to continue its nuclear program. he warned the world not to be naive or blinded by what he called north korea's charm offensive. wolf. >> michelle, thanks very much. reporting from vancouver. that it for me. thanks for watching. erin burnett out front starts right now. out front next, your amnesia is complicit after she says she doesn't recall the president's s hole comments. plus steve bannon grilled on capitol hill and tonight still going ton. what is he telling investigators. we are going on ten hours here, people. and the white house doctor goes on and on answering an hour of questions about president trump's health. is there anything left to learn? let's go out front. good evening i'm erin

burnett. out front tonight, how stupid do you think we are? allies in washington are covering for president trump. they shouldn't get away with it. they called african countries s hole country and it's racist. today homeland security kirstjen nielsen who was in that heated meeting on immigration with president trump was krild on capitol hill about what exactly the president said. and she conveniently couldn't remember. >> you said on fox news that the president used strong language. what was that strong language? >> let's see, strong language, there was, apologizes i don't remember specific words. >> okay. so if we were to take the secretary at her word, and she says she doesn't remember, quote, strong language used by the president of the united states, then surely she doesn't remember specific words by others in the room, right? >> i hear senator graham used profanity? >> i did hear tough language

from senator graham, yes, sir. >> what did he say? >> he used tough language. >> do you recall that the strong language he used repooted what the president had said prior to that? >> i remember specific cuss words being used by a variety of members. >> so she does remember specific cuss words used by a variety members of congress but not specific cuss words used by the president of the united states. so who does this administration think it's fooling at this point? well, certainly not senator cory booker. >> the commander in chief in oval office meeting referring to people from african countries and haitians with the most vial and vulgar language. both language festers when ignorance and bigotry is alive with power. it's a dangerous force in our country. your silence and your amnesia is complicity.

>> unfortunately it's not just the secretary of homeland security. here are two republican senators who also were in the meeting. >> i'm telling you he did not use that word, george, and telling you it's a gross misrepresentation. >> i didn't hear that word. >> i haven't heard what senator durbin said repeatedly. >> i don't know if they are playing with semantics. senior gop source familiar with the matter says to cnn that instead of hearing the president say s hole, some republicans, cotton and purdue heard trump says s house. why would two sitting senators hand cabinet secretary cover for the president when so many people know the truth? well, all we can say is this. they are not alone in lying. and let's use the word lying for this president. >> this was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period. >> of course it wasn't.

>> the president in no way form or fashion has ever promoted or encouraged violence. >> of course that wasn't true either. >> here's the tape. >> knock the crack out of them, would you, seriously. okay. just knock the held. like to punch him in the face, i'll tell you. >> or the president's national security adviser, when he came out, you know, on his own, came out and knocked down reports that the president had revealed highly classified information in the oval office to the russian foreign minister and ambassador. here's hr mcmaster. >> the story that came out tonight as reported is false. at no time, at no time, were intelligence sources or methods discussed. >> yet the president one day later directly contradicted admitted to sharing the information with russia. so many people willing to compromise for this president.

jeff zeleny out live at the white house. what's stunning sources inside the white house admit this. they are not denying the president said s hole or s house is distinction without a difference just to be loud and clear. >> white house press briefing sarah sanders did not deny he used those words. he said, look, you know the president can be politically incorrect if you will. so certainly did not deny it erin, on the end of this day, second day of potential deal that seemed to be reached a full week ago with republicans and democrats, now is completely blown out of the water. now that government shutdown looming on friday. democrats saying they won't do a deal. so all of that conversation that hearing on capitol hill, the briefing here today, erin, leaves everyone with no prog

le rest. both sides dug their heels in. so, erin, getting closer to friday deadline, no deal, no even outline of a deal seems to be in play between either side erin. >> thank you. so much very much. then presidential historian and former director of the nixon presidential library. april white house correspondent. and editor in chief of the daily beast. so you are sitting closest to me so you are first. does the white house truly believe americans are falling for this? what happened from the secretary of home land security today from senators cotton and purdue is stunning. >> it's pathetic and desperate because they want to deflect and dis miss and hoping they can turn the page. because they know they don't have allege to stand on. maybe they think they can fool part of their base which is incredible condemnation. bull we all know the white house didn't deny this report

initially. they didn't until the next day with the president. so you have surrogating sucking up to the president trying to avoid the obvious, and it really shows how his influence ended up degrading their character and integrity. it's just a pathetic mess across the board. >> when you talk about people are seen as up and comers in their own party, their willingness to do this to themselves. the secretary was also asked if she remembered something else which many people in the room said happened which is the president says he wants more immigrants from norway. i don't want people from s hole country bs you in from norway. she said she heard the president describe norway as following. >> they are industrious and hard working country. they don't have much crime there. they don't have much debt. >> all right. she left one point out, though, tim, let me just play that exchange. here it is. >> norway is a predominantly

white country, isn't it? >> i actually do not know that sir but i would imagine that's ts case. >> i'm sorry, that is laughable. what norway does have a lot of migration, but, tim, of course, just to make it clear. 83% of the people who live in norway are white. >> yeah, well, look, she runs the department of homeland security. which means it's a department. >> which she doesn't know about it then. >> no, you are supposed to know about outside countries and differences among them. we are face ago very dramatic moment because we have a group of people in the white house who were scared by the prospects of a bipartisan compromise on immigration. >> right. senators graham and durbin came to present. >> because for all the semantics

and vulgarity, what's offensive about this is that the president had no moral compass on this. he flip flopped. he told graham why do you think this meeting happened? he told graham come to the white house and i'm ready to have ta compromise. then i don't know if it was steve inmiller or who it was in the white house, found out, called hardliners and said you better come quick because the president is about to give away the store and cotton and purdue come and get him to say no. that's the problem. >> the stunning moment, all tv i of it is stunning but when she pauses and says i did not know that about norway being predominantly white. i don't want to laugh at it because it's not funny actually. >> only thing people know about norway. >> go ahead. >> unfairly. >> it really is not funny. this is the person who is in charge of protecting the united

states from all issues foreign and domestic. to look and survey the globe and to survey what's here and you don't know what the majority population is of norway? i really find that a stonding. but maybe i shouldn't. because a lot of people doing on-the-job training in this administration so i don't know. >> go ahead. >> you know, we can't normalize this. these are people who are protecting us and leading us. this is serious. and for the head of homeland security to not know -- i mean either she is just -- i don't know. i don't want to assume. it's not good. >> i think in the spirit of you have to laugh or else you would cry, i think the reason it's funny we are all assuming of course she knows that about norway but politically unable to state the obvious and that's sad so therefore it's also funny.

>> norway incredible wealth comes from oil, so iraqi who came there, who great reliance and immigrants in that country. >> and africa is incredible wealth is minerals and oil as well. >> authoritarian regime people around the leader are uncomfortable crossing the leader. we have people around the president who owe everything to him and unwilling to sait president made a mistake. that's all she had to say. but no one will say t it's a dangerous moment. >> then you had sarah sanders the president obviously said i'm not a racist. so she was asked to explain why she's not a racist. the answer is incredible. here it is. >> i think that is outrageous claim. and frankly i think if the critics of the president were who he said he was, why did nbc give him a show for decade on tv? >> i guess now she trusts the

judgment of the media that she says is fake. >> you know, if that's the standard for racism, whether nbc gives you a tv show t i'm pretty sure it's not, i'm pretty sure the standard is racist is saying racist things. so i don't know what to do with that so irrelevant to the topic. >> devils bargain very good argument the president was popular, then candidate, was popular with african americans people of color until he started birther movement then the ratings dropped and he still did the birther movement. >> april, sorry? >> yeah, erin, one thing sarah does very well shoe protects her boss and she will continue to protect her boss. but there are there are holes i argument. there were at least two people on that show who won that there is questionable issues of racism

with. randall pin ket from season 4 winner black man said donald trump is racist for reasons he said donald trump had said something to him, this is what he's saying, donald trump said you should share the winnings title with the runner-up who was white. and then i think about going back to what the panelist just said about the birther movement, in 2012, ar sin owe hall were pitted against. they had to make a decision do i want to be a racist or clay a kin or hall. he made the choice. and many people said he's going to choose ar sin owe. he deserved it. but he gave it to him. in the midst of that birther issue. so i understand what sarah is trying to do, but that just brings more of a white hot light on the issue of raszism with at least two winners black in the

apprentice. >> can i say i'm stunned by your deep knowledge of the apprenticeship. i was not expecting that this evening. >> let me say that, it's called research and i did happen to watch the arsenio and a kin. i did watch the first season. what do you mean it's incredible? we have lives beyond this, right? don't try to diminish me. >> no, i wasn't. honestly, i am not. that's farthest thing from my mind. >> i think april maybe it got lost in translation. thanks to you all. i appreciate it. next breaking news a new message from the senate majority leader on potential immigration deal. are we about to get a government shut down. plus steve bannon still behind closed doors. here we are hour 11 about to begin. talking about russia right now. and. and the white house doctor

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>> it is clear that congress has at least until march at a minimum and possibly even longer to reach a compromise that resolved the daca question. there is no reason why congress should hold government funding hostage over the issue of illegal immigration. >> out front on capitol hill. and sunlen obviously getting down to the wire, crucial moment, any chance democrats listen to mcconnell? >> many democrats, erin, already clearing their line in the sand saying no i won't spend for any spending bill that won't include anything addressing daca. many democrats have been vocal about that in resent days. but here's where the big question turns for the democrat party, how far do they push this. do they indeed push this towards potential shut down over their demands on daca? this puts a lot of democrats, especially those red states democrats running in re-election races, in tough positions. republicans here at least senate

side need 60 votes to pass a spending bill through which means they really need the support of about 9 democrats depending on who republicans end up voting for. so they have some wiggle room here. as negotiations continue tonight, many want to see other things added to spending bill, not just daca. many say they want extension of the chip extension, children's health insurance program money thrown in there. will that be enough to woo the senate democrats? still outstanding question. but that's senate side. there are major problems house side among republicans to get the spending bill through. so a lot of issues and not a lot of time. >> thank you so much, sunlen. all right. the president's failure to get an immigration deal done. is it tax fault? that is it according to lindsey graham. >> i think someone on his staff gave him really bad advice

between 10:00 to 12:00 on thursday. >> of course 12:00 is when that meeting happened. now infamous meeting. who specifically gave that president bad advice, senator graham would not say, but senator dick durbin who of course had that bipartisan deal with lindsey graham and who is the man who confirmed what the president said in that immigration first was happy to come out and say who was to blame. >> any effort to kill immigration reform usually has mr. miller's fingerprints on it. >> he's referring to steven miller. out front tonight a friend of the president for over 15 minutes and white house communication director for president obama. so jen what does it mean if steven miller is running the ship? he's young and formerly a staffer before jeefff sessions before he became attorney general. >> steven miller was probably behind the meeting.

no secret he doesn't like immigrants especially if they are not white. i think the issue here is that donald trump hasn't really shown that he disagrees with him fundamentally. so who cares if steve inmiller or traited t orchestrated. the meeting. i think was donald trump speaking from the heart about siding with white supremacists, that's the piece been consistent, and really about the president that's where the buck stops. >> you are right about that. because i want to play that in a moment. but rob just for you steven miller he's a hard liner on immigration. strong point of view. and he's talked about it. here he is in heated conversation when he actually took questions a few months ago in the briefing room with jim acosta talking immigration. >> are we just going to bring in people from great britain and australia? >> jim, actually, i can honestly say i am shocked at your statement that you think that only people from great britain

and australia would know english. it reveals your cosmopolitan bias to a shocking degree that in your mind, no, this is amazing moment. i just want to say. >> sounds like you are trying to engineer the racial and ethnic flow of people into this country? >> jim, that is one of the most outrageous, ignorant and foolish things you've ever said. and for you to that's a really -- the notion that you think this is a racist bill is so wrong and so insulting. >> so this is the man, the young gentleman so influential on this in the white house. >> who cares what steve inmiller thinks. i think the big issue here is where are we going with friday. friday is potential shut down. what does the shut down mean? it means some of government is not going to be working. but most of the main things are. so scare tactic right now that's being used as diversion.

we talked about s hole for six days. six days. and i think most people don't even care anymore since friday night. and quite frankly i don't think the democrats want a deal on daca. daca is something very important to democrats as they go into the 18 elections. it fires up the base. keeps the reflection off of them and on to the president. they can call him everything they want. i think a lot of it is totally untrue. but this is a way to keep their base going. a deal with daca helps the president and the republicans. >> okay. there are what, though, 7, or 800,000 people directly febted affected by this. so let's get to the point. what matters is does the president agree with what he has to say? i'm not talking about the mexican rapist comment or ban on muslims. i'm going to talk specifically when the president was talking about daca, here he is. >> we will immediately terminate

president obama's two illegal executive amnesties in which he defied federal law and the constitution to give amnesty to approximately 5 million illegal immigrants. 5 million. >> look, it sounds cold and it sounds hard. we have a country, a country is going to hell. we have to an a system that are illegally in our country. >> we are always talking about d.r.e.a.m.ers. i want the people growing up in the united states to be dreamers also. they are not dreaming right now. >> all of that was during the campaign. he at least publicly softened a bit since then. but do you think that reflects still his view? >> well, he's lightly flirted p. but for the most part his consistent language has not strayed. in general, in view of

immigrants or minorities, from what he said on the campaign. and sometimes it's become harsher. so comments in the oval office important for a range of reasons but also off the cuff and really reflect not him read frg a speech but what his view is a lot of the tenets of immigration reform and daca and other things sochlt what is his actual gut view? i think it's more telling to hear what he has to say off the cuff than prepared remarks or speech or what his spokes people are saying. >> isn't that why s hole or s house is so important? shows what he thinks. i don't want more people from here. i want more people from norway. >> first of all, some of this still should be alleged. no one was in the room with the camera. >> no, it's not. multiple people were in the room. source ns the white house. >> different opinions. >> s house or s hole. >> okay. but you know what let's take that word and say fine he said

it. to me, and i think most people i was in a dinner today, burger king, all over the place last five days, nobody is talking about this. everyone is talking about whether daca or immigration deal will get done. and ultimately that's what he'll be judged on not what he said and people say he meant. but i think again right now the democrats really don't want a deal. because this is very important. more so to republicans to get a deal done on daca i think. because just like president clinton is hero to the northern ireland peace accord, i this i if president trump is the one to get this done, that could be a very big important step for republicans with minorities, with hispanics. >> they desperately need that. >> they do. >> thank you both very much. >> thank you. >> and next bannon subpenaed after refusing to answer questions from house russia investigators. but here's the thing the subpoena came in, now he is still meeting with house members t has been ten hours, almost to the second, since it began. what is going on in there?

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president trump's former chief strategies steve bannon refusing to answer questions today by the house intelligence committee for the russia probe. and right now at this moment breaking news is he's still there on capitol hill. scheduled to start at 9:30 so now ten hours. will this be 12 hours of steve bannon this is pretty stunning. one republican congressman saying he evoked executive privilege to avoid answering trump's in the white house. but going on 12 hours so hard to imagine no comment for all those. and evan perez is out front. this is stunning bannon

repeatedly refused to answer questions then issued a subpoena by the house intel committee. got it done in the middle of the day. now we are he's still testifying. what's going on. >> reporter: right. erin, i think that's indication that subpoena did do its job and now he's been able to at least answer the questions that have been asked of him. of course this is a position that we have seen before from people in this administration. they believe that because of their conversations with the president they believe that there is a possible protection of an executive privilege that they should not answer those questions. and obviously you've seen lawmakers react very critic will i to that because they believe that they have a right to get these answers. so we know that bannon obviously has a lot of information. he was obviously not hoeonly ca on to the campaign toward the winning end but first six months of this administration. he was there during a lot of the

tumult going in this administration. so steve bannon served a subpoena during the middle of the day and forced to answer questions. >> this isn't the only one. from what we are seeing appears to have worked. and "new york times" reported he is subpenaed by the special council robert mueller to appear bch grand jury and answer questions. why is that important? >> reporter: for a couple of reasons. for now we have seen connected to the white house, close to the president have had voluntarily interviews with the special counsel. they've not had to be compelled to come before the grand jury. the way they've done this, the way the special counsel has operated is as long as you are willing to come in cooperatively they don't issue subpenas. they are bringing you in and you have several hours of interviews, in some cases a couple of days of interviews. in this case it appears that steve bannon did not want to provide that testimony and so they had to issue a subpoena to come before the grand jury. i can tell you that there is a couple reasons why people in the

white house i think are paying attention to this. certainly he was aware of some of these meetings that happened not only during the transition but as you have seen in the interviews in the comments he made to michael wolff he described june 2016 trump tower meeting as treasonous. those are things that i think the white house is going to be perking up at the idea that steve bannon is going to be providing that testimony. >> all right. thank you very much. and now michael zelden former ethics lawyer for george bush and john after lan is back with me. adam schiff ranking house and intelligence committee was supposed to join us but now unable because apparently steve bannon is starting to talk and ongoing. let's talk about, meeting with steve bannon scheduled to start at 9:30, we saw him arrive 8:30. now nearly 12 hours later and still in that meeting with the

house intelligence committee. what does that say to you? >> i hope they fed him. because it's a long day. but what it says is, one, that the first half of it was unproducti unproductive because of what i think probably inappropriate assertion of executive privilege. he forced the hand of the committee to subpoena him, which now allows him, he thinks, to testify about things which he might not have otherwise been able to. all of which i think makes no legal sense. but perhaps it gives him the cover that he wants. now he's answering questions. of course when you are under subpoena, if you refuse to answer questions, you can can be held in contempt. you couldn't otherwise do it. so it gives the committee more leverage to excise information out of him. so a long day but probably shorter if he cooperated at the outset. >> and cooperation on the committee to get a subpoena out which is worth talking about given the arguments going on

between democrats and republicans. >> richard, what do you think though, here we are, middle of the day, now you have this 7:30 at night, still going on? it would sound like steve bannon is now being quite low low kay shus? >> what does that mean? >> depends what steve bannon has to say. but he has no incentive taking the risk to lie to congress, which would be even more legal jeopardy than refusing to answer questions. donald trump threw him under the bus, as we saw over the past few weeks in reaction to the interviews he gave to michael wolff for the book. and so there is no loyalty there from donald trump to steve bannon. ha and he may be a political supporter of president trump but he's not going to put himself in

legal jeopardy by not answering questions or lying. i would be very surprised if he were to lie to congress. >> so, john, here's the thing. we know, at least we know what steve bannon thinks off the cuff. he talked to michael wolff. needed nothing close to a subpoena. who knows, just hanging out. about the trump tower meeting, referring to that meeting as e evan perez point ed out. even if you think this was not treasonous or bad s, you should have called the fbi immediately. only clarification referring to paul manafort not trump junior. this also he also told wolff chance that don junior did not walk this, referring to the russians, is zero. this is what he thinks. >> right. >> so this presumably is the starting point for a lot of the questions. what we know about why he -- ten

hours of testimony is extraordinarily. this is a grilling. you have a will done steve bannon up on capitol hill today. but the real drama was pafrntly th apparently asserting privilege. so you had intel committee nunes very tight sent down a subpoena so he has to talk, as others pointed out giving him a degree of cover. but already bad blood. steve bannon has been kicked out in the street. this is free stevie and he's going to be talking a lot more low kay shusly than he otherwise might have been. if he had his job at brie bart. still tight with the president. so that's a toxic combination for the trump administration. >> does steve bannon in your assessment have the information, the crucial information that could prove the big question about collusion or truly damage

this president? >> so he's got four broad areas that i think would be of interest to me were i on the committee. first, and not necessarily in this order, would be the money laundering allegations that he made. he said all roads through manafort lead to trump, and that is money laundering and there is financial shenanigans, at least perhaps crimes, underlying that relationship between trump and others. that's one thing. second thing, he was on the board of cam bren and anayltica, that was the data and a lit particulars firm that was targeting key districts in the swing states that trump won unexpectedly. there there is a theory out there they were coordinating with the russians about that. so that's a second area. the third is trump tower meeting which he called treasonous

whether he was talking about trump junior and tremendous sas. and he was involved in the air force one. and finally whether he knows outreach december 22 to december 29. all of those things immr. kate mueller mandate and possibly violations of criminal laws. so other than that -- >> right. so pretty much everything. we'll see how long this goes. it is prettying stunning. at this moment now more than ten hours in the actual testimony and still going on. thank you, all. next the president is like all of us he wants to lose 10 or 15 pounds. >> he is more enthused about the diet than exercise but we'll do both. and trump thinks it will

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do not want you pulling him off the stage. leave him up there until he's ready to come off. >> and he did answer questions. our guy was there at the meeting. we went almost nothing to the president's health to knowing more than about a president when he was in an office. a ton of stats on his health and one pound shy of clinic will i obese. doesn't wear dentures. nothing was off the table flt what's your takeaway. >> reporter: first of all i've never seen anything quite like this hive been covering this for 16 years now, to have a white house doctor come out, as you point out, and answer questions for an hour like that. it was quite something. and he really did answer every last question in the room. and only left after every question was answered. a lot of focus as you might imagine on heart health. he's 71-year-old. that's the big topic of

conversation. we know as you mention the president has high cholesterol, and heart disease and borderline obese. but the function of his heart doing an echo cardiogram and stress test, he said all those tests are fine. so despite the other things, he still maintains the president is in excellent health. so 3.5 hour exam last friday. that was the big conclusion. he doesn't really have any concerns about his health at this time. >> and 3 and a half hours, that's a long annual, i'm glad you put the time on it. a lot of tests administered. and you asked about some of them. particularly heart health you talked about the cat scan. here's the exchange. >> something you were worried about specifically in giving a ct scan? >> no, not at all. we got the ct scan because i didn't have any background information from a pull mon ry

standpoint. >> that's not typically something done cat scan during the typical exam. what we learned is president trump has had a coronary calcium scan looking for calcium in the blood vessels that lead to the heart. if you have that that's some level of heart disease. over the years he had the test repeat he h repeatedly and gone up steadily and part of the reason they continue to monitor his heart. and also increase level of that. he had about ten minute cognitive mental test. but it was the heart health that was sort of the big focus for him. >> and certainly again, i think important to point out while more concerns, incredibly open about it. answered all the questions.

you point out there were questions about the mental health. a lot asked today. dr. jackson said the president himself in citiesed on doing cognitive test to measure intelligence. it's montreal questionnaire for lack of a better term. example of it, here are some questions, copy cube, draw a clock, 10 past 11, name the animals you see on the bottom there. look he was asked directly whether this was a psychological evaluation, and he said no, it's in tell begins evaluation. does it put to rest questions about the president's mental health? >> that is the screening test, that's the best way to look at it. if his score had come back lower than perfect, it could have war aunt warranted other exams. it's not perfect. ten minute test to see if there is glaring problems. but if someone does have dementia or something like that it can start so pick it up even

before the person themselves recognizes it. i asked dr. jackson a few questions about this test. he seemed very confident that, first of all, he said he wouldn't have ordered it on his own. president asked for it. and he doesn't think there is any follow up necessary because of how well the president did on this exam. he kind of for himself put the issue to rest. >> all right. thank you very much, dr. gupta. up front next, taking the temperatures of trump voters one year on. >> i'm tired of swath of polished and teleprompter. i am. i want my country back. and what is in nickname? our joking jeannie finds out. 30,000 precision parts. con or it isn't. it's inspected by mercedes-benz factory-trained technicians. or it isn't. it's backed by an unlimited mileage warranty, or it isn't. for those who never settle, it's either mercedes-benz certified pre-owned,

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accusing president trump of racism. but what really matters at the ballot boxes is what some of his most staunch reporters think. what is the answer? >> reporter: a reminder of what has been lost. the city's population back by two thirds. the economy isn't disappearing here, so is a way of life jark the core foundation of our country is slipping away. >> i did not like the direction may country was going. >> reporter: the answer for many

is donald trump. approximately 7,000 switched parties to become republicans. >> he said he is going to make america first and bring jobs back. >> something that he said that really sticks with me is that he wants to give the power back to the american people and that is something that i can get behind. >> reporter: a union member -- democrat families who crossed over to vote trump. how is he doing is. >> great. >> better than i would have dreamt. >> i agree. he is doing wonderful. staying on task. >> reporter: we start with a hot button topic at the moment. how big an issue is immigration? >> huge. >> reporter: really, in

youngstown, ohio. >> absolutely. >> reporter: rules and respect. >> when people come here illegally that is disrespectful, you don't respect our laws. >> reporter: a year later they want the wall. as for the president's inflammatory speech, gino says he used to cringe, and not anymore. because you have grown numb to it? >> not at all. and i am getting an inkling why he is using twitter. i love the guy. i love the job he is doing. >> reporter: justice met trump at a rally and says he is not a racist. >> he is the nicest person. he could have walked right passed me and not said a word. >> reporter: do you think he is

a liar? >> no. do i think he has fallen short in some of his goals, we all do. >> industries are booming. everyone seen. >> reporter: i don't see a boom. >> in this area, no. but i feel there are small businesses starting to pick up. >> reporter: trump's tax reform will fuel the recovery. >> my community will benefit from this tax cut. >> reporter: do you think the media gives the president a fair shake? >> i don't think at all. >> reporter: one year later these voters couldn't be happier. they see achievement. approximate most of all, they see a president like them. >> he is tenacious sometimes and says things off the cuff like we do, real americans do. i am tired of suave, and polished and the teleprompter.

i want my country back. >> reporter: at the end of the interview i wanted to find out if there was any buyer's remorse, and i asked them if you could do it over, would you vote the same way? every one said they will and on top of that they said they will. they will all vote again in 2020 for donald trump. >> thank you very much, marty. important information. next jeanne moos. >> little marco. little rocket man. poc pocka

. one of trump's favorite past times coining nicknames. here is jeanne moos with the reviews. >> reporter: he added a y. why not. >> dicky dur bin. >> reporter: now -- it is a 71-year-old man using the nickname, the latest edition of the ever growing list. >> lyin' ted. little marco. >> i really could care less. >> reporter: senator durbin. >> if the president wants to throw rants at me, that is his business. >> that's why sloppy steve is now looking for a job.

>> reporter: immediately entered the hall of nicknames. if you want to flagellate yourself with random results like impotent jeanne moos. it took president genius four days and the best he could come up with is dicky? said. the nicknamer in chief tends to get an a in branding but barely passes punctuation. >> why does he put an apostrophe? it drives me mad. it is like -- >> reporter: i think the apost

stroffe after the e what finally breaks me. jeanne moos, cnn. >> lyin'. >> reporter: new york. >> thank you for joining us. anderson starts now. good evening, thanks for joining us. a busy night tonight. the government is rushing towards a shutdown over immigration. today the white house put out a story completely at odds from both parties. and more coming in from norway. clearly someone is lying and we will have more on all of that shortly. we begin with breaking news that could be, could be significant in the russian investigation. steve bannon has just left the house intelligence