cnn political commentators jen psaki and scott jennings. thanks to you both on this monday morning.ys, yes, it happened. but if it's so urgent, if it's such a big deal for these democrats, where is the criticism for the obama administration that did nothing? fair point? >> it's simply not born out by the facts, chris. last summer when the president was made aware of these attacks by russia, he asked his intelligence community to double down and put every resource toward figuring out what happened. and they put out an unprecedented statement in early october of last year. that was before president trump was elected. now, we were treating it as a cyber attack at the time. we didn't factor in as much as we probably should have the impact of propaganda. we still don't know enough about that. so, that's an area, i think, there could be a redoubling of efforts by congress, by the trump administration. but the fact is there was a lot done at the time. president obama asked the intelligence community to do a lot and there's more that should be done at this point, though. >> pushback, there

jen psaki, thank you., thank you. >>> reacting with outrage over president trump's decision to pull out of the paris climate accord. stay with us for that next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ we all drive, some cats just know how to roll. >>> it is time to exit the paris accord. >> this agreement was truly about putting america second. >> what point does america get to mean? at what point do they start to laugh at us? >> this is a strategic mistake and sets us back. >> we all share the same responsibility. make our planet great again. >> james comey testifies next thursday. >> you want to know did the president attempt to curtail the russi russi russian investigation? >> the private russian hackers could have been involved in the 2016 election. >> this is russian propaganda. >> in russia, there are armies of hackers employed by the state. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> welcome to "new day." president trump defying world leaders by pulling out of the paris climate accord. he says this is a political

. >> all right, back now with our panel, kirsten powers, errol louis, jason miller, and jen psaki.irsten, first to you. this is a clear case of the standards that were set by republicans back in 2010. they're just breaking them with complete glee almost right now. >> yeah, well, with i think we all remember them complaining that obamacare was sort of passed in the dark of night behind closed doors when, in fact, there were hundreds of hearings. and people actually were able to look at it. so, look, the republicans are frustrated and there's supposed to be a vote next week, but there's not even a bill for people to look at and senator collins actually told reporters that the parliamentarian has recalled on this abortion language that was in the house bill and said it's not going to pass the bird rule. so that's going to throw everything into chaos. conservatives are going to say, we're not going to vote on this unless there's something that bars federal dollars being spent on abortion. >> but federal leadership says, once this bill comes out, which will happen tomorrow, we'll see th

jim acosta, thanks. >> with us is jen psaki and matt lewis. a big surprise on health care. do you have a sense of what he's talking about or do you think he actually does have a surprise or is he just being optimistic that there is going to be some sort of resolution like there was with the house bill? >> i don't think he has a surprise. i think he senses that he might be losing the audience, that people might give up hope that this is going to happen. he knows he has to keep the media engaged. he has to keep the activists and even the u.s. senators believing that it's possible. they don't want to throw in the towel, believing it's possible he has a rabbit in his hat or up his sleeve or whatever the expression is, that he might be able to pull off another miracle. he's done it before with the election, for example, nobody thought he could do it. so we always have to have in the back of our heads, i don't think there's a surprise but maybe he has something. and as long as we think maybe he has something, he keeps us in the game. >> doug, is the

kirsten powers, errol lewis, jen psaki. all-star panel as we watch this event in iowa of all places. kirsten powers, going to take 30 seconds, 45 seconds, to mention karen handel. the republicans did win this race, the most expensive house race in history. >> that's a republican district. i think, yes, he's going to take the credit for it and crow about it. but i think a lot of the response to it has been a little overblown. this is, after all, a republican district and usually republicans win republican districts. if you look at the four special elections that we've had, democrats have been outperforming their sort of base partisan level that they would normally get. and i think cook political report david wasserman crunched the numbers. it's about eight points, they're jou outperforming by about eight points. so, in fact, democrats are doing a little better than people are talking about. it doesn't mean it's not a time of reflection to think about what to do for the party moving forward. i think donald trump can be readin

jen psaki. first appearance.nk >> jonah goldberg and katrina vanden heuvel. >> i think there's more evidence that james comey cluded with the russians than the trump campaign, so far. he's the one who acted on -- acted on -- >> go on. >> acted on what he knew to be fake russian intelligence. i think this is going to be a big dustup for the trump administration. once again. it distracted from anything they try to accomplish. but as far as real evidence of any collusion on the campaign's part, we have yet to see any. >> so what do they do about it? >> in their unique and inimitable style, nothing. chaos. they take eat beating. the trump administration seems to run a very small family business. not a large u.s. government. and i makes it very difficult be small political threats. >> jen, you have been a white house communications director. is there anything they can do? >> this is a week where this is a big moment. democrats have to live up to that. or comey will have to live up to that in some ways. they can try to

. >> david gergen is a former white house communications director and so is jen psaki and also jeffrey lord. david gergen, what should a spokesperson do if they disagree with what the boss has done, do they just suck it up and go out there and defend their boss? >> well, if your colleague, chief of staff is not giving you a straight line, you're left out there in a battlefield unprotected and i have some sim pat three for her, actually. you talk to people who know her and have known her in the past, i do not, but they say she's lovely young woman and they feel sorry for her because she's an evangelical christian and here is a president doing things like weird, crazy, sexist, whatever you want to call that, and yet she has to defend it and i thought "saturday night live" actually got sympathetic with sean spicer. they felt badly for him. i think she's going through the humiliation. it's not fair to her. >> nobody is forced to do this job, though. she clearly wants to do this job. there are options. >> there are. look, i do think that sarah and sean spicer are in very difficult positions

. >> david gergen is a former white house communications director and so is jen psaki and they join us now along with maggie haberman and jeffrey lord. i know you would never call sean spicer lovely, but so be it. david gergen, what should a spokesperson do if they disagree with what the boss has done, do they just suck it up and go out there and defend their boss? >> well, a press secretary is only as good as the white house that person works in. if your colleague, your chief of staff is not giving you the full dope and you don't get a straight line and you don't agree on it, you're left out there in a battlefield unprotected. and have i some sympathy for her, actually. you talk to people who know her and have known her in the past, i do not, but they say she's lovely young woman and they feel sorry for her because she's an evangelical christian and here she believes in traditional virtues. and here she has a president who is doing things that are weird, crazy, sexist, all, whatever you want to call that. and yet she has to defend it. and i thought "saturday night live" at the end in

let's bring in our panel, susan page, matt jennings, and jen psa psaki. does it make sense that the white house can't answer the question whether the president believes that russia was involved? >> i do think it is true. there are a lot of things presidents don't discuss with their press secretaries. that's been true in every administration. and at some level, what donald trump has to say about it and what sean spicer have to say about it might just be conjecture. we know what the intelligence community thinks and a lot of people believe they did try to meddle in the election. we also know there's an investigation going on. and so, the conjecture of donald trump and sean spicer versus letting the investigation play out, i'd personally lake to sik the results of the investigation. that's more definitive than the conjectu conjecture of people who don't know. >> but you have james comey testifying that the president never really talked to him about it. you have the attorney general also saying that he and the president never really discussed it. it doesn't s