. mr. trump called anchors mika brzezinski and joe scarborough, "low-i.q. crazy mika" and "psycho joe." then he added, the two visited him at his mar-a-lago resort last winter, and said brzezinski was bleeding badly from a face- lift. this photo on social media appears to confirm the visit. on today's "morning joe" program, brzezinski had been critical of mr. trump. >> nothing makes a man feel better than making a fake cover of a magazine about himself, lying every day and destroying the country. >> reporter: but the personal nature of the president's tweets drew immediate condemnation, including from republicans on capitol hill. house speaker paul ryan: >> look, what we're trying to do around here is improve the tone and civility of the debate, and this, obviously, doesn't help do that. >> reporter: south carolina senator lindsey graham: >> tweets like this are amconsistent with the greatness h the country and the office. >> reporter: on twitter-- where ubse-- other republicans begged the president to stop. nebraska's ben sasse wrote, "this isn't normal." white house deputy press

6, two weeks before the inauguration, comey describes meeting with mr. trump at trump tower to brief him on the explosive allegations made in the now infails russia dossier which would end up leaking days later. in that meeting, he offers an assurance. prior to the january 6 meeting i discussed whether i should be prepared to assure president-elect trump that we were not investigating him personally. during our one-on-one meeting at trump tower, i offered that insurance. then one week after the inauguration on january 27th, president trump invites comey to dinner at the white house where he asked comey if he wants to keep his job. comey writes, the president said, i need loyalty. i expect loyalty. i didn't move, speak or change my facial expression in any way during the awkward silent that followed. we simply looked at each other in silence. i then applied, you will always get honesty from me. he then paused and said that's what i want. honest loyalty. comey notes it is possible he and mr. trump had very different interpretations of what honesty, honest loyalty meant. but he says he

the house intelligence committee. but michael cohen is mr. trump personal attorney. mr. pomeranz: we are not exactly sure what he is being called about. he has appeared on various stages of this investigation, someone with strong connections to the region. at one point, he proposed a peace treaty dealing with the eastern ukraine crisis that he put forward. i think we have to wait and see what it is that mr. cohen is being asked about. whether he was a person who allegedly may have had communications with russians or other people during the campaign. he is his personal lawyer but he is also a businessman and a person with significant contacts. pedro: our guest has studied and researched extensively on russia and related activities and issues regarding russia and also at the wilson center serves as their deputy director, william pomeranz. david is in los angeles, on the independent line. you are up first. good morning. caller: what is certainly fascinating about this russian propagandaw primarily used by autocrats and the tutorial regimes have completely co-opted and corrupted the amer

and by sea on cruise ships. mr trump may choose to limit the number of categories under which they can come here, including the broad term people to people exchanges, all put limits on the number of times they can reach the island, perhapsjust one visit per year. many feared mr trump will prevent us entities from working with the tourism or the commercial wings of the cuban military and that would have an effect because they are basically ubiquitous to this economy and if you want any sizeable commercial presence here, you basically have to work with them. it seems increasingly likely that president trump is going to use cuba's poor human rights record is the motivation for changing the relationship. the problem with human rights however it is at the same time, mrtrump is rights however it is at the same time, mr trump is making overtures to another country with poor human rights, saudi arabia. a greater understanding has been fostered between the two nations over the past three years, particularly in the arts, culture, music and sports. in science also, given advances in immunology an

, james comey, who was sacked by mr trump, will give evidence about his relationship with the president. he has already had his opening statement published online. in it he says the president repeatedly asked for his loyalty. he also says mr trump urged him to drop an inquiry into his national security adviser michael flynn, who had just been forced to resign. rajini vaidya nathan reports from washington. there is james. more famous than me. there is james. more famous than me. there was a time when president trump had nothing but praise for comey but a firm grip injanuary turned into a firing in may. the president sacked the fbi director, calling him a nutjob and more. president sacked the fbi director, calling him a nut job and more. he isa calling him a nut job and more. he is a showboat, he is a grandstand. the fbi has been in turmoil. you know that, i know that, everybody knows that. most people know the president's version of events. now james comey will go public before the senate. just like his testimony in march, it all comes back to russia. the fbi is part of our counterintell

can't just get out of the agreement. mr. trump thinks that because he doesn't get close enough to understand them. >> and among the nations urging mr. trump not to abandon the accord is russia president putin signed it in paris. but the white house moved to mend fence and setting plans to return two russian compound on maryland eastern shore and long island. obama administration ordered them to vacate in retaliation for the e-mail hacking scandal. and first time president putin acknowledged that hackers whom putin described as pap triots may have trieded to inyou fluence in trump's favor. >> they contribute their opinions in order to protect russia. snieshgs the president made no apology for pulling out of the accord saying he was there to represent pittsburg and in the paris. >> lou: words that will live for a while. pittsburg and not paris. we'll have reaction from kelly conway. and our first guest is a long-standing crit and i can mr. trump's position to withdraw will offer them better choices. mike lee, he authored book. written out of history. forgoodnight founders who fought

i'm interested in is trying to figure out how to square mr. trump's campaign rhetoric, where he talked about the things that you mentioned -- the 355-ship navy and all these other things, rebuild the military -- but all the pentagon folks heard her in the last couple of weeks of testimony was lament of lawmakers asking why is it not more. it seems like mr. trump's own budget folks cut the legs out from underneath the pentagon on this deal. help us square -- why are they coming up short when mr. trump wanted to do so much more? rep. thornberry: i would say first, i don't think there's any doubt the president wants to repair and rebuild our military. the budget that his administration sent up did not do that, and the reason is they did not have any people in place at the pentagon. when the budget came to capitol 23, there were exactly two senate confirmed trump appointees in the pentagon. one was the secretary of defense and the other was the secretary of the air force and she had and been there one week. what you had was either obama holdovers or people who were there temporarily

have a recording system in the oval office, as mr. trump suggested in a tweet last month but refused to confirm again today. >> mr. president, are there tapes of you and james comey in the oval office? >> thank you. >> reporter: his press secretary was no more forthcoming. >> what is he waiting for? what's the delay? >> he's waiting -- he's not waiting for anything. when he's ready to further discuss it, he will. he reporter: the secret service discussed it this afternoon, revealing it is unaware of any recording devices in the oval office. spicer declined to comment on that new information saying only that the president will weigh in >> some point in the future. >> pelley: nancy cordes on capitol hill. rnu can watch the attorney general's testimony right here on cbs. it's expected to begin at 2:30 eastern time tomorrow. today the state of maryland and the district of columbia sued president trump, accusing him of violating anti-corruption clauses in the constitution. margaret brennan is at the white house. >> never in the history of this country have we had a president with these ki

to checks and balances in our government where congress has not taken anyec action against mr. trump he has done so many things up to this point including not releasing his taxes, not divulging his business interests but he continues to profit watching the sitting president and congress is taking no action. with regard to a back channel, i thought back channels were something that were reserved for sitting administrations. mr. kushner was not appointed at the time of two trump so how is it possible that he would create a back channel with russia and of course hide from our government i think that's problematic. thank you. >> guest: for the back channel the assumption was the back channel would exist once the trump and began. it wasn't simply a back channel prior to the assumption of donald trump to power. it was a back channel that would be used as soon as donald trump got to power as well. the question of the us democracy this is a unique time in american politics and one could see that it is a challenge of our system of government andba checks and balances but in light of how the stor

vacated by tom price when he became president trump's health secretary. mr. trump barely won the now some are looking at today's vote as a referendum on had him. mark strassmann is in the georgia sixth. >> reporter: karen handel is the republican candidate in a district as red as georgia clay. she should be coasting into congress. but she's not. >> i think everybody should watch me putting on my "i voted" sticker since my opponent can't do that today. >> reporter: her opponent, democrat jon ossoff, could not vote for himself today because he lives outside the district. the 30-year-old former congressional aide hopes to pull off the upset and turn this red district blue in what has become the most expensive congressional race in history both parties in washington waste too much of your money. >> reporter: combined the two campaigns spent $56 million, nearly double the previous record. >> get out and vote! >> reporter: president trump has weighed i weighed in tweeting today: >> we're proud that california is the leading funder of the jon ossoff campaign. >> reporter: hannibal's ads mark yaw

conflicts of interest with mr trump and his businesses. that could be about to change. the attorney generals of maryland and washington dc are suing the president for foreign payments to his hotels and clubs. the lawsuit — from two democrats — claims the payments violate the us constitution's anti—corru ption clause. mr trump handed the running of his business to his sons after the election but there is a question of how much involvement he still has and whether there is a conflict of interest. never in the history of this country have we had a president with these kinds of extensive business entanglements. or a president who refused to adequately distance himself from their holdings. president trump's businesses and his dealings violate the constitution's anti—corru ption provisions — known as the emolument clauses. well for more, let's speak to our business correspondent samira hussain in new york. we are told by eric trump himself that donald trump gets regular updates on the financial performance of his companies. the attorney general they're saying he has broken many promises

planet great again. >> reporter: to russia's vladimir putin who appeared to defend mr. trump's choice. >> we should not create a big noise on this issue. >> reporter: on the subject of russia, there are other pressing questions facing the white house, such as whether the president will invoke executive pressure to block james comey from testifying on capitol hill next week. spicer said, that's up in the air. >> it's got to be reviewed. >> reporter: but le insisted the president is standing by his son-in-law jared kushner and questions of the white house advisers dealing with the russians. and e administrator scott pruett made it clear to reporter they are going to start a new round of the new paris deem. world leaders, including key u.s. allies have said, that's not hang. jim acosta, cnn the white house. >> a sign clearly states that climate change is real t. president, though, has questioned that on the campaign trail. let's now bring in a senior lecturer in international relations at the university of london. it's a pleasure to have you at this hour. again, let's talk more about thi

in, and since mr trump announced his move, 30 states have said they will continue their own plans to rip —— reduce climate change summit means most american people and the economy is going to go ahead despite what mr trump is doing. he is going to find out that the american president isn't an emperor and the country will stay connected with the world and keep reducing emissions. so you say he could have stayed at the table and decided to reduce the requirements that america had signed up to but if he does decide to go ahead and pull out, what timetable are we discussing? it takes four years under the agreement to leave what will happen in his america, at the federal level, will stall during his presidency right we have to remember that president trump is it temporary blip, he is an unfortunate but temporary phenomena in the united states and america will rejoin. there is no doubt. america doesn't like to be left out of the party, it likes to be a leader, not a pariah. 0ther likes to be a leader, not a pariah. other countries staying in, china and the eu, we are expecting a joi

trump right snow. >> probably low c. >> jennifer king, a church and school secretary, voted for mr. trump. >> i still support him. but i would look to see some real results. >> she wants tax cults and more help for veterans, but believes the president is too easily side tracked. >> too busy fighting media. too busy fighting accusations. >> what do you think is his problem? >> i personal lean thing it's, his mouth. >> but committed or wavering, these trump voters believe the president is being treated unfairly anthony. and most are willing to give him at least two before they would reconsider their support. ♪ ♪ >> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news." >>> the president told a group of tech leaders this week he hopes the senate's health care bill will have more heart than the house version does. it is being written behind closed doors and frustration over that is growing among senators of both parties. here is chief congressional correspondent, nancy cordes. >> i think a bell telling me we're done. >> reporter: senate democrats held up hearings. three of them live streamed

and other countries laughing at us anymore, and they won't be. >> reporter: mr. trump's decision followed a spirited debate. chief strategist steve bannon, and e.p.a. administrator scott pruitt successfully led the argument to get out of the agreement. secretary of state rex tillerson and the president's daughter, ivanka, tried but failed to convince mr. trump to stay in. in a statement, the leaders of italy, france, and germany said they regret the president's decision and urged other nations "to speed up their action to combat climate change." the heads of most major u.s. corporations also wanted mr. trump to stay in the paris accord. elon musk, c.e.o. of tesla and spacex, tweeted that he is departing two presidential councils added, "climate change is real." g.e. c.e.o. jeffrey immelt tweeted that he's disappointed and that industry must now lead and not depend on government. president trump did not mention president obama by name, but criticized his administration for failing to put america first when it negotiated the deal. >> i was elected to represent the citizens of pitts

. [ inaudible ] you have the floor. thank you, mr. president. president trump is not the only threat to our global environment and the beautiful island states such as yours, madam president. thank you for coming to talk us to. climate change skeptics in the uk also threaten european global protection. the british elections deliver a disastrous result through the prime minister. and mrs. may battles on. she's appointed a new environment secretary. now he has a shocking record. when he was education secretary, he wanted to get climate change off the school contradict lumz. he voted to sell off all the england's publicly oenwned and protected forests, voted against green house gas emissions. he supports fracking and he supports drilling in national parks. he's opposed refitting homes to stop carbon loss. to quote a past colleague of this house, caroline lucas who is now an mp, michael grove san environmental disaster waiting to happen. he stated he had enough of experts while frank lit experts and the public have had enough of him too. just as they have had of president trump. colleague

brzezinski and joe scarborough spoke out this morning saying in part, quote, we have known mr. trump for more than a decade and have fond memories of our relationship, but that hasn't stopped us criticizing his behavior or worrying about his fitness. they say, we have noticed a change in his behavior over the past few years, perhaps that is neither why we were shocked or insulted by the president's personal attack. later today, president trump will be meeting with the new president of south korea. he is in washington for meetings and the two will speak to reporters, a joint statement coming up at 115. later in the day, the president -- the south korean president will be delivering remarks at the center for strategic and national studies live at 6:00 p.m. eastern. c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. former acting attorney general sali yates who was fired by president trump spoke at the aspen ideas festival in colorado earlier this week about th

the last year the media has attacked mr. trump, his family, his kids. they've held his head up chopped off, they have a play killing him onstage. for the media to sit back and act shock the way they've gone after this man which you have to admit nobody has been attacked like this man has. his family has been attacked. and what is a man if he is not to defend himself and his family to sit back and act as the media is holier than thou. we're talking about two people, joe scarborough who left his wife and children for a home wrecker, mika brzezinski. they blame to be the arbiters of what is right and holy in it country when they're absolutely the scourge of the earth. they've called this guy everything they can call him. he is dead right, god bless trump like the man said. i got your back any time you need me down there, you just holler and i'll be there and bring a bunch of these boys down here from southern maryland and we'll come on down there and we'll have some fun. but the media -- host: so violence, robert? caller: nobody is talking about violence. you're the guys talking a

lawmakers asking why is it not more. it seems like mr. trump's own budget folks cut the legs out from underneath the pentagon on this deal. help us square -- why are they coming up short when mr. trump wanted to do so much more? rep. thornberry: i would say first, i don't think there's any doubt the president wants to repair and rebuild our military. the budget that his administration since up -- sense did not do that, in the reason is they did not have any people in place on capitol hill. when the budget came to capitol hill, there were exactly two senate confirmed trump appointees in the pentagon. one was the secretary of defense and the other was the secretary of the air force and she had and there one week. what you had was either obama ord odors -- holdovers people who were there temporarily, and what they had was the plans of the obama administration, and that is what they sent. those of us in congress who have been following this understand that is inadequate. part of the attitude of some of the trunk folks is a less a year to study this and get our people in place and we will

says there is no reason to be alarmed, mr. trump wrote hours after the carnage. this is what kahn actually said. >> londoners will see an increased police presence today and over the course of the next few days. no reason to be alarmed. >> reporter: initially kahn said he was too busy to respond to the president's ill-informed tweet, prompting mr. trump to write, "pathetic excuse by london mayor sadiq kahn who had to think fast on his "no reason to be alarmed" statement." hours after the attack, president trump also renewed his call for travel ban from certain majority muslim countries. the president faulted the justice department, which reports to him, for pushing a watered-down second version of the ban, which, like the first, has been blocked by federal courts. he also said he would call the executive order what it is, a travel ban, directly contradicting members of his senior staff. >> first of all, it's not a travel ban. >> reporter: george conway, a trump ally and husband of kellyanne conway, said the president's tweet, "er isly is undermine administration agenda," and the a

, comey said mr. trump demanded his loyalty and comey claims the president described the russian investigation as a cloud impairing his administration and asked what comey could do to lift the cloud. weijia jiang is in washington with more. weijia, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. james comey is said to have zero agenda when he testifies today and he's looking to provide a useful narrative during the questioning. but even his opening statement in his own words leaves plenty open to interpretation. in seven pages of opening remarks, former fbi director james comey reported numerous and uncomfortable interactions with president trump, one coming in late february when he said president trump approached him in the oval office pressuring him to drop the ongoing investigation of michael flynn, the president's former national security adviser. confirming earlier reports comey wrote mr. trump told him i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, letting flynn go. he's a good guy. >> what you're seeing now is evidence of obstruction of justice. >> the testimony was rele

. mr trump called for a determined response of the threat posed by north korea but he also took aim at seoul overtrading and sharing the cost of defence. this was the visit of a strong and his doric ally at a time of uncertainty, with the recently elected leader and an unpredictable one. “— elected leader and an unpredictable one. —— historic. elected leader and an unpredictable one. -- historic. easy, fellas. easy. perhaps a bit over eager. the two men took each other‘s measure on the crucial topic of north korea. mr moon wants to engage the regime, mr trump to isolate it. the us president pressing the tighter sanctions to force north korea to end its nuclear power project. peace, stability and prosperity for the region is our goal but the us will defend itself. always will defend itself, always. and we will a lwa ys defend itself, always. and we will always defend our allies. as part of that commitment will working together to ensure fair burden sharing in support of the us military presence in south korea. mr trump took aim at defence spending and unfair trade practices

happened to otto. that should never, ever be allowed to happen. >> mr. trump thought mr. obama. >> if brought home sooner, i think the. there would have been a lot different. otto is a disgrace. i spoke when i see family.

donald trump. >> i just want to finish by saying your reputation is amazing. >> in december 2015 mr. trump appeared on jones's radio program offering praise and promises. >> i will not let you down. you will be very, very impressed, i hope. i think we'll be speaking a lot. >> separately both men had supported the false statement that barack obama was not a natural born citizen. >> donald trump is surging. >> they have had more in common sense. >> i agree with trump on that. he agrees with me. i've got articles. he's following alex on coal, on guns, on borders. >> the 2016 campaign was good for info wars. its youtube monthly views reached 83 million in november 2016. more than five times higher than the previous november. when mr. trump won, alex jones found himself with access to the seat of power. info wars got a temporary white house press pass for the first time and jones said mr. trump called him after the election to thank him for his help. >> you said it's surreal to say something an info wars and hear it come out of the president of the united states's mouth days later. >> th

aviv for another six months. mr. trump had vowed to move the embassy to jerusalem, which would infuriate the palestinianso their capital. >>> while in the rose garden the president said he was monitoring an attack on a tourist resort in the philippines. cell phone video shows people running frantically from resorts world in manila after hearing shots and seeing fire in the casino. this appears to have been a robbery, not terror. no serious injuries. >>> lebron james is playing the nba finals tonight, but basketball isn't the only thing on his mind in a week when hate has been on display in places like washington, portland, and los angeles. here's jericka duncan. >> racism will always be a part of the world, a part of america. >> reporter: when lebron james speaks, the world listens. at an nba championship press conference james responded to his l.a. home getting spray-painted with the n word. >> no matter how much money you have, no matter how famous you are, no matter how many people admire you, you kn tough. >> reporter: it's one of many recent crimes that have become more pu