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 that had wronged him, now they were going to be at the receiving end of investigations. But the past week has maybe not gone how trump planned. The cracks first started to show a week ago tonight when attorney general william barr sent a third letter to congress about the report delivered to him by mueller. Only the first letter he sent was actually required. The second letter in which barr offered his own gloss on muellers findings is what the president used all week last week to claim vindica
A surge, an additional 750 Border Agents to the the part where they feel most stressed. If you wanted to make an already unstable situation much worse, you do what the Trump Administration is doing. We have right now two big caravans coming up from guatemala, massive caravans. Walking right through mexico. So mexicos tough, they can stop them, but they chose not to. Now theyre going to stop them. If they dont stop them, were closing the border and well keep it closed for a long time. Im not playing games. We need leadership from the oval office to collaborate with the leaders of this hemisphere. Even three months to go before the first democratic debate, a bunch of candidates are sharing the same stage here in d. C. These are people who are dialed in on this race and they want to hear specifics from these candidates. And this is just not votes, infrastructure support, volunteers. Pete buttigieg, not necessarily a national name, its the first candidate to disclose his firstquarter numbe
Attacks on chamber of commerce and hotels, shrankan Officials Say suspects with explosives are still on the run. But we begin with breaking political news. Former Vice President joe biden ending the suspense over when hell join the 2020 race. A source familiar with bidens plans confirming to cnn that he will announce his president ial campaign on thursday with an online video. Hell hold his First Campaign event in pittsburgh on monday, so lets discuss now bidens entry into the race with armette einnz, gloria borger. Tell us what youve been hearing. After months of speculation joe biden is stoat make this official and sources familiar with his planning say he will eel be launching an online video on thursday and following that up with that first rally it or event in pittsburgh on money. Spurring a community that hes gone back to quite a lot. You see him running labor day parades there last year, there is 2015 when he was thinking about running for president , but now after months of wor
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 had been vindicated. In fact, his allies said that now the tables were going to turn. All the people who had wronged him, well, now they were going to be at the receiving end of investigations. But the past week has maybe not gone how trump planned. The cracks first started to show a week ago tonight when attorney general william barr sent a third letter to congress about the report delivered to him by mueller. Only the first letter he sent was actually required. The second letter in which barr
Go. We start with President Trump, roger stone and Robert Mueller. The trio making headlines in a new shift down interview where the president reiterates he could have ended the Mueller Investigation very easily if he wanted to. And interestingly, he suggests he may order a review of the fbis tactics when they arrested stone saying, quote, roger is not a person they would have to worry about from that standpoint, and i thought it was sad to see. Very sad. My colleague Kelly Odonnell is at the white house. A lot to unpack from that daily caller interview with President Trump as he talked about roger stone now arrested in the crosshairs of the special counsel. One of the things the president , some of his allies, including senator Lindsey Graham, have raised is how is it possible for media to be on site so quickly at the time of the stone execution of that search warrant and arrest . And thats one of the questions where they are saying, was there some kind of tip off . Was it more of a s