michael allen was not able to be here today. in case you are going from your written program, mollie ross is here. she has done a lot of work for the park service. no one can take michael's plays but she will speak from the perspective of someone who was in the park service. eric was not able to make it but he will come later for video that he made specifically for this event. he will be hearing from him virtually.om the governor of arizona from 1978 to 1987 was the u.s. secretary of the interior from 1993 until 2001. he is acting as counselor to governor brown of california working on issues of water reform. eric stoner is a professor of history at columbia. his book was a reinterpretation of the. mollie ross spent over 35 years in leadership in the national park service i-4 retiring. she helped president obama established 15 national monuments including this one. billy kaiser ling is the mayor of beaufort south carolina. prior to his election he worked on capitol hill. , we will asker do the first, we will ask the first questi

michael allen has been working on this most of his career. the parks service contracted with greg and kate to work on the national park service handbook on reconstruction, and the national historic landmark theme study. focusing on reconstruction was the necessary next step to the sesquicentennial remembrance of the civil war. luckily, the basis of this action had been laid by ,ecretary babbitt, eric foner and others. luckily, god created billy keyserling, including wonderful leaders at the church, the town of port royal. the national parks service was able to work out an arrangement with the department of the navy to include camp sachsen, which is now part of the naval support facility beaufort. luckily, jim clyburn worked long and hard from congress, and his colleague mark sanford joined the effort in that proposed bill. thanks to everyone. [applause] >> last but not least, mayor keyserling. everyone has talked about the centrality of local support, for all of the higher-level work, the upper level administrative work and historical work th

michael allen has been working on this most of his career. the parks service contracted with greg and kate to work on the national park service handbook on reconstruction, and the national historic landmark theme study. focusing on reconstruction was the necessary next step to the sesquicentennial remembrance of the civil war. luckily, the basis of this action had been laid by ,ecretary babbitt, eric foner and others. luckily, god created billy keyserling, including wonderful leaders at the church, the town of port royal. the national parks service was able to work out an arrangement with the department of the navy to include camp sachsen, which is now part of the naval support facility beaufort. luckily, jim clyburn worked long and hard from congress, and his colleague mark sanford joined the effort in that proposed bill. thanks to everyone. [applause] >> last but not least, mayor keyserling. everyone has talked about the centrality of local support, for all of the higher-level work, the upper level administrative work and historical work th

i want to bring in michael allen. the other mike allen. he's the managing director of beacon global strategies and the former staff director for the house intel committee. and he knows andrew mccabe from those years. michael, first, have you spoken to the former deputy director? >> i have not. i have spoken to some of his former colleagues in the last 24 hours but i have not spoken to him. >> i want to share a tweet from one of his well-known former colleagues. james comey responded on twitter and he shared this. special agent andrew mccabe stood tall over the last eight months. when small people were trying to tear down an institution we all depend on. he served with distinction for two decades. i wish andy well. i also wish continued strength for the rest of the fbi. america needs you. what is your reaction to what james comey said and your perspective and what others have told you who are close to him? >> my perspective, from the intelligence committee, charged with oversight over the bureau, on counterterrorism investigations. and so an

. >>> joining me to discuss is michael allen, a former member of the national security council under ent george w. bush, managing director of beacon global strategies. michael, on its face, to hear that some of these things were discussed, since there were key points of agreement, that seems like a positive outcome. what's your reaction as someone with so much expertise in this area? >> brianna, i think if you look at it on its face it seems like a pure, uncall ter rated good, but when we look at our larger aims in north korea the ultimate, verifiable, denuclearization of the peninsula, we believe and our policy is the only way we will get there is those of us that are against north korea are allied together and so the cynic in me say this is the north koreans pandering to the south korean public and trying to meet with their leader in order to put a split in the alliance so that people will be less likely to support military exercises and/or new sanctions. they'll say listen, we're talking now, except i don't think we're making progress toward our ultimate goal. >> they are -- north

i would also add michael allen on the ground in south carolina, like the mayor, was always committed to the idea that people had to speak to each other, people who might not be position.e in his then there was increasingly strident back and forth in newspapers. that includes a group that historians are not always happy to talk about -- the sons of confederate veterans and like that. and he said, whatever you will say in print, i what you do say to each other. you don't have to agree, but it does not have to take is kind of tone, and i thought that was really coming from -- you know, from south carolina, you know, i thought he always conveyed that kind of credibility. but he did create spaces where withe, including people different views could speak and i believe the mayor and other different organizations did the same. mayor keyserling: i went to see the sons of the confederacy. i remember the trouble you got into. i said, we're going to do it. our goal is not to erase your history. our peoples history will be told many ways over time. our goal is to include in history stories that h

my name is michael, class of 2006. and allen was the best teacher i've ever had. so good he inspired me to become a teacher. and no one really wakes up in the morning and says hey, i really want to go to history class. i really want to learn history today. no high school student really does that. very little. maybe 1%. but he did. he was extremely engaging in what he did. and what he does. his ways are a little unorthodox but that's what made him engaging. i was extremely excited every day. really wanted to go to his class every day because of the fun fact in the beginning of class that really warmed up the class and created that conversation. he taught us team work, taught us hard work and mainly he taught that us learning can be fun. and so, i thank you so much, allen, for being my teacher and i just found this out about yesterday. so, i'm not too prepared for anything. one last thing to add is being a high school student isn't easy. throughout my high school, i dealt with anxiety, depression, bullying. but i always knew there was one thing. i always knew there

allen is tossed down. by michael johnson. no gain on the play. we're going to go under the 4:00 mark. second and 10 for the ravens. they have 300 yards of offense. the way the first half was going that number didn't seem possible for baltimore. they had 61 yards at halftime. second and 10 for the ravens. campanaro in motion. collins goes up the middle for four. nfl today update. >> n.f.c. playoff side is set. >> you can see right there atlanta will meet the rams in the first rouvend the wild card. carolina will visit new orleans. obviously you can see that philadelphia is number one. minnesota number two. the n.f.c. playoffs are set and ready to roll. back to you guys in miami. ian: still the question. does it feel like miami to you? it is a bitter cold night here in baltimore. and still a question as to who is going to be part of the postseason party in the a.f.c. third and 7. and flacco throws it into the ground. he didn't like what he saw downfield. he wasn't going to take a chance. dan: also saw michael johnson covering, the back oust the bac

and this morning mike allen is reported michael wolf has tapes to back up quotes in his book. dozens of hours of them. among the sources he reportedly taped are steve bannon and katie walsh. >> yeah. john, this was an ongoing concern of people inside the white house, especially the first two or three months they had a guy that didn't expect to be president of the united states, who didn't know anything about being president of the united states. who didn't know anything about policy. really was a guy that just watched tv and talked to the tv about policy, and they were supposed to figure out a way to come up with legislative programs, and there was nobody running operations inside of there. it really was a directionless ship. >> right. take the beginning of the year and the end of the year. the beginning of the year, health care, and if anybody is responsible for the fact that the republicans torpedoed themselves on health care, it was trump who kept saying i don't like this approach. i don't want that. you shouldn't do this. you shouldn't do that, and left paul ryan in partic

dagen: mike allen had access, michael wolf was in the west wing unsupervised. maria: that's so stupid, i'm sorry. dagen: media figure in new york city. >> i did get to go into the west wing and you could just walk around and go from place to place. maria: something general kelly changed. >> yes. great report and stuff that you're doing, do we know how true this is, there are reports of this but parts of this book where the president is going to draw a line and say that is absolutely factually just not true? >> that's the approach the administration is taking already saying that a lot of the things that bannon is alleging are false. michael wolf told that he has hundreds of hours of tapes, a lot of interviews were recorded. one person that went one way and one person sate it went the other way. we need to figure out what is true and what is not. the opinions drawn by these people, what bannon said he said is true, the attacks on the trump family on kushner, on saying that the real estate empire is a money laundering organization. maria: wow. >> those are the thi

allen has long denied the allegation. michaelaid that susan braudy never complained. but she said she complained over and over. she would have gone to police but at the time, she did not think what he was doing was a crime. she says, i think so now. >> kate, thank you. >>> we turn over to al and get another check of the weather. what's happening out west? >> we're watching a couple of systems come onshore. as they do, they're going to bring rain and some much-needed snow to the sierra and the cascades, as well. the rockies, over this weekend. the two storms will come into the west coast with heavy coastal rain and increasing mountain snow. the rain extends into san francisco, and central california. you look at snow totals in the rockies. upwards of 20 inches of snow, into the cascades and the sierra. and right along the coast from san francisco, on into seattle, some areas could pick up to four >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. a very cold start this morning, but we'll see a quick warmup into the 40s this afternoo

allen, i know it's a busy day for you. thanks so much for joining us. >>> let's go now to michael wolff, of course dishing all the new details on this firestorm brewing behind the scenes of the white house. that book there, "fire and fury," it has consumed washington for the past four days as well as the news cycle. the author michael wolff appeared today on "meet the press." >> i went into this and a decent part of the country went into this, his entire staff went into this thinking maybe this can work. it's different, even peculiar, but who knows what can happen here. and that was exactly my frame of reference. i would have been delighted to have written a contrarian account here and donald trump the -- this unexpected president is actually going to succeed. okay. that's not the story. he is not going to succeed. this is worse than everybody thought. >> did you -- i'm just curious because it's a very tough book. you basically -- you're sending a message here to anybody reading this book. did you leave out good stuff because it got in the way of the narrative? if people said positive things about him, not saying that you le

allen national political reporter. jonathan, we're not surprised the president is upset about the book or not surprised people are questioning michaelolff's veracity, that this -- and, you know, him saying he's not sure if the president knew whether or not he was being interviewed, which strikes me as a little strange. having said that, you're going to have the people who support donald trump saying this is all lies. more fake news. you're going to have the people who are against and hate donald trump believing it or at least wanting very much to believe this. so where does it leave us? >> i think the problem for the president, he immediately recognized this. the decision to go full gums on steve bannon the other day was at least a temporary distraction pine thought . a bri a brilliant stroke from the president. so much is believable because it echoes so much of what we've already heard about the president. we know the secretary of state, rex tillerson called him a moron earlier on. we know the people in the administration talk about him that way, that there is interest in russia and people within the administration or a larger trum

allen reporting this morning. that amid the firestorm over michael wolfe's book, a lawyer says legal action against steve bannon is, quote, imminent, accusing the former white house aide of breaking a confidentiality and nondisparaging agreement he signed with the trump campaign, cease and desist letter which ordered bannon to retain relevant texts and emails says communicating with the author about trump his family members is disclosing confidential information. staying in a statement legal notice was issued to stephen k. bannon that communicating with the author gives numerous legal claims including defamation and libel and slander and breach of his written confidentiality and nondisparagement agreement with our clients. legal action is imminent. comes with the latest spat, a call from you, from pennsylvania, up first. robert joins us from there. caller: good morning, pedro, can you hear me? host: yes, go ahead. caller: this all broke esterday and i want you to know as a diehard democrat and someone who has been frightened for our democracy since mr. trump took office almost exactly a year ago, michael wolff is

michael wolff gentleman has tapes. dozens of hours of tapes to back up -- >> i'm sure. >> including bannon and former white house deputy chief of staff, katie walsh telling mike allen heours of tapes that's how you do a book put it on tape >> yeah. >> and, by the way, michael wolff himself when axios reached out to him pointed to the lawsuit that the trump lawyers bringing against bannon -- >> if everything i was saying was being recorded, i would be nervous. >> you're on air now >> if they didn't believe what bannon was saying was real, would be suing wolff you only sue wolff if you can figure out bannon or someone else didn't say was they said. >> there's a lot of people talking. >> i should urge my children to go to law school basically there's lots of work out there >> ai will really hurt the legal field. it's a longer conversation >> okay. >>> thank you for joining us today. when we come back, it has been a tough year for orange growers. the florida season disrupted by disease and hurricane irma, now growers are bracing for frigid weather. we will get a live report from the sunshine state after this. >>> right now, as we head to break a look at the s&p 500 winner

steve: allen, so many people on the left are looking at the michael wolff book and talking about howse the boss not good upstairs. explain the 25th amendment. >> 25th amendment is designed for when somebody has a stroke or somebody is unconscious perhaps what happened when president wilson was president. he had a sear quaws stroke. it's not designed for differences about a person's emotional makeup. first, the vice president has to invoke it. steve: which would not happen. >> if the president disputes it you need two thirds of both houses of congress. forget about it. it would happen only if any president. i'm not talking about a particular one, had a major psychotic break. look, we once had a secretary of defense his name is forester, he jumped out of the window of the walter reed center. he thought the communists were coming after him. he was the secretary of defense. okay. that's a proper basis for removing somebody from office. not disagreement about policies, politics, style, even emotional approach to problems. you have a president who says i have a bigger nuclear button than y

michael. whether he proceeds that to be schumer or mcconnell or whoever. he's done it to himself if he messes up on this one. >>> i'm joined again by jonathan allen who coversolitics for us. haven't heard a lot from steve bannon. he's usually out there, combative, but he's lost a lot of his allies and is laying low. >> sure. he's been isolated by himself within the republican party and you see, you know, what the white house was certainly fearful of at this point when the president is trying to negotiate on immigration. steve bannon commanding breitbart and its listeners and readers against any sort of immigration deal. he doesn't have to do with that. the president doesn't have to worry about that right now because bannon has been so diminished. >> this country runs the gam ot. you have people who, like me, think immigration is fantastic because i wouldn't be here without it. but on the other hand, this -- we forget how big an issue it is to the far right. immigration is to the far right and that's what we were hearing in some of these callers. people on breitbart who didn't like steve bannon and are glad he's gone but a lot of people to whom immigration i

. >> as my colleague mike allen has reported from axios am we're hearing two thing, one, as early as today, trump and his lawyers may be suing michaelo, it's reported from according to our sources that michael wolf has actually dozen of hours of recordings which may ease some concerns that some of his quotes may not be as true as they appear in the book. >> shannon, so much going on here when we focus on the book itself and we've seen some of the excerpts that have been published already and i know axios had access it to a couple of one, you mentioned in there are record to go back up the statements obviously would be a big difference when it comes to these threats of lawsuits. but was michael wolf not given access to the white house? was the white house not cooperating with his and now is it just a case of they don't like what other people said so now it's a bigger deal than what it should have been originally? >> it's been reported that he has been given -- been given ax says to the white house e we should also note that as soon as bannon was out he basically loft that access. so a lot of what we'll hear from this book in the comi