on the saturday before easter, that special person was another man named king -- robert king of chicago. mr. king was driving a heavy traveled lakeshore drive which passes in front of my apartment when he saw a green and white van on the road. another vehicle had crashed into that van at a stoplight. many cars passed and did nothing. but mr. king didn't. he stopped to see if he could help. he noticed the man had a van in the cooler and thought he might be delivering food. he found out that the man was an organ transplant surgeon. inside the cooler were three precious organs that needed to be rushed to nearbay northwestern memorial hospital as soon as possible. robert king, the passerby, stopped to help one stranger in need. he ended up helping to save two lives. those precious organs were the final magnanimous gift of a young woman who died too soon and had the heart to donate her organs. one patient at northwestern received her liver and kidney while her pancreas went to another patient at a separate hospital. the president and c.e.o. of gift of hope organ and tissue donor network put

welcome to politicking i'm matthew cook in for larry king on wednesday special counsel robert mueller broke his 2 year silence on the russia probe the major take away from his prepared remarks he declined to clear president trump of obstructing justice muller now makes nancy pelosi is job even harder can the house speaker resist her party's growing demands for impeachment proceedings against donald j. trump let's begin there with the political panel they are david brown democratic strategist he served as majority counsel to democratic senator patty murray on 2 congressional congressional committees and we have adolfo franco former member of the george w. bush administration he was also a spokesperson for the john mccain and mitt romney presidential campaigns they are both in washington d.c. welcome gentlemen thank you matthew and matthew so muller statement on wednesday is this a game changer on whether to proceed with.

and to follow up what you all are saying, and to john king's point, robert mueller's a company man. and first, what he did was he said what he had said to the president's attorneys privately, more than a year ago, which is, i'm not going to take on this long-standing department of justice policy, which says i can't indict a sitting president and charging the president with a crime was never anything we could consider. then he went to the next point, which was, therefore, they didn't do it. but if you read between the lines, he made it completely clear that if they could have done it, they would have done it, because they couldn't clear him. and you know, dana -- dana made that point. so he was, he was, i think, telling everybody, look at what i'm saying. i couldn't do it, because the law would not allow me to, but even if the law did not allow me to charge him, i still could not clear him and i am telling you that and it was also interesting to me that they probably investigated whether a president could be charged, even if kept under seal. that's something that we hadn't really tho

welcome to politicking i'm matthew cook in for larry king on wednesday special counsel robert mueller broke his 2 year silence on the russia probe the major take away from his prepared remarks he declined to clear president trump of obstructing justice muller now makes nancy pelosi is job even harder can the house speaker resist her party's growing demands for impeachment proceedings against donald j. trump let's begin there with the political panel they are david brown democratic strategist he served as majority counsel to democratic senator patty murray on 2 congressional congressional committees and we have adolfo franco former member of the george w. bush administration he was also a spokesperson for the john mccain and mitt romney presidential campaigns they are both in washington d.c. welcome gentlemen thank you matthew and matthew so muller statement on wednesday is this a game changer on whether to proceed with impeachment of the president let's start with you david. well i think hearing ball bowler speak and hearing him restate in most respects the report but in his own voice

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to politicking i'm amy holmes in for larry king on wednesday president trump asserted executive privilege over redacted portions of robert miller's final report on whether the trump campaign colluded with the russian government during the two thousand and sixteen white house race and the president's actions while the investigation was underway this as the democratic controlled house. the committee has attempted to see those hidden portions of the report including secret grand jury testimony so where does this standoff go from here and how will the fight for the full and unredacted mo report play out in the elections of two thousand and twenty let's begin the conversation with richard painter he's a professor of law at the university of minnesota and the former chief white house .

to politicking i'm amy holmes in for larry king on wednesday president trump asserted executive privilege over redacted portions of robert miller's final report on whether the trump campaign colluded with the russian government during the two thousand and sixteen white house race and the president's actions while the investigation was underway this as the democratic controlled house judiciary committee has attempted to see those hidden portions of the report including secret grand jury testimony so where does this standoff go from here and how will the fight for the full and unredacted report play out in the elections of two thousand and twenty let's begin the conversation with richard painter he's a professor of law at the university of minnesota and the former chief white house ethics lawyer during the george w. bush administration he joins me from minneapolis mr painter welcome thank you so much or thank you for having me i mean great so president trump has invoked executive privilege at the request of the attorney general to block house democrats access to robert muller's redacted report what does this mean. the law

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to politicking i'm amy holmes in for larry king on wednesday president trump asserted executive privilege over redacted portions of robert miller's final report on whether the trump campaign colluded with the russian government during the two thousand and sixteen white house race and the president's actions while the investigation was underway this as the democratic controlled house judiciary committee has attempted to see those hidden portions of the report including secret grand jury testimony so where does this standoff go from here and how will the fight for the full and unredacted report play out in the elections of two thousand and twenty let's begin the conversation with richard painter he's a professor of law at the university of minnesota and the former chief white house ethics lawyer during the george w. bush administration he joins me from minneapolis mr painter welcome thank you so much or thank you for having me i mean great so president trump has invoked executive privilege at the request of the attorney general to block house democrats access to robert muller's redacted report what does this mean. the law

robert kennedy agreed and agreed to order wiretaps of martin luther king.yndon johnson wiretapped hubert humphrey, the vice president. here's what i want to get at. this is important. there's been abuses of the irs of the fbi to go after political opponents, to go after newspapers, to go after newspaper men. our president has done none of that. yet you would think he's a dictat dictator. you listen to msnbc and scar borough, i don't know how many times they compare him to a nazi or to hitler or the words come up describing the president of the united states. you have to be unhinged. speaking of that, remember that period they were bringing the professor in from yale and she and 26 others wrote a book about how the president of the united states -- they never met the president of the united states. how he was mentally unhinged. he pulled the same thing on barry goldwater in 1964. >> sean: you write about that in the book. >> i give all of the history. this wasn't news. these people made news. they pushed them out there. "the new york times" runs an anonymous

own convention in atlantic city at the democratic and they bugged martin luther king's hotel room and scared to death of robertgive reports once or twice a day and what was going on in his own democrat convention for the fbi. i point these things out because if you are a young person where apparently if your journalist and don't know history and you report on the president of the united states and what someone like joe scarborough or something like that that we've lost balance of power the president is out of control and a dictator and abusing power i think to myself -- how? the media covered up for these other people and they are manufacturing the pseudo- event about trump even look at the investigation that took place with bob mueller. all documents, no privilege, separation of powers battle between trump and the congress and you must fight it to protect the office of the president and the executive branch. it's a legitimate battle. they refuse obstruction because he's doing that. pete: why were they coming up for previous presidents was it patriotic duty -. mark: they like their agenda and covered up for fr

robert kennedy agreed and agreed to order wiretaps of martin luther king.wiretapped hubert humphrey, the vice president. here's what i want to get at. this is important. there's been abuses of the irs of the fbi to go after political opponents, to go after newspapers, to go after newspaper men. our president has done none of that. yet you would think he's a dictat dictator. you listen to msnbc and scar borough, i don't know how many times they compare him to a nazi or to hitler or the words come up describing the president of the united states. you have to be unhinged. speaking of that, remember that period they were bringing the professor in from yale and she and 26 others wrote a book about how the president of the united states -- they never met the president of the united states. how he was mentally unhinged. he pulled the same thing on barry goldwater in 1964. >> sean: you write about that in the book. >> i give all of the history. this wasn't news. these people made news. they pushed them out there. "the new york times" runs an anonymous op-ed. a fake

kings college in new york city. illinois democratic representative laura underwood speak no college in oakland, california. southern district of new york deputy robert koos ami delivers remarks at boston university law school. i look back to may 2000 94 comedian ellen degeneres peaking at tulane university. watch commencement speeches tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on c-span. watch online anytime at c-span.org and listen on the free c-span radio app. >> the house will be in order. >> for 40 years, c-span has been providing america unfiltered coverage of congress about the white house, the supreme court and public policy events from washington dc and around the country. make up your own mind. created by cable in 1979, c-span is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. we continue showing you commencement addresses from around the country here on c-span. up next, to governors, republican eric holcomb of indiana, the democrat gretchen witmer of michigan. later from the c-span archives, former president reagan's 19 and a three commencement address at the citadel military college in south carol

and many thais wonder how the king will use his huge political influence as his divided country emerges from military rule. james landale, bbc news. donald trump says robertence in the 2016 presidential election. on twitter, presidential election. on twitter, president trump said that democrats in congress were seeking a read to of the report. the document did not say whether president trump obstructed justice. it is an issue that health authorities and police forces are increasingly concerned about. in northern ireland, the misuse of prescription medication has rocketed over the last decade. it's not a factor in more than half of all drug—related deaths there. i adored allen, he was my soulmate, my best friend. and lisa's, the sense of loss is unmistakable. her son took his own life three years after he was first given the drug lyrica. he was originally prescribed the drug when he broke his cheekbone, but he became addicted. it really ruined his life. in the end of the day, he couldn't cope any more because there is a big black hopeless hole and they are all falling into x. anyone who suffered from an addiction can identify with those feelings of lonelin

professor of the defense that is department at king's college london in beirut sami now the director of the levant in 6 years for strategic affairs and. robert goshi associate professor at lancaster university has edited and written books on the u.s. politics including the trump presidency journalism and democracy welcome to you all under us is the military build up a sign of an imminent war is it just a classic example of gunboat diplomacy yes or no i think it's part of the trump weird maximum pressure policy which is about you know which is what how he's driven any of his business strategies before becoming president which is basically putting maximum pressure on clients and then forcing them to basically give up and then come to the negotiation table that might work in the business fear i'm not sure but it definite doesn't work in international relations and when we see what's happening here with iran is that you know there is it's all about narrative here is about building up a narrative of a posture signaling strength power and a and is somewhat an escalation of tension if you will be always sending more troops in ascending and making i

robert mueller's investigation of trump. congress member nadler accused them of "claiming the president is a king." he said he was considering holding trump administration officials who refused to testify in contempt and may levy large fines against anyone defying a congressional subpoena. in paris, the leaders of france and new zealand on wednesday unveiled an agreement t to combt online extremism. the so-called "christchurch call" is named after the new zealand city where, in march, a white supremacist gunman killed 51 worshipers at two mosques and livestreamed the massacre on facebook. thisis is new zealand prime minister jacinda ardrdern. >> the social media dimension to the attack was unprecedented. and our response today would the adoption of the christchurch call is equally unprecedented as well. never before have countries and tech companies come together in the wake of a horrific attack to commit to an action plan that will deliver collaboratively workrk and new technology builto make our community's ultimately safer. amy: so far the christchurch call has the support of 16 countries, the e

king boulevard. the hope is it will help to revitalize the baldwin hills/crenshaw neighborhood. >> the president now says roberthould not talk to congress. >> but, scott, does the president have the power to stop him? >> the president has as much power as the congress allows him to have. is he a private citizen? does he have the right to do as he wishes? we think so. he can probably talk to congress. trump said bob mueller should not testify. no re-do for the dem. there is a mixed message here. the president said over and over the mueller report clears him. his attorney general said the mueller report clears him. why wouldn't he want mueller to speak to congress? it says specifically it's not an exoneration. it said if we had confidence we would so state. but based on the facts and applicable legal standards, we are unable to reach that judgment. the president retweeted that jerry falwell jr. saying he should get an extra two years tacked on his term. you can dismiss it as constitutional nonsense. but the sitting president of the united states retweeted it and referred to two wasted years in a tweet of his own.

king. thank you for sharing your day is. the president launches a blistering tirade at robert mueller.raw trump anger. plus, speaker nancy pelosi acknowledges democratic calls for impeachment are louder today and coming from the presidential campaign trail, too, but she says the best path is patience, and she says the math is still in her favor. joe biden

king. thank you for sharing your day is. the president launches a blistering tirade at robert mueller. a lot of it was live and a lot a glimpse at raw trump anger. plus, speaker nancy pelosi acknowledges democratic calls for impeachment are louder today and coming from the presidential campaign trail, too, but she says the best path is patience, and she says the math is still in her favor. joe biden attends a memorial day event in delaware four years to the day after losing his son beau to brain cancer. >> you all know the loss of a loved one is somehow -- the pain fades a little bit, but those moments when you remember are bittersweet because those are the days that everything comes back, the pride as well as the pain. >> we begin the hour with the president's urgent mission, to make you forget what robert mueller said, a fog of new tweets and now sound bites from the president this morning outside the white house repeating his verdict on the mueller investigation and the mueller report. >> it was to me the same as the report, and there's no obstruction. you see what we're saying. the

robert mueller has everybody ta talking today. something to say about what he said or didn't say. >> a lot of people want him to say more too. >> i'm gayle kingdates want congress to start an impeachment probe of president trump after robert mueller's first comments on his investigation. mueller said yesterday he could not exonerate the president and suggested only congress can formally accuse the sitting president. >> some democrats claim he was pointing the way to impeachment. this morning, president trump said mueller is conflicted in response to questions from our paula reed. >> robert mueller should have never been chosen because he wanted the fbi job and he didn't get it and the next day he was picked as special counsel. so you tell somebody i'm sorry, you can't have the job, and then after you say that, he's going to make a ruling on you, doesn't work that way. >> major garrett joins us now with more. major, robert mueller chooses his words very carefully. what words stood out to you, what messages were embedded in those remarks? >> reporter: i don't really think is a process by which you have to read between the lines. it was almost a

professor of the defense studies department at king's college london in beirut sami the director of the levant in 6 years for strategic affairs and. roberts goes she. associate professor at lancaster university has edited and written books on the u.s. politics including the trump presidency journalism and democracy welcome to you all under us is the military build up a sign of an imminent war is it just a classic example of gunboat diplomacy yes or no i think it's part of the trump with maximum pressure policy which is about you know which is what how he's driven any of his business strategies before becoming president which is basically putting maximum pressure on clients and then forcing them to basically give up and then come to the negotiation table that might work in the business fear i'm not sure but it different as and work in international relations and when we see what's happening here with iran is that you know there is it's all about narrative here it's about building up a narrative of a posture signaling strength power and a and a somewhat an escalation of tension if you will be always sending more troops in ascending and maki

king] ♪ memories. what we deliver by delivering. (music throughout) >> newly unsealed court documents giving us insight into michael flynn's cooperation with roberton and there are new dalgs about a voice mail recording from trump's attorney to flynn's lawyer while flynn was cooperating, was it an attempt to obstruct justice? i want to talk about this and more new developments with laura coates, david axelrod and kirsten powers. i told you they'd be here and here they are. good evening to all of you. laura, get right to it, a little bit of this information was in the mueller report but we're learning more now. when you hear about this voice mail recording that's provided by flynn to the special counsel and a transcript has now been ordered released to the public by the end of this month, what questions does that raise for you? >> well, one of the questions it raises is why has congress not been able to have access to the underlying evidence and documents and transcripts outside of the actual mueller report? this is additional fodder to support the argument that because there is underlying information, because there are things that may have been t

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professor of the defense that is department at king's college london in beirut sami now the director of the levant in six years for strategic affairs and also. robert goshi associate professor at lancaster university has edited and written books on the u.s. politics including the trump presidency journalism and democracy welcome to you all under us is the military build up a sign of an imminent war is it just a classic example of gunboat diplomacy yes or no i think it's part of the trump weird impression of policy which is about you know which is what how he's driven any of his business strategies before becoming president which is basically putting maximum pressure on clients and then forcing them to basically give up and then come to the negotiation table that might work in the business fear i'm not sure but it definitely is a work in international relations and when we see what's happening here with iran is that you know there is it's all about narrative here it's about building up a narrative of a posture signaling strength power and a and a somewhat an escalation of tension if you will be always sending more troops in ascending and making it l

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king george iii treated -- assaulted the independence of the colonial legislatures and the parliament and made war without the consent of parliament. it is precisely the question brought by nadler's lawsuit, is the new robertswill also be raised by another lawsuit that nancy pelosi should bring on behalf of the house of representatives challenging the president trump's decision to make war against the explicit command of both houses of congress. the self-conscious principle of the founders was that it was congress that had the exclusive power to make war, and this was reaffirmed and a crucial decision by the supreme court in 1952 called the steel seizure case. harry truman was faced with a real emergency there. he -- the steel workers had gone on strike and he could no longer supply the troops in the field with adequate ammunition and military equipment. and so what he did was assert the right of the commander in chief to disobey the explicit commands of congress. and the supreme court in a decision reaffirmed as recently as 2015 by the roberts court held no, the commander in chief cannot disobey the explicit laws of congress. so this is a crisis of the -- >> let me jump in here. i understand, you've establ

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king. thank you for sharing your day with us. confrontation is the word of the day. house democrats prepare to hold the attorney general in contempt, and the president reverses course and says robert mueller should not testify. plus, the president threatens new tariffs on china and u.s. warships making big statements. guide missile destroyers sail through the south china seas and now an aircraft carrier strike group on the move because of what the white house calls alarming signals from iran, and royal baby news. it's a boy. >> it's been the most amazing experience i could ever have possibly imagined. how any woman does what they do is beyond comprehension, but we're both absolutely thrilled and so grateful to all the love and support from everybody out there. >> back to that announcement in a bit and a busy hour ahead, including the markets dipping into the red today over big trade and tariff fears. up first though, a congressional warning shot at the attorney general. today the house judiciary committee set a wednesday vote to hold william barr in contempt, that after barr ignored a morning deadline to deliver the full unredacted mueller report to congress. barr's latest act of

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that was robert kennedy april 4th, 1968, speaking after the sudden and shocking assassination of dr. martin luther kingwords when he was drowning in his own sea of grief from a book that his sister-in-law, jacqueline kennedy gave him in the months after the loss of president kennedy, who was his brother, his boss, and the north star in his life. saturday night vice president joe biden lost the north star in his life, his son, beau, at the age of 46. in his life, in his too-short life, beau accomplished so many things. he served as two terms of attorney general of his state. he was a member of the delaware national guard where he deployed to iraq in 2009, and he didn't just get deployed, he was awarded the bronze star. beau also had the distinction of being the first child of a president or vice president to serve in combat zones since dwight eisenhower's own son went to war in korea. beau could have run for the senate in 2010 and he would have won, but he chose instead to continue as a local prosecutor, and he said he needed to do that because he needed to keep fighting in his state on a case that invo

robert smith is doing this. >> i think of those 2018 graduates. pretty arbitrary. >> the guys are like, wait. >> it's a bigger problem. >> it sure is. >> so true. i'm gayle kingy mason and we'll begin with a new wave of heavy rain falling in the plains causing flash flooding across oklahoma and kansas. at one point it was raining, listen to this, at a rate of 7 1/2 inches per hour north of oklahoma city. >> it spun off more than a dozen tornadoes. they are blamed for some significant damage, but no reported injuries. "cbs this morning" lead national correspondent david begnaud is in hominy, oklahoma, where folks are dealing with serious flooding. good morning. >> reporter: anthony, good morning. since we last saw you an hour ago the rain slowed down but there was a confirmed tornado over the airport in tulsa, oklahoma anna was within the last hour. here in hominy, i can tell you the water seems to be rising as it sort of runs into the ditches in this area. we saw a police officer probably a half mile down the road. he is sitting near a vehicle where a woman and her child were rescued within the last six hours. over the course of the last 12 hours here they've