But first we start with nestles much anticipated maybe even explosive james comeys testimy. Bloomberg news, this, the white house is currently reviewing whether to invoke the president ial executive privilege in an effort to block comey from testifying. Now, theres no question this would provoke a giant legal battle. And today White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer saying this about the issue. Is the white house going to invoke executive privilege to prevent james comey from testifying before the Intelligence Panel next week . That Committee Hearing was just noticed and i think obviously its got to be reviewed. Thats not a no. Im just saying literally, my understanding the date for that hearing was just that, i have not spoken to counsel yet. I dont know what that how they are going to respond. And brace yourself for this. Just breaking, the Associated Press reporting that special counsel Robert Muellers investigation may expand to include attorney general Jeff Sessions. With me rober
Confirmation process and gives him an attorney general in a day. Yeah, and theyre admitting at the White House White house sources are admitting to the Washington Post now that the reason they want to do that is basically so it could start the process of getting rid of bob mueller. I mean recess appointment isnt the only way to do it. Its definitely the easiest way to do it. Boy does that put a spotlight on whether or not the senate is going into recess. Yeah, and of course the president has been saying up to now anyway, they shouldnt go into recess. They should stay here and work on health care. He might have a completely different idea about recess now. Yes. And Mitch Mcconnell was willing to hold the senate so that it never technically went into recess the whole time president obama so he couldnt have a recess appointment. He totally has the ability to do that now in order to stop donald trump from doing Something Like this. We will see if Mitch Mcconnell has any appetite for doing
Across the government. So it is not a bad thing to have multiple communication lines to any government. Democrats, meantime, have a different story. They say kushners security clearance should be revoked. Here is what the Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee had to say. There is another question about his security clearance and whether he was forthcoming about his contacts on that. If these allegations are true and he had discussions with the russians about establishing a back channel and didnt reveal that, thats a real problem. I do think there ought to be a review of his security clearance to find out whether he was truthful, whether he was candid. If not, then there is no way he can maintain that kind of clearance. Cnns washington correspondent ryan nobles joins me. The white house had a visitor that turned some heads today. Fill us in. Reporter yeah, thats right. We spotted marc kasowitz, the private attorney thats been retained by President Trump to represent him, es
To hold the senate so that it never technically went into recess the whole time president obama so he couldnt have a recess appointment. He totally has the ability to do that now in order to stop donald trump from doing Something Like this. We will see if Mitch Mcconnell has any appetite for doing that same thing. Jeff sessions will find out who his friends are sooner rather than later. Thank you, rachel. Thanks, lawrence. Well, Jared Kushner spoke today. Big news. We heard his voice, that little voice in the white house driveway. But he didnt say much. He will have more to say tomorrow under oath. My name is Jared Kushner. Kushner spent two hours answering questions posed by staffers on the Senate Intelligence committee. I did not collude with russia, nor do i know of anyone else in the campaign who did so. Hes still giving himself an out there, saying he wasnt aware of it. Theres a lot of behavior going on in that white house that makes me think this is how people would behave if the
Not former u. S. Attorney warned what to watch for as this all unfolds. One, whether donald trump has reaction and talks in a way that could be used against him in the future. Is he sending a message of intimidation through himself or cohorts suggesting that people should not be talking and should keep their mouth shut . This comes as the gop races against the clock to meet the selfimposed deadline to unveil a bill on tax reform. We have got a short window of time to deliver on the tax reform. Something that i want to see happen on behalf of the American People and to pass those bills, thats where our focus needs to stay. Cnn is at the white house with more on what we heard from the president since the first charges were filed in special counsel Robert Muellers investigation. The president has been on a tweet storm after yesterdays no comment from the white house. Thats right, fred. No Public Events for the white house today, but the president was as he often is active on twitter, fire