And meet the far right trump whispering inside the white house. Am i the only one who is sick and tired of being told to pick up my trash when we have plenty of janitors who are paid to do it for us . When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. It has been nine months since attorney general Jeff Sessions came before the Senate Judiciary committee in his confirmation hearing. It was his own testimony that led to his recusal in the russia investigation and the appointment of robert mueller. Sessions has become key to questions about President Trumps possible obstruction of justice and today senators were loaded with questions. Sessions were evasive, we markably, even about the simple question of whether he had been interviewed by robert mueller. Were you request have you been interviewed or been requested to be interviewed by the special counsel either in connection with director comeys firing, the Russian Investigation or your contact with russian officials
In february 1862 when willie was 11 1 2 years old, by which time abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln were president and first lady of the United States, february 20th, 1862, the lincolns lost yet another son. Willie lincoln, aged 11 1 2, died in the white house while his father was president and mother was first lady. Also of childhood illness, typhoid fever. President and first lady were plunged into profound grief. Abraham lincoln is believed by modern scholars whoto have suffered with profound depression in life and presidency. But what he and his wife went through in 1862 was something different. They had lost a first son in 1850, then a second son who had been born just after they lost their first one. Lost both little boys in childhood. And lincolns had this to deal with on top of Everything Else that was upon them. With country being in grips of civil war. And in that dark year, in 1862, with Everything Else that was going on with the country and for the white house and for the lincol
From our nbc headquarters here in new york. Day 272 of the trump administration, and we begin tonight with a story that wasnt a story until donald trump made it one. Its actually more than that by now. Its deeply disturbing to most folks because it involves something all folks regard as sacred, the loss of our men and women in uniform and the gold star family members they leave behind. First the president compared his handling of gold star families to his predecessors and made false claims by doing so about president obama. Then last night came the story of the condolence telephone call he made to the widow of u. S. Army Sergeant La David Johnson who was killed in an ambush in niger in africa earlier this month. Johnsons widow, mieshia, is 24. They have two young children. She is expecting in three months. And about that telephone call, it was playsed two weeks after this ambush killed four u. S. Service members and wounded two others. Former democratic congresswoman fred rico wilson w
Lincolns lost yet another son. Willie lincoln, aged 11 1 2, died in the white house while his father was president and mother was first lady. Also died of childhood illness, typhoid fever. President and first lady were plunged into profound grief. Abraham lincoln is believed by modern scholars whoto have suffered with profound depression in life and presidency. But what he and his wife went through in 1862 was something different. They had lost a first son in 1850, then a second son who had been born just after they lost their first one. Lost both little boys in childhood. And lincolns had this to deal with on top of Everything Else that was upon them. With country being in grips of civil war. And in that dark year, in 1862, with Everything Else that was going on with the country and for the white house and for the lincoln family, that winter in 1862, after his second son had died, president lincoln got word that an old friend of his from illinois, William Mccullough, had been killed f