Hamstring his democratic predecessor, and its not donald trump. Lot to get to you. Start with dana bash and David Chalian and nicholas kristof, it is official that donald trump is going to hold his own press conference. So lets talk about it. What do you think hell say to the press . What would the press want to know . Notice he says having a general News Conference. Remember we were looking for initially he said he would hold a mid january News Conference about the topic of how hes going to separate from his business and clear up any concerns about conflicts of interest with his business interests. Im sure that will be a topic at this News Conference, no doubt, but i think donald trump is indicating hes looking to have his First Press Conference since july. And im sure hes going to get a lot of questions about his views on u. S. russia relationships, relationship with putin, thoughts on the hacking, hell get a lot of questions on the business relationships of Trump Organization and ho
Repeal obamacare. The bill is just two votes from going down, two votes from collapse. To be specific, two votes on another collapse of a policy that was republicans signature promise for years. Something of a republican civil war over coverage with people with preexisting conditions. And just like the actual civil car it isnt clear that the president understands the details. Lets go live to capitol hill. Paul ryan hosting a meeting right now. I assume counting heads yet again and we could get a sense very soon if this thing has any life left. Absolutely. What you are looking at here is House Republicans creating again once again a sense of urgency about getting something done on the house and pushing it over to the senate side. It is far from certain whether or not they are going to do that today. But, yes, they are meeting behind closed doors, that meeting having started in evenest and what will happen in less than an hour, we expect paul ryan as well as some of those people in that
Tweet aimed at that widow next. Plus, another tweet on and different fight. This one for your 401 k . Republicans may, may cut back bigtime on how much you can save now and pay taxes on later. But the backlash has some slamming the brakes. Then theres yet another fight brewing about that border wall. Remember that . And who pays for it. Coming up, we head to the Construction Zone for a firsthand look at what the wall may look like. We have a lot to get to this morning, but we want to start with the latest on the niger investigation with hans nichols doing doubleduty at the white house along with Garrett Haake at the capitol. Hans, there are a lot of questions and some are coming from the widow of Ladavid Johnson that she still wants to know after burying her husband this weekend. Reporter she wants to know where her husband died, why he died and how he died. She wasnt allowed to view the body to give her questions on what was inside the casket she kissed. Shes giving her version of the
Crime was therefore not an option we could consider. That comment drelktly can contradicts what attorney general bill barr said under oath earlier this month. He claimed the guidelines werent a factor in mueller pfrs decision. The pressure is ramping up after mueller seemed to put the issue of obstruction to congress. The constitution require as process other than the criminal Justice System to formally accuse a sitting president of wrong doing. But mueller made the clear he has no interest in speaking with congress. He says his 448 page report is his testimony. As for trumps favorite line claiming the russia investigation was a witch hunt and a hoax, mueller laid out the evidence his team found showing russia did influences the 2016 election to help trump and hurt clinton. Russian Intelligence Officer os, who are part of the Russian Military, launched a concerted attacken our political system. The releases were designd and timed to interfere with our election and to damage a president
Did not make a determination as to whether the president did admit a crime. Saying his hands were tied. Due to the department of justice regulations. Under long Standing Department policy, a present president cannot be charged with a federal crime. While he is in office. That is unconstitutional. Charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider. That comment directly contradicts what attorney general said under oath earlier this month. They claim the guidelines werent a factor in the decision. The pressure for impeachment is now ramping up. After mueller seemed to push the issue of obstruction to congress. The constitution requires a process other than the criminal Justice System. To formally accuse a sitting president of wrong doing. Mueller made it clear, he has no interest in speaking with congress. He says his 448 page report is his testimony. As for trumps favorite line claiming the Russian Investigation was a witch hunt and hoax. Mueller laid out