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The very speech hes got to give. Hes got to explain why we shut down the government. I think he has to offer up a plausible explanation for why we didt it and where hes going from here. We got the audience, the people know its shut down. This will be the night to do it. Interesting stuff. Well be watching your coverage. See you tonight. Welcome to this very special edition of the beat. Let me start like this, the state of the union odelayed. We all know that, we are three hours out. The later da...

The chairman senator bob corker will be here exclusively. Cnn exclusive reporting that President Trump fumed to his top justice official about federal cases related to himself as democrats prepare to launch their own investigations. Weve had this deeply unethical man running the country. Top democrat on the intelligence committee, adam schiff, is here to respond. Hello, im jake tapper in washington where the state of the union is chaotic with fears that its all about to get much worse. President...

I dont want to overstate the situation, but he had that delightful quote as you go through hell, keep going. I wouldnt like to experience to the nether world, but this is a tough period. Another hardening there. We begin with news from the 2020 campaign trail and we are keenly aware that its still 2018. Elizabeth warren announcing today she is exploring a run for president in 2020. Take a listen. Because no matter what our differences, most of us want the same thing to be able to work hard and p...

Yesterday afternoon. So the Senate Democrats have the ability right now to open the government and agree to the deal. The president just a few days ago said he was proud to author a shutdown of his own government. Sources gave mike this number. That the white house lowered their demands to 1. 4 billion nor new fencing and 400 million for other security priorities. Still Schumers Office rejected it. Spokesperson said on saturday the Vice President came in for a discussion and made an offer. Unfor...

375, or 400 prosecutors write a letter, trial notes they put together a letter and manufactured a new story saying that if they had been prosecutors still in the president was president they would have charged him with obstruction. This is very odd i think because if trump wasnt president this wouldnt be an issue at all to begin with, right. Right. Secondly people think thats a lot of formal federal prosecutors. Theres about 350 in the Southern District of new york alone. Youre talking former fe...

American history. It will be 22 days at midnight. Today, 800,000 federal workers got zero dollars on payday. What is the country doing about it . Well, late today, he blamed others. Congress should do this. This is too simple. Its too basic. Congress should do this. Here is the problem with that argument and this president , only one person can put an idea out when it comes to the donald j. Trump administration and that is donald j. Trump. When the president asks, we will respond. She is right, ...

Get it. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with breaking news. Minutes ago President Trump revealed he will give a speech next week, it was an alternative to what was supposed to be the state of the Union Address. President trump all but dared pelosi to officially uninvite him. Pelosi, the speaker of the house, she took him up on it telling him as long as the government is shut down he was not welcomed. We have this story. President trump just now sounding off about speak are pelosi a...

Now, in normal times not being explicitly charged with a crime would be a pretty low bar to clear for a president in a given week. But these are not normal times, and the president and his supporters one week ago were reveling in his not being recommended for indictment. He was claiming total exoneration by the report from special counsel robert mueller. His complaints that it was all a witch hunt had been vindicated in fact, his allies said that now the tables were going to turn. All the people...

Explicitly charged with a crime like those from buddy. Because stuffed animals would be a pretty low bar to are clearly no substitute for real ones. Clear for a president in a given feel the clarity. And live claritin clear. Week, but these are not normal times and the president and his supporters one week ago were reveling in his not being recommended for indictment. He was claiming total exoneration by the report from special counsel robert mueller. His complaints that it was all a witch hunt ...

I hear her trying to lift up my grandmother in the west bank. Real fissures in the Democratic Party with implication for 2020. My guests this morning, Sherrod Brown of ohio and liz cheney, chair of the House Republican conference. Plus, waiting for biden. Er have Sherrod Brown not running. Bloomberg, not running. Both likely out because they are expecting joe biden to get in. I havent made the final decision. Dont be surprised. What is biden waiting for . And pardon me . Did Michael Cohen ask Pr...