The latest Political Developments of the day and interviews with top newsmakers are featured. Order is, territory now. And i wonder if theyve had a chance to explain to the president what you reported last week, that under this beefed up postenron witness tampering law, he may have more exposure than he understands. They seem to be leaning on a First Amendment defense, which is not going to hold up if your reporting holds up hes being scrutinized for the way these fit together. What Rudy Giuliani said today is this is ridiculous, the clip you played. The Idea Obstruction by tweet. He said it was bizarre and idiotic and there was nothing to it and the president can express his opinions. The thing about the president and obstruction and collusion, you know, interference or whatever you want to call it is the president usually focuses on the russia question. He says, this is a witch hunt. There was no collusion. He repeats that over and over again. The thing is that does the president rea
caviar and have a vodka toast. asked today if he is worried about a future military alliance between russia and china against the united states, defense secretary james mattis said, quote, i see little in the long-term that aligns russia and china. but experts do see ominous possibilities. for an american, what kind of security concern would you take from this? so both militaries are definitely benefitting from working together. they re learning how to share intelligence, learning how to p on rate together. they are basically understanding each other better militarily and that could benefit either country, whether together or separately in any potential conflict with the united states. reporter: this show of might also benefits vladimir putin at home. putin s dealing with some of the loudest, most imbittered pro today s special value s against his rule he has ever experienced. analysts say putin knows russians will likely view him more favorably if he emphasizes
you re asking me to do a memory test of all the republicans i m asking you to think of one who has courage. i can t think of any. i m not going to argue with you they have courage eli came up with one. i gave you orrin hatch. do you want a better one than that? we ll find the sound he said donald trump is the bestment ever. he said it would be an issue when trump when he grabs the third rail and he whatever he does, no one ever does anything. there is no doubt that history, that is factual. i want to ask you something about, john s analysis, mike s analysis they re playing this card because they think they can survive impeachment. the way they got to mike flynn is because his son had today s special value exposure. i m not ascribing onto donald trump the humanity of mike flynn. there is a known unknown. do you think there is any peril for donald trump, jr., or his daughter s husband jared
particularly with this president who often changes the message even if you plan a made in america week that s not what the president is talking. is that what this is, made in american week? i believe it was. we all had the opportunity to put such praise on our new boss we all would be in great shape. look, you can t blame him for what he said today. president trump wants people who are loyal to him, who will go out there on the podium or on television and be his biggest cheerleader. that s what he is going to do and what he is there to do. the problem with that is communications director, their role is to look long-term, define your long-term strategy, plan your work and work your plan and really define how you re going to sell health care, how you will convince people in middle america that this president really is going to repeal and replace obamacare. that s a lot of work, and today s special value sittiit sitting down with your policy department and doj and plan it out. h
in our accordance, specialists and guests also standing by with full coverage of today s special value. let s begin with breaking news. the health care bill would lead 22 million americans without health insurance and just vote. is the senior correspondent phil matlying. 23. that s an important nn for a couple of reasons. no doubt about it. it s something dean heller of arizona and susan collins said it would be very important to their calculation of the million-dollar cut in medicaid over current spending laws in a