Hello, everyone, im kate boldu bolduan. Thank you so much for joining me. Shock and surprise. You would think at this point it would be nearly impossible for a comment from the about the to shock or surprise anyone. But he did in a jarring oval office interview. President trump said hed welcome foreign interference in the upcoming election. Here he is with abc. Listen. Your campaign this time around, if foreigners, if russia, if china, if someone else offers you information on opponents, should they accept it or call the fbi . I think maybe you do board of health. I think you might want to listen. Theres nothing wrong with listening. If somebody called from a country, norway, we have information on your opponent. Oh, i think id want to hear it. You want that kind of Interfeesinte Interference on our elections . Its information. I think id take it. If i thought there was something wrong, id go maybe to the fbi if i thought there was something wrong. But when somebody comes up with resea
i think i d take it. if i thought there was something wrong, i d go maybe to the fbi if i thought there was something wrong. but when somebody comes up with research, they come up with op research, let s call the fbi, the fbi doesn t have enough agents to take care of it. but you go and talk honestly to congressmen, they all do it, they always have. and that s the way it is. it s called the oppo research. in the 12 hours after that, predictably democrats especially democratic presidential candidates, they have voiced outrage diming dial dialing up calls for impeachment. kamala harris saying that trump is a national security threat. but also predictably, sadly, republicans are either ducking or dodging in large part the president s comments. really criticckets save a couplf republicans. sarah westwood is at the white house where the president is either doubling down or trying to clean things up now. and manu raju s on capitol hill. let s get to it. manu, you would think that my inbo