>> bannon: yes. am absolutely-- >> bannon: there's no path to citizenship, no path to a green card and-- no amnesty. amnesty is non-negotiable. >> rose: america was, in the eyes of so many people, and it's what people respect america for, it is people have been able to come here, find a place, contribute to the economy. that's what immigration has been in america. and you seem to want to turn it around and stop it. >> bannon: you couldn't be more dead wrong. america was built on her citizens. >> rose: we're all immigrants. >> bannon: america was built on her-- >> rose: except the native americans-- >> bannon: --don't-- don't g-- don't-- don't-- >> rose: --who were here. >> bannon: --don't-- don't give me-- this is the thing of the leftists. charlie, that's beneath you. america's built on our sys-- on our citizens. look at the 19th century. what built america's called the american system, from hamilton to polk to henry clay to lincoln to the roosevelts. a system of protection of our manufacturing, fin

>> bannon: it does t >> bannon: --it does not-- hang on.t does not-- >> rose: well, hang on-- >> bannon: --actually, it does not totally repeal obamacare-- >> rose: have we come to that, where the choice is simply to fix obamacare? >> bannon: i think their choice is going to be, you're not going to be able to totally repeal it. >> rose: and you accept no responsibility for the failures of this administration? >> bannon: when you say failures, it's eight months in, give me a failure. obama didn't have obamacare for the first 18 months. you're holding him to an unfair standard. >> rose: we interviewed steve bannon wednesday at his home in washington, which doubles as the headquarters of breitbart news. the interview was a day after the trump administration announced it would end daca, the program that provides legal protections for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the united states as children. president trump gave congress six months to sort it out, but bannon believes the program should be abolished. >> bannon: i'm worried about

if bannon hadn't gone on ' 60 minutes, steve bannon is driving negative coverage. >> jared kushner. > wants kushner out. but he's hurting the president at the same time. >> my understanding is he was playing to the president. he was defending the president. the president loves that stuff. his whole happy trump stuff. he loves the warrior in bannon, and bannon knows in the long game you're out one day and you're the hero the next. >> he's still talking to bannon, right? >> yes. the white house said one yesterday, it's more extensive. >> thank you both for being on this morning. ahead we'll talk to republican congressman jim jordan of the white house freedom caucus. he is blaming his own party for president trump's debt ceiling deal with democrats. and peter alexander with more on the president's bipartisan dinner at the white house tonight, and we'll check back in with bill karins as he assesses the lasting effects from irma, a 12 -day hurricane. "morning joe" is coming right back. but if that's not enough, we offer our price match guarantee too. and if that's not enough... we should m

steve bannon. he has basically declared war on mainstream republicans and is plotting pushlgs if you will against several key centers. but a lot just don't want to be associated with trump and the water right now. >>> finally, the "hardball" round table will be here with three things you might not know tonight. you'll know them later here. and that is "hardball" where the action is. >>> in her first television interview since losing the 2016 presidential election, hillary clinton pulled no punches when talking about president trump. she mocked trump for underestimating how difficult the presidency would be and had this to say about the, quote, out of body experience she had while attending the inauguration. let's watch. >> i had a big decision to make. was i going to go to the inauguration. >> well, defeated candidates don't necessarily show up. >> no. >> but you're a former first lady. >> but i'm a former first lady and former presidents and first ladies show up. so there i was on the platform. yo

bannon: we cannotmr. bannon: be more diverted.ebsite that you came from and going back to has criticism drumbeat of to the president's national security adviser. is that serving the president? mr. bannon: absolutely. the president needs to see diversion views. general mcmasters has done a good job of curating, but i was that thel from day one --ksonian foreign policy was some new people from the national security apparatus that they were not getting a full throated defense. saying jaredou're kushner, ivanka trump to have your full support and hope they are there in the white house six and up for what they leave in? mr. bannon: i think they are perfect people. ideas, as long as they are counterbalanced, i think we'll be fine. i do believe and i told the president that if he goes to his position and fall is what he ran on and what he believes in the core of his being, not only is he going to have a massively successful first term, he will when a second term i a much margin than the first time. he's never going to have something that

steve bannon is sort of a legend in his own mind here. he showed a lot of leg to josh green in terms of allowing him to write that book that was very favorable in terms of steve bannon and the out size role he played. certainly he did play a big role toward the end of that campaign. but bannon likes taking credit for the good things and then likes sort of saying well, that's just sort of the president when he was asked about the tweeting by charlie rose. so he likes to take credit for a lot of the positive and likes to sort of deflect blame for a lot of those other things. it is an interesting tightrope that he's walking, trying to sound independent and tough while also saying that he's going to be pushing very hard for this administration, attacking people who are in the way of this administration and even threatening to go out and perhaps primary republicans who don't fully embrace the trump agenda. i'd remind people that breitbart and steve bannon is basically the driving forgs behind a primary of paul ryan a couple of years ago. and h

steve bannon? >> mark: to your point, benny, one of the things about trump that happened during the primary was the traditional things that destroy people, accusations of racism or whites premises them, trump was able to overcome them. bannon was an important part of the fact that he could overcome political correctness. when bannon bites the dust, that tells you something about trump's power. >> eboni: i don't think bannon bit the dust. i take him at his word he's going to be an advocate for the president outside the white house. i think he might be more effective. the tensions internally were making him ineffective. if you want to say he's a protector of the president, i don't disagree. >> mark: it is becoming too normal a white house. the crazy people, the bannons. >> gianno: since when? >> mark: i i love the drama.

here are the people that steve bannon thinks are idiots compared to steve bannon the genius. >> i don'tant to name names. >> you have to name names. you're painting with a broad brush. >> condy rice, george w. bush, the entire apparatus. >> condy rice? >> all of it. >> all of it? >> all of it. >> i don't want to name names. that was the first line. you heard in that dialect. he professed undying personal loyalty to donald trump and condemn condemned anyone whose loyalty wavered. he promised the protect trump forever. >> i'm going to be his wingman outside for the entire time. to protect -- >> not be attacking donald trump? >> i can't -- no. our purpose is to support donald trump. by the way -- >> and destroy his enemies? >> to make sure his enemies know that there's no free -- >> and then steve bannon took a free shot on goal. i mean on donald trump. he said donald trump made the biggest mistake in modern political history. >> someone said to me that you described the firing of james comey. you're a student of history. as the biggest mistake in political history. >> that would be probab

lawrence bannon arrived in the u.s.eland by the 1850s at a time when america's borders were so open irishmen could walk into the country with no passports, no visas, no background checks of any kind. so in many ways, steve bannon's great grandfather was a dreamer. yeah, and his great-grandson is a (bleep) nigh nightmare. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) anyway, bannon held his own in last night's interview, but there were times when you could tell charlie rose was getting under his skin. just look at his face when he's asked questions he doesn't like. >> you know this white house leaks like nobody's ever seen a white house leak and that's where the reporters are getting the story, and they're getting the story about conflict between you and h.r. mcmaster, stories about conflict wean between you and jared kushner. ( laughter ) >> trevor: what the hell is that? like, what is that? i almost felt like if this interview had gone on any longer, i would have been seriously worried about the safety of charlie rose. >> trevo

sarah huckabee sanders forced to because of steve bannon. >> do you have a reaction to steve bannon's comments on "60 minutes" saying that it was biggest political mistake. >> since his firing learned new information about his conduct that only provided further justification about that firing. giving false testimony, leaking information to journalists. >> important moment. sanders alleging that gave false testimony. second looks down at notes suggesting prepared attack. third sanders asked a direct question about trump's judgment coming from ally bannon and throws a legal allegation at former fbi director. what is the legal basis for that? sanders had an answer. >> said that he was responsible for giving false testimony. down that comey either perjured himself before congress or misled congress in his testimony? >> i think that's something for doj to look at, not me. i'm not attorney. >> but using white house podium, government taxpayers funded post not political one to launch this allegation and throw to the doj which is fraught, overseeing the russia probe. we asked doj, no comment

and this is just the beginning of seeing a very public facing steve bannon.he singled out paul ryan and mitch mcconnell as trying to undo president trump's election and really putting forward the failures of trump at the feet of mitch mcconnell and paul ryan. bannon's gearing up for a war against them. >> i've got to say, curt, this hurricane, two we've had in a row and horrific. death and destruction and tragedy everywhere. but if we didn't have that, this would probably be the lead story. because a lot of things he said were shocking to a lot of people. he was talking about the catholic church having a vested interest because it puts money in their coffers. slavery, blamed republicans for the failures, whatever failures the trump administration might have. just one nugget in thereafter another, curt. >> and going after comey saying he should resign. he's removing himself from the decision making process, the spault and putting it really at the feet of the people still there in the white house, who he believes are the enemy, the west wing globalists steering

that's the bannon theory. >> yes, exactly. trump says something nice about putin, you know, a vacant lot gets filled in in newark. >> we have the pictures and still vacant. >> thank you, lawrence. >> thank you, rachel. >>> well, hurricane irma is now tropical storm irma. after moving through florida with its high winds and heavy rain this weekend, one person was killed in florida and one in georgia. at least 36 other people in the path of irma were killed, most of them in cuba where 10 reported killed and the others on the other islands in irma's path. and the most damage done to this country was actually done in the united states virgin islands. that's florida you are seeing there but the damage done in st. thomas and st. john is much more severe than anything we have seen here in the mainland and we'll be hearing more about that as the week goes on. officials in florida assessing the damage and will be for a long time. part of the florida keys appeared devastated. storm surge left massive flooding in jacksonville, florida, w

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bannon is a tricky figure.stigators, look at this decision. come interview me. it's a stunning thing. don't miss this point. he's on television proclaiming his loyalty while at the same time saying that the man he is loyal to, his ideological soulmate, made, quote, the worst decision in modern political history. how can you be more critical? he's a tricky figure, and who can trust him? >> katie, there's a lot of lore in trump circles. i've said ever since these clips have started coming out from cbs that steve bannon is the most overrated strategist in modern history. you put that question to trump insiders, they say it's all relative. they say he was sort of all they had. as someone who worked at the highest levels of politics, steve bannon has an inflated sense of self and also is not very good at what he does. >> if you win elections, everybody thinks you are a genius. if you lose one, everyone thinks you're a moron. there's plenty of smart people who have lost elections and ve versa. >> plenty of mons who h

when bannon bites the dust, that tells you something about trump's power. >> eboni: i don't think bannonake him at his word he's going to be an advocate for the president outside the white house. i think he might be more effective. the tensions internally were making him ineffective. if you want to say he's a protector of the president, i don't disagree. >> mark: it is becoming too normal a white house. the crazy people, the bannons. >> gianno: since when? >> mark: i i love the drama. you are saying in america, you have professionals in the front window showing off. >> gianno: that's what you are doing last night. >> charlie: you said he became a distraction. he only did one interview in his entire time in the white house. his last week after he -- >> gianno: an individual working in the white house versus the president's agenda. >> charlie: because of him or people who saw him. >> kat: we are going to have to continue at a later date. we have to say goodbye to our specialists. charlie kirk and gianno caldwell. they give for joining us. up next, it's "wait, what" ." ♪ it's a highly conta

julia: steve bannon's crusade in china. carol: what it is like living next to america's number one -- ♪ carol: we are with the editor in chief megan murphy. in opening remarks you look at puerto rico. what a year it is in between the bankruptcy, devastation by the hurricane. it is far from over. people cannot even find food to eat. megan: it is a true humanitarian crisis. when it was just the debt crisis and the bankruptcy of puerto rico or the electrical grid or the bankruptcy of what was going to happen with this mass exodus, now people are without water and food and electricity. we are still having the kind of politicking we are seeing in the u.s. over it. we are hopeful, both at businessweek and bloomberg that by calling attention to it that hopefully, perhaps for once in recent times we would wade through the washington quagmire and get help down there. julia: you get a sense of the real devastation of the country. megan: think about that. think about being in the dark. what if you have medicine that is to be refrigera

bannon was appalled with this side of the white house.thought immigration was the issue during the campaign. to somehow walk away from that hardline stance would be of the -- a betrayal to the voters who lifted trump to the white house. you see him now working from his office at breitbart, seething, in a way, that the republican republican party is bringing this administration. the distinction is bannon is going to war with the republican party, not with president. if that ever turns, if that dynamic ever changes, it will be real chaos in washington. but for now, bannon is trying to tow the line, stay with trump, and go to war with the parties. charlie: wall street and silicon valley, everywhere he believes they are resistant to the populist movement. mr. costa: that is right. because if you are in silicon valley right now or wall street, i have talked to people there, i'm sure you have as well -- they are somewhat happy with the possibility that stability could happen in washington. they could extend the debt limit cleanly. they could pa

steve bannon, he's out. chris christie who cares what steve bannon says, he doesn't have a job anymore, but people inside the white house told me as recent as this morning that the president continues to talk to steve bannon all the time, is that true? >> well, it's hard to prove if that's true or not. that's what you hear from bannon's allies. obviously it's in their interest to keep him relevant in that sense. i know they've spoken at least once. they spoke the day after steve bannon left the white house. i don't know how much they've spoken since then. it stands to reason because donald trump is frankly surrounded by people now who in many ways are trying to restrain him on certain issues, particularly trade where he wanted to terminate the south korean trade deal and, you know, a group of people around him said, well, wait a second, have you thought about the national security implications, have you thought about, you know, the effect on the markets. bannon's the guy in the room saying yeah, yeah, do it,

he would be in the maximum jeopardy. >> bannon knows he's fighting for his job. >> steve bannon alliesey do say this feels very grim for him. it's a bad moment. the death watch feels real. >> the articles on mr. bannon calling him kind of an exile within the west wing. here's "new york times," bannon in limbo. >> seth: i don't know if he can limbo, but i'll bet he's been found under the bar a few times. [ light laughter ] [ applause ] we have a white house paralyzed by chaos, a president who defends white supremacists, and a chief strategist who gleefully eggs him on. gop leaders and trump aides who say they're is disgusted have to actually do something to stop this because as of now this guy might be the president, but he's got this guy lurking right behind him. this has been "a closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause ] we'll be right back with michael moore, everybody! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> for more of seth's closer looks, be sure to subscribe to "late night" on youtube. the surface laptop has a very open sound. it feels like the music is giving you a nice hug. there is somethin

( laughter ) bannon -- somebody's little boy. bannon is sitting down with our friend charlie rose on the "60 minutes," and he teased it this morning on "cbs this morning." >> first television interview he's done. >> yep, most people have not heard him speak before. but he's certainly not one to mince words, charlie. i'm surprised he came out. >> stephen: oh my god, he came out? this interview's going to be amazing. ( applause ) i'm surprised. i'm surprised he's not more fit. ( laughter ) now -- we got a sneak peek of charlie's interview and, in it, bannon defends trump ending daca, even thought bannon's a catholic and the church opposed the decision. >> the catholic church have been terrible about this. the bishops have been terrible about this. by the way, you know why-- you know why? because, unable to really-- to come to grips with the problems in the church, they need illegal aliens. they need illegal aliens to fill the churches. it's obvious, on the face of it. >> stephen: yeah, it's obvious on the face of it that the church

he is steve bannon's biographer.pent a significant amount of time talking to him during the campaign. what did you learn last night that was new from this conversation? the level of his animosity toward republican leaders in , he was never a big fan. i have never heard him be as publicly explicit as he was. he made it clear there is going to be a civil war within the republican party. we found out from politico that is planning on marshaling his own candidates to run against republican incumbents. serious affect on republican's ability to control the senate. the daca quote was both a threat and a worry. think is this idea that trump is going to continue down this path with chuck schumer and nancy pelosi and find a way to come around and legalize it. that is the worry. the threat is that if it were to would launch a bigger war and this would divide the republicans on the eve of the midterm elections. david: it is no secret he has had a lot of disagreements with gary cohn. charlie rose asked him about that. steve banno

>> i think he will sign it. >> bannon wouldn't. >> bannon wouldn't but there are some things that trumpt popular track. it will help him in that vein. >> why do you say that? >> in terms of how he sees the popularity. it is not measured the same way you and i look at it. >> still a notch on hillary clinton. >> to be honest, if we were holding a national honest, he would probably win it. so we need to understand where the president sees himself right now. more to the point, listen to what steve bannon said about him. he is a pugilist, a fighter, i'm still going to be his wing man. there is a sense in the white house that this relationship between these two is a powerful one. >> it is always great to hear from you. up next, a shady russian company bought thousands of dollars in facebook ads. guess whose side they were on? and some are suggesting it is the tip of the iceberg. we'll talk about this russian meddling that's getting proven and proven again. so being cool comes naturally. hmm. i can't decide if this place is swag or bling. it's pretzels. word. ladies, you know when you switch,

bannon's interview. during that he said i think mitch mcconnell connell and to a degree paul ryan do not want president trump's agenda implemented. as obvious as night follows day. first, does the president agree with that obvious characterization of mcconnell and ryan? >> the president's committed to working with congress to get big things done. we have a very big agenda. the president wants to work with all members of congress. obviously that includes republican leadership as well as democrats. i think you saw some of the president's leadership last week when he helped strike a deal to make sure that we got the funding necessary. we're focused on moving things forward and certainly that's the goal and priority of the administration. >> and know what he's like to see given past criticisms of mr. mcconnell and ryan would he like to see different leadership in the republican congress? >> now the president is committed to working with the leadership we have and nothing beyond that at this point. john? >> s

bannon self promotion than trump.he's absolutely on the right issues. we have to start thinking about trade, we have to start thinking about manufacturing. but if he's going to push the republican party in the right direction, hopefully it will come on daca because we know how this is going to play out. if we don't get something in return, it's going to be a very big problem because the democratic party and the establishment republicans think the only problem for this country is illegal immigrations. and they don't understand that we need border security, and we need to change our wholesale legal immigration system right now because it's not working for the american worker. charles: all right. guys, we have to leave it there. we have major breaking news just moments ago. the security council passing new sanctions against north korea. i want to take a look at the futures because they're acting so far positively to this news on the heels of an all-time record being established at the s&p 500. in a moment, i'm going to s

that's very much the steve bannon model for this. it's striking to hear president trump speaking publicly about it now. when bannon was at the white house, president trump was not vocalizing that perspective. i look at the calendar for the restrategizing of this and how long it's going to take. you remember earlier this spring during the rosy dewey days when the repeal of health care was one vote away. they were looking at october as the time. they were going to come back after labor day, hit the ground running on tax reform. before the end of the year, everyone can run for midterms. nobody's holding that out as the date anymore. and if you're looking at the next debt ceiling as a come pabbon time line or goal post to the passage of tax reform -- if you're looking at those together, we very seen that slide to the end of the year into february. maybe to april now. i think they're giving themselves some extra time if they need it. >> remember, the president said obamacare repeal would be easy. this treasury secretary said we would have

in fact, it may lead president trump to work more closely with steve bannon because bannon in his mind will be seen as a winner, someone who's reliable when it comes to political victory. for a president not driven by ideology but more savors the prospect of victory, that bannon influence could continue to have sway from outside of the white house. >> rose: we're still right figure out the president and his remarks about charlottesville. at the same time, we now have the president's remarks about the n.f.l. knee down. is this simply an appeal to his base or is there more to it? >> there's a combination of visceral reaction by the president who, after all, was a u.s. n.f.l. team owner and believes players ought to listen to their owners, and a political calculation. very, very useful for the president to fly down to alabama and launch this attack, which fuses the two halves from a culture war perspective of the movement we've discussed as being fractured. everybody in alabama -- you know, i started off my career at the birmingham "post" herald and covered university of alabama football

bannon talked about, the only one who read it was mr. bannon himself.now no one else cared about it and now that he's been fired no one is going to care about anything else steve bannon has to say. >> woodruff: do you stand by your views of the president's comments in that access hollywood tape? >> sure. most importantly and the reason we have been friends 15 years and we both value each other's friendship is we speak the truth to each other. on that weekend i spoke the truth directly to the president of the united states and i didn't need to go on the air or do it publicly or to self-aggrandize myself now as, you know, mr. bannon is doing by giving a 60 minutes interview. this i suspect is his last 15 minutes of fame. that's fine. hope he enjoys it. my intent is as it's always been, not as somebody who was just donald trump's friend for a year as mr. bannon was, but for somebody like me who's been a friend for 15 years, i want him to be a successful president first and foremost for this country, secondly because i like him personally and third i believ

here is steve bannon. here is how he campaigned in alabama yesterday against donald trump's candidate for senate. >> mitch mcconnell in this permanent political class is the most corrupt and incompetent group of individuals in this country. they think you're a pack of morons. they think you're nothing but roots. and tomorrow you're going to get an opportunity to tell them what you think of the elites that run this country. >> and there is the monster that donald trump created. and tonight steve bannon's candidate has won. steve bannon's winning candidate for the seat is of course the former state supreme court justice who was suspended twice from that job. once for installing a monument to the ten commandments at the courthouse. and the second time for refusing to comply with a ruling of the united states supreme court. and there is judge moore up there tonight, accepting the victory that he has earned there in alabama. last night steve bannon actually publicly said why donald trump's judgment cannot be tr

bannon was appalled at this inside the white house. he thought immigration was the issue for trump during the campaign and to somehow walk away from the hard line stance would be a betrayal to voters who lifted trump to the white house. you see him working at his office in breitbart now seething in a way with the way the republican party is bringing the administration and how the president is going along. the distinction is bannon is going to war with the republican party, not president trump. if that dynamic ever changes, it will be real chaos in washington but for now bannon is trying to stay with trump but go to war with the party is that and the establishment on wall street and on silicon valley and everywhere else he believes they are, in fact, resistant to the populous movement. >> that's so right. if you're in silicon valley or wall street now, i've talked to themepeople and i'm sure you have as well, they're somewhat happy right now with a possibility -- a possibility -- that stability could happen in washington, that they coul

what is the president's current relationship with steve bannon? know that they still talk from time to time. that's been reported in a number of places. i don't know how close they are. bannon told me he's going to war for trump, not against him, but if you look at what he did in alabama, he certainly went to war against trump's chosen candidate and beat him. so i'm not exactly clear what their relationship is, but i do know that trump is very unhappy about the way things went down in alabama and i would imagine would be less inclined to go out and put his neck on the line to support a candidate who might lon a republican primary. the problem, though, for trump and the white hse is that it would be unheard of for a sitting republican president to endorse someone other than the republican incumbent in a race if, in fact, he weighs in with an endorsement. trump has smashed through a lot of political norms, but one he hasn't yet is endorsing an insurgent candidate running against an incumbent republican which would be very upsetting to mitch mcconnel

howie: bannon has deep ties in the conservative media.ade it clear he's going after paul ryan, and jared kushner and others in the white house. is he a force to be reckoned with? joe: absolutely. this is quintessential steve bannon. he wants to tear down the establishment. howie: he said it himself. joe: it's about his desire to break the whole thing up. that's what that interview sort of conveyed. howie: how do you think charlie rose did. shannon: charlie rose as his certain style of interviewing people. howie: he was a little more aggressive in that exchange on immigration. shannon: he was well prepared and knew where things were going. and he got interesting lines and observations out of him. the catholic church. howie: how successful has bannon been as relaunching himself? the country didn't know who steve bannon was, now he gets two segments on "60 minutes." shannon: i think he's doing a good job relaunching himself and being his own force to rival almost the president with the amnesty don headline and hashtag on twitter. he's a forc

former trump adviser steve bannon appeared on "60 minutes."we asked julianna goldman and chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes to join us. julianna, let's listen in to a portion of the interview that's playing online at "60 minutes" overtime about the president firing f.b.i. director james comey. >> reporter: someone said the me that you described the firing of james comey as the biggest mistake in political history. >> that probably be too bomb plastic for even me, but maybe modern political history. >> mason: that's a pretty stunning admission by the former white house chief strategist. >> reporter: that's right. it's a damning admission. the biggest political mistake is something that could end a presidency. so at the very least he's saying the russia investigation is going to be a cloud that hangs over this white house indefinitely. one other thing that steve bannon said in this, yes, on the one hand he said that the russia investigation is a whole bunch of nothing, but he also noted the breadth investigation, so that begs the que

i'm guessing even steve bannon does.it's not only narrow minded and bigoted, it is ahistorical. >> yeah. just to make this clear, the reason that it was built by citizens, that we basically had open borders until the 1880s at which point we shut things down to the chinese and kept open border. anyone who came were citizens, yes, they were citizens, but they were citizens because we basically had the nightmare scenario for bannon is that anyone could come and you would basically become a citizen. olivia, it also it seems to me that the economic nationalism thing, i think he believes it, but there is sort of more shtick than substance to it. in terms of what we've seen from this president, it's been nothing there is no there there. >> he said in the interview he thinks his approval rating is so low because he hasn't built the wall. i don't think that that has any basis in reality. the fact is that they haven't really gotten anything done period beyond the wall. and even if they were to build the wall now, which, you know,

>> the topic of steve bannon. >> we'll be answering more questions on steve bannon. >> it comes after the controversial adviser's first interview since resigning. with "60 minutes," bannon blasting the president's decision to fire former fbi director james comey. >> if james comey had not been fired, we would not have a special counsel. >> you described the firing of james comey, you're a student of history, as the biggest mistake in political history. >> that would be probably -- that would probably be too bombastic even for me, but maybe modern political history. >> the firing of james comey was the biggest mistake in modern political history? >> if you're saying that that's associated with me, then i'll leave it at that. >> today the white house responded. >> the president was right in firing director comey. >> reporter: now bannon back at breitbart is threatening to boost primary challengers to some sitting republicans, gearing up for what he calls war against the establishment. >> the republican establishment is trying to nullify the 2016 election. >> reporter: the question now -

and this is steve bannon's candidate. donald trump went for the other candidate, the establishment candidate who did not win, and now there's steve bannon up on stage now. we're going to listen to him, alex, and we'll be back. >> senator corker stepped down today. he's not going to run for re-election. and you're going to see in state after state after state people that follow the model of judge moore that do not need to raise money from the elites, from the capalists, from the fat cats in washington, d.c., new york city, silicon valley. this campaign was outrageous. $30 million spent about 2.5 all in the politics of personal destruction against one of the finest men in this country, judge roy moore. the question was called today in the state of alabama who's sovereign, the people or the money? and alabama answered today, the people. thank you very much. >> that was steve bannon up on stage. of course, the president's former senior advisor up on stage. and seas we look at things here, i asked you what the mood was like th

alabama win, new bannon alliance. benefactors are putting together political of ition to ensure victory republican insurgent in the senate primary this week was just the beginning of surprises await the party establishment. new york times" writes mr. bannon brings political skills trump's d as president chief strategist, advocate on immigration and trade, benefactor, hedge fund robert mers and he his daughter bring wealth and proven anti-establishment streak. he obstacle mrs. bannon and mercer face are formidable. the well funded resistance of shortagem republicans, of viable anti-establishment andidates like roy moore, the victor in tuesday's republican primary and absence of political infrastructure for supporting them and their own reputation for not following through on big political plans. new york times" adds bannon-mercy advance will widen and interparty battles that cripple in congress. mr. bannon and the mercers on a political course, establishment, but other organizations, including the one built by billiona

bannon. he's a friend of mine but mr. bannon came on very late. you know that. i went through 17 senators, governors and i won all of the primaries. mr. bannon came on much later than that, and i like him. he's a good man. he is not a racist. i can tell you that. he's a good person. >> well, the word but introduced the truth there. an interview with "the wall street journal" he called bannon a guy that works for me. bannon clashed with people he called the globalist in the white house. that included the president's daughter and son-in-law. he was fired august 28th. that day bannon said he was heading back to breitbart and told "the weekly standard" the trump presidency that we fought for and won is over. we'll make something of this trump presidency. how does a guy who is the ultimate nationalist go to "the weekly standard" which is globalist and say this is my departure speech. i just thought the whole thing -- why going to the enemy press to make good-bye remarks? >> he was sitting in the white house and know he had been left behind and he felt the need to rea

and let us not forget, steve bannon is indeed a self made man. he's been extraordinarily successful and he's a great positively elm cyst. but he's also essentially an agent of the mercer family. so steve bannon is a go who always has a patron. donald trump used to be his patron. and now the mercer family, you know, are his patrons. so if it bhoofs the mercer family and steve bannon to attack donald trump, they will. so the notion that he's sitting up there, outside of the white house, sometimes taking shots at the president, sometimes defending him and then portraying himself as this great external wing man just doesn't make any sense at all. >> and he also has a bit of a cofend ens. if you look at figures who have endured in sort of conservative media, they haven't been codependent on a single politician. and i don't know who steve bannon is without trump to sort of as the canvas on which he paints. >> well, and before trump it was sarah palin and then it was the tea party and ted cruz, rand paul. >> i remember. >> so, look, i have to roll my ey