[applause] [applause] >> president trump: thank you. over the last year, the world has seen what we always knew, that no people on earth are so fearless or daring or determined as americans. if there is a mountain, we climate. if there is a frontier, we cross it. if there is a challenge, we tame it. if there is an opportunity, we seize it. so let's begin tonight by recognizing that the state of our union is strong, because our people are strong. [cheers and applause] [applause] >> president trump: and together we are building a safe, strong, and proud america. since the election, we have created 2.4 million new jobs. [cheers and applause] >> president trump: including 200,000 new jobs in manufacturing alone, tremendous. [applause] >> president trump: after years and years of wage stagnation, we are finally seeing rising wages. [cheers and applause] >> president trump: unemployment claims have hit a 45 year low. [applause] >> president trump: and something i'm very proud of, african-american unemployment stands at the lowest rate ever re

i'd vote for trump until trump is no longer there. no ice is going to be a problem across many parts of the northern uk, watch out the slippery services. those snow showers are going to be heavy at get across parts of scotland, northern ireland, northern england through wednesday morning. blizzards on the hills. watch out those icy stretches. through the afternoon, the wind should ease across england and wales. more snow showers across the north of the uk. the wind is going to feel raw. a deep area of low pressure sweeps across bringing severe pressure to england and wales. snow to northern ireland. this will move out quite quickly into the north sea on thursday morning to leave an improving day with further showers around. most of these in the north and west. england and wales, decent amount of sunshine. this temperatures 3— nine celsius but in the wind, very cold. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: 20 countries back the strict enforcement of

. >> how did that donald trump. >> get out. >> become this donald trump? >> i'd like to punch him in the face, i'll tell you. >> there were 36 years between those two moments, years in which a young developer transformed himself into a president. by now dramatic pronouncements about donald trump. >> why is it lie after lie after lie? >> have become commonplace. >> this is the most serious charge ever made against a sitting president. >> the truth is trump's time in office has been chaotic. so it's crucial that we understand exactly how this man became president. >> you may say it was russia or hillary or comey, but there's an even larger question. how did this utterly unusual candidate win the nomination against 16 formedable rivals? how did he even get close to winning the presidency? >> go out tomorrow and vote. >> 63 million americans voted for him, and tens of millions remain fiercely loyal. this is the story of the deeper reasons why trump won. we begin with the most fundamental aspect of his character. donald trump is a performer. >> life is acting t

trump gets. >> no. and that's donald trump. it's trump being trump. it is not surprising to anyone paying attention, particularly someone like me a feminist and cares very much about the equality of women and the fact that they should be able to be valued for their smarts and their ability on the job. with donald trump it's not that way. he owned a beauty pageant and those people object if ied and sexualized in a particular way. walking in on underage beauty contestants and valued women on how they looked and scored them and wore a crown based on how pretty they were. that's the world of donald trump and that's just going to be consistent even though he's the president. he's not going to change. and it's very unfortunate because women are more than half of the country and should be valued because of the contributions we bring to society and the workplace and not based solely on the physical appearance. it's not 1950 anymore. >> may be in trump world. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> really appreciate it. >>> coming up, mitch mcconnell is hoping t

with trump at the white house. trump granted few major interviews to anyone other than sean hannity ever since that devastating interview with nbc news's lester holt. michael wolff's book says hannity gave trump a preview of the questions but hannity denies it. gabe, this is the book everyone is talking about, obviously, everyone is reading it. i'm reading it and taking lots of notes. it is extraordinary the way it describes donald trump's relationship with ails and murdoch. >> clear he, he worshipped rupert murdoch's power. donald trump is a media person and rupert murdoch is the most powerful media mogul of his generation. the interesting point i take away based on my reporting is that donald trump -- rupert murdoch is not the head of fox news. donald trump is the executive producer of the network, and so the way the segments at fox news are largely programmed are that producers are putting things on the air that they hope will appeal either to donald trump or donald trump fans so they are programming for an audi

trump: mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, the first lady of the united states, and my fellow americans. less than one year has passed since i first stood at this podium, in this majestic chamber, to speak on behalf of the american people and to address their concerns, their hopes and their dreams. that night, our new administration had already taken very swift action. of optimism was already sweeping across our land. have goneince, we forward with a clear vision and a righteous mission, to make america great again for all americans. [applause] pres. trump: over the last year, we have made incredible progress and achieved extraordinary success. we have faced challenges we expected and others we could have never imagined. we have shared in the heights of victory and the pains of hardship. we have endured floods and fires and storms. but through it all, we have seen the beauty of america's soul and spine.el in america's each test forged new american heroes to remind us who we are, and show us

president trump versus steve bannon. trump says his one-time strategist lost his mind. bannon calling don jr. and jared's meeting with russians treasonous. an explosive new account of what's happening inside the west wing, and the reaction, total meltdown. "the 11th hour" begins right now. good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. i'm nicolle wallace sitting in for brian williams. day 349 of the trump administration. a day in which donald trump and steve bannon face off in a war of harsh words and accusations. bannon one of the architects of trump's populist agenda during last year's campaign, went on to serve as chief white house strategist before being demissed in august of 2017. he is leveling stunning charges in a new book by emichael wolf called "fire and fury." the author's account based on more than 200 interviews and more than a dozen visits to the white house, most of them as bannon's guest. among wolff's most explosive revelation is this quote from bannon about the trump tower meeting promising dirt on hillary clinton. quote, the

trump for this book. and we'll play the entire interview for you right now. >> the president's lawyer send a cease and desist letter threatening legal action against you in which you say. >> they sent it before they actually read the book. actually what i say is, where do i send the box of chocolates? >> you think he's helping you sell books? >> absolutely. not only helping me sell books but prove the point of the book. i mean, this is extraordinary that a president of the united states would try to stop the publication of a book. this doesn't happen -- has not happened from other presidents, would not even happen from a ceo of a midsized company. >> the president obviously as you know tweeted about you last night. he says i authorized zero access to the white house. actually turned you down many times. said he never spoke to you for the book. it's full of lies, misrepresentations and sources that don't exist. as good a place to start as any. did you talk to the president -- >> what was i doing there if -

trump has confessed. he spent years deeply, deeply entitled with a major cocaine trafficker in ways that make no sense unless they were in business together. amy: we're going to leave it there. david cay johnston, pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter, his new book "it's even worse than you think: what the trump administration is the trump administration is doing today i'm going to prepare my fabulous, festive zucchini lasagna dinner. now, this menu features fresh zucchini, picked right from the garden, and it's deliciously authentic-tasting with a healthy twist. ♪ jazzy, you're gonna be healthy ♪ ♪ with the jazzy vegetarian ♪ jazzy, so snazzy ♪ we're gonna cook something healthy and light ♪ [scatting] ♪ jazzy, so snazzy laura: so join me in the kitchen right now. ♪ we're gonna cook something healthy and light ♪ that's right. today i'm going to prepare one of my absolutely favorite dishes and that's my festive zucchini lasagna, which is a delicious dish with a healthy twist. i'm

trump wants a deal. he wants a deal and that means the republicans will have to give in something and they don't think they 14should. >> and you are saying they are unnerved and mccarthy was very unnerved whenever he was trying to clean out whatever he heard. governor dean, always appreciate your insights. >> thanks. >>> breaking news tonight was of course breaking when we came on stage. steve bannon out at breitbart. biggest fallout of michael wo f wolff's book. but something you may not have heard that is in this big book. , you not only want a clean feeling every day, you want your denture to be stain free. did you know there's a specialty cleanser that's gentle enough for everyday use and cleans better than regular toothpaste? try polident cleanser. it has a four in one cleaning system that kills ten times more odor causing bacteria than regular toothpaste, deep cleans where brushing may miss, helps remove tough stains, and maintains the original color of your dentures when used daily. for a cleaner,

politically president trump. feels he needs the will to satisfy his base but with a third of the border already covered by a fence the actual usefulness of a structure that's going to cost at least twenty one billion dollars has been questioned where it is sort of a waste of money and a waste of everyone's time is to build a wall or a fence in the middle of the desert where you know all the wall really ultimately does to a determined border crosser is slow them down for a few minutes. but the wool as with the rest of the migration issue has become too important for either side to give way and the fight has already spilled into the president's second year. john homan with that report as we say from. the mexico u.s. border so let's talk more about immigration issues joining us from washington d.c. sarah pierce she is an associate policy analyst at the migration policy institute thank you for joining us sara. how would you describe the past year how it's been for an immigrant in the united states it seems they would

we spend the hour looking at president trump's first hit of the unit was a president trump referring to the extreme weather events that hit the u.s. last year, but never mentioning the words "climate change" during his speech. pres. trump: we have endured floods and fires and storms, but through it all, we have seen the beauty of america's soul and the steel in america's spine. amy: while president trump never mention climate change coming at this to say about coal. pres. trump: we have ended the war on american energy and we have ended the war on beautiful, clean coal. amy: president trump petrelli added thehe word "beautiful" to clean coal because the transcript sent around did not say "beautiful." joining us now, bill mckibben, founder of 350.org. bill mckibben, welcome to democracy now! your response to the state of the union last night. >> well, as you said, he barely mentioned and did not mention what is probably the single biggest problem facing the planet. that is because he doesn't think it is a problem. the president is under the illusion that climate change is a hoax inven

>> look, this is more trumping trump except now the survival of the entire planet is at risk, of course. the nuclear button tweet, it's too on the nose, right? it's like i have a bigger button and mine works and his doesn't. it's like somebody hasn't told him how this is reading to the rest of the world, and for all that we heard months ago, a year ago about how trump was playing this game of 3 d chess, this isn't 3 d chess. this is a child getting angry and knocking the board over and the rest of us have to pay for it. >> john, there is ample evidence from all of the writeups that doesn't care but he doesn't do what he does for history, for the rest of the world. he specifically does it to entertain his fans. this is -- is there any sort of real world example that you can point us to of any president viewing his job this way? >> definitely not. there has never been one. one of the great achievements of u.s. diplomacy over the last half century has been managing nuclear tensions in the world, and that's because presidents have viewed their responsibilities as awesome, as grave, that the

trump president. mr. steele saw this as a rhyme -- crime in progress and decided he needed to report it to the fbi. also in their piece tonight on what set off the original u.s. government investigation. quote, we don't believe the steele dossier was the trigger for the fbi's investigation into russian meddling, as we told the senate judiciary in august. it was stieng seriously because it corob operated reports the burrow had receives from other sources, including one inside the trump camp. the intelligence committees have known for months that credible allegations of collusion between the trump camp and russia were pouring in from independent sources during the campaign. yet lawmakers in the tlaul of the president continue to wage a cynical campaign to portray us as the unwitnessing victims of kremlin investigation. let's bring in our leadoff panel chief correspondent for "the new york times" peter baker. white house correspondent for the washington post phil ruck ker, "wall street journal" eli stokels a

it's trump being trump is the answer. this is lindsay graham, said trump was unfit to be president in the campaign. this is lindsey graham of late. >> i think we need a special counsel to investigation the fusion gps episode between the democratic party, mr. steele and russian operatives. a special counsel for uranium one episode, thousands of dollars given to clinton fund and former president bill clinton from groups tied to russia. >> is there any sign that republicans will hold trump accountable for anything, no matter what he does? >> you do hear some republicans, jeff flake, will speak out against him. take him to task. but deal that republicans on capitol hill made from day one of trump's presidency, we're going to look other way on all the outrageous, outlandish and provocative and crazy stuff he does on twitter and real life, send him legislation to sign into law. that's the deal. they wanted to push forward their legislative agenda. take advantage of this very rare moment where the party controls both chambers of

inside the trump white house. officially arrived in bookstores despite and probably because of the president's attempt it is stop the publication. the book is flying off the shelves around america, not just in new york and d.c. but also in wichita, kansas, where a local bookstore owner told the local paper it's crazy. there's a scramble right now to get as many books in retail outlets as possible. and we're just kouptd ogen the publisher to deliver. in tempe and phoenix, arizona, the owner of a small bookstore book chain told a reporter we clearly underordered. if they don't get it they'll look for the juicy parts online. you can find similar headlines in texas, raleigh, north carolina, and cincinnati, ohio. not to mention the bookstore down stairs here in rockefeller center where "fire and fury" is sold out. here's what michael wolff said about making donald trump the tell-all most demand book in america tonight. >> the president's lawyers sent a cease and desist letter threatening legal action to you and the pub

also, i'd say in a battle of donald trump and steve bannon, donald trump wins. steve bannon, the only thing he can accomplish is he lost a seat in alabama. he's really not delivered much of anything. in fact, he essentially pulled the pin out of the grenade and stuck it in his mouth. i can't imagine any of these candidates -- >> listening to bannon today, it feels almost like an acknowledgment of that, he's stressing we're still on the same page, still on the same agenda. looking at your party and what it stands for in the air of donald trump, if there's a split between trump and bannon, what does trump represent that bannon doesn't represent? what has the republican party severated if you separate them? >> in this case i would have to say it's more personality. steve bannon certainly represents the alt right and donald trump embraced elements of the alt right. so i suspect that in this case, you know, the president's message will probably remain the same. the question is, who's going to run breitbart? who's going to carry that message won't be able to do it. >>

trump or his associates? >> i don't want to answer that question. >> reporter: two days after comey's testimony, the "new york times" reports that an aide to mr. sessions approached a capitol hill staff member asking whether the staffer asking if the staffer had any derogatory information about the fbi director. the justice department denies this account. according to "fire and fury" author michael wolff, he called him jarvanka. a nickname coined by bannon to describe eye advantaivanka and . the first family shared a contentious relationship described as a death match due in part to the conviction that bannon had played a part in many of the reports of kushner's interactions with the russians. wolff writes they exhibited an increasingly panicked sense that the fbi and doj were moving beyond russian election interference and into family finances. ivanka is terrified, said a satisfied bannon. no on-camera event scheduled for the president so far today. the only time we expect to see him is when he heads out to

wolf to write a pro trump book? it's what never made sense to me. >> it is you know again a student of the history of michael wolff journalism would have count cemented some caution on the part of the white house in dealing with him, whether he was going to turn out to be a pro trump chronicleer. on the other hand, i think it's interesting, i'm sure he has these tapes and some of the quotes are accurate. we are hearing from sources they believe they were off the record when they were taped. so then the question is going to be who wins that fight over attribution terms. that's an architect for insiders and the question is, are the quotes accurate or fought, whether sources feel betrayed or not. if the quotes are accurate. he may ends up winning that fight. >> again, the bottom line for this, for what matters most in washington probably in america, the fact that steve bannon is chief strategist and another campaign manager has been kicked out, has been saying the trump team is up to their necks and called it treeson,

and now we're the country of donald trump. it's the country's democratic principles that need to get back into power, don't you think? and that's why i'm here, and that's what "hardball" is for. thank you for being with us. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> tonight on "all in" -- >> mr. president, if robert mueller asks you to come and speak with his committee personally, are you committed to still doing that? >> mueller time is coming. >> just so you understand, just so you understand, there has been no collusion. there has been no crime. >> nbc news exclusive reporting. donald trump may face questions from robert mueller in a matter of weeks. tonight, why trump's lawyers are trying to avoid a face to tase sh showdown. then as the self-described very stable genius pours gasoline on "fire and fury" -- >> well, i uwent to the best colleges or college. >> why republicans are suddenly rallying around trump. >>> and about that oprah speech. >> this sounds like political presidential talk to me. >> new reporting that

between don trump jr. and paul manafort was treasonous and should have been reported to the fbi immediately. do you agree with that? >> well, i think it's pretty amazing that the president's most senior political adviser through the end of the campaign and for the first few months of his administration made these kind of allegation. the one thing i agree with bannon, i don't see him as a source is that any reasonable persons, when russians come over and offer dirt during the middle of the campaign on your opponent, should have reported that to law enforcement. clearly even the australians understood that because "the new york times" recently reported that mr. papadopoulos and another trump campaign affiliate who got offered the same kind of dirt told the australians and when they -- the ambassador saw that the e-mails started to get released. they were smart enough to go to the fbi. so i do agree with mr. bannon on the fact that the participants of that meeting should have revealed that to law enforcement

not every references to trump says trump. right now americans flocking to view of history about nixon's watergate scandal is hot. "the post" is also hot depicting a battle between a lawless president and the press. the parallels from nixon to trump are clear. plot turns on daniel else berg, a veteran who leaked secret war plans showing why he thought vietnam was not winnable. now he is played by matthew rhys, the emmy nominated actor from the hit show the "the americans." >> if you public ever saw these papers, they would turn against the war. guaranteed debt, rigged elections, 80s all in there. ike, kennedy, johnson. they violated the geneva convention, lied to congress and they lied to the public. they knew we couldn't win and still sent boys to die. >> matthew rhys joins me from the "post." thanks for being here on the beat." >> good to be here. >> what did you teach yourself about daniel else berging in order to play him? >> where to begin. i think i was more ashamed how lily knew about daniel else berg and his impact. i

b trump. i never heard of a guy you would think he was the most prominent man on the campaign, i don't know if you knew him at all but i did not know him and i think you guys saw me an awful lot on the campaign, probably more than you wanted. michael wolff is writing a book, he's saying it may not be totally accurate, things he wrote in the book about me or not true. >> this is just outrageous, michael wolff, this purveyor of "national enquirer" on steroids sensationalist book, it's not even a book, it's just a tabloi tabloid. it is outrageous what he has gotten away with inputting this book together and put it out there for the american people. this mainstream media, the media gloaming on to the sensational side of this inaccurate book. we put our book up against it side-by-side and we see the inaccuracies. corey lewandowski and i wrote this book and it was an insider point of view. we just got the book today, we find false information, facts and lies throughout the book. people cannot take t

we may never hear president trump say those words, but he ought to. i also expect the president to speak about bipartisanship. president trump understands there's a very low bar when this comes to the topic. his first year in office has been so divisive, even a mere appeal to bipartisanship sounds like progress. but the proof will be in the pudding. will president trump pursue real bipartisanship through his actions or will he fall back on empty rhetoric? when it comes to bipartisanship, president trump has to walk the walk, not just talk the talk intermittently. mr. president, when it comes to bipartisanship, actions speak a whole lot louder than words. and i'd remind president trump that this has been one of the most partisan administration's many of us have ever worked with. i've worked under president reagan, president h.w. bush, and president w. bush -- all republicans. all of them were legion more bipartisan than president trump's first year. what have we seen? an assembly line of partisan c.r.a.'s designed not to need a single democratic vote.

trump. trump junior replied, if it's what you say, i love it. especially later in the summer, and set up the meeting. after yet another primary victory four days later, candidate trump made this promise. >> i am going to give a major speech on probably monday of next week, and we're going to be discussing all of the things that have taken place with the clintons. >> on june 8th, trump junior forwarded the e-mail to jared kushner and paul man fort. on june 9th, they met with the women, and a russian lobbyist and a man who worked for a russian billionaire and was the subject of a federal report on foreign money moving through u.s. banks and a russian translat translator. weeks later, trump denied it. >> what's happening with the russians is phony and disgusting. >> he continues to insist nothing of consequence came from the meeting. hours after the russians left trump tower, trump senior responded to a clinton tweet writing, where are your 33,000 e-mails that a clinton tweet writing where are your 30,000 ec-mails that you delete. >> we had upcomin

because he's trump. not only did the justice department want to lay the ground work for an all out assault on the justice department, on the fbi. they have been doing that for a month. in fact there's an entire news network devoted to doing this every single night. >> talk radio. >> that is devoting to doing this every single day. >> fox. >> not only are they on the air, where trump listens to them every night. they're in his ear on his phone what i they talk to him. >> i don't want to make you uncomfortable. what's wrong with paul ryan, paul ryan used to have some kind of moral authority within the republican ranks, someone if you were to take a stance, could tell devin nunes that e-- why won't paul ryan and mitch mcconnell stand and say that it's obvious from this and other reports, that we don't know what we don't know about the russia investigation. let's lay down the political weaponry and let this thing play out, why is there no leadership in the republican party? >> you saw that in the fluff fest

trump takes --nt president trump takes questions from reporters. steele talksichael about the future of the republican party. then a member of the hillary clinton campaign discusses the 2016 is essential election. -- 2016 residential election. >> president trump has finished his meeting. the purpose of the gathering was to outline a legislative agenda for 2018. following the meeting, president trump took questions from the news media. this is 20 minutes. president trump: thank you very much. it's good to have you at camp david, a very special place. we started, as you know, yesterday afternoon. we had a couple of incredible meetings. it is a feeling here you don't have in many places. it was a bonding. we got a lot of work done, a lot of great work for the people. security discussed. infrastructure discussed. military, and all types of military situations and applications discussed, general counsel, general kelly, a lot that is very important. funding for the military, which is important. we also went into budget, daca, and we hope you will be able

the trump justice department. randy? and now as the special counsel closes in, we've got two reports this morning about paul manafort and donald trump and shady deals, foreign money and stories of scandal and corruption. good morning, everyone, it's monday, january 29th, welcome to "morning joe." with us we have political writer for the new york times nick confessore, the cofounder of axes you, mike allen, associate editor of commentary editor noah rothman, chair of african-american studies at princeton university eddy glove jr. and shannon petty piece. joe, so we start -- it's only monday and we begin that way. >> right. well, yeah. and of course you didn't show the rest of the tape where we kept explaining to donald trump that putin assassinated political opponents and assassinated journalists just didn't seem to care. didn't matter how far we pushed him. that was revealing. that was in december of 2015. i remember i think it was somebody over at the national review said that may have been the most telling inter

. >> what about calling ivanka trump "dumb as a brick." or any of the stuff about donald trump jr. being unpatriotic or treasonous? >> you know, he's gotten away with going after ivanka publicly. remember, down in alabama -- >> bannon has? >> bannon has, yes. during that rambling speech he gave, he said, you know, there's a special place in hell, republicans don't know better. that's an exact play of what ivanka -- >> but compared to "dumb as a brick." >> it is different than "dumb as a brick," but everyone else -- people went after ivanka's dresses and trump went after them. so, again, he's gotten away with this in the past. >> everyone, stick around. we've got a lot more to talk about and we'll stay with the panel all night, including whether this is the end for steve bannon's political future or is it just the beginning? that's next. stay with us. they appear out of nowhere. my secret visitors. hallucinations and delusions. the unknown parts of living with parkinson's. what plots they unfold, but only in my mind. over 50% of people with parkinson's will experience hallucinations

if you'll recall, initially trump's lawyers floated the idea of trump answering legal questions. he wants to look donald trump in the eye. and now the president is suggesting that maybe he'd be willing to do that. but i got to tell you, a lot of people i speak to think that is never going to happen. because it's just too risky for donald trump. he has in the past been a terrible witness in depositions with a tenuous relationship with the truth. let me give you an example of the problem he's facing. james comey, the former fbi director, has testified under oath that donald trump asks for his loyalty in a private meeting. trump has said flatly that never happened. if mueller can cooperate that through documents and other witness. and donald trump gives a different story. he's opening himself up to a charge of lying regardless of whether he's ever charged with obstruction of justice. so that's the kind of problem he's facing. that's why some people i talk to believe he may ultimately assert his fifth amendment right. for most politicians, that would be fatal but trump is not not pol

donald trump jr. last night on twitter totally disputed that account, said he would never speak about his father that way nor does he even think of his father that way, that he only has admiration. what do you say to that? >> somebody said to me about the children, somebody who knows them well, and the phrase was they are tolerant but they have no illusions. and i think that that's -- that's probably how it goes. he is their father, of course. not only is he their father, he's their boss. i mean their whole lives are attached to him. but these are the people who have to deal with him every day, and these are the people who on top of everything else, he was not a very good father. he was -- he was absent, remote, having god knows who he was involved with at any particular moment in time. so these -- this does not come as a shock to them. >> you've had -- they have come at you hard, pushing back against your book and your credibility. this is what the rnc put out. they even use your book jacket sort of

he's co-author of the book i just mentioned, "let trump be trump." david has produced 25 documentaries since 2004 and co-produced six feature-length films. and so we're going to -- please welcome all three of our guests to liberty university, steve, corey and david. [applause] we know you've got exams coming out, so we'll try to get you out early today. [cheers and applause] [laughter] >> all right. >> robert, is this the second convo that you done with center for law and government? this is the second convocation. robert heads center for law and government. he's a former congressman from southern virginia. he only stayed in, what, six years? >> four years. >> i wish they'd always get out after -- anyhow, robert, where do you want me to sit? told me to sit here. yes, sir. [inaudible conversations] >> all right. i'll let you guys lead off and just tell us, steve, start with you. tell us what you've, what you've been doing with charisma magazine and what -- tell us about the new book and just anything you'd like to share. >> well, charisma magazine is

you might recall donald trump jr. claiming that the meeting with a russian lawyer was about the adoption of russian orphans instead of admitting the actual reason for the meeting, to get dirt about hillary clinton. now, in his new book "fire and fury" that hits shelves in a few hours, michael wolff calls that whole incident "a realtime example of denial and coverup" and says the president's lawyers believe the statement the president dictated was "an explicit attempt to throw sand into the investigation's gears." the incident led the spokesman for the president's legal team to quit because he believed, wolff reports, the story concoction remitted a likely obstruction of justice. "new york times" white house correspondent maggie haberman joins me by phone. she contributed to the story. maggie, does what we're learning tonight suggest the president might be more at risk legally in the russia probe than we knew a few hours ago? >> look, i still think that getting to obstruction of justice is a very high bar, but this is

trump's former cheech of staff, reince priebus, showing trump talked to priebus. >> about how he called mr. comey to urge him to say publicly he was not under investigation, the president's determination to fire mr. comey led one white house lawyer to take the extraordinary step of misleading trump about whether he had the authority to remove him. do you see in donald trump what assembled to be increasingly frantic attempts to either get sessions to protect him from the mueller investigation or to get comey to publicly protect him? do you see in that as a former prosecutor yourself the seeds of obstruction of justice? >> absolutely. and as a former prosecutor, i can tell you that this just screams out consciousness of guilt. all these actions the president's taking to try to protect himself from the investigation. if he actually thought that there was nothing to this investigation, he would have cooperated and let the investigation complete, and then he'd say, look, there's nothing here. instead, he's fighting every step of the way to try to obstruct the jest gation. that tells me there

meeting in trump tower, where trump jr. was promised dirt from the russians on hillary clinton. steve bannon says, even if you thought that this was not treasonous or unpatriotic or bad blank, and i happen to think it's all of that, you should have called the fbi immediately. >> cnn's justice correspondent, jessica schneider, joining us live from washington. you know, a lot of people stunned to see these comments this morning from steve bannon, jessica. >> stunned is the right word. steve bannon going after donald trump jr. hard, calling o out that june 2016 meeting with the

we saw him in trump tower. >> came to trump tower. was an ally. lent his credibility as a figure with a good deal of respect on the world stage to trump's candidacy when he endorsed him during the general election. he's had a very public breakup with donald trump. >> the president has not yet -- has not yet been able to demonstrate the stability nor some of the competence that he needs to demonstrate in order to be successful. >> during a time these last few months when profiles in courage have been rare, even though i know you said on the air this year that he had the truth serum of not running for re-election, i think we would still list bob corker, as i always call him a workhorse and not a show horse in the senate, as one of those profiles, perhaps. >> it's a shame the white house has become an adult day care center. someone obviously missed their shift this morning. this was not the first time corker expressed grave concerns about the president's conduct. >> listen, i think that republican senators who have stood up to trump in some instances

rally the trump base against trump? >> and does it matter? >> there are potential consequences for trump's legislative agenda and the position that he takes on the agenda. >> i think they are all related. i have to show my favorite tweet of the day, a gift from mitch mcconnell's political arm that i tweeted and pictures are worth more than 1,000 words. the senate republican leeder steve bannon said he wants to get rid of and to run these conservative candidates who promised no more mitch mcconnell and the fact that the president excommunicated bannon yesterday. no question. stand by, up next, new pressure from inside the republican party for attorney general jeff sessions to step down. why lawmakers say he lost control of the agency that he has been tasked to lead. duncan just protected his family with a $500,000 life insurance policy. how much do you think it cost him? $100 a month? $75? $50? actually,duncan got his $500,000 for under $28 a month. less than a dollar a day. his secret? selectquote. in just minutes, a se

out with donald trump. and the moment that trump needs steve bannon, although at the moment, i don't know what that would be he's going to come calling again. i think that though for the moment, steve bannon is going to do what the people around him have been encouraging him to do for weeks, which is to take a bit of a breather, slow down and reassess. because steve has made some unforced errors, not unlike the president he once served that have really jeopardized what was once a promising political career. >> jeremy peters, we're grateful to have you jump on the phone with us, and continue the scoop, and the line's open for another 45 minutes, if you get anymore juicy tidbits. >> some have described these two as scorpions in a bowl trying to kill each other. do you think they're done with each other or do you think there's a trump-bannon 2.0? >> certainly in trump world, you're never truly out. the divorce with his former campaign manager cory lewandowski is about as ugly as they come and we know that trum

and that model of campaign coverage was not sort of created with donald trump in my hands trump's disregard for making true statements is something that a lot of reporters have had trouble dealing with as we're not used to it we're not used to politicians or press people just sort of straight out lying. the mainstream media is disrupted and because the mainstream media is disrupted truth is disrupted and if truth is disrupted you can just spread your invention but . i don't know that corruption has reached a level like never ever before in our country. eighty three eighty three wilshire boulevard a stylish address in los angeles in this nondescript building people work behind the scenes to elect donald trump. and this is the location of several companies that would seem to have no connection. to the first is breitbart news the fake news website that supports trump. the second is called glittering steel it's a small audio visual production company. but these companies have one thing in common. they are linked to a man that the public has never heard. the man behind trump's win is robert merc

president trump's first year, we q are quickly now approaching 12 months since donald trump first took the oath of office. and tonight, for the full hour, we will focus on president trump's big moments, his battle against the fake newn media, and we will show you the highlights from the two big sitdown interviews that we did with president trump. he is known to fire up the crowds. tonight, we are going to start with highlights from those rallies. wrt take a look. ♪ ♪ >> it is so great to be here in florida, my second home, with you. this is a state i truly love. this is the state where we all had great victory together. thank you. >> it's now been one month>> since my inauguration. and i am here to tell you about our incredible progress in making america great again. and i am also here to tell you about our plans for the future, and they are big, and they are bold, and it's what our country is all about. believe me. i'm here because i want to be among my friends and among the people. this was a great movement.em a movement like has never been seen before in our country or probably

trump is doing it all. with all of your movies and gave the middle finger to trump, you are like a distinguished elder statesman and doing videos were europe winning up the middle finger to the president. if trump is rude and all these things, why are you? >> he has offended us and is opening the rest of the world >> it is not true, it is diplomacy. >> he is defending the rest of the world by america coming back stronger. if that is the rest of the well-being offended, i am not worried about it. >> we love him. >> we have a lot of mexicans living in the u.s., why does that offend you? immigration needs to work for our country like it needs to work for you. 1.8million dreamers amnesty, you like that? >> yes but not to $25 million >> laura: two we need a border with mexico? >> there is no choice. >> laura: you would prefer not to? we should not have a border? >> we should not have a border. this will happen in the next generation because we will be on a one: one. >> laura: we will see. i love the fact that yo

this time trump said obama is the reason trump isn't going to london now. figure that out. but once again trump didn't have the facts straight. >>> if this is the week he looked to dispel all the charges from michael wolff's book, didn't he dispel that this is "hardball" where the action is. woman: where are we taking him? i have no clue. we're just tv doctors. if this was a real emergency, i'd be freaking out. we are the tv doctors of america. together with cigna reminding you to go, know, and take control of your health. schedule your annual check-up today. ai'm begging you... take gas-x. beneath the duvet, to go, know, and take control of your health. your tossing and turning isn't restlessness , it's gas. gas-x relieves pressure,bloating and discomfort in minutes !! so we can all sleep easier tonight. >>> well, president trump is keeping the iran nuclear deal alive at least for now. today the president said he'd waive sanctions in order to give his administration and its european allies a chance to overall the 2015 nuclear deal. in a statement he said, this is is last c

trump. >> when donald trump jr. is told the russian government is trying to elect your father president, he doesn't say, what do you mean? how can that be? he says, "i want to hear this." >> the actual response? >> "if it's what you say, i love it." >> the trump camp's explanations were confusing. >> strange and conflicting responses. >> trump jr. told the the "new york times" it was, quote, a short introductory meeting primarily about russian adoption. cnn reported that president trump helped write the statement while he was flying home from the g-20 summit. >> he weighed in and offered suggestion like any father would do. >> but the statement was misleading so there were questions about how large a role the president might have played in crafting it. >> it is something that i think the special counsel is very interested in. and he wants to know who was involved in the writing of it. >> if a misleading statement was put out, the core question is the classic question of intent. were trump administration officials st

trump claimed that a dispute years ago over fees at trump national golf club in sterling, virginia, had prompted mueller, the fbi director at the time, to resign his membership. mueller left the club in 2011 and trump believes he still holds a grudge against him over the matter. [ laughter ] so, you think robert mueller has been lying in wait all these years quietly biding his time so he could finally get his revenge over golf fees. [ laughter ] "what's wrong, robert?" "trump raised fees at his club"" "you should write an angry letter." "no, i think i have a better idea." [ laughter and applause ] "yes. yes, i -- i think this will work. bring me my five-year hourglass." [ laughter ] so now this brings up a simple question, why would donald trump do this? why does he keep going out of his way to interfere with the investigation? well there are two possible answers. one, he's guilty. or two, he asked the fbi director for a pledge of loyalty, asked him to stop his investigation of michael flynn, fired the fbi director, admitted he fired him because of the russia investigation. bragged to t

that's jackson shaking hands with trump today at walter reed as trump was departing the physical after it was over. in the wake of michael wolff's book which claims the president's closest aides regularly question his mental stability, dozens of experts urged the doctor to examine trump's neurological health citing trump's declining faculties for complex thought, rambling speech, difficulty completing a thought, along with suspect judgment, planning, problem-solving, and impulse control. but the white house ruled out a new logical exam insisting "trump is sharp as a tack." the white house is not legally required to disclose the result of today's physical and the 71-year-old who reportedly enjoys fast food, cake and ice cream, along with 12 diet cokes per day, can release whichever results he chooses. late today sarah sanders released a very brief statement from dr. jackson with jackson's name spelled wrong. "the president's physical exam today at walter reed national military medical center went exceptionally well. the president is in excellent health and i look forward to briefing som