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perception is that lindsey graham, if not john mccain's best friend, one of them, and they used to be simpatico on issues, very hawkish, tough on things like russia and donald has been overtly a buddy of donald trump lately to the point where he's now saying hey there may be no jeff sessions after the election. and then there's this from politico. republicans saying sessions is gone after the midterms. if grassley chooses to go to the senate finance committee, lindsey graham would become judiciary committee chairman. graham is close to election for 2020 and being close to trump would help him stave off the primary challenge. are we seeing the triumph of class politics that john mccain said should not be the principle vocation of a senator. >> the most common question i get is what happened to lindsey graham. he seems to be adrift morally, politically since the decline and now the tragic passing of john mccain and it's a metaphor of the spieplessness, lack of principle, lack of concern of the greater good of our democracy and rule of law and for him to intimate well, we'll keep him now but after the election once we pulled the pool over the voter's eyes we d

and impeaching donald trump. gwenn graham a former congresswoman, a her father was a u.s. senator. she fashioned herself more as sort of a traditionally centrist, traditionally electable candidate gillum ran to her left, a lot of energy. he wins the nomination. republicans are already saying he's going to be too far to the left to win florida in the fall. democrats are saying republicans have got an even bigger problem on their hands because of what happened in their primary tonight. the winner congressman ron desantis endorsed by donald trump. he thanked trump profusely in his speech tonight. he is very much identified with donald trump. he defeated the establishment candidate there adam putnam. sets up desantis against and drew gillum, the democratic nominee in this race. each party get accounting candidate it waned. democrats looking at desantis saying that's a guy we can beat. republicans may be thinking the same thing. we'll see what gives. we'll talk a lot about this november. we say it will be that senate race in florida, the primaries were not competitive tonight. bill nels

incidentally, lindsey graham's attacks, they began shortly after he played golf with donald trump. this is not lindsey graham changing his mind about jeff sessions. lindsey graham has decided to carry water for trump, for whatever reason. he wouldn't mind been in the trump cabinet. this is part of the trump assault on sessions. don't kid yourself a lot of republican senators decided their former colleague, jeff sessions shouldn't be there. mcconnell knows what is going on and it would be disastrous for him to fire sessions. that's why he stepped up. >> he has made public statements like that. >> mcconnell is deliberate and careful about how he speaks. he doesn't talk about full kofs in somebody if he doesn't feel that way. he doesn't want upheaval. we need to understand, when we look at candidates or senators like lindsey graham and others, some are going to have republican primaries coming up in 2020. in a state like south carolina, where the president is going to have a lot of loyal support among the republican base, it could be that lindsey graham is making sure he is on the righ

donald trump and his attorney general locked in an intense feud. senator lindsey graham knows and expects them both. national correspondent ed henry kicks off coverage with breaking news. >> the district attorney's office in manhattan is thinking about going criminal charges against donald trump's business, the trump organization in connection with how officials there reimbursed michael cohen for his payments to that adult film performer. according to the new york times, the president months ago said of the special counsel started rubbing his business dealings that would be what he called a red line that could spark robert mueller's firing. this would be state charges against the trump organization, not federal charges brought by mueller so harder to justify mueller firing. the president has the power to pardon paul manafort for federal charges but does not have clear authority to pardon people for criminal charges on the state level below the time to stressing the manhattan das in the early stages of deciding whether or not to bring a case. sources telling fox news was

you have lindsay graham saying he suspects president donald trump is going to fire sessions after the mid-term elections. you're hearing from cohen saying he thinks that would be a mistake. a lot to sort through and as of yet no comment from the white house -- >> hans -- >> craig. >> i want to stop you there because lindsey graham, senior senator from south carolina, saying on the record he suspects the president is going to fire the attorney general. that's significant. we should also note that president trump and he are bffs. if anyone would know what the president might be thinking about, it would be senator graham. have we heard any more about whether the president's actually considering firing his attorney general? >> well, just dozens of hints from the president over the last 12 months. the most recent in this morning's interview. you're right to zero in on the suspects from lindsey graham, that he suspects the president is going to fire him. this is someone who plays golf with the president. who knows his thinking. is able to bend his thinking sometimes. so the question is, did

and impeaching donald trump. gwenn graham a former congresswoman, a her father was a u.s. senator.hioned herself more as sort of a traditionally centrist, traditionally electable candidate gillum ran to her left, a lot of energy. he wins the nomination. republicans are already saying he's going to be too far to the left to win florida in the fall. democrats are saying republicans have got an even bigger problem on their hands because of what happened in their primary tonight. the winner congressman ron desantis endorsed by donald trump. he thanked trump profusely in his speech tonight. he is very much identified with donald trump. he defeated the establishment candidate there adam putnam. sets up desantis against and drew gillum, the democratic nominee in this race. each party get accounting candidate it waned. democrats looking at desantis saying that's a guy we can beat. republicans may be thinking the same thing. we'll see what gives. we'll talk a lot about this november. we say it will be that senate race in florida, the primaries were not competitive tonight. bill nelson, it i

but jill weinbanks, it's almost impossible to get an honest reaction from lindsey graham involving anything with donaldt you can see they understand, everyone except for possibly donald trump, understands that it would be disastrous for republicans if the president were to fire the attorney general before election day this year. >> i think everyone should see that, and i think -- although i agree 100% with everything jonathan said and could not have said it better, but i would add that it is also part of his attack on the rule of law, on the institutions of justice and democracy. it seems like it's out of the playbook of a fascist dictator wannabe. and it is very scary to me who believes in our democracy and our freedoms that we are being threatened by this, his attacks on the free press, his attacks on the fbi, the department of justice, his attack on sessions. this is all part of his plan to take over in a way that no american should want to live under. and we have to take action to make sure it doesn't happen. and we clearly cannot count on anyone in congress. as you said, the things that people sai

donald trump they had concerns. why didn't they do for trump what they did for feinstein? >> republican senate judiciary committee member lindsey grahamom the fbi on one dianne feinstein was warned about a possible chinese spy working in her office at donald trump didn't get the same warning about potential russian spies in his campaign. attorney jenna ellis says senator graham is right and she joined me now. >> thanks for having me. he is absolutely right because the fbi should have granted donald trump, then candidate trump the same courtesy, if they had a concern, and as they did with senator feinstein, shouldn't have treated differently because he was a republican candidate from the democratic party so senator graham's concern is appropriate and mentions he is sending a letter to christopher raskin about the doj and fbi policies which is appropriate. the american people want to know if the fbi is treating people differently based on their political party appreciation. that is not what law enforcement is expected to do. >> it is not so much party affiliation as it is dislike of a particular candidate or a particular person. don't f

graham? here's a guy who has sat by and watched donald trump insult john mccain, question his heroism, not evening to, you know, put out a proper, you know, statement in his honor of his death, and lindsey graham has gone over the wall of bedminster golf course to play golf with donald trump and graham knows better and it's shameful. on north korea, i would simple lie say, joe, we've always had three choices on north korea. bomb them. negotiate with them or acquiesce. we don't want to bomb or acquiesce so we have to negotiate. that means you'll end up with some version of the iran deal that was the same deal obama had with iran. same challenge. and he got it down to the best he thought company. but ultimately, i'm glad that we diffused that we traded in effect military exercises for, it seems, an end to testing by north korea now both its missiles and nuclear systems. that's good. that lowered the temperature. but this will be a long, long slog. trump oversold it. the question is whether he's up for this long slog, giving the end will involve a compromise just like the iran deal did. >> richard

already where they're going to do everything they can to avoid the mean tweet from donald trump and, look, senator graham lindsey today, i said you don't want to grab the fecal end of this stick. this is a president who will leave you hanging. he'll absolutely abandon anyone and anyone that supports him. you will -- they will be stuck with all of the radiation and the fallout and the stink off anything that happens to donald trump legally because he requires they defend him so passionately. and that's a bad bet. donald trump refuses to tell the truth to anyone about anything ever and they believe that donald trump says there is no collusion, nothing there, no conspiracy. and there is no contact with russia. we know there was contact. this is a guy who -- this is a guy who lies to his friends, allies. he's lying to members of congress right now and they're buying it like a bunch of mooks. >> listen, a bad bet is what democrats and people who just hate the president like rick have done which is spent a year and a half now telling the american people russian collusion, russian collusion, russian collusion.

donald trump is a phony, a fraud. his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. >> lindsey graham told us so. >> donalde's actually weak. he's a bully, he's a cartoon character. >> rand paul told us so. >> i don't think he'll be missed. in fact i really don't think donald trump is a conservative. i think he's a fake and a charlatan. >> and ted cruz, well, he really told us so. >> this man is a pathological liar. he doesn't know the difference between truth and lies. he lies practically every word that comes out of his mouth. and in a pattern that i think is straight out of a psychology textbook, his response is to accuse everybody else of lying. >> so there you have it. has president trump done anything to convince these three senators and one senator wannabe that he's not a bully? that he's not a fake conservative? that he doesn't perpetually lie? that's what they told us then. what will they tell us now? alzheimer's disease is out there. and the alzheimer's association is going to make it happen. but we won't get there without you. join the fight with the alzheimer's association. mom: okay we need to

. >> so, joe, there's senator lindsey graham pretty much giving donald trump the green light to fire questions for you. there's the microquestion of how significant that is. then the macro question, what the hell has happened to lindsey graham? >> first of all, microquestion -- i'll take them both. what's going on there. this is a lot like tycobb telling donald trump this whole mueller investigation will be over by thanksgiving 2017. be over by the end of the year. be over by martin luther king weekend. it's going to be over by valentine's day. keep the president calm. because telling donald trump that he can get rid of the attorney general, jeff sessions, after the election is like saying you can try out for right field for the boston red sox after the election and maybe mookie betts will decide he wants you to play right field for the red sox. it's not going to happen. republicans may hold on. but they will hold on by the barest of margins in the united states senate and no attorney general that donald trump wants to replace jeff sessions, so basically he would have rod rosenstein r

the leadership of evangelicalism, people like franklin graham and others, say that god put donald trumpn the whitgrhouse. do you? >> they can say anything. slave masters said god ordained slavery. wasn't true. great nation is -- grationists said god ordained segregation. the greatest critique of donald trump is not h personal vices. what is worst is his political vices, his political agenda. martin: members of hisre cotion agree. >> i think it is disgraceful, the way he is treating people of color. >>'s ideas don't match up with any of what the bible is saying. martin: ralph drollinger says donald trump needs tim grow. >> any person that is young in christ is going to have issues with their demeanor, especially if your whole life is on camera. whmartin: but peter wehner worked for three republican worked for three republican presidents, says donald trump is less a christian and more a hypocrit d >> i think tage donald trump is doing to christianity and the damage to christians war trump supporters is catastrophic, and a very harsh indictment of the people who stood by him, who were his

the leadership of evangelicals and people like franklin graham and others say that god put donald trump, you know. the slave master said god ordained slavery. it was untrue. the greatest critique on donald trump is not his personal vices. what is worst is his political vices, his political agenda. we bless you, we love you. members of his congregation agree. agenda. we bless you, we love you. members of his congregation agreelj members of his congregation agree.|j think it is disgraceful, the way he is treating people of colour. his ideas don't match up with anything of what the bible is saying. ralph frohlinger says donald trump just needs time to grow. any person that's young in christ is going to haveissues that's young in christ is going to have issues with their demeanour, outwardly measurably especially if your whole life is on camera. but peter wernher, who worked for three republican presidents says donald trump is less a christian and more hypocrite. oh, i think trump is less a christian and more hypocrite. oh, ithink the trump is less a christian and more hypocrite. oh, i thin

the leadership of evangelicalism, people like franklin graham and others, say that god put donald trumphat god ordained slavery. it wasn't true. that god ordained segregation. it wasn't true. the greatest critique on donald trump is not his personal vices. what is worst is his political vices, is his political agenda. members of his congregation agreed. i think it's disgraceful the way he is treating people of colour. his ideas don't match up with any of what the bible is saying. ralph drollinger says donald trump just needs time to grow. any person that's young in christ is going to have issues with their demeanour, outwardly, measurably, especially if your whole life's on camera. but peter werner who worked for three republican presidents says donald trump is less a christian and more a hypocrite. i think the damage that trump is doing to christianity and the damage that christians who are trump supporters are doing, is catastrophic and a very harsh indictment of the people who stood by him, who were his sword and his shield. the christians? the christians. with some now questioning t

another attorney general that would satisfy donald trump would only be someone who could make that investigation go away. >> senator lindsey graham did say anyone who would replace the attorney general jeff sessions, anyone that the president nominates would have to promise to protect the mueller probe. lindsey graham is on record saying that, as well. >> that is jeff sessions. so what would the difference be between the next attorney general and jeff sessions? the only thing donald trump doesn't like about jeff session is that he is protecting the mueller probe. to me it just seems the real issue is the russia investigation. absent someone who would make that go away you have essentially jeff sessions. >> let's talk about the president saying that the russia investigation had nothing to do with his decision to part ways with the white house counsel don mcgahn. he is sending mixed signals. how do you see it? >> the president tweeted that it was not don mcgahn who prevented him from firing bob mueller and jeff sessions. it is clear from the president's tweets and statements that he would like to get rid of them and that is probabl

well, a couple things, one is in many ways -- i don't agree with everything lindsey graham said but he is right if donaldrump or any president were to be impeached by the house of representatives the senate could convict and the president is out. but as far as how republicans are dealing with this at this time it's not even been 24 ho s hours. it's been 17 hours since these cases have crashed into one another and shaken up the political world but to put in the perspective, they want nothing to do with it. republicans want to step away. there is no loyalty in politics. they are focussed on the midterm elections. what they say now could be different than what happens after november. >> that's possible and mark says there's no loyalty in politics but there is fear and that has kept republicans corralled because they've been afraid of their base which is lopsided support of donald trump almost whatever he does but what happened yesterday is unprecedented. for a campaign chairman and president's lawyer to become convicted felons within a matter of minutes is unprecedented. the reason i think lindsey graham's

like this case of paper for only $29.99 at office depot officemax. >>> lindsey graham just gave donald light to fire his attorney general and undermine the mueller investigation. we will talk about that in a minute. first, heidi, you got an exclusive first look at former democratic congresswoman gabbie give forward's political ad that focused on gun violence. let's look at it and tell us what is behind the ad. >> all across our great country families are scared of gun violence. i am gabbie gifford. what makes america great? the courage to say no problem is too big to solve. but shooting after shooting, barbara comstock has failed. she has taken thousands from the nra. we must do better. >> reporter: so, joe, this ad is significant for a number of reasons. first of all, it is the first one to come out and it is in the nra's backyard in virginia's tenth congressional district going directly at barbara comstock, featuring gabbie gifford herself speaking to the camera, which is something we haven't seen before. she in many ways is a powerful advocate as a victim herself of gun violence tha

donald trump is taking. >> lisa: senator lindsey graham is on board at least. he stated his support. >> chris: this is a liberal democratic issue, some of the five or for a long time so trump is eating their lunch. the cio says we might endorse trump in 2020, he says we might endorse trump in 2020 which prompt the head of the teachers union should say what you even about? so this is a hard one for democrats because they believe in tariffs. >> harris: is an interesting point, and the e.u. president also throughout their his perspective, we can talk about getting rid of some of the areas that the president is trying to achieve. so they're talking as you said and that's important. president trump at last nights rally in pennsylvania, did you see it? he took on illegal immigration and what he might do if he does not see action. >> we are building it, we are building it. so we started the wall, 1.6 billion, we are fixing walls all over the border. and we are going to start to get very nasty. we are either getting it we are closing down government. we need border sec

lindsey graham has been disappointing the last year and a half. during the campaign, he talked about donald trump being a kook, dangerous to the country. in the early days of the administration, he was standing up to him in the way his hero, john mccain did. now, he's flipped and enabled him. >> graham's argument is, he is the president, and i was to work with him. if i can be the bridge builder, i can. >> enable him to do terrible things like shut down the mueller investigation are different things. >> pleasure to have you both, especially at the same time. rare treat. >> thank you. >>> coming up next, it is primary day in three states today. you know where the president is taking up all the oxygen, right there, arizona. we'll talk about the three-way senate race to replace one of his most outspoken critics, and how it is seen as a sign of the changing times. imes so you have, your headphones, chair, new laptop, 24/7 tech support. yep, thanks guys. i think he might need some support. yes. start them off right, with the school supplies they need at low prices all summer long. now save $150

donald trump's swamp. i'm afraid that lindsey graham appears to be giving the president a green light here. >> the deputies are going to make this at least in part an election about corruption. s sam, saying the republican party is tied to corruption. look what the president has, those around him. look at chris collins, duncan hunter who has just been indicted on multiple counts of improperly spending his campaign money. 47-page indictment that was just jaw dropping. you are working for bannon with the midterms. how do you push back on that? >> i think in terms of those two congressmen, duncan hunter, he can't resign, unfortunately. we would call for it if he could. with that said, chris collins did resign. they will have a new candidate there. and we have to just -- he is not going to run for office. he is not on the ballot. and we'll see. the idea that donald trump or the house is responsible, the republicans for two specific congress ma congressmen and their conduct, it's a good talking point. >> this is not draining the swamp. the swamp is getting thicker. >> we would say he is not responsible for the

. >> reporter: levine's outspokenness against donald trump, has made him a close second to graham whoes on a reputation as daughter of god graham. democratic strategists jim davis says change is needed in a state that hasn't seen a democrat when the governors mansion since 1994. >> i think this is a year being a woman is an advantage. >> you can't win with your own party alone. the attention has to be how can i reach the 20% of floridians not registered as democrat or republican. >> reporter: the democratic nominee must face off against either of the republican candidates, adam putnam and ron desantis in november. jillian: polls will open in florida. one candidate is standing out for sticking to his guns on second amendment rights. that candidate state representative matt caldwell is running as the agriculture commissioner and he joins me live, thank you for your time this morning. why do you think running in this way will help the gop? and you specifically? >> first of all you got a state where 2 million residents are concealed weapons permit holders. it is a constitutional right the

. >> lindsay graham talking about a shakeup happy department of justice as jeff sessions fires back at donaldmp. this wi-fi is fast. i know! i know! i know! i know! when did brian move back in? brian's back? he doesn't get my room. he's only going to be here for like a week. like a month, tops. oh boy. wi-fi fast enough for the whole family is simple, easy, awesome. in many cultures, young men would stay with their families until their 40's. rob: demanding jeff sessions take action on the russia probe as lindsay graham fuels speculation the attorney general may soon be fired. shannon: republicans want that might not be a good idea. don't lose later has more on this. >> reporter: this relationship has been souring month after month and may be near a breaking point. definitions was one of the most loyal supporters of the president, now he is putting out a statement affirming his own job. here is what it read, i'm attorney general, the actions of the department of justice will not be improperly influenced political considerations. i demand the highest standard where they are not met, i take acti

donald trump had four rivals who are now in the senate. cruz, rand paul, lindsey grahamthem in one way or another have made their peace with donald trump. neil: right. >> and some of them, like lindsey graham have become quite friendly with him. and ted cruz has become a real supporter. so my sense is that whole lion ted stuff is pretty over. you have to remember the day in indiana in may of 2016, this is when donald trump was going to basically wrap up the nomination cruz just let out on him. he let loose. just weeks and months of anger and resentment coming out. but it seems to me that the last year-and-a-half or so have pretty much put that behind them. neil: yeah. i remember mike pence played an odd roll there supporting ted cruz -- >> mike pence was keeping his head down, you know? >> exactly. real quickly, while i still have you my friend. there is all this rumormongering going on that bob mueller does something today, and you know, he has got to move fast, if you want to do something so that you're not interfering or disrupting the election cycle. what do you, wha

donald trump. as i tweeted back to senator graham, you don't want to grab the fecal end of this stick.s him. they will be stuck with the radiation and fallout and stink off anything that happens to donald trump legally because he requires they defend him so passionately. and that's a bad bet. relies on two big predicates. first that donald trump ever tells the truth to anyone about anything ever. and second one they believe that donald trump says there's no collusion, nothing there, no conspiracy or contact with russia. we know there was contact. he lies to his friends, allies and members of congress right now and they're buying it like a bunch of mooks. >> bad bet is what democrats and people who just hate the president like rick have done, spent 1 1/2 years now telling the american people russian collusion, russian collusion, it's been the message into the midterms and wall-to-wall media coverage. and when this happens, public is like this isn't about -- >> also about media conspiracy and -- >> you've harmed your own ability to prop up something that happened today and explain to the

chinese spy working for her, failed to warn then candidate donald trump about concerns regarding some former campaign officials. senator lindsay grahamon. watch it. >> i'm going to send a letter to director ray next week and ask him what is the policy, why didn't you tell president trump you had concerns about carter page? is there a double standard here? if this was a counter intelligence investigation, not a criminal investigation, the fbi should have told president trump they had concerns about papadopoulos and page. why didn't they do what they did for feinstein? >> harris: the power panel katie pavlich, basel smikel, former dreck to have the new york state democratic party. bet you're busy leading up to the mid terms. when i interviewed the senator i said can we add the name paul manafort and rick gates to this, too. is this a double standard? help out senator feinstein but don't help out the republican candidate for president? >> i don't know if it is a double standard but i don't know if there is a standard. >> harris: that's not good. >> no, it's not. what happened in the feinstein case is slightly different with respect to t

lindsey graham opening up about a phone call with donald trump after the senate delivered a touchingcain. >> he called yesterday and said that was very sad. you did right, i said thank you. >> reporter: the president called you? >> you see that. rob: a sad and touching moment, south carolina senator holding back tears, honoring john mccain on the senate floor. he will speak at the memorial service at the washington national cathedral and his burial on sunday at the naval academy in annapolis maryland. jillian: a police officer rushes to the rescue when a boat sizes. to dramatic moments caught on body camera. >> i want to get everybody on the boat. >> reporter: the officer pulling 3 brothers out of the water into the boat off miami beach. police think they were stranded in the water for about an hour. no word why the boat flipped over. rob: convicted in 1993 world trade center bombing, now suing the united states. jillian: he says his religious rights are being violated in prison because his meals aren't catered to his islamic beliefs and he has not been given a muslim prayer leader.

graham event. are you saying basically at that point that donald trump was running for president next >> guest: we knew he had talked about it a lot. there is a sort of after story epilogue even after the deal collapses, they see him in the first trump tower meeting, they need -- they need -- keenest telegraphing his plan to run for president tied in with the son of the connected oligarch and also another point on this advocate of this, you guys in the imposition committee and us on this meeting we will get to that. but who are the people that set that up? the e-mails are pretty clear the cast of characters that run through the story. the first meeting in january, 2015 he's sharing his ideas or the notion that he might run for president. what do you think he possibly did? >> guest: key told the whole power structure of moscow so it is like he' he is considering running and then 15 months or so later when the second meeting happens and the dirt on hillary clinton that is presented to the top of the campaign becomes initially from the father who says basically the attorney atty general has informati

interesting to me, ayman, we're seeing these republicans like lindsey graham, for example, who once portrayed themselves as a curb on donaldmp really going completely the opposite direction. you can't be a curb on one hand while waving a white flag in the other. >> graham said there would be hell to pay if the president fired the attorney general. and there will probably be some kind of change. kathy, from a legal standpoint, is there any legal repercussions from the mueller probe that firing your attorney general or replacing your attorney general, in itself, can be perceived as an obstruction of justice. >> well, it would depend on the reasons he's replacing him. certainly, there's nothing wrong with a president replacing an attorney general. he serves at the pleasure of the president. the president has the removal power according to the constitution, and he can. >> in the context of this presidency -- >> he's doing it, if he's doing it because he's not following his bidding or doing it with a corrupt purpose, or doing it for an improper purpose with bad intent, then it could be used as evidence against him in an obstruc

donald trump's frustration is wearing thin on senators. including chuck grassley and lindsey graham. both say the move to replace could be made after the midterms. >> it feels when, not if. >>> and michael cohen pleaded guilty to eight counts last week saying he paid hush money at the direction of donald trump in the effort to sway the election. before the plea, cohen was defiant, but realized he had no choice and became focused on his wife and family's well being. cohen is expected to get three-to-five years at the sentencing in december. >>> cnn learned a second employee discussed an immunity deal with prosecutors. cnn could not determine the employee's identity. >>> betsy devos is considering to bolster the rights of college students accused of harassment or rape. according to "the new york times" and "washington post." new rules could have significant repercussions to handle the lawsuits. the changes could change the statement from unwelcome conduct of sexual nature to unwelcome conduct on the basis of sex which is pervasive and objectively offensive. >> the regulations would re

senator lindsey graham says it's a good start. >> donald trump is telling the world business communityeans, you cannot do business with this murderous regime and have access to u.s. markets. over time this will work. you are on the right track, president trump. >> nancy pelosi blasting the move calling it counter productive it diminishes america's credibility and erodes our relationship with nato and allies and sets back a path toward a more stable region and peaceful non-eye nucleanonnuclear future. another round as noted by out president will go into effect in november that will target the oil sector and central bank. this is just getting started. steve: it did at midnight. griff, thank you very much. so in may the president took us out of the iran nuke deal. now this morning the remaining parties to the iran deal, russia, china, the united kingdom, france, germany and the eu have all announced that they will continue to work to keep the financial channels with iran open. and they also hope to keep the exports and import of oil and gas. however, as brian pointed out a little while ag

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donald trump at a recent one. for the late reverend billy graham this year. scenes from that on the screen.e's not attending any memorial events, it took 48 hours after the senators passing frtd president to send out an official white house statement and agree to keep flags lowered until the funeral. in the interview he insisted he properly honored the late senator and didn't miss the opportunity to unite the country. saying i don't think i did at all. i have done everything they requested and i don't think i have at all. ruth, it's interesting. i have had conversations with folks who say they are bothered by the idea a president of the united states isn't going to be playing the role that traditionally expected in this occasion. also given the history the trump and john mccain. given the comments he made as john mccain was figing brain cancer in the last year. maybe it's better he take a backseat. >> the president didn't really have a choice about whether to take a backseat. in terms of the funeral. because it was made clear by senator mccain and his family that the president was -- but to

graham. that friendship may have been strained in recent months or years because of the effect of donald trump, but they really -- they and joe lieberman and the others were such close friends. >> such close friends. i mean, first of all, lindsey graham and joe lieberman and john mccain, the original three amigos of the three of them, incredibly close and believe in the exceptional role of america and american leadership and standing up for human rights around the world. and john was the leader of that. whenever he traveled, any person that was -- was a threat he would stand up to them and he stood up for our values and his legacy will be one of -- i think it is clear vision of america's role in the world and standing up for people who were not in a position to be able to stand up for themselves. >> and as you talk to him when you last saw him, and he was battling this terrible disease, the courage with which he fought this final battle has been so extraordinary and so heroic. tell me about his attitude and how he could maintain that spirit? >> well, john had that same fortitude and was resolu

graham. that friendship may have been strained in recent months or years because of the effect of donald trumpbut they really -- they and joe lieberman and the others were such close friends. >> such close friends. i mean, first of all, lindsey graham and joe lieberman and john mccain, the original three amigos of the three of them, incredibly close and believe in the exceptional role of america and american leadership and standing up for human rights around the world. and john was the leader of that. whenever he traveled, any person that was -- was a threat he would stand up to them and he stood up for our values and his legacy will be one of -- i think it is clear vision of america's role in the world and standing up for people who were not in a position to be able to stand up for themselves. >> and as you talk to him when you last saw him, and he was battling this terrible disease, the courage with which he fought this final battle has been so extraordinary and so heroic. tell me about his attitude and how he could maintain that spirit? >> well, john had that same fortitude and was resolute

rob: donald trump urging jeff sessions to take action on the russia probe a lindsey graham sparks speculationshakeup at the justice department. jillian: of the republicans worn firing the attorney general could backfire big time. >> reporter: the you was simmering in the background, jeff sessions met with donald trump at the white house yesterday to talk about prison reform. that was after he put out a statement affirming his own job. he wrote i am attorney general, the actions of the to permit of justice will not be improperly influenced by political consideration. i demand the highest standards and take action. we know donald trump has real against sessions after the attorney general decided to recuse himself from the russia probe. a position the president reiterated on "fox and friends". >> and attorney general in charge of the justice department, never took control of the justice department and it is an incredible thing. rob: is sessions going to go? there was a suggestion the president could rid himself of sessions after the midterm election. >> i hope the relationship gets better, the p

graham mentioned to protect mueller. sessions is most intriguing. not just a donald trump fighting with another cabinet member. right? it is that. it is also this is the guy who's the head of the justice department. the justice department is the one that formed the special counsel. that continues as julie mentioned to be this sort of undercurrent. is bob mueller going to sit down with donald trump? when will the report come out? how will donald trump react in feels like to me sessions is wrapped up in that. trump may not get rid of sessions as he would like for near of how it looks in the mueller investigation. maybe lindsey graham is giving him an opening for after the election to get rid of him. >> what do you think about that? we have talked so many times of is everybody on the jeff sessions watch? might his days be numbered? how do you see it? >> it is really fascinating and kind of amazing that jeff sessions is still in the position he is in. right? you have seen so many people from cabinet members to white house aides go in and out of this administration because things have been so tumultuous and jeff sessions

ed: lindsey graham said a couple days ago with martha before he wrote this letter look, the investigations against donalde that with dianne feinstein, it looks like you may have missed. this. steve: which was great that the finn did that. ed: they never did that with then candidate donald trump. ainsley: right. think about that. if they think she has a spy as as a driver they tell her so it stops. what they did with president trump or donald trump at the time he was the candidate. they didn't -- how long did it go on? if they thought that people inside his campaign were colluding with russia, they were going to allow that to keep going on and sent spies in themselves? figure it out? ed: sweep under the scarpt what listening to didn't have a public accounting of that fired the guy to get rid of him. >> lindsey graham said why didn't do you for republican donald trump what you did for democrat dianne feinstein? steve: the president pulled the plug on the security clearance for the former cia director mr. brennan. well, then mr. brennan came out with an -- op-ed in the "new york times" which essentially say

it was less good to see senator graham who seems to be b all over the place with respect to donald trump, in some ways open the door to donald trump firing sessions. the issue on firing sessions is will the senate confirm a new attorney general. >> right. which is is a whole other you know can of worms. are you concerned, trump has a history of these distractions. are you concerned he might do it? he basically tweeted a threat this morning saying he might have to get involved. >> well i think he's got to consider a bunch of things. first of all, firing the attorney general because you don't like an investigation into you, that is obstruction of justice. now you know people are going to say but he has the authority to do it. of course he does. but if it is done as part of malfeasance, done for an unlawful or bad reason, it could be obstruction of justice. my guess is that some of the lawyers he has around him are are probably talking to him about it. then there's the political reaction. what doesn't get covered enough is we watched him day in and day out for over a year now slamming this

judiciary committee have been saying that president donald trump may have to replace his attorney general after the midterms. here is what lindsey graham, a prominent republican on the senate judiciary committee had to say. >> do you think he would fire attorney general sessions today if he could? >> i think he wants an attorney general that he has a better working relationship with. to those in my business who say you are stuck with jeff sessions, i like jeff sessions, but do you have -- how smart do you have to be to understand this is not working? >> a lot of republicans i have to say have been telling me and other reporters on capitol hill, they feel badly for jeff sessions. they feel terrible about how public the feud between him and president trump has become. a lot of them urging the president, stick with jeff sessions until at least after the midterms. >> thank you for that update. >>> we do have breaking news. a new report that donald trump wanted to buy and bury everything the "national enquirer" and his publisher had on him. that's decades of dirt, much more than just the stories of stormy daniels and karen mcdougal. the pla

donald trump made it clear that he wanted to santos to be the lead. on the other side, gwen grahameughter of bob graham of a centrist candidate, democrats wanted her to be the nominee and they ended up getting andrew gillum. indra gillam winning was a surprise. that sense of a contrast of far left liberal democrat, far right inservative republican probably the most important governors race in the country. florida is the most competitive of our giant mega-state. the governor who gets elected this year will be in place to oversee congressional redistricting after 2020. >> play this out for us. it's not like florida has been far to the right or part of the left it has swung both ways area >> florida is a very swingy state. up in thehows president's approval ratings. they are generally better in florida than nationally although it is still mixed at best. florida is an interesting state in terms of demographics because it is a very diverse state which would seem to suggest it would be more democratic, yet it is a haven for older white voters who move in from the northeast and the midwes

republican senator the graham of the armed services committee joins us to dig in further. the sanctions kick in. donald trump saying the united states is fully committed to enforcing all our sanctions and we will work with nations connecting business with iran to complete complaint, individuals or entities that failed to wind down activities risk severe consequences. who is that for? >> anybody particularly europeans who probably ayatollah. trump has made a decision that the nuclear deal with iran was terrible for the world, terrible for the united states and he will impose sanctions until iran changes its behavior. what he has told europe and every business entity in the world is you can do business with iran but you can't do business with us. you got to pick him. shannon: european ministers issued a statement saying we are going to make this work. >> all talk. if your european business do you want to lose the american market? to my european friends and allies, what is it about the ayatollah that you like? why do you stand with him and against the people he is oppressing? what you want to give a man m

it's not that donald trump has worn them down and they somehow have trump fatigue. richard shelby and lindsey graham, these people have made a new political calculation, which is a different political calculation than the one they made defending jeff sessions. and their new political calculation is i am on the trump side against jeff sessions. >> which is really saying i'm on the trump side against the united states of america. and i think that's what's getting lost in the larger conversation that just looks at the specifics of the mechanics of how this works, is the united states attorney general is the highest lawyer of the land. i didn't -- was hoping that jeff sessions wouldn't be confirmed, to be quite frank, because i don't think he's upholding all the laws of the land in my view. but having said that, he's essentially being attacked for not -- for not protecting the president of the united states over the constitution of the united states. that should be unacceptable to all of us. >> we're going to have to take a break here. david frum, matt miller, maya wiley, thank you for starting us off t

u.s., two key republican senators have signaled to donald trump he could replace jeff sessions after the midterm elections in november. lindsey graham and grassley changed their positions yesterday after the president launched a fresh attack on sessions. the move would open the way for firing robert mueller or constraining his probing to russian meddling in the 2016 election. global news 24 hours a day, on-air and tictoc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more .han 120 countries i am markus karlsson. this is bloomberg. the jackson hole symposium, which a guest has called summer camp for economists, is underway. the big event is jay powell's speech at 10:00 a.m. eastern today. bloomberg, with esther george, who gave her a few for further rate hikes. -- review for further rate hikes. doing well andis based on what i see today, two more rate hikes could be appropriate. i am mindful that is not a commitment. each meeting, you have to reassess. what are you hearing from your constituents that you talk to and make the decision at that time. nejra: for more on this, our global economics and policy editor kath