Snack . No. Did the sponsor consider as the potential state snack, raisins. Did the sponsor consider perhaps pres els as the official state snack . Never. Never i never did and i never shall what if the pretzel was dipped in yogurt, would that been could we consider that would be two in one. Oh, my god. This guy is batman. What say you, senator hasselhoff . Yogurt would be the state
snack. The pretzel would not. The pretzel if so dipped would be the yogurt delivery method for which designation i refer you to the subcommittee on snack transportation. Good morning. It is friday. Can you finally believe it . Its the day before mothers day weekend, you guys. Just remember. Friday, may 9th. On set donnie deutsch, mark heilemann, Mike Barnicle, and npr Senior Analyst coky roberts. And the former director of the cia, retired general michael hayden. So joe, a great group this morning. And you have a great weekend mothers day for you. Your mothers coming up to spend time with you. I know youre
Out his future wife. Today the nfl star learned hes no longer facing Domestic Violence charges. So is he getting special treatment . Good afternoon, everyone. Im jake tapper. Welcome to the lead. Horrifying news in the world lead today. They are everywhere. And an eyewitness in syria pleads innocence cannot escape isis. Undeterred in its bloody quest to take over syria and iraq the terrorist group is conquering more cities adding to its evergrowing list of territory it controls. Today, a crossroads of ancient civilization. The latest conquest meaning isis now has more than half of syria in its brutal grip. According to a syrian human rights group. Monday it was ra maud anymadi in iraq 70 miles from baghdad. And the iraqi army in absolute disarray. Senior u. S. Military officials telling cnn that iraqi forces in ramadi had the advantage 101 were not under any direct fire but regardless they tucked tail and ran. The chairman of the joint chiefs general dempsey saying the iraqis werent dr
50 briefings. 25,000 pages of documents. Documents. All the documents. The Top Democrats say the new benghazi structure say setup. The house says there will be a republican majority. Elections have consequences there are more republicans in the house than democrats. Its not going to be a side show. Fast and furious. I have never sought to raise a single penny on the backs of poor america. Theres actually a robust fundraising spot. It looks what theyre doing is political. I dont blame anyone but the white house. It looks like nothing more than a partisan stunt. Kangaroo court in the making. Benghazi. Benghazi. History repeats itself. First as tragedy, second as farce. And so it is with House Republicans who have taken the tragedy of benghazi and turned it into a farce. Whether or not to participate in the farce, that is the question. Facing democrats in congress. In a letter to Speaker John Boehner Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi expressed deep skepticism about the House Select Committee o
And Robert Mueller also has an issue with Michael Flynns sentencing memo seeking no jail time. Tomorrow, Michael Cohen faces sentencing in new york and maria butina has a plea hearing. More on that in a moment. And on friday, a sentencing request for Michael Flynn and then a dispute with special counsel Robert Mueller and a witness. Thats all we know. If you are keeping score, we have 16 associates who had contact with russian associates. Everyone on the list denying colluding with russia in any way. A source telling cnn accused russian spy maria butina is now agreeing with prosecutors. The 30yearold used connections she built with the National Rifle association to work her way into the 2016 campaign. She was photographed with gop hopefuls and lobbed a question at trump at a 2015 conservative event. Do you want to continue the politics of sanctions that are damaging both economies . Or do you have any other ideas . I believe i would get along nicely with putin. I mean, where we have th