i'm chris cuomo, welcome to prime time. somebody told the president something that got him really upset about the mueller probe today. what does he fear coming his way? so much that it made him go on a twitter tear? is he signaling that his new acting a.g. may just quash the investigation all together. big election news, big win for the democrats in the house. we have the very latest in the state of play, there are seven races still not called. bad news from the democrats in florida. one county was two minutes late in reporting results, the republicans are refusing to count any of them. governor scott's main man on the recount is here to make the case. and the go fund me story that made us feel all the feels turned out to be a big fat lie. can donors get their money back. are the scammers going to go to

jail? let's get after it. the mueller investigation back on the president's mind in a big way. so much so he fired off four angry tweets. fact poor, but fury rich, hinting he has knowledge of the investigation's inner workings. raises questions. what's the new acting a.g. going to be. what's he telling him about mueller, he has access to all of mueller's movements. we know trump's been working on answering some of mueller's written questions with his lawyers, is that proving to be something he didn't anticipate? rudy giuliani gives us a window of understanding into that. he told the washington post, some of those questions ye ate more issues for us legally than others. meanwhile, mueller's legitimacy was just backed up in court by a trump appointed judge, so there are lots to dig through with our legal experts. jim shultz and barrett burger.

look at the outfit that jim shultz has on. get that banner out of the way. that is a fetching tuxedo. is that just for me, or you have something else? >> i'm coming from federal society tonight. and at that dinner, i saw a standing ovation for newly confirmed associate justice brett kavanaugh. >> i'm sure you guys are pumped. the president took the list you made of judges, didn't make a change, didn't ask a question, he's doing exactly as you asked. >> that's what he's doing. >> barrett, it's not okay you're not in formal dress. not everybody has to be. barrett, where does it take you that you look at the president's tweets, something happened. we know he's been spending hours answering the questions, do you think he was surprised by the questions or all of this talk about how loco mueller's people are going? what's your read? >> i don't know how easy it is

to ever read too much into these tweets. who knows what it is that actually set it off. i mean, prosecutors did file a letter saying that gates was not ready to be sentenced, saying he still had more that he needed to contribute to the investigation. maybe it was something as simple as that. which would indicate that there's more still that the special council's team is doing. it could be the questions that the president and his legal team are looking to answer. as we heard from the president's attorney today, you know, there was a whole section of those questions that they found gave them some pause and were legally troubling for them. it easily could be the questions that really got under her skin. >> what's your insight, jim? >> it could be the president gearing up for a political fight. i think the president sees this as a political battle, there's going to be report that goes over to congress. congress is going to have to do something with that report, the democrats are certainly going to take shots at the president. i think he sees a political

battle coming on, i think that's why he's saying what he's saying. it's a good question. what happened with the servers at the dnc. that's a good question to ask, i don't have any problem with that. >> why? we all know the answer. >> what do you mean? what was on the servers. do you know what was on the servers, chris? >> i'll tell you what wasn't on the server. they heard the third party -- >> how do you know? >> the third party reckoning of what was on the server and what malwear might be there was all surveyed by the fbi. you know it's common protocol about they ask for a review, if those guys want to do an internal review or there's a third party, they accept them all the time, and you know it. >> it seemed like the dnc was worried about something. that's all i know. >> sounds like speculation to me, tuxedo boy. let me ask you this. when it comes to the dnc, that ez a distraction from this. the president going after mueller, a distraction. i don't know why people let him mistake the record about

mueller. put there by president bush, served for president obama for four years, trump said today eight years, i don't know why they let him say things that are low fruit for people who want to fact check. clearly it's more than curiosity about a political fight. >> right, i guess the most surprising thing to me, the president saying he has this insight into the inner workings of the special council's investigation. i think that is literally the one thing that none of us have is insight into the inner workerings of this special council's office. they have been the most leak proof organization we have ever seen. it's just disingenuous for anyone to say they have insight into the inner workings here. the special council's office is fighting a legal battle here, they're doing it the same way that pros k50u9ers across this country fight legal battles. they're doing it methodically, they're taking investigative stipulates. being careful, trying to follow

the law. they're following the evidence. and when cases come up that are not solely within their mandate, they're referring it to other attorneys offices. i think they're fighting a purely legal battle right now. >> the only place they have to battle is in congress. so it turns out to be a political fight at the end of the day, and the president is gearing up for that. >> except for those seven guys that wound up getting guilty charges, right? those seven guys, jim. that was taken care of in court, mostly with guilty pleas. and then you have all the forms. >> having nothing to do with the campaign whatsoever. >> that's not true. >> the manafort issues have -- >> the manafort issues have nothing to do with this. >> the others had to do with perjury and other things. >> related to the campaign. >> the perjury relates to what they were saying when they were interviewed. >> during the campaign and about the campaign. >> the perjury had -- >> i don't believe it had

anything to do with any facts associated with the campaign. there were no charges against anyone associated with any conduct that went on during that campaign. that's a fact. >> not yet. >> you overstated what they mean, though. it's not like it's only a political fight. when it comes down to the president, when it comes down to collusion and who did what and why, and the campaign, vis-a-vis russia, it may wind up being all political at the end of the day. but jim, my question to you is, if it's so simple, there's so little to sweat, why is the president the way he is about that? >> what will do you mean? the president gets dogged every day on this issue. >> he started this. >> what -- >> he started this today. we didn't report anything about it. >> that's just going to ramp up now that the democrats have taken the house. for him lashing out now, he's getting out there and defending himself and taking it to the american people. >> he's lashing out when there were no attacks, isn't that weird? >> what do you mean? he gets attacked every day often

this issue fp. >> i don't know about you, but to me the whole news cycle began this morning because of what the president was tweeting. we haven't had any action in the mueller probe for a long time. we're still waiting for the invasion of the caravan. i was ready to saddle up, jim. worry about the second coming of poncho villa that i just heard from general mattis. you got some six shooter there's in the vest pockets? you remember that? >> i did, i remember last week. >> what does that tell us. >> we're talking about mueller there. >> what i'm saying is that the president likes to distract. he likes to influence, and he likes to color. the question is, what did he learn. what has him so worried that he took all this time to do it today. i think it has to be something. and yes i'm not just guessing, for the sake of this conversation, all this time with his lawyers, seeing what the questions are about his conduct before he was president.

and what it may expose. i don't think he likes it. >> no, i think that's clear. lock, i feel like i've heard reporting, people have speculated, he must have heard that the special council is getting ready to indict his son or his son in law or people close to him. i don't think i buy that. it's not something the prosecutors usually do to inform people before they are about to indict them. we're not usually in the business of saying, we're about to come arrest you, i just wanted to give you a head's up, maybe it's different when it comes to the president and they're operating in a different way, that's not the typical way the prosecutors tend to act, i would be surprised if there was some true groundbreaking tid bit that the president had heard from his lawyers that would cause him to start tweeting about this. >> he heard something, i'm out of time. jim, i want to ask you something. you were there at the federalist society. does that room have respect for robert mule summer. >> of course that room has respect for robert mueller. >> he has a stellar reputation.

no question about that. i've never been on here criticizing robert mueller. he has a job to do, he's doing this job. it becomes a political process down the road, once the mueller report is issued, gloves come off. >> that doesn't make him unhinged, going crazy, i want to set it up for when the president has to own his words, i just want to make sure we're all on the same page about what's fair and unfair. you thank you for taking time out of the evening for us. >> in has to be adding to trump's fury. democrats are still flipping seats more than a week after election day, and he loves to say it's proof of fraud. it isn't, it's proof of change. we're going to show you where the balance of power stands right now, what's still to come and wait until you hear about the update in florida. two minutes might make all the difference in the outcome.

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today in maine, jared golden came from behind to defeat two term incumbent bruce poliquin.

it's not over, seven house races remain. they're all undecided. democrats are leading in five of those senate races. the balance of power could be days or weeks away. 21 seats are now all democratic. republicans literally zero. and of the 12 u.s. senators from new england. only one republican. a big reason why the wave was washed out for some. places normally out of democrat reach, beto o'rourke, abrams seems out of it in georgia, in the governor's race, and then there is florida. today was a big day. and there was even more drama in the governor and senate races there. under florida law, when races, like the two main ones here are within.5%. you're going to get a recount.

ballots where too many choices were made, or too few. over or under. the governor's race did not get close enough after the machine recount. and therefore, congressman desantis claimed victory. mayor gillum has refused to con side. governor scott has a 12,000 vote lead. that race is headed for a manual recount. man, we had drama today that nobody expected. all of the counties did not meet the deadline that was imposed by law today. including hillsboro county, palm beach and broward county, where much of the focus has been. you may remember, i spoke to the broward county supervisor of elections, dr. brenda nisnipes

tuesday. she said this about what will happen today. will you be ready on thursday? >> absolutely. we're working very hard, very dill gantly to make sure that happens. >> so you're saying, 100%. you'll have the count done to everybody's satisfaction? >> i'm saying 100%. >> why did i ask twice? i knew it was going to matter, and it was going to be close, and they came up short, but they came up short by two men outs. literally, and now the secretary of state, a republican and scott appointee is saying he won't accept those votes. that's going to play out in court. meanwhile in palm beach, they failed to meet that deadline. both cases, last week's unofficial count will likely stand. that means for now, senator nelson, he's in bad shape there. even in lee county, a local news station is reporting the supervisor of elections says a

glitch in the system has caused machines to miscount under votes, now these lawsuits i'm telling you about, we're going to have to see. and what may or may not short circuit this recount. at least one suit brought by senator nelson may have ruled -- it was certainly ruled in his favor, may make a difference. a judge today ruled that voters whose signatures didn't match according to officials and had their provisional ballots disqualified. and mail-in ballots unnullified. they may get more time to correct. 5:00 p.m. saturday. what does that mean? that means he may get some votes, but it's almost sure to get more ugly. here's the next deadline you have to look out for, november 20th, next tuesday. that's when florida's races are set to be certified by election officials. the governor is part of that process, governor scott did recuse himself because of the obvious conflict. what a day. two minutes could make all the difference unless something else

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call, click or visit a store today. really, who gained the upper hand after the midterms? was there a blue wave that was december positive, the democrats, it's their day, they certainly picked up the most seats in the house for them, since the election after watergate, the president's party typically does lose seats in midterm elections. you could argue that trump has a kind of economic success right now, or at least a narrative of one that he could have been one of the few to get more seats. what happened here? that is where we're going to start our great debate. good to have you both. angela. the blue wave, do you believe that with what we see in the elections, that what happened here was, that people came out and voted against the president

or for democrats? what do you think happened? >> i think it was both. i think that people voted for candidates that would be historic first, and i also think people voted against an agenda that is filled with hate, bigotry, xeno phobia as we've seen him run since the 2016 election. i think people are tired of that, and wanted some checks and balances for donald trump. i'm really surprised that democrats gained the house back. i thought we were more likely to gain the senate. so i was very surprised by that outcome. there were several other instances where, yes, that's what i thought. i thought because of how these districts had been jerry mannedered, it was going to be extremely tough -- >> i set the over under at 33 seats. i took the under on it. >> i hope you gained some money from that. >> no, i'm getting killed the way it looks right now.

on the senate side, i thought it was a tough pass. i thought it made more sense given how many vulnerable democrats you had. you guys underperformed. your party says otherwise. put up the tweet for the gop about how they explain what they see as huge success. the reason for it, undeniable. president trump proved to be our closer, game changer, making a quantifiable difference in key races across the country. make the case. >> well, first much all, i think that joe manchin since you mentioned him saved himself by voting for brett kavanaugh. if he had gone against kavanaugh, he would have suffered the same fate as the other democrats. i wasn't surprised democrats took back the house, when you consider the number of districts that republicans represented, that hillary clinton had carried in 2016, combine that with the

number of republican retirements, and combine that with history, and all the money the democrats had, they should have picked up the house, and they did it, i thought they would do 35 to 40, that's about what we're headed for. the national surveys were right. i think what's note worthy about this election is, barack obama got cleaned out in 2010 and came back to win in 2012. i don't think you can read too much into this as far as the presidential campaign, if you're donald trump, you have to start talking to the people in the suburbs, he made a tactical mistake by going to the caravan instead of the economy. i know he thinks it's boring. >> at least he could have stuck with the truth. the car va van was a complete ruse. it was a joke, it was about fear and loathing. the president proved us right by never mentioning it again after the election. what a shameful thing that was, and i think it hurts your party. to scott's point, if you look at what happened there, obama,

clinton, they took beatings in their first midterm, however, they didn't have the economy that trump had, so in your analysis, your position on this, do you think that trump should have done worse than he did? or given his economy, if he weren't saying so much ugliness to america he would have done even better. >> we know that donald trump is his own worst enemy, whether we're talking about the number of lies he tells in a day on twitter or at press conferences or the ways in which he disparages human beings, whether they're white house correspondents or just an every day person. we know that he struggled to stay on message, it's no surprise that donald trump couldn't taught wins. wins that republicans were taughting all over the country. i think the other real challenge is, there are now candidates who are running for office who are trying to be baby trump, we saw one run against andrew gillum, we're seeing one in a runoff in

mississippi, smith talked about wanting to be in the front row at a public hanging ceremony. you see this rhetoric, people think it's successful, they're also not talking about donald trump's record of supposed success if that's what you want to call it. i think that there is a message discipline issue, there's a real challenge to sell people on a dream that's not real. you are struggling in this economy, you are struggling to make ends meet. it's not a success story for anyone except the rich. >> what is the reality for your party, in terms of reigning in the president's rhetoric? does anyone have the gums to do it, even though you know you lost a lot of seats. people may like the tax cut, like it, they like the cuts in regulations, they hate how he speaks. they hate what he means for their party and presumed values, do you have any shot of making him clean up his talk.

>> i think the best chance we have of doing that is donald trump realizing that getting it right doesn't just matter for his party. it matters for him personally. this is a guy that has a great economic record and he wants to get re-elected. it's going to be hard to do if he doesn't make people connect what they perceive to be a good economy and good personal financial situation, directly to his policies, it's hard for people to make that connection when you're focused on other things. >> how do you think it meets -- >> on the ballot. >> people like you, white collar guys, savvy guys, to hear him saying about one of your heroes, bob mueller isn't just a decorated veteran, he served with honor. when his name was offered up in the selection process, republicans of all stripes in elected office said, that's a quality guy. that's a quality guy. and for the president to run him down into the gutter the way he did today. and it ain't the first time, you think you can get him to stop

doing that? or is he always going to put the me before the we? >> i think as it relates to the russian investigation. i think the president's position on this is not going to change. he believed it was a hoax from the beginning. he's made that perfectly clear, he's angry about it, and i suspect he's going to continue to be angry about it until something that comes out and it's no longer hanging over your head. he spent the first two years with a dark cloud hanging over his head. and he wants it to end. what you have to hope for is, this ends, you are not implicated in any wrongdoing. the economy keeps rolling, you get the trade situation worked out with china and other countries. that puts off and staevs off a recession. you get to run re-election without a dark cloud and an economy that's working for people in the suburbs and the upper midwest. why does that matter? the suburbs and the upper midwest went blue in the midterms. >> long way to go. it is interesting. two of the three things scott just mentioned are only in bad shape right now because of this

president. we'll see where it goes. thanks to both of you, have a great night. thanks for sharing some of the time with me. florida just ordered a manual recount in the senate race. why? after the machine recount the margin between the two is .25% or less. however. the governor has again claimed victory. he says this process has played out enough. who can make the case, one of his top aids can, next. plus, remember that story of a homeless veteran who gave his last bit of money to help a stranded driver? more than $400,000 was raised through a go fund me campaign for him. here's the problem, it was a lie. and they almost got away with, i have the whole story for you ahead.

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the florida law says you need to have a manual recount in the senate race, why? because it's within the .25% margin. the current governor who is running in that senate election is demanding a concession from the current senator nelson. the democrat. today florida's governor gained

votes through the machine recount. not enough to put it out of hand counting territory. this as a slew of lawsuits are flying back and forth across the sunshine state. let's get to brad todd. senior adviser to the scott campaign. good to have you back on the show. >> good to be back, chris, thanks for having me. >> help me understand the two minute thing. just two minutes, come on. >> we all learn that in law school. count them, no, no, no, we follow the law. you gained 77 vote notice machine recount in broward county. couldn't you have it both ways and say, fine, we'll wave the two minutes and get more votes? >> wait a minute, we gained 779 votes in the machine recount in broward county. let's rewind the clock here, broward county could begin its machine recount on saturday

afternoon, as of monday night, they had not even started, their neighbor to the south which had more votes to count was well under way. miami-dade and broward finished fine. broward more than expected it to -- >> brenda snipes was on with us, we had better than expected turnout. >> even better reason to have started on saturday, right? why wait until monday night, then she finished today 15 minutes before the deadline, they come out and announce the results of the canvassing board, brenda says we can't believe we made it, three hours later, after she figures out that broward county had the largest gain for rick scott she comes back out and says, oh, we failed to get it in two minutes ahead of time. >> oh, you think she didn't make the deadline because it would

have helped scott? >> well, all i'm going to say is that the person who filed the reports on saturday had no trouble uploading it to the secretary of state's website, by the way, that's his job, his job is to work with the secretary of state, and then we get to tonight, and suddenly, we have a problem uploading to the state's website, they're trying to give us the dog ate my homework excuse. the real answer is rick scott did better on the machine recount in broward county, than anywhere else. >> that's not the way we do it. she was already bragging and telling everybody, i don't understand the theory, it's neither here nor there. we don't know the truth on it. what seems to be the perception, the governor is saying enough, i want it over. if you're going to adhere to the law as closely as you say you want to. he must know this race is not over.

the law demands -- >> the race is over. >> how? >> the race is over. >> we counted them twice. >> the statutory margins says you have a recount. >> no one is suggesting there's any mechanism to stop the manual recount other than grace. and bill nelson has to look himself in the mirror and decide whether he wants to be remembered for all the things he's proud of or this one thing. something he's not going to be proud of when it's over. >> i don't understand how it's consistent with counting every vote. your state doesn't do a great job with the election counter -- >> counting every legal and timely cast vote. >> i get it, but i have two issues for you on this one. one's on point, one's off off point. on point is, scott's been the governor for eight years. the election process there still stinks, okay? that's why we're in this situation. any time it gets close -- >> no, it doesn't.

this has been an ugly process. >> it stinks in broward and palm beach county. >> hillsboro also had a mystery machine problem. >> you look at all across the counties across florida, this has gone relatively smoothly everywhere. >> i know, but that's the point. >> that's the point. it's relatively smooth for a lousy process. >> broward and palm beach have -- i don't think that's fair. that's an insult to the people of florida. they have cleaned up -- >> no, i think it's a lousy process. i think they're working hard, i think they care. >> the standards are clear, the law is clear, the election administrators merely have to follow it. >> you're now saying two things, just follow the law, except for the law that says you have to have a manual recount. that you don't want to do, you just talk about grace? >> no, listen, hang on. the manual recount is well under way. dade county has already started.

broward and palm beach has gone home. dade county started their manual recount, it's underway. the manual recount is prescribed by law. don't take my words out of context. i'm not saying bill nelson is legally obligated to quit. it's the graceful thing to do. >> why is it graceful when there are a lot of ballots out there that could make a significant difference in this race. >> ask his lawyer, there are not a lot of ballots. >> i'm glad you -- >> what about the mismatched ballots. i'm glad you brought that up. the mismatched signature on the absentee ballots, that was the case that was in court today. some folks who had mismatched ballots would have the opportunity to be returned and -- >> saturday at 5:00 p.m. >> that's right. however, he said, those who were

belatedly notified. at the 11th circuit on our appeal, narrows that significantly and defined what belatedly notified means. it only means their signature was mismatched november 1st or later. >> why? >> because florida has a very clear law, the clear law in florida says, if your signature is a mismatch, you're notified, you come in and you have to fix it on 5:00 p.m. on the day before the election. the law is clear on the convenience of using the vote by mail early. >> it seems like you're punishing people for a bad process, just like the law that says they have to be received at a certain point. a lot of people could send it, especially military and people abroad could send it in time, but it doesn't get received in time. >> no, separate that. the military ballots are counted separately. they merely have to be postmarked by election day. no one's questioning that. no one is questioning that that law is clear. neither side is -- that's not in

debate. >> there was a request at one point in this process, where those may have been compromised, that hasn't been allowed by the courts, so you're right, that's a separate issue. >> no, no, no, there's no -- no one's trying to stop the military -- >> not currently. >> no, not in this recount. >> when people look at this process. i think that the guidance that the governor is giving to the senator, he should also take for himself. if he wins, or if there's a concession or however it goes, we're going to know by next tuesday. he's going to go to the senate, he doesn't want to cloud over his win as well. the more open he seems to the process. >> don't interject that at all. he got more votes, we counted them again, he got more votes. the person that gets more votes goes to the senate. governor scott will become senator scott. >> as long as all the votes that should be counted were counted. and you're not there yet. >> that's correct. we actually are. >> they're still identifying and contacting those people with

mismatched signatures. that's still ongoing. >> that's not true. that's not true. the -- you're talking about a couple thousand votes. >> so it is true. it's not enough, but it is true. >> 2,000 votes. >> it is true. >> it still winds its way through the courts. let's say it's 2,000 votes. it's clear that governor scott is going to be senator scott. it's also clear that the democrats in this case, they know they can't win, they know bill nelson is not going to be the senator, they pursue all these cases through court. they're trying to throw out the florida election code, they want in 2020 florida to be the wild west. they don't want fraud protection laws in florida. >> nobody should want that. let's be clear, the only people, we're out of time, and i appreciate you being here. i want you here again when we get to the 20th. the only calls of fraud have been on the right. the president did it without cause, the campaign, the scott campaign was doing it without cause. let's see how it plays out, and nobody should call foul or fraud without cause.

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all right, this heartwarming story about a new jersey couple. they raised 400 grand for a homeless man who helped them. now all three are facing charges, here's why. this was the story. the couple said, we ran out of gas, and there was this homeless veteran, and he gave us his last $20 and we got back on the road. we're going to set up a go fund me page for him. we have to support our veterans. they shouldn't be homeless, it shouldn't happen. according to prosecutors, it was all a lie. the couple met the man a month before. and they were all in on the scam. and they almost got away with it. the veteran said the couple never gave him his full cut. he sued them over it. and soon prosecutors were on to them. go fund me says they will offer a full refund to the campaign's 14,000 donors. d. lemon is here. this one hurts.

this one hurts. because i love when people reach into their heart and even into their pocket if they can, and help somebody in need. these people put shame on all of that. >> yep, they did. it's like monopoly, you get the card, go to jail, do not pass go. >> i think it should be paid more so. >> go fund me's going to pay them. >> but they should be punished more so. i always feel like, you know, when you find out about like price gouging during a hurricane or storm or people taking advantage of charity benefit or trying to take advantage of people who are sick or in need, i think those crimes should be punished more even in the same category of whatever larceny or fraud it is. >> because they're taking advantage of people's weakness and they're such good-hearted people out there. and to play on that. there are people who are actually -- most of the people on go fund me need the money. they're on there for a reason. many people need -- people raise

money for medical issues on there. people raise money for charity. all kinds of things. by the way, as you said, but just to point out again, it's a very small amount of fraud at least on go fund me, tiny. i think it's like less than 1/10 of 1% or something. there are people who do these fraudulent things in other ways. they raise money on social media and other things. but not for go fund me. i agree with you. i think they definitely should go to jail. in the process, though, they need to figure out from either their possessions or what have you how they can pay go fund me back so -- >> you've got to let people know they cannot do this. i remember that happening after 9/11. i'll tell you, it really rubs you raw. but it's good they caught these guys because that sends the right message, you do something wrong you're going to get hit and you're going to get hit hard. >> have you seen the weather outside? >> we all got caught off guard. they weren't even plowing. i heard about maria, your e.p. what a nightmare. >> couldn't get in. one of the guys, how long did it take you to get in, hassan? >> it took me six hours. >> it took one of the guys in

the studio six hours to get here. maria, who is my e.p., can't get here. it's crazy. she texted me and said i don't think you should get in the car, i think you should get in the subway. and i said i'm way ahead of you, i've been here for 30 minutes. but the car was 30 minutes late. right? because i thought i need a car to get in. 30 minutes late. then i said i'm not getting in the car. got on the subway, i was here in ten minutes. >> smart. i walked. like a man. >> 6 1/2 hours? >> no, i'm kidding. i got in the car the ride was fine. >> maria 6 1/2 hours. she's been in traffic for 6 1/2 hours. >> i feel bad for maria. she's good people. i don't know why she's coming in for you. >> we've got to talk about it, you know a group of civil rights lawyers suing for the "apprentice" tapes that were alleged -- >> you got them? >> we're going to talk about that issue. and also about nancy poli pelos. she's got a lot of resistance. is she going to be speaker? i don't know. >> provocative, d-lemon. >> take the train if you can.

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so i could've taken the bus? yeah. bring your phone. switch your carrier. save hundreds a year with xfinity mobile. call, click or visit a store today. military families are the backbone of our nation. as you see, i did the promotion of military spouse hiring across the federal government. the fact is i've done a lot. [ applause ] good-bye, everybody. good-bye, everybody. >> insult to injury. that's what you just saw. trump telling all those marines in the world he's done so much for our troops. giving himself a nice pat on the back and his administration. at the same time that he was saying that v.a. officials were

fumbling and stumbling to explain the g.i. bill benefits crisis that is ongoing right now on trump's watch. the "washington post" reports the number of veterans that could be affected is reaching 450,000. our fighting men and women who have been denied g.i. bill payments for weeks or months. we made a promise. that promise has not been kept. they're not getting money for school. and for many it's even worse. they're not getting money for housing. and there's nowhere to turn for them when collections come. and the v.a., it's been a series of busy signals and dead ends. and today those people got called to the carpet. and you saw outrage from the left and right in the veterans affairs committee in the house. united in condemn thaigs. b but don't be so impressed. you know why? those folks, left and right, they were told months ago this was happening, and they did

thotho nothing. and then again, the president in the midst of all of it. don't forget why he was there. he was supposed to make up for passing on a trip to arlington cemetery after passing on a major commemorative armistice event for world war i veterans in france. all about veterans day. then he says this and he ignores such a painful reality. if he's done so much, why the g.i. bill mess? why the v.a. mess? why no real help for suicide and mental health treatment as was promised? why these mystery pals of his from mar-a-lago reportedly calling shots at the v.a. with no oversight. nobody chose them. why won't trump even okay the change of the v.a. motto? did you hear about this? it's an abraham lincoln quote and it's a beautiful one. the motto is "to care for him who shall have borne the battle for his widow and his orphan." it made sense then but not now. women are warriors. not only widows. and there's a real pressure for parity. and they've been asking for this motto change for a long time, and the word is that it's reached the secretary level and

the president isn't moving on it. why? so trump has not done so much. if he he wants to retire, fine. but he's going to be doing it in recognition of the fact he hasn't gotten it done, not because he's done enough. these problems are not all new, but they are all happening right now on his watch and he promised to do better than anyone else ever has and he's falling short. that's the truth. and the reason that they may sound to you as new is because people like me haven't covered them enough. and as i told you on veterans day, we will do better, and this is just one piece. there are more to follow. let's get after it. thanks for us tonight. cnn with don lemon starts right now. >> just my theory. okay? just my theory. ever since michael cohen showed up in d.c. on monday, remember that video of him going through the airport, that's when a lot of this started. and i think he realizes he must be here for a reason and if he's

for the reason people are saying or thinking he's here for, michael cohen knows an awful lot about this president. i think that had a lot to do with it. >> maybe. >> at least something to do with it. >> maybe. look, it can't a very comforting thing to see somebody who spent a decade by your side, hearing you talk about everything under the sun, helping you through some really sticky wickets. that can't be helpful. but sitting with lawyers for four hours and finally having to focus on a bunch of questions when you know that the people who are going to be reviewing the answers are looking at it with an eye toward criminal action, maybe not against the president, maybe not right now. but that can be unsettling also. but something happened, don, because those tweets this morning, those were the act of a worried man. >> yep. good. that's where i'm going, mr. attorney. you're an attorney. >> yes, i am. >> so through the questions his attorneys would know, okay, this is what they're