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August 15, 2018
Of this theres nothing there. thats number one. also every scandal before this thats involved some sort of personal failing of the presidents hasnt really stuck to him that well. thats my other question watching this. this is bad. if hes uttered this particular word. and i think that would create a backlash in places we havent seen it before. you remember in the "access hollywood" tape and any number of things since then and everybody gets really worried and he comes out of it and his poll numbe...
August 15, 2018
Being upset about trump. but on an issue to issue basis, it is not really a fair fight. republicans are not being mobilized quite as much by taxes as republicans had hoped. thats going to be a huge problem for them as they go forward. >> its really interesting. ive been in a number of these congressional districts. what you see is that democrats almost dont even need to talk about the president. its so in the ether. its so motivating their voters. and the president is reinforcing all the reasons...
August 15, 2018
Media blitz ped peddling her ne book "unhinged." he claims to have an audiotape of president trump using the "n" word during "the apprentice." >> can you stand at the podium and guarantee the american people that theyll never hear donald trump utter the "n" word on a recording in any context? >> i cant guarantee anything but i can tell you the president addressed this question directly. i can tell you that ive never heard it. >> to be clear, you cant guarantee it. >> i havent been in every singl...
August 10, 2018
Lot of the jurors to give two or three weeks of their lives. now were asking them to go back to some lousy motel room at night and watch three channels that are permitted on their cable tv. we dont like to do it. the judge admonishes at the beginning of each, in the middle of each day, at the end of each day. dont watch, dont listen, to talk to each other and dont talk to anyone about the case and that is usually sufficient. >> would you have had concern prosecuting this case given that manafort...
July 21, 2018
Because? >> because hes talking to a suspected criminal about matters under which he is under federal investigation for. its never a good thing when your client is talking to somebody who is under investigation, particularly when its about the subject matter that the governments investigating. you can spin it all you want, and weve heard more reporting. cnn has reported theres other tapes and theres a lot of discussion about whats actually on these tapes. but its never a good thing. >> fruit of ...
July 21, 2018
Its never a good thing when your client is talking to somebody who is under investigation, particularly when its about the subject matter that the governments investigating. you can spin it all you want, and weve heard more reporting. cnn has reported theres other tapes and theres a lot of discussion about whats actually on these tapes. but its never a good thing. >> fruit of the poisonous tree aside as to a potential ethical violation by ones counsel in making such tapes, it was his lawyer, ala...
June 26, 2018
First question is rank speculation because our sitting member of the intelligence committee may be too careful to answer it. what do you think is on the tapes then why is the trump organization, the business, so interested if finding out? >> we have no idea what is on the tapes. it does make you wonder whether or not were going back in full-time to watergate where the tapes were the key evidence at the end of the day. there could be all kinds of things on these tapes. we dont know exactly what m...
June 26, 2018
One of them said its still a pig. they put the lipstick on it so that five out of nine people accepted it but its still a pig. >> that raises the question is it a blind pig if it wont look at what the president said and d. >> i think the court made pretty clear. it always makes pretty clear that it really doesnt want to get involved in national security questions. this isnt like kids at the border. thats really a different question. this is a question thathe president linked to national security...
June 13, 2018
Criminal justice system. theres a strong case against manafort here. they have the encrypted texts that he sent out to these witnesses basically telling them heres the story, im going to put this story in your mouth and youre going to repeat it. >> you cant look at that, can you,nick, without sayingokay, if ellies right and he ends up going l even though this is in anticipation waiting for his trial to start, this is not a conviction at trial, different things, but theres a lot of other people w...
June 7, 2018
>> thank you. >> yes, maam. >> what progress have you made in narrowing the gap in your understanding of denuclearization and north koreas definition of denuclearization? has there been progress in bringing that closer together? >> yes. >> can you describe that a little bit? >> no. >> that was quick. john? >> thank you, sarah. thank you, secretary pompeo. as you mentioned in your remarks, north korea in the past has reneged on prior agreements made with the u.s. government. so i have two questio...