Defending Trump's remarks during a panel debate on CNN NewsNight, Jennings insisted, He is supported by a great many people who see the value in highly specialized, talented people being able to come here. Host Abby Phillip replied, He's not really saying clearly what the policy ought to be, he's just saying we don't have talented people in the United States to do these jobs, which is not true.
During his "60 Minutes" interview, President Donald Trump called Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer a "kamikaze," complained about investigators searching through his wife's closet, spoke in detail about ending wars and turned the tables on interviewer Norah O'Donnell to ask about safety in Washington, D.C. None of that was seen by people who watched the CBS telecast Sunday night. Less than half of O'Donnell's interview, conducted Friday, actually made it onto the air.
In Monday's newsletter, I gave O'Donnell a decent review for the near-impossible task of sitting down with a president who often lies, misleads, ignores questions, tries to intimidate and talks over his host. O'Donnell hit most of the pertinent topics of the moment, most notably the government shutdown, the economy, immigration raids and Venezuela, among other international affairs. She pushed back when she could, and followed up when Trump did not directly answer some questions.
Yes, the president lied and blustered and then lied again. But the abiding impression conveyed by the session was the fact that it was a perfect view of the way CBS News is circling the drain. Remember when the network caved to the president to the tune of $16 million rather than fight a preposterous case regarding CBS having edited an interview with Kamala Harris?
East Bay resident and Dilbert cartoonist turned racist podcaster Scott Adams put out a direct plea to President Trump on Sunday to help him get a specific cancer treatment at Kaiser Permanente, and both Trump and RFK Jr. responded. Adams, who has metastatic prostate cancer, says he is "declining fast" and claims that Kaiser "dropped the ball" in scheduling him for a new radioactive drug treatment.
Fox News is celebrating the strong debuts of Saturday in America with Kayleigh McEnany and The Sunday Briefing with Peter Doocy and Jacqui Heinrich. Saturday in America debuted as the top program in cable news on Saturday, drawing 1.6 million viewers. The show drew 131,000 in the key 25-54 age demographic, according to Nielsen data, besting both CNN and MSNBC, though Fox does that regularly with their programming.
During an ABC News interview, Trump insisted that tattoos on Kilmar Armando Ãbrego GarcÃa's hand clearly indicate MS-13 gang affiliation, which was used to justify his deportation.