trump and president trump -- candidate trump and president trump. what he said as candidate trump doesn't count. didn't people vote for candidate trump because they wanted that guy to be president trump? that's like saying, no, when i promised to be faithful, that was wedding steve. i'm husband steve now. you can't trust what wedding steve said. he was just looking to smash. ( laughter ) this isn't the first time trump pulled the multiple personality thing. remember the pussy grabbing leak? >> it's locker room tock. >> he was in private with another guy doing what guys do. >> everyone knows trump likes women and uses this kind of talk. >> locker room talk. >> guy talk. >> bad boy talk. >> trevor: no, it's not. a bad boy is someone who wears a leather jacket to prom. that's a bad boy. this is the guy who got suspended for grabbing the prom queen's downstairs crown. there's a difference. but fine, let's go with that. pussy grab greatgate didn't counted because it was locker room trump. what about when he trolls the nation on twitter? >> what goes on o

ofin the 100 plus short days the trump administration, there have been many things donald trump has done that have been inacing and even heinous, but don't think there are many things that he is done that you could say were shocking given the things he promised to do during the campaign, as well as who he revealed himself to be inh during the campaign and the decade preceding that. this, however, is the only word you can think of for it is shocking. aside from the fact how rare it is for presidents to fire fbi director's -- something typically tolerated only the most extreme circumstances when there are serious ethical is use that have arisen about the director's behavior -- for him just two weeks after james comey made huge news by announcing he was overseeing a criminal investigation into the trump campaign's potential collusion with russia, on top of which there have been very recent developments in that case of subpoenas being issued to close trump aides, it is incredibly -- it is stunning they would be so indifferent to the obvious appearance that this is about nothing more than tru

it's trump central." now bannon was increasingly on the attack, going after trump's opponents one by one. >> the reason that i quit breitbart is because they were working so closely with trump. when a news outlet decides that it is more important to maintain close ties with a particular candidate or politician than it is to maintain the integrity of their journalists, that's no longer a journalistic organization. it is now a propaganda platform. >> narrator: during that time, six breitbart staff members resigned. >> i just realized, i don't want to be a part of this anymore, and i think that there were a lot of reporters who didn't sign up to be the voice of the trump campaign. if i wanted to be involved with a specific presidential campaign, i would, i would have gone and done so. >> narrator: while bannon worked from the embassy, stephen miller signed on to trump's campaign as a senior policy adviser and speechwriter. >> donald j. trump, ladies and gentlemen, is going to stand up to the bullies and figh

i think a lot of people correctly want trump out. i what trump out. but i want to republicans, the billionaire class, and the security state out o of power. how do we accomplish that? in addition to the watergate as a memory from the nixon-era, there's another relevant educational memory we should draw upon when the nixon-era. it was during nixon's regime and the white house that we had one of the most historic eras a social and political and workers movement. it was when nixon was in the white house we had the environment protection agency formed from the occupational safety and health act was passed, the supreme court landmark decision of roe v. wade was decided, and the vietnam war was ended. none of this was because of nixon in any way. he was a misogynist, racist, right-t-wing president. it was because movements were drawing the conclusion that it is time to really build on her own independent strength. i think we can do that right now as well. in relation to call me, i would say that it --comey, i was a it is indicative of the instability of his

it is time they do it under trump. they will only do it if we the people put pressure on congress to say no weapon sales to the present regime of saudi arabia. amy: and the fact that these precision guided weapons that president obama, under enormous eace activistsp and others for selling this to saudi arabia, finally stopped -- the fact that trump has resumed these weapons? >> yes, he has resumed those weapons will stop again, congress could stop it. you will also probably beginning -- greenlightght where the majority of humanitarian aid comes in. the humanitarian community says that will be catastrophic, so i think once again, we have to put the pressure on congress to say no greenlight for the invasion of that port will step in fact, what we do need is an emphasis on going back to the negotiating table, find a political solution to this crisis in yemen, which is the furthest thing from what president trump wants to do because you could see from his trip to saudi arabia that this is all about encircling iran, and fle

worse for donald trump. michael cohen made the article much more disgusting, so how did michael cohen make the situation much worse for president trump by refusing to comply with the senate intelligence committee's request for document. well, after michael cohen refused to comply with the request for documents last week, the members of the senate intelligence committee voted unanimously all republicans, all democrats voted to empower the chairman and the vice chairman of the committee to issue subpoenas completely at their discretion, without checking with the full membership of the committee, that is very unusual for committee. normally it requires the vote for the full committee to issue even a single subpoena. but, thanks to donald trump's personal lawyer, issuing subpoenas to the president, issuing subpoenas to the president's children, to everyone in the white house and everyone who worked in the trump campaign, just became much much quicker and easier. now, everything that i've just said or any one of

since donald trump seems determined to think of no one except donald trump. first, last, and every moment in between. elizabeth warren gets tonight's last word. you can see our entire interview with elizabeth warren on our website. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> tonight, the president is apparently lawyering up. donald trump expected to retain a private attorney to represent him in the russia investigation. >>> also, the cia's concerns. the former director shares his worries from 2016 about the russian contacts with the campaign. >>> while michael flynn is taking the fifth with the senate committee, now the senate committee has subpoenaed his company. and companies can't take the fifth. "the 11th hour" begins now. good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. day 124 of the trump administration, and the president is hiring a lawyer. it comes less than a week after the department of justice appointed a special counsel to oversee the fbi russia investatn. sources familiar with the decision tell nbc news president trump is

trump. tonight we look at how investigators continue to bore down on donald trump even as he poses with the pope and goes to impressive meetings in europe. look, we know this is a serious business. this russian deal of trump's, the fbi is on the case, the former cia director just said he doesn't like the looks of it. and we now have a special counsel gearing up and trump himself is starting to lawyer up. well, tonight i want to find out what we already know and how we can know what the country now needs to know about how trump and his campaign could have been in cahoots with the russians during last year's election. well, yesterday as i said, former cia director john brennan testified. he became aware of numerous trump associates who had made contact with russian actors that we now know includes michael flynn, paul manafort, carter page, roger stone, jeff sessions, and trump's own son-in-law, jared kushner. further, as trump -- appears to engage in a pattern of obstructive behavior, former n

with donald trump himself according to people close to manafort and trump. the reason that is important, of course, "the new york times" reporting yesterday specifically about paul manafort that senior russian intelligence and political officials were discussing how to exert influence over donald j. trump through his advisors and those conversations focused on paul manafort, the trump campaign chairman at the time and michael flynn, the retired general who was advising trump. both men had indirect ties to russian officials appeared confident each of them could be used to help shape trump's opinions on russia. you have somebody, manafort, who is not just talking to reince priebus, he's talking to trump himself despite the fact the russians saw him as an agent of influence. >> that's right. we understand that manafort continued to talk with people very close to trump including jared kushner throughout the campaign after he was forced to resign from the campaign, not coincidentally because of news reporting about his ties to the pro-russian, ukrainian, former u

and to you think it has anything to do with the fact that president trump as the twin trump towers in his symbol? -- istanbul? >> i don't know -- no, probably not. this is much more disturbing. i think it has more to do with the fact that he has an open and consistent and ration for authoritarian leaders. keep in mind, he is also invited to the white house, though fortunately so far it is not scheduled, and meeting with libyan president duterte who has presided over in less than a year and office, the actual visual killing of over 7 -- extrajudicial killing of over 7000 people on the streets of the philippines. jovialityckslapping that scott referred to with the russian leaders seems to be a pattern with authoritarian leaders in general. responsible american president might come in a low-profile way, talk to president erdogan about our mutual national security urgent interest in syria and in the region, but raise open and serious concerns about the human rights teacher rating -- deteriorating human rights situation and the loss of democracy in turkey, and no one should hold their brea

. >> everyone, everyone goes under the bus with trump. trump only cares trump. he does not care about this country. he does not care about the republican party. so the sooner they realize that, the better. >> rick? >> ari, i have a political rule that i'm starting to develop. i think it's pretty solid. i think we're starting to see enough of it retrospect and coming forward. everything trump touches, dice. at some point, if you're his best friend at some point, you will be thrown under the bus. >> that's true. >> you're the rock star of trump world, you will be thrown under the bus. everything trump touches, dies. well, maybe not. but i don't even want to think about that. >> nancy? >> yes. >> i think it's a point of political rhetoric, there have been a lot of political deaths. the first campaign manager, the second campaign manager, paul manafort, flynn there is a lot of political deaths. >> right. >> you're up. >> god willing it's only worked in the realm of politics. but the over other point is elijah comes here, onconyers, were compelled to ask whether thes

the left shouldn't love trump. the left should love trump. he doesn't want to use force unless it's a sure win. he's less of a hawk than hilary would be. >> i took this line -- >> what about the federalist? they are jealous. >> preemption is easier than post and passion. >> i don't know what that means. >> why would you quote something we don't understand? >> i don't get it. >> preemption, it's a play on words -- getting the weapons is easier than dealing with it after. >> i got it. >> oh, my god, . >> nuclear ionization. you should be praising president trump for talking. >> you shouldn't do this wrap of yours and look at me the whole time. we are not all for nuclear eyes asian >> where did you come up h that? >> we are going to do another segment on a bunch of people and they're going to be running around and you're going to call them democrats. china is -- they are trying to get china to play a major role in this. i am not not so sure. will they? if you are china and if you try expand your geopolitical reach in the pacific, already you're

trump's threat. in a twitter outburst, president trump threatens the fired fbi director saying james comey better hope that there are no tapes of our conversations. sources say comby is not worried but does the president need to worry about what comb el might reveal? >>> tale of the tapes. the president and his aides refuse to confirm or deny whether there are recordings of his talks with comey, but lawmakers are now asking the white house if such recordings exist and if so turn them over. loyalty pledge. sources say president trump asked comey to give him a personal loyalty pledge and that comey was taken aback and refused. the white house says there was no request so who is right and would such a request be wrong? and not perfectly accurate. the president now says he moves so fast that his press team simply can't keep up saying it's not possible for them to explain his moves with perfect accuracy. he suggests ending the daily press briefings. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> ba

donald trump the businessman and donald trump the president. a lot of memorandum in terms of agreements that have been signed. billions of dollars worth of arm sales and private sector jobs that have been created that are going to be created as a result of these. so, the saudis are going to be investing a lot of money as well as private sector investment and that's something that president trump can understand. >> all this happening the day before the president is going to give that speech and steven miller who was the author of the muslim ban and dealing with what this white house would call islamic terrorism. how do you think they walk a fine line of where they are delivering it and how to deliver it for it to be received well. >> very tricky. for president trump to stand in front of the heads of states 47 muslim countries were invited and six heads of government are going to be there. it is going to be, as i understand it, an attempt for president trump to say this is not about religion or faith but good versus evil. that is something that c

trump and putin. aside from those things that would again help putin look like he's basically coming in from the cold if you will after tension with obama, that basically sanctions relief would be the most tangible thing that he would hope for. >> the important thing for our viewers to understand is this is not normal. the russians are our adversary. >> that guy looks like a character out of dr. strange love, kislyak. >> the trump people had former cia officials, a guy named tom higgins. they had plenty of people who knew the dangers of these contacts. >> where do you think this is going? you're our guy. is this going to an attempt to try to do something miraculously wonderful like bring peace to syria in the middle east or something to do with trump wanting to make more money or kushner still out there for money? what could be at the end of this spectrum? >> flynn was clearly interested in counterterrorism above all. he really thought he could make some kind of arrangements with the russians on count

or because he has twin trump towers in istanbul? we shouldn't be speculating about this, we should know, not only about his finances, but also about his families, because they are his closest advisers and not just his family. they are his business associates. and that's what people were saying when they came out in the streets. and then you have the people's march for science that happened on earth day. thousands of people in a freezing cold downpour in washington, d.c., still came out with their signs that said things like, ice has no agenda it just melts and there is no planet b. they held up signs that said, i'm with her, with an arrow to mother earth, and wore buttons that said science, not silence. and then the people's climate march, we have not seen anything like this intense protest in the streets all over, but it's not just in the streets. i went to a meeting about two months ago in new york city. nondescript office building, hundreds of people were packed in. not your typical noble activists who protest in the streets. it

trump's team? i know you have been in contact the your source there is, are they pleased with the optics so far, with his visit to saudi arabia, how are they balanceing what they have to have with these concerns, concerns about the various controversy that continue to gain traction here in the states? >> reporter: well, so far, you know the president's team seems very pleased with the way this visit has unrolled so far. you know the president has received essentially a king's welcome in the king dom of saudi arabia. so that is certainly something that he is enjoying, himself. you know as we saw yesterday, the president was greeted not once but twice by king solomon of saudi arabia, first at the airport. then again at the royal court, where the president arrived yesterday for a series of meetings and just as we were trying to look at these images, the fact that we haven't we heard much words. the president uttered few words, what matters is seeing the president with the lavish greeting that he is ge

true, trump doesn't make it easy. his public combativeness scares a media that prefers fighting anonymously. and this paints a fat target on him, one that rachel can't resist. >> i am 44 years old. i'm 44 years old. 44 years ago today, today, 44 years ago. 44 years ago today this 1973 the televised watergate hearings. greg: how old is she again? [laughter] and you better buy this russian story or else you're a denier. >> it's deny, deflect, downplay -- >> right. >> that's basically what the coverage is these days. >> all about providing a counter-narrative. the trump white house helps do this, but really it's pro-trump media that help do this, provide a counter-narrative for people to share on their social media pages and discuss with their friends. greg: oh, god forbid, discussing this with your friends! [laughter] oh, my god, you mean a point of view you didn't think of? and so it seems like history's plan -- hillary's plan is working. see, it's russia's fault that she lost. despite being the most lifeless candidate

he did defend donald trump in his last big losing case, trump university case. and he has allowed donald trump to waste money on completely frivolous lawsuits like the one he lost against timothy o'brien who wrote a biography of trump that insisted that he was not a billionaire. president trump needs a lawyer who lives and breathes washington and instead he chose a lawyer who lives and breathes donald trump. this afternoon, the heads of the senate intelligence committee, republican richard burr and mark warner announced there are issuing two new subpoenas to compel president trump's michael flynn to turn over documents of his contacts with russian officials. michael flynn has claimed a fifth amendment right in response to the committees previous documents subpoena. but the fifth amendment does not protect most documents from subpoena. the committee retains the content charges against flynn for refusing him to respond to that original subpoena. now the committee leaders are directing these new subpoenas at flynn's businesses. >> we issued two subpoenas to michael

he took notes, it's his word against trump's. but the media is believing him in believing what he says. you've got the predictably deranged democrats, there unhinged allies, they are not this opportunity. they are now calling for president trump's impeachment and they know no facts. here's your honest media at work lying to you as usual. >> i rise today mr. speaker to call for the impeachment of the president of the united states of america. for obstruction of justice. >> are we getting closer and closer of the possibility of another impeachment process? >> after watching the clinton impeachment i thought i never see another one, i think were impeachment territory for the first time. >> we are well on our way to impeachment because there is a clear set of facts that show obstruction of justice. >> this is heading toward the end, right? it has to be, right? it feels that way. >> sean: wrong, in spite of all the foaming at the mouth, the media and the democrats think this is their chance, they've got to get the presidents now while

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be trump. my advice, when you have a special counsel, the best thing you can do is say nothing. don't comment on it and move on so you can focus on your agenda and talk about jobs, the economy and is grateful and trip concept that he has put together. the advice is useless because he's going to do what he's going to do. when he decided to comment this morning by twitter and again here, it's a new way to deal with a special counsel, i don't think they realize how serious this actually is. if they would like to say this is all fake, it might be. it could very well turn out to be that there is absolutely nothing there but it is like walking on a high wire without a net of about the grand canyon. >> kimberly: doesn't sound fun fun. what do you make of this? discussing it, about the special counsel. >> greg: my favorite sport is one he said i speak for myself and the russians. i know what he meant, but it was still pretty funny. i'm also represented the russians in this. the great things about this

trump became the first sitting u.s. president to visit the western wall in the old city of jerusalem, land that was seized from the palestinians by the israeli military during the six-day war in 1967. tonight, trump is flying to the vatican, where he's slated to meet with pope francis on wednesday. we'll have more on trump's visit to israel and palestine after headlines. cnn is reporting president trump as the director of national intelligence dan coats, national security agency michael rodgers, to publicly state president trump's campaign did not collude with russia to allegedly influence the 2016 election. according to cnn the request , came after former fbi director james comey publicly confirmed in march the fbi was investigating possible collusion between the trump campaign and russian officials. both dan coats and michael rodgers refused to comply with trump's demand, which they reportedly found inappropriate. meanwhile, former national security advisor michael flynn says he'll invoke his fifth amendment rights ra

mr trump will search for a new permanent fbi director will begin immediately. that was issued in the last few minutes. we know it has been a difficult 12 months for mr koh me. he was embroiled in the controversy during the election campaign. —— comey. with the hillary clinton in a campaign. hillary clinton in a campaign. hillary clinton suggested the release of certain documents and the handling of the fbi of the hacking of those e—mails relating to the democratic party last year was a contributing factor to her defeat, in her eyes. comey also giving testimony to a house committee looking to alleged links between the donald trump campaign during the fight for the white house and russia and certain diplomats. president trump's first national security adviser michael flynn had to resign for not being truthful about his contact with the russian officials primarily, the russian officials primarily, the russian ambassador to the us, this after he was confirmed as the national security adviser so lots to talk about concerning this decision might president trump

trump from the very beginning. people like chuck schumer spent more time slowing down nominations than actually solving -- >> i see you opening your mouth but we have to go. thank you both for joining me. that wraps it up for me at this hour. joy reid is next. >>> we thought this would be a day when the only big story would be the arrival of pope john paul in havana this afternoon. then the unexpected. reports of a new sect scandal involving president clinton, allegations one of his closest friends intervened improperly. the role of a white water investigator. >> that was january 1998 about the allegations of bill clinton's affair with monica lewinsky. it would be nearly a year until they voted to impeach him. that began months earlier in the court of public opinion often hours after the lewinsky scandal exploded into the news, one of the first people to publicly consider the possibility of impeachment was not one of clinton's political end ms. but one of his closest allies. clinton's own form he senior adviser, ge

where they just type in trump and they start mapping out. >> like to say, trump atlantic city. >> trump atlantic city. >> russians. >> very beginning of trump atlantic city from 1990 when it opened after first bankruptcy in 1991. >> how hard is it to track down? let's say -- i'm just saying. i'm just making up a fact pattern here. let's say that when trump was in financial trouble, the russians helped him money launder through atlantic city. just wild. pulled that out of thin air. let's say that actually happened back in 90s when trump was bankrupt. how hard would something like that be to track down. >> what happens is casinos, banks, other financial institutions. >>> i have to clear. that is just -- i just pulled that out of thin air. >> here's what we do know for sure. for its entire existence, from 1990 to 2015, the trump atlantic city casino was in violation of anti-money laundering laws per sis tenthly as one expert said.. ultimately $10 million. largest ever fine. we know for sure money was being laundered through trump's atlantic casino. >> we don't know if it was coming from ru

trump fired him last week. he will testify before the senate intelligence committee in the next few weeks in a public hearing. >> that is story line two. here is three and four on top of that. "new york times" reporting mr. trump referred to comey as, quote, a nut job when he met with the russian officials the day after comey's dismissal. and finally story four. cnn learned lawyers within the trump administration started researching impeachment, an outside legal team may also come into help. >> nic robertson is live in riyadh, he is there, the president is on the ground, had his first events. what's been so interesting to me is the fact that the saudi government, while we may be following every detail of what's going on with the trump administration, their interests are quite different. >> reporter: they are. their interests are regional, they want tough to support their aspirations for israeli, palestinian peace. they want a change from president obama. they didn't like how he handled the noouclear deal, didn'

so this isn't unique to president trump. presidents don't get a blank slate to talk about what ever they want. their still victims of a news what a news cycle this is. i don't know how long air force one has connect evident in theary. but at a certain opponent they lose cable tv when they go over the atlantic. we'll see when they lands, i think they'll have a lot of questions from the press corps that's already there. >> the president has largely been the controller of the message. when he hasn't, he has grown frustrated and angry with those responsible for put pick message out. particularly when it is not done in an orderly fashion. this is now the definition of not being in control of two major messages the white house has to deal with and still thinking they'll go there and talk about the fight against isis and all of these things. at this possibility, it is derailed and the conversation will have to shift to who is under investigation? we'll probably figure that out. swn will get frozen out. once they figure out who is u

jesse: is trump you are president? >> no. >> i think it might be a waste of time, his time to go back into the hillary investigation instead of focusing on other things. jesse: do you know who i am? >> no. >> no. jesse: i'm watters, and this is my world. . jesse: time for tweets of the night, first up, ann marie writes -- listen, if it's not broken, no need to fix it. next, just me says -- i don't know how to dance any other way. caprice tweets -- first of all, these are boat shoes that you're looking at right here, and no, i do not own a boat. second of all, i didn't know i was going to be in the studio tonight. all right? i thought i was behind a desk. so feast your eyes on these ankles. lastly, jesse watters, so glad you are back, you didn't pop your collar. listen, you don't pop the collar with a button-down shirt. there's rules. follow me on facebook, instagram and twitter. "justice with judge jeanine" is next, and remember, i'm watters and this is my world.

trump asked comey to "let go of the investigation." last week mr. trump fired mr. trump's own justice department appointing a special counsel to investigate. margaret brennan is at the white house. >> there was no collusion, and everybody, even my enemies, have said, there is no collusion. >> reporter: president trump said the appointment of special counsel robert mueller to probe russian election meddling is dividing the country. >> well, i respect the move, but the entire thing has been a witch-hunt, and there is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign, but i can only speak for myself and the russians -- zero. >> reporter: the president strongly denied interfering with the f.b.i.'s investigation. >> did you at any time urge former f.b.i. director james comey in any way, shape, or form to clez or to back down the investigation into michael flynn? and also -- >> no. no. next question. >> reporter: and mr. trump dismissed democrats' claims that he may have obstructed justice. >> i think it's everybody thinks so. >> reporter: despite saying last week th

jesse: is trump you are president? >> no. >> i think it might be a waste of time, his time to go back into the hillary investigation instead of focusing on other things. jesse: do you know who i am? >> no. >> no. jesse: i'm watters, and this is my world. up next, tweets of the night. it, we stand behind our work... because the ones you love, sit behind it. (parents whisper jingle) safelite repair, safelite replace. hey, need fast try cool mint zantac. it releases a cooling sensation in your mouth and throat. zantac works in as little as 30 minutes. nexium can take 24 hours. try cool mint zantac. no pill relieves heartburn faster. when a fire destroyed everything in our living room. we replaced it all without touching our savings. yeah, our insurance won't do that. no. you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance "justice" "justice with judge jeanine". : ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm dr. kelsey mcneely and some day you might be calling me an energy farmer. ♪ energy lives here. stay with me, m

trump, again, it feels very nixonian. way he survives them if he does, is to try to badmouth the press and make himself into the victim. i don't think that is going to work this time around. i do suspect he will continue to ratchet up efforts against the press -- except to the degree that the people who would prosecute it really are rooting for the press here, not for donald trump. that is not necessarily a good luck. but look, everyone at fbi come i conduct thee to investigations there currently conducting, wherever they are. they are doing to be less interested in donald trump's which i against journalists -- which fight against journalists, knowing that all the way the fbi gets to conduct their investigation is to have stuff like that coming out in the press -- at this point, it is like in every 10 minutes basis. amy: marcy wheeler, thank you for being with us, independent journalist who covers national secured and civil liberties, runs the website emptywheel.net. we will link to your new post "the scope of the special

obama warned trump but he wouldn't listen, though i'm not surprised trump doesn't listen to women or black people. no one knows how deep the russia-trump tie goes. what we do know is every single time the subject of russia comes up, trump gets nervous and you can tell he's nervous because he tweets -- a lot. that's basically his tell. like, if you're ever playing poker with trump, check his twitter. that's all you've got to do. i raise but i only have ten deuce, he's going to fold! #bluffing, so much bluffing! ( laughter ) donald trump didn't just tweet, this russia thing got to him so much he even changed his twitter banner to "his own tweets." yeah. which is the lamest thing a twitter person can do, let's be honest. that's worse than liking your own tweet, worse than retweeting your own tweet, worse than following scot scott baio, worsd all those things. so congratulations, sally yates you did to trump what north korea, syria and even james comey couldn't do, you got trump shook in his one safe space, and that's, um -- how would i put this -- sad! ( laughter ) we'll be right back!

wouldn't it be funny if everyone in trump's campaign was talking to the russians except trump? ( laughter ) but only because the russians didn't trust him. ( laughter ) they're like -- (russian accent) whatever you do, don't tell him. don't tell him. ( laughter ) it may be a new week but most of us are dealing with fallout of national buffoon's european invasion. ( laughter ) it's true, last week was president trump's first international trip. when someone travels, there is often a way you can look at one body part and that can tell you everything you need to know. maybe you know they went skiing because they have a goggle tan omplet you know they went to jamaica because of the white gold corn rows. or you can do the same thing with donald trump by focusing on his hands, we can learn everything we need to about his first international trip. let's follow adventures in our new segment "international hand stuff." ( applause ) ♪ ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: president trump's first stop was saudi arabia. i don't know about you, but i was waiting for him to spark an internati

than with donald trump. at least when it came to the exchange of pleasantries before and after the meeting. >> i think you're right, frances. he seemed far more at ease when he met both mrs. trump and ivanka. it was a far more natural response that he had. but i wanted to make a -- say something about the gift that president trump gave pope francis. when pope francis spoke to congress in september of 2015 he mentioned four american heroes. abraham lincoln, thomas meriton, dorothy aday, who was a catholic social activist, and martin luther king jr. and i think that that is a very considerate gift given by the president, books of martin luther king jr., who the pope held up to congress as one of the american heroes, one of the pele w he thought best represend the american ideals, the best of america. and i'm struck by the thoughtfulness of that gift. >> i want to ask you the same question i asked our colleague claudio lavanga in knowing the vatican or pope francis's statement on the outcome of this meeting kno

so why did mr trump do it? the white house has linked the sacking to mr comey‘s treatment of hillary clinton back when the fbi was investigating her e—mail use as secretary of state. many democrats think it's about something else. anger at the current fbi inquiry into alleged links between the trump campaign and russia. this is the view of the leading democratic senator, chuck schumer. i have said from the get go i think schumer. i have said from the get go ithinka schumer. i have said from the get go i think a special prosecutor is the way to go, but now with what's happened it is the only way to go, only way to go, to restore the american people's faith. are people going to suspect cover—up? absolutely. if an independent special prosecutor is appointment there still can be some faith we can get to the bottom of this. if not, eve ryo ne get to the bottom of this. if not, everyone will suspect cover—up. chuck schumer isn't the only senator urging the appointment of an independent special prosecutor to d

but consider it was also trump's words haunting the trump justice department today. at a pretty tough hearing at the ninth court of appeals in seattle. the lawyer challenging it said the evidence challenging trump must lose also comes from his own words. >> starting in december 2015 when he called for a, quote, total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states, then a few months later, quote, i think islam hates us. we can't allow people coming into this country who have this hate of the united states. >> so to be clear, the lawyers against trump there are saying even if he might have the authority to ban nationals from certain countries his own words against muslims have revealed his true illegal intent. the president's lawyer argued that trump's campaign trail words should not be brought into evidence at all. >> we shouldn't start down the road of psychoanalyzing what people meant in the campaign trail. >> but you don't need a psychoanalyst to decode many of trump's blunt attacks. this odd statement, though, from the signing of the first order that

that means that the donald trump we have now is the donald trump we're going to have as long as he's in office. and, so, hope springs eternal for republicans, even boehner, that he can turn into a different animal, but he's 70 years old and he ain't changing. >> i thought something else he mentioned -- he actually has mentioned this before, jonathan allen, that republicans will never agree on health care. was nevertheless prescient and a little bit of him saying, okay, paul ryan, good luck with that. >> boehner has always been a very good observer of political winds. he was that way when he was in the house before he was speaker. he's that way now. he's absolutely right. the republicans are divided over health care and the other issue that they want to move to, tax reform divides them even worse. this is not a party that came in with a plan for unifying them and dividing the democrats which is normally what you try to do as a political perspective as you're getting policy done. it's interesting to hear him say that. one thing i disagree with hillary clinton did get 65 million votes.

they leak, the trump people leak. how you get your message out, how people try to frame these discussions is via leakage. that's the way they do this. now, if there was something, and that's why the unmasking piece of this. this is why, did somebody abuse their power and privilege to try to bring harm unfairly to somebody? was this a frame job? that's a different question and much more consequential. in the category of who's leaking on who, i would say team trump probably moved past the point where there are obama holdovers in a position to do any harm to them in any way. >> you think the land mines are at this point we've already seen them or there are more land mines within the white house that were left behind? >> i would guess that we are far enough in, far enough along and trump now has in h.r. mcmaster, somebody widely respected, the team gets goods review, bipartisan good review, mattis at defense. his national security and intelligence team gets these top drawer review, people are very happy with that, so i th

"trump under fire." shock waves across washington tonight. the special counsel to take over the investigation into russian meddling in the u.s. election. so what does that mean for the embattled president? >> no politician in history has been treated worse or more unfairly. >> trump taking heat from all sides. some lawmakers calling for extremes. >> the president must be impeached. >> but many supporters saying this is all just dirty politics. >> if you think they're just going to hand you your country back without a fight, you're sadly mistaken. >>> and behind closed doors. a west wing reeling from one scandal to the next. >> this is a white house in panic mode. >> as the outsider who said he'd fix washington tries to get his hoe this special edition of "nightline," "trump under fire," will be right back. "nightline." "trump under fire." >> good even. thanks for joining us. another astonishing turn of events out of washington. the newly appointed special counsel taking over the investigation into russia's this as the trump administration bat

trump, scott, but as one local businessman put it, "trump is not a politician and he doesn't operate like one." >> dean reynolds, as we continue to listen to the voters. dean, thank you very much. >>> well, mr. trump leaves tomorrow on a trip that the white house describes as an attempt to unite major religions against radical islam. he will visit all the faiths of abraham -- islam in saudi arabia, judaism in israel, and christianity at the vatican. a senior white house official told us today that during the visit the saudis and other muslim countries will pledge to cut off funding for terrorism. then mr. trump will be off to brussels for a nato summit and sicily for the g7 economic summit. we asked mark phillips to tell us about the president's image overseas. >> i think that there's a sense of horrified fascination here in europe. >> reporter: fascination and fear, according to jonathan powell, who ran the british prime minister's office during the tony blair years, and who knows about dealing with u.s. presidents. when they're preoccupied with political intrigue at home, he says,

here trump has been softer on that. so in this way i think netanyahu recognizes that in trump he's got somebody who is more like-minded, that he can work with who is more aligned with his priorities with regard to iran, although trump has not abandoned the nuclear deal set under the obama administration. so i think netanyahu wants to give some space and show some gowill to keep the administration close to them. >> yakkov, could you speak to that point as well, is the move more symbolic or meaningful that the israeli cabinet made toward the palestinians ahead of this visit, from a president who has said num ruls times that he believes he may be the one to be able to finally broker a peace agreement in the region. >> a peace agreement that he actually calls the ultimate deal. president who also i think israel's right wing coalition thought would not want to be getting his hands dirty with the israeli/palestinian conflict but seems to be keen on a deal. the confidence measures in the so-called peace process jargon is basic

one of the five times there's a false accusation against trump and the anti-anti-trump force say see the media is unfair, and total missing of the forest through the tree there is. >> what a great panel. sorry, i have to cut it off. president trump's historic win is inspiring celebrities to run for office. who is anying of jumping into the week? it's this week's "state of the cartoonian" next. >>> welcome back. president trump talked about stacking the cabinet with guys from central casting. now the tv star turned president is showing fellow celebrities they may be able to tackle the role of commander in chief. who else may look to make the move from hollywood to washington? that's the subject of this week's "state of the cartoonian." is the rock cooking up a presidential run? [ cheers and applause ] movie star and former professional wrestler duane "the rock" johnson said a run for office is, quote, a real possibility. in the age of the celebrity president can success at the box office translate to a win at the ballot box? we can envision campaigning using some of the lines from "fa

the only people who ever accosted were people at a trump rally. trump did not cause this. the left cannot believe, and they can't accept that this guy got elected. trish: yeah, ain't that the truth. joe, scott, thank you so much. good to see you guys. a lot more coming up. goldman sachs under fire for his bomb deal in venezuela suicide of offering a financial lifeline to the country's dictator president maduro. his opponents are begging for international financial institutions to avoid these kinds of transactions. why is goldman doing this? the almighty buck, is it that important? you want to support socialism in venezuela? come on, goldman, you're better than that. we've got the intel next trish: all right. we've got the markets making their bay back to the flat line. off the lows of the session down 32 points right now on the dow. the dow gained 89 points in the month in part thanks to apple, mcdonald's, 3m. stock prices all sorg. plus united airlines in trouble again for allegedly failing to inspect the fuel pump of a boeing 787 before flying. the faa looking to fine un

trump's outside attorney. how far will the administration go to dodge reporters and avoid giving answers? deal or denial? president trump says he will make a decision very soon about the paris climate agreement as sources say he is expected to withdraw from the accord. tonight, mr. trump is already facing backlash accused of undermining the fight against global warming. new reign of terror. u.s. citizens are among casualties after huge new suicide bomb attack in afghanistan as president trump decides whether to commit more u.s. troops to america's longest war. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in the situation room.

his name is donald trump. eth another 18 oh -- 180 where d getting involved in these wars, overthrowing dictate tores is bad. he can say those photos which were horrible were bad. but assad has been doing that for years. i think his initial -- he was initially right. we are not going to win that war. never. neil: we'll see. i want to thank you. a real pleasure. stocks on the way up no matter what goes down after all this. this. survive tlifr no matter what happens in washington what do you have. >> -- public energy services peg symbol 4z% dividend. >> ben. >> as always fighters hold them long enough you will be rich. >> he will be rich, the way he said it you will be rich, i hope you founded this -- we continue now. david: why washington is focusing on the allegations against president trump as he takes first foreign trip, someone here says with our debt nearing 20 trillion dollars we should salmonella be focusing on a really revolutionary plan the trump team is upvailing brand-new budget aimed at something we

president trump and kenneth trump campaigned very hard about the fact that he will defeat isis. so far, he has certainly done a magnificent job in taking such a strong stance in syria where isis has eventually been allowed the opportunity to grow by the tens of thousands because of that whole no boots on the ground policy that our former president obama had implemented and by not growing there on the ground many military officials would argue that that essentially gave isis time to grow. in this trip, while in riyadh, he, the president will be attending the inauguration of the global counter extremism terrorism center. what can he learn from that visit? >> what he needs to learn in syria, in particular, is the assad regime that has been fueling the rise of isis. it is the brutality of the assad regime in just killing hundreds of thousands of syrians, primarily sunnis, that is driven people, so many sunnis into the arms of isis. julie: i'm sorry, i didn't mean to cut you off there. i wanted to let you finish a thought, i have to let you go. our new cast is a bit fluid. james, tha