and questions how his office was raided by the fbi? it undermines the rule of law. this is the president of the united states calling a witness, who has cooperated with his own justice department, a rat. say that again to yourself at home and remind yourself where we have ended up. this is not about republicans and democrats. this is about what does it mean to be an american. what are the things that we care about? above our policy disputes, which are important. there is a set of values that represent the glue of this country, and they are under attack by things just like that. we have to stop being numb to it, whether you re republican or democrat, you need to stand on your feet, overcome your shame and say something. trump is also now facing down the kind of legal troubles that would make a lifelong professional criminal worry. michael cohen is just one of many concerns. tomorrow trump s former national security advisor michael flynn will be sentenced in federal court. and if the
buttbut butina will change her plea and will cooperate. this steady drumbeat of revelations also appears to be influencing voters. that is according to new cnn polls which show the approval of trump s handling of the russia investigation now stands at 29%. that matches an all-time low hit in june of this year, 29. the president is also losing support among fellow republicans. 51% approve of his actions around the russia investigation, down double digits from october, but there is one group of republicans standing firm with this president and you can find them in the u.s. senate. we have to get all the facts, and i m going to wait. take a step back and wait until we have a more complete
role in public just basically saying what he said. mike pence has been in the house. he could help navigate that, but he doesn t want to get out in front of the president and so he s really sort of this third wheel in the room, fourth wheel in the room. john avalon, thank you so much. next hour, lawyers for paul manafort will be in court for the first time since mueller detailed why he accused the former trump campaign chairman of lying to him. we are also expecting trump s former national security adviser michael flynn to ask a judge for no jail time, echoing mueller s investigation. wait, there s more. former fixer michael cohen will be sentenced tomorrow and on friday a mystery document will be filed. alleged russian spied maria
leaders. the two democrats really wanted to go in and get this negotiation moving. they want to clear the decks before they start the next congress. you go through the dance of, you know, we re going to have a productive meeting, we re going to talk about border security, we re going to talk about funding the government, we re going to look for bipartisan solutions to get this thing done and then behind closed doors you do your business. i think leader pelosi and leader schumer were surprised by how the president proceeded. look, i ve been i ve seen it says something, including a one- president, president trump says something that is incorrect, you know, the speaker designate is not going to let it pass. she just doesn t. it s so rare that it s all caught on camera. . coming up, why is russia sending
the special counsel is incentivized to bring out more and more juicy information showing how he lied. the issue isn t just that they re arguing he lied, but that he lied about a variety of issues, everything from his contacts with the suspected russian agent to the nature and amount of his contacts with the white house after trump s election. they seem to have a lot of different topics that they re ready to prove up. i want to come back to your last point about manafort contacting the white house as recent as this spring. as michael flynn, do you think mueller s already done the work for flynn? absolutely. a no prison time sentence for simple lying to the fbi-type crime is pretty straight forward. i don t expect a lot of fireworks in flynn s own sentencing memorandum. mueller s already done the work for him by recommending that sentence. where we should see more fireworks this week are at