aof the 2008 american patriot award is presented to the 62nd secretary of state, the honorable james bakerii, and the 23rd secretary defense, the honorable leon panetta. this evening, our distinguished honorees -- [applause] are going to participate in a discussion on national and international defense, diplomacy and peacekeeping. please welcome secretary baker and panetta. ♪ ♪ >> the standing o. that's got to be a good feeling. thank you for doing this. this is a great place and we have some big issues to talk about. today was a breaking news day with iran deal. i guess i'd like to get your perspective on that move today and what potentially comes next with this administration and what happens pulling out of the iran nuclear deal. secretary baker. >> first of all, i'm not sure anyone can tell you exactly what's going to happen, because i don't think anyone really knows. i would have to say that in my opinion, the deal was questionable to begin with, and i don't believe that it is an extraordinarily great deal for the united states. having said that, -- and i think that because it doesn't

love bird lisa page along with comey ally james baker resigned from the f.b.i. is peter strok next? and gina haspel has offered to withdraw her nomination after being lambasted for being too tough on terrorists. we'll tell you why she is a true hero. and we show you melania trump's "be best" campaign from earlier today. and breaking news about the liberal attorney general who may be in big trouble tonight. but first an important breaking news opening monologue. ♪ >> sean: tonight we start with what is shaping up to be a horrible bad five days for robert mueller and the office of special counsel. this out-of-control witch hunt suffered two massive major blows. on friday in what was the single biggest beat-down i have ever seen in my life, a federal judge utterly rebuked the special counsel and his investigation, slamming its political motivations and

that end, the american patriot award is presented to the 67th secretary of state, the at thele james baker3rd secretary of defense, the honorable leon panetta. this evening, our distinguished honorees -- [applause] >> are going to participate in the discussion on national and international events, diplomacy, and peacekeeping. please welcome secretary baker and secretary panetta. ♪ >> the standing "o." that has to be a good feeling. we have big issues to talk about. today is a breaking news day the iranaround deal -- deal. perspectives on that move today .nd what potentially comes next what happened today pulling out of the iran nuclear deal. surerst of all, i'm not exactly how anybody can tell what happened. i'm not sure anybody knows. wasy opinion, the deal questionable to begin with. i don't think it was in extraordinary great deal for the united states. thatg said that, i think because it sunsets after 10 years, doesn't cover nuclear missiles. preferred to see is not get into that negotiation to begin with. once we got into it and came to an agreement, i do not think it is an hour best

examiner" washington is reporting that lisa page has resigned from the fbi along with james baker. it reports that two fbi officials, both advisors, james comey are resigning from their posts at the agency. james baker who served as the top lawyer, when he was reassigned as an advisor to fbi director christopher wray. he is also being looked at for possibly disclosing classified information with journalists about the so-called trump dossier, though he has not been charged. it goes on to talk about the other departure. i am having a technical difficulty here. i will take a couple more calls and we will finish up that piece. bill calling on our republican line. caller: i thought i was on the independent line. my comment is this -- it is very disturbing to think that most of the news we listen to has to do with mr. trump's actions or behavior from many years ago. aboutr almost no details the issues of social security, medicare, what actually might be done in terms of solving north korea, the middle east. veryevel of discussion is thin. my second comment, a person that is president of t

james a baker the third and the honorable leon panetta. [applause] [piano interlude] >> sunday morning, american turmoil. at the cold war as the backdrop for 1968, including the vietnam war, the presidential campaign, and the space race. joining us to talk about that turbulent time, is a historian and documentary filmmaker, and mark kramer, program director on the project of cold war studies at harvard university. watch 1968, america in turmoil, live sunday at 8:30 a.m. eastern on c-span's washington journal and on american history tv on c-span3. connect with c-span to personalize the information you get. c-span.org/connect and sign up for the. the program guide is updated .ith the most updated schedule word for word gives you the most interesting highlights. is aook tv newsletter weekly look at upcoming authors and book festivals, and the american history tv newsletter is you the upcoming program exploring our nation's past. visit c-span.org/connect and sign up today. british foreign secretary boris johnson spoke to members of the house o

official, long-time comey ally james a. baker. he also resigned late on friday. so is the deep state now starting to crack? look, we are learning even more positive news about the inspector general's review of hillary clinton's e-mail case. his testimony before congress has been postponed. but for an interesting reason. after reports show that there is finding, he is finding new leads in the ongoing investigation. we'll have it all and break it down with sarah carter, gregg jarrett and david shone in a minute. but other news, iran, the deal is in the balance. three years ago the obama

james baker, who again was general counsel at the fbi, which is a very high-ranking job, top lawyer for the bureau. james comey tonight saying, "a great public servant retired from the fbi today. jim baker's integrity and commitment to the rule of law have benefited our country through five presidents of both parties. we are fortunate he and so many others choose to devote their lives to justice." much more ahead tonight. stay with us. into retirement... and a little nervous. but not so much about what market volatility may do to their retirement savings. that's because they have a shield annuity from brighthouse financial, which allows them to take advantage of growth opportunities in up markets, while maintaining a level of protection in down markets. so they can focus on new things like exotic snacks. talk with your advisor about shield annuities from brighthouse financial- established by metlife. ♪ with expedia you could book a flight, hotel, car and activity all in one place. ♪ if yor crohn's symptoms are holding you back, and your current treatment hasn't worked well enough, it ma

james baker, who again was general counsel at the fbi, which is a very high-ranking job, top lawyer forureau. james comey tonight saying, "a great public servant retired from the fbi today. jim baker's integrity and commitment to the rule of law have benefited our country through five presidents of both parties. we are fortunate he and so many others choose to devote their lives to justice." much more ahead tonight. stay with us. mom? dad? hi! i had a very minor fender bender tonight in an unreasonably narrow fast food drive thru lane. but what a powerful life lesson. and don't worry i have everything handled. i already spoke to our allstate agent, and i know that we have accident forgiveness. which is so smart on your guy's part. like fact that they'll just... forgive you... four weeks without the car. okay, yup. good night. with accident forgiveness your rates won't go up just because of an accident. switching to allstate is worth it. your hair is so soft! did you use head and shoulders two in one? i did mom. wanna try it? yes. it intensely moisturizes your hair and scalp and keeps yo

james bakere iii and leon panetta. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. ♪ announcer: 1968 was the yearf political assassinations and the space race. a fractious presidential election. riots of the political left and right. turmoil."8: american >> joining us from new york with his latest book "president carter: the white house years." more than 900 pages. thank you for being with us. why did you write the book? >> i broke the book because i wanted to have a reassessment of the carter presidency. his hero was harry truman. harry truman signed "the buck stops here" and put it on his desk. truman is now remembered much achievements than his failures. i wanted the book to have the same impact for president carter. a reassessment of his presidency. not just to be seen as a great former president. i make the case that he was one of the most accomplished one-term presidents we've had in modern history and accomplished more than many two-term presidents. hisress had much of legislation just under the legendary percentage that president johnson got in the white house. >> steve, you've read the b

next, former secretary of state james baker and former defense secretary leon panetta talk about foreign policy channels, including north korea and the president's decision to withdraw from the iran nuclear agreement. they were being honored by the national defense university foundation. this is 40 minutes. ♪ >> thank you. thank you very much. i'm really excited about this section of thext program. i had a great dinner and a wonderful table. we are presenting the patriot award

official, long-time comey ally james a. baker. he also resigned late on friday.o is the deep state now starting to crack? look, we are learning even more positive news about the inspector general's review of hillary clinton's e-mail case. his testimony before congress has been postponed. but for an interesting reason. after reports show that there is finding, he is finding new leads in the ongoing investigation. we'll have it all and break it down with sarah carter, gregg jarrett and david shone in a minute. but other news, iran, the deal is in the balance. three years ago the obama administration signed off on what they promised to make the world a better, safer place. in reality the iranian nuclear deal sent boatloads of cash, $150 billion worth, to a regime actively plotting to destroy the united states and our best ally israel. all while funding terrorism and proxy wars around the world. death to america, death to israel. all told we spent $1.7 billion in your cash to iran. then we unfroze $150 billion in assets. we loosened sanks. what did america get in ret

verb flyable and irreversible denuclearization of the korean peninsula well our diplomatic editor james baker has been following this for us from new york and so james clearly trying to put a positive spin on his meetings but is there still some lingering uncertainty as to whether this summit between president trump and kim jong un will actually take place. yes i think there's a degree of uncertainty and one of the reasons for that uncertainty is the fact that the north korean envoy it now goes to d.c. to deliver a letter from his leader to the u.s. president we don't know what is in that letter number one number two we don't know how president trump will react to meeting a senior north korean envoy certainly we were getting the message from the white house earlier on from president trump himself and from secretary here in new york that things are going well it's positive it's constructive but they don't seem to have had any of the guarantees they wanted any of the commitments they wanted before this summit took place he sidestepped questions about denuclearization and the definition of that

attorney lisa page and comey confident james baker.ut president trump says more must be done to rid the bureau of corruption. the president tweet thd, lisa page who may hold the record for the most e-mails in the shortest period of time to her lover peter s. strzok and attorney baker are out at the fbi as part of the probers getting caught. why is peter s. still there? what a total mess. our country has got to get back to business. joining us tonight, republican congressman andy biggs of arizona, member of the house judiciary committee and freedom caucus. good to see you. let's start with what is going on at the fbi and the justice department. this has become, in my opinion, a horrible tragedy but it is also an infuriating level of corruption that is being allowed to stand at the fbi, the top leadership of the fbi, and at the department of justice. one has no idea in the world why jeff sessions is still attorney general, rod rosenstein, obviously so corrupt and conflicted, along with the man he put in the job, bob mueller, also severel

after that, the former secretary of state james baker ♪ >> this week on q&a, university of californiaanta barbara and was professor yunte huang. he discusses his book "inseparable: the original siamese twins and their rendezvous with american history." yunte huang, author of "inseparable: the original siamese twins and their rendezvous with american history." eng?ere chang and yunte: they were the original siamese twins. they were asked the chinese. -- actually chinese. when they were going together, they were banded together by an inch of flesh. the neighbors were freaking out. the parents were scared. , because they were her kids. they grew up together learning to walk and also learning to swim. that was a milestone as you can imagine. anyway, they were known as chinese twins to the neighbors when they were growing up in siam. only after they were brought to the united states where they rented as siamese twins -- branded as siamese twins. brian: the picture on the screen, what age are they? yunte: probably middle age. you can see the hair is a little gray. that is when they went bac

a big story, so much scrutiny of that agency, the president going back and forth, james baker was the general counsel, recently reassigned, he is out, lisa page also out of. you see on the left all those text messages, anti-trump text messages back and forth with peter stzrok who was still working at the fbi, last we heard he was working in the human resources department. the significance is these officials are getting out ahead of the inspector general report which will be coming out in the next few weeks and expected to be scathing about the behavior of top officials at the fbi and the justice department. the other point is this comes as pressure continues to build on investigators, those going after donald trump and whether this is a tainted investigation. earlier today the president declared he and his new lead attorney rudy giuliani believe the probe is a witchhunts, quote, like we have never seen before adding he is willing to sit down with robert mueller for an interview but most of the investigators are democrat and he's not sure he would get a fair shake. ts ellis gave a hars

or resigned, including fbi director comey, chief of staff to the director, fbi general counsel james baker, fbi counsel page, and assistant attorney general. the doj has failed to timely comply with several related document requests by congress providing members of congress with heavily redacted versions of some but not all documents demented, and offering an inadequate response to repeated requests after months of delay by the doj. as i prepare to introduce my colleagues for their remarks, in conclusion i like to point out while many in the media and american public have been trying to bring down the president without evidence that president trump colluded with russia to win the election, there is a ton of evidence of real misconduct that those same people have been attempting to completely sweep under the rug. i believe in equal scales of justice, that no one is above the law. that includes anyone regardless of last name. that includes anyone at the highest levels of doj and fbi, especially when misconduct is committed in the performance of their duties to take down elected candidates. n

james baker had been recently reassigned. he's out. lisa page also out. you see her there on the left. all of those text messages, anti-trump text messages back and forth with peter, who by the way is still working at the fbi. last we heard, he was working in the human resources department. the significance is these officials appear to be getting out ahead of that inspector general report, which should be coming out in the next few weeks. it's expected to be scathing about the behavior of top officials at the fbi and the the justice department. but this comes as pressure continues to build on the investigators, those going after president trump, and whether or not this is a tainted investigation. the president declared that he and his attorney believe the whole probe is a witch-hunt. adding he's willing to sit down with mueller for an intruf -- interview, but he's not sure he can a get a fair shake. t.s. ellis gave a harsh review of mueller's team. they lied about the scope of their investigation. and he also said they're seeking unfettered power to bring

fired, demoted or have resigned, including pheub contain, comey, chief of staff james re-vicky, james baker, fbi agent strok, michael core tan and peered cad sick. >> josh campbell, were you fired or removed from office? >> i wasn't. what a great day for my family. i left the fbi, a career that i loved, working as a special agent so i could step out and speak out against this nonsense. the challenge of conspiracy theories, you never win for calling them what they are. no one in the history of mankind ever persuaded a wing nut by calling them a wing nut. one, they aren't playing with a full deck or, two, they are recovering for cover for a white house in survival mode. or, three, they genuinely believe this nonsense. you have to investigate. we have to have confidence in american law enforcement. with that said, you can't have conflicted parties doinged investigation. it has to be independent. devin nunes and people standing on the dice yesterday calling for this investigation, they are obviously conflicted. so they are not the ones to be doing the investigation. >> i don tnke can appreciate

james baker and lisa page who both sparked controversy and raised questions about the russia probe areng their jobs and garrett tenney live in washington with new details about this, garrett, what can you tell us? >> the fbi confirms that lisa page and baker resigned from the bureau to pursue other opportunities. the pair once held top positions in the fbi but recently reassigned amid accusations of bias against president trump. now page served as legal adviser to both comey and both deputy andrew mccabe and member of robert mueller's team, she was reassigned after they uncovered messages from her and another top fbi agent that were highly critical of then candidate donald trump. bake -- served as the fbi's top lawyer and one of jim comey's closest aides, he was reassigned as the justice department investigated allegations he leaked classified information to a reporter about the trump dossier. baker has not been charged but report from inspector general is expected to be highly critical of both he and page as well as other fbi officials. this morning on "fox & friends", harvard law pro

been fired or who have been forced to resign, that includes elliott, james comey, andrew mccabe, james bakerlisa page, we are still waiting for the demise of peter strzok, but that should be eminence. all these people are under investigation, and are in legal jeopardy. >> sean: all right, joe, same question. >> i concur with that number. and i would say that rod rosenstein is in serious jeopardy of contempt. i think that he should be held in contempt. i believe that his arrogant statement that he was being extorted by congress, because they were demanding oversight of documents is so outrageous that he no longer should serve as deputy attorney general. >> sean: and with that beat down by the judge on friday, this has not been a good week for robert mueller and his witch hunt. joe, greg, thank you. when we come back it, we have breaking news out of washington. mike pompeo has now arrived in north korea. we will have a report and also update you on the primary elections. ♪ feel the clarity of non-drowsy claritin 24 hour relief when allergies occur. day, after day, after day. because life shoul

and james baker is also reportedly leaving the bureau, he served under comey until he was reassignedlast september to work with new director christopher wray. former president george h.w. bush was released from houston methodist hospital on friday. the former president had been a patient there for the past 13 days. mr. bush was hospitalized today after his wife's funeral due to a blood infection. he was first in the intensive care unit and then transferred to a regular room. the former president has a form of parkinson's disease as well as pneumonia and other infections. the south korean president will be paying a visit to the white house later this month. the two leaders will be discussing president trump's upcoming meeting with kim jong un. that will take place in late may or early june. i am jackie ibanez, now back to "the ingraham angle." for all of your news, log on to foxnews.com. >> laura: it's time for our friday follies segment. we can start with the case of the reinstated house chaplain, pat conroy.ed he was fired last week, and now he's back. to discuss the political fallo

james comey, former fbi director, andrew mccabe, his deputy, a corroborating witness for comey, james bakere general counsel, also corroborating witness, and james rybicki also part of the comey-led fbi. were they all in the know? and did they all keep this secret? >> absolutely, they were all in the know. and in one of the criticisms actually that you hear often from inside the bureau, even from people who say, look, we never saw anything that was done untoward here, one of the criticisms in the fbi and d.o.j. is that -- [ technical difficulty ] they assigned the same groups of agents to them both. and the logic of that was this will help us keep it secret, right, and it will make sure our best people are on it. the flipsid3 to that is by bringing them into headquarters, you put a bull's-eye right on the center of the fbi and you put the same team on both. if anything happens, if there are any mistakes with one case, it jeopardizes the sort of -- it allows people to criticize the whole thing and it puts a bull's-eye at the heart of the fbi. and that is exactly what happened. obviously mcca

what everyone thinks of dick cheney and james baker, these are people who had long careers in politics and are not going to try to blow up the system. i am ducking the question but i think there is a genuine way professional politicians represent less of a threat. >> [indiscernible] [laughter] >> i think dan is right about who has a history of doing what. i think a lot depends on what is happening in the country after trump. in trying to think about what we are all -- will be all grapple with in our books, i like any's -- danny's earthquake metaphor. there is also a sense of the tide metaphor. democracies have faced a series of challenges from globalization, technological change, the resulting economic inequalities and insecurities. even relatively egalitarian countries in europe, countries more egalitarian than ours and economics nonetheless also have sharp regional diversion -- divergences. the alternative for germany did well in conservative parts of germany and well in the east, which has suffered more economically. we have had the issue of immigration, which the book underscores a

. >> the greatest politician in that book was james baker.n rand paul didn't know he was in baltimore, james baker is at the train station, he said two things, no security, no nothing, he said two things. one, if we don't get more money to places like baltimore i'm afraid we haven't seen our last fire and two he said of hillary clinton that a frequent flier mileage doesn't equal foreign policy. >> especially if that plane doesn't take you to michigan and wisconsin. we'll be right back with more "morning joe" on this memorial day. ♪ most people come to la with big dreams. ♪ we came with big appetites. with expedia, you could book a flight, hotel, car, and activity all in one place. ♪ ♪ ♪ i love you baby applebee's 2 for $20, now with steak. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. ♪ (electronic dance music) ♪ ♪ ♪ i think, keep going, and make a difference. at some point, we are going to be able to beat als. because life is amazing. so i am hoping for a cure. i want this, to uh, to be a reality. um, yeah. >>> welcome back to "morning joe." f

james: no. david: for people who are watching who say, what are the words of advice for the congress or the administration from the great former secretary of state, jim bakermes: i think we absolutely have to understand that one of the biggest threats facing our country and facing our democracy is the political dysfunction we have today. there 25 years ago with reagan and with bush and ford, we reached across the aisle. we got things done. it happened with carter. it happened with clinton. that doesn't happen anymore. that is truly tragic. david: your pleasures are still hunting and fishing? james: i like playing golf. go to the office i'm still a senior partner. we have a mandatory retirement policy at age 65. if youre is an exemption have been chief of staff at the white house, secretary of state. [laughter] david: they should have that exemption. let me just say, after you left as your term in government, i had the privilege of working with you for 15 years in the business and other things. it was one of the great pleasures of my life getting to see you up close. thank you for your friendship and your great leadership of our country. james: thank you fo

after that, the former secretary of state james baker ♪ >> this week on q&a, university of california barbara and was professor yunte huang. he discusses his book "inseparable: the original siamese twins and their rendezvous with american history." yunte huang, author of "inseparable: the original siamese twins and their rendezvous with american history." eng?ere chang and

i think what everyone thinks of james baker, these are people who have long careers in politics and notgoing to try and blow up the system. on some level i am dodging the question but there is a way in which professional politicians represent that threat. >> i think he is right about the, who has a patient of doing what. i think a lot depends on what is happening in the country after trump. trying to think about what we have all grappled with, i like the earthquake metaphor but there is also a sense of a tied metaphor that, democracies have faced a series of challenges from globalization, technological change, resulting economic inequalities and insecurities. even relatively egalitarian countries in europe. that is countries more than ours. and in economics. have sharp regional emerges is where marine le pen did very well. and they have an alternative for germany, they have also particularly well in the east which has suffered a more economically. then we have the issue of immigration which underscores as particularly important pace of what is going on. if we do not do anything about ex

i think when everyone thinks of dick cheney and james baker, these are people that had long careers in politics and are not blow up the to system. i am dodging the question, but there is a way in which professional politicians are less of a threat. -- represent less of a threat. >> should we go in order? >> just jump around. dan is right about who has a history of doing what. i think a lot depends on what is happening in the country after trump. in other words, in trying to think about what we have all grapple with in our books, i like dan's earthquake metaphor. there is also a sense of a tied -- tide metaphor. democracies have chased -- faced a series of challenges from technological change to even aities and in it -- gala terry and countries in europe, countries more a gala terry and then hours in economics nonetheless have sharp regional the virgins is -- the virgins is -- divergences. particularly well in the east, which suffered more economically and then we have the issue of immigration which bill's book underscores as a particularly important piece of what is going on. if we do

james a baker resigned late on friday. is the deep state starting to crack? we are learning more about the e-mail case. tell is postponed after reports show he's finding new leads in the ongoing investigation. we'll have all of this and break it down with sarah carter and greg jarret and attorney david shown in a moment. iran and that deal weighs in the balance. the obama administration signed off on what would make the world a better and safer place. in reality. they sent boat loads of cash and 150 billion worth to a regime actively plotting to destroy the united states and best ally israel and funding proxy wars. death to america and israel. all told we sent 1.7 billion to cash in iran and unphrosed 150 billion in asset and loosened the series in section. what did they get a promise from the chanting of death to america that they would temporarily halt the nuclear weapon's program and we knew the mullas of a rhine were liars and they were proven to be liars by bevenlg beverage netanyahu. and there was a project aimed at creating five war heads and containin

i think whatever thinks of dick cheney and james baker, they have had long careers in politics and will not try to blow up the system. i am the in some ways dodging the question, but i think in some ways, professional politicians represent less of a threat. are we going in order? >> no, just jump around. [laughter] dan is rightthink about who has a history of doing what. i think a lot depends on what is happening in the country after trump. in trying to think about what we have all grappled with in our books, i like dan's earthquake metaphor. there is also a sense of a tied metaphor, where seriesies have faced a of challenges from globalization, psychological change, and economic inequalities and insecurities, and even relatively egalitarian companies in europe, countries more it a la terry and -- egalitarian than ours also have sharp, regional diversions is -- --in france, the alternative in germany did well, but also in the east, which has suffered more economically. also had the issue of immigration, which bill underscores as a particularly important piece of what is going on. aboutd

ed: so has james baker. he had been the general counsel. he has resigned as well.rt. it's going to be bad. phase one of that ig report came out it was about andrew mccabe. that was tied to his firing and that report came out. a larger report we are told about fbi abuses maybe and department of justice. pete: we have been waiting for it for a while. ed: the fact that they have now resigned maybe their teams, you know, have gotten hey, here is your final comment. this thing is coming out. trying to get ahead of that. abby: how many people over the last year have been fired or have. pete: conspiracy. dan bongino was talking about. political conspiracy to decertify the election of november. the election didn't got way they wanted. they used the organs of intelligence committee to spy on the trump camp. they pushed it out to the media. then they thought it was all this coordinated campaign get the dossier out there. we have clapper and comey. now it's all coming out. this inspector general report is another part of it we will see. not good for democracy. abby: it may no

from the russia investigation after their personal texts revealed bias against the president and james bakert the position along with his former chief of staff. if you add the head of public affairs to the list you see over a half dozen senior executives who have left the bureau since comey was fired. >> bill: i'm hearing the president talking on the south lawn. when we get that tape on camera we'll play it back for our viewers. first the inspector general doing that long investigative report on the bureau right now and expected to testify next week on the hill. is that still happening? >> it's important to remind people when the justice department inspector general tasked to look at the clinton email investigation it was very bipartisan. republicans and democrats. the expectation is that report would probably be ready earlier this year but all of the deadlines or timelines have seemed to shift. the best day we have on the calendar is for next week when horowitz is scheduled to testify before one of the house committees. but our understanding is that that could also shift in terms of the tim

where former secretary of state, james baker, and former defense secretary, leon panetta are being honoredwith the american patriot award from the national defense university foundation. according to the foundations website, the annual award is meant to honor americans who display inspirational leadership and selfless dedication to ideals and democratic principles that enhance human security and local stability. honorees included hillary clinton, arizona senator john mccain and former president, george h. w. bush. in other years the foundation has also honored a collective group of people including the men and women of the defense department, cia and national guard. we expect things to get underway shortly. until then, we will show you remarks from former vice president joe biden, he spoke earlier today about the middle class and us economy. this was at the brookings institution. >> i want to start off by saying that the institute we are delighted that brookings has taken list to deal with the middle class. i know that for years and years, that i have been characterized in washington as mi

jame baker was one of the top lawyers and one of jim comey's aides.nd he was on suspicion of leaking classified information about a reporter about the so-called trump dossier. that led him to being released-- reassigned rather late last year. the other is a name that will be familiar to a lot of our viewers. lisa page has been in the cross-hairs for months now. we as a part of specially counsel robert mueller's team unless text messages were discovered between her and another critical of then candidate donald trump. they're facing blowback from a federal judge. on friday in a hearing for charges against paul manafort, the judge elliott suggested that mueller's team lied about the scope of their investigation and seeking unfettered power to bring down the presidency. saying you don't care about mr. manafort's bank fraud. you're interested in information to get you to mr. trump towards impeachment or prosecution. now, the president picked up those and once again blasted the investigation as a witch hunt. >> none of that information has to do with inform

james baker and lisa page who both sparked controversy and raised questions about the credibility of are leaving their jobs. garrett tenney is live in washington with the very latest. hi there, garrett. >> hey, blake. you know, not too long ago both of these folks held top positions within the fbi until they were reassigned amid accusations of bias against president trump. jim baker was the bureau's top lawyer and lisa page was not only a legal advisor to comey and his deputy mccabe but also a member of special counsel robert mueller's team. page was reassigned after investigators discovered her text messages with another top fbi agent which were highly critical of president trump. baker was reassigned late last year amid a doj investigation into allegations that he leaked classified information to a reporter about the trump dossier. the fbi tells us the pair simply resigned to pursue other opportunities, but one former doj official believes the timing of their resignation is also likely related to the report by the justice department's inspector general which is expected to be highl

patisserie in san francisco's pacific heights just won a james beard award for best outstanding baker. pastry chef and co-owner, belinda leong won. it's kind of like winning an oscar. >> this is a dream. it's like right when you get into this profession, you're like oh wow. james beard one day. one day. i was like i can't believe we got it. >> the pastry chef and her team started baking at 4:00 a.m. every morning, making 2,000 to 3,000 pastries a day. the key ingredient? butter. thousand pounds of it per week. >>> i'm dennis o'donnell live at oracle. two teams are down, two more to go. every fire department every police department is part of a bigger picture. that bigger picture is statewide mutual aid. california years ago realized the need to work together. teamwork is important to protect the community, but we have to do it the right way. we have a working knowledge and we can reduce the impacts of a small disaster, but we need the help of experts. pg&e is an integral part of our emergency response team. they are the industry expert with utilities. whether it is a gas leak or a wir

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but the one thing reagan always did, james a. baker, iii would be over there explaining what reagan is doing. we would be working with -- always five steps ahead. >> always. one of the things that's so interesting about the universal acclaim that -- nearly universal acclaim that president reagan has in historical terms, most of the press thought that he was a combination of the mad bomber and ebenezer scrooge in realtime. i've always thought and this is why the character is so important, i've always thought that we never fully appreciated that ronald reagan's most significant life experience coming into the presidency was less his actual movie career and more his labor union career because he negotiated that contract for six, seven, eight years. somebody once said what's it like dealing with the soviets. hell, you've never dealt with jack warner. he was able to come out in the first press conference and say the soviets lied and cheat and wanted world domination. after he was shot, he writes a letter by hand. he gets a marvelous partner

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. >>> a bay area baker is receiving high honors at the james beard foundation awards or as some might call it, the oscars of the food world. it took home the award for outstanding baker in the country. kpix 5's mary lee is live at the bakery where they are celebrating today. >> that's right, this is a huge honor and i'm joined with the co-owner and pastry chef, belinda. this is the award. how does it feel? >> it's been a whirlwind. it's still sinking in. >> congrats. i know your entire staff, there they are, are celebrating right along with you. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: it's a sweet homecoming for belinda leong. she and her co-owner just won the award in chicago for outstanding baker in the country. it's like the oscars of the food world. >> this is a dream. it's like right when you get into this profession, you're like, wow. james beard. one day. i can't believe we got it. >> reporter: belinda shares the honor with her entire team, which she calls her family. her staff starts baking at 4 a.m., making 2,000 to 3,000 pastries a day. they use a thousand pounds of butter a we

patisserie in san francisco's pacific heights just won a james beard award for best outstanding bakerlinda leong won. it's kind of like winning an oscar. >> this is a dream. it's like right when you get into this profession, you're like oh wow. james beard one day. one day. i was like i can't believe we got it. >> the pastry chef and her team started baking at 4:00 a.m. every morning, making 2,000 to 3,000 pastries a day. the key ingredient? butter. thousand pounds of it per week. >>> i'm dennis o'donnell live at oracle. two teams are down, two more to go. what the warriors think about the houston rockets. their reaction coming up. it's not just any streaming. it's "watch what you want on the fastest internet" streaming. it's "live sports so you never miss a goal" streaming. it's "dvr shows because you'll never know when you'll need it" streaming. it's streaming from xfinity that makes your life... simple. easy. awesome. get started with xfinity internet for $40 a month for 2 full years when you sign up for tv. plus, get 3x the speed of at&t and directv. click, call or visit a store t

they now have brand-new james beard awards. outstanding baker for belinda luong and michel suas in san francisco. the trendy bakery is known for >> delicious pastry, butter and sugar and deliciousness. >> mom would have called it a croissant croissant, a fancy croissant. sun i-cafe and dominique crenn best chef in san francisco. james beard awards are sort of like oscars of culinary world. >> they are a big deal. well done. coming up seven things you need to know before we go. >>> instagram, follow us abc 7 bay area. bay area. can you see more ♪ ♪ hi! leaving a career to follow a calling takes courage. a personalized financial strategy can give you confidence to take the next step. hi guys! aw yeah! see how access to j.p. morgan investment expertise can help you. chase. make more of what's yours. chase. it's "watch what you want on the fastest internet" streaming. it's "live sports so you never miss a goal" streaming. it's "dvr shows because you'll never know when you'll need it" streaming. it's streaming from xfinity that makes your life... sim

b patisserie, it won james beard award for best outstanding baker. chef relieved a standing ovation as she walked into work yesterday. our cameras were there. wick a james beard award is like an oscar. >> -- winning a james beard award is like an oscar. >> you get into this profession, you're like, james beard, one day. i can't believe we got it. >> the pastry chef and her team start baking at 4 a.m. making two to three thousand pastries a day. the key ingredient she says is butter. 1,000 pounds of it per week. i have been there. they have this thing called the queen amman. it's a chocolate croissant. one of the best things i have ever tasted. >> oh, man. >> sounds good. >> you know what's cool? they wake up when we wake up. >> everything is better with butter! >> it's only 10 minutes from here. >> party on! >> you can get us some on a break? >> okay. volunteering. >> wow. >> we vote you. >> and a coffee. >>> let's hit the road right now. we are tracking a couple of problems. this is a look at your north bay drive. 101 near petaluma boulevard north. a

advisor to james comey and mccabe who came under fire for text messages that she exchanged with another top fbi agent which were highly critical of the then candidate, donald trump. jim baker lawyer and one of james comey closest aides. he was reassigned late last year to the deirdre investigators looked into allegations baker had leaked classified information to a reporter about the trump dossier. the fbi tells us lisa paige and baker resigned to pursue other opportunities. the special counsel meanwhile continue the associated press reports. they investigated one of the presence closest friends and confidant, real estate investor, tom barack. he is a top fundraiser for mr. trump. they told the ap investigators questions included financial matters dealing with the campaign, transition and inauguration but also focused on two officials from the campaign who were already indicted by robert mueller. former campaign chairman paul manafort and former deputy campaign chair rick gates. the team is facing blowback in this case against paul manafort. at a hearing in virginia the judge suggested that the team led by the scope of the investigation and worn a mission to take on the pr

and we had a secretary of state who was one of the great american diplomats, james a. baker iii. a president who was fully engaged, who had a sense of strategy, a sense of our own limits, as well as our powers. who wasn't guilty of hubris, who actually studied these issues. so we got through the end of the cold war because of the brilliant leadership of president george h.w. bush. and a well-functioning nsc staff and a great secretary of state. we don't have that right now in president trump. he doesn't study. he probably doesn't even know what's in president obama's iran deal. he just knows that obama's name was on it. and it's not clear right now if that team has coalesced, jim mattis, mike pompeo, it's a team of factions and it doesn't seem that they agree on some of the major strands of this policy either towards iran or north korea. >> absolutely. nick burns, thank you very much. >>> still ahead on "morning joe," we'll be joined by three members of the senate foreign relations committee, senators chris murphy, jeff flake and tim kaine to get their reaction to the president's