A Rose Beggarden event tomorrow are told. Then later in the week the president will be going to ohio. And it is notable they are putting him on the road for this. Because he is someone that does well pitching things to crowds and feeds off that energy. Sometimes makes him go off script, but if he can deliver a solid pitch and a good message, i think it is a necessary piece of momentum for this administration thats been largely bogged down in controversy. Now a little bit about what we have heard with his Infrastructure Plan is it involves a trillion dollars in public and in private investigation. And it is something that capitol hill should be able to get behind. But it is something we have heard about a lot from him. And it is important in the aftermath of the foreign trip. A lot of people said what worked is the administration gave people Something Else to talk about that was not russia or controversy. And this is a way that a lot of republican strategists said to me, you need to give him Something Else. And policy and infrastructure is definitely Something Else to at least give the white house a
investigations that they are not enough. We have msnbcs scott cohen in los angeles. Lets pick it up with you on this. Give us a sense of the tone of what you have been hearing, is it peaking right now or is it kind of lowering in intensity because it is right around 2 00 where you are at . Reporter well, richard, the event has wrapped up just a short time ago. And there was a fair amount of enthusiasm. You laid out what the themes are, the marches for truth, the idea of getting strait answers about the russia investigation and the independent commission in addition to the Special Counsel. They are pushing through with all of that. Some peoples minds already made up. Congressman Maxine Waters getting a big cheer out of the crowd when she said, get ready for impeachment. And as people marched through the streets of los angeles winding up at city hall, a lot of people sounding the same sorts of themes. Listen. Im tired of the lies that are coming out of the trump
administration. And im tired of the russian connection that they keep trying to deny, but oh, we forgot about this one. We are paying very close attention to everything thats going on. And that they cant just ride us off as paid protesters or the extreme or, you know, elite liberals. Reporter the issue, though, is that there were not a lot of people here. You compare this to the Womens March In January which was the biggest one across the country. This plaza in front of city hall was jam packed. It was nowhere close to that. And people recognize that. The marcher that is we talked to said, yes, theres a bit of fatigue here, thats something they have to battle against, but the people who were here say they hope to continue to be out raising attention about these issues throughout the summer. Richard . They were hoping for the millions that they saw during the womens march. It is now subsided a little bit there in los angeles, but i
heard a little rock n roll and thats the intersection of southern california. Scott cohn, get out there and do a couple moves if you can. Thank you, sir. Former fbi director jim comey is set to testify before the Senate Intelligence committee if President Trump does not try and stop him along the way. But the white house is leaving the nation guessing this weekend as trump insider Kellyanne Conway showed friday. Will the president invoke Executive Privilege or does he want former Director Comey to testify before congress . Well be watching with the rest of the world when Director Comey testifies. The last time he testified under oath the fbi had to scurry to correct the testimony. The president will make that decision. Russian president Vladimir Putin is deflecting the idea that his country was involved in the election hacking. And in an interview were forms premier of nbcs Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly he said this. Translator hackers can be
anywhere. They can be in russia, in asia, even in america, latin america, they can even be hackers, by the way, in the United States. Very skillfully and professionally shifted the blame as we say onto russia. Lets bring in the National Political reporter for Bloomberg Politics and Washington Examiner jaime winestein, host of the jaime winestein podcast. We have two different reports as of this hour on this saturday as to whether Executive Privilege may come into play here to deny james comey from being able to testify on thursday. Its a New York Times and bloomberg, well, you might be partial to what might be the reporting, but tell us what youre hearing . Richard, i think the testimony this week from james comey, the former fbi director, will be the most hotly contested since Hillary Clinton did the marathon 15hour session before the benghazi session. Two questions democrats want to get to the bottom of. And both have to do with
conversations reportedly that mr. Comey had with the president while he was fbi director, one involves the president reportedly telling or encouraging mr. Comey to shut down the investigation into Michael Flynn. And the other was, what the president reportedly suggested or asked for with the former fbi directors loyalty. Legal experts raised doubts as to whether they can do this. If the president does this, they could theoretically be shut down by a court. And it would be politically dangerous because it creates the impression that the white house has something to offer. But the white house says they have nothing to hide. So it would be a perilous move. I want to guess that the president is a difficult man to predict. That would be very true. Jaime, reflect on what you are hearing, sir, about the reporting. I know bloomberg is saying it is still in consideration. The New York Times saying no, what are you hearing . It seems that it would be hard to invoke Executive Privilege considering President Trump has tweeted about the
conversation he had with james comey. So a lot of legal experts suggest if youre going to say Executive Privilege, this conversation was just between me and someone in the in the executive branch. You cant tweet about it and then try to claim Executive Privilege. I think what is going to be interesting is Wlp Jamhether ja comey thought the conversation that reportedly took place about Michael Flynn was Obstruction Of Justice. And then i think youre going to hear him get questions, especially from republicans, is if he did think it was Obstruction Of Justice, what was he going to do with the memos . Was he going to recommend that the president be tried for Obstruction Of Justice . Was he just going to keep them filed away . Or when were they going to see the light of day . Because we only learned of them and most people it seems that the fbi only learned of them after he was fired. And we can see this. I mean, just being quite a spectacle and you sort of outlined a little bit of that, jaime, but sahil, he could have
copies of the alleged notes he takes after conversations. He could have exhibits that hes passing around during the testimony. This could really turn out to be something. You know, theres certainly questions as to whether it will and the likelihood of something coming out is anticipated to a large degree because mr. Comey said he kept memos based on secondhand sources. Hes kept memos of conveions with President Trump. The president asked him this that democrat argue if true constitute Obstruction Of Justice. So this moves very quickly into the territory where as i mentioned, it ends up not becoming the crime but the coverup if the white house doesnt handle it wear. Its a tricky situation for them if they invoke in Executive Privilege and cant shut him down. Thats one of the five investigations ongoing. Well talk about Robert Muellers investigation and the reporting is that hes expanding who he is looking into. We have heard the names Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort and the attorney generals name as well. What does that say in terms of the duration that i talked about last hour, this means obviously more work to do, but the way the Special Counsel and his strategy is being employed. Thats the nature of these type of investigations. In fact, thats a danger. If there are charges on Something Like collusion, it could be a Financial Crime or trying to hide something, Obstructing Justy Ttice in som or perjury, these are special ways prosecutors can find their way going away from what they initially looked at, collusion, and find crimes elsewhere. So that is a threat to many members of the administration that this might not just be a Collusion Investigation at the
end of the day. So how wide might this go, sahil . Eye mooe bri jaime says when you have special persons employed, it will start to bring in details and the investigation if you will have outlets or tributaries that were not expected. Well, you go bac to the 90s when you think of a Special Prosecutor looking at bill clintons crimes and what ended up getting bill clinton impeached was emergency. The process of if he hasnt done that, its far from clear that anything of that sort would have happened. We know the president is extremely frustrated by the investigations and the talk. Hes repeatedly said its concocted by democrats to come up with an excuse for losing an election they should have won. That frustration is going to loom large over what type of
white house this is. And well see if it will cost them this week. And it will be important how the white house handles this. We have two people that have mini countdown clocks in the white part of their eyeballs. Many people are watching to see what happens. It will make cable news great again, thats for sure. Thats right. Thank you so much, jaime. Its a graeat conversation. Well show you more on the discussion with Vladimir Putin on the new premier of the show Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly at 7 00 eastern on nbc and your local affiliate. Check your local listings. Darrell issa won a Raizor Thin Margin last year. It wont be easier for him as he begins campaigning in just months. A live report is next. Anything. Even a coupe soup. [woman] so beautiful. [man] beautiful just like you. [woman] oh, why thank you. [burke] and we covered it, november sixth, twothousandnine. Talk to farmers. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum everything your family touches sticks with them. Makeure the germthey bring home dont stick around. Use clorox disinfecting products. Because no one kills germs better than clorox. At crowne plaza we know Business Travel isnt just business. Theres this. a bit of this. Why not . Your hotel should make it easy to do all the things you do. Which is what we do. Crowne plaza. Were all business, mostly. Congressman darrell issa is facing heat from his c constituents. Ive been a republican for many years. I voted for reagan and voted for both bushes and never voted for a. However, i am afraid of president donald trump. I was out of the district campaigning all over for rubio. He was my first choice. Would i like to have him put away his phone for twitter . Yes. Nbc Political Editor beth fooey is joining me now with the congressman had a town hall. We saw a little right there. Beth, what a great place to be today as we try to get a sense, right, of that barometer and that benchmark on what republicans are going through
who are right there in the middle. And darrell issa is one of the tossup elections in 2018. Yeah, hes interesting, richard, hes one of few republican members of Congress Actually doing the town halls. Number one. Number two, hes probably the most highprofile house member actually out there doing these town halls. Remember, he was the chairman of House Oversight during the obama years. He had a very high profile there. He was subpoenaing witnesses and holding hearings. He was really sort of on the chase for many members of the Obama Administration during several, what he believed were scandals, like the Fast And Furious Gun Running Situation and the irs supposedly targeting conservative groups. Darrell issa was all over those things. Now hes seen the other side of the equation. Hes now in a district that almost rejected him in 2016. He won by the barest of margins. Donald trump overwhelmingly rejected in california, including in darrell issas
district and hes trailed everywhere he goes by protesters and is back in the district. So what you heard today and you played some of that before, is that darrell issa is distancing himself from trump. He cant fully push him away but he cant embrace him either. On the issue of oversight, he left the Oversight Committee and went back to it. And he was telling me that the reason he did that was because he wanted to help hold this administrations feet to the fire as he did with the Obama Administration. So lets listen to that. I came back to oversight because President Trumps administration is going to need oversight. And i will push for it. Will i stand up to this administration . Yes. I ran in the past on my record, ill run in the future on my record. They took a picture of the first and only time i had met with donald trump and they put it up there as the reason not to vote for me. Reporter hes keeping the president at arms length,
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