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June 17, 2024
And later tragedy on the tracks. Congressman Roger Marshall tried to revive the driver of a trash truck after the terrible accident with the train carrying house republicans. Congressman marshall is joining me as well. But tonight we want to start with a little game. Its called who said it. Were going to start with some easy ones. It will get a little harder as we go along. Here is the first one. I bet you can guess. Quote, this memo totally vind indicates trump in the probe. But the russian wit...
June 17, 2024
Plus, i talked to the man in charge of holding the republican majority in the house. Congressman Steve Stivers. And later tragedy on the tracks. Congressman Roger Marshall tried to revive the driver of a trash truck after the terrible accident with the train carrying house republicans. Congressman marshall is joining me as well. But tonight we want to start with a little game. Its called who said it. Were going to start with some easy ones. It will get a little harder as we go along. Here is the...
June 17, 2024
About the gunmans troubled past. I remember thinking hes going to kill someone. And i can do nothing about it. Announcer this is new day. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is new day tuesday february 27th, 6 00 a. M. In new york. President trump keeping up the pressure on lawmakers to change the nations gun laws nearly two weeks after the Florida School massacre. But sources tell cnn that President Trump appears to be backing away from the idea of rai...
June 17, 2024
The nations leaders are facing growing cries to do something after backtoback Mass Shootings claim 31 lives in texas and ohio. And today the president is defending himself by tweeting quotes from fox news. Insisting that Mass Shootings predated his presidency and again declaring himself the least racist person. Those tweets appear to be in response to an indirect condemnation from his predecessor barack obama. He issued a rare statement calling on all americans to, quote, reject language coming ...
June 17, 2024
Americans. If you have a representative in a close seat and you think we should be upholding the rule of law, i think its time to give your representative a call. It sounds like a cliche and sounds like your dentist telling you to floss but its because we listen and its important that we listen. Thank you. I do apologize for throwing you guys at the top of the show, hallie. We were speaking with one of the members who has been focused on this from the beginning but joined, as we know, by an incr...
June 17, 2024
Going on inside, thats a pool camera so you had a quick look inside the hearing room. Theyre going to clear it, a security sweep in the next hour or so. We should expect to get inside the hearing room within about an hour. We are three hours away from yovanovitchs testimony. I spoke to a friend of hers this morning who said this really is round three for her. Round one buzz twas he bullying campaign in ukraine, round two was from President Trump, and today she expects attacks from republicans. T...
June 17, 2024
Longer. Well dig into that in a moment. We start this hour waiting for President Trump due to leave the white house any moment now. And if he talks to reporters, we may find out more on the president s thinking about his changing positions on changing this countrys gun laws. Tuesday the president appeared to be backing off, open to expanding background checks on gun buyers, the week after Mass Shootings after shootings in dayton and el paso, he seemed to be at odds with the nra. Now with a conve...
June 17, 2024
Its meet the press daily. Tensions with iran lead to the ultimate question, are we gearing up for conflict, are we gearing up for war . Secretary of state pompeo accused iran of carrying out an act of war against our ally, saudi arabia. And seemed to threaten more to come. He does not want any new war on his watch in the middle east because hes told us as much. But of course the president has misled the public and the press more than 12,000 times according to a count by the Washington Post. Know...
June 17, 2024
Home. Can he leave his dramas and problems behind him. The supreme Courts Health scare. What we know about Ruth Bader Ginsburgs condition and the implication of a potential vacancy. And electoral controversy, what a new rulie ining could mer president ial elections . And they cant forgive and forget. New poll for the economy and trump voters. We begin with breaking news with President Trump expected to arrive in the town in france for the g7 summit, a gathering of the countrys major world econom...
June 17, 2024
Welcome to the lead. Im in for jake today. We begin with politics lead. It is expected to take weeks, not months for bill barr to make a version of the report public. A Justice Department is telling cnn President Trump is apparently not ready to let it go. Several advisers tell cnn President Trump plans to turn the investigation and abizations of wrong doing. Many are calling for the full report to be released even as they say its time to mover on. Collins reports the president and his campaign ...