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And so senator stabenow sent this letter to sam clovis today with these questions. One of the questions is a what we assumed it would be last night. It is, it has been reported that you have been contacted and interviewed by the special counsel as part of its investigation. Is this true . If so, if so, have you cooperated with these inquiries . Hows that for question one of a confirmation hearing . If he goes to the hearing, imagine him sitting there getting the followup question which is did yo...

Of obstruction of justice by the president when mr. Trump asked him to let go of his investigation of Michael Flynn and he suggestions its possible that mr. Trump has been compromised by the russians. Needless to say, there is a lot to discuss following the interview with james comey on abc. Lets get to our correspondents, analysts and political commentators. Weve been waiting for this interview to happen. Finally james comey is speaking out. This is the man who used to be the head of the fbi, o...

Trump heads to hope y. E. For a barking on an extensive tour of asia the tension over north korea is likely to be a keep focus of talks with asian leaders well get the view from seoul. And the new head of the fed drone powell is nominated by President Trump to lead Americas Central Bank look at the impact powell might have on policy. I want to welcome im terry martin good to have you with us. A spanish judge is expected to issue an International Arrest warrant for ousted Catalan Leader colors pu...

Coming to life from what has been an extraordinary day on both ends of pennsylvania avenue. It began this morning with an exchange of nasty tweets between senator bob corker and trump and intensified this afternoon with the announcement from frequent trump poetic senator jeff flake that he will not seek reelection next year. So much for a day that was a buster center around a relaxed working lunch. We have coverage tonight. Well talk about whats in the tax plan and what we know is not as of toni...

Persio, politics editor for New York Times is here, sam stein. And also with us, nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of kasie dc. Kasie hunt. Along with willie, joe and me. Its never going to get old. There will be a day where were all wearing kasie d. C. Shirts. Rock on, lets do it. Joe, where are we with this shutdown at this point . Well i think the president was right when he was a private citizen. 50 years from now, people arent going to be saying you know, who is the majority lead...

A new movie depicts the final days of stone age man. On the usual five porky gifts that are fit for a queen. And spooky xylo captures potemkin villages on film. So heres the scene late summer nine hundred ninety one in the italian alps a couple are hiking happily over a pass when they make an astonishing discovery an ancient mummy frozen into the ice and naturally preserved who will later make headlines as at sea the ice man well experts later confirmed that hed been lying there for over five th...

Addition which this time around shapes up with the following top stories. Perfect pair why french pastries and high end shoes make for the ideal couple. Vintage aircraft a German Family business restoring historic plane. And nordic notes presenting a finnish symphony based on the nation and a. Pastries and shoes two things that certainly have serious addiction potential and todd spiegel could and has in fact written a book about it the Graphic Designer slash pastry chef is currently hot stuff on...

Why you never seem to feel compelled to tell your audience how smart you are and where you went to school because youre asking people to believe a lot of research that you do and that you present, a lot of stuff that they have never heard before. How are they supposed to believe it if you dont tell them how smart you are . Its called showing your work. Thats how it works. You dont actually have to tell people to trust your unbelievable assertion because youre a smart person if you just show peop...

After the Justice Department said it would be, quote, extraordinarily reckless to release it. The top democrat on the House Intelligence Committee is accusing the republican chairman of secret altering the memo before he sent it to the white house. We have two cnn exclusives in the russia investigation. First cnn exclusive. Sources tell us that President Trump asked Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein if he was, quote, on my team in a meeting that proceeded rosenstein testifying to the house ...

The president and this administration has condemned whats going on in venezuela, but has not done the same thing with other leaders in the philippines and in turkey and also russia. The president seems to have no problem with some authoritarian regimes but problems with others. Ill ask you one more time, why is venezuela different from truckee or russia or the philippines . I think what the president s focused on is being effective. Effective in advancing and protecting civil rights. Advancing t...