Excellent. Grad to be here. Glad to have you, ready to go . Here we go. Nancy pelosi and ocasiocortez making attempts to ease tension over the direction of the party. Just weeks after ocasiocortez suggested the speaker was racist after nancy pelosi called out ocasiocortez and three democratic lawmakers for oshg posing recent border bill. Short time ago, the speaker downplayed the rift after the facetoface. Watch. Speaker pelosi i would never say it was a hatchet, but i think we sat down today and we had a good meeting. The congresswoman is a gracious member of congress. Weave had a very positive conversation about our districts and how we represent them, our country and how we need to meet the needs, diversity of america and the challenges we face in terms of issues. Again, just like youre in a family, in a family, you have your differences, but you are still family. Harris the feud was effectively put on hold after President Trump sent controversial tweets attacking ocasiocortez and t
Lets get sophisticated about this, okay. How long do you think these court fights will take . We will proceed when we have what we need to proceed, not one day sooner. Their advocacy for impeachment only gives me leverage. I have no complaint with what they are doing. Im willing to take whatever heat there is there to say the decision will be made in a timely fashion. This isnt endless. But the clock is ticking. The number of democrats who support opening an impeachment inquiry is now at 96. Judiciary committee democrats, including the chairman, have debated opening an inquiry without Speaker Pelosi onboard. Pelosi met this morning with congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez, another show of outreach, and an attempt to paper over big and very public rifts with the new york freshman. In this postmeeting picture, you see it there, all smiles and a promise from pelosi to work together. But a clear message from pelosi afterwards to congressman ocasiocortez and others who want to beat the im
Meanwhile, democrats could not care less about the government accountability. Instead they are on the mission to read personal email and text of ivanka trump and jared kushner. Joining us with more is Catherine Herridge. Jason, based on the reporting, the investigation into the investigators led by the u. S. Attorney john durham is considering whether key evidence was withheld from the National Security fisa court including transcripts that showed a Trump Campaign aide was against working with the russians. During this weeks testimony, former special Counsel Robert Mueller was peppered with questions about Campaign Aide george papadopoulos. And the may 2016 meeting with the australian ambassador in britain. Their conversation about russia sitting on damaging Clinton Emails was passed to the f. B. I. Through unconventional channels kickstarting the f. B. I. Probe. This section of the hearing hasnt had a lot of play but it goes to the heart of the matter. With mr. Papadopoulos, it didnt
Jerry nadler next. And battleground wide. It is a great state. We won michigan. Now as Democratic Candidates arrive to make their pitches to voters, the president is hoping personal attacks on his opponents will keep the state in his column. Rashida tlaib joins me exclusively in moments. Hello, im jake tapper in detroit, michigan, where the state of the union is counting down to the debates. Were live outside of the fox theater in detroit. Where in just days 20 democratic president ial candidates will meet on stage for the cnn democratic debate and in michigan a state trump narrowly won in 2016 and this could shape the future of the party and the country. For his part, President Trump is continuing to use divisive and even racist attacks on democratic members of congress who are members of minority groups, a Campaign Tactic he signaled two weeks ago he would make the foundation of his Reelection Campaign when he told four minority members of congress to go back to the country wheres th
Pendleton and accused of illegal activities, including human smuggling and drug related offen offenses. They took their opportunity when they saw it to make extra money, recognizing even so that it was against the law and they did it anyway. And good day, im Andrea Mitchell in washington. House democrats are divided over impeachment. You can see a live picture of the press Briefing Room on the house side as they leave for a six week summer break. We have just heard from Speaker Pelosi pushing back against members of her own caucus who are demanding an immediate start to impeachment hearings. Their advocacy for impeachment only gives me leverage. I have no complaint with what theyre doing. Im willing to take whatever heat there is there to say the decision will be made in a timely fashion. She met with alexandria ocasiocortez to not bury the hatchet. We have differences, respect that instead of making a big issue of it. Respect that. And joining me now as we are await a briefing from je