he's saved. to build, randy, mike,joe, those he's saved. to build, randy, mike, joe, kent, robert, john, charles, michael, arresters, thank you for your service and your sacrifice. stand—up, wherever you may be. where are you? applause thank you, fellas. that's great. for over two centuries of our brave men and women in uniform have overcome tyranny, fascism, communism and every threat to our freedom, every single threat they have overcome and we have overcome these threats because of titans like jim we have overcome these threats because of titans likejim whose spirit could never be conquered. that is what this war is, and jim's life represents so well, america's unbreakable spirit. it's been 48 yea rs unbreakable spirit. it's been 48 years sincejim's battle in vietnam. he is now a husband, a father and a grandfather. he coached high school football, rustling and baseball for 38 years, just like he said he would, and he brought together every member he could find of his be loved charlie company. too many people in this room, specialist five mcluhan has always been their friend

year after his report on the level. year after his report on the iraq war, said john chilcot says tony blair was not straight with the country about his decision. 52—year—old robert trigg is jailed for life for killing two former girlfriends, five years apart. he will serve at least 25 years. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we'll be keeping an eye on events at the 620 in hamburg, and looking forward to what might be on the agenda tomorrow. bradford prepares to celebrate the 80th birthday of one of its most famous sons — artist david hockney. and we'll be hearing from booker prize nominated author neel mukherjee about his new book. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to wimbledon sportsday, i'm katherine downes. here's a taste of what's coming up tonight. we had four, but could we make it five brits into round three? kyle edmund certainly tried on a hot and humid centre court. no sweat for djokovic. he's through to round three after demolishing

comey, the fbi director he sacked, of trying to exert pressure on him, and said special counsel robert mueller would be crossing a red line if he began looking into the trump family's finances. the office of arizona senator john mccain has revealed he has brain cancer. he's 80 years old, a vietnam veteran, and was republican nominee for the us presidency in 2008. it's time now for hardtalk.

standards have dropped to the lowest level. year after his report on the iraq war, said john chilcot says tony blair was not straight with the country about his decision. 52—year—old robert trigg is jailed for life for killing two former girlfriends, five years apart. he will serve at least 25 years. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we'll be keeping an eye on events at the g20 in hamburg, and looking forward to what might be on the agenda tomorrow. bradford prepares to celebrate the 80th birthday of one of its most famous sons — artist david hockney. and we'll be hearing from booker prize nominated author neel mukherjee about his new book. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday.

him, and said special counsel robert mueller would be crossing a red line if he began looking into the trump family's finances. the office of arizona senator john mccain has revealed he has brain cancer. he's 80 years old, a vietnam veteran, and was republican nominee for the us presidency in 2008. it's time now for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk i am sarah montague. the fall arab nations that cut all ties with qatar because they accused it of funding and supporting terrorism have toned down their demands of the gulf state. they have replaced a list of 13 specific demands with six principles. they include combating extremism and terrorism, preventing financing and safer havens, and suspending all a cts safer havens, and suspending all acts that incite hatred or violence. so, will it resolve the crisis that has gripped the gulf? my guest today is from one of those four countries, omarsaif is from one of those four countries, omar saif ghobash, who is one of the uae's top diplomat. is his country guilty of copper —— hypocrisy and what have they achieved by isolating qatar? omar sa

lag the market and there's room for repositioning. tom: thanks for putting up with john farrell and kate will continue on radio through the morning. on radio and television, this is a huge moment, robert kaplan, yeah, all the fed stuff and that, i want to talk to robert kaplan about leadership selection. this is bloomberg. ♪ whoooo. i enjoy the fresher things in life. fresh towels. fresh soaps. and of course, tripadvisor's freshest, lowest prices. so if you're anything like me... ...you'll want to check tripadvisor. we now instantly compare prices from over 200 booking sites... ...to find you the lowest price... ...on the hotel you want. go on, try something fresh. tripadvisor. the latest reviews. the lowest prices. joanathan: jpmorgan kicks off earnings season. president trump is at abroad. republicans are putting together a half -- health care bill. the u.k. admits it will have to pay an exit bill. from your city, good morning. a well work -- warm welcome to bloomberg daybreak. i am jonathan ferro. flat on the dead s&p 500. are up by a single basis point. front and center, wall

shaking up his legal staff. john dowd will be the lead attorney on the team dealing with special prosecutor robert mueller's russia investigation. he is denying reports the president wants to highlight potential conflict of interest on the special counsel's team. deputy foreign minister is accusing the u.s. of not living up to its side of the nuclear agreement. the u.s. announced new sanctions this week and warned tehran would face consequences for breaching the spirit of the deal. it is official. the u.s. government is banning muslims from -- americans from traveling to north korea after otto warmbier died. he was in a coma when he was flown back to the u.s. where he died. global news 24 hour the day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am alisa parenti. this is bloomberg. "bloomberg technology" is next. ♪ ♪ emily: i am emily chang. this is "bloomberg technology." sean spicer steps down as white house press secretary just after anthony scaramucci is named president trump's communications director. we have the latest on today's big

justice john roberts said this undermines the court's legitimacy. it transcends politics. and the slow turnover made the lag for the changing demographics. half of the justices are still white men. another big concern, no recourse when they violate ethical standards or have conflicts of interest. lifetime appointments made justices can still work after strokes. one solution is to give term limits to justices. in a 2015 poll, americans favored term limits. they would require a constitutional amendment, i high bar to clear. so change is unlikely and the highest court in the land could face division and challenges to its public approval. scarlet: that was just one of the many quick takes you can find on the bloomberg. you can find them at bloomberg.com along with all of latest business news and analysis 24 hours a day. that is all for "bloomberg best" this week. thanks for watching, i'm scarlet fu. this is bloomberg. ♪ jonathan: from new york city, i'm jonathan ferro. his is "real yield". ♪ jonathan: coming up, yellen says evaluations look somewhat rich. a bond tantrum. did investors

. john dowd will be the lead attorney on the team dealing with special prosecutor robert mueller's russia investigation. dowd is denying reports the president wants to highlight potential conflict of interest on the special counsel's team. iran's deputy foreign minister a

to be fbi director. senator john cornyn, a republican from texas, said donald trump junior should in fact testified before the committee. i also just interviewed house freedom caucus chairman mark meadows who says he hopes the special prosecutor robert mueller will be able to get to the bottom of this. i apologize, special counsel robert mueller, will get to the bottom of this. senator marco rubio says the investigators do need to look into these new emails. emily: so what are the next steps, and how does this affect the special investigation? reporter: i can tell you that there will be poignant questions at the hearing tomorrow on this two christopher wray, particularly how he plans to take up the ongoing investigation into whether there was any kind of relationship with the russians and the trump campaign. it wasn't just donald trump junior at this meeting. it was also jared kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, as well as paul manafort, who has been the center of this probe for quite some months. he was the then campaign manager. expect to hear not just from d

resting on a 5-4 split has been rising. chief justice john roberts said undermine an institution that transcends politics. in the slow turnover has made it glad behind the changing demographics. half of the justices are still white men. another big concern is there is no recourse when they violate ethical standards or hear cases where they have conflicts of interest. lifetime appointments made green justices justices can still work after strokes and other impairments. one solution is to give term limits to justices. in a 2015 poll, americans favored term limits. mandatory term limits would probably require a constitutional amendment, a high bar to clear. so change is unlikely and the highest court in the land could into new two-faced divisions and challenges to its public approval. scarlet: that was just one of the many quick takes you can find on the bloomberg. you can also find them at bloomberg.com along with all of latest business news and analysis 24 hours a day. that will be all for "bloomberg best" this week. thanks for watching, i'm scarlet fu. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ david

scaramucci as communications director. president trump is shaking up his legal staff. john dowd will be the lead attorney on the team dealing with special prosecutor robert mueller's russia investigation. he is denying reports the president wants to highlight potential conflict of interest on the special counsel's team. deputy foreign minister is accusing the u.s. of not living up to its side of the nuclear agreement. the u.s. announced new sanctions this week and warned tehran would face consequences for breaching the spirit of the deal. it is official. the u.s. government is banning muslims from -- americans from traveling to north korea after otto warmbier died. he was in a

other jobs in the administration. meanwhile, president trump is shaking of his legal staff, john doubt will now be the lead attorney on the team dealing with robert mueller's special investigation into russia. doubt is denying reports that the president wants to highlight potential conflict of interest on the special counsel team. ,e's replacing market is let's who is a scaled-down role. rock and demonstrators frustrated over inequality and corruption clashed with police and unauthorized protest today. police surrounded the city center and fired tear gas to disperse crowds. they had running battles with protesters whose get in the side streets. at a british judge has said the parents of charlie dobkin present new evidence an upcoming hearings to determine the child's fate. the 11-month-old parents have battlegaged in a legal instrumental treatment. -- experimental treatment. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. id. at chandra, this is -- i'm emma chandra. this is bloomberg. kevin: french hill will join us to t

are trying to undercut special counsel robert mueller who was investigating ties between the trump campaign in russia. the post says the lawyers are building a case that mueller has a conflict of interest. is thele, john doubt lead attorney on the russian probe. he replaces the longtime trump lawyer who is set to be part of the team. the u.s. government will ban citizens traveling to north korea. an american student died after he had been imprisoned there. he was in a coma when he was released from north korean prison. the imf has ended two years of speculation and agreed to another they'll out for greece. it says it has approved in principle a new loan worth as much as $100 billion. that is contingent on eurozone countries providing debt relief. the u.k. will reportedly accept the free movement of eu citizens up to four years after brexit as part of a transition deal. that's according to the guardian newspaper. that would be a shift in tone from prime minister theresa may who has remaining control over immigration policy. news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists

workers. that makes me think we will see more wage pressure. tom: robert kaplan, i think you and john williams are attuned to dynamics. analysis oftiful the timeline of rate movements versus balance sheet movements. our carl riccadonna is focused on the dollar dynamics of unloading that balance sheet. do we care about currency movements when we finally taper to this or that? robert: currencies and the dollar strength or weakness is something we watch carefully. i am sitting in a country that has had enormous currency volatility. that has spurred inflation here. the central bank of mexico has had to raise rates 10 times over the last number of months. so a very volatile currency can have an effect. own judgment on the balance sheet in the united states, i think we designed it to be done gradually in a way that is expect willat i have a minimal impact on the treasury and mortgage-backed securities markets. we designed it that way, to be slow, gradual, so it minimizes the destruction -- disruption. tom: robert kaplan, you got to answer this -- you are more qualified than everyone in the

, but the fact the u.k. must pay what it owes is nonnegotiable. supreme court chief justice john roberts says criticism from politicians will not dissuade judges from doing their job. in a question and answer session law schoolalian today roberts was asked about political criticisms of the courts. donald, then-candidate trump said roberts was disgraceful and a disappointment to conservatives, largely because the justice voted to uphold key provisions of president obama's 2010 health care law. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. david: the house subcommittee unanimously approved a measure that would allow thousands of autonomous vehicles to hit the road while federal regulators create standards printing state rules. i spoke to jan schakowsky, and i asked her what concerns she has about the safety of autonomous vehicles. rep. schakowsky: the idea is, we want to make sure that these incredible ideas of economist vehicles that we can sell around the world, we want the united state

news. some of the president's lawyers are trying to undercut special counsel robert mueller who is investigating ties between the trump administration and russia. john dowd is the president's lead attorney, he replaces long-term trump attorney marc kasowitz. the u.s. government is banning citizens from traveling to north warrior, theuto american student who died after he had been imprisoned -- october warm beer -- otto warm bier, the american student who died after you been imprisoned there. greekthquake struck a island of kos. two people were killed. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries, i am courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. vonnie: thank you. how are democrats reacting to the controversies surrounding president donald trump? sen. ron wyden joins us next. this is bloomberg. ♪ nejra: i am nejra cehic. int a bank lots going on washington. plenty of controversy with president donald trump. his political agenda coming into question. kevin cirilli joins us in new york. and a key democratic senator. kevin: yes, w

. the number of important decisions that rest on a 5-4 split have been rising. chief justice john roberts has claimed this could undermine the court's legitimacy as an institution to transcend politics. that there is the diversity issue. the slow turnover of the bench means the makeup has lagged behind the nation's changing demographics. cap justices are still white men -- half the justices are still white men. lifetime appointments me justices can still work after strokes or with other mental impairments. some believe that one solution is term limits for justices. in a 2015 poll, americans favored a 10 year term limit. mandatory term limits would probably require a constitutional amendment, a high bar to clear. until there is more, rising washington, change seems unlikely, and the highest court in the land could two-faced visions and challenges to its public approval -- divisions and challenges to its public approval. ♪ scarlet: that was just one of the many quick takes you can find on the bloomberg. can also find and at bloomberg.com, along with the latest news and analysis 24

june 2008 capital raise. and barclays plus former ceo john varley and robert jenkins facing two additional charges, one in relation to the capital raise and also one in relation to providing unlawful financial assistance in 2008, they raised money in june and october and between the two, qataris contributed around 6.1 billion pounds and they also arranged two side deals in which they provided funding to the qataris and the question at the heart of the matter is did barclays provide the funds simply so qataris could reinvest back into barclays >> a quick followup here when we talk about these deals, are there any -- i've seen a lot of the reports happening are there any real details out or are we waiting for the charges to really be unsealed and put out in public before we know exactly what happened with regard to what the wrongdoing was? well, we just lost gemma but again, those barclays executives in london facing serious fraud charges. we'll have details coming up as the day progresses >>> and another story we're washing asia, hong kong and china launching the highly anticipat

of july a wonderful family, betty higgins and her sons, john and robert, have a ceremony at 11:30 in the morning. this is something the family has been doing for almost 60 years they have a flag pole which is a tree trunk, a small about like -- with all the branches cut off and at 11:30 they hoist the flag and they have a little cannon that booms and then we all say the pledge of allegiance. they must invite hundreds of people and they have these little cucumber sandwiches and this wonderful southern barbecue. with the vinegar sauce here are all these people. they bring their children and their grandchildren. and in fact john higgins -- by the way, he and his brother wear white suits with red and blue paraphernalia, ties and stuff, and john gets up and conducts the ceremony you look around and you say, you know what, this is the part of america that gives us our spirit, that gives us our backbone, that gives us our courage. these are the good people, okay? and they're all over they're in new york city tragically that poor cop, that woman with three children. these are what america is

, to. >> meanwhile, john harwood, masterful maneuvering by mitch mcconnell. we knew he had to thread the needle very carefully and even the late robert byrd would be impressed with how he's proceeding with this whole thing, don't you >> reporter: i think it's very impressive and surprise, especially since mitch mcconnell had seemed to indicate that the process had reached a dead end just a few days ago. also have to say it is a victory for president trump who has urged them to keep talking he said in an interview with "the wall street journal" just a few minutes ago this is basically a motion to talk, and if we get the motion to talk, we'll be in good shape and on the question that kelly was just asking kayla about, the skinny repeal, cbo has indicated that if they just take await individual mandate you'd have about 15 million fewer people with health insurance over the next several years now, that's partly because of people who would decide not to buy it, but it's also because as a result of people -- healthy people not buying it, you'd have a sicker risk pool, and, therefore, the p

stop attacking a decorated combat marine named robert mueller. i don't believe a man like john kelly who lost his son in the marine corps is going to go for these attacks on robert mueller. >> shortly after the word came in that priebus is out, he spoke with cnn in his first interview with wolf blitzer. look the at what he said. >> why did you resign? i understand you told the president you wanted to resign. he accepted it yesterday. why? were there a series of issues or is there one thing that came up and youec

i think john carl, maybe john roberts, asked about a comment that mr. scaramucci had made about president trump in 2015 and whether or not he had talked about it with the president, and scaramucci humorously talked about how the president reminds it of him every 15 seconds. here's that clip. >> another hack politician. >> you called donald trump a hack? >> he's a hack politician. >> the politicians don't want to go at trump because he's got a big mouth and he's afraid he's going to lights them up on fox news and all these different places but i'm not a politician. bring it. >> why is he resonating? >> you're an inherited money dude from queens county. bring it, donald. >> he brings it up every 15 seconds, okay? one of the biggest mistakes that i made because i was an unexperienced person in the world of politics. i was supporting another candidate. i should have never said that about him. so mr. president, if you're listening, i personally apologize for the 50th time for skying that. but here's the wonderful thing about the news media. that was three minutes of my life. he's nev

process that will secure the future of the syrian people. >> joining us is retired admiral john kirby, cnn military analyst lieutenant colonel rick francona, and robert ford. admiral, how significant is this cease-fire that the u.s. and russia reached common ground on this? >> it's certain hi good news, john. any cease-fire that can put into effect is good for the syrian people. but the devil is in the details. when asked about the details, secretary tillerson didn't have a lot. when it comes to who is going to monitor this, how is it going to be enforced? number two, it's in southwest syria. again, any cease-fire in syria is a good thing. but that is an area of syria where there isn't a whole heck of a lot of fighting and certainly not a lot of isis. so we need to bear in mind the localities. and number three, we've been to this movie before, and the russians don't always have the same idea of who is a terrorist or vice versa. so these things off times break down. i hope that's not the case, but we'll have to see. again, the devil is in the details. >> there have been other cease-fir

mccabe, the special counsel robert mueller. have you ever seen anything like this before? >> no, not since richard nixon was president when you had the attorney general of the united states, john mitchell, go to prison because, you know, the entire leadership of the justice department then was corrupted. and, you know, there is annett i can in the justice department that it is not just another department. the president can do what he wants at the department of commerce, he can do what he wants in the state department. he is in charge of american foreign policy. but the justice department has two missions. it is part of the administration but it is also part of the administration of justice which is supposed to operate neutrally and the same from one administration to the other, and that is a concept that is completely foreign to how donald trump is running his administration. and jeff sessions is trying to honor that tradition, and it's not working out so well for him so far. >> do you think it's just rhett could you s -- the recusal that sparked all this or is there something deeper

actions were proper. let's discuss. robert wise here. john dean, and michaelce sell b. so good to have all of you on. rob, let's go through what jared kushner did today. he released a seven-page statement detailing his four contacts with russians during transition and denied he read the e-mail chain from donald trump jr. leading up to the meeting with russian. do you think that statement detail everything or is jared kushner leaving out relevant information? >> well it's never going to be everything right. ultimately i think the first that happened today is behind closed doors session with senate -- you know the committee member -- the staff. and you're going to see the same thing in the house tomorrow and ultimately the lawyers and committee are going to work out when he'll appear in public. the statement lays down a marker. it's not an insignificant thing because it's submitted to the congress under penalty of prosecution for false statements. so it's not to be -- you know considered lightly. but obviously it's not a comprehensive record. i think the testimony ultimately will be that

me or staff. and number three, you got to stop attacking a decorated combat marine named robert mueller. i don't believe a man like john kelly who lost his son in the marine corps is going to go for these attacks on robert mueller. >> shortly after the word came in that priebus is out, he spoke with cnn in his first interview with wolf blitzer. look the at what he said. >> why did you resign? i understand you told the president you wanted to resign. he accepted it yesterday. why? were there a series of issues or is there one thing that came up and you decided i no longer can do this? >> no. look, i think the president wanted to go a different direction. i support him in that. and like i said a couple weeks ago, i said the president has a right to change directions. the president has a right to hit a reset button. i think it's a good time to hit the reset button. i think he was right to hit the reset button, and i think it was something that i think the white house needs. i think it's healthy. and i support him in it. >> was he not happy with the direction you were setting? >> no

" report nonsense and insist the president's lawyers are cooperating with special counsel robert mueller on behalf of the president. the statement was from john dow, the lead on the president's outside counsel when it comes to the russia investigation, he's replacing trump's long-time personal attorney, mark kasowitz, who cnn has learned is going to be taking a reduced role in all of this. coming on the heels of the resignation of the communications strategist and spokesperson for the legal team, mark corralo, diane gallagher. >> joining me now, cnn legal analyst special counsel to then assistant attorney general robert mueller. what do you make of the deal to allow them to be interviewed behind closed doors. we're talking about manafort, kushner and don junior? one could see this as adventuroadventure o advantageous for the witnesses, because they wouldn't be subject to public opinion. but why would the judish are i panel agree to do this? >> they didn't want to go through the process of subpoenaing them and perhaps them challenging the subpoenas and going to court. in some sens

. back with me now, robert ray, john dean, michael zeldin. john, this morning, the president tweeted another harsh message for his attorney general, jeff sessions. so, why aren't the committees and the investigators, and, of course, out beleaguered a.g. looking into crooked hillary's crimes and russia relations?" then there was this moment at a photo op at the white house with interns today. >> mr. president, should jeff sessions resign? [ laughter ] >> you think the president is is trying to get sessions to resign? >> certainly trying to get his attention and nudge him as best he can. obviously the staff is saying, they're reporting and talking to reporters and saying the president is surprised he's there that long, hasn't already left from right after his "new york times" interview. the morale in the department of justice has to be pretty tough right now. the attorney general is busy implementing a lot of new policies that are pretty radical in civil rights, criminal justice, forfeitures for a new policy on forfeitures. it's really a shaken department right now. i have some friends

insists the president's lawyers are cooperating with special counsel robert mueller on behalf of the president. >>> and that statement there from john dowd, he has taken the lead on outside counsel's team amid some of the shuffling in the past 24 hours or so. president trump's long-time personal attorney mark kasowitz who had been the lead on that up front, he's going to see his role reduced just a little bit. and yesterday, brianna, as you mentioned, the team spokesperson strategist resigned. brianna, really it's not just the communications team shake up we're seeing around the white house. >> certainly isn't. diane gallagher, thank you for that. donald trump, jr. and paul manafort are up against a deadline as senate investigators determine whether they will testify under oath next week. let's check in with cnn senior congressional reporter manu raju. so, manu, has the senate judiciary committee heard from trump junior and manafort and are they expected to make good on these subpoena threats? >> reporter: well, brianna, we are expecting an announcement soon from the senate judiciary

who fought alongside jim and five of those he saved. to bill, randy, mike, joe, kent, robert, john, charles, michael, orestes, thank you for your service and your sacrifice. stand up wherever you may be. where are you? where are you? [ applause ] thank you, fellas. that's great. for over two centuries, our brave men and women have overcome tyranny, communism and every threat to our freedom. every single threat they have overcome. we've overcome these threats because of titans like jim, whose spirit could never be congre conqu conquered. that's what this award is and jim ace life represents so well, america's unbreakable spirit. it's been 48 years since his battle in vietnam. he is now a husband, a father and a grandfather. he coached high school football, wrestling and baseball for 38 years, just like he said he would. he brought together every member he could find of his beloved charlie company. to many people in this room, specialist 5 mclewin has always been their friend jim. to others he's been coach. to those who bravely served with him in vietnam, he's still called their doc. to his p

, d.c. chris is off. and john berman joins me from new york. great to see you. >> nice to see you. >>> the new york times and washington post is reporting that the president's legal team is trying to undermine robert mueller, looking for conflicts of interest in order to discredit his russia investigation. the president is asking advisers about his ability to pardon his aides, his family members, and even himself. >> one day after president trump warned the special counsel not to dig into his family's finances, bloomberg reports special counsel mueller's investigation is expanding to do just that. all this as cnn learns the president is shaking up his legal team. the president unhappy with how his lawyers are fighting back. a lot going on. we're going begin with senior washington correspondent joe johns at the white house. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, john. the reshuffling of the president's legal team comes around the same time he's sending signals that he's gearing up for a fight against special counsel robert mueller's legal team, citing conflicts with an interview

. >> john dean, let's talk about this. he accused robert mueller of running an investigation full of conflict, and he said this. he said, "asked if mr. mueller's investigation would cross a red line if it expanded to look at his family's finances beyond any relationship to russia, mr. trump said i would say yes. he would not say what he would do about it. i think that's a violation. look, this is about russia. so everyone always says when you're in an investigation, if you're a journalist, whatever, you follow the money. that phrase came famous during the watergate information. what is your read on this? >> well, it's a read of trying -- he is actually responding to a leading question. but he took it farther than the question really needed to go. and he is saying that there is a red line in his mind if it gets into his personal finances. and outside the area of russia, he sort of acknowledged that was a legitimate area. the subtext, don, that runs through this entire interview when it touches russia is that it's everybody else's fault and not his. that he shouldn't be subject and may

put a human face on general john kelly, secretary john kelly. in 2001, he lost his son in battle. he became the highest ranking officer to lose a son or daughter in combat. first lieutenant robert kelly was killed in afghanistan. on this memorial day -- >> hold on for a moment, because the president now, we're getting the tape of the president walking down the stairs at air force i going back to speak to reporters about this major announcement. listen in. >> reince is a good man. john kelly will do a fantastic job. general kelly has done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody. a great, great american. reince priebus a good man. thank you very much. >> all right, so there you see the president of the united states speaking very briefly to reporters with the announcement praising john kelly, the new white house chief of staff. this white house chief of staff does not need senate confirmation. senator john madsen of west virginia is with us. you know john kelly. what do you think? >> he's held in high regard of both democrats and republicans. i was in the armed services for

when john kelly escorted the president to his own son's gravesite. first lieutenant robert kelly, killed in afghanistan, killed in action in 2010. >>> as one can only imagine, this was a devastating event for general kelly, for the entire kelly family. he brought the president to lieutenant kelly's final resting place. it was a very somber moment. and many people will tell you honestly, it was such a devastating situation for general kelly, for the kelly family. it's difficult, he's talked about it in the past, very, very discretely. it is something also as i think anybody can understand, that changed him and changed the kelly family forever. but those few moments at first lieutenant robert kelly's grave side in arlington, just a few weeks ago on memorial day, may have been part of what forged a bond between these two men. wolf? >> yeah, gold star father, a lot of us know general kelly. i spept some time with him the other day, the other few days at the aspen security forum. he met with a lot of reporters. he met with national security experts and by all accounts he did an outsta

john kelly's place. would there be holy hell if he tried to maneuver and fired special counsel robert mueller? >> that story's been leaked, but i'm not buying it. first of all, i'm not sure sessions would want to do it. second of all, can you imagine the confirmation hearing? i think that would be embarrassing for the white house. finally, i think if sessions were pushed out of the justice department amid speculation that the president might like to fire mueller, that would create a firestorm in both parties. >> maybe general kelly will put up a big stop sign in front of donald trump and say, wait, don't do it. >> cluck grassley may have done that, saying we will not have time to confirm a new a.g. this year. >> the president not giving up on health care yet. even though it's barely on life support. the president -- >> tweet storm. >> the president had a tweet storm. he's threatening to implode obamacare, much to the chagrin of those in congress. i want you to hear what susan collins said over the weekend. >> it really would be detrimental to some of the most vulnerable citizens if th

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post" report nonsense and insists the president's lawyers are cooperating with special counsel robert mueller on behalf of the president. now that statement was from john dowd. he's the lead on the president's outside counsel when it comes to the russia investigation. he's replacing trump's long time personal attorney marc kasowitz who cnn has learned is taking a more reduced role in all of this coming on the heels of the resignation of the communications strategist and spokesperson for the legal team, mike core aloe. >> all right, joining us is a former cia operative, bob baird. columnist for real clear politics ab stoddard and betsy, i want to start with what we last heard from diane gallagher that mark corallo has resigned. you have new information on that. >> i spoke to the associates, another person who's been a professional colleague for years and what they told me is that after the president gave that interview to "the new york times" which you all just showed tape of, that it made it impossible for corallo to stay on. he would have seen the pr disaster that rolled out and give

most vivid example of this is when john roberts testified to be justice, joseph biden was given 30 minutes to ask questions, and biden talked for 24 of the 30 minutes. that's how senators often ask questions. so there are not many senators who really know how to press a witness. but some of them may. and they better tell the truth because mueller is going to be listening very carefully. >> that's the thing. if anybody is expecting there to be fireworks next week, probably anti-climactic. the game is it's a long game, as we found out, not to go back to ken starr, but they could say something that sounds perfectly reasonable and plausible during this testimony that later on turns out to have been a lie. and then they're in hot water. >> if you are the lawyer for say paul manafort, jeff, do you let him go and testify under oath with risk of perjury if you haven't cut a deal with mueller? first thing you want to do is cop a plea. >> i'm very surprised that manafort would be testifying, because he doesn't have a political imperative to testify. obviously, donald trump, jr., jared kushne

. and number three, you got to stop attacking a decorated combat marine named robert mueller. i don't believe a man like john kelly, who lost his son in the marine corps is going to go for these attacks on robert mueller. >> shortly after the word came in that priebus is out, he spoke with cnn in his first interview with wolf blitzer. look the at what he said. >> why did you resign? i'm still trying to understand. i understand you told the

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into finances or taxes. if you're special counsel robert mueller, chris, wouldn't you take the investigation right there because you're being warned not to? >> don't look behind the curtain over there. yeah, look, john, you're right. i would say if you want to not talk about the russia investigation, you should not spend two-thirds of your time in a -- impromptu sit down with three "new york times" reporters talking about the russia investigation. and by the way, not just talking about the russia investigation in ways that he has before, but also saying, and, man, if i had known about jeff sessions, he would have never gotten this job. i mean, we would be remiss as reporters not to cover the president of the united states saying i wouldn't have hired my attorney general if i knew he was going fo recuse himself. so i think, you know, we're now six months and a day into the trump presidency. i think one of the top if not the top story line is donald trump is his own worst political enemy. i think if you ask republican senators this candidly, you ask republican house members, they

the men who fought alongside jim, and .ive of those he saved to bill, randy, mike, joe, kent, robert, john, charles, michael, restis, thank you for your service and sacrifice. stand up wherever you may be. where are you? where are you? where are you? [applause] >> thank you, fellas. that's great. for over two centuries, our brave men and women in uniform have overcome tyranny, fascism, communism, and every threat to our freedom -- every single threat they have overcome. and we have overcome these likets because of titans jim whose spirit could never be conquered. that is what this award is, and well.life represents so america's unbreakable spirit. jim's been 48 years since battle in vietnam. he is now a husband, father, and grandfather. he coached high school, football, wrestling, and baseball or 38 years, just like he said he would. and he brought together every member that he could find of his beloved charlie company. too many people in this room, specialist five mccloughan has always been their friend jim. to others, he has been coach. to those who bravely served with there vietna