bolton. i tate talking about it but there is a market out there for liberals to buy books like these to bash the president. they will hate the president so much they will go buy a book that demeans the president. what we know chairman xi and the chinese communist party want joe biden to win the presidential election in the fall. they don't want president trump to win. so these lighthizer had to say, what secretary pompeo had to say to dispute bolton's claim, show this book is probably not worth the price tag. elizabeth: well, you know, there was a anecdote in there that the president president supported china building prison camps for muslims. what you heard that, what was your reaction? that is getting a lot of negative feedback. people don't like that. they're saying that is morally repugnant. >> that is absolutely not true. this president's record holding china accountable and getting tough on china, the first president in my lifetime to stand up to china is very much in cone interests to

bolton says it was about the cash. to quote a different op-eds when you're somebody this is not about money, it's about money. some $2 million paid for john bolton to write this book, "the room where it happened." maxine waters democratic congresswomanic from californiar tweet from early in a week after the book came out when this understand that if right wing war hawk bolton turned against trump in his weekly conversation heard of trump soliciting president xi jinping to open when his reelection in 2020, that trump is worse than you ever thought, a deplorable undermining of our democracy and a traitor. more reaction from hakeem jeffries, one of the impeachment investigators appointed in the house. he was on abc this week and asked in hindsight whether they should have done more when it came tojo john bolton during the impeachment inquiry. this is part of that interview. >> not at all. john bolton is a political opportunist and a profiteer. he had the opportunity to step forward and participate in the house impeachment

bolton also writes this. at the opening dinner of the osaka g20 meeting with only interpreters present, xi explained to trump why he was basically building concentration camps in xinjiang. according to our interpreter, trump said that xi should go ahead. and also bolton writes this. on the 30th anniversary of ch a china's massacre of pro-democracy, demonstrators in ten men square, trump refused to issue a white house statement. that was 15 years ago, he said inat ratley. who cares about it. according to the filing, the administration claims bolton failed to meet the required review, arguing the book should not be released until that review is completed, but bolton submitted his book for review twice, first in december during the imt peachment and again after redactions when the administration claimed there was classified information. simon shuster released the following statement. tonight's filing by the government is a frivolous politically moat motivated exercise in futility. hundreds of thousands of copies

bolton said, mr. trump stressed importance of farmers and creased purchase of soybeans from china in the outcome. "wall street journal" able to do an interview with president trump yesterday. his reaction to this book, the "wall street journal" notes in the interview with the president mr. trump didn't deny he agreed to lift penalties on two chinese companies seeing favor with president xi. as said in the book. read more what the president had to tell the "wall street journal" going along here this morning. also i want to share with you on this china trade question that the president's trade negotiator, mr. lighthizer, up on capitol hill yesterday testifying before a house committee and a senate committee about trade policy. we covered both hearings. if you missed it, go to our website. c-span.org and find it there. here are headlines from the washington post on his testimony. trade representative defense china deal, trump dislikes. u.s. trade representative robert light housor expects china to fulfil

thing if we subpoenaed john bolton.have drawn out litigation, as we have seen in the don mcghan case, in other cases, for months and months and months. and remember, the conduct that we were talking about here is the president's efforts to cheat in the upcoming election this fall. we didn't have time to wait months and months and months to play out in the courts, we would have been past the election, it would have been irrelevant by the time we were finished. so we made the decision, chairman schiff did in particular, we were not going to subpoena bolton because it was just going to go to court and that was a waste of our time. >> so jeremy bash, let alone the fact that it appears john bolton let fiona hill and several other american patriots who testified before congress and put themselves out there, just let them hang on their own, which is just unbelievable to me. i just have to ask, if you witness a president telling a leader that a prison camp is a good idea or if you witness a -- if you are in the room when a pres

is so john bolton's book is debunked by nonother than john bolton. -- none other than john bolton. if you thought comey was the most disliked man in america, i think john bolton has now taken that title. lou: and as caylee mci neighborny pointed out, it's not only the white house and other republicans condemning bolton's actions. there's also rising outrage from the left. >> it is worth reminding everyone during all of in that john bolton is making his claim in -- these claims in his book, and he's trying to el books. >> the price the country had to pay -- >> after selling out his constitutional duty for $2 million, the book is now scheduled to be published next week -- >> and now bolton is attempting to literally cash in on beif trail of his country. >> i don't want to -- [inaudible] that was a substitute for testifying before congress. lou: bolton a tool now for the left and hardly appreciated. they hate him every bit as much for not taking part in their impeachment inquiry and all too happy to spread the most disparaging lies of his book about president trump. the left, the nati

i know you're no fan of john bolton's, i know you believe that if john bolton had testified, there maychment trial. but what do you make of this reporting that bill barr, who we know very effectively carries donald trump's water, is looking at whether or not to charge john bolton? >> well, the reporting doesn't surprise me. but it's enormously distressing that bill barr would once again at trump's insistence contemplate using the justice department as a political tool to punish the president's enemies. i have no doubt that bolton, much as i have a low regard for him and what he did, sought to get clearance from the review process, and that review process was politicized. the president insisting that he was not going to allow anything to be included in this book. that's not how that process is supposed to work. it's supposed to be apolitical, based on just what's classified or not classified. so i think this investigation is, you know, likely to be completely bogus. but it's a way of trying to chill people from speaking out about what they've seen. and it's a way for bill barr to do mor

white house hated bolton.his come after bolton claimed president trump asked chinese president xi to help him win reelection and offered favors to dictators he liked, among other allegations. the president denies it all and has this to say. >> he broke the law. it's very simple. as much as it's going be broken, this is highly classified. it's highly classified information. he did not have approval. that has come out now very loud and very strong. >> harris: well, bolden is talking. he is calling president trump unfit for office and ripping his dealings with russia. >> i think putin thinks he can play him like a fiddle. i think putin is smart, tough, and i think he sees that he is not faced with a serious adversary here. i don't think he's worried about donald trump. >> harris: chief white house correspondent john roberts outside the white house. john? >> harris, good afternoon to you. we've heard the allegations from john bolton, know the story is to turning to white house pushback. criticism from democrats as

and why did bolton wait to reveal it now? here's martha raddatz tonight. >> reporter: the accusations are explosive. john bolton, at the president's side for some of our country's most vital national security decisions, calling trump "erratic," "irrational," foolish," and "stunningly uniformed." believing finland was part of russia, unaware britain is a nuclear power, and, said bolton, trump was not always truthful. is the president lying? >> yes, he is. and it's not the first time, either. >> reporter: bolton also saying the president was marked by foreign leaders, from north korea's kim jong-un to russia's vladimir putin. bolton telling us in an exclusive interview the russian leader, like others, was eager to meet trump alone, without advisers, so he could flatter and manipulate. how would you describe trump's relationship with vladimir putin? >> i think putin thinks he can play him like a fiddle. i think putin is smart, tough. i think he sees that he's not faced with a serious adversary here. i don't think he's worried ab

it is -- i think bolton says this. conduct is worse than the conduct for which he was impeached and acquitted. i'm still capable of being shocked and disgusted by descriptions of donald trump. what's amazing to me is john bolton saw this version of donald trump that he writes about in 592 pages on day one. they said bad things about donald trump behind his back on day one. there's a little community of fellow abused staffers at the highest levels of the white house staff. that's what comes through on the pages of john bolton's book. >> yeah. it is stockholm syndrome like where people -- maybe they come in enamored of being in the west wing and caught up in the moment of the presidency, the president. then the hard ugly truth comes crashing down and you feel trapped and maybe you can't get out. bolton had an escape hatch. it was called impeachment. he could have, i think in that moment, served his country in a manner unlike any who have come before him and shared and verified, nicolle, a lot of what was suspicion, a lot

up next, president trump and john bolton exchange harsh language ahead of bolton's new book.ghts on all of that from the panel. first beyond our borders tonight. venezuela has released a video showing six american executives jailed in caracas. the men have been in custody for more than two years since officials under vale venezuelan nicolas maduro asked him to travel for a meeting and then they were arrested. relatives are appealing for international help in securing their release over fears about the men's health amend the coronavirus pandemic. french president emmanuel macron and britain's prince charles placed read the zetta charles de gaulle statue in london. the ceremony marking the statesman. some stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back and now, there's boost mobility... ...with key nutrients to help support... joints, muscles, and bones. try boost mobility, with added collagen. the course structure the it just suits my life perfectly because i am a mom, i'm a wife. and i was able to complete those short courses- five to six weeks- and then move onto the

if anyone opposes the agenda that trump ran on in 2016 it's john bolton and of course as soon as bolton arrived in the white house he needless other pursuing his agenda regime change war against everyone. you know it israel 1st everything that reflects a no peace on the korean peninsula you know that's right exactly so this really does raise questions of very serious questions about trump's judgment and that goes extends to all of his appointments if ever ever when he's going to have it walks away from him full of hatred for him well of course they were because they all hated his agenda but he's the one who opposed them you never opposed it he never appointed anyone who would actually believe in his agenda and would try to implement his agenda so he does it is down to trump and his judgment yet you know and that's one of the things i find interesting that the bolton's behavior you know earth surrounding his book and. doing it to the public it's very much his style of breaking the rules flaunting the laws when he did it as a foreign policy adviser during his long and checkered career he'

know what he got himself into that he and trump did not see eye to eye on policy you know bolton is a hawks hawk he's a man whose kind of record developed this reputation after decades in washington of you know as a great appetite for blowing up stuff he's supported the war in iraq he's been trying to push trump to you know attack iran a direction that from clearly did not want to go. and so that raise a lot of questions like why do you take it this job in the 1st place but he's also someone who very much believes in you know the greatness of america the unrivaled greatness. and i think that is something that he clearly did not see trump and body we heard the accounts there of you know cozying up to autocrats to curry political favor and really as he as bolton has said you know he trump he saw him as someone who put his own political interests and getting reelected ahead of country and i think that is something that really you could imagine really irking rubbing both in the wrong way of course you could argue to the bolton but gallant in before the country by waiting to come up with

and john bolton knows that very well.nd i should also point out that the man was then reclassified in the nsc is a devin nunes person in the nsc so there is a very heavy hand by people who are hand maidens to the president on this intelligence process. >> michael steele, there are a lot of senate republicans who care deeply about -- there's a lot of senators, period, who care deeply about this treatment of the uyghurs but quite a few senate republicans have been very outspoken, mar co rubio. it's like, pay no attention to what you're seeing over here. i'll just concentrate on, well, i got the action i wanted. is that -- is this more of what we should expect on the reaction to this bolton book? >> probably. i mean, look, there's a couple things going on here. one, this is a uniquely damaging account of the presidency because it's a known figure on the right, a long-time fox news contributor, figure in previous republican administrations, attacking the president for failing to live up to conservative ideology, conservative

bolton. >> reporter: but they saved their greatest fury for bolton himself. >> thank you, john bolton, for being the firefighter that shows up to the building that's already burned with the fire hose anddinates to convey his thoughts for him. >> rudy giuliani was a hand grenade that was going to blow everyone up. >> john bolton is no patriot here. >> reporter: california democrat adam schiff led the house impeachment team. do you plan to do anything with the information that bolton sets out in this book? >> we certainty do intend to explore the allegations in the book, what steps we take. >> reporter: would you ever consider new impeachment charges? >> we'll certainly look into the merits of these allegations and in consultation with our leadership, decide what steps may be warranted. >> reporter: democrats reserved some of their ire today for senate republicans who had a chance to subpoena bolton earlier this year but voted against it. the few republicans who weighed in today said that hearing bolton testify would not have changed their positions, norah, against impeaching the t. 'do

what would you tell the president about john bolton's reaction -- john bolton's revelations and whatn bolton's revelations tell us about this president? >> what they tell us about this president is he's the most corrupt person who has ever felt the office and that he fundamentally betrayed his oath to the american constitution. the president of the united states wears a 35 word oath from george washington through dobnad trump to preserve and protect the united states. we've had good presidents and great presidents. we've had mediocre presidents, bad presidents, awful presidents, crooked presidents. but we have never had a president who has so willfully failed in his oath of office to defend the country. and that is the calamity of the trump presidency. >> steve, also this weekend, jeffrey berman standing up to the attorney general and the president in what they were attempting to do with the u.s. attorney's office in manhattan, that truly is the biggest thing that happened this weekend and the strongest move against trump corruption that we've seen in a while. berman being able to ge

undercuts bolton's entire memoir?me i was very pleased that we didn't go to war over a drone. i think that's showing great restraint on the part of the u.s. government. as it pertains to this book, which i haven't read -- i've just seen excerpts -- i have no idea what, that being in the book, therefore, it disproves everything. my problem with these books and people who have left the administration, fired or quit, is in this case mr. bolton, who we all know from fox, had 18 months to say something, to do something, to quit and go out in front of the microphones and tell people why he quit. same with kelly, same with mattis. you guys are at the top of the government. you don't like what's going on, what you did was -- you didn't stop anything. now after the fact, when it's safer for you, you're up in arms. i think it's disingenuous at best. and, oh, by the way, most of the time never changes anybody's opinion about the subject they're writing about. elizabeth: colonel, why did john bolton write the book? was it just fo

bolton.d note, the classification process required that the quote be removed. i want to ask you another question. bolton says that the president gave xi jinping the authoritarian leader of a foreign adversary the okay to build concentration camps in northwestern china, which currently hold a million muslims. again, that quote was removed in the classification process. is it true or not? if it's not true, why was it deemed classified? >> and cani can honestly tell y i don't know anything about that conversation, because i wasn't in the room when that conversation took place and neither was john bolton. i read that excerpt. i think it was in the "wall street journal" yesterday. and if you look at the details, it says the only people in the room at that time was president, president xi, and the interpreters. so ironically, in a book called "in the room where it happened," john bolton was not in the room. are the detention camps a terrible this evening? absolutely. but to think that john pollton

so this is according to bolton's book. that trump didn't know that britain was a nuclear power and asked if finland was a part of russia. i mean, okay, again, if true, how troubling is that kind of ignorance coming from the president of the united states? >> well, it's -- it's devastating. i mean, i just -- you can't get over it. just basics like that. >> i'm kind of not surprised, though. i would not be surprised. >> no, i mean -- and, you know, that's kind of how i ration the book, you know? it's authoritative, it's compelling, it's stunning, but it's not surprising. >> yeah. i want to read -- this is a quote from, another quote from bolton's book and he writes, one highlight came when xi said he wanted to work with trump for six more years and trump replied that people were saying that the two-term constitutional limit on presidents should be repealed for him. i was aware of no such chatter, knowing xi was effectively president for life in china. trump was trying to compete with him. later in the dinner, xi said the u.s

bolton accuses democrats of "impeachment malpractice." the book is set for release june lamberth, the reagan appointee, buys the doj's argument that bolton never fully complied with his agreement for a prepublication scrub of classified information. >> we don't believe bolton went through that process. it hasn't been completed and therefore he is in violation of that agreement. >> president trump was also watching the action on capitol hill today. senate republicans led by tim scott of south carolina outlined their efforts at police reform. >> too often we are having a discussion in this nation's about, are you supporting the law enforcement community or are you supporting communities of color? this is a false binary choice. >> among other things, the justice act would include enhanced use of force reporting to the fbi, restrictions on troll calleds, track no-knock warrants and commissions to study policing and race. democrats said the bill doesn't go far enough but senator senator dick durbin. >> let's not do something that's a half-hear

bolton.e you coming on and sharing your views, and again, happy father's day. >> you, too. >>> before we go to break, john bolton will be my guest right here next sunday on "meet the press." i hope you join us for what i hope will be a fascinating interview. >>> when we come back, why does president trump wind up calling the many hires for top jobs wackos and liars? d shouting] [cymbals clanging] [knocking] room for seven. and much, much more. the first-ever glb. get 0% apr financing up to 36 months on most models, and 90-day first-payment deferral on any model. no uh uh, no way come on, no no n-n-n-no-no only discover has no annual fee on any card. balanced nutrition for strength and energy. whoo-hoo! great tasting ensure with 9 grams of protein, 27 vitamins and minerals, and nutrients to support immune health. and nutrients to frustrated that clean clothes you want to wear always seem to need an iron? next time try bounce wrinkle guard dryer sheets. just toss it in the dryer to bounce out w

bolton mr. obama was in office, bolton was not republican.ow in reference to being a republican, he has no friends at all. now hannity and all of others who love him when he was missed -- with mr. bush, now they have thrown him to the wolves. they allow mr. trump to do whatever he wants. republicans need to go. we need to vote them out of the senate. i agree with the gentleman just now. they have no loyalty. they are letting the country go to the dogs. host: that is mavis out of florida. we mentioned the various ways to connect with us via text message and social media. here are comments from those mediums. don'ts john saying, "i support bolton and i will not buy his book. he failed to testify when america needed him, making him a reason this might bear trump continues." ais is ed on facebook, he is deep state input of the military industrial complex with no ability -- credibility. this is bill out of new jersey saying, additions use sleight-of-hand and john bolton uses five words. a complete fraud. -- slight of words words. i republican sena

bolton. appreciate you coming. happy father's day. >> you, too. >>> before we go to break, john bolton will be my guest right here next sunday on "meet the press." i hope you'll join me for what i hope will be a fascinating interview. >>> when we come back, why does president trump call many hires offen to jobs wackos and liars. the panel is next. so what's going on? i'm a talking dog. the other issue. oh... i'm scratching like crazy. you've got some allergic itch with skin inflammation. apoquel can work on that itch in as little as 4 hours, whether it's a new or chronic problem. and apoquel's treated over 7 million dogs. nice. and... the talking dog thing? is it bothering you? no... itching like a dog is bothering me. until dogs can speak for themselves, you have to. when allergic itch is a problem, ask for apoquel. apoquel is for the control of itch associated with allergic dermatitis and the control of atopic dermatitis in dogs. do not use apoquel in dogs less than 12 months old or those with serious infections.

ambassador bolton's job was to work with the president and help him be effective and bolton wasn't ableo do that. jillian: let's take a listen to what folks on both sides of the aisle have to say about this. >> john bolton is disgruntled. because of the fact that president trump did not follow his direction. bolton lacks credibility. >> john bolton is a political opportunityist and profiteer. >> he also indicts himself for cowardice and for agreed. jillian: that's republicans and democrats. you have other people who say you can add john bolton's name to the growing list of people who used to work with the president who are now coming out and speaking this language against him. what do you say about all of that? >> well, when i think of the entire book, i am really drawn to one particular point that the new york times pulled out, and that what is the times said was the turning point for john bolton. and this wasn't ukraine or china or north korea. it was when the president decided last june not to bomb iran. and this -- you may remember that an unarmed drone was shot down by the iranians

office is also john bolton's disgrace. refusing to testify to inquiry, john bolton violated oath of office to support and defend the constitution. if john bolton could spend the rest of his life, trying to wash the blood of his hands, it would be there here and bolton attempt to go cash in on the trail of his country. howie: joining us to analyze ben domenech, susan for echo and -- ferrechio, capri cafaro, ben; do you think it's a pretty big story for the press? >> of course, it's a big story. it deserved to be published and reveals a bolton that vindicates assumptions and critics have had for a long time, someone who is catty and never go over grudge, you have meeting notes and john bolton's description as to why he was right and everyone was wrong. he criticizes nikki haley and everyone around him. bolton is always confident that he's 100% the honorable person in the room and people can take what they will with attitude of the president who frequently questions assumptions and didn't want to go along with the agenda that

let's turn to the bolton book.ton says that he was told to remove direct quotes from the book in some instances. "vanity fair" reports that bolton had originally said that president told chinese president xi at a meeting in osaka, quote, make sure i win. i will probably win anyway. so don't hurt my farms. buy a lot of soybeans and wheat and make sure we win. what's your response to that? >> a couple things. first of all, john bolton has put highly classified information sprinkled throughout a very large book. and he -- i predict this. he will not only not get the profits from that book, but he risks a jail sentence. he has done something that is very, very serious in terms of american national security. and he's got to pay a price for that. >> but did president trump ask president xi to help him win election? >> i hate the title of that book, but i was in those rooms too. and whatever bolton is saying about china is just silly. because this president has been the toughest president on china of any american presiden

. >> one of the issues with the john bolton book the room where it happened was the prepublication review by the government. the director of the national security archive at george washington university and joining us on book tv to talk about the prepublication review system. how did this develop? >> and in the 1970s where former cia agents sent in a manuscript of his experience with the cia they came back and said there is 339 passages you have to delete to review the national security information. they went to court and fight. and at the end of the day the publisher put out the book with white spaces for the 30 in bold spaces and at than object lesson and that is the review board process. >> but to go through that review process he did submit before publishing the book. to. and risking his realty the supreme court upheld the seizure of all royalties because he did not give the book to the cia for review. now smith and the government argued and admitted his book did not contain any classified information it was the abandonment of the south the one - - south vietnamese and the government

he talked about bolton and said he's a liar and said everybody in the white house hated john bolton the statement does not say i never said that to china. as a chronic of life inside the trump white house, as someone who knows the feeling of a piece of non-fiction work climbing on amazon as bolton is watching now, does this reporting hold up in terms of the bright light comparison to what you're able to glean from inside this west wing. >> so many of the conclusions and themes john bolton arrived at in his book are familiar to all of us covering this presidency but what is extraordinary and knew is the level of detail and the new episode that further points this portrait of a president who is erratic, ill informed and does not have basic knowledge of world affairs or world geography even and who does dangerous decisions for the country. that's been obvious now for three years based on all of our reporting, all of our inside accounts we've heard so far but bolton adds an incredible new layer of the story. what is interesting about the white house and the president are responding to the b

but bolton may face civil and criminal penalties, a claim that bolton disputes. today damage control from the president's rally in tulsa. >> the president was very pleased with the rally. >> so far the president remained silent on crowd size. >> we almost never hear from donald trump when bad news about his performance or administration. he is a good news guy. a salesman. >> the white house defending the racialally insensitive term by saying what trump was trying to say. >> the president does not think it is offensive to note that the virus came from china. >> the trump campaign confirming two additional staffers at the rally tested positive for covid. tomorrow the president is set to take the stage this time in the border city of yuma, arizona, one of 12 states to hit record highs of covid cases this weekend. >> team trump knows how to doral -- do rallies. they have to re-invent what trumpian politics look like and we will see if he can draw a crowd in arizona. >> team trump stick to their old playbook, hoping that it will lead to a win in november. and coming u

bolton may be an author but he's no patriot. this would have been important during president trump's impeachment trial but bolton held onto it. what might be the ramifications. >> i want to point out that they said he should have moved forward and he knew he wasn't going to get subpoenaed. this has been a number one best seller in terms of presales we're seeing on amazon. that wasn't very patriotic. he has a shrinking base. republicans are seeing the writing on the wall. military generals saying they can't vote for him. former secretary of state colin powell saying he can't vote for trump. this is just one other piece to the muzzle in terms of the republicans and trying to figure out are we going to stick with this person who's not democratic in any way, who's completely corrupt, who is not knowledgeable, who's really dragging the country into the ground, very divisive, or are we going to vote for a more moderate candidate that the democrats have offered. none of this is goods. >> we shall watch to see what happens in november.

>> first, i've known john bolton for almost four decades and know him well and i believe john bolton.have many fault, but he's a truth teller, and so i'd take anything he says about china and the presidency and alarming. china right now is trumping -- pardon the pun, on hong kong and they're invading the border with india and relations with china are horrible and the information about china's intelligence breaches are also quite alarming and so i don't know that it's a good idea to harp on china, but i do expect joe biden to do so and this say way to neutralize biden's campaign and take on china and the record on china. i don't want see a plus one way or the other. >> well, and in this case, you know, the democrats are also going to try to make hay of china. yamiche, i want to show this graphic of the matchup between biden and trump and how very slowly it's sort of been, it's one of those things if you check day to day, the presidential race doesn't change that much until you look at it over a three-month period and as you can see here the race has gone from a three-point race on apri

white house hated bolton.ed president trump asked chinese president xi to help him win reelection and offered favors to dictators he liked, among other allegations. the president denies it all and has this to say. >> he broke the law. it's very simple. as much as it's going be broken, this is highly classified. it's highly classified information. he did not have appro