huntington, west virginia. our very own jeff flock on site there. reporter: we're minutes away. there is not a open seat in this house, capacity is 9,000 they say, not an empty seat. it is packed. not sure about if there is anybody stk stuck outside. the other thing that we have learned. west virginia republican senator shelly, office a plane with the president -- was on the plane with president from washington, she is subject of an opinion piece in washington examiner that just came out, criticizing her and 5 other republican senators who fail to vote for that clean obamacare repeal bill moving forward. they are being criticized. president said he has not given up on healthcare. the even though senate is going home for the summer, he hopes they will come back in fall, and do something. maybe he is talking with senator republican senator from west virginia. democratic senator said he is glad that president trump is here, welcomed him to the state, joe mansion is somebody a conservative democrat who has said he

. ♪ date of birth deign trump in west virginia, huntington, west virginia at a campaign rally really delivering for all the people who waited hours to be there. there was one very excited fan behind him getting a personal picture there of president trump. so, joining us now for some quick reaction. charles hurt is a columnist at the "washington times" and fox news contributor and matthew editor of the washington free beacon and former dnc advisor. let me start with you, charlie, on the news of the night that he started out with, that the governor of west virginia, has decided to make america great again. is he switching from democrat to republican. how significant is that? >> i think it's somewhat significant. what i think is more significant is the fact that the governor of west virginia never could have drawn a crowd like this on his own. but, you know, the only way he could get in front of a crowd like this is to ride the coat tails of donald trump. and i would defy you to name a single democrat on the national stage today who could pull off what donald trump pulled off tonight. i

joe manchin seems popular in west virginia. trim really carried west virginia. by 41 point he beat hillary clinton. joe manchin is a moderate democrat, but he's a democrat at a time when tribalism is at an all-time high. switching may actually endear him more to voters. it's great strategy for republicans because that gives them someone else in the senate they could easily slide in and vote for republican agenda items. it makes sense. kennedy: there is a lot of breaking news this week and certainly today out of washington with that grand jury leak. what does the president have to do tomorrow to keep the conversation in this west virginia stadium? >> not tweet. he needs to not tweet. not tweet about this impaneled grand jury. he need to keep the -- the positive of this speech going. i think it would be great to have some pointed tweets towards joe manchin. talk about hi *, we support a lot of the same things. continue to build on the platform of this coalition he's building right now. whether people are critical of the president, he's building a coalition. all he

. >> president trump held a rally in west virginia. fromg the rally, we heard west virginia's governor, who announced he would be switching from the democratic to republican party. ♪ to the place i belong ♪ west virginia mountain momma ♪ take me home ♪ country road ♪ all my memories ♪ gather round her ♪ minor lady, stranger through blue waters ♪ ♪ dark and dusty ♪ painted on the sky ♪ misty taste of moon shine ♪ tear drop in my eye ♪ country road ♪ take me home ♪ to the to the place i belong ♪ west virginia mountain momma ♪ take me home ♪ country road ♪ i hear her voice in the morning hour ♪ ♪ she calls me ♪ the radio reminds me of my home far away ♪ ♪ driving down the road ♪ i get a feeling i should have been home yesterday ♪ ♪ yesterday [cheers and applause] president trump: thank you. thank you. i am thrilled to be back in the very, very beautiful state of west virginia. and i am proud to stand before you and celebrate the hard working people who are the absolute backbone of amer

thank you, west virginia, god bless you, thank you, thank you! [♪] lou: president trump in huntington, west virginia. a stirring rally. he talked for the whether part of an hour. probably 46, 47 minutes. and was again with the people that he draws great energy from and who obviously give him lots of love, particularly in west virginia. they have a 3% growth rate. coal mines are opening just as he promised during the campaign. and their governor jim justice converting from a democrat to republican tonight giving the president a terrific endorsement, talking about a good man and great president. and joining me now to pick up some of the points the president was making, fox news anchor, former defense attorney, gregg jarrett. i got a kick how the president in the midst of the celebration of economic growth, booming markets and a lovefest with the folks in west virginia refer together witch hunt being led by robert mueller saying there is no collusion, it's pure bull, that's my word. you know what? just on the day we learn there is another grand ju

>> president trump held a rally n huntington, west virginia. ♪ west virginia. to the place i belong west virginia mountain momma take me home country road all my memories gather round her minor lady, stranger through blue waters dark and dusty painted on the sky misty taste of moon shine tear drop in my eye country road take me home to the to the place i belong west virginia mountain momma take me home country road i hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me the radio reminds me of my home far away driving down the road i get a feeling i should have been home yesterday yesterday president trump: thank you. thank you. i am thrilled to be back in the very, very beautiful state of west virginia. chausechause [cheers and applause] and i am proud to stand before you and celebrate the hard working people who are the absolute backbone of america. thank you. [cheers and applause] i love the people of the tates. i love your grit, your spirit, and i love our coal miners. they are coming back i love your grit, your strong. [cheers and applause] president trump: i ma

west virginia, you are leading the average. when was the last time you heard that, west virginia? you are leading the country's average. remember i told you don't sell your homes. don't sell your homes. you are doing great. i'm so proud of you. you know, we won the state by 42 points. can you believe that? 42 points. i asked your republican party leader how would we be doing today versus november 8th and collection day -- election day. he said honestly, president trump, you are doing better. i said better? 42 points since our election, not mine, since our election we've added more than one million new jobs. and the good news keeping on pouring in. in fact, we have a very important announcement to make tonight. does anybody know what that announcement is? does anybody know what that announcement is? we have a very, very large announcement. do you understand? large. so i would like to invite my good friend and your governor, jim justice up to the stage to share this news with all of you. jim, come on up. come on up, jim. look at this guy. jim is going to say a few words. these words

[cheers and applause] west virginia. and i am proud to stand before you and celebrate the hard working people who are the absolute backbone of america. thank you. i love the people of the states. i love your grit, your spirit, and i love our coal miners. they are coming back strong. [cheers and applause] president trump: i made you a promise during the campaign. you all remember. many of you were here. i actually think we have more people here tonight with thousands outside than we had during the campaign, if you can believe it. [cheers and applause] president trump: and as you've seen, i've kept that promise. as president, we are putting our coal miners back to work. we've ended the war on beautiful, clean coal. we've stopped the e.p.a. intrusion. american coal exports are already up. think of this. think of this. american exports of coal are already up more than 60% this year. did you ever hear of anything like that? what you voted for is happening every single day. everyone in the arena is united by shared values. [ch

for west virginia. he says that's where it's going and that's where our country is heading, perhaps. steve: we are going to hear from the governor who made the big switch this morning. he is going to switch from democrat to republican. we will hear that in a moment. first, if you missed the president, he was in rare form last night at his rally in west virginia at the big sandy super store. they were packed to the rafters here is what he had to say to the folks in west virginia. >> our agenda rises above left or right. it's an agenda for all of the people, especially for the tens of millions of forgotten americans. they're not so forgotten anymore, i will tell you. you proved that. the russia story is a total fabrication. it's just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of american politics. that's all it is. it just makes them feel better when they have nothing else to talk about. what the prosecutors should be looking at are hillary clinton's 33,000 deleted emails. most people know there were

in west virginia, that's the same west virginia he went to just last week. that's the same wrf that gave mr. trump 68% of the vote last year, second highest in the country. same west virginia that hasn't voted democratic since it went for bill chin. same west virginia where not even one county has gone democratic. trump won by more than 3,000 votes in wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania. come on, so why the shuttle to west virginia? one reason that we mentioned earlier is to celebrate the fact that the democratic governor of the state is expected to anoungs that he's switching parties. remember, tht president's third trip to west virginia as president. so this is also about the roar of the crowd. west virginia loves the president, and the president loves to feel loved. think of it as a vanity rally. and really what politician doesn't. but we are keeping track. when is he going to the mountain and pacific time zbloenls at some point in we'll be right back. binders. done. super-cool notebooks. done. that's mom taking care of business. but who takes care of mo

maybe tonight when he goes to west virginia, we'll hear more. the president also letting us in on a secret that he's got some big announcement coming tonight. we don't yet know what it is, but we'll wait and see. sandra. >> sandra: john roberts, thank you for that. more on all of this mike lee, a member of the senate judiciary committee. he joins us now. senator, thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> sandra: you can hear that from john roberts. the latest from "the washington post" and these leaked transcripts of the president's private phone conversations with foreign leaders. obviously, we can sit here and talk about the content of those conversations, but the leaks themselves, a huge problem for this white house. >> the mere fact that these leaks occurred is very troubling. in order for these communications to be handled effectively the president and who ever he is talking to, whatever foreign head of state or other official might be on the other end of the line, need to have a degree of confidence that they're having a conversation and not

joe manchin seems popular in west virginia. trim really carried west virginia. by 41 point he beat hillary clinton. joe manchin is a moderate democrat, but he's a democrat at a time when tribalism is at an all-time high. switching may actually endear him more to voters. it's great strategy for republicans because that gives them someone else in the senate they could easily slide in and vote for republican agenda items. it makes sense. kennedy: there is a lot of breaking news this week and certainly today out of washington with that grand jury leak. what does the president have to do tomorrow to keep the conversation in this west virginia stadium? >> not tweet. he needs to not tweet. not tweet about this impaneled grand jury. he need to keep the -- the positive of this speech going. i think it would be great to have some pointed tweets towards joe manchin. talk about hi *, we support a lot of the same things. continue to build on the platform of this coalition he's building right now. whether people are critical of the president, he's building a coalition. all he

thank you, west virginia. god bless you. thank you. >> there were banners in the rafters that said "promises made and promises kept." the only time the crowd fell silent was when the president was making a point about how i think the russia story is bogus and jokingly asked if there were any russians in the audience. things fell to a harsh. that it was back to screaming and cheering. and, one would assume, they're going to be a lot of west virginia's -- west virginians with horse voices. >> "the wall street journal" broke a big story this afternoon. robert mueller has impaneled a rancheria. the ongoing investigation of russian involvement. good to see you, john. we have always heard you can, a grand jury grand jury can indict a ham sandwich. it's easy to indict someone. just because there's a grand jury doesn't mean criminal charges will be brought. what did we learn? >> what we learned is basically nothing. essentially the robert mueller is taking advantage of the paneling of a grand jury for its investigative functions. by

at tonight's rally in huntington, west virginia. thanks to justice's defection to the republican party there are twice as many republican governors as there are democratic governors. 34 held by republicans, democrats 15 and a governor allied independent. the party might need a new message. do they and if so what is it daniel is a democratic strategist. thanks for coming on. >> great. how are you tonight? >> tucker: i'm great. also a little confused. a lot of smart -- the mart supreme have said we need an economic message. this is ridiculous. you can't just win on identity politics and transgender bathrooms. you need to talk to people about things they care about. chuck schumer the lead democrat in the senate sent out basically an overview of a better deal. this is the plan. i want to put it up on the screen for our viewers. you are familiar with it here are the bullet points. stop trade cheating and market manipulation. tax companies that ship jobs oversea. crack down on. independent trade board to prosecute unfair trade patropracti

[applause] have you seen any russians in west virginia or ohio or pennsylvania? are there any russians here tonight? any russians? they can't beat us at the voting booths, and so they are trying to cheat you out of the future and the future you want and they are trying to cheat you out of the leadership you want with a fake story that is demeaning to all of us. >> sean: good for the president fighting back in his rally in west virginia. we continue with sarah carter and gregg jarret. inside of the white house, why would mr mcmafrter allow susan rice who is being investigated for unmasking, like samantha power and ben rhoeds and james baker and comey and so many other deep state people, why would he grant a waiver and true that mcmasters disagree with the president on the iran and deal. ? >> in is a concern, according to the sources in the west wing and intelligence community, hr mcmasters is completely at odds with president on the iran deal. there is concern within the intelligence community and west wing that he's moving people out that would give reason or cau

president trump about to speak in west virginia. this comes as we learn special counsel robert mueller has impaneled a grand jury and is investigating -- in his investigation in russian influence in last year's election. peter doocy is alive. -- live. >> the white house saying they don't think president trump is under investigation now because they don't think anything has changed since james comey told the president a few months ago he wasn't under investigation then. that word comes as the president's lawyer is expressing some surprise in a statement. ty cobb says "grand jury matters are typically secret." "the white house favors anything that accelerates the conclusion of his work fairly. the warehouses committed to fully cooperate with mr. mueller." president trump should be on-site in huntington soon and he's bringing his new chief of staff john kelly, his son eric, son-in-law jared kushner and west virginia has senator more capital. -- moore capito. west virginia governor jim justice is becoming a republican and will tell cons

virginia. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: i am at a trump rally for west virginia, and in a state where the president has his highest approval rating, and are these supporters happy with the president? >> the president, i think he's working hard to do the american people a good job. >> i think he's doing an amazing job. >> everybody knew what they were getting when they voted for him. >> there is a lot of scandals and stuff like that, nothing really big. >> pleased with what he has done, and as soon as he got into office he got hit the ground running. >> and then in west, 13,000 miners back to work, and that's good enough for me. >> thanks to lewis for that report. back with us, sarah fisher. i want to play more from president trump's rally last night from west virginia along with his attorney, and then we will talk about it. take a listen. >> i just hope the final determination is a truly honest one, which is what the millions of people who gave us our big win in november deserve, and what all americans who want a better future want and deserve. democrat lawmakers will have to decide. they can conti

president trump rallying support in west virginia where he touted his re

peter: reacting to the energy at his west virginia rally. heather: anyone who thinks the president has his back against the wall better think again. >> it is significant but what is more significant to the governor of west virginia never could have drawn a crowd like this on his own. to ride the coattails of donald trump. i defy you to name a single democrat on the national stage today who could pull off what donald trump pulled off tonight. the people who are writing trump's obituary today are to think twice about it. heather: southwest politician. peter: nancy pelosi's rain is democratic party leader might be in trouble. a survey of 20 democratic candidates shows just one person would vote for the current leader to head the caucus. the unpopularity is costing house seats in special elections. heather: debbie wasserman schultz standing by the decision not to buy the it a month after being investigated for fraud, or payroll for six months after being investigated at overbilling congress and hacking into how soldiers -- the sentinel, and did

at tonight's rally in huntington, west virginia. thanks to justice's defection to the republican party there are twice as many republican governors as there are democratic governors. 34 held by republicans, democrats 15 and a governor allied independent. the party might need a new message. do they and if so what is it daniel is a democratic strategist. thanks for coming on. >> great. how are you tonight? >> tucker: i'm great. also a little confused. a lot of smart -- the mart supreme have said we need an economic message. this is ridiculous. you can't just win on identity politics and transgender bathrooms. you need to talk to people about things they care about. chuck schumer the lead democrat in the senate sent out basically an overview of a better deal. this is the plan. i want to put it up on the screen for our viewers. you are familiar with it here are the bullet points. stop trade cheating and market manipulation. tax companies that ship jobs oversea. crack down on. independent trade board to prosecute unfair trade patropracti

to bring frac gas from pennsylvania into west virginia and there's an uprising in west virginia against it and i don't know if it will be defeated or not but there are direct threats and people are rising up and they're not taking it anymore and that's what's got to happen there's going to be demands for corporate controls for criminal homicide prosecutions of corporations where they kill people thanks russell that was russell macabre editor of corporate crime reporter. the animal agriculture industry has used the excuse of national security public safety trade agreements and the need for business secrets to pass what are known as ag gag laws in about a dozen states and on the federal level the animal enterprise protection act all enhanced with antiterrorism laws that criminalize anyone who investigates or challenges the industry it is illegal under the patriot act to issue statements or carry out actions that harm the profits of the animal agriculture industry this misuse of the law is the future for all who attempt to hold corporations to account radical change will be built outside t

and there in west virginia they have got 3% growth. here across the country already have 2.6% growth. they have coal miners so happy with this president. manufacturing jobs. what is he trying to do in repealing obamacare. you saw the democratic governor of west virginia became a republican last night. he is one of many democrats out there who are so sick and fired of a leftist party that's gone so far that you don't welcome pro-lifers, pro-second amendment, you want to show more respect for military veterans, national security, american exceptionism, and you see this in the governor's conversion. it's not just that he changed parties. it's what signal it should send to the democratic party that these still any message, vision. they are there for obstruction and resistance and leaders like donald trump and the governor of west virginia want to actually get things done. brian: meanwhile, the "wall street journal" had big news yesterday, not been denied, that bob mueller is eu78 pamming a grand jury attorney to look into the russian conne

have you seen any russians in west virginia or ohio or pennsylvania? are there any russians here tonight, any russians. they can't beat us at the voting booths so they are trying to cheat you out of the future and the future that you want. they are trying to cheat you out of the leadership that you want with a fake story that is demeaning to all of us. >> sean: good for the president fighting back earlier tonight at this rally in west virginia, you heard the crowd reaction. we continue with sara carter, gregg jarrett. let me go back to your piece. inside the white house, why would h.r. mcmaster allow susan rice who was investigated for unmasking like samantha power, like ben rhodes, like the general counsel of the fbi, like comey and so many other deep estate people. why would he possibly grant a waiver and is it true mcmaster disagrees with the president on the issue of iran and the obama deal? does he support that? >> this is the concern. according to the sources that i've been speaking with in the west wing and the intelligence community. h.r. mcmas

before mueller took over in may, prosecutors had been using a grand in west virginia which lawmakers said was focused on two men. paul manafort, trump's former campaign cheryl, and michael flynn, the president's national security adviser. both of whom are key figures in the investigation. it suggests the probe may well be expanding. a sign there is a long term large scale series of prosecutions being contemplated and being sued by the special counsel. the president's attorney responded on fox news. >> did you have any advance notice this was coming? >> no. this is not a surprise. the impanelling of a grand jury and situations like this, when you have an investigation, is how they move forward. it is really very much the standard operating procedure when you have a situation like this. with respect to the impanelling of the grand jury, we have no reason to believe the president is under investigation. >> this is just the start. cnn reporting that mueller has seized on trump and his associates' financial ties to russia as one of the most fertile news for moving the probe forward. >> th

virginia matters, what else happened in west virginia last night? you have a businessman governor, switching parties. when you send a message to the republican moderate senator, but to joe manchin who is going to be challenged to some degree. switching over brings that rust belt more in line. also in a statewide election which i governor has to win, start as a senator. what does that say to others out there? >> kennedy: that's why he wanted to switch parties because your status all right right now, they want to embrace you with open arms. that was the point of having governor just as they are making a big announcement next to the president on stage. that was a direct message. >> melissa: at your point is a good one, harris. the idea that he's made a lot of promises, americans are keeping track. they need the jobs, they need the health care, they need the economy, they need the tax code to change. >> sandra: they need a win. >> david: they've had a lot of wins. the media doesn't report. we need the big ticket items. when 1,000 people were sent out of

that becomes a slight risk further northwest into portions of west virginia. now i don't think we see storms until at least after 5, 6 o'clock so most of the day it's partly cloudy and warm with a high of 92. that's a look at your forecast. let's check the roads early this morning on a friday. maybe you're heading out early ready to start your weekend ready to start your vacation week. the northwest section of d.c. 11th street is closed between g and h due to a pedestrian struck. ongoing investigation there. we'll let you know once that reopens. otherwise, it is 4:36 and we haven't had too many problems elsewhere on the roads. let's zoom out take a wide view of our majors. we're smooth along the beltway f50 free and clear if you want to head to the beach this morning. at caitlin roth fox5 on twister your friday morning commute looking okay so far. wisdom and maureen back to you. >> one of this year's kennedy boycott the ceremony. >> the obamas are still responding to wedding invitations. >> as we head to break right now, live look outside across the region at

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this is last night in west virginia. >> have you seen any russians in west virginia? or ohio? or pennsylvania? are there any russians here tonight? any russians? they can't beat us at the voting booths. so they're trying to cheat you out of the future and the future that you want. they're trying to cheat you out of the leadership you want with a fake story that is demeaning to all of us, and most importantly, demeaning to our country and demeaning to our constitution. >> blaming democrats is a simple party loyalty play. the president's numbers, we discussed earlier slipping a bit with his base. that partisan framing is designed to keep that slip from becoming a slide. but also a diversion from the truth. of course some democrats are partisan ar the investigations but the investigation that matters most doesn't involve democrats and republicans. special counsel investigation led by the former fbi chief robert mueller moved to an important new phase. one that extends the cloud over the trump white house for months, maybe even longer. cnn legalen lift michael zeldin joins us, a f

[applause] president trump: we're going to west virginia tonight. we will have a very big announcement which will be very exciting for the media and everyone else. we have a very big announcement tonight. i believe i will be making it in west virginia so that will be very exciting. thank you very much. >> we will see more from president trump today when he is in west virginia. two anti-trump protester standing outside the venue in huntington, west virginia. don to eating that she is making some signs for the trump visit. we will have live coverage at the big sandy superstore arena at 7 p.m. eastern on c-span. takes an's cities tour tv and american history tv to tacoma, washington as we explore its rich history and literary culture. located on the puget sound and 60 miles northwest of mount rainier, tacoma was chosen in the 19th century as the western terminus of the northern pacific railroad. weibely at noon eastern, traveled the city talking to local authors, including tonya erdson. she will share the history of faith-based programs in prisons and

we won't stand for his bigotry, his hatred. >> west virginia is known as wild wonderful west virginia. when trump gets done with it, it's going to be a wasteland. >> standing up and saying enough is enough. >> i am thrilled to be back in the very, very, very beautiful state of west virginia. >> i want to know if these trump supporters are happy with the job that the president's doing. what do you guys think? >> yes! whooo! >> i think he's working hard to do the american people a good job. >> i think he's doing an amazing job. >> i'm very pleased with what he's done as soon as he got into office. he hit the ground running. >> right now west virginia, 13,000 miners have been put back to work in the first six months he's been in office. 13,000 miners that had been fired because of the environmental policies of barack obama. good enough for me. >> if nothing else we've gained more dignity because he's given us a hope we haven't had for years in this area. >> everything he's doing, he's doing a good job. >> has donald trump lived up to your expectations? >> not yet, but he might. >> trump,

i hope west virginia residents up and get rid of him. john mccain -- host: out there? do you think about your republican senator showing more capita? i think she's doing a good job. her hand system tied partially, cares about the people and the ties going in the in west ection virginia. we're finally getting back to tax base and a putting the coal miners and oil work.e back to i couldn't understand how they ould put tens of thousands of families that was paying mortgages, sending their kids to obeying the law and because of a global warming want to put all these people out of work, with no them or nt jobs for anything. to me, it's ignorant to do that. west virginia, speaking of -- in this "new york lot of tory getting a attention today about the ivisions between mcconnell, mitch mcconnell, and the president, the story noting when boy dent trump addressed scout jam bory in november from the a republican state whose support was in doubt, she could only accompany one if she orce committed to voting for the health care bill. she declined, noting she could for a measure she

a lot of this is metallurgical steel that they mine here in west virginia. and that is as a gentleman pointed out pipeline step. there is a crowd here on the other side of the street and they have a different opinion of the president. it's a free country by golly. here you are. huntington west virginia. another big rally. we will have it live here tonight. what he know about the major announcement that is promised by the white house tonight. we don't know. the speculation is it will have something to do with the coal industry and they are able to rollback regulation and that sort of things. it's one possibility. people are talking about in the crowd is something on immigration. something popular here not that people from other countries take that away. but still that is fairly popular as well. by the way don't worry you won't miss that rally. they had live coverage of it. west virginia i to our specialty begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. don't miss it. you just heard him talking to those living in coal country. what about the energy company who used or used

it came from west virginia governor jim justice. he announced he is leaving the democratic party, and becoming a republican. the move increases the advantage of the move increases the advantage of republican governors over democrats. 34 of the nations governors are republican. only 15 are democrats. right now-- an update on a disturbing case in a spotsylvania county that we told you about this time yesterday. kariem moore remains behind bars without bail. he is accused of holding his gi their two children captive - for 2 years. court documents allege moore held them there by using quote "force, intimidation, or deception." police say the woman was hospitalized with an injury from being assaulted. the children - ages 11 and 8 - are with family members -but appear to be healthy. moore will be back in court next month. elsewhere in spotslvania county-- a sheriff's deputy is recovering this morning after overdosing on a drug bust. police say he was not doing the drug-- all he did was near them. anna-lysa gayle has the story. this is not

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a defiant donald trump rallying his base in west virginia. trying to undermine the legitimacy of the mueller probe. >> have you seen any russians in west virginia or ohio? or pennsylvania? are there any russians here tonight? any russians? >>> and good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. attorney general jeff sessions and director of national intelligence dan coats have put government leakers and the press on notice. taking aim at a familiar trump administration target. the intelligence community. >> criminals who would illegally use their access to our most sensitive information to endanger our national security are, in fact, being investigated and will be prosecuted. >> it is important to stress that any disclosure of unauthorized channels -- excuse me. any disclosure outside of authorized channels is a criminal offense. and we will simply not tolerate the illegal release of classified information. >> and in a red flag for the pr press, putting the news media on notice as well. >> one of the things we are doing is reviewing policies aff

we were back in west virginia last night. "early start" continues right now. >>> the russia story is a total fabricati fabrication. it's just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of american politics. that's all it is. [ cheers ] >> we even saw the return of the "lock her up" chants, they were back. >> they were. that is president trump fighting back after reports emerged that grand jury subpoenas have been issued in the russia investigation. >> cnn has learned special counsel robert mueller following the money, investigating possible financial crimes as part of the ongoing probe into the trump campaign. he was all fired up in west virginia last night. the base, boy, they sure do love him. they wait in line hours to see the speech. it was -- a lot of the campaign rhetoric. >> maybe he needed the distraction, you think? a lot going on. >> needed the energy. >>> good morning, everyone, welcome to "early start," i'm dave briggs. >> i'm alison kosik. friday, august 4th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. a major advance in special

whoa. >> we were in west virginia earlier this year. everyone we spoke to had been affected by the opioid crisis. instead of the resources for treatment and rehabilitation, they promised donald trump has offered basically not much. joining me, bob kincaid, host of head-on with bob kincaid. i guess, first the reaction to the president's opioid briefing yesterday. >> well, considering the fact that he lifted his fury line from harry truman, now he's lifted just say no for nancy reagan, if he shows up in a red dress now, i guess we'll know he's gone full nancy. >> there was a certain kind of throwback quality to the idea of just don't start. but my sense, from at least the data, i think it's probably clear in west virginia, that starting is often born of prescriptions, right? >> well, that's exactly the point, chris. nobody gets up in the morning in west virginia or anywhere else in this country and says, gosh, i think i'll go get some heroin today. my life is going entirely too well. this is a process of people getting addicted to prescri

let's listen to what he said in west virginia about this. >> have you seen any russians in west virginia or ohio or pennsylvania? are there any russians here tonight? any russians? they can't beat us at the voting booths, so they're trying to cheat you out of the future and the future that you want. they're trying to cheat you out of the leadership you want with a fake story that is demeaning to all of us. and most importantly, demeaning to our country and demeaning to our constitution. [ cheers and applause ] >> evan, you saw he was glued to the teleprompter for every word of that, so the trump speech writers put that in his speech, saying that they are doing this. now, it's robert mueller who is doing this. so the "they" is robert mueller. it's not the democratic party. there's no democrats involved. that's not what this is. it's a special prosecutor. he is saying that robert mueller is trying to cheat you out of the leadership that you want. >> absolutely. he's painting this as an affront to their will, to the democratic constitutional will of the american people, which it very much i

we saw that in west virginia. he's not backing down. he's pushing and pushing and what better place to do that in front of essentially a home town crowd. and it's a message, i think that's been effective for the base. robert: let's dig into this. that hometown base in mf, -- west virginia, it is a constant theme for this administration as the russia questions linger over the white house. we're watching in real time this president recalibrating amid dismal poll numbers. his approval rating has dipped to a new low. 61% of americans disapprove of the job mr. trump is doing. just 33% approve. that's a seven-point drop from just a month ago. the president is returning in this environment to his signature campaign issues that fire up that conservative base. last week it was a ban on transgender troops from serving from the mill tournament this week it was a plan to cut illegal immigration by nearly half. excuse me, it was actually cutting legal immigration. and the justice department is now looking to investigate affirmative action and how it

he's back to the white house after that trip to west virginia for a campaign l rally. i talked to a huge round of supporters in huntington. he did bring up the russia investigation. the reason why democrats only talk about the totally made up russia story is because they have no message, necessity agenda and no vision. the russia story is a tote l al fabrication. it's just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of american politics . that's all it is. have you seen any russians in west virginia or ohio or russians here tonight in any russians? they can't beat us at the voting booths so they're trying to cheat you out of the future and the future that you want. by the way if there were russians there they didn't fall for the trap, so good for them. you you a the big turnout. it was huge. a lot of enthusiasm for the president. he promised a big surprise for the rally but then word started to leak out what the surprise was. it came in the form of -- yim justice is no longer going to be a democrat , he's switching to the republican party. really he's just switching

everyone says this was not anything >> you know who runs west virginia? coal. he knows a thing or to. >>> president trump's desire for the border wall between u.s. and mexico inspired two large murals, this is something bench net i can't hugh. an israeli wall telling the wall quote i'm going to build i was brother. >>> a dispute over rent forced the secret service out of trump tower in new york. agency have any located in july and relocated to a trailer. it stems from a dispute between the government and the trump organization overtime terms of a lease. it had station the the canon post one flow below the president's condo, was about $130,000 a day? maybe they're better off in a trailer >> you figure at this point, you have milania and barren, relocated >> and the hasn't been back. this is a full time detail. regardless of who's there they're going to be there as if they were. you can understand that as well. >> coming up, spicy may have two left feet, why the former white house secretary said he will not be joining the cast of dancing with the stars when we co

they were actually carried by west virginia troops. we have 12 flats from our union troops and one captured confederate flag. we have conserved than putting them in climate controlled cases where they will remain in perpetuity in safekeeping. place them into murals on occasion. the number killed by disease is always higher than those killed in actual battle in action. the swallow tailed design was used by the artillery and cavalry, the horseback and big guns. the regimental flags were carried by a regimental color bearer. they were chosen to carry this flag as an honor, standing out in front of the regiment so everyone equally to the left and right could see him, and he will carry that flag into the battle straight at the enemy. not only was that a source of pride for these trips, but it also communicated on the battlefield. smoke and noise and confusion of the battlefield, you look for the flag. you rally to your regiment's flag. color bearers had a high mortality rate. many of them were killed or injured. i have no doubt some of our