Obstruction Versus News Today

we are getting a wealth of new details today in the criminal investigation into donald trumps handling of classified documents thanks to some pretty stunning brand-new reporting. "new york times" reports this. "prosecutors are expected to question a new witness in front of a federal grand jury sitting in florida later this week. that is according to people familiar with the matter. at least one other witness has already appeared before that florida grand jury, which is separate from th...

Chris Cuomo asks the tough questions to newsmakers in Washington and around the world. 17 angry democrats. They take value in the number 17. A potential sign. I hope he didnt use that number for them. He doesnt always use the number 17. I dont see that as being intentional. But who knows these days . But he has their interest. So what are they doing now . Well, they join in support of him and attacks of others. You saw what happened with jim acosta. If we go back to this video, when it gets to w...

Chris Cuomo asks the tough questions to newsmakers in Washington and around the world. And what we see are passions on the rise. Trump gets this very well. He plays to it for better and worse. I think that doing what works for him and his base, stoking discontent, abusing the truth, stoking conspiracy theories, may come at a cost. His lies have become so trek. Okay . When we look at these kinds of things. The Washington Post has the truth detector that they do on it. The fact checker says he now...

The special counsel is invested under the doj regulation with the power of a u.s. attorney. i was the u.s. attorney. you would take these meetings -- i always took any of them -- but they were the final appeal. everything had been -- had been worked over in the office, otherwise it wouldnt be a final appeal. remember, we have a solid three or four weeks when nothing was happening in the grand jury. thats when i think he finished polishing the memo, and when things go up to garland, and i think t...

His people are saying no, use the word should, not must, its not an order, its just his opinion. >> the presidents playing games with words here. we know exactly what his opinion is in the mueller probe. hes called it a witch hunt and many other names. its time for mitch mcconnell to finally let us pass the bipartisan legislation that once and for all protects the special counsel and lets him finish his business. >> that said, the president does have the right to say he thinks that the probe is ...

Obstruction versus opinion. lets dig into the presidents tweets with michael caputo, former aide to the trump presidential campaign. always good to see you. thank you for joining us. >> hey, thanks for having me, chris. >> all right. so make the case. theyre just opinions. they shouldnt really matter to anybody. why? >> i think words have consequences, words really do matter. thats why when the president used the word should instead of the word must i think anybody examining his tweets for evide...

Question. what does it mean when the president responds to more demands from the mueller probe by saying it should end? is that just an opinion or is it an admission that the president will stop this investigation? and if he were to stop it, is that obstruction of justice? weighty questions. so lets get after it with the senate minority whip, illinois democrat senator dick durbin. senator durbin, thank you for joining us on "prime time." what do you make of the presidents tweet? ill put it up fo...

Wheres the presidents plan? to stop the large et tax increase in american history from occurring on january 1st? the president and i, as you well know, we get along fine. but he has issues with what i believe in and frankly ive had issues about what he believes in. >> im not threatening default. mr. israel, thank you for coming on. i want insight here. looks toe me like boehner is threatening just that. he is not going to let the debt ceiling be increased or let the government continue to functi...

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Saying we have plenty of no one give millionaires tax cut but not enough to give seniors medicare. continuing to obstruct any progress in our economy. these tea party republicans care about one thing and they the once again bring the economy to the brink of default in order to try and experience partisan gain. they have to stop the partisanship and obstructionism and learn how to compromise. we supported cuts, $2 tril yn in cuts. they walk away from that because we also said that oil companies s...