her office was in trump tower, where donald trump lived and worked. she saw him outside the lift and introduced herself. we shook hands and he pulled me in sort of for that normal double cheek kiss and he held on to my hand though and as he made small talk and asked me questions, continued pulling me in for kisses again and again on my cheeks. it happened once. and you're like, what is he doing? it happened so quickly, it was just very unusual. and at one point he drew me in and kissed me on the lips. i was pretty shocked. i remember running back into the office, then sort of hiding in one of the offices that i knew was unoccupied and just called my sister and was shaking. like, i don't know what happened. but something weird. melinda mcgillivray also told people about her experience with donald trump. she says she was groped while working for a photographer at mr trump's florida mansion in 2003. i had to be at least two feet away from donald trump when i felt this... it was a grab. ifelta grab. from my bottom right cheek. and it was almost like someo

look, donald trump is half right, which for donald trump is a pretty good thing. it's pretty startling, in fact. he's right in the sense that we know the russians are coming back to us. we, in fact, know the russians are already here. we learned from a senior microsoft executive last week that three candidates for the midterms have already had their systems attacked by the russians. we know moscow has continued to be active in the social media space, including twitter, spreading disinformation and misinformation. but look, here's the other reality. we have to cast aside what president trump has said about the russians trying to help the democrats in this election cycle. they made an investment in donald trump in 2016, and the return they have garnered on that investment has probably surpassed even putin's wildest dreams. but what we know to be true, stephanie, is that one day, perhaps in 2020, perhaps beyond, the russians could, in fact, be trying to go for a democratic candidate. they are not staunchly for republicans. they're not staunchly for democrats. they ar

the trump blimp has really done its job. it has made donald trump feel unwelcome. president trump said, i guess when they put out blimps to make me feel unwelcome, no reason for me to go to london. i used to love london as a city. i haven't been there in a listening time. but when they make you feel unwelcome, why would i stay there? it has never occurred to donald trump why they are making him feel unwelcome. why don't they like donald trump? that doesn't seem to have crossed his mind. one thing the british are not going to like is the president of the united states meddling in their national affairs and in their national politics. in the interview donald trump claims that he knows how to do the impossible, negotiate a simple brexit deal which will allow the united kingdom to leave the european union painlessly. >> i would have done it much differently. i actually told theresa may how to do it, but she didn't listen to me. >> what did she say? >> she didn't listen. no. i told her how to do it. that will be up to her to say. but i told her how to do it. she wanted

what was the use -- we've learned there were wiretaps on trump associates and surveillance on trump associates, that the dossier was secretly bought and paid for by hillary clinton and the dnc. things that have come out over great objection from the department of justice and fbi. this hearing was, peter strzok kept saying over and over and over again he's not going to answer what's being asked of him. he said it was going to answer because the department of justice have told him not to. everyone got us he what's been like for congress as they try to get information. >> shannon: another democrat said today on twitter "this g.o.p.-controlled hearing into the investigation of hillary clinton's emails is stupid. having said that, peter strzok is a great witness who is obliterating conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory." they are claiming a win. the g.o.p. is claiming a win. >> i think one thing is that there was great frustration and the refusal to answer any questions no matter how basic. the only real big thing that came out of this was confirmation from the fbi that bruce ohr had funneled i

what has trump said about nato 7 kind of thing. what has trump said about nato? well, he has made it clear a ll about nato? well, he has made it clear all the way along that he is a bit ambivalent about nato. he believes it is always another case of america having to ride to the rescue. and he doesn't see the allies, the western allies, as having the same weight in the organisation. so i think he has said, as well, remember, that article five, the one that says that everybody will help everybody else in the event of some attack on one nato member, it is an attack on all, that he wouldn't necessarily honour that he wouldn't necessarily honour that either. so many, many questions about whether he really values nato, andi about whether he really values nato, and i think what people will be looking at in terms of the discussions today is, is he going to say what is necessary to keep nato isa say what is necessary to keep nato is a very firm organisation which really has a role to play, or will he say something that exacerbates the divisions within nato? as i say, wit

trump's visit. reporter: you don't need to count the helicopte to know how much this visitor mattered. president trump's ends rage blasted through the countryside as subtly as he warned this week that his host might not get the trailed deal she colvets. for theresa may, it was not just grin and bear it today but more importantly she tried to change his mind. he left the tricky question to he >> have you had a chance to talk about the interview this morning? >> tre's a lot to discuss. >> the question preemented -- repeated. thisime, he made a face rather than answer. but after talks, back to the choreoaphy around the stately home, exactly where she brokered her brexit compromise this time last week. the prime minister appeared to have taken hold of president trump. as predicted, he's now on her side. >> we agreed today that as the k. leaves the european union, we'll pursue an ambitious trailed agreement. it provides the platform for donald and me to agree on the an ambitious deal that works for both

we already knew that president trump was never at that trump tower meeting. the issue always that he absolutely had no knowledge of it. now rudy giuliani is looking at what cohen is saying is changing the president's story. rudy giuliani is saying there may be dozens of tape bus they all say call me back, meet me for coffee. is that what you're hearing? >> i'm hearing the tapes are still in the evidence that the federal investigators and prosecutors, they're still getting that evidence. just on friday the government got an additional 950 items of evidence released from the special master. those were items that michael cohen and she says cohen in the filing that michael cohen and his team determined to be or they asserted that were attorney/client privileged. she said of the 1600 items, 952 are going to investigators. i can tell you that when "the new york times" story came out it was matched by this news organization and others there was a tape that occurred that we've been able to listen to. federal prosecutors had no idea it existed. it was still under cons

trump said "you're fired." i love that part. >> he is teaching madison to talk. >> make america great again. >> people say ron is all trump, but he is so much more. >> big league so good. >> jesse: gosh. congressman desantis isn't the only candidate benefiting from trump's backing. the president is on an endorsement hot streak. candidates he supported have won nine of the last ten contested races, including all the primaries. will democrats be able to stop this momentum of the midterms? juan williams. when donald trump goes out on the stump and holds these big rallies. he's very entertaining any socks up a lot of the oxygen. he dominates the local media markets and raises a lot of money. he has funny out there. is that something the democrats will get in fear, or do they want trump in the spotlight? >> juan: i think they welcome him. you talk about the streak trump has. i want to go back to abe lincoln. trump says he's more popular among republicans than abe lincoln. jesse, even for you, i think that's a bit mu

happened between cohen and trump, why didn't the trump campaign say in fall of '16 they knew nothing about it when clearly trump knew all about this. >> why did donald trump say he had no idea where the money came that michael cohen used to pay stormy daniels off. >> right. >> i mean the obvious reason is he didn't want to talk about it publicly, so he obfuscated or lied to get around it. i think to dana's point, we don't know what exists here, but what we know of the relationship between donald trump and michael cohen would lead us to believe that tapes, secretly recorded tapes of conversations could be problematic in that. michael cohen is donald trump's fixer. he is the guy that does the stuff no one else is willing to do. that's how he got into donald trump's good graces, whether that's paying off stormy daniels or this conversation about karen macdougal, we know that's cohen's role. let's see what else is in those. again to dana's point, cohen's conversations with other people, there's potential for significant embarrassment, who knows about legal exposure. but significant embar

remember, donald trump, president trump, is his fourth president that he's dealt with. number two, i don't know if you noticed, but he had a piece of paper and pen next to him. i noticed our president did not have that. number three, he spoke very broadly about what they were going to talk about. he didn't talk about specifics, but he kind of hinted that they might talk about some hot button issues. president trump on the other hand, i was listening very closely. we're going to talk about trade, military, nuclear weapons and china of all things. why china? note what he didn't say. he didn't say ukraine. he didn't say syria. he didn't say russian interference in our presidential elections two years ago. the tone of which both men are seeking to achieve. >> please remain standing by there in helsinki. when we have first news of a break in this, stephanie ruhle is in this in the studio this morning. what do you make of what you've seen so far? >> imagine if president trump took a hard line against vladimir putin. you said this earlier. president trump is a transactional gu

secretary of state she's grilled over donald trump's dealings with the russian leader. and donald trump regime called youngest strike a deal to avert a trade war between the u.s. and the e.u. . and islamic state claims responsibility for a wave of terror in southern russia syria which has reportedly claimed the lives of at least two hundred fifteen people. thank you for watching the news headlines here at r.t. international broadcasting live from moscow i'm kate. the u.s. secretary of state might pompei or has been grilled by senators over president trump's recent summit with vladimir putin here are some of the highlights. has the president told you what he and president putin discuss in their two hour closed door meeting in helsinki did you did he tell you did the president at this meeting call upon president putin to withdraw from crimea and eastern ukraine where did the president say we're going to change our force structure in syria good what took place you speak to the translator do you seen any of her notes that the president discussed relax relaxing u.s. sanction

>> president trump: yes, it did. one of the things i will tell am most happy about, as you know is a big sticking point, is bringing back the remains of thousands of soldiers that were killed. >> sean: this came up last minute. >> president trump: it was last-minute, yes. would it be possible? i get letters all the time from families who lost a son, brother, father in korea. that was a rough fight. they were buried along the roadways, soldiers going back and forth into battle, they were bearing them along the roadways. and they were saying, please, can you do it. i get so many letters from people who lost a loved one in north korea l essentially. in north korea. i would say, i would try. i brought it up and i will tell you what, it was almost immediate. now in the past, you couldn't even talk about it. but it was really a nice response. >> sean: how quickly did you talk about a trip to the united states? to do talk about -- >> president trump: i think at the right time, he'll absolutely be coming to the white house,

>> ivanka trump was at trump tower a short while ago. a source told me consoling and thanking staff for working there. it was a sad day apparently at the company, but she says she wants to focus on politics chlts sources close to her say there was no point keeping the company running if she wasn't coming back because it was subject to so many restrictions in effort to avoid the appearance of conflicts or ethics violations. putting those talking points aside, wolf, it is clear that the brand had very real challenges. >> hi, everyone, i am ivanka trump. >> tonight, her closing line is out of fashion. in an announcement today, the president's daughter said her company which is named after her and featured her initials in the logo is shutting down. the apparel line which trump launched in 2014 before her father's run for president sold women's wear online and in department stores. in a statement the president's daughter said she didn't know, quote, if i will return to the business but i do know that my focus for the foreseeable future will b

trump russia's leader. the easiest thing politically would be to avoid russia, the president did not have to attend the summit, especially with the midterm election months away and report looming. but trump did not become president by doing the easy are expected thing. the summit is the way to say to his frantic critics that he couldn't care less what they think. will go through reaction, especially from capitol hill. we also want to hear from you. will put lines, we them on the screen as we hear from nancy in big bear city, california, republican. am i there? host: yes, ma'am. caller: i think president trump did great yesterday. from the previous person you had about the unaccompanied children 2 adults tore were one child and rooms full of 13 workingteen -- ms age men with the tattoos. americang children, children were separated from their parents in jail. much.mocrats protest too have read that voter fraud, with hispanics voting. $100 million100 to expedite for those people. they didn't have to speak engl

it has changed before trump. it has changed since 2014 since russia annexed crimea and women to war in ukraine, a great -- a game changer. it forced europeans to learn defense. remember europeans to and relearn collective defense. and everything it applies, logistics, capabilities, supplies. not yet enough but clearly movement. >> many people watching from abroad would say that the debate may have changed in germany but not fast enough. germany's role in two world wars and the holocaust is often cited as the reason for a widespread public reluctance to see germany take a stronger role militarily. that history is receiving ever further into the past. isn't it time germany does in fact do more? >> germany started to do more. this 2%like to say that target of the gdp for defense is much older than donald trump's term in office. endorsed 10 or 11 years ago for the first time. ever since, not much happened in europe. not only germany lagging behind, but many other countries, large countries, are not there already. bac

trump: no preconditions. no. they want to meet, i'll meet. any time they want. any time they want. it's good for the country. good for them, good for us. and good for the world. >> no american president has met with an iranian leader since washington cut diplomatic ties with tehran a year after the 1979 revolution. relations reached a low in may after the u.s. left the iran nuclear deal. -- on twitter an advisor to rue manny responded to trump's offering saying reducing hostilities and the u.s. returning to the nuclear deal is needed to reduce tensions. trump's statement may be a change in tone, but there is no sign that his willingness to meet his iranian counterpart changes the administration's stance on the iran nuclear deal or reimposing sanctions. claire: turning our attention to zimbabwe's historic general election. countingtowns after voters on monday chose between president emerson mnangagwa, and nelson cham see ya, it's expected to be a tight contest. official results are due in the next few days. bo

everybody's trying to contain trump. but of course you talk about a trade-in with trump, and he will serve me tell her, yes, of course, we would love to do that , but we know that is worth absolutely nothing. when healy -- the way he leaves the u.k. on sunday to go to helsinki to meet the russian president, he will then have forgotten about it and sit in the airplane and just tweet the opposite of what he promised here. so theresa may, for her this is not a big asset to meet trump at this time, because a large number of britons really resent the american president, but particularly there was in him meddling in brexit. brent: and considering they are trying to contain trump in the u.k., what else is on the u.s. president's itinerary? >> is all highly choreogographed in order to keep them out of london because protesters are lurking at every corner, and to sort of have a program that makes it more or less impossible for him to speak publicly, so he's going to see military parades, and that's probably for you the most impor

since president trump met with kim jong-un. they have demanded more money and failing to maintain basic communications. because of that, "the washington post" reporting the lack of immediate progress though predicated by analysts has frustrated the president who is fumed at his aides in private as he publicly hails the success of t negotiations. may that affect the progress in north korea? kim jong-un surely has to be watching all of this. >> absolutely. we know the media coverage is well considered by world leaders, even by these dictators, in this case, kim jong-un. thif the limits to the art of the deal. right? the art of the deal is something president trump has been following for decades but it applied a lot more effectively to real estate negotiations than in a negotiation like this with north korea. you know? when you can be out there in public puffing yourself up saying things with going well and claiming your building is taller than it really is might work well in manhattan and here, but it doesn't necessarily work rea

trump and you understand a lot more about trump and "trump's america". trump has a belief in his ability to learn and his ability to negotiate. one of the things that i think people say makes him different he listens to everybody. when he was in saudi arabia the king of saudi arabia was with him every single day for three days and every time they were in public the king of saudi arabia was next to them and they were talking. it's not just transactional, did you have a nice desert yesterday he does this all day everyday. he picks people's brains. he listens to them in ways where they'll still be talking about watching how you react in feeding back information. that worked and that didn't work and that strong and that's not drawn. the traditional model which is i wonder what we should do about x leaving 25 really bright staffers three from the brookings institution and three from the young america's foundation fighting over the paper for seven weeks and finally da'ish his answers i think i will call the presence of three in the prime minister japan and see

using and the same format trump used hours earlier. iranian foreign minister tweeted, quote, color us unimpressed. the world even harsher bluster a few months ago. and the iranians have heard them, albeit more civilize tds ones, for 40 years. we've been around for millennia and seen more. be cautious. >>> let's bring in cal perry. good to have you with us. another country in the twitter crosshairs of president trump. it seems that's his growing mo, is to have some kind of confrontation. what are the next steps you think we will see from both sides as this kind of escalates. >> reporter: listen, until the tweets from president trump this had been framed certainly by the iranians as economic warfare. when you look at sort of the comments that president rouhani gave that set off president trump, one of them was about the strait of hormuz, a geographical comment, it was we can pinch the world's oil supply if the u.s. continues to make world powers live in this strange space, which a number thought they would be doing business with iran, we

how has trump's case changed this week? >> i would say that cohen is in the same position he was in terms of whatever evidence positions against him but that he has put himself in a better position, because if he really does have the willingness to testify that he was in the room when donald trump sr. learned about the meeting in trump tower, and if he will identify the other people who, rumor has it, were also in the room, it means that it's not his word against the president's word. and as everybody has pointed out, they both have credibility issues. giuliani is saying that cohen is a pathological liar, and he knows that because cohen lied for his client for many years, which is not exactly a very strong defense. and what does that make the client who hired the lawyer to lie for him? so, they both have credibility issues, but if he can identify other witnesses, i think josh pointed this out, it means that there is a really credible case. and to some extent, if i'm viewing this as a trial lawyer, juries really can make log

that is not trump's fault. just as the scalise shooter is not bernie sanders' fault. >> do you think it's an unfair question, ana? >> i don't. look, this much is true. donald trump did not invent racism. he did not invent bigotry. he did not invent racial violence. but it is also true he has pandered to it. he pandered to it in charlottesville when he equated neo nazis with those protesting against them. he pandered to it when he called black athletes sons of bitches. he panders to it at every rally when he demonizes immigrants and never brings up a positive immigrant story. it's all about the bad things that immigrants do. the other day i was watching tv and i saw this clip of these two little kids in montana going to a trump rally. they must have been 8 years old. these two little kids talking about not wanting any more mexicans here. look, you're not born a racist. you are taught to hate. and what we are listening over and over again -- and even if you say that trump does not have a responsibility, and i do

president trump showed up late and triggered an emergency session it was then when strong claims that he finally convinced european members to increase their defense spending by quote a lot of others say what went down was a shake trumps ultimatum show me the money or the u.s. may show nato the door and that was just over breakfast. this is the day. i think that nato is much stronger now than it was two days ago and the united states'. commitment to nato is very strong i think that nato was not doing what they were supposed to be doing only five of twenty nine countries were making their commitment and that's now changed all that and i made it clear that we know germany has to do. and we have been doing moon for a long time that germany has agreed to do a lot better than they were doing we had a very good relationship with uncle americal some people ask themselves where you'll be tweeting differently once you board air force one thank you know that so the people that do that i don't i'm very consistent i'm a very stable genius. also coming up tonight a landmark ruling today from germa

and the other one is what did donald trump know about that meeting in trump tower. in both cases, he teased that there will be response later, that he has something to say, but not now. tell me what you read into that. >> as i say, the first thing, the axiom one now, the new prism is cohen's got a really good lawyer. and it would be foolish, it would probably infuriate the u.s. attorney's office in fact if he were somehow revealing this on national tv that is the kind of information he has to sit down and share with the u.s. attorney's office. it's going to be an exchange of information, as daniel says, where basically, the u.s. attorney's office tells him the kind of jeopardy he is under. he tells them in return the kinds of things he can do. and by the way, the point about the joint defense agreement critical, of course. and i think actually, what he signalled in the interview is so -- begins to be so different and going away from trump centrist. it's probable by operation of law, the joint defense agreement is already a dead letter. if it's not, it will be soon,

the way to make contact with trump, the way to communicate with trump is through the media. and everyone knows that leaking information to the media helps to get a message across to trump. whether that message is to try to chide him, like we know there's been allegations general kelly is someone who leaks in the media as a way to try to change trump's behavior. i don't think that would be lost on michael cohen because he knows how the trump orbit works and if you look at the twitter feed he's very clearly sending smoke signals to donald trump talking talking about how he values freedom of the press. all of those things are clearly targeted at none other than donald trump. >> there are clearly provocations here from donald trump's former personal lawyer, his fixer, we always use that word. if that theory is correct, the president doesn't seem to be responding to them the way perhaps cohen hopes. >> that's because the relationship is already dead. i don't think it's smoke signals. he's facing immense legal bills, we're talking high six figures, we're talking kids he's got to p

trumps election. his voice is on several of the recordings and it goes onto say the only recording that trump and cohen have substantive conversation is the one davis released tuesday. that's big news. let's talk about this. this is how rudy giuliani first characterized the tape on friday. this is how it came out. the tape wasn't out on friday. he put out this transcript michael cohen's attorney put out the tape and his sources are saying he did that to correct the record because they were so upset. they taught service to sully his reputation. cohen is talking about buying the rights for ami american media inc. they are talking about a corporation doing it. the president says make sure it's done correctly and make sure it's done by check. after you hear these -- >> i didn't hear that. >> we've had it enhanced. the audio experts said -- what do you think? is anything he says to be trusted? >> i think lanny davis said it right, believe your ears. just listen to it. it's pretty clear to me what it was. i

and donald trump jr. who between with the two of them have denied the president's knowledge of the meeting nine times. >> oh, it's a political problem to be sure, but i don't think it's a legal problem. even if the president knew of the meeting, knew exactly the role of the woman who was there that she was representing the russian government, and even knew that they were going to go to try to collect dirt that had already been gotten by the russians on hillary clinton, that would be a political sin, but it wouldn't be a federal crime. and i think if this is the best that cohen has to offer, i don't think he's going to be given immunity by the federal prosecutors. he may have to compose and not only sing to get that because this isn't very much from a legal point of view. it's a big deal from a political and public relations point of view, but legally it's a 3 on a scale of 10 maybe. >> what's also interesting about cohen's story on this, and again, if it turns out to be true, he claims there are other peo

they are deferential to trump. they are giving him a pretty long leash and saying we understand what he is trying to do and we know that it is going to be some short-term pain but if it means a better deal with china, the eu, then we are willing to give him some time to do it. i feel like that time is coming to a close. farmers are hurting, prices are going up and this is all coming months before an election. wages are going down. i believe they are starting to worry about how their own party is going to fair in the election and they are worried about all the pain going on out there. if they believe there is going to be a long-term gain, it is not going to happen quick enough. we will see if there is any effort to claw back some of the tariff power that congress is traditionally supposed to have but has abdicated to the executive branch for years now. they gave the president a lot of leeway, but they are talking about it now. guest 1: this is an issue where president trump does not seem to be backing down at all wh

who donald trump is. handing out a piece of paper he would just -- do exactly what he just did. i agree with the intelligence community or other people. he just -- it doesn't matter what they do. he'll continue to do this. i think the reason he can't just say what he really believes is i guess there is a line with the republicans to a point you see even people at fox news who typically agree with him on every single thing saying this was the line right here standing there with putin and siding against the intelligence community. does that mean they turn against him? no. but i don't think he expected that to happen and why he i think ended up reversing the position, trying to pretend he misspoke and he didn't expect them to turn against him. >> i just don't know how much there really is any fear of repercussion of the line crossed. you might get strongly worded statement that is don't mention president trump's name and no resignations, no serious congressional action. you know? there's some people througho

so trump never represents the future. koch has always represented the future and say the future is good, we need someone to provide leadership on it, and trump is not doing that. >> if the president threatening a shutdown is good for dems, what does the democratic strategy need to be? on fox news, they're harping on the fact if you go democrat, you're going to go socialist. but if you look at what he's doing on tariffs and turning around and giving $12 billion in aid to farmers, that smells more like socialism. >> also you have a number of republicans who smell that as well and don't like it. it's not even an ideal form of socialist, whatever that is. because that's not going to do much to help those farmers. i think all the republicans have been quoted as saying we'd rather have trade, not aid. so it may be a form of socialism. not a very effective one. i think democrats need to continue to harp on that. something else that was pointed out earlier. if mcconnell is even saying we need to postpone the wall, then he ought t

you know mr trump has tweeted said. you know promise during campaign different issues but to be honest of course we would like to see what will happen next week in in proselytism for us looking from mr o'neill from tightly to prime montes the unity among the allies these is what we have seen recently during the g seven meeting or during some you know messages coming from twitter of course there are question marks but. again the if we look at what what is happening on the ground what already in the u.s. during the trumpet administration has increased its defense. abilities on the eastern flank of nato in poland in politics states also resources for a european the deterrence initiative are going up but of course there are also other questions up the this first and foremost issue of course these are sort of a question mark around crimea and the recognition of crimea and been injured as a part of russian federation which was supposedly made by mr trump recently that would of course the cause a lot of troubles when we think

is well he should have given a non-answer well trump you know very often he's not diplomatic in that way he doesn't really specialize in. no. and so i think there's a real problem was he supposed to say from his perspective was he supposed to say oh no you know now i believe all these all these claims that russia are into fantasy our election and colluded with my team to get me elected or was he going to say it which has been his position on that he actually rejects these claims even though a section not all but a section of u.s. intelligence actually says he supports them you know you know michel the thing is that. i agree with mary but you know obviously trump is not a man of nuance ok i think all of us would agree with that and everyone watching this program you know but what kind of answer was he supposed to demand from putin i mean he could say i listened to what he had to say but we have to move on because i mean it's a bit rich michael when the united states for the last seventy some years have been throwing a lections undermining democracy installing governments i mean all ov

meetings with donald trump. and then president trump threw in a last line today to end the press conference with a trumpian dash of incoherence. >> and if anybody watched peter strzok testify over the last couple of days -- and i was in brussels watching it -- it was a disgrace to the fbi. it was a disgrace to our country and you would say that was a total witch hunt. thank you very much, everybody. thank you. >> and so the final three words of the president's summit with vladimir putin were total witch hunt. joining us now is the former undersecretary of state in the obama administration. and former cia chief of staff and a former director of the obama white house situation room. he's currently director of the haden center. and these are challenging nights for programs like this because we really are tonight the first draft of history, and this was a historic day. with your experience, i simply want to give you an open opportunity to react to what you saw today. >> well, i think i felt, as most have today, incl

that is what trump likes. he likes that loyalty and that praise and ha closeness.ep that's what him onboard for so long when even people close to trump who wanted to advance trump's agenda were fed up wh him. that's what ultimately led in the end to his exit. robert: but it's ang revea moment about the president even at his rally ts week didn' really want to pile on, on mr. pruitt. it appeared to be based on a lot of reporting this week that it was john kelly the chief of staff that said it's time. >> i thought that an interesting footnote to the story. because if you ask people in our story to handicap who would last longer, scott pruitt or john kelly. we pro hbly woulde said scott pruitt. a lot of us work at places that have been running articles predicting john kelly's hayesy exit. and it turns out that it was hn kelly who administered the death blow to pruitt. he's still exerting influence and still has the able at critical moments to say, mr. president, this has gone far enough. >> can the democrats take

trump won pennsylvania. iowa farmers traveling over to china trying to preserve deals there that have been harmed due to the chinese trade war. trump won iowa. is this what those voters signed up for? paul: alcoa is a company that was supposed -- an american aluminium maker. it is the kind of company that trump said the tariffs would help. in the earnings call this week, you have them saying the tariffs are hurting. their earnings are down 15% or so. so i guess -- and you see this with the domestic companies and the foreign automakers who invest here. everybody really except for the united autoworkers which has i would say issued tepid support for the tariffs, but everybody else against it. can trump still move ahead in the face of that opposition? >> well, i think it depends on what happens to the stock market, paul. the one indicator that he watches very closely. look, the largest plant in the world is in spartanburg, south carolina, a district that trump won with more than 60%. now, we haven't seen the ef

president trump's daughter and senior white house adviser , a ivanka trump, is shutting down her namesake fashion brand, amid widespread accusations about conflicts of interest and investigations into the working conditions in her company's factories. a guardian investigation revealed workplace abuse, grueling production targets, and deplorably low pay at an indonesianan factory that makess clothing forvanknka trump'p's label. many of the female workers at the factory in west java said the pay is so low that they live in constant btbt and canan't afford to live with their own childrenen. israel shot down a syrian jet tuesday it claimed had entered israeli airspace. increasing concerns about an escalation of tensions in the region. in more news on syria, a suicide bombing in the southern city suweida has killed at least 3838 people, with dozens more wounded. the bombing in the government-held city has been blamed on isis. in laos, at least 26 people have been killed and thousands more are in need of rescue after r a billion-dollar hydroelectric dam collapsed, flooding nearby villages and f

trump to have had prior knowledge of it either. mr. trump sr., the president. the question, has he ever under oath said he didn't know? any situation where he might be viewed as having lied to federal law enforcement. i'm not sure that's the case. it's another potentially bad headline if it's true, but i'm not necessarily sure it's any legal jeopardy. >> laura: andy, the veselnitskaya woman was there to push the magnitsky act. she was trying to get him to push congress on that magnitsky act because of russian adoptions. the whole thing, it has nothing to do with hillary. big scam, big play. sounds like they were played in that meeting. jared was bored. he got up. manafort walked out. it was a big nothing. if this is where they are, on this level, we're going to get to the twitter issue in a moment. what does it tell you about the state of the mueller investigation? >> seems to me the mueller investigation is winding down to a conclusion. that investigation of that indictment they brought recently against the 12 russians who are actually intelligence officers, i

trump before he left for europe. sources say after trump consulted with top aides, the white house told justice not to hold off. >> now that the summit and the world cup are over, u.s. and british intelligence agencies are concerned russia will ramp up its aggression once again. a u.s. intel official tells us that russia did not want any high-profile incidents to mar the prestige of hosting the world's biggest sporting event. >>> former president barack obama in south africa this morning, just about an hour from now he gives a town hall speech and takes questions from students at the african leadership academy in johannesburg. yesterday, giving the nelson mandela annual lecture, mr. obama did not mention donald trump by name, but he did lament the loss of shame in political leaders and repudiate the politics of fear and resentment. >> strongman politics are ascendant, suddenly, whereby elections in some pretense of democracy are maintained, the form of it, but those in power seek to undermine every institution or nor

i will tell you donald trump could do nothing like trump said he could get them to give him moscow for all their past discretions or indiscretions and the media will say well but he didn't take out his handkerchief and when he sees you know you can't they didn't get him to be just about this one right. so what do we think you think there will be any change in policy steve you first with regard to either iran which i heard president putin talk about about how that the sanctions were the right course the people the p five plus one approach you know it's clearly not where president trump is do you see any policy change from the u.s. perspective absolutely not i mean the centerpiece of his platform for running for the office was getting rid of the worst deal in history that wasn't just bluster and he did it and he got rid of it and you know iran is the biggest purveyor in support of terrorism in the world so it's told to us today that he talked to putin about terrorism and you know what i mean if you're going to be sincere about fighting terrorism you have to put iran in the equation so th

donald trump says he misspoke during a joint news conference with lot of. outreach the us media and politicians the most disgraceful performances by an american president he showed cowardice on the world stage the set should have been i don't see any reason why i would or why it would be a rush from the storm to see ransack moment russia's defense ministry says it's ready to implement all agreements reached by trump and put in helsinki on how to bring peace to syria. and facebook admits classifying thousands of russians as interests of entries and for advertising purposes raising concerns over a who wants to target said she was or. cross stock is next here on our senior national stay with us. hello and welcome across stop for all things considered on peter lavelle the very idea of a trumpet the summit was controversial from the stark mad and helsinki in a century agreed the u.s. and russia should at least engage in dialogue to start a process of mending a very damaged relationship much of the media in the foreign policy swamp reacted with an apocalyptic mel

not meet with president trump? >> well, i was -- i was okay with the meeting until the 12 indictments, i'm okay with it happening. maria: 12 indictments, honestly, we knew about russia was doing for a while and we certainly knew specifically about these 12 individuals a year and a half ago when devin nunes and the intel committee came out with report, yesterday i spoke with congressman john ratcliffe who responded to demands for not meeting with putin, listen to this, i have to get your reaction. >> the real reason that senator schumer and other democrats don't want donald trump to sit down with vladimir putin tomorrow is the same reason they didn't want donald trump to sit down with kim jong un last month, they're afraid he will succeed. so now i think the democrats are definitely afraid of donald trump sitting down with vladimir putin and kicking holes in all of the things that they've been saying about him a puppet of putin and the kremlin. maria: there you go, what's your take about that? >> well, that's excess

trump? has trump been compromised? all of those people, those experts, those reporters, they are looking at the fact pattern and seeing something strange, even sinister. >> no rational president would act this way if he weren't being blackmailed on some level. >> you can't just dismiss the idea that putin has something on trump. >> i'm not a conspiracy theorist but his behavior is so bizarre and against the national interest that it certainly raises the possibility that something untoward is going on. >> see these concerns are now in the bloodstream in a whole new way. i don't think there's any coming back from this. josh marshall of the liberal talking points memo put it this way, he said the press conference in helsinki made cautious prominent people start to come to grips with the reality that trump is under control of a foreign adversary. the concern is palpable. will hurd says putin is manipulating trump, and he asks what should we do? of course, the week of walk backs did not inspire a

it is a trump fest. the secretary of state has the official trump endorsement. the president retweeting that endorsement today. kempe says the president getting involved is like gasoline on a fire. >> the president and i line up on a lot of things that we believe in, securing our borders. i have plans to track and deport criminal illegals, stop and dismantle gangs like ms-13 that have become a distribution hub to our state for the mexican drug cartels and other things. putting georgians first. that's been what my whole campaign is about. somebody up there fighting for those georgians out there that are still struggling from the ow obama recession. >> the lieutenant governor of the state says he's more like trump, and he's trying to explain away why his rival got the big endorsement. quote, the president decided to do this because washington insiders who are weaseled their way into his ear convinced them to make a power play. why? so they'll have a governor who answers to them instead of to georgians. okay. >> one of those washington insiders used to be a georgia

they're unphased by trump's rhetoric that undocumented immigrants are, using trump's words here, invading the country. >> he doesn't sugar coat anything. i think the people of the united states appreciate that also. i don't think it's a bad thing. >> reporter: when you hear people talk about the way he talks about this, it comes off as racist to them, what do you say to that? >> yeah, well that's their problem. they say what they want to say. it's a free country. they can believe it. >> reporter: this is the president of the county's young republican chapter. he walks us through the produce distribution warehouse where he works as the manager. he says the president needs to compromise. >> when you hear families being separated, zero tolerance family. we're the party of the family of faith and freedom and you think about families being separated, it doesn't look very civil. >> reporter: hernandez is also exhausted by trump's divisiveness. >> there are some things that he says, you have to cringe and be like, ah, how am i going to defend that. >> reporter: you're tired of sticking up for hi

trump when he was visiting moscow. distinguished colleagues, let me tell you this, when president trump was in moscow back then, i did not know he was in moscow. i treat president trump with utmost respect, but back then, when he was a private individual, businessman, nobody notified me he was in moscow. but let's take the st. petersburg economic forum. there were over 500 american businessmen, high-level ones. i do not remember the last names of each one. do you remember these things that we tried to collect compromising material on each and every single one of them? well, it's difficult to imagine. please disregard these issues and do not think about this anymore. president trump: and i have to say, if they had it, it would be out long ago, if anybody watch peter strzok testify over the last few days, it was a disgrace to the fbi, to our country, and you would say that was a total witch-hunt. thank you very much, everybody. thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by t

what it is is that trump attracts people like trump. a lot of people that choose to be in his orbit are people who are looking to ride his coat tails of fame. and i think that that becomes paramount for them. that's the overriding issue. i think michael cohen was one of those people. one of the things that trump is notorious for is not paying people. what he tells the people that he does not pay is that just use my name. tell people you did work for me. that's the value. >> you're alleging that he tells people to say my name? >> say my name, say my name. >> say my name, say my name, say my name. >> that's right. >> well, you know, we're doing an awkward montage later in the show, but i wanted to have some -- >> you wanted to get it out there early. >> it's live. tara, thank you for bringing your experience and insights here. now i bring in michael avenatti, a rumored iowa visitor. why are you going to iowa? >> it's not my first visit to iowa, i agree up in missouri. i'm going to our neighbor to the north. >> i know people who grew up in

donald trump jr. be worried about this indictment. >> donald trump jr. if he is you know living in a country that actually has laws that he is held accountable to should be worried for a very long time. donald trump jr. put e-mails on twitter about a year ago showing that he had elicitly conspired with russia revealing that whole meeting. i'm a little concerned he thought he could do that openly and be no consequences. other russia mafia members of the mafia/kremlin officials have been in plain site. that's a pattern you see throughout the republican party. donald trump jr. is not unique in this respect. now there finally are indictments, there are consequences. if that's going to continue, yes, donald trump jr. certainly somebody who should be concerned. >> let me come to you now on part two of this because there's the nra piece of it. you've written an entire book about this thing called the family and the religious right and power. quickly, at the 2016 and 2015 national prayer breakfast events, but

now donald trump. i was asked by reporters why he had criticized theresa may in that article here tonight criticizing her but i think that downing street at that point don't mind forty said because this was now back on message to reason they had got something positive out of him and that is what she needed and even he was talking about the u.s. u.k. relationship that is indispensable that couldn't have gone better so tourism in the end was satisfied with the outcome let me down turn to you again bob after the nato meeting donald trump criticizes allies there and again today donald trump it out of his allies especially germany over various issues and he brought up his gas pipeline again and russia's jimmy's dependence on russian gas let's first take a listen to what he had to say it is a tragedy i think it's a horrific thing that's being done where you're feeding billions and billions of dollars from germany primarily and other countries but primarily from germany into the coffers of russia when we're t

day 529 of the trump administration, and a one-time trump loyalist breaks his silence, posing potential new dangers to the president. michael cohen, trump's long-time personal attorney and a key player this the trump organization may be sending warning signals to the white house in his first major interview since the fbi raided his home and office back in april. federal prosecutors in new york's southern district are investigating cohen for alleged violations of election law and possible financial crimes associated with his personal business dealings, including his payment of $130,000 in hush money to porn star stormy daniels. cohen hasn't been charged with any crime, but there has been speculation about whether he intends to cooperate with prosecutors. cohen in the past said he would do what is necessary to protect trump, including taking a bullet for him. this weekend, he sat down with george stephanopoulos of abc news for an offcamera interview, and cohen said this when asked what he would do if prosecutors offered him a deal in exchange for information on the president. >> my wife,