White house and president trump rescinded their celebration to celebrate the title with him back in september. finally one day away from march but the madness already beginning. last night north carolina down three to miami, joel barry, the clutch three to tie the game with four seconds left but newton going to get the inbound, one last second heave and it goes down. snapping the heels six-game winning streak. selection sunday a week from sunday. start doing your research. andy scholes, thanks so much. my heart skipped a few beats there. we have a whole lot of breaking news right now. president trump s former campaign chair paul manafort pleaded not guilty in court and a stunning attack from the president of the united states on the toerp general. the president calling the man he nominated disgraceful. we have new developments right after the break.
To listen anytime, anywhere. start a 30-day trial and your first audiobook is free. listening, is the new reading. text audio22 to five hundred five hundred to start listening today. earlier today the toerp general praised rod rosenstein holding up as a model for department leadership. this a statement hours later, jeff sessions seemed to take a sharp turn saying i have great confidence in the men and women of the department, but no department is is. perfect. this is in response to the memo, i will forward to appropriate doj components all resources i receive. jeff sessions seeming to take the president s side or at least splitting the difference over his own department. a retired federal judge and nancy, let me begin with you. how do you read sessions in all of this? i think he s scrambling for a
partisan show down between the obama white house and republican controlled house of representatives. the house oversite committee voted to hold the toerp general, eric holder, in contempt, accusing the nation s highest ranking law enforcement officer. the committee vote was hours after the democratic administration upped the ante. for months, a stare down between the congress and justice department. this morning, president obama invoked executive privilege, denying the committee the documents they demanded for months from the attorney general. it would be an unprecedented step for an attorney general to be found in contempt by the entire house. that vote is set for next week, and harsh statements from all sides tonight in washington don t suggest at the moment any opening for compromise. here is the chairman, darrell issa. there s still time for avoid tg, if in fact the documents we asked for are delivered by the time the house scheduled for contempt vote. democrats on th