york times, attack the new york times. i mean, he's attacked everybody. he's attacked the media. but he seems to have a special problem with you. - i have two psychoanalytic thoughts about it. - [evan] bring it. - the first is, you have to remember the president is a guy whose family made its fortune in queens. i think that what he did, his biggest accomplishment in the family business, was coming and taking manhattan. i think he really wanted, and he made a lot of money building apartment buildings for people who probably could not have gotten them. who were rich, but couldn't get into fancy, upper east side buildings. i think he wants to be loved by the new york city establishment, the manhattan establishment, rather, and i think the new york times, in his mind, is part of that establishment. - this is queens versus new york, manhattan. bridge, bus and tunnel problem? - but i'll add one more thing. i think it's also because he doesn't quite understand the role of the media. - i think that's true. that's obvious. - i thin

"the new york times," i want to bring this to you. that israel was the source of the intelligence that president trump allegedly shared with the russians, geraldo, israel reaffirmed that the two countries maintain a close counterterrorism relationship. they said this -- the president has a big trip to the middle east right now. is this going to run over, what's going on now, is this basically going to steam roll over what the president's trip? >> going back to where i started that the presidency seems in chaos because the president does not stay on message. but the unrelentingly hostile press will jump on any stumble he makes on this trip. trip isn't so daunting. i mean, i get that he's with saudi arabia and israel and the vatican and protocol and all the rest of it, but he's a smart man. he'll be able to do it. if the press gives him a break, they have to cut him a little slack. liz: to your point, the press is saying this damaged israel, an ally. do you think it backs up the white house claim that no harm was done? >> look, i don't

lauren: a memo by the way reported the event to a "new york times" reporter, hence "the new york times" is able to break the story. we haven't seen the memo. >> that's absolutely right that "the new york times" is a bastion of conservative thinking and always likes donald trump. i think this is something for the media to continue to dance around. as of right now, we have absolutely nothing but hearsay. nicole: quick response is, is this a crisis or not really? ford first, quickly. >> this is a messaging crisis, not actual crisis. >> it's a larger crisis. we saw the russian interference investigation. the fire in the south of his statements. unfortunately, this isn't going away soon. lauren: let's talk about the timing. congress coming back from an 11 day recess. another one coming up for memorial day. >> they will be very busy. they are trying to push agendas and unfortunately it's very being. nicole: what is the next step in washington? why should republicans do next? >> they should get their facts straight. what is going to trump administration of the leaks. it's got to find a way to

york times" was not true, then we have with "the new york times" reported. what james comey wrote in the memo as relayed apparently by a third party. we need to hear from the white house on this. >> bret: john, thank you. we will come back as we get more details. reminding people, at the time of the firing happened, the president reading "james comey better hope there are no tapes of our conversation before he starts leaking to the press." that was the day after the firing. we told you we were going to bring chuck schumer on the senate floor. this was moments ago. >> mr. president, in a week full of revelation after revelation on a day when we thought things couldn't get any worse, they have. was shaken by the report n "the new york times" that alleged that the president tried to shut down the active fbi investigation into a close political associate. we are one day removed from stunning allegations that the president may have divulged classified information to a known adversary. concerns about our national security, the rule of law, the independence of our

york times. according to their report, trump told the russians, quote, "i just fired the head of the f-b-i. he was crazy; a real nut job."the other statement from trump in that meeting, according to the new york times, -- quote -- "i faced great pressure because of russia. that's taken off." the times' assessment of that statement: that the firing of comey eased the pressure from the investigation into ties between russia and trump's presidential campaign. democratic senator patrick leahy shared a link to the report on twitter, saying in his own words, "this is what obstruction looks like." republican congressman scott taylor isn't so sure.rep. scott taylor, (r-va): "of course, there is context with text, and we don't know the context of the meeting itself and what he was trying to do. we don't know that, of course." white house press secretary sean spicer didn't refute the story when responding to it, friday, but said -- quote -- "the president has always emphasized the importance of making deal

post" and "the new york times" on the trump administration. there is a massive news day that has now been schedule probably for next month, some time after memorial day. that is when the senate intelligence committee will hear public testimony from the donald trump fired fbi director james comey. james comey was invited to testify to the senate judiciary committee also, but he declined. the judiciary committee issued a bipartisan statement from republican chairman chuck grassley and the democratic senator dianne feinstein, senior democrat on the committee saying we're extremely disappointed in james comey's decision not to testify voluntarily before the judiciary committee. there is no reason he can't testify before both the intelligence and judiciary committees. and that's true. james comey could testify to both committees. so why isn't he? why is he picking the senate intelligence committee over the senate judiciary committee? which actually has jurisdiction over the fbi and the justice department. the reason is the senate judiciary committe

i want to start with the images the new york times obtained. you see this one appears to be a detonator. the new york times said it appears to contain a small circuit board. it was found in what they believe to be the hand of the terrorist. they also found a battery that they say is one more powerful than one often seen in whatever backpack bombs that these teams have seen in backpack bombs or suicide vests. when you put this all together do you think this is the work of a sophisticated bomb maker? j from the new york times analyst, there seems to be some cities can indication in these devices. always difficult to make a determination based on a few pictures. one thing we know about salman abedi, who was basically flurnging out of university, didn't have any background in chemistry or anything suggests that it would be obvious that he would be the type of person that could put something like this together. i'll not impossible. he could have got some training in libya or somewhere else. given that there appears to be some degree of sophisticatio

"the new york times" wrote pieces like this. three days before the election, "hillary clinton at a campaign rally. "there is an unfamiliar sense of abandonment and joy. the rain grows heavier, her wet clothes turn as shade darker, she takes in the seed around her and last before she finishes her sentence." i'm feeling creepy about it. meanwhile, same day, i won't go on, but the headline in the "times" was in line -- trump is a villain, hillary is a hero. that's the story line in every media organization in america. >> i dispute that completely. you can sherry cherry pick stories. at the end of the day, the overall narrative in the mainstream media, and my issue has been with "the new york times," "the washington post," and other networks. three nightly news coverage, 6:1 ratio over her policies. how can voters decide -- donald trump won de election, he's a legitimate president. i've always said that this is about telling the truth about what happened. let me just say this, tucker. >> tucker: these kind of studies are done by pol

the new york times specifically isn't free. while we can talk about the successes of digital and it is important to still look at their print editions, that's where they are losing money. their ad revenue is down from the print editions. they aren't getting as many advertisers for their print editions. but when you look at the success editions. but when you look at the success of their digital platform, there are some pretty good pieces of news for the bottom line at the new york times. that was our business reporter. in other business news, a better quarterly profit for kfc. sales grew by 2%, which was lower than expected profits jumping because of lower operating costs. sales rising 8% at taco bell restau ra nts, sales rising 8% at taco bell restaurants, more than double expectations. part of its success was strong sales in a taco with a fried chicken shell. after a few of those you might need to get some exercise! fit it has reported quarterly revenues above its forecast. —— fitbit. shares are up i7 .2% in after—hours

that's how it was leaked to "the new york times." the paper says there's a second source correcting the broad outlines in this meeting. but those two jobs, nut job, they are not going to drive the news cycle as trump is on his way to saudi arabia and what does this mean for robert mueller? the president thinks the pressure is off now. that was may 10th. does he still think that today? >> that's correct. they haven't named someone new before saudi arabia. you thought you'd have a quiet friday afternoon. i mean, boom. >> yeah. that's a good way to put it, brooke. this is another explanation of why james comey was fired, which i had it up to four or fifth morning. so this is a return to -- this is a reflop of a flip. genuinely. donald trump said last week to lester holt because of the russia stuff and now we have a return to that. but this is a gigantic problem. the white house continues to focus -- i want to make one clear point here. the white house continues to focus on the fact that the real issue is the leaks. >> right. >> that's n

i think the burden is on "the new york times." if they are reporting it and they've got somebody that's got the document, they need to get the document and get it released." the senator shared more than he's ever shared, something as materialist that probably would have been something he would have shared. burr said he met with director comey the day before was fired. let's bring the panel. stephen hayes, a.b. stoddard, charles hurt, opinion editor for "the washington times," and steve hilton, former advisor to british prime minister david cameron. charlie, your thoughts. >> well, i am particularly struck by the stark differences between what "the new york times" is reporting and what the white house has said. it's a flat denial. i do think, as you pointed out, it's very important to remember we are talking about parts of a letter that were read over the phone to a reporter. we don't know the full, with the full letter is. it is not in that context but we don't know what jim comey walked away from that conversation thinking, and i

one, the "new york times" story. anybody who followed trump on the campaign would be shocked to know that he said something endiscreet to the russian ambassador and the russian foreign minister in the oval office. so doing it in the oval office takes it to a new level. if bob mueller's investigation shows there was collusion between trump associates and russia, and that one of those associates is in the white house, that really could spell the end of the trump presidency. that story resides in a different category and is extremely significant. i don't think we can emphasize that enough. >> i think she's right. nonof russ surprise that had donald trump called someone a nut job. but the idea that he inferred to the russians that the firing of james comey releases pressure on him as it relates to the russia investigation, that takes to it a different level. >> it takes to it a different level. yes. he shared highly classified information about the russians and noted right to do in terms of intelligence etiquette and bec

tonight eats scoop comes courtesy of michael schmidt at "the new york times." quote, president trump called the fbi director james comey weeks after he took office and asked him when federal authorities were going to put out word that mr. trump was not personally under fbi investigation. mr. comey told the president if he wanted to know details about the bureau's investigations he shouldn't not contact him directly but instead should follow proper procedures. at the time mr. comey was overseeing the fbi's investigations into links between mr. trump's associates and russia. these interactions included a dinner in which associates and mr. comey say mr. trump asked him to pledge his loyalty and a meeting in the oval office, and he hoped mr. comey would shut down an investigation into mike flynn. the day after the flynn conversation, reince priebus asked mr. comey to help push back on reports in the news media that trump's associates have been in contact with russian intelligence officials during the campaign. mr. comey described his encounters between the presiden

the "new york times" is reporting president trump bragged to the russian foreign minister and ambassador in the oval office about his firing of fbi director james comey saying "it relieved great pressure from the russia investigation." the report also says mr. trump called comey "crazy, a real nut job." the white house is not denying "the times" story which is raising new questions about president trump's intent in firing domy. democratic senator patrick leahy shared a link to the report on twitter saying in his own words "this is what obstruction looks like." republican congressman scott taylor isn't to sure. >> there is context with text and we don't not context of the meeting itself. >> reporter: sources tell cnn that russian officials bragged they had cultivate aid strong relationship with former trump adviser retired general michael flynn, and believed they could use him to influence donald trump and his team. officials caution however the russian the might have exaggerated their influences with trump's team and the intercepted conversations. flynn's lawyer declined to comment. in a

we know from actually "new york times" reporting about that experience. that comey not only contemporaneously documented those meetings where controversial decisions were made and where he stood in relation to those controversial decisions. he e-mailed them at the time to his chief of staff, to one of his top staffers. >> do we know how this information was handled in the moment as comey was repeatedly making these memos and notes every time he spoke with trump? >> i know that there are copies of them that have been circulated at the fbi and those copies still exist there. some of the memos are classified and have been logged on the fbi's classified system. so the idea was to spread this out to comey's, you know, very close advisers at the bureau so there were other folks that knew about them at the time. and comey told folks he was writing them and put his initials at the bottom of them. this is something i didn't know a lot about comey. i've only covered him in recent years. i've talked to some folks who said he didn't really do this at the beginning of

york times" report that claimed he asked "new york times" to pledge hoilt loyalty to him. >> people suggest the question that apparently the "new york times" is selling you asked

york times," but you know, i've read and reread "the new york times" story, and there's no mention of where this leak comes from, and it should be pointed out that american newspaper reporters also talked to officials in other countries. but clearly, this is causing a lot of heartache right now in the transatlantic relationship. >> i guess that's what i was getting at. to your point, these "the new york times" and these reporters have sources throughout the uk as well, but we'll stay on this. interesting news to stay abreast of, that the sharing between the two countries could be off. we'll check back with you, paul cruickshank. thank you, sir. >>> all right, oare internet rumors good reason for congress to investigate the murder of a dnc staffer? one republican says yes. >> there's stuff circulating on the internet. my question is -- >> what? what's circulating on the internet? what's circulating on the internet that you think is worthy of a congressional investigation? >> his answer, next. stella artois has partnered with us at water.org to help provide access to clean water to wome

"i want you to know that the "new york times" story is bs." the biggest way this was messed up, what happened back there in mid-february, the biggest screw-up of all of this was that the "new york times" story wasn't bs at all. "the times" published this report on february 14th. later that night, cnn reported their own version of the story. trump aides were in constant touch with senior russian officials during the campaign. then the "washington post" got the story, citing multiple contacts between members of trump's team and russians with links to the kremlin during the campaign and afterward according to officials who have seen those reports. by march it is multbly sourced, american allies including brits and dutch have provided information between european cities between russian officials and vladamir putin and associates of donald trump. further confirmation there after, british intelligence passed trump soerktsz' communications with russians on to u.s. counter parts. further confirmation. until summer 2016 a number of western agencies sha

"the new york times" reporting moments ago, the president said to comey, "i hope you can let this go." comey was fired last week. >>> also tonight, the white house, refusing to say whether president trump gave the russians classified information. tonight, what the president is now saying himself. >>> in other news, the deadly highway collision in the east, along i-95. several big rigs and cars colliding, the charred wreckage. the highway shut down. >>> the tornado threat as we come on tonight. one on the ground just a short time ago. millions in the path of the storms tonight. >>> and the new caffeine concern. the 16-year-old who had a coffee, and several other drinks with caffeine, the coroner who says it killed him. the new warning, how much caffeine is too much. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. >>> and we begin with that breaking headline as we come on the air. tonight, our team now confirming a report late today in "the new york times" that fired fbi director james comey wrote a memo, documenting some of his interaction with president t

the white house denying a "new york times" report involving former if f.b.i. director james comey yet again. the times reporting comey penned a memo saying president trump asked him to end the investigation into michael flynn. reports that the president shared highly classified intel with mution diplomats last week, that information was leaked to the "washington post." cia director mike pompeo. earlier today national security advisor h prrks mcmaster. >> what the president shared was appropriate. the story combined what was leaked with other information and insinuated about sources and methods. i wanted to make sure to everybody that the president in no way compromised any sources or methods in the course of this conversation. foot "new york times" reported that israel is the source of that intel. so what is worse, a rick best commander-in-chief or illegal leaks meant to under mine the presidency. gillian turner, former cia open re5 michael baker and byron york. we have the a-team. it takes my breath way. byron this information from the "new york times" on gen

on may 17th, there was a new york times story. "trump appealed to comey to halt the inquiry of flynn". it is a big part of... we don't need to discuss... great story! i love that story! well, good, because you were the boss that put it in the paper. now, in your paper, the documentation of mr trump's request is the clearest evidence, it was said, that the president has tried to directly influence thejustice department and the fbi investigation into links between mr trump's associates in russia. now that is a heck of a claim. this is the clearest evidence, you say. butjust be straight with me. had your reporter on that story seen the memo that was the foundation of the story? as the story describes, he had it read to him by a very reliable source. all of it? all that he quoted from. yes. but did he know 100% that what he was quoted over the phone was the entire memo? certainly enough of the memo for us to be confident that it was in context. but also, he hadn't seen the memo? so he didn't know that what he was receiving on the phon

, you've seen the artic article in the "new york times." the main point though is the president of the united states, what he was telling to comey, comey would draft memorandum which are in the file right now so there's a contemporaneous record of what comey says the president told him to end this investigation into the president's former national security adviser. he's a good guy, according to this article. that's what the president said about michael flynn. >> three things. one, comey was concerned enough, as you know, wolf, to take these notes down, concerned enough about trump, concerned enough about what he believed trump was asking him to do. two, in order to believe the white house's argument here you have to believe james comby is lying or that the memos that were red to michael schmidt at the "new york times" were misread in some way out of context, three, if james comey was lying and are h a vendetta against donald trump, he would have released this stuff or leaked it out shortly thereafter, he wouldn't wait in order to prereceive

charlie savage from "the new york times," is excellent. i also rely havely on the new york review of books, people like david cole, was at george town, now at aclu. as for wikileaks, i'm torn because i think julian assange is such a strange character and was obsessed, like put defeat of hillary clinton and a definite link between the russian hacking and then the laundering of the material to get it to julian assange in a way he can say i didn't get this from the russians. that's my own personal opinion. so i. a sympathetic when wikileaks was started, it was to challenge the government and i think assange has become an anarchist and his target is the united states he has no other target. so, are we -- we have exhausted the subject? thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> you just heard from melvin goodman on the cia. in about ten minutes live from the gaithersburg book city of, e meredith wadman provides a history of vaccinations. >> here's a look at authors recently features on book tv's "after words," the weekly author intervie

. >> he shook my hands and he called "new york times" a national jewel. so it's just a little disorienting sometimes. >> seth: yeah. >> to kind of place him in his kind of ping pong journey between loving the press and unloving the press. >> seth: the fact that that ping pong game is being played with everything, not just the press. there's pong balls everywhere. [ light laughter ] when you saw the tweet that he asked you to resign, did you have a momet of -- was it terror or was it joy? because -- >> it wasn't joy. >> seth: it wasn't joy. see i think, when you think of it, the class you were in when he attacks you, you are now in meryl streep territory. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] and i think you should enjoy it because i think you' e >> oh, thank you seth. >> seth: and keep up the good work. i really am so glad i found your podcast. >> thank you. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: michael barbaro everybody, new episodes of "the daily" are available weekday mornings. we'll be right back. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ you might not ever just stan

as first reported by "the new york times." they did give us a statement that says in part that the president has never asked mr. comey or anyone else to end any investigation, including any investigation involving general flynn. they add that this is not a truthful or accurate portrayal of the conversation between the president and mr. comey. this advisor points to the fact that the acting fbi director andrew mccabe -- yes, please. >> can i interrupt you one second? adam schiff is making a statement about this. let's listen. >> whether he was the subject of investigation in the context of reports by the director, or associates of the director, that he was asked to essentially -- for a loyalty test to the president and now with allegations that the president urged him to essentially drop the investigation of michael flynn, enough is enough. congress really needs to get to the bottom of this. we did have an opportunity to inquire further about the reports of the discussion within the white house with the russian foreign minister

i think the burden is on "the new york times." if they are reporting it and they've got somebody that's got the document, they need to get the document and get it released." the senator shared more than he's ever shared, something as materialist that probably would have been something he would have shared. burr said he met with director comey the day before was fired. let's bring the panel. stephen hayes, a.b. stoddard, charles hurt, opinion editor for "the washington times," and steve hilton, former advisor to british prime minister david cameron. charlie, your thoughts. >> well, i am particularly struck by the stark differences between what "the new york times" is reporting and what the white house has said. it's a flat denial. i do think, as you pointed out, it's very important to remember we are talking about parts of a letter that were read over the phone to a reporter. we don't know the full, with the full letter is. it is not in that context but we don't know what jim comey walked away from that conversation thinking, and i

leaked photos from the scene of the bombing are published in the new york times. british investigators have expressed "fury" and "astonishment. more tributes for the victims: 16 have been named so far — police say they know the identities of everyone who was killed hello and welcome. the investigation into monday night's bombing in manchester is moving fast. police say they are looking notjust at the bomber salman abedi — but a ‘network‘ of people. there has been more arrests around manchester and in other uk cities. our chief correspondent gavin hewitt starts our coverage. late morning, central manchester, and a raid on a block of flats, part of a huge operation to discover the network of the manchester bomber. police believe he stayed there as recently as 7pm on monday evening of the night of the attack. today's operation involved armed units, some wearing military clothing. got to the front door and was greeted by an armed police officer with a helmet, face mask and machine—gun. i asked him what was happening. hejust said "operations, out!" to gain ac

matthew rose berg is with us from the new york times. alan, the president is quoted by an american official in the room from this -- as i think matthew was fair to point out, what else could have happened in this meeting. again "i just fired the head of the fbi, he was crazy, a real nut job. obstruction of justice? >> not when it comes to president trump who's known top puffer and exaggerate and b.s. and say anything that comes to his mind. >> so for anybody else that would be obstruction of justice but not him? >> the president has the authority to tell the director of the fbi you shall not investigate a, b, and c. you must investigate c. the president is in charge. thomas jefferson told his attorney general, get aaron burr. he called witnesses in. he gave them immunity. he called the chief justice of the us, john marshall and said if you don't convict that guy, i'm equipment peechg you. we have since created rules that say no contact between the president and the fbi, nothing contact between the president and justice department. those

from the"new york times." i've got the panel still here. on the phone is the reporter that broke the story of the comey memo that he wrote about a meeting with president trump in february where the president purportedly asked him to essentially end the investigation into his former national security adviser, michael flynn. michael schmitt is on the phone now, the reporter from the story. michael, so obviously you got -- did you get ahold of the memo itself from james comey? what was the point of this memo? was this his own notes to himself? give us the context of the memo. >> we have not seen the memo ourselves but we've been told about it by some of mr. comey's associat associates. on february 14th, mr. comey went to the white house for a meeting with other national security officials. mr. trump kicked everybody out of the office and wanted to talk to mr. comey one-on-one and it was during that conversation that he told him basically that flynn had done nothing wrong and that the fbi should basically move on

where we are having a different conversation and the national news networks, "the new york times," "washington post," and that there is a part of the united states of america that just says, no, just i don't believe it and this is -- >> true. >> -- completely -- it's a story we do not buy into it. it's like what can -- >> we don't have a common set of facts. >> is it going to be the "ap" we're going to agree on? what can we agree on? right now, the two parallels, nothing there. >> only hitting pause. we have another headline on the other side of this break. stay with us. >>> it's time for the "your busine business" entrepreneur of the week. michael is a frustrated musician turned urban wine maker. he started city winery to put together all of his loves. it's a restaurant, a winery and a music venue. he's taken the leap expanding now to five cities. for more, watch "your business" weekends at 7:30 on msnbc. will your business be ready when growth presents itself? american express open cards can help you take on a new job, or fill a big order or expand your office and take on whatever comes next

out including the "new york times," the intelligence, not the sources and methods used to collect it, is what concern those officials if the concern is that the notes of information about the islamic state plot could allow the russians to dig out those details, though sources and those methods.on we are getting your response this morning. one of the things to note about this as the story has to overnight, papers also point out president trump's disclosure does not appear to have been illegal. the president had wide powers to declassify almost anything. so with that, the responses this morning. bob is a first, duluth minnesota democrat. good morning. >> caller: thanks for taking my call. i think that something should be done about trump. he's either grossly incompetent and doesn't what he's doing or he is colluding with the russians. it's getting to the point where it's going to harm national security and our relationship with other nations. b something needs to be done. i understand that the ideal that people had that were voting for him, but he's not the person that people voted for

the number the new york times has as a family of six paying about $96,000. that is for the whole journey from afghanistan across to turkey. yet as we were having a chat before we came now, there are people paying not much less than that to go oi'i paying not much less than that to go ona dinghy, paying not much less than that to go on a dinghy, on a raft. again, this isjust another on a dinghy, on a raft. again, this is just another example of how desperate people at the end of any economic spectrum being exploited and there are no guarantees. there are no guarantees to when they arrive in turkey or the european union. we are still in early summer. these numbers could increase. i'm afraid we are inevitably going to see more afraid we are inevitably going to see more and afraid we are inevitably going to see more and more afraid we are inevitably going to see more and more of these pictures as the summer goes on and given this week's horrendous event, i fear the pictures might even be more awful than before. manchester united winning he wrote the league. you

and richard burr saying that the burden falls on the "new york times." the "new york times" is the only reason we even know that james comey wrote this memo. it was later corroborated by other outlets. they are the only reason we have heard of this. it's important to find out what really happened and what what is said during that because it's a big deal if the president of the united states asked the fbi director to shut down an investigation into someone he put in his white house and then fired him months later. brian: right. fired him months later but it wasn't right away. and that guy never secretary of defense anything and his deputy never referred to katie, going to be leaving in 48 hours going to saudi arabia and dropping by the vatican. what happens to this story? >> well, based on what i have learned from our colleague dana perino, when presidents go overseas it doesn't necessarily mean that things domestically calm down. in fact, the opposite tends to happen. so, just because the president will be overseas trying to change the narrative, meeting

york times." this is the quote of the president. i just fired the head of the fbi. he was crazy. a real nut job. i face great appreciapressure bf yaush. that russia. that's taken off. i'm not under investigation. >> what do you think this says about two russian diplomat. >> this is other thing that donald trump has done that is totally shocking but not totally surprising. we have seen him admit on television that he fired james comey because of the russia investigation. now when he brings the russians into the oval office, laughing with them, smiling with them, chuckling with them, he tells them that the fbi director is a nut job and he was fired because of the pressure he was under. and he felt the pressure would be easing off. this is utterly and completely unacceptable for him to do no anyone, let alone to the russians. it is brazen. but at the end of the day, we have seen pattern of behavior from donald trump which suggest we sort of should have expected this. >> some say it is moving closer t

this story first reported by "new york times". the president told comey that flynn did nothing wrong, we're told despite the fact that he was fired for lying to the vice president about his conversations with russian ambassador. sources say this encounter happened after a briefing involving vice president mike pence and attorney general jeff sessions who the president asked to leave the room, according to sources, so that he could speak privately with comey. comey was reportedly so concerned by the president's comments that he documented the exchange in just one of a number of memos he wrote out of concern. the president was trying to stop the investigation. the white house for its part has flatly denied these allegations saying the president never asked mr. comey or anyone else to end the investigation. this is not a truthful or accurate portrayal of the conversation between the president and mr. comey. now, we do know a lot of background. in a tweet last week the president threatened comey or at least warned him about potential

"the new york times" claiming comey wrote a memo following a meeting in the oval office. the white house said the president has never asked mr. comey or anyone else to end any investigation including any investigation involving general flynn. this is not a truthful or accurate portrayal of the conversation between the president and mr. comey. >> bill: up the street lawmakers are looking for answers inside the building there. many will say they'll do what it takes to figure out the facts. >> i want to see the memo. i want to talk to director comey to determine how contemporaneous his recording of the conversation was but also importantly not just what was said but what did director comey hear. how did i take it? that can only be done with all due respect to the "new york times," that can only be done by looking at the memo and talking to director comey. >> shannon: catherine herridge is live in washington with the latest. >> this morning the congressional committees with oversight are asking for comey's memos with one republican congressman they should be a meeting -- one

the head of the atlantic, went over to "the new york times." there does have to be more of this middle debate about facts. he's not a diehard liberal, he believes very strongly in facts. what he's doing here is saying this guy has something to say. a lot of people agree with him. a lot of people think i don't know all the facts, man is responsible for some of this but beyond that, what can you say? i don't know what the answer is. >> the executive editor said it didn't we learn from this past election that our goal should be to understand different views? that's one of the reasons they brought him onto the opinion side of "the new york times." >> now he is there. he has made quite a splash, a luke warm splash. give lead leonardo dicaprio cr. he sat down with the president and discussed issues, much like al gore did. i think that's very positive in terms of being able to engage the good dialogue when you don't see the enthusiasm coming from the left usually. they don't like it or agree with it. they don't want to deal with it. >> i question -- t

so i look at the "new york times" one. that's immediately more difficult for the white house. >> we're getting more and more every day. does this indicate only further that donald trump was trying to impede the russia investigation? >> well, i think we need to let the process play out. clearly, you got a lot to work with. a lot of empregss that have been made. i think we've got processes in place and we need to let them work. my real concern if i were in the white house, it is hard enough on move your agenda forward without all of these distractions, controversies and just stresses on the white house. it is going to be even more difficult now. >> michael, if your president had said something like this. had been the oval office with the russians and denigrated a former fbi director, what would your reaction have been? >> first of all, i would have been shocked. that's not the man i worked for. he would 97 have done such a thing. i think what we're seeing is an extraordinary high stakes contest between leaks that are coming

political commentator, ann coulter who has written a "new york times" best seller. the last time we talked, you were wobbly on the president. are you back supporting the president or is this delicate time? ann: one of your next guests said i can't see what's happening, i can only listen, that it's not a good idea to hire a bunch of people who are completely against your agenda. i think things would be going better if we had all jeff sessions in the administration. i'm sure he's not leaking. maybe this would be a time to notice capitulating on the budget and the dreamers, continuing to print work permits unconstitutionally for illegal aliens. we went crazy when obama was doing it. under trump still doing it. nothing on the wall. putting nikki haley at the u.n. and goldman sachs filling up the white house. well, that made them like, mr. president. it's not working. why don't you just keep your promises and at least you will have people loyal to you because they care about the country. lou: i take teach your points. they just don't happen to be loyal to the president r

"the new york times" reports that at a february meeting, mr. trump told comey, "i hope you can let this go." it came the day after the president fired national security adviser michael flynn for lying about his contacts with the russians. the president fired comey last week. in response, the white house says that the report is "not a truthful or accurate portrayal of the conversation" and that the president never asked anyone to end any investigation. for more, we turn now to matt apuzzo of "the times." matt thanks for joining us. tell me what the significance of this memo is. >> well, the significance of the memo, of course, is just not-- you know, just last week, the president fired jim comey, the f.b.i. director, and the stories kept changing. and one of the back-and-forths has ben there was this conversation between comey and the president in which the president said, "i want your loyalty." and comey wouldn't give him his loyalty. and then the question became, "is that why he got fired?" and you will remember the president tweeted out, jim

let's go to the new york times story on north korea. that is from the new york times this morning. let's go to teresa joining us from illinois. good morning. just like to say based on u.s. history, the at mom, what happened on the african continent, recently with korea if i was north wouldn't give up my nukes either. the united states does not one of the countries to have self-determination. we want to control everything. president kimant jong and to have the capability of attacking south korea with nuclear weapons or russia or japan or the united states croissant caller: absolutely. states provokes some of this stuff. i am wanting to know if the central bank, there are only three country left. north korea is one of them. qaddafi gave up his nukes and you see what they did to qaddafi it and libya. they just destroyed them. the united states is partly responsible for that refugee crisis. host: let's be clear on your point here it north korea be allowed to have nuclear weapons? if israel can have nukes, then north korea should be able to have nukes. india,ia, china, pakistan, united

a complicated story, talk us through the new york times article. what does the paper say it has seen? what it is saying is talking about this meeting that happened last week between donald trump and several senior russian officials in the oval office. they base their report on official readout, an internal read—out of the meeting. it says donald trump says james coney: the fbi director he fired, was a nutjob and what was under a great deal of pressure about russia and that by firing james coney, it took that the pressure off. so these were once again, the revelations about donald trump's intent in firing james comey, a view into its mind in this hell is happening in his mind, make a meeting with russian officials, has figured centrally in this investigation. at the same time, we also have the washington post saying the investigation into the links between the tramp administration and russia has identified a person of interest. what more can you tell us about that? the person of interest, not a suspect but this is someone they consider integral to

let's talk about this report that is raking in the new york times, these images, photographs that the newspaper is publishing on its website, here is the shredded backpack carried by the attacker. it's the blue back back, on the floor of the arena. it is very torn up. a couple of other pictures, some of shrapnel, and one that we can show you of the detonator. .. of shrapnel, and one that we can show you of the detonator... no, we don't have that picture. i'm filling you in as we are getting these pictures, but we have a picture of shrapnel and a detonator with a measuring tape next them. i think there's going to be a lot of questions as to how the new york times got access to these pictures, whether they were allowed explicit permission to publish them but these are the first bit of evidence we've actually seen. there will be probably a lot of anger about this in government circles because theresa may says she has been on the phone to her colleagues to discuss what was being leaked from the investigation, but regarding the parts of the bomb, it's difficult to say. the frenzy police ar

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