Transcripts For CNNW CNN Right Now With Brianna Keilar 20190

CNNW CNN Right Now With Brianna Keilar March 26, 2019

I would not be my mothers son if i was capable of one drop ive been accused of. This has been an incredibly difficult time, honestly the worst of my entire life. But i am a man of faith and i am a man that has knowledge of my history, and i would not bring my family, our lives or the movement to a fire like this. I just wouldnt. Now id like nothing more than to just get back to work and move on with my life. But make no mistake, i will always continue to fight for the justice, equality and betterment of marginalized lives everywhere. We have ryan young at the cook county courthouse. There are still so many questions here. Tell us about this decision. Reporter this is exaspirating. We had a call early this morning that we had to get to the courtroom. If you think about this, this story, this case, has been a head scratcher from the very beginning. Of course, when we arrived here there was a rumor that charges would be dropped. Of course, when you talk to all the folks who work for the Police Department, they thought they had a rock solid case here, so we never thought this would be the ending. Dont forget, this went to a grand jury and there was a 16count indictment for this case, and all along we were told before that they believed they had evidence from the Darrell Olson brothers, the two men who told police they were hired to do the attack. How do you go from that to this, and thats been the big question so far . One of the things they made clear when they went to the mikes today, there was a conversation about this case being sealed . Will we ever have all the evidence from this case . Before we get to that point, lets not forget Jussie Smollett said at the end of january, he was walking back from a subway when he was attacked by two men. He described them as having white kind of features. They had masks on but he could see through the eyelets. They worked back weeks to get to all the evidence they have. Listen to the police who were talking so strongly afterwards about how much evidence they had in this case. Empire actor Jussie Smollett took advantage of the pain and anger of racism to promote his career. Im left hanging my head and asking why. You know, i lived in the city of chicago my entire life. We just dont have any room for hatred in this city, and for somebody to use it for personal gain is just is shameful. We gave him the benefit of the doubt up until that 47th hour. When we discovered the actual motive, quite frankly, it pissed everybody off. Strong words from the policeman there. The video store said he went and bought supplies for this. They gave their testimony. We checked with the attorney afterwards to see how they would move forward with this case. You could see a response in terms of going after the Police Department. They didnt sound like they wanted to do that. But listen to the attorney who is well known in this area talk about this case and how its going to move forward. We have nothing to say to the Police Department except to investigate charges and not try their cases in the press, but to allow matters to be investigated, allow the state to investigate, and to bring charges and not to jump ahead and utilize the press to convict people before they are tried in a court of law. Reporter brianna, where do we go from here . If you remember after that attack, people were saying, this is maga country. Now we know that was not the case, so we have to figure out if the brothers talked to them within 48 hours after being investigated by police, what did they give up in that 47th hour that made police feel so confident about this . We do know the next 30 minutes or so, not just the mayor rahm emanuel, but the Police Sergeant is going to give a speech about this. Were not sure that the Cook County State Attorneys Office even gave them a headsup about this today. So much about this is still in question. How do you move forward . Was this it . There is no way this is how it ends here. This is playing out like some sort of reality tv or some sort of daytime movie, because all the twists and turns in this, every single hour youre wondering, whats going to be the next step . Jussie smollett and his attorney kept saying they want to move ahead with their lives. What information are we going to get . Laura coates, why would prosecutors dismiss this case . They wouldnt, particularly when its been out there, there was a press conference, and you had a grand jury and presented evidence to a grand jury that led to 16 counts of an indictment. Theyre felonies. Theyre lowlevel felonies but felonies nonetheless, so im shocked by the turn of events. However, it is quite common with prosecutors to think about maybe a criminal solution or criminal prosecution is no longer the most effective way to reach justice. The reason i pinpoint that is because even though the attorney said there is no plea deal, there is no agreement, he dropped all charges against this person voluntarily, he still forfeited a bond, and chicago said the attorney said, excuse me, we look at his criminal history and of course his community service. That to me sounds like a deferred prosecution. Lets wait for a moment. President trump is on capitol hill. Some are still talking about the Mueller Report. Whats your response . I dont think theyre talking about impeachment. We have the greatest economy weve ever had. Our country is in great shape. They and others have taken up the time in this country for this ridiculous investigation that came up with no collusion, no obstruction, no nothing. We are doing so well. We probably never had a time of prosperity like this. The people who launched the investigation oppose this act. How do you explain . I think it went higher up. I dont think our country wants this to happen again. We cant let it happen again. It went very high up and it started fairly low, but with instructions from the high up. This should never happen to a president again. We cant allow that to take place. [ inaudible question ] i dont want to say that, but i think you know the answer. While the Mueller Report the Mueller Report was great. It could not have been better. It said no obstruction, no collusion. It could not have been better. Do you think the Affordable Care act is invalid . Let me tell you exactly what my message is. The Republican Party will soon be known as the party of health care, you watch. All right, President Trump there on capitol hill. Just to be clear, we have to fact check something he just said. He said the Mueller Report is great, and then he said it said no obstruction, no collusion. Just to be clear, one, we havent seen the report. There is a few quotes from it in the letter from attorney general barr, but it said, quote, while this report does not conclude the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him. That is on obstruction. It certainly does not say no obstruction. I want to bring in laura coates to talk about this. You can see what the president is doing now coming out of we havent seen the report, but its gone to the Justice Department, and right now the ag is looking at it and scrubbing it and figuring out what he can hand to congress. He was asked, the president , how high up did this go . He said, i dont want to say it, but he is. He is pointing a finger back at the obama west wing, presumably at president obama. What do you make of this . I think this is part of a concerted effort in anticipation of now theres no criminality aspect of it, while the impeachment proceedings, if there were ever to be so, is in the political context and it requires there to be a come to jesus moment between the republicans and democrats. If you pit the two against each other, as the democrats had a hand in what he calls the witch hunt, or a closs colossal waste of time depending on what he wants to say. The democrats were a problem. If they were inherently complicit in all this, it will not allow the republicans to say, well go ahead with everything. Hes well aware of the controversy. This is about republicans and democrats hashing it out about the popularity contest being the president. In the clinton years, we already know what happened to newt gingrich, to the popularity of bill clinton. Impeachment did not benefit the people seeking impeachment in bill clinton. It actual helped in the longevity and tenure of bill clinton. Hes aware of this game that hes playing, and he uses the words wisely. The Mueller Report did not exonerate him on the issue of obstruction. It was the barr summation of the Mueller Report that still leaves very loose ends about why could there be a conclusion about collusion and not a conclusion reached about infrastructure . Remember, the president is the head of the executive branch. Their job is to enforce the laws. If there is a question with regard obstruction, the resignation of nixon led to obstruction. You need to have a political rally going on about this notion. Its interesting, listening to him there, listening to a number of white house officials coming out of the last few days, its almost easy if you just listen to them to forget what this investigation was all about, which was russian meddling in the 2016 election, right . 37 people or entities charged, many of them russian entities or people. There were 16 Trump Associates who had contact with russians. What should if youre looking at this, keeping in mind we keep having to say this. We havent seen the report, we have only seen the summary put together by a political appointee of President Trumps, right . Thats important. What do you think, even just looking at that letter, should be the takeaway other than this focus of what the president is talking about . Remember, the mandate was  about the campaign and a foreign entitys influence in it. The president s Public Opinion and the president s Publicity Campaign is about making it about himself. That was never actually implicit in the narrative, it was in the campaign, not the president s. The issue here was there were always parallel investigations going on or should have been going on. Congress had a criminal role to perform. Their role is about there is a gap here, brianna, between what we think is wrong behavior in a Political Campaign sooefreceivi perhaps, Opposition Research or the ability of foreign interference. We think thats a wrong thing. Has the law matched that in corresponding ways of saying, we want to criminalize that conduct . Congress has something to look at on the impeachment side if they want to, and how should we fill the gap . What their role should be Going Forward is has the law been investigated . Do we already know how we can legislate a remedy . Thats how the Mueller Report in its full fashion is important. We do not Want Congress to take 22 months to figure out how to reinvent the wheel. If this is a witch hunt, as the president describes it, they found a lot of witches and theyre russian. You have to look at what the Mueller Investigation found. Laura coates, thank you so much. As we hear from the president , republicademocrats ag a deadline for the Mueller Report. Nancy pelosi thinks the president is above the law. And they are sparking an explosive fight. The charges against Jussie Smollett completely dropped in whats a stunning reversal. Mber, but hes not using it. 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Two this type of plan allows you to keep your doctor as long as he or she accepts medicare patients. And three these are the only Medicare Supplement plans endorsed by aarp. Learn more about why you should choose an aarp Medicare Supplement plan. Call today for a free guide. Right now President Trump is on capitol hill. He made a rare trek on pennsylvania avenue to sit in a Senate Republican lunch. And the present administration is really trying to hit the reset button here now that the Mueller Report is finished. We havent seen it, but it has gone to the attorney general who has put out a fourpage summary. First up, theyre trying to scrap obamacare and theyre also moving ahead with the president s funding the border barrier. Theyre also unveiling new health care legislation, tomorrow its Climate Change and then theyll move ahead with a measure to close the pay gap. Also today the house is going to vote on whether to overturn the president s veto of their bill to overturn the National Emergency declaration. But even with all this action today, the Mueller Report still to be released is still hanging over the halls of congress, with democrats setting an april 2nd deadline with its release to congress. Lets turn back now to this major reversal from the white house on health care. The trump Administrations Health Care after saying the Obamacare Program should be tossed, its now calling for the entire Affordable Care act to be thrown out. Its asking for the u. S. Court of appeals for the Fifth District in new orleans to affirm a lower courts ruling that invalidated the aca. Lets take a look back now at the president s promises on a key provision of obamacare. We will always protect americans with preexisting conditions. Were going to take care of them. The next major priority for me and for all of us should be to lower the cost of health care and prescription drugs and to protect patients with preexisting conditions. But if the white house and the Justice Department gets its way, that will not be the case. So how exactly could this affect the millions of americans who have preexisting conditions. Christina is in new york and shes here to break it down for us. What can you tell us . Its a major blow to obamacare, brianna. The Court Essentially changed its position on the Affordable Care act. It previously opposed the individual mandate and protections for preexisting conditions. But now the administration is saying the entire aca should be struck down. Let me put some numbers around this. According to health care and nonprofit Kaiser Family foundation, more than 400 million non helderly americans lacked Health Insurance in 2014. Thats before obamacare went into effect. By 2017, the number of insureds had actually dropped to a low of 27. 4 million. This is important because they could just forego it altogether. As you pointed out, the limited aca would be 42 million americans with preexisting conditions. The president , as you see, promised to protect people. But this administration strips those away and others more broadly. In terms of the impact on everybody, the law wo

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