reporter. she is the co-author of our exclusive nbc news report from just last night on robert mueller asking witnesses if trump knew with these hacked democratic e-mails before they were released. also back with us, jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and pentagon. and we welcome back to the program, cynthia alneya, a federal prosecutor and a justice department veteran. welcome to you all. carol, about tonight s story, what is its central impact the your view? well, as you mentioned, this hacking and leaking strategically is the worst part. so this is significant in the sense we knew this was happening. but if mueller decides to move forward with an indictment, to me the key question is whether or not there are any americans that are tied to this. it s one thing for him to indict russians who will probably never be extradited and come over and
stand trial in the united states. it s an entirely different ball game if there are americans named or unnamed should he decide
trump or kim jong on? we re about to find out. they were making this the centerpiece other than tax the legacy. the legacy for 2018. his nobel peace prize he s accepted it. . you can t predict the president but the assumption would be a traditional response would be then walk away. anything other than that, would that surprise you in. they have no now go through the south koreans and their own you would assume we have to steal our spine here? you would assume that.
find out who wants this summit more. exactly. all right. you better get out of here. thanks very much. let s turn to the politics of impeachment. believe it or not it s become a hot topic with leaders in the republican party. it s not for what you think. whether you re talk about elected leaders, party leaders, even president trump s lawyers, they are warning that nancy pelosi is readying her caucus for a coup post-november. if she wants to obstruct everything and impeach the president, i don t thi
incivility blocked president barack obama from filling a vacant sprooem court seat refusing to hold hearings on his nominee. today mcconnell tweeted a picture of himself shaking the justice s hand because he knew what was going on. everyone did. with its decision on the travel ban today, the republican controlled supreme court gives an effective green light to the president s immigration agenda which i m sure he receives as more than just about this case. that i amgration agenda let s remember until last week including tearing migrant children away from their parents at the border as a kind of punishment and deterrence and reportedly holding those children as hostages to force families to drop their asylum claims. family separation policy appears to have been halted after overwhelming public backlash but and this is important, the vast majority of those children right now as i speak you to have yet to be reunited with their parents. the president has been quite
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live with a lawyer who was arguing against this policy in court today. who will update on us whether the trump administration is complying with the judge s timetable to put these families back together again. we start tonight with fredrick vaughn stew ben. he was born in 1730 in the kingdom of presha. an air that is modern day germany. at 17 he joined the preshan army and fought in the seven years war. it was one of the most sophisticated and powerful armies in the world. he had a distinguished military career, eventually becoming a top aid to fredrick the great. he also believed to be a openly gay man. back then, being gay was a crime. in 1753 he was dismissed from the army. he was rumored he was let go because he was gay. with no job and nowhere to go,
fredrick went to america. he arrived in the states in the throes of the revolutionary war in 1777. the continental army was losing. they suffered through a bit l winter at valley forge. the troops were living in filth, untrained.
accomplished in one meeting. he tried the down play expectations in that but we don t have the idea of what future conversatio would look like, would he extend the time next week. have another one in a matter of months, we to be know any of that. but getting things done on the front end is something they are concerned about. local countries have a lot ride on it. and the president has a lot of shake. we heard from shinzo abe praise for the president to get it thisser if a. there are questith appearances of success versus the substantive success that needs to be determined next week and beyond. president trump may sn be forced to testify under oath thank to multiple depositions he might be facing. on tuesday a judge in new york ruled that president trump must sit for a deposition in a denamation lawsuit brought by a former apprentice contestant. she accuse had imsexual assault
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