Campaign is behind us and governance is in front of us. We got about a month to go to set a different tone nationally and internationally. I hope we very much do that. Former ambassador, ryan crocker, at the George Bush School of government and Public Service at texas a m. Thank you sir, and great to see you again. Thank you for joining us as part of our coverage. Thank you, brian. It is just past the 2 00 hour in the east coast. We are within 15 minutes of the scheduled posted time to hear from the president , this end of year news conference. Chris jansing can give us a preview from the white house. Chris. Reporter i have never seen the white house presser quite like this, brian, it gives you the indication of an interest in this. We can take a look and show you almost a chaotic situation here. The big question on everybodys mind is what is the president going to do about the russian hack after previewing essentially to mpr, something needed to be done. He did not go as far as the as
Went nowhere, but had to listen. Im keeping them honest before getting further into the meat of the story, theres ethics professionals, most notably republicans who say no, he didnt have to listen. Richard painter joins us later, who tweeted, when a russian agent calls to off a dirt, a loyal american will call the fbi. Now, to be accurate and fair, we dont know that the russian lawyer trump jr. Met with is a russian agent, only that she was on the fbis radar and has ties to vladamir putin. Cnn has not been able to independently verify that. She does represent the russians that want the sanctions against russia lifted. A number of former Campaign Managers say that not all campaigns do this. Today, an episode was counted when someone sent the gore people information and the gore people called the fbi. Don, jr. Is responding that he was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton. It was interesting enough that he asked two other top campaign insiders into the meeting. President i
Richard painter joins us later, who tweeted, when a russian agent calls to off a dirt, a loyal american will call the fbi. Now, to be accurate and fair, we dont know that the russian lawyer trump jr. Met with is a russian agent, only that she was on the fbis radar and has ties to vladamir putin. Cnn has not been able to independently verify that. She does represent the russians that want the sanctions against russia lifted. A a number of former Campaign Managers say that not all campaigns do this. Today, an episode was counted when someone sent the gore people information and the gore people called the fbi. Don, jr. Is responding that he was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton. It was interesting enough that he asked two other top campaign insiders into the meeting. President ial soninlaw Jared Kushner, who is now a top adviser and Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort. But explanations have changed since he was approach fwid New York Times. Thats important here, because it s
And this, according to our friend the historian john meachem was the day the amg of Ronald Reagan officially ended. It was the day Supreme Court Justice Anthony kennedy announced his retirement. And before we go on here, just a few things about Anthony Kennedy. Hes been on the court for 30 years. He was reagans third choice after the first two failed. In the end, reagan went with a northern caliifornian, a conservative, to be sure, but with a libertarian streak. Classically trained at stanford, London School of economics and harvard law, kennedy employed an effortless intellect and a respect for liberty. He was never shocking. He was sometimes surprising, but he was mostly a highly reliable conservative. It should not be forgotten that during the Supreme Court term that just ended today, 14 cases were decided by a 54 vote. Kennedy voted with the conservatives every time. And now comes the fight over what will be Donald Trumps second justice on the court. The republicans in the name of
Meachem was the day the amg of Ronald Reagan officially ended. It was the day Supreme Court Justice Anthony kennedy announced his retirement. And before we go on here, just a few things about Anthony Kennedy. Hes been on the court for 30 years. He was reagans third choice after the first two failed. In the end, reagan went with a northern caliifornian, a conservative, to be sure, but with a libertarian streak. Classically trained at stanford, London School of economics and harvard law, kennedy employed an effortless intellect and a respect for liberty. He was never shocking. He was sometimes surprising, but he was mostly a highly reliable conservative. It should not be forgotten that during the Supreme Court term that just ended today, 14 cases were decided by a 54 vote. Kennedy voted with the conservatives every time. And now comes the fight over what will be Donald Trumps second justice on the court. The republicans in the name of Mitch Mcconnell jammed up and held up obamas court ch