DAY. HE DIDN’T SAY THIS WAS AN ORDER.
>> THANK YOU, ARI.
>> THANK YOU, SIR!
>> TODAY IS A TRULY HISTORIC DAY
IN THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY, IN THIS
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. IT IS A HISTORIC DAY IN THE
HISTORY OF THE PRESIDENCY
BECAUSE TODAY WE DID REALLY
ARRIVE AT THE FIFTH AVENUE
MOMENT.
MOMENT. >> I COULD STAND IN THE MIDDLE
OF FIFTH AVENUE AND SHOOT
SOMEBODY AND I WOULDN’T LOSE ANY
VOTERS, OKAY?
VOTERS, OKAY? >> TODAY WAS THAT DAY.
TODAY THE PRESIDENT APPEARED TO
COMMIT A CRIME IN PUBLIC.
AND FOR THE LAST TWO AND A HALF
YEARS SINCE DONALD TRUMP SAID HE
COULD SHOOT SOMEONE ON FIFTH
AVENUE AND GET AWAY WITH IT, HE
HAS BEEN PREPAREING HIS VOTERS
FOR THIS DAY.
AND HE HAS BEEN PREPARING THE
AMERICAN NEWS MEDIA FOR THIS
DAY.
DAY. AND THE PRESIDENT’S PLAN APPEARS
TO HAVE WORKED.
HE HAS SUCCESSFULLY BRAINWASHED
HIS VOTERS TO THE POINT WHERE
THEY JUST DON’T ACCEPT -- THEY
DON’T JUST ACCEPT.
THEY CHEER FOR IT.
AS WE SAW LAST NIGHT, THEY WILL
SCREAM AND CURSE AND THREATEN
ANY REPORTERS WHO CHALLENGE THE
PRESIDENT IN ANY WAY FOR THE
FIFTH AVENUE MOMENTO TODAY.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WHICH SENT
16 CANDIDATES INTO BATTLE WITH
DONALD TRUMP HAS COMPLETELY
SURRENDERED TO DONALD TRUMP AND
THOSE DEFEATED CANDIDATES WHERE
THEY COULD CONTROL THE TRUMP
PRESIDENCY HAVE COMPLETELY
SURRENDERED TO THE TRUMP
PRESIDENCY.
PRESIDENCY. THEY ALL APPEAR COMPLETELY
BRAINWASHED NOW.
BRAINWASHED NOW. WE HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
THIS IN AMERICAN POLITICS.
AND TODAY IS THE DAY THAT THE
PRESIDENT NEEDED THEM TO ALL BE
BRAINWASHED.
BRAINWASHED. SENATOR TED CRUZ SAID ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING TODAY, NOT ONE WORD,
WHEN DONALD TRUMP HAD HIS FIFTH
AVENUE MOMENT, WHEN DONALD TRUMP
PUBLICALLY OBSTRUCTED JUSTICE
TODAY, WHICH HE DID IN MORE THAN
ONE WAY, WHICH WE WILL GET INTO
A MOMENT.
A MOMENT. NOT ONE WORD FROM TED CRUZ ABOUT
THAT TODAY.
THAT TODAY. AND HERE IS WHAT THAT SAME TED
CRUZ SAID ABOUT THE PRESIDENT
TWO YEARS AGO.
>> THIS MAN IS A PATHOLOGICAL
LIAR.
LIAR. HE DOESN’T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN TRUTH AND LIES.
HE LIES PRACTICALLY EVERY WORD
THAT COMES OUT OF HIS MOUTH.
THE MAN CANNOT TELL THE TRUTH,
BUT HE COMBINES IT WITH BEING A
NARCISSIST.
NARCISSIST. A NARCISSIST AT A LEVEL I DON’T
THINK THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER
SEEN.
SEEN. THE MAN IS UTTERLY IMMORAL.
MORALITY HAUZDOES NOT EXIST FOR
>> TED CRUZ HAS FORGIVEN EVERY
SIN DONALD TRUMP COMMITTED
AGAINST HIM, AGAINST HIS FATHER
AND THE HORRIBLE THINGS HE SAID
ABOUT TED CRUZ’S WIFE.
TED CRUZ HAS EVEN FORCED HIS
YOUNG CHILDREN TO SHAKE THE HAND
OF THE MAN HE CALLED UTTERLY
IMMORAL.
IMMORAL. MARCO RUBIO DID NOT SOUND AFRAID
OF DONALD TRUMP TWO YEARS AGO.
>> HE’S A CON MAN.
I THINK IT IS TIME TO UNMASK HIM
FOR WHAT HE IS.
>> I WILL NOT ALLOW THE
CONSERVATIVE MOMENT TO BE TAKEN
OVER BY A CON ARTIST BY THE NAME
OF DONALD TRUMP.
>> AND TODAY THAT SAME PERSON
SOUNDED BRAINWASHED.
SOUNDED BRAINWASHED. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CALLING ON
ENDING THIS WITCH HUNT BEFORE.
>> HE SAID THAT BEFORE.
I ALREADY TOLD YOU GUYS MY
FEELINGS ABOUT IT.
I THINK MUELLER SHOULD FINISH
HIS WORK.
HIS WORK. >> HE SAID THAT BEFORE.
NO.
NO. HE HASN’T SAID THAT BEFORE.
THE TRUMP BRAINWASHING IS
WORKING.
WORKING. WHEN DONALD TRUMP SAYS SOMETHING
OUTRAGEOUS AND CRIMINAL THAT HE
HAS NEVER SAID BEFORE AND IT
FEELS LIKE, SOUNDS LIKE HE HAS
SAID IT BEFORE, IT’S THE
BRAINWASHING THAT MAKES IT FEEL
THAT WAY.
THAT WAY. THE YEAR AND A HALF OF BEATING
DOWN ANY AND ALL REPUBLICAN
RESISTANCE TO THE POINT WHERE
EVERY NEW CRAZY ILLEGAL THING
THAT THE PRESIDENT DOES FEELS
FAMILIAR, FEELS LIKE A PLACE WE
HAVE ALREADY BEEN, WE ARE IN A
NEW PLACE TONIGHT, THOUGH.
THANKS TO THE PRESIDENT’S TWEET
THIS MORNING SAYING ATTORNEY
GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS SHOULD
STOP THIS WITCH HUNT RIGHT NOW
BEFORE IT CONTINUES TO STAIN OUR
COUNTRY ANY FURTHER.
BOB MUELLER IS TOTALLY
CONFLICTED AND HIS 17 ANGRY
DEMOCRATS THAT ARE DOING HIS
DIRTY WORK ARE A DISGRACE TO
USA!
USA! THERE ARE TWO POTENTIAL CRIMES
IN THAT TWEET, TWO.
ONE OF WHICH HAS NOT BEEN
MENTIONED AT ALL TODAY.
OUR FIRST GUEST TONIGHT NOTICED
IT AND SHE AND I WILL DISCUSS IT
LATER THIS HOUR.
DEMOCRATS WERE OUTRAGED BY THE
PRESIDENT’S OBVIOUS ATTEMPT AT
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE TODAY.
BUT REPUBLICANS IN THEIR
SURRENDER TO TRUMPISM HAVE
FORGOTTEN WHAT THEY USED TO
THINK ABOUT SPECIAL PROSECUTORS
INVESTIGATIONS OF PRESIDENTS OF
THE UNITED STATES.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, I AM DEEPLY
TROUBLED TODAY BECAUSE JUDGE
STAR’S PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH IS
BEING UNDERMINED EVERY STEP OF
THE WAY, EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THE
PRESS BY THOSE WHOSE SOLE
MISSION IS TO ATAKE AND IMPUGN
THE COURT APPOINTED INDEPENDENT
PROSECUTOR AND THE PROCESS.
AND THESE ATTACKERS ARE NOT THE
JOURNALISTS OR THE BROADCASTERS.
MR. PRESIDENT, WHAT TROUBLES ME
THE MOST HERE IS THAT THESE
RECKLESS ATTACKS, THESE RUTHLESS
ONSLAUGHTS ARE BEING CARRIED OUT
BY THE CLOSEST ADVISORS TO THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
MY POINT HERE, MR. PRESIDENT, IS
SIMPLE.
SIMPLE. THEY ARE UNFOUNDED AND
UNPRODUCTIVE, UNCONSCIONABLE.
UNPRODUCTIVE, UNCONSCIONABLE. >> THIS IS THE MOMENT IN MITCH
McCONNELL’S CAREER WHEN STANDING
UP TO THE UNCONSCIONABLE IS THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING HE CAN DO.
IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENT
IN MITCH McCONNELL’S CAREER.
THERE WILL NOT BE A VIDEO
LIBRARY THAT LIVES IN HISTORY
SHOWING WHAT MITCH McCONNELL HAD
TO SAY AT THIS POINT IN THE
CHALLENGE THAT DONALD TRUMP
PRESENTS TO THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA BECAUSE MITCH McCONNELL
HAS BEEN SO SILENT AT EVERY
TURN.
TURN. IN HISTORY, WE WILL BE TURNING
TO THE BANK TAPE OF MITCH
McCONNELL SAYING NOTHING ABOUT
WHAT DONALD TRUMP DOES.
MITCH McCONNELL WAS SILENT
TODAY.
TODAY. HE WAS SILENT TODAY IN THE FACE
OF A PRESIDENT PUBLICALLY
OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE.
OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE. MITCH McCONNELL COULD NOT FIND
ONE WORD TO SAY ABOUT IT.
PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES
CANNOT COMMENT ON ONGOING
PROSECUTIONS AND MITCH McCONNELL
USED TO KNOW THAT.
EVERYONE KNEW THAT.
PRIOR TO DONALD TRUMP IT ONLY
HAPPENED ONCE IN THE MODERN
HISTORY OF THE PRESIDENCY, AND
IT WAS A SHOCKING MISTAKE MADE
BY THE WELL-TRAINED LAWYER
TURNED PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON.
>> I NOTED FOR EXAMPLE THE
COVERAGE OF THE CHARLES MANSON
CASE WHEN I WAS IN LOS ANGELES.
FRONT PAGE EVERY DAY IN THE
PAPERS.
PAPERS. IT USUALLY GOT A COUPLE MINUTES
ON THE EVENING NEWS.
HERE IS A MAN WHO WAS GUILTY,
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OF EIGHT
MURDERS WITHOUT REASON.
>> AND THE COUNTRY AND THE NEWS
MEDIA WERE STUNNED BECAUSE THE
PROBLEM WAS CHARLES MANSON WAS
STILL ON TRIAL FOR THOSE MURDERS
WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES SAID THAT HE WAS GUILTY.
AND SO IMMEDIATELY THAT VERY DAY
IN COURT IN LOS ANGELES CHARLES
MANSON’S LAWYERS MOVED FOR A
MISTRIAL IN THE CASE BECAUSE THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
PREJUDICED THE OUTCOME.
PRESIDENT NIXON’S PRESS
SECRETARY IMMEDIATELY ISSUED A
STATEMENT SAYING THE PRESIDENT
DID NOT MEAN TO SUGGEST THAT
CHARLES MANSON WAS GUILTY AND
LATER THAT SAME DAY PRESIDENT
NIXON ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING
I DO NOT KNOW AND DID NOT INTEND
TO SPECULATE AS TO WHETHER THE
SHARON TATE DEFENDANTS ARE
GUILTY IN FACT OR NOT.
ALL OF THE FACTS IN THE CASE
HAVE NOT YET BEEN PRESENTED.
THE MANSON TRIAL JUDGE WAS ABLE
TO DENY THE MOTION FOR A
MISTRIAL ONLY BECAUSE HE
BELIEVED NO DAMAGE WAS DONE BY
THE PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS BECAUSE
THE JURY WAS SEQUESTERED IN THE
AMBASSADOR HOTEL IN LOS ANGELES
WHERE THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO
READ OR HEAR ANY COMMENTS ABOUT
THE CASE.
THE CASE. BUT PAUL MANAFORT’S JURY IS NOT
SEQUESTERED.
SEQUESTERED. THEY ARE GOING HOME EVERY NIGHT
WITH AN INSTRUCTION FROM THE
JUDGE TO NOT READ OR LISTEN TO
ANYTHING ABOUT THE CASE.
SO THE MANAFORT JURORS ARE AT
HOME TONIGHT IN A COUNTRY WHERE
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES TODAY CALLED THE
PROSECUTORS IN THEIR CASE ANGRY
DEMOCRATS WHO ARE DOING DIRTY
WORK.
WORK. RICHARD NIXON AT HIS WORST
MOMENT WOULDN’T DARE CALL THE
LAWYERS DEFENDING CHARLES MANSON
A DISGRACE TO THE USA, AND THAT
IS EXACTLY WHAT THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES CALLED PAUL
MANAFORT’S PROSECUTORS TODAY, A
DISGRACE TO USA.
SO THE PRESIDENT IS ACTIVELY
INTERFERING AND HE IS TRYING TO
STOP ANY OTHER PROSECUTIONS
BROUGHT BY ROBERT MUELLER AND
STOP THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION
ENTIRELY.
ENTIRELY. AND HE DID ALL OF THAT IN PUBLIC
TODAY BECAUSE HIS LAWYER TOLD
HIM TO.
HIM TO. LAST WEEK RUDY GIULIANI SAID IF
YOU ARE GOING TO OBSTRUCT
JUSTICE, YOU DO IT QUIETLY AND
SECRETLY, NOT IN PUBLIC.
HE IS INSISTING IT IS IMPOSSIBLE
TO PUBLICALLY OBSTRUCT JUSTICE.
TODAY HIS DEFENSE TURNED ON THE
MEANING OF THE WORD "SHOULD".
>> WHAT IT IS IS THAT WE SAID
IT’S AN OPINION AND HE USED
HIS -- HE USED A MEDIUM THAT HE
USES FOR OPINIONS, TWITTER.
ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT
USING THAT, IF HE’S ESTABLISHED
A CLEAR SORT OF PRACTICE NOW
THAT HE EXPRESSES HIS OPINIONS
ON TWITTER.
ON TWITTER. HE USED THE WORD "SHOULD ", NOT
"MUST."
"MUST." THERE WAS NO PRESIDENTIAL
DIRECTIVE TO FOLLOW.
HE DIDN’T DIRECT HIM TO DO IT
AND HE’S NOT GOING TO DIRECT HIM
TO DO IT.
TO DO IT. >> SHOULD.
>> SHOULD. RUDY GIULIANI SAID HE CAREFULLY
USED THE WORD "SHOULD."
ON THE ADVICE OF HIS LAWYER, DID
RUDY
RUDY RUDY GIULIANI ADVICE THE
PRESIDENT TO USE THE WORD SHOULD
SO HE COULD DEFEND HIM
PUBLICALLY AND BASE THAT DEFENSE
ENTIRELY ON THAT ONE WORD,
"SHOULD"?
"SHOULD"? WHAT MOST REPUBLICANS LOST SIGHT
OF IS THAT PRESIDENTS MUST NOT
GIVE THEIR OPINIONS ABOUT
ONGOING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
AND PROSECUTIONS.
AND PROSECUTIONS. THERE IS NO INNOCENT PERSIAN OF
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES PUTTING HIS FINGER ON THE
SCALES OF JUSTICE.
BUT A YEAR AND A HALF INTO THE
TRUMP PRESIDENCY, THE PRESIDENT
TODAY DECIDED HE WAS READY TO
SAY THE THING THAT HE HAD NOT
PUBLICALLY SAID BEFORE.
ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS
SHOULD STOPPED THIS RIGGED WITCH
HUNT RIGHT NOW.
IF THERE WAS A TAPE OF DONALD
TRUMP SAYING THAT IN THE WHITE
HOUSE TODAY, IT WOULD BE THE
SMOKING GUN IN AN OBSTRUCTION OF
JUSTICE CASE.
JUSTICE CASE. BUT RUDY GIULIANI HAS TOLD HIM
TO DO HIS OBSTRUCTING IN PUBLIC
AS IF HE WAS STANDING ON FIFTH
AVENUE WITH A GUN.
THERE WAS A DEEPLY PERVERSE
TWIST IN DONALD TRUMP’S TWEET
TODAY.
TODAY. RIGHT AFTER HE TELLS JEFF
SESSIONS TO STOP THE MUELLER
INVESTIGATION, ATTORNEY GENERAL
JEFF SESSIONS SHOULD STOP THIS
RIGGED WITCH HUNT RIGHT NOW
BEFORE IT CONTINUES TO STAIN OUR
COUNTRY ANY FURTHER.
THERE IS NOW NOT A DAY THAT GOES
BY THAT DONALD TRUMP AND RUDY
GIULIANI DON’T FIND NEW WAYS TO