the first sho for the 2020 democratic nomination for president. Lets just put that on the table. Certainly, thats part of the drama and theater of what he chose to do. But i also found it somewhat ironic that just in january of 2016, in legislation that he cosponsored with mr. Sessions, that celebrated those who walked from walked the selma mile, if you will, that he referred to him as it was a great honor to work with him and that he appreciated his commitment to civil rights. And yet now sees him as he referred to him as a danger
with danger to our country, as hes been quoted to say. The politics is not lost here. I think everyone in this town understands that. And to have this staged the way it was wit
Happy easter to those of you celebrating. We have a lot of politics to get to. But first, the growing tension between the United States and north korea. North korea last night launched a Ballistic Missile from the Submarine Base in sinpo, but the missile exploded minutes after launch. This happened as mike pence landed in south korea for talks on how to counter the growing Nuclear Ambitions and he spoke to american troops at a breakfast there this morning. Im joined by Senior National security analyst juan duarte, the failure, the New York Times this morning leans hard into the idea that the failure wasnt necessarily a north korean failure, but maybe sabotage and possibly sabotage from the United States. What can you say . This is a Missile Program thats been replete with failures. And the challenge is we dont know yet. It could be sabotage. It could be poor engineering or bad luck. Its the nature of the Missile Programs but its clear that
many trump voters though are forgiving. At lea
releasing the fbi background interviews from the mueller investigation. at a rate of not less than 500 pages a month. some of the stuff that s come out so far is sensational. interrupt said get the emails, and it just kind of goes on and on. and then, of course, we have the whole tax return issue which will almost certainly go to the supreme court. of course the president wants to try to change the conversation again. perhaps in his attempts to do so, he says this whistle-blower is politically motivated. this person hates trump. in the intelligence community patrick, our are political views usually discussed? as a general rule you re
it. it s not an example of collusion between russia and the trump campaign. we have been seeing more and more republicans calling for the returns to be released. you re running for president, you re president, you should release your tax returns. do you think the president should release his tax returns so that we know whether he s acting in the best interest of the american people? i think he should. i think he should. [cheering and applauding] as far as i m aware, the president says he s still under audit and said [ booing ] and now republican senator, not democrat, but republican senator james lang ford also saying, quote, he promised he would release his taxes. he should keep his promise. the tax return issue even following vice-president mike pence on his trip to asia. well, during the course of
that benefits the affluent. but that on a policy ground, leaving aside the tax return issue is something that will have little appeal to many democrats. you don t need to see trump s returns to know he is in the top 1%. some are criticizes saying this is already played out. he won. it s over. but listen to senator tom cotton in arkansas with voters. [ applause ] as far as i m aware, the president says he s still under audit. the president the president the president is also right, this is not a secondary issue of the campaign. hillary clinton and her campaign