Fire bob mueller. Top democrats warn that would spark a constitutional crisis. Doing putins job. Ailing senator john mccain says muellers investigation must proceed unhindered saying if we continue to undermine our own rule of law, we are doing putins job for him. And market drop. The dow jones dropped 666 points. The steepest decline in years. Analysts say the political turmoil doesnt help. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news, a partisan republican memo alleging fbi surveillance abuses, now setting off a political firestorm and warnings of a constitutional crisis. President trump authorized the release over the objections of his hand picked fbi director and his own Justice Department. The memo by the House Intelligence Committees gop chairman claims that a warrant for surveillance of a Trump Campaign aide with russia ties relied on Research Funded by democrats. The president calls it a di
Tax cut and its a big speech, important speech. We cover immigration and for many years, for many, many years theyve been talking immigration and never got anything done. Well get something done. Sandra the big speech tonight comes amid a whirlwind in washington as the House Intel Committee votes to make that classified memo on alleged obama era surveillance abuses public. Bill peter doocy is live on the hill. Byron york and Chris Stirewalt standing by. We begin with kevin corke to kick off the hour. You are right on the money. Final preparations underway for this evenings address right here at the white house. Now you may have heard yesterday during the afternoon at some point the president did rehearse over in the map room and were told he will once again rehearse here at the white house. Even as speech writers continue to tweak some of the finer points of this evenings address. The president will focus on five major points, jobs and the economy, immigration, infrastructure, National
Of other targets big and small. But by far the most pointed attacks were for the New York Times Maggie Haberman who report reported on trump and cohen. For years, mr. Trump treated mr. Cohen poorly with gratuitous insults, dismissive statements and at least twice threats of being fired. Thats according to interviews with half a dozen people. The times quotes president ial ally roger stone on the record saying, quote, donald goes out of his way to treat him like garbage. And former trump aide sam nunberg also on the record as saying, quote, the softer side of the president genuinely has an affects for michael. However, the president has also taken michael for granted. Whenever anyone complains to me about trumps screwing them over, my reflexive response is that person has nothing to complain about compared to michael. Its the kind of nuanced and well sourced reporting that earned haberman and her colleagues a pulitzer last week. That didnt stop the disparaging tweets. He wrote, quote, t
Mulvaney they pushed him and pushed him again, but Gordon Sondland would not mouth adam schiffs talking points. It was one of the stupidest, most depressing days, and i really felt like all of americas iq dropped about a hundred points because their defenses were in such bad faith. On its face its very damaging, some of the arguments the gop has been making. This was the day the democrats, trump ukraine quid pro quo, coup impeachment attempt and hoax officially died. Howard what sondland can actually prove with firsthand knowledge, are the impeachment hearings breaking through the media static, and what about reports that an fbi lawyer improperly alteredded a document of Trump Campaign aide carter page . Msnbc hosts a democrat debate that yen rates few sparks generates few sparks but plenty of talking points, plus, John Solomons ukraine reporting for the hill draws both lavish praise and harsh scrutiny at the impeachment hearings. Hell be here to respond. Im howard kurtz, and this is m
Mom youve got to [ get yourself a new car. G ] i wish i could save faster. Youre making good choices. Youll get there. Were you going to tell me about this . I know i cant afford to go. I still have this car so you can afford to go. I am so proud of you. Thanks. Principal. We can help you plan for that. Start today at principal. Com. Sadly, we have a president who is not only a pathological liar, hes the most corrupt president in the United States. I learned that donald trump doesnt want me to be the nominee, thats pretty clear. This is a president that not only with regard to his conduct with ukraine, but every step of the way puts his own private interests, his own partisan interests, his own political interests in front of our countrys interests. We have to establish the principle no one is above the law. We have a constitutional responsibility and weapon need to meet it. How did ambassador sondland get there . This is not a man who had any qualifications except one, he wrote a chec