let's bring in david gregory. and david sanger. david is also the author of the perfect weapon. david sanger, i would like to quote to you from david sanger, if you will, for a moment from the new york times this morning about these new targets the hudson institute and the international republican institute. you write the shift to attack conservative think tanks underscores the russian intelligence agency's goals to disrupt any institutions challenging moscow and president vladimir v. putin of russia. >> that's right, john. you have to remember, these aren't really partisan attacks that are under way. these are attacks that the russians are designing to pursue their own national interests. if that meant they were supporting donald trump over hillary clinton two years ago, it may mean today that they're supporting that part of the republican party that is lining up with president trump in his view is rather unusual view within the party about how to go deal with russia. and that they're trying to go after those institutions, including the hudson institute and the international re

national status. >> david gregory, doesn't take a crystal ball to see this one coming. of course the american legion, of course constituent. john mccain was in some ways a class of his own, you know. he was not your everyday senator that might squabble with the president. and the fact that the president was so terribly tone deaf on this. i mean, sometimes his instincts obviously are right on and appeal to voters in a really deep way, and sometimes they're off kilter. so yesterday was one of those and it is fascinating to see behind the scenes how many people had to appeal to him to say something kind about john mccain. >> right. well, look, this is just a self-imposed controversy, a self-imposed mistake once again born out of the president's insecurity, his self indulgence with regard to his temper and it shows you how he went out of his way to ignore his top aides, who said, you know, you can't do this. you have to do the right thing here because it's not about him. it's about the presidency. the office of the presidency requires, you're duty bound to honor a figure li

david gregory. thank you all for being with us. jeffrey, since we last spoke, we have a little more information. we heard from lanny davis that michael cohen is willing to testify publicly under oath without immunity before congress at any time. that's interesting. you heard lanny davis say he believes there is evidence the president directed michael cohen to make these payments to stormy daniels and you heard lanny davis say michael cohen has more to say about the russia investigation. your thoughts? >> well, this is, of course, enormously important and it's already clear that trump's allies will try to portray michael cohen as a liar, someone who is trying to protect his own skin because he's exposed to so many years in prison and trump's supporters have a lot to work with. he -- cohen is a criminal. cohen has admitted to lying in the past. but he was also very close to donald trump and he is someone who has documented a lot of his life and i think one of the most important things we're going to l

. >> david gregory. get that man some coffee. see you in ten minutes. thank you. >>> let's get a check on cnn money at 5:50. stock futures ticking lower. the market finished mostly higher yesterday. tech stocks carrying the gains. stock markets in europe and asia are mixed. investors awaiting the july jobs report due an hour before the opening bell. the forecast for 190,000 new jobs. unemployment rate expected to tick down. wages forecast to hold steady. >>> apple is the darling of wall street this morning. stock popped 3% yesterday. it capped off a historic mind boggling run. apple is the most valuable company in u.s. history. worth more than $1 trillion in market value. stock up 22% this year and more than 200% over the past five years. the start of the span the market cap was below $500 billion. some perspective on the new number, only 16 countries in the world have a gdp of more than $1 trillion. or this, the market cap for the four biggest banks in the united states, add all four together, and you get over $1 trillion in value. >>> the latest compa

i will say that is notable but not surprising, david gregory. >> yeah. i mean, you know, he would sooner react to something that kanye west said, react to madonna. the fact that he ignores this is telling. he cannot get to the place where he's going to be the one to lead the charge. i think that is so important, not to equate what we've seen here to 9/11, the concerted effort in the face of terrorism that we saw post 9/11, the concerted effort that is required by any government in the face of cyber warfare is essential. and we're not seeing it. the trump administration i'm confident is on it and is fighting it, but to have this disconnect where you have a president who is not out there using every bit of the bully pulpit to fight it i think undercuts the country's effectiveness. >> on that point, last, yes, it would be nice to have the president speak from the same script that all of his intelligence heads are doing so. but, as someone who is in the intelligence agency, do you need the president? can all of our intelligence agencies adequately fight this

we want to bring in john avlon, david gregory. great to have all of you. it's fascinating to watch the anatomy of the president's shifting statements. so he was, according to all of the reporting from cnn, from the "wall street journal," "the washington post," he was dug in for two days. he didn't want to say something nice or laudatory about john mccain in part -- this is interesting -- because he felt it would be inauthentic. americans knew they didn't like each other and wouldn't ring true if he were to say something nice, he felt, not understanding that this is about john mccain's life, not about their feud, but then the reporting says that it was john kelly, chief of staff, it was bill shine now in the communications department and it was sarah sanders who played a really, according to "the wall street journal," fundamental role in getting him to change his mind. it's interesting because we don't often see how it works and how the president can change his mind. your thoughts? >> couple of things. first, this is just another self-imposed controversy th

>> i want to bring in a former federal prosecutor jeffrey toobin and david gregory. gentlemen, thank you for being with us. jeffery toobin to you, i had to chance to listen to you as this news was coming in, surprising and big to everyone involved. you had a chance to get some sleep, i wonder if your view on the enormity of it all has changed. >> not at all, berman. this is just an enormous development. because this brings criminal accusations to the door of the oval office. the claim by michael cohen that his illegal activities were at the direction of donald trump is just an absolutely game-changing development. and what makes it even more difficult for the trump administration is that cohen's claim has the ring of truth. why would michael cohen break the law to help donald trump get elected president, except at the direction of donald trump? this was a crime designed to help donald trump get elected president. it didn't make michael cohen any money. it doesn't help him. it was a crime for donald trump, so the claim that he directed it has a lot of credibility. >>

and cnn political analyst david gregory. it is great to have all of you. can you share with us your thoughts today? >> i'm devastated, i noo it was coming, but it is still a huge blow. i'm not a young guy any more, but it is hart for me to imagine an american without john mccain. he didn't just stand for the principals, he exemplified the principals, and he just towered over politics in my lifetime. he is one of the greatest men i ever knew. it is hard for me to wriep my mind around the fact that he will not be here any more. >> you think it passing is even sadder now? >> yes, you have a president who, appeals to the lowest among us, that divides us, that caters to isolationism and protectionism, and kowtows the dictators. john mccain was a freedom fighter above all. he knew how presh it was because he himself had been denied his freedom for more than five n five-and-a-half years. he stood up for america. he truly did, he did not serve his ego or narrow self interest. it was not just his body he hut on the line. >> and with honor, you heard him say there,

i got to meet celebrities like david gregory along the way. and so, a kind of went from there. i've always been a history buff and the opportunity to take my experience in covering trials in my passion and love for history in being able to work on this book was just a real try. the criminal trial, but the civil trial afterward is also covered, which at that point we got to do together. and in colorado. you have the oklahoma city bombing and the trial of timothy mcveigh and then do jonbenet murder investigation. all of this is happening at a time with in almost one after the other were a lot of high profile trials where the public seem to be enthralled in these cases in a way that hasn't sustained itself even now? >> you know, there is definitely a period in the 90s and there was a little. theory imac has always been that reality shows became the reason people stopped watching trials, that because they became the sort of soup to version of a trial and then people realized reality shows are fake and so they've come back to trials again. i have nothing to back that up apart from s

. >> david gregory's d of 36 peope inferno. he said he was not remorseful enough in his remarks. >> i don't think he is willing to accept his role in this. >> in an exclusive interview earlier this week, he shared his wishes for a change of venue. >> how am i going to find a jury? they are saying i'm guilty for allows this to happen. >> fearing they won't get a fair trial, they won't get a motion. in oakland, abc 7 news. >> you can get these and other updates from the news app that works on apple and android devices. >> a fire forced out about a dozen families in healdsburg. here's a look at smoke that broke out about 2:30. officials lifted the evacuation order and a few hours later no damage was reported. >> a burning car scorched a grassy area in morgan hill. this is the aftermath. flame destroyed the car. the grass blackened near oak glen and west ed monson avenue. it is not clear how it caught fire. >> new garage doors are required to come with a back up battery to help you escape in a disaster. when the power goes out, the

. >> david gregory's 20-year-old daughter was one of 36 people killed in the inferno. he says he was not remorseful enough in the remarks. >> i don't think he is willing to accept his role in this. >> reporter: in an e interview with abc7 this week, he shared the wishes for a change of venue. >> how do i find a your that's not heard me say i'm guilty for allowing this to happen? >> reporter: fearing they won't get a fair trial, the attorneys plan to make a change of venue motion at friday's hearing. abc7 news. >>> and we sent this push alert when the news broke about the d.a.'s letter yesterday afternoon. get push alerts and updates on all local news with the abc7 app working on apple and android devices. >>> san francisco transit officials will review and revise the policy for vetting contractors. mayor breed made the announcement. and this comes after the examiner reported that construction company had a history of safety violations. oakland based shemik construction is linked to almost 50 safety workplace violations over the last decade. mayor breed said there needs

gregory, and eric erickson. in trump's telling, manigault newman did not get fired like a dog, she was a dog herself. the president calling a woman a dog, the highest ranking african-american who served on his staff drew stern commendations yesterday and printing of questions at yesterday's press briefing. here is sarah huckabee sanders answering some of those questions. [video clip] >> can you stand at the podium and guarantee the american people will never hear donald trump utter the n-word on a recording in any context? >> i cannot guarantee anything, but i can tell you the president addressed this question directly. i can tell you i have never heard it and i can tell you that if myself for the people that are in this building serving this country every single day during our best to help people across this country and make it better. if at any point we felt that the president was who some of his critics claim him to be, we would not be here. this is a president fighting for all americans who is putting polici

john berman is off, and david gregory joins me here. >> all fun all week. the president saying ago thing, the entire administration saying something else, too. >> here is our starting line, america's top national security officials are trying to use the information they have to show that current efforts to interfere in this november's elections. hours later, the president again slammed it all as a hoax. we don't know why he is ignoring the warnings of his intel chiefs. why does president trump believe vupt -- vladimir putin over the top administration officials. the director of national intelligence says he still does not understand what happened in that two hour meeting, but we have one source, vuladimir puti, who says meddling was the first issue that the president raised. >>> a witness talked about how manafort lied to banks to get loans. >> and ivanka trump breaking with her father on two issues, calling the separation of families at the border a low point of the presidency so far. are her words enough? let's start with kaitlyn collins. good morning. >>

it was even better on cnn with david gregory and alison camarata. last night when the president said it's a hoax, he was referring to collusion. he's always referring to collusion. the day before he tweeted out russia collusion with the trump campaign one of the most of successful in history is a total hoax. the intelligence chiefs were talking about russian meddling, not collusion with trump. isn't the media guilty of misrepresenting the truth and conflating two different things? >> i think it's clear what happened. the president had his whole team come out in the white house briefing room, and they would not have don't if the president had not approved and talked about what is being done about the 2016-style meddling in the 2018 mid-terms. when he talks about collusion he's talking about the accusation that he or his campaign conspired with the russians to fix the 2016 election. he said that a million times. when he talks about collusion that's what he's referring to and he does believe it's a hoax. gregg: it also happens to be the title of a book

gregory. so michael smerconish, i'm going to start with you, his actions, his failure to put out an official statement is to predictably small, the question is what does one do with that information this morning, and you, michael, i think look for inspiration in senator mccain's own words, explain. >> a year ago when he came back to the senate and thumbs down on repeal and replacement of obama care, wearing a battle scar from having under gone brain surgery, he delivered a very emotional pitch to his colleagues. when i think of his legacy, i think of that. i have quoted one paragraph of that speech for the last year. after he was in the senate, the world's greatest greatest delib body. he says stop listening to the loud mouths. >> stop listening to the loud mouths on the radio, television, and internet, to hell with them. let's trust each other and return to regular order. we have been spinning our wheels on too many important issues because we're trying to find away to win with no help from a

david gregory joins me. it's been a great week with you. >> interesting week. >> but you're not leaving yet. we have another hour. >> let's do it. >>> nation's top security officials are trying to warn americans about what the kremlin is doing to disrupt the upcoming midterm elections. >> our democracy itself is in the cross hairs. >> we acknowledge the threat. it is real. >> for whatever reason, president trump doesn't believe that. here's what he said hours after they spoke. >> we're being hibderred by the russian hoax, it's a hoax. >> we don't know why the president went to the podium to say that. why does president trump believe vladimir putin over the top u.s. officials who say the threat is real and that democracy is in the cross hairs. >> that is his homeland security chief who made that point. dan coats says he still doesn't understand what happened between two of them, but john bolton insisted vladimir putin says -- yes, putin -- that election interference was the first issue that president trump br

and david gregory is here. we would like president trump to sit down for an interview. they would like to limit obstruction related questioned. they want them to be addressed in person instead of through written answers. mr. trump is push ing for an interview still. >> in the meantime, something the president is paying attention to, day of of paul manafort's trial. prosecutors have called nine witnesses so far. he spent millions of dollars from shell corporations. they want the president to keep his distance, but he can't help himself saying they are treating him worse than al capone. >>> good morning, david, obstruction of jtustice as you just mentioned is becoming the sticking point. the president sends out tweeting about the special council. >> the back and forth about an interview between president trump and robert mueller resuming. mueller has offered to reduce the number of obstruction related questions but is insi insisting their answered in person. they trying to limit the number of questions about russian in r interferen interference. >> rudy juliangiuliani say

david gregory fired like a dog. he has used that word before. it does take on i think an added resonance when you are talking about an african-american, a woman, and when you take the full picture of donald trump and his history of targeting african-americans. questioning their intelligence as did he with lebron james and don lemon. this is why we get to recent polls that show half of americans -- i think the poll is 49% -- think that donald trump is a racist. that does not tell us whether or not those people think it's good or bad that he is a racist. presumably, at least some of the people might think it's not a bad idea for him to be racist and to see black people or brown people in a different way and treat them with less respect. that's where we are. what's clear here is that omarosa really has gotten under his skin to a degree that i don't think we have seen. certainly not with the michael wolf book in the past and previous breaks from this white house. again, it's all around this third rail or central rail of race, you know. this idea of

he's used the phrase "fired like a dog" in tweets about david gregory, chuck todd, bill maher, and glenn beck. he's pretty excited about dogs getting fired for a man who's afraid of getting impooched. ( laughter ) so that's it. the president categorically denies saying the "n" word and says omarosa is a lying dog for implying he did. and this afternoon at the white house press briefing, sarah hucka-sands came down firmly on the side of... >> i can't guarantee anything. but i can tell you that the president addressed this question directly. i can tell you that i've never heard it. >> just to be clear, you can't guarantee it. >> look, i haven't been in every single room. >> stephen: is there a special room where he says it? ( laughter ) please, please, please tell me it's not the lincoln bedroom. but hucka-sands insisted that, despite the fact that the president has had a long string of insults for african americans, this has nothing to do with race. >> this has absolutely nothing to do with race and everything to do with the president calling out someone's lack of integrity. the fact is t

glenn beck, ted cruz, david gregory, marianna huffington, he called them all dogs. sarah sanders have the right thing today. she said in one and half years, donald trump has created 700,000 jobs for african-americans in this country in eight years, president barack obama had only created 195,000. i let that speak for itself. >> dana: juan, i give you the next word. >> juan: is pretty ridiculous. what you see here is an economy that's been recovering. the black community still has twice the unplugged of the white community. has he taken steps to do that? this is so deeply offensive. it's one thing he's calling lebron dumb. he goes after don lemon. he goes after black women. federico wilson, maxine waters, susan rice, donna result. -- donna brazile. i don't care about the race but to call a woman a dog in this way is so demeaning, so beneath the office of the presidency, i worry about our kids. you have to say that is the president. that's the way he talks about a woman that he disagrees with. on some level, i wonder why see engaging? why would the president engage wi

. >> come on, david gregory has two of those. >> it's not a bad comparison if you've seen his shoes. but that's the kind of thing i assume that gets the jury's attention. >> and apparently they were captivated by the opening statements. the phrasing made from an ostrich -- >> and the judge said lavish spending is not a crime. >> the ultimate conclusion they were trying to say is listen this is somebody who is spending money so frivolously he never thought it was going to run out and if you think it's never going to run out you must have a hoard of cash. and they talk about the golden goose that was yanukovych, they talk about a cash spigot. all of this suggests to a jury looking at this saying hold on if you have this means, that must be reflected in your tax documents and if it's not, it'ser there in black-and-white or it's not. that's why this is a document-heavy case which is an easier case to prove than one about theoretical intent. >> but this is why this case is just so difficult to defend a case like this because you can blame rick kitts all you want which is what the opening

david gregory joins me. great to have you. >> it's been fun being here. >>> special counsel robert mueller has a new offer for president trump. sources tell cnn mueller is willing to reduce the number of questions about obstruction of justice but in return he wants the president to sit down for those questions in person, not just in written answers. the "new york times" reports the president is still pushing for a sit down interview against the advice of his lawyers because the "times" says he can convince robert mueller's investigation that their own investigation as he calls it a witch-hunt. >>> day three of the paul manafort trial and things are moving quickly. prosecutors called nine witnesses, may m saying manafort spent millions of dollars on luxury items and services paid for wire transfers from a shell corporation. the white house and president trump's lawyers want the president to keep his distance. mr. trump tweeted the feds are treating manafort worse than kn notorious mob boss al capone. there ar

we actually talked to one of the parents of the victim, david gregory, we caught him out here moments ago. here what he had to say about the hearing. >> we all are reliving, you know, december 2. it is all coming back. and now you you get to hear the person am stories from the parents' perspective. just heartbreaking. it brings up alled emoe the emo all over again. living a nightmare. it is very painful. >> reporter: painful indeed for these families. and as i mentioned, derrick almena was the master tenant of the ghost ship warehouse and max harris who was creative director. they pled no contest during the preliminary hearings to 36 counts of involuntary mans lawsuitser for their roles in the fire that took the lives of 36 people wraranging in ages between 17 to 61. let's talk about the plea deals. almena could serve 12 years which includes nine years in jail and super years of supervised release, but he could be released in 3 1/2 years because of time served. harris would serve ten years with six of those in custody, four years on supervised release, and he could be released in 23 m

gregory and the list goes on and on. i think the president has a compulsion to fight back, it's part of the reason a lot of his supporters love him. but you have to question occasionally the wisdom of the ferocity of the pushback, given the context here where he is very clearly punching down in a big way against someone who i think has limited credibility, to put it kindly. >> bret: >> bret: steve. >> i agree with karen and guy. you said she's getting a lot of attention, bret, and that's right. she's getting the attention but i don't think she's going to have any impact. i think will turn out to be pretty inconsequential. one thing i would like to pick up on because a lot of people are discussing it and i made the point why did the president hire this person in the first place? it's a mistake to bring people like this into government. you shouldn't have people like that with no government experience. i think that's the wrong lesson to learn. i think it's often very useful to have outsiders, people without government expe

. >> david gregory. this guy is the face of african-american community, it's really obscene. [laughter] kennedy: that's why he's not on nbc anymore. >> no, he's gone now. it's so sad. we miss him. just because donald trump blasted him into oblivion. the press is going to decide he's racist no matter what. one reporter said, well, we already know he's a racist, so the tape doesn't really matter. people who have known president donald trump, he's got a couple weaknesses. he's got a terrible junk food habit. he's had some trouble with his -- kennedy: okay, now, i want to interject here. >> [inaudible] [laughter] kennedy: are we having some sort of a -- >> do not speak about my -- [laughter] >> everyone uses ketchup for steak. [laughter] kennedy: mark burr net could make so much money right now if he produced that tape. i don't know what his political leanings are, and if he has a tape and he's put it on lockdown, he needs to be in charge of white house communications. baf. [laughter] because if he can stop leaks that effectively -- >> he's got the job. kennedy: he should have th

david and kimberly gregory's daughter died in the 2016 inferno. they said it bathers me you said i can't even hold, touch or tuck my kids in at bed at night. guess what? you will get that chance we v n eventually. >> it has been taken away from them. >> the civil suit will take place next year. >>> we followed the developments across the largest. first the most urgent situation is in southern california. so far the fire is more than 10,000 acres but it is heading towards homes. the holy fire is believed to have been set on purpose. >>> some relief for people living in lake county. he says he never we vaek waited and watched other neighbors homes burned. >> now, he says they managed to save his home and some others as people here surveyed the damage u.s. senator met with firefighters and evacuees in middle town. she says that she plans to head back to washington d.c. to fight for more funding for fire fighting and prevention. >>>. >> she is expected to visit the fire zone there. the secretary will talk about fire fighting efforts along with cal fir

david: thank you so much for terrific reported from moscow, bloomberg's gregory white in russia. alix: you have geopolitical risks and then strong warnings. more than 90% of s&p companies have reported quarterly results, 80% beating estimates. bloomberg's romaine bostick joins us and mike wilson of morgan stanley. romaine, walk us through earnings season. >> almost done. about 450 of the s&p 500 companies have reported. rates,k about the beat near historic highs. revenue beats are also strong. gross margins in aggregate have come down slightly from the previous couple of quarters, and some analysts say this is a sign we could see maybe more disappointing results going forward. inputof this is side to costs, rising cost of fuel, rising cost of steel, aluminum, things like that. alix: let's look at that inside bloomberg. operating margin for s&p is the white line, and the blue line is the s&p. ate wilson, how do you look margins, and will it be the driver of s&p prices? we felt like earnings would be strong this year. that was not a surprise. we think the market is smart enough to

we tended to meet at the house of connie would and the other people involved, the feld's and gregory's, there were several couples involved and david in his book gives a lot of credit to the remarkable qualities of that keene group who in certain ways set the tone for a lot of the organizing that went on subsequently. i was nothing but a foot soldier. i would pick up the fillers -- flyers and head out canvassing door to door. i had a decent swath of territory. i met with-all of the encounters were civilized. new hampshire was very civilized. if they showed signs of not being it in seem hard to bring them around. you are sent off with a good kind of wish even if that had they necessarily wind be voting for gene mccarthy. i'm kind of shy. my temperament and not a forward personality, i must say stepping onto the streets for the first time as a canvasser was very scary. i would realize that within a couple of minutes i was really enjoying this. it was fun. we went around from one door to the next and not having the slightest idea who you're going to meet with but kind of becoming quite co

, there were several couples involved and david hogh in his book gives a lot of credit to the remarkable qualities of that -- of that keene group who -- who in certain ways i believe set the tone for a lot of the organizing that went on subsequently. anyway, i was nothing but a foot soldier. i would pick up the fliers and whatever and head out -- and head out canvassing door-to-door over a -- i guess a reasonably decent swath of territory, and i met with nothing but -- all of the encounters were really quite -- were very civilized. new hampshirites were very civilized about these things somehow. and if they shows signs of not being -- it didn't seem very hard to bring them around to being, so at least sort of listening to you and sending you off with a good luck kind of wish, even if you guess they had necessarily wouldn't be voting for gene mccarthy in the end. and it was kind of thrilling. i'm kind of shy. had i think by temperament and not a forward personality, and i must say stepping on to the streets for the first time as a canvasser was -- was very scary, and then -- but then i wo