i remember vividly the story when carl bernstein and i were working on watergate, the fall of 1972 when nixon had a landslide re-election and tracing money and activity to the nexton white house to the re-election campaign and wrote his campaign manager, the same way, some of the way these people get close to presidents. he was number one, the way david axelrod was to owe bam bah bauma. nd he financed watergate and other activities and before your time at the "the post" with a little campaign where you can get candy bars and a couple of coffee -- >> you have told me what the price of coffee was? >> 10 cents and it wasn't even worth 10 cents, but carl puts a dime in and carl is probably somebody's best instimpings of any journalists that i have ever known and he jumps and turns around and says to me, you know nixon is going to be impeached. and i thought, here's the guy closest to him, a money trail. we now know it was much more than we had at the time, but we had the beginning of the story and i said to carl, you're right, he is going to be impeached, but never use that word in this new

also, carl bernstein of the fame woodward and bernstein who broke open the watergate story for "the washington post." carl, let me begin with you. it sounds like senator joe lieberman could be the pick for the fbi director. your thoughts? >> well, i think it's possible to be a bit cynical about the choice for the following reasons. lieberman is someone that trump likes. jeff sessions likes joe lieberman. they know each other. he comes from a law firm that has done work for the president of the united states in his private life. it's clear that this president wants to hold on to as much influence and control and affect the investigation to whatever degree that he can. there has been a coverup that's been going on. doesn't mean he's obstructed justice but there's no question that there's been a coverup going on in which the president of the united states has tried to impede, obstruct, demean a legitimate investigation. and now i cannot imagine he doesn't want to continue to have whatever influence and contact with the investigation he possibly can. and perhaps he is thinking and sessions is thin

it is a dangerous moment. >> carl bernstein -- >> "all the presidents men" isn't just a great movie. it is a great book by carl and bob. everyone should read it, especially now. >> cinemax, amazon, itunes, lots of ways to watch it. jeffrey, carl, thank you very much. just getting started here. two washington correspondents standing by talking about the leaks out of the white house and why you should consider believing them. if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, isn't it time to let the real you shine through? introducing otezla, apremilast. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. some people who took otezla saw 75% clearer skin after 4 months. and otezla's prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't take otezla if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. otezla may increase the risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts, or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss. your doctor should monitor your weight

joining me carl bernstein and david axelrod and michael haden.you wrote an op-ed for the hill. you say, it's beginning to feel a little like nicaragua around here. how do you -- what do you mean? >> in 110 days, the president has fired a national security adviser, an acting attorney general and the director of the fbi. i was trying to capture what that must feel like for people on the outside looking in at america and by the way, my international network has checked in with, you are going to be okay, right? i was trying to describe that this kind of behavior is not normally associated with a mature western democracy. it's associated with autocratic populist states. >> do you feel that could be the -- that's where we're heading? >> look, i have lived enough in the world. america sent me to places that weren't happy at the moment. i have seen how thin the veneer of civilization is. you walk through -- >> we think it's solid. but you walk through say-- what smieks you h strikes you how different -- >> there are snipers. >> you just have that concern

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i remember vividly the story when carl bernstein and i were working on watergate, the fall of 72 before nixon had this massive landslide reelection and we were tracing money and activity to the nixon white house, the reelection campaign and we wrote about nixon's closest aide, john mitchell who had been the attorney general, his campaign manager, you know, the same way some of these people get close to presidents, i mean, he was never one, may be sort of the way david axelrod was to obama. we said michel controlled the secret fund and it financed watergate and other activities. before your time at the post on the fifth floor with a little canteen where you can get candy bars and a couple coffee and carl and-- host: you told me what the price of a couple coffee was. guest: yes, 10 cents. [laughter] guest: it wasn't even worth 10 cents, but carl goes over and puts a dime in and gets a cup of coffee and carl is probably someone best instincts of any journalists i've ever known and he kind of jobs and it turns around and said to me, you know nixon's going to be impeached and i thought you k

i remember vividly this story when carl bernstein and i were working on watergate at the fall of 72 before nixon had this massive landslide reelection and we were tracing money and activity to the nixon white house, the reelection campaign and we wrote about nixon's closest aide john mitchell who'd been the attorney general, his campaign manager, the same way some of these people get close to presidents. he was number one, maybe sort of the way david axelrod was to obama and we said mitchell controlled the secret fund, and financed watergate and other activities and before your time as the post on this floor, we had a little canteen where you could get candy bars and a cup of coffee and colin and i ... >> you told me what the price of a cup of coffee was?>> $.10 and it wasn't even worth $.10. but carl goes over and put the dime in, gets a cup of coffee and carl is probably somebody's instincts of any journalist i've ever known any kind of jumps and he turns around and says to me you know, nixon's way to be impeached and i thought you know, you're the guy coast closest to him, a money trail

a guy who knows a little something about journalism, about official pressure on journalists, carl bernsteiniformly "the washington post" now cnn come nateor. let's listen to what carl said. >> this is part of an attitude regardless of whether they're really going to seek such a change, and the attitude was expressed in trump's speech last night, which is the most venomous speech by an american president that i have heard in more than 50 years of reporting. venomous towards the press, venomous towards legitimate political opponents, and it was a road map of a venomous state of mind. >> i get the sense that carl didn't like the speech, brian. >> i think he was expressing what a lot of folks in the press might want to say, which is when you're up in a podium degrading real news outlets like cnn as fake news it has long-term consequences. it affects people's perceptions where they can get real information and the truth. president trump suggests everything could be true which sort of implies nothing is known to be true, choose your own set of facts. the rallies about the media and other issues r

carl bernstein and david gergen. john dean says the firing of comey is a very nixonian move.ke better than anybody. do you agree? >> i suppose you could say that. i think we need to look at a central fact here. that is that the president of the united states, for four months since his inauguration, has done everything in his power to impede, obstruct a legitimate investigation. nixon did not try to impede a legitimate national security investigation. what you do in the process if you are the president of the united states -- i'm not saying this means he is literally and legally obstructing justice. but he has impeded this investigation, especially through the firing of comey. and in the process, he has undermined the national security of the united states by making it harder for us to know what occurred with russia destabilizing the united states. we have never had a situation in modern times in which there has been an accusation such as this that associates of the president of the united states colluded with a hostile foreign power to undermine and destabilize our country. t

who years later to the day, two people who were major figures in watergate, carl bernstein and former white house counsel john dean. as someone who worked in a white house who was under siege and being investigated by a special counsel. what is the mood in the west wing? >> i can't imagine it's a happy white house now.nixon watergate need to know white house. so it probably in the trump white house isn't quite that smooth. they're still working out their staffing and it's -- this has happened very early in their presidency, so i'm sure it's a real ripple going through the operation. >> people in the white house, do they now see the special counsel as the enemy? i mean is that how he was viewed back in watergate? >> he wasn't to me. he probably was to some. because while nixon didn't want a special counsel, he actually threw some names out and tried to influence it. i left before the special counsel was appointed and so i wasn't really there, casual actually covered that parol of the final days pretty well in his book. >> so carl, a, what about that, and also you heard the response fro

. >> reporter: would bob woodward and carl bernstein have had the same impact in the era of twitter? and so-called fake news? >> we know there's no such thing as fake news. we live in a time when people don't believe facts. and if we can't convince that facts are facts, that's a very difficult situation. >> reporter: tonight the senate intel committee issued a subpoena for documents from general mike flynn, a sign their investigation of him is pressing on. senators are also asking questions about trump's business dealings. >> during your investigation of all things russia, did you ever find a situation where a trump business interest i you concern? >> senator graham, i can't comment on that because that impacts an investigation. >> reporter: officials tell abc news that the fbi is increasingly focused on several trump associates, including carter page. brian ross caught up with page who, along with all the others, denies ever colluding with russia. >> it's ridiculous. >> what's ridiculous about it? >> everything. >> reporter: a sentiment shared by vladimir putin. today, as all of thi

. >> carl bernstein joins us now as well. carl, i want to put up this picture of all the people that we know have had contact with the russian ambassador. as you look at that diagram and hear the news, what do you make of where things are tonight? >> first of all, kushner is not a suspect at this point, and let's make that very clear. second, this is no surprise that he is being very closely looked at and investigated pie the fbi, by the congressional committees, those of us who have been following and doing some inquiries ourselves on this story knew that it was inevitable that he would come to the center of this. why? because he is the one who has the president's ear and he is the person who is knowledgeable about what has happened in regard to many, many things having to do with russia, with policy towards russia, with individuals who have been appointed to deal with russians in the campaign and in the white house. and they want the investigators real explanations and believe that there's one person that can give them the e

at the dinner last night, journalists bob woodward and carl bernstein described what they learned reporting on president nixon's "watergate" scandal. >> unreasonable government secrecy is the enemy, and usually the giveaway about what the real story might be. and when lying, lying is combined with secrecy, there is usually a pretty good road-map in front of us. >> sreenivasan: the correspondents association president defended news organizations from the constant barbs from the white house. >> it is our job to report on facts, and to hold leaders accountable. that is who we are. we are not fake news. we are not failing news organizations, and we are not the enemy of the american people." >> sreenivasan: and the featured entertainer, "daily show" comedian hasan minhaj, joked about the absence of the usual guest of honor. >> the leader of our country is not here. and that's because he lives in moscow. it's a very long flight. it'd be a hard for vlad to make it. vlad can't just make it on a saturday; it's a saturday. as for the other guy, i think he is in pennsylvania because he can't take a jo

i know all the credit goes to bob woodward and carl bernstein. very little credit or fame ever goes to the whistleblower niksch this case, mark felt. and when the nixon white house was first dealing with the problem that there were serious leaks that had to come from the top -- the united states is the ship of state that leaks from the top, not from the bottom. haldeman new it was mark felts. he told richmond nixon, i think it's mark felt the fbi. the deputy the fbi. and nixon's first response was his jewish? and haldeman wants no, i think these catholic. i don't know what either one would have to do with it but the role of mark felt in the case of watergate is extremely significant. when i think of vietnam dish don't know what the first thought that comes to your mind is -- it's the pentagon papers and when i think of the pentagon papers i think of daniel elseburg and the work that daniel elsberg did in the 1970 and continues to do, including writing a very nice blush for the book that i'm very proud of and in june i'm going to appear with danie

we have carl bernstein standing by with perspective you need to here.

that dinner beyond just having a comedian, which are traditionally have, you had bob woodward, carl bernsteina video, the scholarship winners, the award winners of showing what the white house correspondents association is all about the importance of good journalism. >> tucker: >> tucker: how did y- did you listen to bob woodward? look -- i thought the whole evening was arranged around a response to a guy that wasn't there. >> the whole evening was arranged around the first amendment -- >> tucker: >> tucker: i look ae numbers from the public who believe that the press isn't straight and i think it is a real threat to our business and our real threat to everything tt we represent and do in the media, if people don't believe us. one of the reasons they don't believe us is because of the way the last election was covered, which was overwhelmingly in favor of one candidate over another. that is not surprising given that there is no politically diversity in the press corps. politico did a study on this. how many registered republicans in the white house press corps? zero. that's a huge problem, do

nixon sees witch hunt insiders say and by our very own carl bernstein and also bob woodward. >> i've never heard of those two guys. look, there's no chance that donald trump knew that but this is the problem. >> but isn't that the problem, if you don't know the history? >> yes, you're doomed to repeat it. he doesn't have any sense of what circumstances dictate what reaction. so everything coming out of white house last night was, don, it's a measured reaction, he was angry about the special prosecutor but we put out that statement, he's good with it. what do you wake up to at 7:30 this morning? donald trump witch hunt, persecuted. the reality of the situation is any time he speaks publicly, you see the real donald trump, the coast guard commencement speech where he says i'm the most persecuted person ever, you have to learn to be like me and fight, fight, fight. in that bilateral press conference with the colombian president, he reveals what he really thinks which is, oh, yeah, it's fine, the special prosecutor's fine. that's said, it's terrible and this is a witch hunt. you can't sa

inside the government kept leaking information to "the washington post," to bob woodward and carl bernstein. 48 members of the nixon administration were convicted of crimes. nixon's attorney general went to prison. his white house counsel went to prison. and leaks to "the washington post" are part of what kept the momentum going in the watergate investigation. and the leak to "the washington post" that was condemned by republican senators today is obviously what got michael flynn fired. sally yates testified under oath today that she was not the source of that leak. so the source of the leak to "the washington post" might on the one hand be guilty of a crime for leaking classified information. and on the other hand, is the anonymous hero who has taken a chance so that america can know the truth. >> without the free press telling us a lot of what went on, michael flynn might still be sitting in the white house as national security adviser. >> joining us now, tim mak, david corn, washington bureau chief for mother jones and an msnbc political analyst. tim and david were both at that hearing t

bob woodward and carl bernstein broke the story for the "post." >> the break-in at the watergate headquartersply the tip of a huge iceberg that was a massive campaign of political espionage and sabotage directed from the nixon white house against president nixon's democratic opponents. >> reporter: president nixon later denies having any knowledge of the break-in. >> i first learned from news reports of the watergate break-in. >> reporter: but there's mounting evidence those close to him are involved. at the time, the "washington post" discovered the president's attorney general was controlling a secret republican fund used to finance intelligence-gathering operations against the democrats. still, november 1972, president nixon is re-elected in a landslide. a couple months later, two former nixon aides are convicted of conspiracy, burglary, and wiretapping. soon after, white house counsel john dean is fired. in may 1973, the senate watergate committee begins televised hearings. former white house counsel john dean testifies. >> the watergate matter was an inevitable outgrowth of a climate of

nixon sees witch hunt insiders say and by our very own carl bernstein and also bob woodward. >> i've never heard of those two guys. look, there's no chance that donald trump knew that but this is the problem. >> but isn't that the problem, if you don't know the history? >> yes, you're doomed to repeat it. he doesn't have any sense of what circumstances dictate what reaction. so everything coming out of white house last night was, don, it's a measured reaction, he was angry about the special prosecutor but we put out that statement, he's good with it. what do you wake up to at 7:30 this morning? donald trump witch hunt, persecuted. the reality of the situation is any time he speaks publicly, you see the real donald trump, the coast guard commencement speech where he says i'm the most persecuted person ever, you have to learn to be like me and fight, fight, fight. in that bilateral press conference with the colombian president, he reveals what he really thinks which is, oh, yeah, it's fine, the special prosecutor's fine. that's said, it's terrible and this is a witch hunt. if you think

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bob woodward and carl bernstein broke the story for the "post." >> the break-in at the watergate headquarters tip of a huge iceberg that was a massive campaign of political espionage and sabotage directed from the nixon white house against president nixon's democratic opponents. >> reporter: president nixon later denies having any knowledge of the break-in. >> i first learned from news reports of the watergate break-in. >> reporter: but there's mounting evidence those close to him are involved. at the time, the "washington post" discovered the president's attorney general was controlling a secret republican fund used to finance intelligence-gathering operations against the democrats. still, november 1972, president nixon is re-elected in a landslide. a couple months later, two former nixon aides are convicted of conspiracy, burglary, and wiretapping. soon after, white house counsel john dean is fired. in may 1973, the senate watergate committee begins televised hearings. former white house counsel john dean testifies. >> the watergate matter was an inevitable outgrowth of a climate of excessi

watergate investigation came largely as a result of the stories in "the washington post" that carl bernstein and his colleague bob woodward pursued but most of the -- or a good part of the information about where to look and what leads to pursue had come from a lead from no less a person than the assistant director of the fbi. and i think it's fair to at least argue that the watergate investigation would not have proceeded or would not have unfolded as it did had it not been for the leaks that mark felt provided to woodward and bernstein. and the concern that i had when i was writing that column in "the post" last week was that in the absence of some demonstration by the deputy attorney general, that he was going to oversee it, there was reason to be concerned that there might be a repressed investigation and the last resort to assure the public's awareness of what was going on. >> can i ask, then, because of the leaks that now it seems like the white house and republicans are really concerned about leaks right now. they want this story to be about leaks, they are saying. how do you respond

carl bernstein and white house correspondent athena jones. good evening to all of you.loria, we'll start by listening to part of this interview with lester holt. he continued to insist that the democrats are using a made-up story about the russians to explain their loss. here it is. >> in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. it's an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election that they should have won. the and reason they should have won it, the electorate college is almost impossible for a republican to win. it's very hard. because you start off at such a disadvantage. so everybody was thinking, they should have won the election. lost an election.e for having - >> are you angry with mr. comey because of his russia investigation? >> i just want somebody that's competent. i'm a big fan of the fbi. i love the fbi. i love the people of the fbi. >> but are you -- >> i think about the hillary clinton investigation? >> no, about the russia investigation. >> no, i don't care,

and carl bernstein and athena jones. good evening to all of you. gloria, i'll start with you. by listening to part of this interview with president trump, he continues to insist democrats are using a made-up story about the russians to explain their loss. here it is. >> in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know? this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. it's an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election that they should have won of the the reason they should have won it is the electoral college is almost impossible for a republican to win. very hard. because you start off at such a disadvantage. so everybody was thinking they should have won the election. this was an excuse for having lost an election. >> are you angry with mr. comey because of his russian investigation? >> i just want something that's competent. i am a big fan of the fbi. i love the people of the fbi. i think that about the hillary clinton administration -- >> no, about the russian investigation. >> no, i don't -- look. look. let me tell you. as far a

as you just heard from carl bernstein, there's a number of other issues that have not yet been brought in front of either the senate judiciary committee or the intelligence committee, that i think are also going to be of concern to us. it is my hope, anderson, that at the end of this, there will be a public accounting of whether or not there was collusion between the trump campaign and russia. and it's important for public confidence in the rule of law and in congress that that result be reached. >> do you have any sense of what kind of a timeline we're looking at in terms of the special counsel investigation? >> it's my expectation that the special counsel investigation will be fully staffed and resourced and the odds are that that will allow them to reach a conclusion sooner than they might have on the current trajectory, but it could take several months or several areas, because the current fbi investigation has a counterintelligence component and a possible criminal component. there's a lot of details to go through here, a lot of individuals to interview, and a lot of documents to

on july 22nd, 1973, bob woodward and carl bernstein reported in "the washington post" that president nixon and his top aides in the white house, quote, believe that the senate watergate hearings are unfair and cute a political witch-hunt according to white house sources. no white house source would dare put his name on that quote for woodward and bernstein. it was a very hot quote, controversial quote. the white house isn't supposed to sound like that at all. the white house is supposed to speak with a calm, reassuring voice. witch-hunt. that's not white house language. the white house is not supposed to accuse the senate of conducting a political witch hunt. the white house has to do business with the senate every day. you can't talk like that. so no one in the nixon white house would allow themselves to actually be caught by name using that phrase then, witch hunt. at 7:52 a.m. today, the president of the united states was awake and tweeting. this is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in american history. last night, the white house issued a statement written for the pr

carl bernstein and jason miller., you said on this program last night, i think we're in impeachment territory for the first time. how does naming robert mueller affect your thinking on that? >> i think it's the same conclusion. i do think it's very good news for the country. this is the first time the administration has moved in such a way as to give us reassurance the investigations will be carried out fairly, carefully and with -- letting the facts go where they might. at the same time, i do think this is so -- it's obvious we're seeing a pattern that this investigation is broadening from what it was which was about is there possible collusion to did the white house or did the president personally try to impede or influence the outcome of the investigation that was then under way? if so, did he break any laws? what we know in robert mueller in in addition to being so respected, he will have enormous authority here. if he decides -- the justice department has given up to mueller the right to decide who should be pro

. >> reporter: watergate reporters bob woodward and carl bernstein reminded the world and the presidentf the theme. >> mr. president, the media is not fake news. >> our job is to put the best obtainable version of the truth out there, period. especially now. >> reporter: minaj also highlighted the first amendment, ending the evening with this reflection. >> only in america can a first-generation, indian american, muslim kid get on this stage and make fun of the president. >> reporter: the last president not to attend the dinner was ronald reagan in 1981. he was recovering from an assassination attempt. president trump says he may show up at the event next year. >> look forward to it. thank you, appreciate it. >>> a manhunt continues for an escaped prisoner. he overpowered a guard while he was taken to a psychiatric evaluation. he then disappeared into the woods. watson is serving a 100-year sentence in delaware for attempted murder. >>> an anonymous hacker claims to have released pirated episodes of orange is the new black. maria villarreal has the story. >> reporter: orange is the new

let's discuss now, cnn political analyst, carl bernstein is here.ant director of the fbi for criminal investigation. and cnn's senior congressional reporter, manu raju, joibs ns u. manu, i want to start with you, before i get to your exclusive reporting about attorney general jeff sessions, you are a reporter every single day. you're on capitol hill, chasing down lawmakers. have you ever received, have you ever seen or heard of a reaction like the one in montana tonight? >> never, don. every day, reporters like me go up to lawmakers in the hallways of the capitol. we interview them, we ask them tough questions. and some don't want to respond to us, some run away from us, some decline to comment. others engage in the back and forth. that is very common in the capitol. and the most -- the closest i got was over this year when i asked lisa murkowski, the alaskan republican, her view on the health care legislation. and she came and she scolded me for asking her a question twice, got in my face twice, when i was asking her her view on the republican heal

meanwhile the stars of the night were water gate reporters bob woodward and carl bernstein who recon about journalism. >> almost inevitably unreasonable government secrecy is the enemy, and you usually the give away about what the real story might be >> and when lying, lying is combined with secrecy, there's usually a pretty good road map in front of us. [ applause ] >> yes, follow the money but follow also the lies. >> like politicians and presidents, sometimes perhaps too frequently we make mistakes and good too far. when that happens, we should own up to it. but the effort today to get this best attainable version of the truth is largely made in good faith. mr. president, the media is not fake news. >> the two worked for the washington post and helped lead to president richard nixon's he resignation 40 years ago. the one thing that was at the same at this year's dinner the jokes were flowing. hasan minaj roasted president trump during the annual event. >> no one wanted to do this. so, of course -- [ laughter ] >> -- it lands in the hands of anime grant much that's howl it always g

an industry convention but what was really missing, except for bob woodward who appeared with carl bernsteina passage in his speech the fact media are making too many mistakes, our credibility at an all-time low because of perceived hostility toward president trump. i think that has to be part of the equation. yeah, there is no question, it is the media versus president trump. so far at least in the last few days i would say he had the upper hand. stuart: for a moment, howard, take a quick look at jeff bezos and his net worth. it is around about, $82 billion. it is up just $11 billion since the election. now, jeff bezos, as you know, howard, because he owns and runs "the washington post." so here you have jeff bezos owning the newspaper which is the biggest, i'm going to say the biggest hater of donald trump, where its owner jeff bezos is the biggest gainer from donald trump's election. now i would call that a contradiction. what do you say? >> well i don't agree with the biggest hater label but donald trump complained to me, the reason jeff bezos bought "washington post" to use its influenc

meanwhile at the correspondence dinner "washington post" bob woodward joined by his farmer partner carl bernsteinelled reporters in the room to show humility. >> we also need to face the reality that polling numbers show that most americans disapprove of and distrust the media. this is no time for self-satisfaction or smugness. >> mark halperin, let's talk about the visual of saturday night and what president trump wanted to get accomplished by not showing up at the correspondence dinner and going to harrisburg to be with the people who put him into office. what was he trying to do and did he do it. >> he wanted to feel good himself about his night, and he wanted to rally the people on the themes that got him elected president. by that standard, i'm sure he totally enjoyed it. is it going to help him pass any major legislation, that's not clear to me. you look at the energy in that room and the fact he spent 12 minutes talking about the press, this is personal for him and not guided by deep strategic thinking about how to be a good president. but it makes the people supporting him feel fantastic.

so the two watergate investigators for the washington post were bob woodward and carl bernstein. clear crime on the russian issue is senator warner and others have said, you know, there are 1,000 questions, and they should be answered. but there's no evidence that president trump at this point was somehow involved in collusion here. ainsley: no evidence. brian: yeah, no evidence. clapper said even though he tried to walk it back yesterday. but what happens is now there's new focus on the russia investigation because of the firing of the fbi director. but if you take a second and take a deep breath, he actually -- removing james comey does anything for the investigation, except for underline it and democrats should be happy about that. steve: real obstruction involves obstruction of evidence, intimidating witnesses, lying to the fbi, none of those are alleged here at this point. brian: so let's talk about ms. usa. steve: to bob woodward's point, where's the crime? ainsley: so last night if you were flipping through channels, you probably noticed ms. usa was on. i'm not sure if you