it wasn't long before don jr.get out of his chair and the attorney said maybe it's something you could look at. he stopped it and said my father is a private citizen at which point i jumped up and said thank you all very much, thank you. good-bye. and i hearded them out, embarrassed. >> so based on all the knowledge you had, was it your information that don jr., kushner, manafort, all of them were coming in to hear about how to get dirt on hillary clinton? >> you have summed up what i believed sitting in on that meeting. >> and why did you believe that? >> because my e-mail had said that initially. i had set up a call between emen and don jr. originally, remember, that meeting was supposed to be between one russian attorney and one don jr. after that call took place, i got the e-mail that said now we would like to add paul manafort and in brackets campaign chairman -- >> so after you sent the e-mail talking about dirt on the democratic candidate, then it expanded from a meeting with don jr. and the russian lawyer

in it, goldstone asked don jr.meet with an official from the russian government, willing to provide dirt onry hil clinton. don jr.'s reply -- if itt w you say, i love it. do you recredit saying this? >> i recredit not listening to my t little voice in any head. >> reporter: fast-forward to june 9th, 2016. rob goldstone escorts threens russnd a translator to the 25th floor conference room. one of the russians thated attehe meeting had recently beenh associated w russian intelligence. did you know that at the time? >> not only did itot know t at the time, but i forgotre the going to be multiple russians attending. >> reporter: goldstone says he wasn'toing to stay, but don jr. asked him to. the russian lawyer red from the memo on adoption. >> at one point jared kushner said, i have no idea what talking about. can you possibly refocus? and to my horror, she started this monotonous presentation where she hadar d. and don jr. said, i don't know why you would address this to us. my father is a private administration. >> r

both jared kushner and don jr. who are likely indictment targets down the road must be very worried about what actually went on in that meeting. remember, they told seven different stories now. each one undoing the previous story. when you lie that much you know what really went on is much more serious. >> let's listen to don jr. i think you also said yet when we did the round table of who was in the most jeopardy, you said don jr. let's listen. >> your father has denied reports that he's worried that you might be in legal jeopardy because of the mueller investigation. but are you scared you could go to jail. >> i'm not because i know what i did and i'm not worried about any of that. that doesn't mean they will try to create that. but, again, i'm not. >> your thoughts? your witness. >> what do you want him to say? right? i'm terrified. my pants are wet. right? you're not going to say that. look, i would -- my mother would not put me in this kind of jeopardy, right? >> yeah. but his father would. >> that's the probl

does it sound like don jr. is almost resigned to the fact that he might go to jail? >> i'm not sure resigned. he is like his father very defiant, taking a plaj frage fr play book going after robert mueller saying he will go after him no matter what, they want to get him, and there is a bit of a witch hunt here. i think that troubling times for the president now because the circle of people who have turned on him, michael flynn, possibly manafort, cohen, his lawyer, this is a troubling fall for trump. that's why republicans in congress are nervous because all of this is happening at the worst time for them. >> let me ask you as someone that covers the white house day-in and day-out, don jr. weighed in on the senior administration official anonymously penning the "the new york times" piece. >> pretty disgusting, sad. perhaps a disgruntled person thrown out because they didn't deliver what they were supposed to do. >> what's the crime? >> i think you're subverting the will of the people. to control the presidency while not the president. you have millions and millions o

he had such intimate dealings with trump's family members, don jr., ivanka and others.to the extent they were involved in dirty business deals in new york or conduct in the campaign, that could at the end of the day prove more dramatically damaging to trump and the organize says a -- organization and the family. >> he was the trump family fixer. thank you so much. up next we'll take you back to ali for the latest on hurricane florence. flooding is soaking the carolinas. we just learned of two more deaths blamed on the storm. stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ i put a spell on you ♪ yeah, because you're mine ♪ with chase atms serena can now grab cash on the go, all with the tap of her phone. ♪ stop the things you do no card? no problem. life, lived serena's way. chase, make more of what's yours. at first slice pizza lovers everywhere meet o, that's good! frozen pizza one third of our classic crust is made with cauliflower but that's not stopping anyone o, that's good! you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase sensimist relie

he called it a dirty deal and possibly a crime, adding it was don jr.'s desire to please his father that led him to meeting. >> do you think president trump knew about the meeting prior to it taking place? >> i don't know if he knew or he didn't. it's a bit of a stretch to believe he doesn't know it's going on. >> cutting the safety net. the trump administration proposes making it harder for immigrants in the united states legally to obtain visas or green cards if they have ever used public benefits. we have got a lot to cover today beginning with the huge implications for kavanaugh. his supreme court nomination now in more serious jeopardy after a second woman comes forward accusing him of sexual misconduct. kavanaugh says none of the allegations are true. are republicans willing to stand by their man? first, i want to set the stage for you. all of this is coming out just three days, three days, before we thought we were going to have those once in a lifetime senate hearings with judge kavanaugh and his first accuser christine blasey ford, testifying ab

he thinks he got his hands on something useful. >> there's a similar dynamic between don jr. his father. it's like they did it for daddy, both of them. >> well, that is rob goldstone. they said there was no ask by either the russian government or russian intelligence to set up the meeting. anyone who says there was is not telling the truth. >> you were talking during the commercial about a story related to donald trump in 2013. >> they got together, the families got together to do the miss universe pageant in moscow. the night before the miss universe pageant, goldstone tells an amazing story. the top people are in moscow. he's asked a question, donald trump is asked a question about the greek bailout. before that, have you heard of "the apprentice"? he goes on and says, really, i'm amazing, you are amazing, thank you very much and the russians give him a standing ovation. part of what appeals to donald trump about the russians is how much they love him. >> you are going to have more tonight on nbc "nightly news." great to see you in person. thank you. >> come to new york mor

have lots of questions for example what happened after trump tower meeting where donald trump's son don jr got e-mails and said he would love to get dirt on hillary provided by russians man of ford was part of that meeting also how come the republican platform was changed to to change policies on helping ukraine to not help them as much any longer these are very important questions in the collusion probe for robert muller that won't go away. which steps can we expect to be we have member for agreeing to testify in any other trials that may come about. absolutely so here's the thing the molo probe obviously is not finished it will continue and that's bad news for this president because we have midterm elections coming up in november and he wants this topic to go away and it's just simply not going away there are so so many on the answers i answered questions no matter how often the president tweets this is all a witch hunt and there was no collusion or the correspondent in washington on the story for us tonight michael thank you. well three years ago world leaders made a commitment to eradi

here is don jr. today. >> i think there are people in there he can trust. it is a smaller group than i would like it to be. >> who do you trust? >> i'll keep it to myself. >> they are not family? >> i am talking outside of family. that gos without saying. >> does he have any other choice? >> it's not usually a good thing in a white house or any organization. it's a bubble in the white house, anyway. when you get that circle smaller and smaller, that does not lend itself to the right kind of atmosphere or the right kind of decision making in the white house. >> what is the other alternative for the president? >> he set the tone. so, he's going to have to live with it. i think we prided ourselves, president clinton had the most loyal cabinet, not because of fear, because of respect and communication. i don't know whether the president can reset in terms of relationships or not. >> let's talk strategy more broadly. i want to put up the graphic we showed a moment ago. all the places woodward is talking about his book. it's his own campaign to sell this. they ar

the allegation is that this meeting between don, jr.nd this russia woman amounted to some sort of conspiracy. they don't use the word collusion. i guess the legal terminology would be conspiracy. because information is the same thing as money. i am looking at it and no information was ever give to the trump team by russia. but the hoik campaign paid for information from kremlin sources. they just washed it through an intermediary, christopher steele. isn't there a big difference between the trump tower meeting and the way the dossier was obtained? >> there is no possible way the trump tower meeting between don trump jr., manafort and a couple russians who have connections to fusion gps. the meeting is a bad idea. every acknowledged that. there is no way that's a crime. but hillary clinton actually paid kremlin-connected sources for actual information that did change it. this is basic logic. the democrats are going down a road here, i'll tell you, jesse, they are walking off a cliff. they are blind by their hatred for trump. gregg: the f

that donald trump has shown more affection for brett kavanaugh this week than he has for eric and don jrin really all of their entire lives. [ laughter ] he even tweeted, he tweeted the democrats are playing a high-level con game in their vicious effort to destroy a fine person. it's called the politics of destruction. behind the scene the dems are laughing, pray for brett kavanaugh and his family. do you really think -- do you think -- is there any chance that donald trump has actually prayed for brett kavanaugh and his family? [ laughter ] i mean, really. you think -- maybe we should ask god if donald trump is -- god? god? [ heavenly music ] oh, god, let me get out of your way. wow. it's god. >> hey, jimmy, jimmy. >> jimmy: hi, there. >> how you doing, man? >> jimmy: doing well, is that you? >> yeah, ain't oprah. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i didn't expect you to be so -- um -- >> jewish? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yes, no. so additional. >> oh, this, yeah. jimmy, it's casual wednesday yeah. >> jimmy: oh, okay. >> yeah, i'm going over to the driving range, hit some balls with arnold palmer. >>

he was at the core meeting at trump tower with don jr. the one thing we've heard from the president is more talk about the witch hunt. >> exactly and it's not surprising he would go back to the witch hunt. as the governor said, it's fascinating that robert mueller has been silent. you don't hear from him at all. the only person making noise is the president of the united states. he keeps talking about the investigation. yet mueller's ratings are up. >> let's go back to what the president tweeted about mueller. i feel badly for paul manafort and his wonderful family. justice took a 12-year-old case and applied tremendous pressure on him and unlike michael cohen he refused to break, make up stories to get a deal. such respect for a brave man. governor christie, you know the president better than any of us. why did he not pardon paul manafort before this? >> it was politicly impossible to do so. >> he wanted to, didn't he? >> i don't know if he wanted to. it's politically impossible to do so. the president is not a stupid politician. he know

everything he knows about what everybody else did from the lowest ranking person all the way up to don jr. all the way up to kushner, all the way up to the president. >> and he has no leverage here. what's striking to me is he's already been convicted once. he's facing sentencings there. he pleaded to these two crimes that were going to be in the next trial in d.c. but there's a lot of time hanging over his head. am i wrong? >> there is a lot of time. i mean, the way this is structured it is now limited as to these charges that he pled to, to ten years. that's the maximum. >> these two today, right. >> now, today, they notified the judge in virginia about this plea and also asked to postpone that sentencing as well. so both sentences now are being put off for some period of time for this cooperation to play out. what that tells me is that he is going to try, with the government's agreement, basically, under this agreement, to sort of have all the sentences combined together. >> run concurrently. >> run concurrently, the counts in here and the two different cases. so he's going to try to s

. >>> and don jr. says he is not afraid of going to jail when the special counsel reveals his findings. hear what he had to say about that and mueller's motives and president trump's approval rating falling significantly in 8 separate polls. what's behind this. you're watching cnn. i am brooke baldwin. directly to investors. and now we have zero account fees for brokerage accounts. at fidelity, those zeros really add up. ♪ maybe i'll win, saved by zero ♪ but prevagen helps your brain thoswith an ingredient up. originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. how much more does congress need to see? donald trump has now been implicated in two felony crimes, and he's all but confessed to them on fox news. no one is above the law, so we have to make sure this president doesn't use pardons to cover up crimes. if you agree that a president should not be allowed to pardon himself or his associates, join us

if not, don jr. being don jr. said of course i'll do it if you're asking me. >> oh my god.t so russia-filed. why is this president so intrigued and interlocked and messed up with so many russian characters. >> not just russians, it's characters full stock. we were talking about earlier the notion that the usual suspects haven't come in here. you have the russian pop star, the playboy model, you have the porn star. you've got the lawyer who is dealing with cab medallions in new york, crazy uncle rudy, the guy from the muffler shop with an important job in the administration. >> there's a cabana boy at hud, department of agriculture. they're interchangeable. one will pop up and fade away. michael cohen is back. it's a reality show cast of characters that are ever interchangeable. >> these are the people that trump are of. he comes from that world. >> he brought this with him. it's clue. did they do it in trump tower with a candle stick and a russian mobster porn car, whatever. that's where these people were involved. this guy in particular, this goes to omarosa and this whole

and they want don jr.and provide new fodder, new ammunition, to get people out and vote. and i think that's what the purpose of all of this is. >> essentially, perjury charges, given all the conflicting statements -- >> who does, donald trump jr.? >> over the trump tower -- we don't know what michael cohen was doing. we're going to find out. given the cloud that is over him, it boggles the mind they don't have someone else doing that job. >> what would you as a pr professional -- forget the fact you're a democrat for a second. what would you tell the family to do? what would you tell donald trump jr. to do? >> stop doing interviews, stop talking, stop tweeting. i think he clearly admires his dad or he's scared of him. i don't know what the family dynamics are. but he is echoing his style. i mean, the way he talked in that interview reminded me of like a mafia movie. where, like, i'm not worried about it. it's going to be fine. we'll take it as it comes. what does that even mean? that's exactly what his dad

obviously don jr. being don jr. said of course. i'll do it if you're asking. >> oh, my god.o you get so russiaphiled? why is this president so intrigued and interlocked and messed up with so many -- russia characters. >> it's not just russia. it's so many characters, full stop. and i think this is what we were talking about earlier, the notion that the usual suspects haven't come in here. so you've got the russian pop star. you've got the playboy model. you've got the porn star. you've got the lawyer who was dealing with cab medallions in new york. you've got crazy uncle rudy. you've got a guy from the meinek muffler shop with an important job in the administration. >> who's that? >> cabana boy at hud in the department of agriculture. and the idea is they're interchangeable. one will pop up for a while and fade away, oh, michael cohen's back. it's a reality show cast of characters that are ever interchangeable. >> these are the people that trump is of. >> right. >> he comes from that world. he's not just going to it. >> he brought this with him. it's clue. did they do it in

and now in the wake of this new anonymous op-ed from the "new york times," don jr. this morning is saying one of his concerns is his father's circle of trust keeps shrinking. here's the problem's son. >> i think there are people in there he can trust. >> who do you trust? >> i'll keep that to myself. >> and they're not family? >> well, obviously, i'm talking outside of family. i think that one goes without saying. >> that was don jr. a little earlier this morning. the president has indicated by his own son has a shrinking circle he can rely on. it appears he relies on what he sees on television as much as he does from anything his private aides tell him. >> an awful lot of people in the white house looking over their shoulders. peter, thank you. coming up, the voice of the voter. we are two months away from the midterms. we're figuring out what really matters to people heading to the polls. we've got an all-star team here to hear what they've been hearing on the ground. nothing says fall like a homecoming football game, so let's promote our fall travel deal on choic

he knows about don jr.'s role, he knows about kushner's role.has given up everything he knows the prosecutors and will continue to do that. you don't get off the way he got off on a lot of these charges without having a lot to say. so nobody knows exactly what he's telling bob mueller because the mueller machine, which is rolling on, is not a leaking operation. but there's a lot there that should worry kushner, should worry don jr. and should worry the president. obviously this is going to play out over a period of time in which he gives a lot of information to prosecutors that could be very damaging to the white house. they say this has nothing to do with the campaign. obviously it has to do with the campaign because manafort knows everything between the russian connections and the united states. it should worry podesta, it should worry the people at mercury, then weber. everybody who is working with the ukrainians, kovich in washington to pedal influence, manafort knows about all of that. who knows where mueller takes all of that, but it is a

he's saying don jr.se guys, they should have known. >> as everyone has pointed out, should have contacted the fbi immediately if someone offered russian intelligence on a u.s. presidential candidate. that would be the normal response. so you're then dealing with the issue we've talked about a lot with respect to things like obstruction of justice and conspiracy, its intent. so the ability to prove intent, and he seemed to indicate there was some intent on their part that they were going after information that would have proved harmful to hk illary clinton. this is not my preference for senator clinton, but the fact they had potentially corrupt intent does alter the color of the conversation. >> let's talk michael cohen. his lawyer sure sounds like he's confirming that cohen has spoken to robert mueller's team. i want to share what emily jane fox of "vanity fair" and an msnbc contributor said about discussions. hot on reporting this guy. >> here's what i know from people in this world. not only is he talk

>> don jr. >> don jr. i agree with you. >> paul butler, who should be the most worried about a guy like you coming after them. >> donald trump jr. >> everybody agrees. if i'm donald trump jr., i may want to get a good lawyer. >> he is the weakest link. >> i love it. i mean, i love that you went out on that mic drop note. not that he's the weakest link. thank you. always appreciate you coming in. >>> and president trump's supreme court nominee is facing claims of inappropriate sexual behavior. we'll discuss what that means next. friends, colleagues, gathered here are the world's finest insurance experts. rodney -- mastermind of discounts like safe driver, paperless. the list goes on. how about a discount for long lists? gold. mara, you save our customers hundreds for switching almost effortlessly. it's a gift. and jamie. -present. -together we are unstoppable. so, what are we gonna do? ♪ insurance. that's kind of what we do here. we distributeus, i'm the owner environmentally-friendly packaging for restaura

there's collusional chairs, charade of a marriage and pin the crime on the don jr. >> i'm going to saykellyanne in the situation room with the laptop. >> i'm surprised by how good a writer ivanka is. >> mel anya, said no, it's not me. if i have something to say, i'll write it on my jacket. >> just look at him. look at that face. that's a face that says just practicing for the glee club at school, mrs. cleaver. look at the way he looks at donald trump in every picture. he's there in the background. fantasizing about ways to destroy him. and then just sing from the sweet mug of revenge. making it easy for you to get your windshield fixed. with safelite, you can see exactly when we'll be there. saving you time for what you love most. >> kids: whoa! >> kids vo: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace ♪ hundred roads named "park" in the u.s. it's america's most popular street name. but allstate agents know that's where the similarity stops. if you're on park street in reno, nevada, the high winds of the washoe zephyr could damage your siding. and that's very different than living on park ave in

don, jr. did what in moscow?e is shaking. tephen: she is trembling will facts. >> this is ruby. fun fact, she's named that, because it is what she poops. >> stephen: this is barkley. this little sweetheart suffers from a crippling porn addiction. but on the bright side, it will make the amount of porn you watch look tame by comparison. >> here is rigs. rigs is colorblind. he sees too many colors. he has enough to go around. howho is the boss. you are. you are. [cheers and applause] >> stephen: this here, this, hi. >> stephen: this here is owen. he's the director of the 2015 best picture winner, "spotlight." don't believe me? then search your brain, who's the director of "spotlight"? it won best picture, so what's their name? that's right, because it's owen. [cheers and applause] >> stephen: well that does it for "rescue dog rescue." head to "the late show's" website: colbertlateshow.com for info on how to adopt these dogs 'lbe right back. >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. [cheers and applause] >> stephen: my f

it was goldstone who wanted to meet with don jr. to talk about hillary clinton. it got him an invitation to appear before the grand jury in washington, which he has now done. when he sat down with nbc news correspondent cynthia mcfadden, he described what that process is like. >> it's terrifying, even if you believe you've done absolutely nothing wrong. >> no lawyer. >> no lawyer. i was picked up by two fbi agents and driven to an underground entrance. >> how big is the room? >> the room is like a lecture room at a college. >> the 23 grand jurors? >> i would say they range probably from late 20s to early 30s to their 50s. black, white, latino. >> goldstone said the powerful russians he represented were excited about mr. trump back then five years ago because trump had good things to say about vladimir putin and about them at a time when nobody had anything good to say about either vladimir putin or russia. >>> that is our broadcast for this monday night as we begin a new week. thank you so very much for being here with us. good night from nbc headquarters here in

so far no comment from the white house or don, jr. >>>er it i believe story.>>> a controversy over ryan gosling's movie "first man." it explores neil armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. it's under fire for a moment of that historic mission that isn't shown. here is nbc's joe fryer. >> they have the flag up now. >> reporter: it's one of the most iconic moments in human history. this morning the first moon landing is getting new attention here on planet earth. >> this was widely regarded in the end as a human achievement. >> actor ryan gosling fueling a political firestorm with those comments. >> this is an american achievement, bar none. >> goes ling plays astronaut neil armstrong in "first man." purchase we're planning on the flight being successful. >> a movie about the mission that put the first man on the film. the film that aired at the venice film festival doesn't include the famous moment when the american flag was planted on the surface. the backlash from kitsch backlash has been fierce, many branding the movie anti-american. politicians enter

personally, colluding with russians to undermine the election, card fate tag with the president, with don jr., jared kushner, with others. i'm not saying he did. that we have to wait and see. if he provided that information that is probably what prompted robert mueller after the many meetings they had which we learned about if today's hearing, robert mueller to say, you know what, mr. manafort, you brought if you have value to the process as a cooperator, we are go him to give you a plea agreement even after you have been convicted in one of your criminal cases, paul, that leads me to conclude paul manafort must have blockbuster information. he's provided it to the special counsel, now we have to wait for the very next harm shoe to drop. >> to that point in general terms, certainly, in all these kind of agreements i have ever seen and witnessed in court the person the ting of that you vai tend to be givingsoever someone bigger than themselves, it's someone above them in the cane of command of whatever enterprise they're in. it is of value still to hand over people who are kind of below you i

there's collusional chairs, charade of a marriage, and pin the crime on the don jr. ( laughter ) ( applause) hold still -- hold still, donnie. ( laughter ) now, some folks think they know who wrote the op-ed because of an unusual word in this passage, which describes john mccain's legacy as "a lodestar for restoring honor to public life and our national dialogue." i actually think my sister drives a 2009 suzuki lodestar. ( laughter ) but that word might be a clue,çó lodestar, because it happens to be one of vice president mike pence's favorites. >> "to maintain international peace" must again be our lodestar. vigilance and resolve as our lodestar. continue to be a lodestar. jack's lodestar. it really was the lodestar. >> stephen: wow. it's so unlike mike pence to make a strange word choice. just ask his wife, "mother." ( laughter ) but pence is pushing back, because after the speculation started, he denied writing the op-ed. he also denied having a closet full of bumper stickers that say, "mike pence 2020: i wrote the op-ed!" ( laughter ) whoever it is, the president is furious, and he vent

that includes the june ninth meeting he attended with kushner and don jr. what was going on there? who knew what and when? >> he was hired as far as a representation who themselves are under violation of the agent's registration act. what does he know about what they knew and how it impacts their criminal liability. what does trump know about the overarching relationship with the russians financially and otherwise? i think mueller's interest will be specific and new york's investigation will be more interested in manafort if he knows more about it. >> they have immunity with the cfo. >> we know that roger sdpoen political partner to president trump helped bring him into that campaign in that role. we know they have been circling roger stone and called other people around him. it's possible and we don't know that they may have a back story about how he ended up in that place in the first place. that's sort of strange at a certain point and especially if you are asking about the trump tower meeting. this shows you the swampiest of the swamp. you are 100% right. this is one quote that

and don't forget manafort was at the trump tower meeting along with don jr. and others. this is evidence that we'll have to wait and see from. >> how likely could this delay what is happening? >> senator murkowski is fighting for women's issue, the choice on abortion. there's a possibility for her re-election in 2020 if she votes for kavanaugh. so they are looking to nullify roe v. wade, which would be serious for american women especially. >> there's much to watch going on in d.c. for sure. appreciate your insight. thank you, peter. >> thank you. >>> coming up here, why a new round of protests could affect vladimir putin. why? we'll tell you when we come back. >>> london's mayor is calling for a new brexit vote. they say the divorce agreement is being made. this comes as prime minister theresa may is facing criticism over how she has handled brexit. but mrs. may said that is the wrong thing to focus on. >> but, actually, this is where i get a little bit irritated. this is not -- this debate is not about my future. this debate is about the future as a people of the u.k.

they also claimed don jr had advance knowledge of a wikileaks dump.hey never explained how their multiple sources got it wrong. they also claimed his story was contradict the testimony. but we all saw that testimony. he admitted that he had told president trump that three times, just as president trump said. they never explained how they got that wrong. these are just three examples of what they got wrong about the russian collusion story. >> according to now new reports, the top brass at nbc tried to put the kibosh on weinstein's sexual predation, basically forcinining farrow to take the y new york magazine. and nbc news chairman is on the hot seat. and this is after president trump weighed in on nbc's troubles last night. >> remember the line there nbc, which is probably worse than cnn. but the word is they're firing the head of nbc. what a great thing to do. how smart. >> this is unreal. >> i think if the cnn story was a lie of commission, the nbc story is a lie of omission. now, just think about how powerful their ideology would have to be because

after he wrote -- while the white house has refused to comment on the story, the president's son don jr. took to twitter saying, shocked, absolutely shocked. who are we kidding at this point? no one is shocked that these guys would do anything in their power to undermined @realdonaldtrump. new york senator chuck schumer said in a statement, the story must not be used as a pretext for a corrupt purpose, fire ring attorney general rosenstein in order to install an official who allow the president to interfere with the special counsel's investigation. all of this on a day when one of the president's former attorney's john dowd strongly denying a report in "the wall street journal" that suggested, bret, he was trying to use legal defense funds to pay the legal bills for paul manafort and rick gates. he called it a cheat hit piece. bret? >> bret: kevin corke live in las vegas. we learned today that he deleted the release of key russian probe files pending an ig report. what's the thinking behind that, kevin? >> a couple of things. but most importantly, bret baie bret baier, some of these doc

he's a real [ bleep ]head." [ laughter ] and don jr. the only trump son showing up on tv to support his father and get republicans out to vote. yesterday, eric trump went on fox news and rambled about the possibility that democrats might impeach trump if they win in november. but the most jarring part of that interview came when eric was asked about famed journalist bob woodward's new book "fear: a damaging insider's account of the trump white house." and he decided to toss out some casual, anti-semitism that was not only offensive, but very hard to follow. >> you can write some -- a sensational, nonsense book. cnn will definitely have you on there, because they love to trash the president. it will mean you sell three extra books. you make three extra shekels. i mean, at the behest of the american people, the behest of our country. >> seth: not only is that anti-semitic, but you don't know what the word, behest, means. [ laughter ] "my father's amazing. he's the behest president we've ever had." [ laughter and applause ] but democrats a

white house for the first time today and most likely the last. [ laughter ] "these all for eric and don jroo." following an accusation of sexual assault, supreme court justice nominee, brett kavanaugh, visited the white house today for the second day in a row. it's the first time an accused sexual assaulter has gotten into the white house without the electoral college. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] comedian rosanne barr revealed yesterday that the creators of the upcoming "roseanne" spinoff, "the connor's" plan to kill off roseanne's character with an overdose. and if it's on ambien, let's hope they don't say her last words. [ laughter ] amazon is planning to introduce up to eight new smart home devices this year, including a voice controlled microwave oven. though if you need voice control to use a microwave, maybe you're too drunk to eat whatever you're asking for. [ light laught "make me a chocolate chip hot pocket. [ laughter ] microwave, go. chocolate chip hot pocket." [ laughter ] rihanna has published a new op-ed about the global education crisis and her desire to be, quote,

now, this is the part where i'm not privy to his conversations with don jr. and eric.i'm going to ask you about your relationship with jared. michael: i'm ready for it. full transparency. they decide, let's do the rallies. they go to the rallies. we show in the film the look on trump's face. there are 40,000 people in that stadium in mobile. he cannot believe it. he has never been in front of 40,000 people. he has never had that experience, like you and i have. [laughter] michael: there is something when you stand on a stage and there are a lot of people. it happened to me at the university of florida. they changed me into the basketball arena and it had never happened before. the people are just coming to hear me talk. there are 14,000 people in the arena. when you step on that stage, you are like, wow. i'm glad i did not listen to my guidance counselors. so, you see the look. i show the look o on his face. president is for not such a bad idea. and he decides to go ahead with it. when punditsy on were saying there was no campaign apparatus? is not really ready, he is

dealing in russia a long time to your point they haven't found the president colluded with someone or don jrt they're still looking at these things, they do have a lot of guilty pleas in indictment so far and let him go about his business. this whole try to figure out what is going to end, everyone has embarrassed themselves time and time again. >> dagen: he's walking around the streets of new york city. >> harris: this is a guy not to disrespect local radio, they're important. real quickly. this also gives with michael cohen and entree into the siblings, the children and their finances and so on and so forth. it allows us investigation to put pressure on different point points. >> pete: not the purpose of the investigation or the scope of the investigation. it is not about every financial dealing that families ever had because it had a lot of them and a lot more money than me. >> melissa: the wife of a doj official who was demoted over his ties to the anti-trump dossier refusing to testify voluntarily before house committees investigating the russia probe. whether lawmakers will force nelli

this has not been a good week for the president's son, don jr.jtj was supposed to host a rally at a restaurant in montana to support a republican candidate for senator but the restaurant said no. apparently the manager at the restaurant didn't know what the event was for, when he found out, they canceled it. he said, we don't want to take political sides, we're a restaurant, we're neutral, and donald trump jr. was so upset about it he shot a koala bear just to blow off some steam, yes. [ rim shot ] that wasn't a joke, you led them to believe it was a joke with the drum. he really did. he went to the zoo and he killed one, it was terrible, yeah. no, that is a joke. [ laughter ] but at what point are we that you believed that? [ laughter ] anyway, this is not the first time a member of team trump has been rejected by a restaurant. you probably remember sarah huckabee sanders was famously refused restaurant service in virginia. homeland security had kirsten nielsen and senior adviser stephen miller were leak ankled at a mexican restaurant. there's a

not only about people he served with, the other people that were in that meeting in trump tower, don jr., jared kushner, et cetera, but also about what was going on in the trump campaign before the election. and that's of course the conspiracy or collusion part of the investigation. and i think he is going to be key to them because they know that he knows that because of this agreement he signed, literally his life is on the line. >> he is a big fish, he will be cooperating and talking. thank you so much, gloria, and barrett. >>> coming back, we will go back to special coverage of hurricane florence, don lemon is in south carolina where the storm is pounding the coastline. we're seeing rescues and sadly the storm has already turned deadly, three storm related deaths so far. you're watching cnn's special lif coverage. -- live coverage. touch shows how we really feel. but does psoriasis ever get in the way? embrace the chance of 100% clear skin with taltz. up to 90% of those with moderate to severe psoriasis had a significant improvement of their psoriasis plaques. most people were still

while i've not yet gotten anything specifically from the administration, i can tell you that don jr. is out there talking about this. you may have seen this if you're on twitter. i know in the preparation for the show, you have, he said this. "shocked, absolutely shocked. who are we kidding at this point? no one is shocked that these guys would do anything in their power to undermine real donald trump." you also mentioned michael cohen has been in the news. he's been cooperating at great length with the special counsel. so this idea that this is just a sort of the latest step or perhaps the latest layer in the unfolding russia collusion drama is something. you mentioned this happened in 2017 as the president ridded the administration of james comey. there was some folks that were suggesting that his conversations with the russians was proof that he was not fit for the office. so quite a story. quite a day here. i promise action soon as i get anything back, whether it's from sarah sanders or others, bill sure to pass that along to you. for now, back to you. >> kevin corke travelling w

and he knew so much about the daily goings on of don jr. and ivanka and eric.ly do i think he has potentially witnessed things in his decade of working in the trump organization related to president trump, but what did he witness about the children as well? this is a man who was very involved with the entirety of the trump family. so as the president has felt squeezed in recent weeks by people who are incredibly close to him talking with the mueller team and insular and isolating himself and thinking that his family are the only people that he can trust, if he feels like his family might be in jeopardy, i wonder what that must feel like for him tonight. >> emily jane fox, senior reporter for "vanity fair." this is an acute observation there. kind of makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. thank you, emily. much appreciated. >> thank you. >>> we've got some expert legal advice on what this all means, plus the latest on what's going on with now tropical storm florence. stay with us. busy night. >>> now that the president's it's america's most popular stre

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don jr.'s remarks on that were interesting today. i guess stating the obvious, there are fewer people on the inside that they feel they can trust. >> that's right, brian. one of the most telling things that president trump has said in the last few days came in that q&a session he had with reporters on air force one friday of last week, and what sticks out to me is he said look, when i go into meetings now i look around the room and see who do i recognize. and the implication there is if he doesn't recognize you, if he doesn't know you, then he doesn't trust you and he's very careful about what he says in audiences with people he doesn't know, with faces he doesn't know. there's been an effort, and it predates the woodward book, by the way, an effort the last few months in the white house to try to cut down the number of people who are in the room for some of these serious discussions involving the president because they're so sensitive to information leaking out. so the national security adviser john bolton often attends those meetin

he was part of the i amor circle, he was in the room for the meeting at trump tower that don jr. with the russians. there aren't many people who were as significant as he was, correct? >> correct. he was moved into a position of power to replace corey lewandowski when he was fired in question, the trump 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 pr