a bedrock principle of the department of justice and our nation s commitment to the rule of law sets a an example for the world. we have one set of laws in this country and they apply to everyone. applying those laws, collecting facts, that s what determines the outcome of an investigation. nothing more, nothing less. the words of rachel math maddow, stunningly simple words in both the indictment and from behind the podium. it was the first time we as an american public have ever heard from the special counsel notably he praised the fbi and the prosecutors on his team. rachel pointed out they have already come under vicious attack by the indicted ex-president. he encouraged all of us to read the indictment itself, an endeavor we re taking seriously. it s known as a speaking indictment, meaning it is straight forward and, frankly, gripping and dramatic. it lays out the alleged crimes trump faces. 31 counts have to do with the espionage act. we re going to unpack all of them.
sunak and keir starmer are being quizzed by beth rigby, this evening s live show that started at 7pm. so let s speak to our political correspondent hannah miller who is inside the spin room for us, where journalists and politicians will be dissecting the leader s performances. hannah, isn t quite a debate, it s a different format so what can we expect? what can we expect? quite an interesting what can we expect? quite an interesting format, what can we expect? quite an interesting format, actually, i what can we expect? quite an - interesting format, actually, here this evening. both leaders will face a 20 minute interview with political editor beth rigby, that will be alive. after that they will have a 25 minute grilling by a studio audience, that has been made out to be politically representative of the whole country, it s got people from grimsley on the local area as well as some people who live around the country. from grimsby. whether they get into more policy, w
announces to a group of reporters who gathered for a background thing, he announces to them that he s eager to meet with robert mueller to sit down for ab interview. it s a question all reporters are trying to get an answer to. what we learned is donald trump as he arrived had just left his own office in and a room full of lawyers in which they had convinced him and he agreed that he would never sit for an interrue with robert mueller. so it s so striking what he says in public versus what he actually does. i have to say i give him credit today because in announing his own indictment, he was close to accurate in describing it, other than the number of counts against him. he self-reported, he likes to get ahead of the news, but he did get close to accurate in his description on thursday night.
reveal themselves to air force or navy pilots. all right. neil degrasse tyson, thanks so much. by the way we were able to pull off the background thing. there we go. i don t know if you can see that. i ve just joined you in space. neil degrasse tyson, again, the author of cosmic queries. we re smarter already having had you on our program this afternoon. thank you so much. there s a whole section of the book are we alone in this universe. we ll check it out. thanks, neil. appreciate it. coming up the crisis the haiti days after the president was assassinated. the country is asking the u.s. for help. and here. which is why the scientific expertise that helps operating rooms stay clean now helps the places you go too. look for the ecolab science certified seal.
clearance. do we have any reasons why the president and his daughter would not be truth fuful about that, annann annie. the president is not truth full about a lot of things, just remember that as a background thing. i don t know if this is motivation but jared and ivanka for a long time felt that john kelly was out to get them somehow and like the president he used tools available to him to elevate allies and punish. he was holding up the security clearance process to hurt them. that s how they viewed it. they view he was trying to hurt them politically and using security process as part of that. annie and garret, thank you as well. coming up, the secretary says