discussion of the 25th amendment was simply rod raised the issue and discussed it with me in the context of thinking about how many other cabinet officials might support such an effort. president trump firing back in a tweet this morning. wow, so many lies by now disgraced acting fbi director andrew mccabe. he was fired for lying, and now his story gets even more rod r jeff sessions, another beauty, looked like they were planning a very illegal act and got caught. nbc news chief correspondent pete williams joins me now. what have we heard from the doj about this? let s start with the president s tweet, craig. first of all, they weren t caught in this. this has all come from andrew mccabe. remember, this isn t the first time we ve heard this. the new york times reported this last fall.
closed or vanish in the night without a trace. that case became the mueller investigation. president trump firing back today, quote, disgraced mccabe pretends to be a poor little angel when in fact he was a big part of the crooked hillary scandal and the russia hoax, for lea drd kin james comey. emphasis is mine. he went outfront tonight. joe walsh, and james trusty, former chief of the organized crime section and long time friend of rod rosenstein who i want to make sure if anyone is going wait, his version, yes, he fakctors prominently into this and we ll get to it in a moment. david, scott sat down with mccabe. we ve seen parts of it. he said that mccabe explains that all this happened, this whole whether they were going to get rid of trump in the eight days from when jim comey was
and said, i represent everyone of you. former maryland congressman has made nearly two dozen trips to iowa 12 to new hampshire since announcing candidacy in 2017. new york, could soon ban plastic bags across entire state governor andrew cuomo including ban in 2019 budget governor says could radius litter create a cleaner green are foreclose for all, exemptions however will be for low income areas, qumu scheduled to release his budget tomorrow. governor of california wants a new tax on drinking water, gavin newsom says would allow a fund to help poor communities have access to clean water. specification of the plan not released the former governor jerry brown did have a similar proposal that would have cost taxpayers a buck a month. time 43 minutes after the hour president trump firing back, at the new york times report, claiming he was investigated for being you a
potentially be tied up in the courts for quite some time if he did in fact take that action. again, the president saying he s not quite there yet. but it s hard to see how these negotiations move forward when they can t even agree, andrea, on what happened at that meeting yesterday between the president and democratic leaders, and democratic leaders chuck schumer and nancy pelosi say he stormed out of the meeting, he slammed the table. president trump firing back today, saying he doesn t have temper tantrums like the one that leader schumer described that he had yesterday. so that back and forth i think just underscores how far apart these two sides are. president trump not moving away from his demand for money for the border wall, and the democrats not giving an inch, not giving him one dollar, frankly, to fund his border wall. and at stake of course those 800,000 federal employees whose fates are hanging in the balance. tomorrow marks the day that they won t receive a paycheck. i ask
are basically honest, who tell the truth as best they know it. you think he s a liar. i don t think he tells the truth. is trump immoral in your view? i think he is. president trump firing back, tweeting, general in quotes mcchrystal got fired like a dog by obama. last assignment a total bust. known for big, dumb mouth. hillary lover. for the record, general mcchrystal resigned in 2010 over comments he made belittling administration officials including vice president joe biden. now retired four-star admiral william mcraven is defending mcchrystal. he led the bin laden raid and has drawn the scorn of president trump. he calls mcchrystal one of the greatest generals of the generation and the finest officer i have ever served with. democratic senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts will travel to iowa this weekend after launching her presidential