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

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

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

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

how close are they getting to trump? >> chris, nbc news has confirmed a white house official is under investigation. our sources are not naming this person. and do you know what else we don't know, chris, we don't know if it's related directly to russia collusion or about some other business activity. what we're seeing is once you turn a bunch of fbi agents loose on international businessmen, they're not going to ignore other crimes that they discover. so we have not seen any public evidence of collusion with russia, but what we've seen is mike flynn with his turkish lobbying, we've seen paul manafort with a series of real estate transactions that have come under question, and so it could be that the fbi is looking at other conduct that may or may not be illegal that have been engaged in by trump and his associates. i want to go back to the timeline you mentioned. when you talk about people in the u.s. government, when they meet with russians, they are very careful how they handle those meetings. they are running at amer

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

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!

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

he is denying he had contact with trump associates or trump campaign. do you believe that his denial is credible or does it seem clear to you that he does appear in these communications is he may have been involved in this somehow? >> i have to go with what he told us in an e-mail that he totally denied having any contacts. the only thing you can point out is that obviously he's ukranian and there were very senior people in the trump campaign including paul manafort who served as mr. trump's campaign manager for a period of time who have ties to ukraine. that's about all i can say in terms of this denial. >> one of the things we've been sort of trying to track over time is whether or not the white house explanation and story for what happened here makes sense given the other corroborateble facts we know in the world. the vice president obviously denied at one point there were any contacts between the trump campaign and russia. he denied that he had any knowledge of mike flynn having contacts with foreign vernments. lied to mike pence about mike flynn's

, melania trump to his left. anushay, a lot of families do business together in saudi arabia. is that a commonality that saudi families see with president trump when we see in the contingent he has taken there, his daughter, ivanka, is with him. his son-in-law, jared kushner, also his senior adviser, is will w him. is there a commonality that they share that saudis are focusing on? >> there say commonality but i don't think it's one that you want to highlight. we're not talking about a great example of democracy when it comes to saudi arabia. women are still fighting for the right to drive, still fighting for the right to vote in saudi arabia, and you notice ivanka trump is not wearing a head scarf, which is something that a lot of foreign dignitaries and their spouses don't necessarily have to abide by but in saudi arabia women are legally required not only to have a male guardian for simple things a lowed to travel or seek medical attention but they also have to be covered from head to toe so interesting note n

all three fired by president trump. president trump's firing of director comey made history. not since watergate on the evening of october 20, 1973, a saturday, known affectionately as the sat did i night massacre -- as the saturday night massacre, has the president dismissed an official in -- in its 109-year history, only one f.b.i. director had been fired. f.b.i. director william sessions was dismissed for serious ethical violations. the f.b.i. at that time was not investigating the clinton administration. i've had my disagreements with director comey, judgments he's made, statements he's made. i'm not exactly his greatest fan. but i didn't question his competence when it came to investigating. i never called on him to be fired. there are so many questions that need to be answered. why was director comey fired now, just as the f.b.i. investigation of the russian interference in the presidential campaign seemed to be reaching a critical point? today white house spokesperson sara huckabee sanders said that the president has been considering firing comey, quote, since the day

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 i arabi. amy: and the fact that these precision guided weapons that president obama, under enormous eace activistsm p 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 t this is all about encircling iran, an

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

what did the trump transition and the early trump administration tell you about your fate as a u.s. attorney or the fate of u.s. attorneys generally in the new administration? >> well, we never spoke directly to the new administration. but we were -- we knew those conversations were taking place. we had heard that the transition team was recommending that we be permitted to stay in place to assure an orderly transition. and then as you just said before you went to commercial on the tuesday before the inauguration, a conference call was convened with all the united states attorneys to let us know that we would not in fact be asked to eleave precipitously. we would ask that we would be permitted to stay until of course we wanted to leave on our other own or until some succession plan was put into effect. >> they told you that on the 17th. was there any subsequent direction that that advice or that plan had changed? >> no, nothing at all. and obviously, before that time, some number of my colleagues had left on their own. some continued to go. i myself was planning to leave probably ab

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donald trump jr. is out there saying this is now considered to be acceptable discourse by the left, molly. >> who is saying it's acceptable discourse? >> don trump jr. >> who is saying it's even discourse? i have a hard time bringing myself to care about something like this. i think it just speaks to the need to see themselves as a victim that they have, that they are constantly being persecuted. >> the trumps you're talking about. >> the trump people are constantly having to point to the elites who are looking down on them. of course, comedians and celebrities say dumb stuff and do dumb stuff and violence is not appropriate, but i just don't think that that's the source of president trump's problems. >> david? >> i think we've got much bigger issues to focus on than kathy griffin. >> jen, do you want to weigh in at all? >> agree with david. >> i do want to ask you, david, because there's a lot of speculation in the press about president trump maybe bringing you on board, which we would oppose because

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

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

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

even for president trump who has been known to shock people, president trump fired fbi director james comey just hours ago. first the official version of what happened according to the white house is that fundamentally this was done on the recommendation of deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. he was just confirmed by the senate 94-6 at the end of april. he was in charge of the investigation into russian interference in the u.s. election because attorney general jeff sessions was not forthcoming about his meetings with the russian ambassador and recused himself. so rosenstein came into the job. he looked at comey's behavior relating to the clinton e-mail investigation last year. he found it wrong, he found it deeply troubling and he recommended that since comey has refused to admit his errors he should be fired. he recommended that to jeff sessions and passed it on to president trump. end of story according to the white house. here are the problems according to those who are skeptical of this decision and this president. president trump shares exactly zero of rosenstein's concerns

for trump. there are over 200 counties that voted for obama twice and switched to trump. that something again that gets to the point that people are less ideological than we in washington think. >> it's per pocketbook issues that drives a lot of these areas of people you're visiting and people you're talking to. >> people like the fact that trump was an outsider. they weren't necessarily voting as a republican. they saw him on as independent. a lot of people voted who were lifelong democrats voted for trump and then the rest of the ticket they voted democrat down the line. >> from warren, michigan on our line for others, robert, hi there. >> caller: hello. thank you for talking to me. i noticed that in the documentary that you were talking about earlier that trump made a lot of promispromises, including about health care, that he was not going to, you know, use the thing about the prior conditions, health conditions and then we find out that millions of people could be dropped from the health ca

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'

trump initiated the call. what we published was a philippine government document, classified philippine government document. so this was the transcript that duterte's people made of his call with trump. the reason i emphasize that is because after we published this, matt drudge put it at the top of drudge report. we had an enormous surge in traffic from many people who are supporters of donald trump. drudge gotarded in bombarded with a boycott campaign from trump supporters who are saying, whoever leaked this should be prosecuted for treason. in the journalist who published this should be put in prison, which echoes what we know trump has sort of suggested in meetings most recently to james comey right before he fired him. this was not a a u.s. government document. people were saying, this is proof that obama left the white house bugged. it is like they don't understand the basic fact of went to foreign leaders are speaking, there are two sides of the conversation, so there we have it, the phone conversation -

we saw what trump did. he colluded with that evidence. >> that's the issue going back to the original point. when do you say when? how long do you allow these investigations to continue? the process is about what, it's about the fact that our democracy was challenged, our elections were challenged. because russia interfered. that's what people are forgetting. that takes precedent. it's not about how long. it's about getting to the bottom because that affects 2018 and -- >> russia has been interfering or wanting to interfere -- >> is it right? >> i'm not saying it's right. all i'm asking for is consistency. i was in the 1984 reagan campaign. after the soviet union -- wait. after the soviet union fell and a british reporter for the financial times or one of the papers got into the archives. there was a letter from ted kennedy trying to arrange a deal with gorbachev to damage the reagan campaign. where was the big investigation? in other words, if we're going -- >> jeffrey, that did not dominate the 1984 campa

president trump has proposed eliminating the estate tax in tax reform. yet the trump budget assumes that the government will take in more than $300 billion in estate taxes over the next ten years. in other words, part of the budget says, we're getting rid of the estate tax. part of the budget says, $300 billion that the estate tax brings in is counted to balancing the budget. never seen anything like it. if an accountant did this, moises -- i don't know accounting standards in detail -- but they'd be kicked out of the accounting professional. in short, as benjamin appl applm points out, president trump is proposing to balance the budget in part by simultaneously increasing estate taxation and eliminating estate taxation. let me read that. this is a reporter for "the new york times." not some politician of a political party. quote, president trump is proposing to balance the federal budget, in part, by simultaneously increasing estate taxation and eliminating estate taxation. the goal, the nerve, the fact facts-be-darned attitude in this budget is appalli

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

if america is winning and president trump is making america great again. >> president trump: i'm donald trump and i approve this message. >> jesse: cnn very upset with that at they won't air it because of the phrase "fake news," why do you think cnn is so sensitive to that charge? >> dana: one of the things that president trump says, may be cnn's counter punching, who can blame them? >> jesse: do you like the ad? >> dana: no, not really. i think he has had some good successes i wouldn't call it a tax plan, a one pager is not an actual plan but it's a great opening bid. i think they had some stumbles in the first 25 days and had a great two-thirds after that or three quarters if i'm doing my math right. in this case, everybody wins. if trump wins because were talking about it that were going after the media and that helps him as his face and who watches this show and it cnn wins because were talking about cnn, they could say look how principled we are we didn't do it. >> jesse: do you think cnn does win? it seemed like they were in on the joke and now they are the blood of the joke and t

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

how are trump supporters taking this, or are they just ride or die? >> you know, there's two version of trump supporters. one is the core base. the most important thing to know about those people is this is all white noise at this point. most trump supporters tell me they are not watching, they are not reading, they are not engaging with this and i think we've got to look at why. for many of those people they voted for trump because the thought of having hillary clinton as president was unimaginable to them. you know, they saw her as corrupt. so they are looking at a lot of paralithium ion cells now, and just like all of us can come up with a list of the top ten things that have happened in the past 24 hours, they have a long list of things that they believe hillary clinton did which are either not reported or reported but not investigated or investigated but not really prosecuted, and they look at all of that and it's on that list, benghazi and the clinton foundation and loretta talking to bill and -- and humaees laptop and private e-mail server and

trump. and they will soon be touching the soil of saudi arabia. and i doo believe that we are seeing, if i'm not mistaken -- it's yet to be confirmed. i believe we're seeing the saudi king about to greet donald trump in person. >> very happy to see you. >> the king of saudi arabia. nic robertson was just telling us, an older gentleman. and nic was thinking he wouldn't come out in the sweltering heat. there it is, the symbolism. he did. he greeted donald trump right at the bottom of the steps of air force one. the king of saudi arabia, the president, the new president of the united states. a handshake. first few words. going to be interesting to see how this plays out. to comment on this are nic robertson and jeremy diamond, both of them covering the trip, first overseas trip of the u.s. president abroad. nic, it's interesting to watch these pictures. you were telling me about when barack obama was here. and it was a different picture from what we're seeing here. >> it was. none of the fanfar

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

"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,

night trump launched the attack. here's how the commerce secretary talked about the strike. he says, quote, it was in lieu of after dinner entertainment. it didn't cost the president anything to have that entertainment. cnn has calls into commerce department and the white house for comment. they have not yet been b returned. >> people at that event saying it was a bad joke. we'll see. >>> president trump offering another salute to his. populous predecessor. it's been awhile since andrew jackson was trending on social media, but he was yesterday. there was a flaw in his history lesson. listen to an interview for the washington examiner. >> i mean, had andrew jackson been a little later you wouldn't have had had the civil war. he was a very tough person, but he had a big heart. he was really angry that, he saw what was happening with regard to the sieve war. he said, there's no reason for this. >> here's just some of the problem. he died in 1845 while the civil war didn't start until 1861. overnight, president trump tr

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

president trump fires the fbi director investigating russia's ties to trump's aides. this morning demands for a special prosecutor amid growing doubts over the direction the future of the russian investigation. welcome back to "early start". i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. it's 30 minutes past the hour on another stunning day in the political scene in this country. was james comey fired as the fbi director for his handseling of the clinton e-mail investigation as the white house claims, or something else? this morning the reality for the bureau and the white house is this. russia probe is alive without anyone to lead it and the president of the united states is taking serious heat from both sides of the aisle for a move that stunned the nation and at minimum raises some serious questions about why this move came at this time. >> democratic calls for a special prosecutor on the russia probe grow louder this morning. house democrats are now asking for the preservation of all documents related to russia and to comey's firing. the fbi director's unceremonious te

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 statement the white house said "we are confident when the inquiries are complete there will be no evidence to support any collusion between the campaign and russia." a member of the house intelligenc

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

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 ass 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 t

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

president trump yesterday wished melania trump a happy mothers' day on twitter. it was sweet. but not as sweet as her reply. [ laughter and applause ] white house press -- white house press secretary sean spicer said today that there is no need for a special prosecutor in the russia investigation. of course, this is one of those cases where it matters how he said it. did he say "there's no need for a special prosecutor"? or was it more like, "you don't need a special prosecutor to figure this one out." [ light laughter ] "look, here's a picture of trump in the white house with a russian spy. should we call columbo or are we good?" [ light laughter ] "citizens arrest at this point?" president trump yesterday issued a statement calling for paid family leave. which is a little surprising until you remember that he's already paid two families to leave. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] could argue better off. an argument could be made. the new york yankees this weekend retired derek jeter's number. but a lot of women still have it. [ laughter ] congratulations, captain. parents

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

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

blacks for trump. i love that guy. blacks for trump. thank you. thank you. thank you, man. that's great,s that he's really cool. >> thompson: even donald trump is shocked that there is a black person in his audience. you see how excited he got. oh wow, that's really cool. like he points out black people in his crowd like he is on a whale watching tour. look over there, look, a black one, it's so majestic. all right, jeff sessions, ready the har poob. -- harpoon. look, i-- i wanted trump to change as much as anyone. he was fun and devicive on the campaign trail and i hope that the oval office would shape him into a white obama. but we have to admit that it's not going to happen. especially when he still says things like this. >> media outlets, like cnn and msnbc are fake news. >> there's another big gathering taking place tonight in washington d.c. did you hear about it? a large group of hollywood actors, and washington media, are consoling each other in a hotel ballroom in our nation's capitol right now. they are gathered together for the white house correspondent's dinner,