joining us now, carol lee. is that a possibility?ould the bipartisanship that has broken out on capitol hill last more than this week? >> we don't know. as you look back historically, the answer would be no, it won't last. we've seen at moments like this before where there is some sort of tragedy that unifies the parties and has all politicians talking more civilly and then a couple of days go by or a week and everything is back to business as usual. the question here is whether this sticks and for how long and that that's going to be up to the parties and the leaders on capitol hill. and the president. the political rhetoric has been heated for quite some time. everyone is talking in these much more unifying tones right now, eventually the democrats and republicans will have to get back to business and they'll start debating issues again. that unity that we are seeing now tends to be fleeting. >> jon: i read one piece yesterday that noted that after these well-publicized shooting events, there were cries from the democrat side of th

. >>> let's go to carol lee, white house reporter for the "wall street journal" and back with us is philker the "washington post" white house bureau chief. carol, are things the same on camera or on audio as they are off camera? is the relationship between the press and the white house as prickly behind the scenes? >> it's a little bit different. obviously when cameras are on it takes it down a little bit. the temper is taken down a little bit but there's still tense moments. one of the reasons why the without likes off-camera briefings is because they feel that there's not this sort of more volatile back-and-forth with the press that then captures moments like the ones you just played so they have prefer to have it this way. but for us, you know, it creates a situation where we're asking all these questions and, yes, there's sound of the answers but there's no video on the answers and that elevates it to another level of accountability. i don't think that any reporter begrudges the white house trying to mix things up or change the system but there are certain underpinnings of it that ar

we've got carol lee from "the wall street journal" and joining us also is josh doscy from politico. guys, i want to put this in context. you've got dan coats along sides three crucial intelligence folks. and carol i want to get your take on what we've been listenilisten ing so far. >> obviously the hearing is about the 702 program. but you know, we've heard a lot about that, the opening statementing. we saw a little bit of a difference between the focus of the republican chairman of this committee and senator mark warner, the democrat. he obviously talked about the russia investigation and some questions he will have for director coats about whether or not he pressured -- or he was pressured by the president to, you know, be influenced in terms of the investigation into the president's former national security adviser, mike flynn. we're warming up here before we get to the main event. everybody is waiting to see and hear what coats has to say when he is asked this very important question, which is, was he pressured. his spokesman said he didn't feel pressured but that doesn't mean t

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with me today, carol lee, margaret talla cnn manu raju. jackie kucinich. the cabinet meeting the president understands what is happening. he understands in town, forget the meed yachdia. the republicans are worried when it comes to tax reforms, nothing has reached the president's desk and they're worried it won't because of the constant cloud of investigation. at the very top let's listen to the president. if you joined during that meeting one of the issues he focused on the top, remember, we are almost 150 days in. obamacare is still the law of the land. the president says they're still working at it and he says the problem sent the republicans but the democrats. >> if we had the greatest bill in the history of the world on health care, we wouldn't get one vote from the democrats. >> now, that's not exactly true. he may be right to the point that democrats don't want to sign o. at tn. at the moment, the problem here is not the democrats. it's the republicans. and how much, manu, you spend all your time on the hill, how much is it the republicans can't wor

with us this day to share their reporting and insights, carol lee, jonathan mark, perry bacon and karen of the "washington post." up first this hour a number of new developments and a few curious twists in the russia election meddling investigation. special counsel robert mueller is very serious. expanding his team now. hiring 13 seasoned attorneys so far with more to come his spokesman says. vice president mike pence has hired a private attorney to help him navigate the investigation. a few moments ago in florida he said that is routine standard practice. no big deal. "the washington post" reports one area of interest for mueller is presidential son-in-law jared kushner financial dealings. then there is this. a riddle wrapped in a presidential tweet. i am being investigated for firing the fbi director by the man who told me to fire the fbi director. witch hunt. the president there in a tweet appearing to publicly confirm that he's under investigation and we have now learned when that first came out who was he talking about? we have now learned from white house officials that the presid

. >> carol lee we wall street judge, npr steveinsky and jackie so he sin niche of the daily beast, the polls in georgia sixth congressional district hope you stay with us here. and you can be certain even though it's one special election and one of the house seats with the the results will have a major impact on the immediate here in washington. president trump woke up to this today. his job approval rating is down to 36%. he knows he will be blamed in if republicans loose and he's trying to rally the base. here's one tweet, karen handel. he will never give up, vote today. that from the president. here's the flip side. democrat john aus osoff who wants ton raise your taxes and is weak on crime and security doesn't even live in the district. welcome to the conversation. we're sitting in washington, this race plays out today. it's reliably red territory, it's one of 435 seats, but we don't know who's going to win but we do know whatever happens washington the overreact and take this as -- >> this washington. >> this washington and take this as a national message. let's start with the rep

carol lee is the white house correspondent for the "wall street journal", jamelle bouie is the cbs newsnd slate's chief political correspondent. ramesh ponnuru is a visiting fellow at the american enterprise institute and senior editor for the "national review" and we want to welcome adam entous to the broadcast, he covers national security and foreign policy for the "washington post". ramesh, i want to start a with you. we have seen two reactions to this terrorist attack in london. the first was from the secretary of defense, james mattis and he was asked about the reports and he said, quote, i like to learn about something before i talk. and then we have had the president wh who has tweeted que a number of times since the attack, maybe half a dozen types and talked about everything from promoting his travel ban, he criticized the mayor of london, and he also talked about also gun control. what do yowhat do you make of to different reactions? is that the yin and yang of the trump reaction? >> i think the secretary of defense has reeked in a fairly customary manner for a high government

. >> here's what we know, on march 1th, carol lee of "the wall street journal" wrote a story published and said there was fbi hand-wringing and no formal process for the attorney general to be recused from an investigation other than public pressure. >> how do you know what the president is saying is true? >> look, how do we know it is not true? here's what we know, two people are in the room, the director of the fbi and president of the united states. what we also know is that if the director of the fbi thought a crime was committed, meaning he was asked to obstruct justice by the president of the united states under 18 u.s. code section 4 he has an obligation, not only an obligation, a duty to report that to either the white house counsel, the attorney general, or the associated attorney general of the united states. he did none of those things and if he doesn't do that and knowingly conceals information of a crime, that is a felony punishable by three years in jail. >> james comey said that right now he has turned everything over to the special counsel. >> did he turn over to the sp

of these discoveries i'm now joined by a former nasa astronaut and i and that's commander lee were right carol thanks for joining us well they were a kid you explain what exoplanets are and why you find them so exciting what's your exoplanets mean that planets that are outside of our solar system and the kepler spacecraft has done a phenomenal job identifying thousands literally thousands of the exoplanets several of which are actually in what's called the goalie lab so whether we're getting there started to close enough for to have the right temperature is to possibly have earth like conditions interesting and so won't life on other planets has not yet been discovered you say that the building blocks of life have been found in some cases so what does that mean to you. right it's it just very recently the cassini space to pollute shooting about sixty miles an hour from one of saturn's moons and so all of this and found not only did it consist of ninety percent of water but also had compounds like methane and hydrogen some of the basic building blocks of life so that's very exciting because the

"the wall street journal"'s care lee, and white house veteran stephanie cutter. welcome all. carole's nobody that understands vote counting better than mitch mcconnell. he will stay on course but when he changes course, it's for a dramatic reason. and for him to pull up stakes already said a lot about the -- >> it tells you everything you want to know. mitch mcconnell has always been the one you can rely on, he knows where his votes are, he knows how to get things done. >> this ceased being a policy bill a long time ago. >> the question for mitch mcconnell and donald trump is where does this lead them on the rest of their agenda? where are they going to be on tax reform? there was a point in the obama white house where we can't get to xyz because of health care. i almost can see republicans basically having the same play. >> remember, we passed health care after a very public process and well over a year of debate. so when the bill passed, people were very tired and it was very difficult. i was there at the white house trying to get people out there to defend it and it was very dif

carol is here with the weather. apparently there are normal people down there. they might let us in. what you think? no, sadly, we are not normal. i like the forecasters will because lee and you will notice if you are coming to royal ascot or queens is that it won't be as unitand ascot or queens is that it won't be as unit and temperatures won't be as high -- as unit and temperatures won't be as high —— humid. we were talking about the dress code. it is strict in the royal enclosure. i want to read it to get it right. for ladies you need hats and headpieces at all times. fascinator is not permitted. dresses and skirts should be of modest length —— fascinators. i am going to get a thrill for sally's dressed in make it a little bit longer. she is a naughty one, that one. trousers and jumpsuits a naughty one, that one. trousers andjumpsuits are a naughty one, that one. trousers and jumpsuits are allowed to be warned this year. it must be full—length or ankle length. that is the ladies. gentlemen, a requirement to wear a waistcoat and dry, and black shoes —— tie. that is for the world enclosure. the weather as lee said is rain on the way this morning but nothing heavy and