♪ anything you can do >> he can do better. >> i have better everything than they have, including this. >> reporter: jeanne moos cnn. >> no, you can't. ♪ yes, i can ♪ yes, i can >> thank you so much for watching. anderson starts now. good evening, once again the world is learning how easy it is to get under the skin of the most powerful man on earth. today after storming out of a meeting on infrastructure, what could be a popular issue for him, president trump stepped outside and unloaded on live television. no, that's not normal, not even by the dim lights of the not normal times. if you didn't see it when it happened, you want to watch it happen now. and to make it happen, all nancy pelosi had to say what she and others have been saying for months. >> we believe no one is above the law, including the president of the united states. and we believe that the president of the united states is engaged in a cover up. in a cover up.

and that's the nature of the -- >> that was at 10:00 a.m. eastern time this morning. from there she headed to the white house for an 11:15 meeting with the president on infrastructure, spending something nearly every lawmakers likes. the president trushowed up 15 minutes late and then complained about what speaker pelosi said as well as the russia investigation at large and said he can't work with democrats while they're investigating him. then he walked out and a short time later stepped up to the podium, equipped with talking points on aplacard, which he then proceeded to echo. >> so here's the bottom line. there was no collusion, there was no obstruction. this whole thing was a takedown attempt at the president of the united states. >> so he's clearly upset, enough to slip into the third person as he railed against robert mueller's investigators who he accused of supporting hillary clinton and despising him.

>> they hated president trump, they hated him with a passion. they went to her big party after the election, that turned out to be a wake, not a party, it was a wake and they were very angry. >> he's speaking about himself in the third person. i'm not sure it's worth fact checking. yes, some gave to hillary clinton, some gave to gop, robert mueller is a republican, so is rod rosenstein, who is also a trump appointee. we don't know if they went to the party, but it's a minor point. this, on the other hand, is not. >> it turns out i'm the most -- and i think most of you would agree to this. i'm the most transparent president probably in the history of this country. >> if you haven't noticed this by now, whenever he says something that's not true, he tries to suggest that the people he's lying to agree with him. i don't know if you noticed that. keep it in mind the next time

that's what he does. keeping him honest, he might be the most transparent president ever, if transparency means no longer having white house press briefings or having a note taker in the room when you meet with vladimir putin or if transparency means letting the public know about the meetings you had a day after you fire your fbi director, or it means speaking to robert mueller in person or not even answering written questions from mueller on obstruction of justice, if that's what transparency means he's a regular crystal mountain stream. the president also tried to suggest that we all agreed on this. >> i don't do cover ups. you people probably know that better than anybody. >> again you all agree with us, we can all agree, no cover ups. he doesn't do them. >> i need to open a company for the transfer of all of that info

regarding our friend david. i'm going to do that right away -- >> give it to me. >> and i've spoken to allen weisselberg about how to set the whole thing up with funding -- >> so what are we going to do? >> yes. and it's all the stuff because you never know where that company, where he's going to be -- >> if he gets hit by a truck. >> yes. >> one person on that tape, the president's former attorney now in prison. both he and the other person, the president, lied to the investigators about it. that wouldn't be covering up it, would it? the how about the other instances robert mueller documents? how about trying to fire mueller and getting his white house counsel to lie about that and firing comey? you might call that things persons who don't do cover ups, don't do. like we said at the top, the e

denials are not that new. something chuck schumer was quick to mention. >> there were investigations going on three weeks ago when we met and he still met with us. but now that he was forced to actually say how he'd pay for it, he had to run away. >> as you might imagine, the president characterized it differently. >> i just wanted to let you know that i walked into the room and i told senator schumer, speaker pelosi i want to do infrastructure. i want to do it more than you want to do it. i'd be really good at that. that's what i do. but you know what, you can't do it under these circumstances. so get the phony investigations over with -- >> keeping him honest, however you characterize the president's walkout, the information notion

get done until investigatio investigationseninvestigations end, that's not how congress works. richard nixon worked on legislation, senator bill clinton. that's what politicians do even in times of stress and strife and investigations they're expected to do their jobs. we'll talk about how one person, not senator schumer has a talent for needling the president. >> for some reason, maybe it was lack of confidence on his part that he couldn't match the greatness of the challenge that we have didn't -- wasn't really respectful of the congress and the white house working together. he just took a pass. and it just makes me wonder why he did that. in any event, i pray for the president of the united states. and i pray for the united states of america. >> more now from someone else who was in the room with the

president this morning. michigan democratic senator, debbie stabinow we spoke earlier. >> can you walk us through what happened in the meeting with the president today. >> first, anderson, it's great to be with you. let me say, it was bizarre and also very disappointing. the reason it's disappointing is because the need to invest in roads and bridges and high speed internet and new electric grids all of these things are important and people want us to work together to get things done. the president walked into the room, all of our leadership, democratic leadership in the house and senate were there, the secretary of the treasury were there, there were other people in the room, instead of sitting down, he stood at the end of the table and proceeded to -- he was holding up an article or some news release and proceeded to talk about how he'd love to work with us but he can't because

nancy pelosi, our speaker, had said something he didn't like in the morning, attacked him at a meeting earlier in the morning. said something he didn't like. he went on and on, we heard it many times, no collusions, he hadn't done anything wrong, he went on and on, and then he said, i can't -- i'm not going to be able to work with you guys on anything, and something like unless the investigations stop. it was something like that. then he turned around and left the room. and speaker pelosi was incredibly gracious. she said to everyone there that we were disappointed. the fact is that we were asked to bring our priorities for what needs to be fixed in infrastructure. what do we think is important? we brought a 35-page document with our priorities. and the president had agreed that he and his team would put forward ways to pay for this. and we were going to -- we thought we were going to have a discussion and begin a

negotiation to actually get something done. >> it is kind of extraordinary. if it was some words of nancy pelosi that, you know, it's apparently part of her saying the president is accusing him of engaging in a cover up -- >> right. >> -- presidents before have been accused of all sorts of things by people in congress. look at bill clinton being investigated. president obama as being investigated. >> exactly. >> yet they were still able to make deals with people. >> right. >> the idea that everything shuts down because the president's upset, it just seems like somebody who is allegedly a great deal maker is throwing a tantrum. >> well, it was, you know, very bizarre. and in looking back on it, i think he was looking for an excuse not to have the meeting. that's only my perception. but we came with what we had promised in terms of our priorities. he was supposed to provide what he thought was the way to pay for this. he was willing to spend

$1.5 trillion on a tax cut mainly for the wealthiest americans. so we're saying so how are you going to pay for this on infrastructure? >> on the flip side of it, though, was it wise for speaker pelosi to make these comments right before this meeting? because if democrats are truly interested in working with the white house, which some republicans say they're really not interested in having an infrastructure deal because they don't want to have anything that shows the president having a success, would something like saying what speaker pelosi said, doesn't that hurt the effort? >> anderson, this president tweets multiple times a day attacking people. we are talking about ongoing questions here and investigations. suddenly to have an internal private meeting that she had with her caucus and something that she said be a reason not to move forward on behalf of the american people to solve one of our biggest needs, which is

rebuilding america, creating tens of millions of good paying jobs, to me it doesn't add up. >> do you think he planned this all along? this was the plan all along? get you there, and walk out and lo and behold there's a press conference right away? >> there's a lot of speculation. i'm not sure everybody in the room from his team knew it, but when he walked out he went to the rose garden that had a chart that said no collusion. and the press had been told to go to the rose garden. so obviously, somebody planned it. >> if they made a chart. do you think there's something specifically about speaker pelosi that gets under the president's skin? it seems he has a different reaction to her than he does to senator schumer. >> she's incredibly smart woman. and she's tough, she will work with him, but she's very savvy and i -- i don't think he does

well with strong, smart women. >> senator, i appreciate your time. thank you. >> you're welcome. breaking news tonight from house speaker pelosi, she said the president i'm quoting had a tantrum for us all to see. she went on to say her party remains committed to their agenda. joining us now, cnn political analyst maggie haberman. chief legal analyst jeffrey too bin, and senior analyst david g gergin, who's been in the west wing in moments like this, i'm not sure exactly like this. what did you learn about how this went down today? was this planned out? was everybody in the white house on board with the idea? >> it was planned out but it was not some white house wide thing. it was basically decided on after pelosi's remark this morning where she said he had been part of a cover up or cover ups or something to that effect,

and he was triggered by that remark. he told his aides he was in a bad mood, he has been for a few days, he told his aides he didn't want to do this. what was the point of having this meeting if nancy pelosi was going to say this. we're overlooking he has been accused of cover up by prosecutors in the southern district in the michael cohen case, in terms of the hush money payments in terms of women who claimed to have affairs with him. i don't think that's related to why he got this upset. i think he wanted to make a loud production that would obscure the actual remark, and it did. this was not some huge plan, there were a few aides read in on it, others who did not think it was a wise course of action, not clear how loudly they spoke up. the charts had been at the white house for quite some time that were affixed to the podium. it was fairly last minute but it

was preplanned he was going to handle the meeting this way. >> david, you think about the presidents who have been under investigations, justified or not, they still got to do their job. >> absolutely. i felt -- in the military we called this dereliction of duty to walk off the job. i can well remember when president clinton was dealing with newt gingrich, he was under investigation for whitewater, they worked out a major overhaul of welfare, brought a balanced budget for the first time since the '60s, and funding for children's health insurance. reagan when he was under investigation on iran-contra. he overhauled the tax system working with bill bradley and other democrats to get it done. overhauled the immigration system, working with democrats as well. presidents do not -- here we have trump who says i don't like

the way it's going, i'm going to walk off the job, presidents don't do that. >> especially someone who claims to be the greatest deal maker of all times. there's really just no sign of that. >> there's no sign but he's gotten seriously bad news in the courts over the past two days. you have yesterday a judge in washington saying that one congressional committee could get access to his accountant's paperwork, his tax returns. today a judge in new york said deutsche bank had to turn over the documents. and they said the arguments were frivolous, so he has little chance to win these on appeal. so you can understand why he's feeling embattled when it comes to his personal finances, which is of great concern to him. >> as hope hicks told robert mueller that's husband achille's

heel. and it seems to be faster than people anticipated -- >> yes and no, there was an agreement reached this afternoon on the appeal process for the accounta accountant's litigation. which means they'll hear it in july, will they decide it in july? probably not. maybe they'll decide it in august. these things don't move that quickly. the idea these papers will be turned over next week or next month is pretty remote. >> i have to get a break in. we'll finish the discussion coming up. and also how other presidents reacted being under investigation. and one of the things president trump says is his greatest attribute.

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in the rose garden, including this remark. >> i don't do cover ups, you people probably know that better than anybody. >> part of what seems to be a picture of a president under pressure. he's now had two court rulings just this week on his finances, the new york state legislature passed a bill granting access to his state returns. a lot on his plate. and now on top of that, infrastructure week has just drawn to a close. back with our panel. the president today saying he doesn't do cover ups, obviously the karen mcdougal, stormy daniels thing is a cover up. >> prosecutors implicated him in a crime. this is not just michael cohen saying it. it's prosecutors based on interviewing other people. i think that gets to him. i think he's well aware of the

fact that if he's not elected he could face criminal exposure in that. some people would disagree. jeffrey would know more about this than i do. but if you're looking at the gamut this week, it's the losses in the court cases related to his financial documents and there's been media coverage about his internal polling he's watching one story after another that he's in trouble. when you add it to a comment about cover ups, it leads to one place for him, which is feeling threatened. >> he pays a price for lacking a strategic sense. he's not going to be able to sustain this position. >> of course. >> you have to get to a budget passed this fall, deal with the debt ceiling. this fall you have to do it and you have to do it in a bipartisan way. he wants them to do a trade bill, the new nafta. there are going to be negotiations over that. >> but this was probably one of

those things he said like i'll take the mantle of the shutdown, i'll be proud to carry the mantle and that lasted a couple days. >> who made him look weak on that? it was nancy pelosi. >> and nancy pelosi had another victory today in her internal caucus because she has people who want her to go right out to impeachment. and what she's been saying all along is no, we can do the same kind of investigation, but we don't have to call it impeachment. we don't have to risk alienating people who don't like that idea. she got two court decisions this week that said these investigations can proceed, can get information without actually calling it impeachment. that's a victory for her against her own caucus. >> i don't think her caucus is going to see it that way. >> you don't think so? >> no. i agree realistically. >> it strengthens her hands, get

more court decisions, and build to impeachment. >> members of her caucus that wanted impeachment they wanted it for a long time. long before the mueller report was out. so i don't think you're right, they're going to look at the decision and say it's a win. i agree with you what her calculation is, that is the hand she has to play. i think neither she nor the president frankly think impeachment is a good thing for different reasons. but i don't believe she thinks this is going to calm her caucus down in any meaningful way. >> it probably will slow down the number of people calling for impeachment. >> it might. >> and that's in her favor. you're certainly right that, you know, the david cicillines, the people who are sort of in the proimpeachment push are not going to stop because of this. >> no. we seem to be heading in that direction regardless. however slowly or fast. >> do you think there's one branch of this investigation that worries the president more than any other? deutsche bank, his taxes?

>> i think it's the southern district that worries him more than anything. in terms of the congressional investigations, he does not want people having this information. but there are, as you know, a bunch of schools of thought as to why that is. is it because there's a bunch of sources of questionable income? foreign income? or is it going to show he's not that wealthy. i just don't know the answer. i can see donald trump digging in because other people want what he doesn't want to give them and sort of causing this self-inflicted wound. it doesn't help him if these documents come out closer to the election if there's something bad in them. if there's not something bad in them, it might be more problematic for democrats, i don't know. >> i don't think he can walk away quickly what he said today. we go down the legislative road or the investigative road, we can't do both together. he's sort of drawn a line in the sand, he can't defend that. i don't think he can easily say

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a letter tonight to her democratic colleagues house speaker nancy pelosi said that president trump's actions today were, quote, a temper tantrum for all of us to see, end quote. and the president's declaration he won't work with democrats if he's still under investigation by them. so going forward what does it mean? let's talk about it with columnist kiersten powers and senator rick santorum. is this a political winner for the president? >> i don't know. i mean, i think this is one of the things, depending on who you support, you'll see it a certain way. i think a lot of people think the president -- who support the president would think he's

standing up to the democrats. but the truth is, he's making this argument that you can't investigate him and legislate at the same time, which is just completely nonsense. it's every president deals with investigations. bill clinton was under investigation for five years. so i think that he was still able to work with republicans and pass legislation and make real deals that really required some give and take. you know, both sides had to give and take. whereas president trump who has talked a lot about making deals really hasn't been able to make any deals that involve working with the other party in any significant way. and i think infrastructure is an area they could work together, something he says he cares a lot about, the democrats are willing to work with him on it and because nancy pelosi said something that upset him, i guess he thought it was worth walking away from trying to make a deal. >> senator santorum, is this how you would have done it? >> no.

i think the president made a bad call on this one. i'm disappointed he said what he said. i understand his frustration. i think what the democrats are doing is outrageous, but you don't -- you don't go in and give the other side something to beat you up on. i'm -- i'm -- that's not a good move on his part. >> what is the outrageous part for the democrats? you mean the investigations that are taking place? >> yeah, look, the continuing investigation after the mueller report came out, to continue to try to just harass the president on this. they're not going to find anymore information. bob mueller did a thorough job. the idea they need to continue to investigate is just political harassment. and these fishing expeditions going into trump's, you know, personal affairs, look, is this -- is this going to be the standard now, someone elected president we're going to dig into their past and look at their financial -- whatever. maybe it's not financial. maybe it's something else. so we're going to look in their past and see if we can find

something to accuse him of to discredit him. that's just the worse politicization that i've seen. look, i understand the democrats hate the guy, there's a lot of people in this country do. but i think they're setting a bad precedent how you deal with people in power. >> kiersten, is this a precedent? >> what you just described is the clinton impeachment process. i don't really understand it. talking about digging into somebody's life. where you're obsessed about their sex life and putting him under oath asking him where he touched monica lewinsky, come on. >> do you know where he did it? he did it in the white house with an intern -- >> let her finish. >> someone who talks about the me too movement. >> it's not illegal. it's not right but it's not illegal. >> let her finish. >> listen to you, you just got done saying how wrong it is to do that when you participated in

that. now you have a report that lays out a bunch of very questionable behavior, even if it's not illegal, that's problematic, and some of it may be illegal. there could be an obstruction of justice, and this was sent to congress and congress is doing their due diligence. but really what the president said today doesn't have anything to do with that. it has to do with the fact that nancy pelosi said something mean to him. he basically is saying, he can't do his job because she said something that upset him. is this how presidents are supposed to behave? >> it does seem, senator santorum, he talked about during the campaign a winning temperament. it seems like a whining temperament today. as you said it's not something you would have done. >> i'm not going to defend what the president did today. i'm not. i didn't defend it, i won't defend it. what i'm saying is first off, this is fundamentally different

than bill clinton. in the case of whitewater, the governor of arkansas was convicted and sent to jail because of things going on. this is not some let's just open up someone's financial background and see if we can find something. there were crimes committed -- >> not by bill clinton, though. this is unbelievable. >> it's a legitimate way to investigate. there's no one suggesting that donald trump -- there's no accusation that donald trump committed a crime. they want to check it out, see what they can find. >> obstruction of justice is a crime. >> yeah, but that's not why they're looking at his tax returns. that's not why they want deutsche to turn over his records. there's no charge or claim that he's done anything illegal other than speculation as opposed to to clinton where there was something that illegal that happened. >> all right, your answer and then we have to go. >> i was going to say, there is a real possibility that he has broken laws related to his taxes. >> speculation. >> i think the idea that you think this shouldn't be investigated but you thought

bill clinton should be investigated is bizarre. >> thank you both. another victory over democrats today had implications of the victory with one of committee chairs trying to subpoena president trump's financial records. maxine waters. corner of your growing business. from using feedback to innovate... to introducing products faster... to managing website inventory... and network bandwidth. giving you a nice big edge over your competition. that's the power of edge-to-edge intelligence. thanks to priceline working with top airlines to turn their unsold seats into amazing deals, family reunion attendance is up. we're all related! yeah, i see it. and because priceline offers great deals by comparing thousands of prices in real time, sports fans are seeing more away games.

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more breaking news this hour, another court defeat for

president trump. for the second time this week a federal judge ruled congress has the right to see the president's financial records. monday's case involved his accounting firm, today case business and family records held by deutsche banks and capital one financial. today the judge said the subpoenas are pertinent to congress' work and rejected the idea they don't have a legitimate legislative work for the documents. the same thing that steve mnuchin is using to block the president's tax returns. in fact, steve mnuchin was on the hill this morning defending those actions before the house financial services committee. one of two committees that won in court today. a short time ago i spoke to the chairwoman of that committee. about today's court ruling as well as the other one this week in your committee's favor, does it bolster speaker pelosi's argument that it's better to let this play out in court rather than start impeachment

proceedings because i know you've been a vocal proponent of impeachment. >> yes, you know i'm an advocate of impeachment, i've been for a long time. and i'm still very strongly in support of impeachment. however, that doesn't mean that i'm going to stop doing my oversight and investigations committee on the financial services committee as the chair i'm going to carry out my responsibility and i'm going to keep working. and in keeping working i am requesting documents. we are, you know, issuing subpoenas and you know we had a court decision today up in the southern district of new york where trump had filed a lawsuit against deutsche bank to prevent them from giving us any documents, and the court and judge ramos ruled on that today. ruled in our favor for a preliminary injunction. >> so why -- why move toward impeachment proceedings if you are already starting to get

court rulings in your favor and you may be getting these financial documents? doesn't that allow you to do what you need to do without, at this stage, moving toward impeachment? >> don't you understand, there are several things going on here? number one, i support impeachment, but i'm also the chair of a very important committee, the financial services committee, and i'm going to do my work. and investigations and oversight. and i cannot make the final determination about whether my caucus and my members are going to support impeachment. that discussion continues to go on. and so, it's not either/or at this point. it is, you know, you do what you need to do and for me that includes continuing to talk about impeachment and helping to create that discussion and

hoping more people will come around. at the same time, as i said, doing my investigation and oversight. >> these records from deutsche bank and capital one, what questions do you believe they may help your committee answer? what do you hope to glean from them? >> well, i hope to get some basic information about the financial workings of trump's operation. we want to know about personal and about company finances. we want to know who he owes money to. we want to know whether or not he had the kind of assets that he claimed that he had in order to get money. we really want to find out from deutsche bank why deutsche bank is the only major financial institution that will lend him money, despite the fact he had sued them at one point. and nobody else -- no other banks trusted him because of the

way he conducts business. he filed bankruptcy, on and on. >> treasury secretary mnuchin is still refusing to turn over the president's tax returns. is your committee going to hold him in contempt if he doesn't produce them? and when might you have that vote? >> as you know there's a lot of confusion around that. we believe the constitution gives us the right to have those tax returns. they've been requested by ways and means which is the legitimate committee of congress to request those tax returns and the law basically says he shall turn them over if they are requested in the right way. so he's refusing to do that. but because he's refusing to do that, we are trying to figure out how to get them. and so, the ways and means committee will supposedly subpoena those documents.

i don't know what's happening. we have another committee that's going after the accounting that is being done by his accounting firms. so a lot of things are going on to try to get information that we think is important and absolutely essential to understand much of the suspicion that is being discussed about this president and about his financial doings. he refusies to turn over the ta returns, what does he have to hide? has he been compromised? is there money laundering going on. there's enough to have suspicion and enough that we need documentation. >> chairwoman waters thank you. >> you're welcome. >> that investigation is over as to whether virginia governor

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you may remember this picture that started a big controversy. a photograph in black face apparently of democratic virginia governor ralph northam in a medical school yearbook in the 1980s. first he said it was him and apologized and a day later he backtracked and said he didn't believe it was him. this is back in february. today an independent investigation ended without any definitive term. no one said that the governor was in the photograph and neither could determine the origin of the photo in the first place. chris cuomo joins me now. were you surprised this is how it ended up? >> nope. institutions look to protect

themselves and these things, if given time, are usually wind up finding a way to the least damaging resolution. look, part that made this weird, here is my plus/minus, the governor saying it was him was pretty damning and it should have ended there. the idea can you prove it was him was taking care of what he said was him and didn't have a great conversation about why he was wrong about his initial assessment. here is the negative part. you got to take these things case by case. and there is a rule with the media and it is an ugly truth, if you hold on to your guns, and you wait, there is i good chance that if the media can't make it happen soon, they will go away. >> that is definitely true. and we saw that also with the attorney general in the state and also the lieutenant governor. >> yeah, it was got a little con tanl -- contagious and who is left here and the different complains of ascendents to figure out whether or not they

have to have a special election and it ended. and the reason i was okay with it moving on at the time was there is sometimes too much of a frenzy in the media for finality, to make things happen. and that is not always fair in the moment. sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't. i always believe it is better for the voters to decide who should be in what offices, not the media and their opponents pushing them out. >> what do you have tonight? >> so, like you, i'm going the route of in the room where it happened. i have senator durbin on, what was this about? this infrastructure, was it some petty penny theater that was going on and really a setup for the president with his room of democrats or is this about the new normal and is this a real proposition for them. then i'm going to take on that second notion. and i believe that there is no more need to mull over the next step for the democrats.

i think it is clear and not about what to do, it is about who they need before them right away. >> interesting. i'll see you in about seven minutes from now. coming up, say what you will about president trump, he knows how to make use of a prop, political or otherwise. the intersection of the white house and kinkos and some steak and trump vodka on the ridiculist.

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trump has replaced gallagher as the prop comedy. after he told nancy pelosi and chuck schumer not to let the door hit them on the way out, he went out like -- grand torino. and when he got to the podium prepositioned for him just under the seal of the president, a seal not exactly accustomed to sharing space with a novelty placard was this piece of polished propaganda, like for a for sale sign on a house or bankrupt casino. we explains the substance which feels like a strong word. maybe taffy is more accurate, behind the stunt. we wanted to take a moment and just applause the west wing kinko operation. they made hundreds of thousands of pages and copies for robert mueller so they have experience in printing fast. they sure got that sign made fast. if there is one thing this president likes it is a visual aid. and they're not just limited to

rose garden tantrum and he tries to plug private companies finest meat and booze. >> we have trump steaks. he said the steak company and we have trump steaks. and by the way, if you want to take one we'll charge you about $50 a steak. no. we're proud. we make the finest wine. as good of wine as you could get in the world. >> and the steaks were not trump steaks and purchased from a butcher and despite the beef specialist the sharper image didn't exist and the idea that trump makes the finest wine anywhere you could find in the world, i know solmier but this doesn't sound right. it is like trump vodka. remember that? mr. trump wasn't sure exactly where it was made when he was pitching it on larry king. take a look. >> we launched a vodka called trump vodka and we're considering it and i think it

will be the finest vodka anywhere in the world. >> where is it made. >> it is made actually in various parts of europe. >> various parts of europe. it is a vodka so complex it has to be made in various unnamed parts of europe and then all brought together. maybe it is made in paris, maybe germany or bottled in a hungarian aqueduct. but it is that good. you won't ask yourself where was it made because it is just that darn good. now to be fair to the president, he's not the only one who enjoys a prop at taxpayer expense. mike lee ofute -- utah made these props for the senate floor. >> this is a picture of former president ronald reagan. naturally firing a machine gun while riding on the back of a dinosaur. >> i don't remember what his point was. i'm not sure he does. i don't think it matters. as for president trump perhaps today was a prophecy come true and a perfect marriage years in

the making of hysterics and slogan searing. >> when it comes to great stakes, i've just raised the stakes. >> yes, you have. and only time will tell whether this latest move has grade a. meat on the bone or bunch of ground chuck turning temperature in the rose garden and the ridiculist. and i turn it over to chris for "cuomo prime time." >> thank you very much anderson. another signature ridiculist. and i'm chris cuomo and welcome to prime time. senator durbin had a front-row seat to what nancy pelosi called an executive temper tantrum by the president. and the minority whip is here to tell what happened and why he gave an ultimatum to stop investigating him or give up working with him. but maybe it is this president who better make a choice to work with the congress on these investigations or else it looks like he'll be forced to do the same by the courts. a second federal judge upholds

subpoenas for the president's finances. we're