article, that to do so is either counterproductive in the case of chris murphy or gutless is what corey lewandowski says. unnamed. the identity seems to me that it does matter. it really does. corey is trying to dismiss this as a small low-level government official, maybe even a holdover from the obama administration. that seems highly unlikely. but we don't know if it's a cabinet official. >> there's no doubt knowing the identity of this person would give the american people important information with which they can adjudicate and get a sense of how deeply involved this person is in the administration, how much by knowing the identity they see with their own eyes of what's going on but i also think it sort of misses the point of this the argument this person is making. to demand the identity is to ignore one of the central arguments of the op-ed which is that they are according to them, the writer of the op-ed, they are staying in there to try and do the best to protect country from what they see as president trump's bad instincts so revealing your identity would no longer support that central the

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corey lewandowski, thank you for making time for us on a friday night. appreciate it. >> happy to be here. thank you. >> the president says jeff sessions should investigate the op-ed written by the anonymous person with "the new york times," but he does not think that jeff sessions should be looking at whether or not russia interfered and how and whether or not it involved anybody from the trump campaign. how can he think that the op-ed is worth that kind of energy but not whether or not anyone from the campaign had anything to do with russia's interference? >> well, you know, i read a very interesting op-ed today in the washington's post. it was about the individuals who swear an allegiance to the constitution and what that means when they take a job in the government with the plgsz or in the senate or in the house and how many men and women have raised their hand to say, i pledge the following. and what the individuals who are doing inside the government are trying to subvert the president's agenda, the duly elected president and the vice president is

congratulations, corey lewandowski, you sold your soul to donald trump, and you got nothing for it.est of your life, you'll be remembered for that moment. in fact, i'm being told we've obtained an exclusive view of the opening line of corey's obituary: former trump campaign manager and mocker of children with down wo womme, corewat e age 03 e t a eat show for you tonight. trevor noah is here. but when we return, i talk with stephen miller. stick around. ( band playing ) tag! ♪ ♪ you're it! ♪ toyota. let's go places. then razor cut upt with sto a blunt angled lob. i'm retiring; you're my swan song. what?! he's gonna slap some clips in your hair, give you a bob and then he's gonna move to boca raton. but you're gonna look amazing. ok. there are multiples on the table: one is cash, three are fha, one is va. so what can you do? she's saying a whole lotta people want to buy this house. but you got this! rocket mortgage by quicken loans makes the complex simple. understand the details and get approved in as few as eight minutes by america's largest mortgage lender. before discovering nexi

i think around that time is when corey lewandowski had just been fired. paul manafort had just taken the helm of the campaign and i actually had reached out to manafort and told him, look, i have information that the russian government might want to host candidate trump. are you interested or not? i just don't want to continue this exercise if it's fruitless and as far as i remember it didn't seem that paul manafort wanted to pursue this meeting so as far as i remember why on earth would i then after i was shut down i guess in a formal way after a lot of vacillating between the campaign would i then tell the campaign something like that. >> well, but you continued to pursue a meeting and you did have other meetings with diplomats in may. >> yeah. >> including the australian diplomat, alexander downer, where you did tell him about this. >> allegedly. i have no recollection of ever telling him that. i remember many details about that meeting and i remember the context of this meeting. i do remember telling another senior level diplomat, the greek foreign mi

with me is corey lewandowski. what did you think of the run there. really bad week for the news media. >> the american people are so smart. they have seen this time and time again. jesse: especially you and me. >> just look at one of the stories. the ambassador to the united nations had absolutely nothing to do with the purchase of the curtains in her residence. that was under the obama administration. and they put a nice big picture of nikki haley up on the "new york times" website and in the "new york times" newspaper to say it was her fault and the apology was on page 97 in the smallest possible font. nikki haley had nothing to do with it. the american people have seen this time and time again. that's why the mainstream media has no credibility anymore. jesse: when you think about what happened during the kavanaugh hearing, the handshake, the white power symbol. if they are going to lie about calling a white power propaganda, what else are they doing they are not getting caught doing? it's unbelievable. but like you say, it's par for the course. d

. >> joining us is former trump campaign manager corey lewandowski who remains close to the presidents book "let trump be trump, the inside story of his rise to the presidency." thanks for being with us. >> good morning, john. >> the person who wrote this op-ed says he or she is one of many senior officials inside the straight doing what this person depicts as protecting the country from the president. so my question to you is what does it tell you that there are many senior officials who feel this way and are

corey lewandowski. there is some stuff in here that is a little different than some of the other anonymous accounts we have seen. some of it is unsurprising and a string of adjectives to describe the president unfavorably. that's become a pretty common narrative. who do i think it is? >> i don't know who it is. but whoever wrote this, if this is a member of the trump administration is not only doing themselves, but the country a disservice it's an amazing privilege to go in the white house and serve the american people. this is the second time the "new york times" has published an anonymous op-ed. their tax are reduced, they are safer and more secure. kennedy: that's what this person is saying were there are successes and it is those successes that will drive the president to a second term if he can curb his own impulses. i don't know if we need adults in the room. because that's the world view of the resistant left, that they are the adults in the room, and they know better than voters, and they will t

i talked to corey lewandowski who thinks this may be a ruse. somebody inside the white house at the direction of the president to get the woodward -- >> i don't believe that. this is revealing there is a deep state. you put together the woodward book and the great lady, an anonymous op-ed. this is really happening -- kennedy: have some journalistic standards if you are going to publish something like this. the anone mups author referred to an anonymous official in the white house who was outraged where the president reversed himself on an tea anonymous policy. so you had an anonymous person about an anonymous person about an anonymous policy. if this is really going on we should hash it out. kennedy: it's like being in vincent van gogh's art studio. we know what the process is. we know what the outcome is. >> it would be at least more than half. the majority of the senior officers, i think the constitution says, the amendment to the constitution says would have to go to the president protem of the senate and say the president cannot perform his

former trump campaign manager and great america pack senior extra jicht, corey lewandowski is here to respond. what do you make of this relies? >> this is a great day for the presidency and the era of transparency. releasing and declassifying those pages, the fbi's 302s to bruce ohr who we know met with the fbi on a dozen occasions to discuss his wife's relationship at fusion gps and how the false cost dossier got put together. the question is, does the swamp take over? the president asked for the ned declassification of this. when will rod rosenstein and his fbi coach make this available. kennedy: that's what they are promising. james comey will be boring. andrew mccabe, that could be interesting. lisa page and peter strzok, i don't know if we want to read those texts. >> we know they went after donald trump when there was nothing to go after. lisa page and peter strzok had their own agenda. kennedy: they had an ax to grind and the foundation for launching the investigation by her own admission before congress was pretty flimsy. it doesn't sounds like reason enough and strzok admitte

joining us now, former trump campaign manager, corey lewandowski, lee smith from real clear investigations and former u.s. attorney, kendall coffey. let's go right to you, lee. you have been covering rod rosenstein for a year and a half now, since he initially got this job as deputy attorney general. tonight, i just want to play for you a short montage of a variety of pundits claiming per "the washington post" that this conversation about wearing a wire and getting other people to wear a wire, this is all just a joke. let's watch. >> if the words were said, it seems more likely they were said in some sort of sarcastic or exasperated way rather than as a serious plan to actually wire up and go into do this. this does not give any grounds at all in terms of any action of rosenstein's that justifies firing him. >> it makes sense to me that maybe he could have made a crack about it. >> it is important to see this story about rosenstein and the "times" and they are part of the declassification issue. >> laura: explain that. >> we have seen since monday when the president said he was going to de

. >> you didn't tell corey lewandowski? >> as far as i remember, i absolutely did not share this information with anyone on the campaign. >> not sam clovis? >> anyone. >> dearborn? >> anyone. >> mashburn? >> anyone. >> waleed ferris? none of them? >> i might have, but i have no recollection of doing so. i can't guarantee. all i can say is my memory is telling me that i never shared it with anyone on the campaign. >> but that meeting, as you know, is the reason that operation crossfire hurricane, the fbi investigation into possible conspiracy between the russians and the trump campaign, why that operation, the fbi operation, was launched, because of your meeting with mifsud and mifsud making that offer. >> actually, it wasn't an offer. that's another misunderstanding. it was a statement. it was a proclamation. >> he wasn't trying to see if you guys wanted -- >> no. >> -- you and the trump campaign wanted -- >> no. >> he was just saying i heard this? >> yeah. and that's why it was an interesting -- like you said, it was a mom

. >> you didn't tell corey lewandowski?> as far as i remember, i absolutely did not share this information with anyone on the campaign. >> not sam clovis? >> any1. >> dearborn? any1. >> wally fer is. >> i might have. i have no recollection of doing. so all i can say is my memory is telling me i never shared wit anyone on the campaign. >> you can watch more of that interview at 11:00 a.m. in london, also at 8:00 p.m. on the eastern u.s. that's on a cnn special report. the mysterious tape of george papadopoulos. >>> we don't know what's in it. we know the letter is on its way. kim jong-un writing to president trump. we'll go live to north korea when we come back here. plus powerful storms lined up like planes on a runway the question, how long will these storms be? and where will they go? stay with us. >>> a new personal letter from north korean leader kim jong-un is on its way to the white house. >> this is true, president trump says it was handed over at the korean demilitarized zone. secretary of state mike pompeo is now b

here to react, we're going to bring in corey lewandowski coauthor of "let trump be trump."ident trump is the symptom, not the cause. what is the symptom? >> the symptom is that for the eight years of the obama administration he was a globalist and the voters went to the ballot in 2016 saying we don't want a globalist, we don't want hillary clinton. we want donald trump. and what donald trump has been able to do is to fix the problems of the obama administration. look, i listened to the speech and i highlighted nine fallacies that president obama talked about, including, not the least of which was you know the economy is booming because of him. under his administration we had a 2% on average growth rate over the eight years. under the trump administration we're growing at 4% and in the atlanta federal reserve thinks it will be 8%. time and time again the media has gifng barac given barack ob. and the revisionist history they're trying to rewrite is amazing. and every day that barack obama is on the trail he's helping republicans remember what they don't want to go forward in

. >> corey lewandowski. >> sarah huckabee was on. >> and even to be debated, he was going to be debatedhat kind of stuff is wrong. >> the first amendment, honey, is my religion. >> so is your advice to liberals and we don't want to bow down to bigotry and hatred? >> i say let people hang themselves. it -- if bannon is going over the top, people see it. they're not stupid. >> speaking of people not being stupid, apparently there's smart people inside the trump administration trying to do the right thing. >> oh, yeah. >> one of them wrote this op-ed. what's your view about that op-ed? is that treason? is that smart? is it dumb? >> it's not treason. it doesn't have anything to do with treason. people are complaining that this person didn't come out and say his name. trump obstructs justice all over the place. we see it. he lies. he does everything out front. if this guy had come out like that no one would pay any attention to him. like, okay. the congress, the republican congress leaders, they would do nothing. but this way, everybody's, who is it? intrigue going on. it's scaring trump! bo

>> as far as i remember, i absolutely did not -- >> you didn't tell corey lewandowski?as far as i remember, i absolutely did not share this information with anyone on the campaign. >> not sam clovis? >> anyone. >> dearborn -- >> anyone. >> mashburn? >> anyone. >> none of them? >> might have, but i have no recollection of doing so. i can't guarantee it. all i can say is that my memory is telling me that i never shared it with anyone on the campaign. >> so, watch the rest of this interview tonight in a cnn special "the mysterious case of george papadopoulos," tonight on cnn at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >>> so, what are the chances brett kavanaugh will be confirmed to the supreme court without a hitch? we're going it talk to our analyst here in just a moment. ♪ take us downtown, waze. waze integration- seamlessly connecting the world inside... with the world outside... making life a little... easier. introducing the well-connected lincoln mkc. directly to investors. and now we have zero account fees for brokerage accounts. at fidelity, those zeros really add up. ♪ maybe i'll win,

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pete: corey lewandowski thank you very much. pete: appreciate it . thank you.ter off now than you were four years ago? a new op-ed says that's the most important question for republicans to ask voters maria bartiromo is here to talk about it. ed: some quick headlines president trump will host pole and's leader in washington tuesday, as well as security in central europe it will be the president's first white house visit and the president also hitting the campaign trail this week ahead of the mid-terms on thursday he's holding what he calls a make america great general rally in las vegas and then on friday the president will be in springfield, missouri as he pushes for republican to unseat claire mccaskill that is a critical senate battle. pete: well are we better off now than we were two years ago? it's a question a new york post op-ed argues is the most important one for the gop to ask voters if they want to keep congress as the economy sores. katie: sunday morning futures host maria bartiromo joins us to weigh in. so, you read this op-ed what do you have to s

he was moved into a position of power to replace corey lewandowski when he was fired in question, themp family. it is not as if he was never around. john dowd, the president's former lead personal lawyer sent out to the other members saying manafort knows nothing with the president or the campaign. that's a little hard to argue. but it is true that we don't know what this means in terms of what paul manafort will be asked to talk about. the president's lawyers have continued to ensis there's nothing there and it might not be. manafort's relationship during campaign was not good. the president didn't particularly like paul manafort. there was no chemistry there. dwrong window of what he saw into that the president was involved with but he knows all kinds of other things, the campaign meetings, finances, how things were set up. and then there is a whole other universe that he could provide information with. that includes tony podesta who did he work in the ukraine. people like the former white house counsel under a democratic presidency. there is a lot that he could be providing and i t

. >> you didn't tell corey lewandowski? >> i did not.re this information with anyone on the campaign. >> now papadopoulos is on the offensive, suggesting his run-in at the war may have been a setup, and the professor who told him about the hacked hillary clinton e-mails may have been a plant. papadopoulos is willing to testify before the house and senate intel committees, quoting i think both committees deserve to know the truth about this suspicious downer meeting and the players involved. papadopoulos's wife believes her husband was set up and has testified to democrats on the house intel committee. his cryptic tweet saying there's more to come is fascinating, because as for his exact role in the two-year investigation, there's a lot more to learn. martha? >> martha: for sure. trace, thank you. joining us exclusively, george papadopoulos. good to have you with us. we have heard your story about the meetings with the different individuals, were you on the trump campaign, suddenly all of these people want to talk to you, take you to rome

the campaign was fully aware of what i was doing, including corey lewandowski.hink actually preceding the meeting, sam clovis was telling me excellent work while i was actively discussing with the group and sam that i was talking with this person that could potentially organize a meeting for us with putin. >> papadopoulos contradicted jeff session's testimony to congress last year when he was asked about that potential meeting. >> there are reports that you shut george down when he p proposed that meeting with putin. is this correct, yes or no? >> yes. i pushed back. >> yes. your answer is yes. >> yes. >> the attorney general says he pushed back. is he telling the truth? >> all i can say is this was a meeting from about two years ago. my recollection differs from jeff sessions'. >> the one-time foreign policy advisor to trump was sentenced on friday to 14 days in jail as part of robert mueller's russia probe. when asked if he believes the investigation will show collusion, he had this to say. >> do you think when the entire mueller investigation is finished that

>> as far as i remember i absolutely did not -- >> didn't tell corey lewandowski. >> i didn't share the with anyone on the cam pin. >> not sam clovis? >> anyone. anyone. >> none of them? >> i might have but i have no recollection of doing so. i can't guarantee it. all i can say is my memory telling me i never shared it with anyone on the campaign. >> also contradicted the sworn testimony of attorney general sessions. claiming that sessions and then candidate trump both seemed to support the idea of setting up a meeting of trump and russian president vladimir putin. take a listen. >> when did you first meet donald trump? >> march 31st at the national security meeting. >> there's a photo of you at the table. senator jeff sessions is there. what was discussed at that meeting in terms of russia, in terms of meeting with putin? >> as far as i remember it was i who brought up anything regarding russia. i was under the impression that an individual i had met in rome the so-called professor was able to provide high level connections in russia that would result in some sort of summit or meeting,

. >> you didn't tell corey lewandowski? >> as far as i remember i absolutely did not share any information with anyone on the campaign >> that makes it even less compelling when it comes to what mueller is investigating. >> it's a little odd. he was clearly a low level functionary of the campaign, he wasn't involved very long. he was brought into the fold in part because there was a lot of professional republican, foreign policy specialists who weren't ready to embrace donald trump yet. and so they had to get together a team of advisors that might sound somewhat impressive and papadopoulos was a name put on this list. so you know, he was -- it appears he was having contacts that may not have been appropriate, but if he wasn't sharing the information, but he has of course equivocated a little bit on what he remembers and what he doesn't. it remains to be seen. but in terms of what they have actually proven thus far doesn't seem to really move the ball that far. jon: meantime, the great es game in washington this week is who

. >> you didn't tell corey lewandowski?r i absolutely did not share any information with anyone on the campaign >> that makes it even less compelling when it comes to what mueller is investigating. >> it's a little odd. he was clearly a low level functionary of the campaign, he wasn't involved very long. he was brought into the fold in part because there was a lot of professional republican, foreign policy specialists who weren't ready to embrace donald trump yet. and so they had to get together a team of advisors that might sound somewhat impressive and papadopoulos was a name put on this list. so you know, he was -- it appears he was having contacts that may not have been appropriate, but if he wasn't sharing the information, but he has of course equivocated a little bit on what he remembers and what he doesn't. it remains to be seen. but in terms of what they have actually proven thus far doesn't seem to really move the ball that far. jon: meantime, the great es game in washington this week is who wrote that op-ed that t

. >> you didn't tell corey lewandows lewandowski. >> as far as i remember, i didn't share this information farris, any of them? >> i might have but i have no recollection of doing so. i can't guarantee it. my memory is telling me i never shared it with anyone on the campaign. >> in his first interview since being indicted in robert mueller's russia probe, former campaign adviser george papadopoulos couldn't completely shut down the possibility that he may have told the campaign about a trip he received on the -- a tip, i'm sorry, on the russians having thousands of hillary clinton e-mails. papadopoulos was sentenced to 14 days in prison on friday for lying to the fbi about his contacts with people connected to russia. former watergate prosecutor jill weinbanks is back with me. this is george papadopoulos on donald trump and the possible -- and also on jeff sessions and his pitching this idea of a putin meeting. take a listen. >> i looked at candidate trump directly in his eyes and said, i can do this for you if it's in your interest and the campaign's interest. and the collective energy in