we won, trump is in the clear. meanwhile across town, the special be counsel is staffing up with the best and brightest including now michael dreeben who is the foremost criminal can law expert. this is a person who has argued over 100 cases before the supreme court. so it's just a signaling that this is being taken really seriously by bob mueller. >> and the designated hack on the fan he wilpanel, i wonder i will ultimately be in the legal court arena or back in the public arena. you have republicans all over capitol hill now basically saying look, this is off our plate. we don't think the president did anything wrong as the president said and even if if i did say it, that is okay. that's the argument we're making. but we'll let the special counsel handle it. it's entirely possible that the special counsel decides that rather than deciding that you can indict the sitting president, he turns the information back over to dock a conscience and p congress and putting it owe their plate what do four, fire months before

he did not endorse donald trump. but since then, he is part of donald trump's agenda. he celebrated neil gorsuch being confirmed to the court. when he is asked about the health care bill, ben sasse asked about it. you can't get him to say anything about the health care bill. but he condemns the tone and then go about voting. >> there is no cost to them coming out today. pretending they have a moral conscience. the reality is donald trump thinks of himself as a king. his children are part of the family misses. the couriers to the king may despise the king. >> they the often do. >> with you there are things they wanted to do to the commoners. it is the king who has to sell to the comers. they never liked them. donald trump is a means to the end. these republicans couldn't give a dam about. he is going to sell them on losing their health care and make them sound good. >> having the last moment of decency with mccarthy, there is no moment. is there a line? >> usually the mccarthy example, is the past prologue or have we changed so greatly as a people? the world is sgaching

for trump." i pushed him away and i went in and voted could when i got out, i noticed a security man escorting him out. i can understand why there is so much pressure by russian efforts to turn our election. host: can anyone verify your story? caller: of course not. it is authentication. -- all fabrication. host: ok, we will move on. caller: first, i want to comment on the 95-year-old man who served in the army and said president obama was a disaster. that is the problem with washington. there are too many people in washington at his age. we needed new young people who do not care whether you are black, white, green, for purple. i'm 78 years old, born in greenville, south carolina. i remember going to the stores with my grandmother and the lady would be waiting on her, and a white lady would come in and she would stop waiting on my grandmother and wait on the white lady. at the time, i saw that was happening but i didn't know because i was so young. i feel i feel like that is what the countries t

take trump and griffin out of it. that is an image of an american citizen holding up a beheaded head of a sitting president, making our greatest enemy, you could argue, and isis. that is something that they would not forget. this is our legacy now, unfortunately. see when she was horrible before, just pandering to the elites and their stupid closed minded attitudes. i turn into the channel yesterday to see, are they covering this, and what are they covering? it is interesting to see their alternative reality. this is what i saw. watch. >> being president is not agreeing with the president. he complained that his first trip overseas it was going to be too long, he wasn't looking forward to it. he returns to the white house angry. he's gained weight, according to sources, he doesn't trust people around him. he is withdrawing. not a good picture. it's the one being painted by those sources. >> tucker: [laughs] i actually like the anger over there who said that. that line, i have to put it on my refrigerator. "he has gain

trump's staunch supporters. dean reynolds found a few in wisconsin. >> at two brothers restaurant in oshkosh, trump supporters are getting impash enlt. not with the president. >> leave him alone. let him do what he wants to do. the media, honed in constantly. really? >> this group of retirees backs the president on most every move he makes with one exception. says, adolph hendricks. >> look to see him little more presidential, perhaps. little dignified. >> les talo says enough with the tweets. >> just gives the democrats fodder for their, daily -- daily attacks. >> attacks on him. >> reporter: warren thompson dismisses the big issue consuming washington. >> do they ever talk about the russia, thing? does it bother anybody here. >> this whole thing is the, far as i'm concerned is a conspiracy, total distraction. >> they're among the 72% of republicans who remain in the president's corner. according to our new cbs news poll. but that number is down from 83% 52 days ago. and his disapproval rate among republicans i

alan: the washington post is anti-trump. allrnational media is anti-trump. the point is, what trump said in brussels --'s famous street in caps -- was correct. america has a large trade deficit in germany. if germany spent what it is supposed to spend on the fence, and if it bought that stuff in america, the trade deficit would not be so great, and the germans -- "you americans cannot build cars." that is not the point. it was pretty good that trump told them where they could -- erik: tom has a very important -- trump has a very important point about the 2%. those who know what nato is will say you have a point. why can't the nato partners spend what they promised on the fence? the united states has been spending wealth on defense. why can't the europeans do that as well? west germanyer, was defended by nato and the united states, so now it is time for the rich countries in europe to spend what they promised on defense. what is the problem? rieke: you might have a point. i mean, the way he made that point, the way he acted with all these world leaders, i thi

trump. and i don't know what happens after four years or after eight years trump goes away. i'm not sure the republican party stays like that. i'm not sure. i think the republican party has a much more difficult task going forward for that reason. >> ron, you think the democrats are much more coherent and in much better shape than republicans? >> first of all, it is great to be here and i say it, i'm glad to be back at the place where i learned most of the things that i learned about politics and did some of my best work at bob's right hand. look, i think i would add that there are structural reasons for the foreseeable the candidates will carry label democrat and republican while i do not think that there's going to be a serious third-party threat here. but what those labels mean is really what is up for grabs and whether or not they mean anything at all, i think is really up for grabs and our political parties are kind of like department stores. they're big, complicated, aggregations and a

donald trump jr. remember, trump said, flat out, that did he not tell comey i hope you can let this go. and yet don jr. seemed to admit that domy's testimony was accurate. >> you and i both know my father a long time. when he tells you to do something -- >> yes. >> guess what, there's no ambiguity in it. there is no, hey, i'm hoping. you and i are friends. hey, i hope this happens, but you gotta do your job. that's what he told comey. >> seth: so he did say it then. these guys are like crooks who can't get their alibi straight. he couldn't have been at the bank. he was with me at the bank. [ light laughter ] and then, of course, as we told you last week there's the gop line that trump can't be held accountable for his actions because he doesn't know what he is doing. chris christie called it "new york city conversation." paul ryan said, "he's new to this." and florida senator marco rubio tried his own version of the trump is an idiot defense. >> is this the actions of someone who is putting together a

trump. a spokesman for the trump administration says the president will be focusing on instruction improvement during the testimony. mola lenghi, cbs news, capitol hill. >>> again, the breaking news on all this former fbi director james comey will tell congress tomorrow that he "did" assure president trump he was not under investigation. he will also say the president hopes he could quote let go of the investigation into former national security adviser michael flynn. cbs news will provide live coverage of comey's testimony tomorrow morning right after kpix 5 news this morning. >>> a meeting between google shareholders on their alleged gender pay gap just wrapped up. kpix 5 reporter jackie ward joins us now with the details. jackie. >> reporter: so a "washington post" reporter says just before 10 a.m. this morning google shareholders voted against publishing a report on its alleged gender pay gap and its role in fake news. that news broke only an hour after the meeting started. the vote come

," eric trump. for more than a decade, he's had a charity called the eric trump foundation, which has used golf outings to raise money for children with cancer. but now forbes is reporting that donald trump actually shifted some of that charity money into his business. so eric trump's foundation took money -- ( audience reacts ) it gets better. so eric trump's foundation took money meant for kids with cancer. not only that, but a lot of those kids had to meet eric trump. how it worked was that eric would hold events on trump courses, and tell donors that because he got free use of the courses, all proceeds would go to st. jude's hospital. but it turns out the courses "weren't free." the trump organization received payments for using them, part of more than 1.2 million dollars of charity, money that never made it to st. jude's. ( audience reacts ) listen, listen -- come on. well, st. jude is the patron saint of lost causes. how's he with lost cash? forbes adds that "the listed expenses defy any reaso

doesn't like donald trump to support donald trump. what is desired to do is reenergize all these people who voted for donald trump and playing to both their i guess anxieties and also to some extent the grievances. you saw the shot at the end about the media. tell you this, that's a very powerful message for a lot of donald trump supporters and one of the things that picked up in polling is that one of the most powerful things donald trump could do for a lot of people who have become disengaged since the election is make them feel safe. about rallying the troops. getting behind them and potentially this is where it is heading in the next few weeks. channelling them into policy fights like health care. >> what do you think the president has learn sod far about other political battles and messaging out there. >> i think what there has been a recognition within the white house that there is i think maybe they came into the administration thinking they could persuade a lot of people who didn't vote for donald trump to come over. i think t

amy: that is ivanka trump. your response, kevin slaten, talking about her company that is now run by her brother-in-law and sister-in-law? >> at the time, she was not responding to this, it would be extremely disingenuous if she uses that as protection -- personal protection to disassociate herself with the human rights -- serious human rights violations and labor rights violations going on in her supply chain. whether or not she is directly involved with the management, she is benefiting from the profits of this company. this company is using her name. she will benefit even more after she leaves office, whenever that happens. let's talk about the facts we do know. -- the, the company factory the center of this, according to reports produces something like 100,000 to 200,000 ivanka trump shoes for year. it is one third of her orders that come from this company every year. they have been working with them reportedly for 10 years, which means based on my experience in this field, that makes them a strategic suppl

i want to stick with trump. what intrigues me now, within the last month or two, you seriously toyed with the proposition ofjoining the trump team, in a sense, by taking seriously deep thought you might become trump's new director of the fbi. how could you do that? if you say, it at the beginning of the interview, have serious reservations about the trump style? who i am. who are a lot of people used to be in american politics. here is what i mean. but not so many anymore unfortunately. i was raised to believe if the president of united states calls to service, of the country, you have a profound obligation to take that seriously, probably do it unless there is a good reason. really, even if it is donald trump? he has fired his fbi chief, because, and we now know from the testimony ofjames comey, he feels that donald trump was telling him to close down an investigation into his first national security adviser, general mike flynn. 0r connected with the allegations... i don't want to quibble about words. we'll kno

trump's role in the trump corporation. and mr. cohen said, i will not do this as a lawyer but under subpoena. he has a pretty legitimate way to protect his consultations with trump during and pre-presidency? >> we'll have to see. pre-presidency, i'm not sure you can make a legal argument any of the conversations were executive privilege. >> right. i only meant attorney-client privilege. >> that's possible. i'm not sure the discussions he purportedly had with ukrainian oligarch and others about setting up this back channel to orchestrate a ukraine -- a settlement to the ukraine war in return for the lifting of u.s. sanctions, i'm not sure that's considered attorney-client privilege. >> and certainly not communications with his client, donald trump. when you look at what you're hearing from the committee, is there more attention from the trump organization following the money and those issues or should that not be inferred in the subpoena because he played so many roles, it's hard to know exactly what he's being fingered for. >> exa

he let his son donald trump, jr. play the usual role on twitter as a foil, the elvis-- trump's son issued putdowns about comey. the president was con vensed, i'm told, to lay low, to stay cool, to let others be his surrogates. because of the thorny legal and political issues facing him. and because he was convinced that kasowitz this hard charging new york lawyer would be combative enough in the public response that he didn't actually have to weigh in, at least not yet. >> rose: but that's unusual for him to be-- to be convinced and he often finds it irresistible. so you are suggesting that it was a legal implications this time that may have held sway. >> it's highly unusual for president trump to resist this kind of moment in politics, especially with his reputation on the line. in fact, charlie, earlier in the week when i spoke to white house officials and i was over there at pennsylvania avenue, they said that they worries he may live tweet the testimony, that they were not ruling that out. we had a front page sto

trump golf courses. dan alexander is an associate editor at "forbes" and wrote the report and joins me now. thanks so much for joining us. you went through tax filings for eric's foundation and found costs for its golf tournament nearly tripled in 2010 compared to the year before. in 2012 costs went back down but then skyrocketed again. after that you -- you suggest it doesn't add up. was there an upgrade to the events? what is eric's foundation saying about what you callow pick accounting? >> well, the events might have gotten a little bit larger, but one of the big reasons that the numbers go up and we've got people inside the club and people who served on eric's board telling us this is that in 2011 donald comes in and basically says, look, eric, i know that you've been, you know, running this foundation. you guys do work for this charity, but up until now we haven't charged you, and now we're going to start charging you, you're holding this event hon my property and that means you guys are going to p

president trump stands with you. [applause] president trump -- [applause] president trump will not stand for the suppression of basic rights. he will not gloss over human rights abuses and the pleas of political prisoners. you will no longer have to witness the embarrassing spectacle of an american president doing the wave with a ruthless dictator at a baseball game in cuba. [applause] rep. diaz-balart: no, to the cuban people, the president of the united states stands with you. [speaking a foreign language] i am honored to be here as president trump sets a new course that is faithful to the values we cherish and the struggle for freedom which has come at such a great cost to so many. president trump will treat the castro regime as the malevolent dictatorship that it is. thank you, president trump, for keeping your commitments! you have not betrayed us! you kept your promise! and you stand in solidarity with the cuban people and freedom loving people everywhere, and you are putting american values, the u.s. national

that duty could instead fall to trumps advisors. sources tell me they are now less likely to take jobs inside the white house in part because the president believes they will be better deployed with what "the wall street journal" is saying an army of lawyers, researchers, and communications experts pushing back on the attacks on the president from the outside, though some people inside the white house like kellyanne conway will still play plenty of offense pointing out they believe the biggest uncovered a story about russia is the alleged unmasking by obama officials. >> where is that on the front pages of american papers today? the fact that these highest ranking officials in the obama administrations have now been subpoenaed to. i hope they'll cooperate, i hope they will testify so we can learn not through insults and in situations and innuendo but through sworn testimony. if this is important because the president has been talking about this for a while. >> when sean spicer the press secretary has been getting questions about rus

trump for wayne barrett spoke to democracy now! about trump's ties to coehn. >> roy cohn, i knew him well. you just cannot understand how donnell could of been this close. i read in the book they talked 15 times a day. one of the two stories here, kerry member which one, said it was five times a day. it is probably somewhere in between. roy himself told me they talked 15 times a day. next tono question that fred trump, roy cohn was the single greatest influence and donald's life. amy: for young people who don't know his background back to mccarthy, can you explain who roy cohn is and what it meant for donald trump to learn at his knee? >> i figure is 23 years old when he was the chief counsel to joe mccarthy doing those hearings. he was extremely wired into the reag white house. he helped make donald trump sister a federal judge in 1983. he was the ultimate fixer power player in new york for a whole period of time. he died of aids in 1986. amy: that is the late great journalist wayne barrett who wrote the unofficial biography of do

and trump presidency. bob and i hosted a conference in late november after the election and everyone who participated in that event i think was a bit stunned because of the unexpected outcome, and now we're almost 100 days into the administration and i think we're still probably a bit disoriented by the whirlwind of events that have been taking place, from russia to syria, wire tapping, travel ban, north korea, repeal and replacement of obamacare, supreme court nomination, tax reform, the list goes on. we're going to today try to make sense of many of these things with the help of an amazing group of experts, from the usc [ inaudible ] and beyond. in planning these conferences, principle goal that bob and i have -- have used is to bring together in dialogue the perspectives, insights of scholars and also those active in the world of public affairs. i think then it is appropriate that this marriage of perspectives is taking place in this particular venue which is known as town and gown. so let me provide yo

trump being inaugurated? >> translator: no, i saw what was happening. to be frank, it was a great surprise. that's just absurd what they're saying. >> also new today, defense secretary james mattis in asia stepping up calls for china to help number north korea's nuclear program. here's what he said in singapore earlier. >> as a matter of u.s. national security, the united states regards the threat from north korea as a clear and present danger. the trump administration is encouraged by china's renewed commitment to work with the international community toward denuclearization. ultimately we think china will recognize north korea as a strategic liability, not an asset. >> meanwhile vice president mike pence is in iowa today as part of an effort to unite the republican base there. he'll join a number of congressional lawmakers at senator joni ernst's annual roast and ride fund-raiser. >>> let's go right now to the white house and nbc's kelly o'donnell standing by with us. kelly, with a good saturday to you. we

president trump: no. reporter: would you be willing to speak under oath to give your -- president trump: 100%. i did not say under oath. i hardly know the man. i wouldn't say, i want you to pledge of allegiance. who would do that? who would ask someone to pledge allegiance under oath? think about it, i hardly know the man. it doesn't make sense. no, i didn't say that, and i did not say the other. reporter: if robert mueller would want to speak to you about that -- president trump: i would tell him what i just told you, jim. reporter: you are hinting there are recordings -- president trump: i will tell you that within a short period of time. reporter: when will you tell us? president trump: short period of time. reporter: are there tapes, sir? president trump: you are going to be very disappointed when you hear the answer. don't worry. john, do you have a question for the president? reporter: thank you. president iohannis, you are no stranger to russian aggression. vladimir putin recently suggested romania

up first.are mark: donald trump has never been known for ideological consistency. he has at various times in his life called himself a liberal and a conservative. he changed party registrations six times. boon to the conservative cross or a hindrance? >> nobody knows. we are have a lot of data. really depends on the reactions that conservatives have. we know that populism will largely evaporate in the next few years, depending on what happens in the bottom 80% of the comedy. -- economy. time, we would see the popularity of conventional republicanism, or what is left of the conservative movement. we don't know. it depends on the aspirational leadership the republican start showing today. >> is donald trump a conservative? mr. brooks: that depends on what you call a conservative. most conservatives, the buckley-ite conservatives would probably say that he isn't, but my guess is that donald trump would not be bothered by that. his point is that he is practical, living to the exegesis of the time. mark: why are you solidly convinced that populism will go away? isn't it

trump ordered -- this is what happened -- trump ordered everyone to leave the room, everyone was in the office, trump ordered everyone to leave the room. kushner, mike pence, even jeff sessions, who is comey's boss, by the way, he kicked them all out of the room, then turned to comey when they were alone and looked him in the eye and said -- ♪ i hope -- ( laughter ) come on, man. that's not hope. republicans basically wanted comey to common rate trump and he didn't. democrats wanted comey to plirnl impeach and convict and jail trump. he didn't do that either. or at least we think he didn't because, clearly, the senators kept all the juicy details for themselves. >> we are reconvene in closed session at 1:00 p.m. today. >> we will be having a closed session shortly so we'll follow up on that. >> i don't think i can talk about that in an open setting heath r either. >> we can discuss those more in closed setting. >> i don't believe i can discuss that in an open setting. >> do you believe donald trump colluded with russia? >> i don't think that's a question i can answer in an open settin

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trump. comey's comments are breathing new lights into uncomfortable questions such as whether there is a taping system here at the white house and whether the president is a liar. today the white house said, "no, he's not." >> the president trump delivered a speech today and sounded like he's talking about himself and not about voters. >> as you know we are under seized and we'll come out bigger and better and stronger than ever. >> i am concerned that he may lie about the nature of our meeting so i thought it is important to document. >> on comey's concern that the president may lie about the encounter whether mr. trump is a liar. >> think think frankly insulting that question is asked. >> as for comey's comment of a recording at the white house. >> i have seen about the tapes, lordy, i hope there is tapes. >> there is in white house not answered. >> can you say if there is a taping system that allows the president to record his conversations a t tt the white house? >> i have no idea. >> th

jim comey doesn't much like donald trump. actually admitting he felt slightly nauseous that he might be responsible for trump's win. he's done something he has never done with other presidents, including barack obama. he decides donald trump might lie to him. so he calculates to document every alleged word of their encounter, take it with him. then leak it to the press. the only problem, the record is a federal record, and removing it a clear violation of the federal records act. some foresight though, huh? thinking the president will lie to him. comey's crystal ball pat work. so he gives it to a friend to give to the "new york times" in order to get a special counsel to investigate the president. while he was head of the f.b.i., trump was not under investigation. but once he's fired, humiliate within annex employee, comey decides trump needs to be investigated. you had the power to investigate trump and you didn't. now as annex employee you leak private conversations. why? you say you had no choice but to defend yourself aft

there's no good day for trump. there's no good day for america, sara, would you agree when you have a live hearing from the former fbi director effectively saying he was so afraid the president was going to lie to him that he rushed out to his car. in no way is this any kind of a good day for anybody particularly the united states of america. but we have to move on. what do you think happens in the next weeks and months? does this heat up? or does this kind of fade away? >> well, i think a little bit of both, brian. i think it both heats up. you'll start to see white house staffers be interviewed. they'll have to lawyer up. there's possibility for subpoenas of records. that having worked in a white house where that happens, it has a detrimental effect on the day to day functioning of the building. and even the best administrations that are mostly organized and contain these things are impacted by them. this one is not as well organized. it seems to be consuming them at the moment. i think, though, bob mueller may t

now, if trump does actually bring legal action, how hard is it going to be for president trump to claim executive privilege? >> it could be really hard, when james comey released emails he was a former employee, he wasn't actually directly working for the president at the time and believe it or not, that changes things and also case where executive privilege has been waved when there's a question of legality when the president indicate to james comey that he should back off the flynn investigation. i think there's still a question mark. julie: how strong is this case because let's say there are no tapes hypotheticalically speaking, does that weaken the case because it's a he said, he said obviously. there needs to be some kind of evidence. if there was no one else in that room and it was just james comey repeating the information verbally to another person and it was never recorded, there's really no way possible to find out whether this conversation really took place or not so how critical are these tapes then to the legal case? >> thait could be critical because you have to keep in mi

it's trump being trump. >> right. well, and you know, this also comes in the same week in which a video went viral of his ca calling over an attractive irish reporter to the resolute desk and talking to the leader in ireland saying what a pretty smile she had. she must treat him nicely. you know, that went by earlier and i didn't get too upset about it. it's part of a pattern and i think, like this tweet is not going to be the be all and end all. not mean he's not able to get the extra republican votes needed on the health care bill, but it has an impact. tells you he is not changing and does susan collins or shelley moore capito, those senators want to hitch their wagon to this president when continue stantly being thrown on the defense? >> susan collins responded in ap tweet saying, something to the effect, we all don't have to like each other. the media and politicians. but we need to be civil. >> right. >> so -- that, for that reason, it does make it harder. now, if she loves the health care bim, will she vote for

trump wanted comey to bow to him or bow out. when he refused trump knocked him over. he didn't even bother calling the man to tell him he was fired. then robert mueller. soon the word began oozing the president didn't like him. he was too close to comey. trump soon made it clear he wanted mueller gone. now trump is beating the drum or tweeting at dawn for the head of rod rosenstein the deputy attorney general who he used to fire comey or at least used as an excuse to fire comey. we have see the pattern. you've get a job investigating donald trump you find your job in jeopardy. there's an investigation an arrow pointing in an historic direction. it's called the saturday night massacre. as long as trump longs to fire the guy coming at him it's only a matter of time the fuse reaches the bomb and we learned that donald trump has a very short fuse. that's "hardball." thanks for being with us. >> tonight on all in -- the president attacks his own justice department. >> i am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director. witch

steph, president trump trying to turn the page today. tweeting this, let me read it, the big story is the unmasking and surveillance of people that took place during the obama administration. now, of course, that's going to be at issue, as well, next week, during that senate intel committee hearing. all of it will be on the table. it's notable that you have president trump tweeting about it today because just yesterday, his press secretary, sean spicer, referred all russia-related questions to his outside counsel. saying we're not going to discuss this from the podium. we want to focus on jobs, on the economy, on health care. today, the president stepping on his own communications team by talking about russia. no surprise, obviously, we know president trump likes to hit social media, use twitter, to get out his own views. a lot of questions about how that's going to play out as this russia probe deepens, steph. >> i want to say thank you to president trump. i'm tired today. i know he has a lot on his plate. still, he finds the time to he

so there are a lot of trump folks who say this is just trump, trump being trump, he's talking like a new yorker, he doesn't necessarily know about the bright red line that's supposed to exist between the fbi and the president, but comey is saying, in this passage, further along, that he did explain why it was important to keep those entities, the fbi and the white house and the president separate. >> david axelrod, can you imagine though the two of them sitting there, alone, with that awkward silence hanging between them, in the white house, which can be a cavernous place, it's a big place. brand-new president waiting for a pledge of personal loyalty. it's chilling the way comey describes it, can you imagine going to the -- why would he have dinner alone with the director of the fbi? >> well, listen, you know, i find the whole thing kind of unimaginable because i worked for a president who routinely would sty judges, for example, when he appointed them, this is the last time that you and i will have a conversation alone together. and i think he said the same thing to jim comey. obvio

explain. >> look, melania trump is an asset for donald trump, particularly right now. he's under siege. every day is just raining terror on him, and he needs to break the paradigm that he's always in a defensive crouch. so by having her in the white house, by having his son there with him, he may be able to go out around washington, d.c., be able to socialize, visit people's houses. ronald reagan used to pop in on conservatives' homes in capitol hill, have a quiet meal. it might be able to be trump's washington. right now it's not. he seems like an outsider in d.c. he seems more comfortable in europe and mar-a-lago than he does in the white house. >> interesting. sally, this is already a white house full of rivalries and reportedly feuds. and now you have another trump entering five months later who clearly has her own opinion about the people in her husband's administration. talk to us about that. >> i would like to first say to doug, i don't think this is going to be trump's washington, and i don't think he's going to be going out to georgetown parties or any other p

trump. he knew that donald trump spent years lying about president obama's birth certificate. he knew that donald trump lied about seeing thousands of people celebrating the 9/11 attacks in new jersey. he knew that donald trump had told a string of lies about when he would release his tax returns. he knew that donald trump lied aboutosing hundreds of friends on 9/11. he lost none, not one. he never went to a single 9/11 funeral. he lied about all of that. james comey knew that donald trump had defrauded the students of trump university, lied to them about what trump university was and what it would be for them. lied to those students and took their money. james comey knew who he was meeting that day in trump tower on january 6th. and in his written testimony that was released yesterday, james comey said i felt compelled to document my first conversation with the president-elect in a memo. today james comey explained exactly why he felt compelled to do that. >> i knew that there might come a

i'm sure donald trump hasn't. but the law says very clear i will only the attorney general has that power. and if the attorney general is recused, whoever has he rest placed him in that role has that power. the president doesn't have the power. but he appears to be walking around the white house, believing that he does. >> or he believes he can reach down to some number of level of people to find a robert oreck who will throw away their future by doing his bidding. max is correct about the developments here there will be a court hearing monday in brooklyn in which henry kaufman, also representing the bbc and others are trying to unseal the efforts of felix seder's dealings. this is the man who travelled with trump for years, who has involved in major felonies and is very closely associated with donald, though donald claims he wouldn't recognize anymore he knew he. he travelled with him all over the place. we're trying get the records of his criminal matters unsealed. and we think there is a lot in there that donal

we have had so many anonymous sources claiming trump -- or comey would undermine what trump said. even the detailing of the meetings paints a picture of trump going out of his way to talk to comey, try and work with him. he is told repeatedly he's not under investigation. dealing with an fbi director for some reason is going on the hill and making it seem like he is under investigation. and these stories are actually i think pretty favorable to donald trump, even if he is very different from a typical politician. comey comey -- >> bret: comey ss the reason he was -- the investn that was ongoing. the leadership agreed with me it was not -- it was important to not infect the team. we concluded given it was a one-on-one conversation, there was nothing available to corroborate my account. we concluded that it made little sense to reported to attorney general jeff sessions. this is what he writes, but i played them a three sound bite where he suggests he hasn't seen any pressure. it would be wrong if there was pressure to drop an investigation. >> that's probably the hardest question f

that's what trump did to reaganism. then you get this period of chaos where people really haven't released the old paradigms and then a competition of paradigms. in the republican party, you're going to get a pal yoe conservative, pat buchanan paradigm, a whole bunch of different ones and they will fight it out. if i had to bet, i would like an alexander hamilton open trade lot of immigration, lot of economic dynamism. but trankly, when i look at the polls, there are not a lot of people who want what i want. the steve bannons of the world, that's where a lot of the people are. they're older, economically disadvantaged and they want a national conservatism that will protect them. >> and if that is what they want, the party you think will fold. to me, what's been interesting to watch is conservative intellectuals have, by and large, particularly the more prominent ones like you, have stuck true to their ideas and ideals and been very critical of trump. i think somebody like -- got fired from fox for that reason. >> right.

showing up regularly at trump tower. he was one of the first politicians to be there to congratulate him after the election. there he is again with the same look on his face sharing an intimate delighted dinner with donald trump just after the inauguration. and then there was the time nigel farage was spotted at the embassy of ecuador in london. that's where julian assange has been living for years. he was seen leaving the embassy. that's him with the purple tie. that was march 9th, the same day julian assange and wick wikileaks with a big dump. and a buzzfeed news reporter caught up with farage as he was leaving and asked him what he was doing there that day. and nigel farage responded that he couldn't remember. i love this quote so much, i want to kiss it. i love this. i can actually do it from memory. approached by buzzfeed news as he left to get into a car waiting around the corner, farage said he couldn't not remember what he had been doing in the building. was i just in a building? really? that may be the sort of t

it's interpreted as a referendum on trump norte referendum on trump, and trump played very little roll in this. he ran as a moderate democrat, she ran as a very establishment republican in the district like gingrich and others who served their price before that. but the national media will interpret it as if some reason she loses, which i don't think she will, that the big defeat for trump. if it's close, the democrats will basically, you know, claim great victory and move on. trish: ed, i think you're right, i don't think she'll lose either. i think there is a number of people through the who are part of the base who feel very strongly, they're up against it right now, and frankly their way of life and conservatism is up against it, this race for that vane that important to them, i think you will see turnout for her, but that said, i mean the idea that the media will run with a narrative should he win, will that serve in any way the wake-up call to republicans who are refusing to unify and get on the same plane together? >> we have to get on the same plane, exactly right. we have a ma

but mcconnell can't count on trump. trump is going to be there who has the potential to set the whole oblg fire at any moment. >> heller announced he was opposed. he seemed like pretty hard no. he called the chief of staff to confirm that it was beyond stupid according to republicans. here's what i'll say. to rick's point, he made an enemy for life. the one thing about donald trump is no, permanent friends and no permanent enemies. that's the thing. i do think in a weird way, the fact there is literally no substantive agenda here, no goal, it does give them ability to be emnebltly flexible about whatever comes before him. in a negotiation, usually the white house has things they want. he doesn't have anything. he doesn't care. he just wants a deal. >> you can tell he doesn't know anything when he says a health care. what does that mean is this a health care for the american people? it is beyond absurd. we don't have a parliamentary system. er you have two fashions within the republican party. crass sitting on the side l

trump: thank you. thank you. in my meetings at the g7, we have taken historic steps to demand fair and reciprocal trade that gives americans a level playing field against other nations. we're also working very hard for peace in the middle east and, perhaps, even peace between the israelis and the palestinians. our attacks on terrorism are greatly stepped up, and you see that. you see it all over. from the previous administration, including getting many other countries to make major contributions to the fight against terror. these big contributions are being made by countries that weren't doing so much in the form of contribution. one by one, we are keeping the promises i made to the american people during my campaign for president. whether it is cutting job-killing regulations, appointing and confirming a tremendous supreme court justice, putting in place tough new ethics rules, achieving a record reduction in illegal immigration on our southern border, or bringing jobs, plants, and factories back into the united

i made the uk's psoition clear to president trump last week —— position clear to president trump last week of the g7 meeting, as did the other g7 leaders, and i made the uk's position clear to president trump last night. canada and japan have not signed that letter, neither has the uk, but we all have the same view, that we remain committed to the paris agreement. in brussels, the eu and china have been prompted to take a stand because they share the belief that fighting climate change makes both environmental and economic sense, and, the eu says, puts it on the right side of history. well, among the american states that say they'll simply ignore president trump is california. it sees its future prosperity dependent on developing clean energy. james cook reports from kern county, north of los angeles. this is one of the windiest spots on earth and the birthplace of north america's wind industry. it is the largest private employer here and when the great recession hit the united states one decade ago, california's determination to cut emissions kept the turbines spinning and the area a

i wanted to tell you about a story about trump. i've known trump since 70 something. host: how did you know him? caller: my first exposure to him was him hiring to get old lead kicked out a rent stabilized apartment in new york city. he threatened her and get her kicked out. he's been doing it since 1970's. host: were you related to the person? caller: no i wasn't. it was a story. new york newspapers here back in 1974 i forget when it was. another story about him attacking a waitress at a hotel. which is now trump hotel. that's another story. this guy can pass his agenda. he has both houses and he can do whatever he wants and they're making up stories. i personal don't know think he knows how law is passed. host: mike is in oak park, illinois, line for independents. caller: ii was wondering why your screener wouldn't let me ask chris ruddy -- i thought that was weak. host: not sure we want to open our phones to allow you to ask the question you want. now is your time. caller: i'm wondering when will the investigation into the corruption of the loretta lynch begin. hos

did the kremlin collude with the trump campaign to tip the trump campaign into trump's favor? into was there trading of financial favors possibly in exchange for policy decisions. >> you have reporting on this. this is interesting. when i was thought the primaries covering candidate donald trump, many of his supporters said they loved that he wouldn't owe anyone that he was independently wealthy that he would be different than politicians for sale. >> drain the swamp. >> and drain the swamp. but drain the swamp's policy were saying his ledger and the people hwould bring in, he wouldn't owe anyone. your reporting sms to suggest e opposite. >> well, clearly the reporting is built on the shoulders of a lot of other great reporters. the "new york times," the "washington post" and bloomberg news. but when you connect these dots, you have a property on fifth avenue. it's a skyscrape they're is a jewel in the kushner real estate crown that is staggering under unmanageable debt. and jared kushner begins having talks with chinese financiers in the summer of 2016. and those progressed t

trump organization. and while donors to the eric trump foundation were told their money was going to help sick kids, more than $500,000 was redonated to other charities, many of which were connected to trump family members or interests. joining me now, olivia, washington correspondent for "new york magazine" and daily beast columnist david k. johnson. let me start with you, as an expert on tax law. i imagine there's possibly an explanation for this that could be provided by the foundation, but on its face, this looks to violate the law? >> yes. this is what's known as self-dealing. good as it is that the eric trump foundation provided this money to st. jude, they would have gotten about 15% more, but for the money that went to the trump organization and we don't know if it went beyond there. and it went to other charities that seem to have business ties and help develop business for the trump organization. and i'm floored that one year the costs were over $300,000. i have been involved as a trustee of a

trump made us part of the act. in the middle of the speech, he would interrupt himself and say look at these jerks, these vultures. they hate me and never traveled so far for an event. they didn't believe i could do this well and the crowd would physically turn toward us and sometimes boo and hiss and throw things and got very menacing. trump was taking something that was boring, the american political speech which is usually a lifeless event, with this very scripted carefully delivery and he turns it into an immediate, physical menacing wwe style performance. it was very memorable for people. you could see they left the hall worked up into a lather and that was unusual for a political event. it was hard not to miss how effective that was going to be. >> host: you relate to the story on election day standing at trump tower and somebody walked up and asked if you were a reporter. >> guest: yeah, and when i had yes, i had a lot of experiences like that on this trail. this to be fair had been happening for quite a lon

this isn't new from donald trump. it is something richard nixon made use of back in the day and several presidents since then. but what donald trump is trying to do is help program talk radio on the right, conservative media outlets by saying this, and entering the echo chamber back to his supporters to gin up support. >> phil, there are a lot of issues facing the u.s. right now. at least on twitter -- these are statements from the president of the united states. he seems to be obsessed with going after the news media. >> still, the spokesperson was out today echoing the same things. look, there are issues to discuss. you saw the national security advisor today talking about north korea. there is a conversation that's relatively new that we need to be having about syria including safe havens and how to deal with the iranians. there's obviously conversations about things like i am graks. i would object to the differentiation we have between fact and fiction, fact and fake news. let's talk about three stories, 60 second

i am so fed up with the media, which is all over trump, the republicans all over trump. they can't get over the fact that hillary clinton lost and she lost big. 2020, he's what, going to win again because he has mobilized so many people. you have no idea how many black people in illinois in chicago are rooting for trusm. it's not because they love trump so much, they despise the media, they despise the democrats. we're going to have a civil war going on any time. it's going to happen. this is so demoralizing for all of us. the way that the country has turned on itself. host: what about the president's rhetoric? caller: we don't care about the president's rhetoric. look what they're doing to him. msnbc, joe on the whatever his name is and his sidekick mika. they're nothing but buffoons, big buffoons. they don't even deserve to be on tv. why are we talking about them? they're nothing. host: do you watch the show, bianca? caller: i used to watch it a lot. i never watch it anymore, never, ever. i don't know anybody who watches it. host: bianca in chicago. joe scarborough and