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Provided any promises or commitments concerning the special counsels investigation or any other investigation. >> after meeting with whitaker though, jerry nadler called him out. >> unlike in the hearing room, mr. whitaker did not deny that the president called him to discuss the michael cohen case and personnel decisions in the southern district. >> these new accusations raise questions about whether whitaker was given the job of acting attorney general because the president wanted to install a...

Not said by matthew whitaker regarding control of the cohen case. does this mean anything for the president legally or politically? we have the head of the gop here. does she want to defend or is this something that will be dismissed? and what does it mean for 2020? plus, the boeing jets deemed unsafe to fly overseas, finally grounded here at home. key word is "finally." did this take too long? was this motivated by facts or money? were going to dig much deeper tonight. what do you say? lets...

And what does it mean for 2020? plus, the boeing jets deemed unsafe to fly overseas, finally grounded here at home. key word is "finally." did this take too long? was this motivated by facts or money? were going to dig much deeper tonight. what do you say? lets get after it. what a dizzying day. let me help you try to put it in focus, all right? put the lens on some substantial news that could be damaging for the president. do you remember this? >> at no time has the white house asked for, n...

Thats -- >> that you did not? >> thats not what i said in my opening statement. ill refer you back to my opening statement. i was very clear. >> so what he said in his opening statement was this. >> at no time has the white house asked for nor have i provided any promises or commitments concerning the special counsels investigation or any other investigation. >> congresswoman, was he truthful in his testimony? >> how many times, don, do we have to hear that to know that there is a clear sense of...

Committee wednesday to clear up some issues with his public testimony from last month. >> tat no time has the white house asked for nor have i provided any promises or commitments concerns the special counsels investigation or any other investigation. >> after meeting with whitaker, house judiciary chairman jerry nadler called him out. >> unlike in the hearing room mr. whitaker did not deny that the president called him to discuss the michael cohen case and personnel decisions in the southern di...

Vigorous debate over this past weekend. look, i told him when president trump ran for office, he made it clear that he is no fan of foreign deployments. that he wanted to brings an end to these endless wars. i know there are some who dont like the fact that the president has called on our nato allies to pay their fair share of our common defense to live up to their commitments, but, i just know that the american people appreciate. pete: there are many who do like that. >> a president who looks a...

House advisors related to the trump? >> i was very explicit in my opening staumt as to that not only about my communications regarding the special counsels office and i said other investigations in the southern district of new york would be included in other investigations. >> chuck, youre a lawyer and a very good one obviously. he says the white house hasnt provided any promises or commitments, which is pretty a specific language. >> and those are exact lathe words i have keyed in on, chris. an...

Discuss what he said publicly under oath to that committee about president trump interfering with the prosecution of michael cohen or other prosecutions. >> at no time has the white house asked for nor have i provided any promises or commitments concerning the special counsels investigation or any other investigation. >> and here is chairman jerry nadler today describing what matthew whitaker now says about presidential interference. >> unlike in the hearing room, mr. whitaker did not deny that ...

House asked for nor have i provided any promises or commitments concerning the special counsels investigation, or any other investigation. >> had you ever had any conversations with the president about firing or reassigning personnel, u.s. attorneys or others who work with the southern district of new york w-the president or anybody. anybody at all? i want to know whether you talked to president trump at all about the southern district of new yorks case involving michael cohen? >> i am not going...

The judge hadnt ruled on collusion. and thus another news cycle comes and goes. well go back to manafort in just a moment. but we want to bring you the other moment from today. it involves matt whitaker. he was acting attorney general under donald trump until recently. but he was called back to capitol hill today for a follow-up to his public testimony as delivered to the house judiciary committee that was a month ago. during that february hearing whitaker, youll recall, was asked whether trump ...