cnn john king got new reporting that speaks to the question. john, what have you learned?> just reaching out to friends and associates of the president sometimes from the white house and very often when he goes away from the weekend, he reaches out to old friends, campaign associates and the like. friends call it venting. some to sound them out. am i doing the right thing? wrong thing? what do you think of my team. i spoke to a friend who talked to the president over the weekend and described him as white hot. they thought he would be in good spirits because of the health care bill last week. he thought after what the friend called a couple days of more positive coverage that the president would be in a better mood, but he said he wouldn't hear it. meaning that the president should be more encouraged. he said the president just kept complaining it was trump and russia. he said the president used expletives in describing comey's testimony to congress last week. and feeling naushious that the exposure of hillary clinton was negative in any way. the friend said it was clear t

here with us to discuss all of it is cnn chief national correspondent john king, nia-malika henderson and gloria borger. nia, let me start with you and some tweets we saw this morning from senator lindsey graham. he tweeted you appreciate the a patient progress. i will admit i'm concerned with the progress. a bill finalized yesterday has not been scored, amendments not allowed, and three hours final debate should be viewed with caution. we should point out this isn't just lindsey graham shouting this from the sidelines. he is now going to be asked to vote on this. >> it is likely a bill dead on arrival on the senate. we heard that from different senators. bob corker said the way the bill stands now, what's happening with the medicaid expansion. there's some moderates, there's some conservatives there as well. but that is this sentiment about this rushed process is what i'm hearing from republican strategists as well. i was just texting with one. he said that he can't believe that they're rushing this. there's no scoring or anything and it's going to do real harm. the harm he is thinki

president obama nominated john king on february 11 of 2016. john king was confirmed by the united states senate on march 14 of 2016. i disagreed with secretary king often, but he was confirmed by and accountable to the united states senate, as he should be, and as our constitution envisions. all of president obama -- president trump's cabinet members are confirmed, but this is how long it took. all of president trump's nominations were made before his inauguration i did, but the senate confirmed only two of those nominations on day one because senate democrats would not agree to anymore than that. a third cabinet nominee was confirmed on january 31. to compare, by january 31 in prior administrations, president obama had ten nominees confirmed and george w. bush and bill clinton each had 13 confirmed. now, please keep in mind that it's impossible for democratic senators by themselves to defeat a trump nominee. confirmation requires only a majority voting in present, that is usually 51 senators. there are 52 republican senators, and in addition,

i'm john king. first president trump changed his story about why he fired james comey. now he's threatening james comey. he says, quote, james comey had better hope there's no tape of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. that comes as the initial account of the white house why and how he was fired lies in shambles due to a heap of fallshood fall falsehoods of in new and revealing information of president trump himself. he insisted it had nothing, zero to do with the russian/election investigation. it turns out none of that was true. >> i was going to fire comey. my decision. it was not -- >> you had made the decision before they came in the room. >> i was going to fire comey. there's no good time to do it, by the way. >> you accepted their recommendations. >> i was going to fire him regardless of recommendation. he made a recommendation, very good guy, very smart guy. the democrats like him. the republicans like him. he'd made a recommendation. but regardless of recommendation, i was going to fire comey knowing there was no good time to do it. and, i

"inside politics" with john king starts right now. >>> welcome to inside politics. i'm john king. thanks for sharing your day with us. some positive economic news. 211,000 new jobs added in april. unemployment rate at its lowest point in ten years. 4.4%. that's good news for a country for the country and a president who is ready to celebrate. he believes the house kate to repeal and replace obamacare to give his spirits a much needed jolt. >> this is a great plan. i actually think it will get even better. this is, make no mistake, this is a repeal and a replace of obamacare. make no mistake about it. make no mistake. >> now, though, on to a most uncertain next step. the senate. republicans have a tiny majority there and don't like a lot of what they see in the house bill. >> reporter: the senate will write its own bill. that's clear. mitch mcconnell's made that clear. others in leadership have made that clear. so we'll be writing our own bill. >> and as these policy fights play out, the next campaign takes shape in an instant. democrats lost the house, remember, after passing obam

welcome to "inside politics." >> i'm john king. it's a busy day.sident calling the russia investigation a witch hunt and attacking the former heads of the fbi and the cia. plus, the alternative reality that is the white house briefing room. but begin with breaking news in washington that has big global implications. president trump we are told will pull the united states from the paris climate change accords. this is a decision ta keeps a big campaign promise and one the president's america first team insists will create millions of new jobs at home. also a decision that rejects advice from pope

welcome to "inside politics." >> i'm john king. it's a busy day. fresh tweets from the president calling the russia investigation a witch hunt and attacking the former heads of the fbi and the cia. plus, the alternative reality that is the white house briefing room. but begin with breaking news in washington that has big global implications. president trump we are told will pull the united states from the paris climate change accords. this is a decision ta keeps a big campaign promise and one the president's america first team insists will create millions of new jobs at home. also a decision that rejects advice from pope francis, and importantly for those of you who track white house tug of wars against account advice of the president's daughter and son-in-law. with the policy fallout comes a feisty political debate. >> it means that the leader of the republican party is in a different spot than the rest of the world. it would be taken as a statement that the climate change is not a problem, not real. that would be bad for the party, bad for the co

"inside politics" with john king starts right now. >>> welcome to inside politics. i'm john king.r sharing your day with us. some positive economic news. 211,000 new jobs added in april. unemployment rate at its lowest point in ten years. 4.4%. that's good news for a country for the country and a president who is ready to celebrate. he believes the house kate to repeal and replace obamacare to give his spirits a much needed jolt. >> this is a great plan. i actually think it will get even better. this is, make no mistake, this is a repeal and a replace of obamacare. make no mistake about it. make no mistake. >> now, though, on to a most uncertain next

i'm john king. thanks for sharing your day with us.departs next hour for a nine day overseas trip. a big test on the world stage complicated by his damaged political standing here at home. >> i'm going to saudi arabia. i'm going to isreal and rome. we have the g7. we have a lot of great things going on. i hate to see anything that divides. >> he calls the investigation a witch hunt and insists there was no collusion between russia and his campaign. but asked if he pressured the former fbi director, the president taking his lawyer's advice and keeping it brief. no. no. next question. and then this question. no one doubts the vice president's loyalty to the boss, but at what

i'm john king. first president trump changed his story about why he fired james comey. comey. he says, quote, james comey had better hope there's no tape of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. that comes as the initial account of the white house why and how he was fired lies in shambles due to a heap of fallshood fall falsehoods of in new and

i'm john king.t obama it turns out warned then president-elect trump not to bring retired general michael flynn into the new administration. we'll go to the white house live on that news in a moment. it comes as we wait to hear from a star witness in the russia election meddling investigation. former acting attorney general sally yates. she issued another warning then to the trump white house that flynn who was hired as the national security adviser might be vulnerable to kremlin blackmail. >> if the acting attorney general insists on seeing the white house counsel, that's something in its own right but she's going to put an exclam -- >> speaks out against the plan passed by

i'm john king. shanks for sharing your day with us.awmakers back home. the house plan tinkers with obamacare but comes nowhere close to repealing it. >> in individual markets and your insurance coverage is current, nothing's going to change. >> more on that in a moment. plus former president obama extolls the virtues of fighting climate change just as the white house nears a decision about to walk away from the paris a accords. we begin with a question. what would you do if you were the boss and were told this about an employee in one of your most sensitive positions? >> we felt like it was critical that we get this information to

thank you. >> well, even thanking the media, john king. we don't hear that often. >> may never hear it again. >> if you need any proof the president is in a good mood today, you just got it right there. >> yeah. >> it is interesting. to the point and the excellent panel just talking about this, look, the issue since the affordable care act, obamacare, was passed it has been a republican friend in three of the four elections since, two midterm, two presidential years. 2012 president obama was reelect evidence. in 2010, 2014 and 2016 republicans used this issue to their advantage. i think the question on the table today, even though we don't know the finish line, does it become a law or did they just pass something through the house, is now that they've voted on this under a republican president, now that they had the big event that steve israel is exactly right will be in a lot of democratic ads against republicans pretty quickly, does the dynamic flip? obamacare has been a republican asset in electoral politics. now does it become -- does

and so my colleague john king was told by a longtime friend of the president he was quote, white hot over the weekend, really stewing about this, stewing about the comey testimony. my colleague jeff zeleny reporting that the president was kernd that director comey was his own man, that he couldn't be trusted to lead this -- this important investigation, this russia investigation that could prove to be so pivotal for this presidency. so there was clearly distrust of director comey in the white house. what's interesting is they did not predict this huge back rath. >> all right, david jones right outside the white house, though the cameras are turned around. let's bring in our panel. zef zeleny you were there. tell us about it. >> jake, i'm told this was incredibly closely held. so many of the president's decisions are out there in the open, whether it's afghanistan or a variety of things, healthcare, climate change. he likes debate. this was held very closely by just a handful of people. it's one of the reasons of the bad rollout, because the white house press shop, the communications

so my colleague john king was told by a lng-time friend of the president that he was quote, white hotr the weekend. really stewing about this. stewing about the comey testimony. my colleague reporting that the president was concerned that director comey was his own man. that he couldn't be trusted to lead this important investigation. this russia investigation that could prove to be so pivotal for this presidency. so there's clear distrust of director comey in the white house but they did not predict this huge backlash. >> all right right outside the white house although the cameras are turned around. you were learned more about the 48 hours leading up to this moment and some of the discussion and debate within the white house about whether or not this was the right move tell us about it. >> jake, i'm told this was incredibly closely held. so many of the president's decisions are out in the open if it is afghanistan or a variety of things, health care, climate change. he likes debate. this was held very closely by just a handful of people. it's one of the reasons of the bad roll out l

i'm john king. you're watching the democratic candidate for president hillary clinton speaking at her alma mat ter wellesley college. delivering the commentment 49 years after he spoke as a student. delivering a full throated attack on the trump administration and on president trump personnelly saying he had proposed a budget of -- to share the reporting and insight abby phillip, amy walter, john yang, and karoon of the "washington post." that was remarkable. this was full throat the. a lot think what is hillary clinton going to do in her political retirement. that's not retirement. as she spoke at this commencement, a budget of -- and she said in her view he's a threat to society. let's listen. >> there's something else. as the history majors among you, here today know all too well, when people in power invent their own facts and attack those who question them, it can mark the beginning of the end of a free society. [ cheers and applause ] >> if you're a trump voter out there, you're probably sayin

this document, a pact between king john and his barons established that the nation's people have certain rights and that even the monarch is subject to the laws of the land. centuries later as we cast off the british monarchy, declared our iption and established our -- iption and established our own -- independence and established our own form of government, our system of checks and balances was designed to hold all levels of the federal government accountable but especially the president. without the rule of law, law and order becomes merely order imposed by an unaccountable government. we know that order without the rule of law, what it looks like. last century it looked like the regimes of the access powers. now it looks like north korea, egypt, the philippines, and, yes, russia. these are all nations led by strong men whom our president has praised in some manner, strong men who hold democratic institutions in contempt and exercise disproportionate control over their nation's military, government institutions, and the media. while the press here in the united states remains independe

former education secretary john king addressed students during today's event. >>> it's prom season nowcan be expensive, but in fairfax county, no student has to stay away from the prom because of the price of a address. centreville high school's dress shop now open at fair oaks mall. for 11 years, fashion marketing students have led this give-away to make donated dresses available to the financially strapped students from any middle or high school. >> people can't afford prom dresses all the t opportunity to feel pretty and go out to prom wearing a new dress, and i just think it's a great option for people to have. >> if a student feels they need a dress and cannot afford a dress from retail, they're welcome to come. we don't question their financial needs. >> the shop is open selected hours on the weekends for the next three weeks. looks like they have lovely stuff there. >>> already, it's do ear dor die for the caps. after game four, the penguins lead the caps in the series, 3-1. still no word on whether penguins star sidney crosby will play after suffering a concussion earlier this

i'm john king. big breaking news, president obama it turns out warned then president-elect trump not to bring retired general michael flynn into the new administration. we'll go to the white house live on that news in a moment. it comes as we wait to hear from a star witness in the russia election meddling investigation. former acting attorney general sally yates. she issued another warning then to the trump white house that flynn who was hired as the national security adviser might be vulnerable to kremlin blackmail. >> if the acting attorney general insists on seeing the white house counsel, that's something in its own right but she's going to put an exclam -- >> speaks out against the plan passed by the republican house. >> it does require some courage to champion the vulnerable and the sick and the infirm. >> and a fresh face but a familiar path. france picks a president and sends a message. >> translator: i will struggle with all my strength against the divisions which subvert us and it is only

i'm john king. thanks for sharing your day with us. a busy hour ahead as president trump moves through a day of diplomacy in isreal. he's having dinner later this hour with benjamin netanyahu and the president is enjoying a very warm welcome despite several thorny issues. already in isreal, a bit of history. mr. trump the first sitting president to visit jerusalem's western wall, one of the holiest sights in judaism. earlier in a meeting with isreal's president, he said he hoped his president might give a boost to the long-derailed peace process. >> i also look forward to discussing the peace process with palestinian president abbas. young israeli and palestinian children deserve to grow up in safety and to follow their dreams free from the violence that has destroyed so many lives. >> with us to share their reporting and insight this is jacky ca sin niche, mike el bender, shannon petty, piece of bloomberg. this priceless take this morning from the trump commerce secretary wilbur ross. >> there's no question that the liberalizing socie

in today for john king.t a few minutes ago in the rose garden president trump issued a call to action saying it's time trying to exert just a little pressure on republican lawmakers to get behind the gop plan to repeal and replace obamacare. this hour the vice president is due on capitol hill to help house leaders lock in the 216 votes they did not have the first time they hoped to undo president obama's signature law last month. they still have -- they don't have the votes, i should say, but this morning the house speaker sounded optimistic. >> so the purpose of our bill is to get more choices, to lower prices while preserving the protections for pre-existing conditions. so that is a very important thing. we're excited about this policy. we're making good preogress wit our members. >> this morning i was told by a senior administration official that the house gop leadership goal is to hol the obamacare repeal and replace vote this thursday. the source told me that they'll know -- likely know by the end of to

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thank you very much, everybody. [ applause ] >> i'm john king in washington. you're watching the president of the united states, leaving the stage. he just spoke at the national police officers memorial service here in washington. he will go down the steps with the vice president to participate, lay a flower on the wreath part of this annual service. we'll stay with the president as he does that solemn tribute. it's an annual event here in washington, the first for this president, of course, now in the second 100 days of his first year in office and the president giving a speech, speaking for more than 20 minutes. let's watch as the president here participate notice wreath-laying ceremony. >> and you see the president and vice president greeting participants at the annual national police officers memorial service here in washington. among those in the crowd, the families of the fallen. this service, held every year to honor police officers killed across the country in the line of duty. the president speaking just moments ago. he was on the schedule for five mi

"inside politics" with john king starts right now. >>> welcome to "inside politics." president trump again tweets his frustrations with a russia election meddling investigation which now includes big questions about his son-in-law. >> look, we have a special prosecutor. we're going to be looking at this. you know, this might be -- come out to when -- you know, what did the president know and when did his son-in-law tell him? >> plus the first shoe drops in a white house shakeup and the first public comment from robert mi mueller since he became special counsel overseeing the investigation. >> you can be smart aggressive, articulate, but if you are not honest, your reputation will suffer and once lost, a good reputation can never ever be regain. >> and this morning a trademark trump counter punch. she slams germany saying the new chancellor kae chancellor can't always be trusted to lead. >> translator: trans atlantic relations are of immense importance. they rest on mutual values and interest particularly when we near times as we are now of intense challenges. the last

i'm john king. to our viewers in the united states and around the world thanks for sharing your sunday and happy mother's day. the white house is in contact with japan and south korea after the latest north korea missile test. here on the home front, president trump again turned washington on its head this past week in a commencement address yesterday, sounded quite pleased with himself. >> the fact is, no one has ever achieved anything significant without a chorus of critics standing on the sidelines explaining why it can't be done. nothing is easier or more pathetic than being a critic. >> there are no shortage of trump critics after the bizarre week just behind us. remember on tuesday, the president fired the fbi director and then sent his staff and vice president out to repeat a lie about how and why that happened. on thursday the president gave an interview in which he shared the real reasons including his frustration with the fbi investigation of russia election meddling and possible collusion

i'm john king. shanks for sharing your day with us. more health care blow back for republican lawmakers back home. the house plan tinkers with obamacare but comes nowhere close to repealing it. >> in individual markets and your insurance coverage is current, nothing's going to change. >> more on that in a moment. plus former president obama extolls the virtues of fighting climate change just as the white house nears a decision about to walk away from the paris a accords. we begin with a question. what would you do if you were the boss and were told this about an employee in one of your most sensitive positions? >> we felt like it was critical that we get this information to the white house. because in part because the vice president was unknowingly making false statements to the public and because we believed that general flynn was compromised with respect to the russians. >> with us to share reporting and insights abby phillip, jeff zeal knee and nia-malika henderson. that was sally yates and she raised a number of questions in her te

." >> i'm john king. president trump is in brussels for his first nato summit, a gathering with fresh urgency because of the bombing in england. moments ago the president met with the prime minister of belgium. he said we will win. we'll bring you thosera, as soon as we have the tape. fresh tensions at this meeting, too. british officials mad. details about the suicide bomber were leaked by american sources. >> it is irritating if it gets released from other sources. and i have been very clear with our friends that that should not happen again. snug big news back stateside. the president getting new lawyers because of the special council investigation and his former national security adviser pliblg flynn faces new pressure, too. more subpoenas today for documents detailing his election year russia contacts. >> the walls feel like they are closing in on the trump administration right now. i'm not sure that they can hold them off much longer. >> plus, today's an anxious day for republicans. a new report car

at this hour, "inside politics with john king" starts now. his controversial firing of the fbi director, james comey. >> why did you fire director comey? why did you fire director comey? >> because he wasn't doing a good job, very simply. he was not doing a good job. >> did it affect your meeting with the russians today? >> will the new fbi director be in charge of the russian investigation? >> just a few words there from the president. democrats assert that the time is no accident and that the president fired comey at a critical time in the investigation into russian election meddling. >> the question is, why did it happen last night? we know director comey was leading an investigation into whether the trump campaign colluded with the russians. a serious offense. what must happen now is that mr. rosenstein appoints a special prosecutor to oversee this investigatio investigation. >> now, the comey firing also shocked republicans, and a good number of them consider the timing improper, if not suspicious. but the senate's top republican tried t

. >>> tonight's breaking news, new reporter from john king that the president was white hot before firing james comey. the senate intelligence committee issuing a subpoena to fire national security adviser michael flynn demanding he turn over documents pertaining to his contact with russian officials. flynn refused a request for them. the committee made a demand. this comes days after director comey told the senate judiciary committee the bureau was ramping up its own investigation. we will get reaction from jim himes, a member of the house intelligence committee who joins us now. first of all, your reaction to the senate intelligence committee issuing a subpoena to general flynn for documents regarding his interactions with the russian officials? how significant is that? >> it's evidence that the two congressional investigations, particularly the one i'm involved with on the house side, suffered setbacks. that suffered shortly after an open hearing at which director comey acknowledged an investigation of the trump administration and campaign. now, of course, the firing of comey after sal

i'm john king. thanks for sharing your day with us. president trump departs next hour for a nine day overseas trip. a big test on the world stage complicated by his damaged political standing here at home. >> i'm going to saudi arabia. i'm going to isreal and rome. we have the g7. we have a lot of great things going on. i hate to see anything that divides. >> he calls the investigation a witch hunt and insists there was no collusion between russia and his campaign. but asked if he pressured the former fbi director, the president taking his lawyer's advice and keeping it brief. no. no. next question. and then this question. no one doubts the vice president's loyalty to the boss, but at what price? pence takes a beating. >> president trump made the right decision and at the right time and to accept the recommendation of the deputy attorney general. >> with us to share their reporting and their insights, abby phillip, laura meckler, cnn phil mattingly and caroon. hardly the first president to board air force one and carry a little extra b

i'm john king. thanks for sharing your day with us. trump called brussels a hell hole. he's in brussels for his first nato summit. >> over the last eight years the united states spent more in defense than all other nato countries combined. >> back here in washington more bad news for the house republican health care plan. an estimated 23 million americans would lose their coverage. premiums for the sick could skyrocket. >> unless you're a health millionaire, trumpcare is a nightmare. this report ought to be the final nail in the coffin of the republican effort to sabotage our health care system. >> and here's an interesting twist. election eve outrage in montana. a republican candidate attacks a reporter asking questions about health care. >> get the hell out of here. do not do this. are you with the guardian? >> yes. >> the last guy did the same damn thing. >> you just body slammed me and broke my glasses. >> get the hell out of here. >> with us, molly ball, julie. it is a fascinating moment playing out right now on the world stage for president trump. his first nato s

i'm john king. thanks for sharing your sunday. we will take you live to france in about a few moments for an uni update on the presidential vote. the final chapter has a familiar ring, one campaign is hacked, and the debate is testy. [ speaking foreign language ] >> we begin though with america's recurring political divide over health care and president trump's hope of soon fulfilling a seven year republican promise, to repeal and replace obamacare. step one is done. the house just barely passed its plan thursday. the president sees it as a momentum shifting spring board hoping a senate victory is next and then another big ticket agenda item. >> we're going to get this finished and then we're going as you know we put our tax plan in, it's a massive tax cut. the biggest tax cut in the history of our country. i used to say the biggest since ronald reagan. now it's bigger than that. >> is one house vote that much of a game changer or is the president overly optimistic? with us to share their insights, julie pace, jonathan martin, phi

i'm john king. to our viewers in the united states and around the world thanks for sharing your sunday. in a few moments the dizzying pace of developments in the russia meddling investigation and the mounting legal risks for president trump and his white house. we begin with breaking development osen the world stage. north korea test fired another ball talk missile. the u.s. pacific command says the medium range missile traveled some 300 miles and landed in the sea of japan. president trump is attending a summit of major muslim nations in saudi arabia and has been briefed on the missile test. this is day two of the president's first big international trip. festive welcome from the saudi family and a big arms deal had the president in very good spirits on day one. >> hundreds of billions of dollars of investments into the united states and jobs, jobs, jobs. >> today brings a much, much bigger test, a speech, asking arab and muslim nations to do more to battle extremism and asking them to forget or se

go through some of the reporting that -- quickly because you brought it up -- that my colleague john kings that he was -- he's been fuming that the people around him can't make this go away. they can't all just make this go away. when you're the ceo of a company, you're the boss, you pick up the phone or call someone in your office, say make this go away. >> right. >> you can't do that when you're president of the united states. >> well, particularly you can't do it with a system of justice and law enforcement. it doesn't work that way. >> yeah. >> if you're accused of some crime in your neighborhood, you can't call up the police chief even if you're the mayor and said, listen, i want this to stop, which is what donald trump is trying to do here. >> he's mad at sessions, sessions recused himself, he said he was really mad, mad at his lawyer, mad at the staff, mad at us guys on television, mad at the committees, bad at comey. he's mad and frustrated at everyone. >> again, echos of richard nixon who got mad at everybody. he was mad at everybody, thought everybody was against him. >> yeah. h

as cnn has been reporting, john king and jeff zeleny have been reporting, that they're going to hiretside counsel for the president, which is a good thing. he ought to have one. and the question is whether anybody can save donald trump from himself and tell him to stop tweeting, to try and unite the country rather than divide the country, to compartmentalize which is something bill clinton did very well, go on with the business of governing, try to get that done, and let the legal issues take their own path and keep it out of the white house. >> jeff, i spoke to wolf blitzer earlier about an off-the-record meeting that sol journalists had with the president today and wolf was one of them. let's listen to what he said. >> he clearly was not happy about the appointment of a special counsel. and i'm looking at my notes. the president said he believes it hurts our country terribly. he says because it shows we're a divided mixed up not unified country. he says the country has very important things to be doing right now. he mentioned trade deals, military, other issues. i think it shows a

." >> i'm john king.s for his first nato summit, a gathering with fresh urgency because of the bombing in england. moments ago the president met with the prime minister of belgium. he said we will win. we'll bring you thosera, as soon as we have the tape. fresh tensions at this meeting, too. british officials mad. details about the suicide bomber were leaked by american sources. >> it is irritating if it gets released from other sources. and i have been very clear with our friends that that should

as cnn has been reporting, john king and jeff zeleny have been reporting, that they're going to hireounsel for the president, which is a good thing. he ought to have one. and the question is whether anybody can save donald trump from himself and tell him to stop tweeting, to try and unite the country rather than divide the country, to compartmentalize which is something bill clinton did very well, go on with the business of governing, try to get that done, and let the legal issues take their own path and keep it out of the white house. >> jeff, ipoke to wolf blitzer earlier about an off-the-record meeting that some journalists had with the president today and wolf was one of them. let's listen to what he said. >> he clearly was not happy about the appointment of a special counsel. and i'm looking at my notes. the president said he believes it hurts our country terribly. he says because it shows we're a divided mixed up not unified country. he says the country has very important things to be doing right now. he mentioned trade deals, military, other issues. i think it shows a very div

let's get quick reaction from john king. >> 2018 control of the house began right there. a defining moment for the president in the short term. doesn't get him to the finish line. a big event at the white house. every democrat will try to tie those republicans to president trump. what this does is this is a, gives the president the short term victory to get the long term success he and the republicans want. we're going to learn if this president can negotiate and resolve the differences between the republicans in the house and the very narrow 52-48, 52 republicans in the senate to work that out to get a bill to the finish line is going to require some legislative magic. >> trumpcare is real now. it didn't really become a real thing before because it was only around the last 17 days. it will take weeks and weeks for this thing to make its way through the senate. >> you see these members going down the stairs. a lot of folks are screaming out the word shame, shame. there's a lot of anger. >> i imagine those are democrats. sure. this was their big legislative accomplishment.

"inside politics" with john king starts right now. >>> welcome to "inside politics."n tweets his frustrations with a russia election meddling investigation which now includes big questions about his son-in-law. >> look, we have a special prosecutor. we're going to be looking at this. you know, this might be -- come ou

." >> i'm john king in washington. let's keep our eyes on the president in new london, connecticut, just wrapping up his first commencement address as president to members of the coast guard academy, the class of 2017. the president spoke for about 30 minutes. most of it a textbook commencement speech but near the end made no specific reference to the controversy here in washington but turned defiant. with us as we discuss what he just said and the controversy here in washington to share reporting and insights michael share of "the new york times," nia-malika henderson, mary catherine hamill and cnn's sara murray. the president leaving washington to speak at the coast guard academy on the day. last night, the house oversight committee demanded any memos james comey made of his conversations with the president and any records the white house has of such conversations while the president was speaking, the senate intelligence committee did the same thing and said it was inviting director comey to publicly testify. the pre

i'm john king. thanks for sharing your day with us.d as president trump moves through a day of diplomacy in isreal. he's having dinner later this hour with benjamin netanyahu and the president is enjoying a very warm welcome despite several thorny issues. already in isreal, a bit of history. mr. trump the first sitting president to visit jerusalem's western wall, one of the holiest sights in judaism. earlier in a meeting with isreal's president, he said he hoped his president might give a boost to the long-derailed peace process. >> i also look forward to discussing the peace process with palestinian president abbas. young israeli and palestinian children deserve to grow up in safety and to followhe

special counsels before have often hired outside lawyers beyond the white house counsel's office, but john king and i are being told by our sources here and elsewhere across washington that, indeed, michael cohen, the president's personal lawyer is here in washington, was at the white house earlier, and he and other advisers are meeting to present the president a plan before he leaves tomorrow, with sort of a recommendation to hire a group of lawyers here. this is something that, you know, expresses the president, as we were talking about earlier, is seething over this. he believes it is politics. he believes it is unfair, but the blun the blunt reality is his advisers know he needs representation here. that's one of the side bar discussions of many happening here at the white house, about how to represent the president and his interests going forward, jake. >> let's bring it back to our panel as we wait for president trump and the president of colombia to enter the room at the white house. smart move to bring outside leal heft? >> sure. what it does is allows the white house to focus on the bu

"inside politics" with john king starts right now. >>> thank you. welcome to kw"inside politics". the house now in the final debate on a republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare. house leaders after a humiliating retreat just six weeks ago say today they have the votes. because of that the white house said the president believes he's going to get a big win today. at what gain or cost is the big political and policy debate rippling through the nation's capital. members will vote next hour without knowing how much the legislation will cost the government, how much it will increase the government or how many people are likely to lose their health kcoverage or face higher costs. those numbers are not in available because the house republican leaders are in such a rush to voluntary progress, it comes without the score. democrats and republicans have a very different take on today's vote and on the substance of the legislation. >> republicans are in a lose/lose situation. they'll lose if they don't bring it up and it doesn't win. they really lose if they pass it. >> this is what

. >> i'm john king. this is inside pol fiction. we'll take you back to capitol hill but president trump meeting with mahmoud abbas. let's listen. >> thank you very much. today, i'm pleased to welcome president abbas to the white house for his first visit to washington in quite awhile. almost 24 years ago, it was on these grounds that president abbas stood with a courageous peacemaker, then israeli prime minister yitzhak rabin. here at the white house, president abbas signed a declaration of principles. very important which laid the foundation for peace between the israelis and palestinians. the president and mr. president, you signed your name to the first israeli-palestinian peace agreement. you remember that well, right? and i want to support you in being the palestinian leader who signs his name to the final and most important peace agreement that brings safety, stability, prosperity to both peoples and to the region. i'm committed to working with israel and the palestinians to reach an agreement, but any agreement cannot be imp

at this hour, "inside politics with john king" starts now.ring of the fbi director, james comey. >> why did you fire director comey? why did you fire director comey? >> because he wasn't doing a good job, very simply. he was not doing a good job. >> did it affect your meeting with the russians today? >> will the new fbi director be

"inside politics" with john king starts right now. >>> thank you. welcome to kw"inside politics". now in the final debate on a republican plan to repeal and replace obamacare. house leaders after a humiliating retreat just six weeks ago say today they have the votes. because of that the whi