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jon? >> jon: doug mckelway in washington. you. >> my pleasure. >> julie: senate democrats responding to recent criticism of robert mueller by the white house in letters just released dated march 7th to senior justice department officials. lawmakers urged them to publicly promise not to interfere in the special council russia's investigation. writing in part quote we have concerns that the president or his white house could order individuals at the justice or the department of justice with the authority to oversee special counsel mueller's probe to interfere with the probe or shut it down. our panel now leslie marshall is a fox news contributor and syndicated radio talk show host. matt schlapp is the chairman of the american conservative union. thank you both for talking to us and this just gets thicker and thicker by the day. so now there is a concerted effort to protect mueller. senator richard blumenthal has co-written a piece in slate.com with an american historian. and in it he compares president trump to nixon when in 19

. >> jon: a fox news alert. the widow of the pulse nightclub shooter found not guilty on charges stemming from the 2016 pulse nightclub massacre. jurors reached that decision this morning after about 12 hours of deliberation, salman acquitted on to quote charges, obstruction and providing support to a terrorist organization. prosecutors accused her of having previous knowledge of her husband's plans and helping prepare for an attack that left 49 people dead. we will have much more on this late-breaking verdict and reaction from our legal panel coming up later on in the hour. ♪ but first, the attorney general jeff sessions says no second special counsel will investigate claims of fbi surveillance abuse, at least not for now. good morning to you on this friday. >> julie: i'm julie banderas, a lot going on. a utah u.s. attorney, john huber will be spearheading a broad review. he will be looking at possible fbi surveillance abuses as well as the clinton foundation and the obama era uranium one deal. some republicans

i'm jon scott. >> another day in washington.ore heads could roll one day after president trump booted has secretary of state rex tillerson and tapped cia director mike pompeo to take his place. there's word of more staff changes on the way. >> jon: john rockets is live -- roberts is more with more. >> reporter: the president yesterday out hundred way to the helicopter to travel to california said he's getting the cabinet in the position and his staff that he likes it which was suggesting there was still some more to go. one of the moves to come very soon could be a david shulkin who is the secretary of veterans affairs administration. he came in with such promise last year. the lone democrat in the president agency cabine cabinet. he's falling out of favor. having taxpayer pay for a trip to europe. also clashing with trump appointees in the v.a. he is really kind of fallen into disfavor in weeks. one of the people under consideration to replace him energy secretary rick perry. he had lunch with the president on monday. i've told

. >> jon: and we begin with this fox news alert. we are on verdict watch in the trial of the terrorist widow in florida. as jurors deliberate the fate of noor salman for a second day. she is charged with providing material support to a terror group. prosecutors say she helped her husband plan the attack at the pulse nightclub that left 49 people dead. they say salman's statement to the fbi in the hours after the deadly shooting is her confession. salman also lied to authorities about the number of guns her husband owned and his internet use, which included watching beheading videos on islamic state web sites. her attorneys say the statement was coerced because salman feared losing her young son. she could be sentenced to life in prison if convicted. >> we will continue to keep a watch on jury deliberations in her case. but, first an historic meeting set for the end of april north and south korean leaders. the most recent took place a decade ago. good morning to you i'm jon scott. >> julie: i'm julie banderas. victory for moon who ha

that's got to be done. >> jon: yeah.er sequester you would have had a budget of what, 568 billion for defense this year you? are actually going for 700 billion? >> that's exactly right. in fact, obama's request was even below that. and so, and this is necessary. we have already done. this we have authorized it. and a lot of people don't understand how that works. but it's got to be appropriated. it's got to be in this bill. and it will be. we got to keep in mind, jon, a lot of people don't know what obama did to the military. i don't really say this critically of him because he is, you know a very proud liberal and liberals really don't care that much about the military. but we went down to the point at the end of last year only 33% of our ground brigades, i'm talking about the u.s. army now, could be deployed because of the maintenance problems and those problems. same thing with aviation brigade and the same thing of our f-18s that the marines use. 62% of them couldn't fly. now, we have changed all that without this bu

jon? >> jon: howard kirtz, our media analyst. thank you. >> thank you. >> just in, new numbers on the mid-term elections with a fox news poll showing gop narrowing the gop with voters. democrats had a 15% lead over republicans when it came to the generic party reference. now there's a 5% difference. joining us now is danielle halpern. it's hard to predict what will happen, but some people say there's something for the trend. do you buy that theory? >> yeah, these are better, more welcome news for the republicans than it was not too long ago. there's still many months until november. a lot can change. the last couple weeks, we've seen a lot of noise. there's the stormy daniels interview. i'm not sure that reflects on republicans running for election necessarily other than the president of the united states. there's the stock market volatility, which i think has been crazy. if that continues, if the numbers bottom out, today was a good day. last week was not. if that bottoms out. things could change, a lot going on and a lot that c

that wasn't big news back then. >> jon: again i guess it's all a matter of perspective.ow do you see it? the fact that the president's son-in-law doesn't yet have full security clearance. >> he was in this position for over a year and received the security clearance that he had reduced. this is a story, we've seen other stories coming out over the recent day, about how we needed these loans from different companies. we've seen this throughout the trump administration, we've seen a lot of controversy over jared kushner in particular, financial issues, the property up where you are in new york. one thing i will say about the economic advisor to trump was what is weird about this report, the reason it has some skepticism is trump has been talking about steel and trade for the last three decades. the idea that he has an economic advisor that is thrown off or surprised by this, it strikes me as a little bit odd. >> jon: president this presidet promised to drain the swamp. it could be that some of these older washington hands don't like the approach he is taking to the office

jon?> jon: kellyanne conway racketing to the news on "fox & friends" this morning. >> it's going to be very difficult to replace hope hicks in the hope role which was very dimensional rule over those three years. it's very important to talk about three years. we have been here 13 months. hope is one of those unbroken threads between the early days of the primary campaign, all through the campaign, on the plane practically everyday, including on weekends with candidate trump during transition with him and with us and certainly with us day one of the administration. >> jon: bob cusack editor and chief for the hill. i remember when she took this job, bob, and i announced it on air that hope hicks at the ripe old age of 28 was taking on one of the toughest jobs in the white house, maybe in washington. she is, i guess, 29 now. but why is she going? >> that's a good question. it's very difficult job. i don't think it has anything to do with her testimony to the intel panel. it's an intense job.

jon?> jon: so democrats and republicans in the senate come together to pass a massive spending bill. earlier this morning, president trump said he's considering a veto. a member of the house budget committee will weigh-in later in the hour. plus, the impact of the president's tariffs on china. what do they mean for the markets here in the u.s. and around the world? the dow up a handful of points right now. >> these indiscriminate wide tariff policies could be incredibly harmful if they lead to an escalation of a trade war. that won't be good for the economy in the long-term. internet. but not just any internet. it's "you've never gamed with speed like this" internet. it's "all your teenagers streaming at once" internet. it's "i can get up to one, two, three, four, five mobile lines included?" internet! it's internet from xfinity that makes your life simple, easy, awesome. get xfinity mobile included with your internet and see how most customers can save $400 or more a year. plus, enjoy dou

>> jon: another wow. trump's decision to meet with north korean leader kim jong-un drawing mixed reviews in the media. while some see a historic break through with the regime, others say the president is walking right into a trap. >> president trump can truly solve this problem. that would be going down as a great precedent. there's no way around that. >> just getting trump and kim jong-un in the same room is a big win for north korea. >> president trump proves the experts wrong again and scoring a stunning diplomatic triumph. >> jon: our media panel, joe concha and judy miller, author and fox news contributor. so where do you fall on the scale of media opinions of this move, judy? is this a huge win for north korea or a daring victory for president trump? >> i have to admit, john, i really don't understand all the criticism of the president on this one. what president has done well with north korea? we had the 1994 frame work agreement. we had 2005, another agreement that they violated. every agreement h

jon?n: some scary moments for passengers on a flight to dallas when the pilot is forced to make an emergency landing. what happened before that and how the passengers evacuated the plane next. plus another staff shakeup in the trump administration. what the president is saying about firing secretary of state rex tillerson and what it means for his administration going forward. we'll discuss it with a key republican lawmakers. hi i'm joan lunden. today's senior living communities have never been better, with amazing amenities like movie theaters, exercise rooms and swimming pools, public cafes, bars and bistros even pet care services. and there's never been an easier way to get great advice. a place for mom is a free service that pairs you with a local advisor to help you sort through your options and find a perfect place. a place for mom. you know your family we know senior living. together we'll make the right choice. when it comes to travel, i sweat the details. late checkout... ...down-

. >> jon: we begin with a fox news alert. string of deadly package bomb explosions rocking the texas capital after another suspicious blast last night as we await brand new information, a news conference scheduled to begin imminently. good morning to you i'm jon scott. >> melissa: good morning. i'm melissa francis. folks in austin warning folks not to touch unexpected packages after two people were injured last night in an explosion detonated by a trip wire. police say that shows a different level of skill but they are now to see if this blast is linked to the three other package bombings around the city this month. >> jon: casey stegall is live for us in austin right now. casey? >> yes, we should also point out that we are at the scene and just to the left of our camera is where that press conference is supposed to start at any minute now where we understand the austin police chief in addition to a representative from the atf and the fbi will be speaking and that will be the first briefing of the day. and we hope to learn a

jon? >> jon: fox news alert. we told you vladimir putin has been reelected president of russia. has confirmed president trump called the russian president to congratulate him on his re-election. vladimir put vladimir putin re-elected and he got a phone call from the president of the united states. more ahead. it can power your apps with public services without starting from scratch. it brings your business up to speed, doing more with systems you have in place. it can bring all your apps to life and run them within your data center. it is... the ibm cloud private. the cloud that's built for all your apps. ai ready. secure to the core. the ibm cloud is the cloud for smarter business. speak of what a morning it has been just in the last 11 hours. it has been another explosion in texas, this meant that a fedex it ability. julie just talking about it with her legal panel. the bomber seems t be getting more random and sending these packages farther afield, perhaps to take the heat off of him or her paid >> it's interesting to note interestingly enough a month the local officials and

jon, come on.ittle springtime, the cherry blossoms are out. ( audience chanting stephen ) hey, how are you? gorgeous. absolutely beautiful. absolutely beautiful. ( cheers and applause ) hey! please, sit down everybody! thank you so much. please have a seat. you're very kind. thanks so much. ladies and gentlemen, welcome, welcome, welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. just when you-- ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) just when you think there can't be more presidential porn star news, suddenly there's a bumper crop. "bump her crop," by the way, one of stormy daniels' most popular movies. ( laughter ) not sure what that would be about, a very firm disciplinarian farmhand, i think. ( laughter ) now, stormy recently sat down with anderson cooper for the "60 minutes," and rumor is that interview is going to be on this sunday-- we don't know, but we think this sunday. but now trump's lawyers are considering a challenge to stop "60 minutes" from airing it. huh, why would donald

jon: on one level you say, what is the big story here? you have got 2 rciublican polis get along fine with each other, one from the house, one from the senate. bui guess you come -- you are from the same state, south carolina, but differt back stories. sen. scott: let me just start with this -- one of the reasons it is such an important conversation to have come especially to folks, one black, one whit , is the history of our great state.we ave a provocative history on race in south carolina. the first shot of the civil war, charleston, south carolina. to have two gentlemen coming n gether after a racially motivated murdermanuel church in south carolina -- jon: which is when the white supremacist went in the bible study class. sen. scott: exactly. that is part of the geof this book. i turn to a white guy from my state, in spite of the fact that you look at who we were, we have transformed, but tha was the basi if this is possible in south carolina, it is possible anywhere, and the fact of the matter is that south carolina has evolved so m

jon: jon sopel, bbc news, washgton. laura: in other news, donald a cable newsped commentator to be his top advisor. larry kudlow has been a fixture on financial tv for more than a decade. he also served in the reagan administration. he replaces gary cohn, who stepped down lastes week in prt over the steel and aluminum tariffs. after six months of coalition talks, angela merkel has been sworn in for a fourth term as german chancellor. she will lead a coalition of her conservatives and the social democrats. in italy, 23,000 people have been evacuated from a town on the st coast after an unexploded world war ii bomb was found. officials say the 225-kilo bomb was british-made and there s panic when it was accidentally activated during construction of a train. the device w removed and lobbed into the sea. currencays the crypto bitcoin will be banned from being advertised on platform. the bbc understands that google decided to act because there was a lack of consumer protections for highly speculative and complex trades. demo

usually it changes. >> jon: dr. larry sabado, always some good tickets.. >> melissa: we want to take you back to attorney general jeff sessions, let's listen in. >> a big part of president trump selection. and elections have consequences. the american people spoke about this. immigration law is the problem of the federal government, it is in the constitution. to this administration and this justice department are determined to make it work effectively for all of our people. i understand that we have a wide variety of political opinions out there on immigration, but the law is in the books. and its purposes are clear and just. there is no nullification. there is no see session -- secession, federal law is the law of the land. i would invite you to go to gettysburg or the tombstones of john c calhoun or abraham lincoln, this matter has been settled. they refuse refusal to apprehend and take those add to the criminal element rejects all immigration law. it is a rejection of law. and it creates an open borders system. it is the only way that it can be describ

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>> jon: that's some good news. >> stephen: that's great news. >> jon: yes!that is, as good as that news is, it raises the question: dick's sporting goods was selling assault rifles? who else is selling weapons at the mall? does yankee candle have flame-throwers? "eat lemon-lavender, mother( bleep )!" ( laughter ) that was big. that was really big. >> jon: yeah. >> stephen: i have to say, i'm impressed that dick's sporting goods has heard the outcry against these dangerous weapons and have acted in a socially responsible manner, especially considering this decision is definitely going to anger the n.r.a. i guess what i'm saying is that this proves dick's has balls. ( cheers and applause ) now, there's more trouble for white house senior son-in-law and guy watching the hostess seat that family that arrived after him, jared kushner. ( laughter ) at this point, i almost feel sorry for him. almost, but not quite. yesterday, we found out that jared's security clearance was being downgraded and that he lost access to top-secret intelligence. i don't know. he's done

they didn't inform the court that the material was suspect. >> jon: the democrats say they did.hey did tell the court that the documents came from a politically motivated source. does that not pass muster with you? >> it does not. what they say, it was a footnote in the overall documents that provided to the court. they don't say they presented this to the court in that way. saying someone has political motivations is not saying it's the candidate that is the opposition candidate. we have two presidential candidates material coming from one being offered in court for surveillance against another. that should be prohibited. that's why i dropped a bill on it. it misuse of the system which i think jeff sessions should look at the proposal by chairman gowdy and good lat to move forward. the american public need to have confidence that the system works. >> jon: attorney general sessions also told shannon breen he wants to release more documents on all of this. he has to be sensitive about that. here's part of what he had to say. >> i'm determined to release everything that's properly

>> jon: that's right, yes. >> stephen: and you know, there is one thing about this job, jon. >> jon:ve got a lot of power. >> stephen: i've got enormous power. thank you for saying that. >> jon: you got a whole lot of power, man. >> stephen: yeah, it's almost frightening, the tremendous power i wield, sometimes. >> jon: yeah, as a tv host, you have so much power. >> stephen: i've got to be careful where i point this thing, you know what i mean? >> jon: right, because that's where the money is. >> stephen: it's loaded. it's the money gun. >> jon: yeah, boom! >> stephen: and, you know, i have as much power as some of histories' most ruthless tyrants-- genghis khan, kim jong-un, melania trump. ( laughter ) we all have two things in common: we want to escape this nightmare, and we all have a big furry hat! ( cheers and applause ) ( drum beat ) ( cheers and applause ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: now that this hat is upon mine head, any and all proclamations i make are now and forever law. let us begin. ( drum beat ) ( laughter ) starting now, if you clap at the end of a movie, you

>> jon: oh, no! ( piano riff ) ( applause ) it is fun and he enjoys doing it. ( laughter ) then trump summed it all up this way. >> see, that's easy. that's much easier than doing what i have to do. >> stephen: "have" to do this? does he think acting like a buffoon is mandatory? ( laughter ) is this some sort of "speed" situation? somebody strapped a bomb to the country, and if the president's i.q. goes above 55, america explodes? you have to do it? ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) ( laughter ) this race is very important to trump, so today he pulled out the small guns. here's don jr. and saccone touring a local chocolate factory. don junior felt very comfortable in the chocolate factory, because he's half oompa loompa, on his father's side. ( laughter ) >> jon: oh, my! ( piano riff ) >> stephen: doo-pa-dee-dee! ( laughter ) and the candidate explained why he didn't trust the polls that show him trailing. >> we're out meeting people every day, and everywhere i get, it's 100 to one for rick sacc

( cheers and applause ) jon, jon, jon. oh, jon. johnny-jon-jon.cited about tonight's musical guest, jack johnson. he is fantastic. i like the song. i know every word of the song. >> jon: are you going to get up and sing with him? >> stephen: i don't think jack will find that appropriate. if he wanted me, i would join in. i don't want to throw my weight around ( whispering ) please let me do it with you. where were me. rex tillerson, right. tillerson's firing today is just the latest in a massive purge of the trump administration. in a little over a year, we've lost gary cohn. hope hicks. rob porter. omarosa. tom price. steve bannon. reince priebus. sean spicer. anthony scarmucci. sebastian gorka. michael flynn. and that's not even counting the rumored departures of john kelly, h.r. mcmaster, and jared and ivanka. and- and since i don't see steve mnuchin here, i'll just fill in for him. ( laughter ) ♪ ♪ "i serve at the pleasure of the president. i was at goldman sachs. i've got money. that means i'm smart." for those of us in the media, the constan

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jon's eyes got wide. now harry potter is the best-selling single series in the history of the world. ( applause ) >> stephen: it's not the lord of the rings but it's very, very good. >> thank you, thank you. >> stephen: thank you so much for being here. good to see you again. >> thank you. >> stephen: "she persisted around the world" is on sale tomorrow! chelsea clinton everybody! we'll be right back with martha stewart. stick around! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) they say, "summer bodies are made in the winter." but they never said how. goodbye colds, hello allergies. stay right where you are, soup. ♪ join t-mobile and the whole family can stay connected with new iphones. which is great... ...unless your parents thought you were studying. aren't exams this week? somebody's busted. so join t-mobile buy an iphone 8, get an iphone 8 on us. and for a limited time bring your family to t-mobile and get a 4th line free. only at t-mobile. ♪ baby, why don't you just meet me in the middle ♪ ♪ i'm losing

jon, many thanks again. jon sopel all. jon, many thanks again.america editor there in washington. more than a million nhs workers in england can expect pay rises if they agree to a deal agreed between most trades unions and the government. the past five years have seen a pay cap and a pay freeze. the deal would see wages increase between 6.5% and 29% over the next three years with the exception of doctors, dentists and senior leaders. the biggest rises would go to those on the lowest end of the scale — cleaners, porters and catering staff — who will see an immediate £2,000 added to their pay packets this year. the salary increases are expected to cost around £4 billion, but won't come out of the nhs budget, they will come from treasury funds. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, has more details. porters, paramedics, nurses, who care for millions of patients. the staff who keep the nhs going are finally to have a bigger pay rise. it's nice for us to be recognised for all that hard work. but obviously, it doesn't detract away from the last few

jon, i know easter's coming because you've got the easter suit on right there. >> jon: you've got towhat i'm saying? i'm feeling good. >> stephen: i like the springtime colors. you've got to let the easter bunny know where to find you. >> jon: that's right. easter is this sunday, when we christians celebrate our new birth into a living hope through christ's resurrection, by buying greeting cards at c.v.s. but even the best easter cards had to start somewhere, and the people who write them don't always nail it on the first try. which is why tonight we're taking a look at some early efforts in our segment, "first drafts!" >> no, no, stupid! ♪ >> stephen: all right! ( cheers and applause ) now the first thing, obviously, i need for first drafts is i need a helper. i need someone to come on stage with me. young lady, come up on the stage. let's. go please have a seat. hold on one second. what is your name? >> jean jacobson. >> stephen: say hi to jean, everybody. ( cheers and applause ) >> hi. >> stephen: thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> stephen: we're celebrating easter

. >> jon: yeah! yeah! >> stephen: and donald trump isn't the only person caught in an extramarital sex scandal. in fact, he's not even the only person caught in an extramarital sex scandal named donald trump, because you've probably heard by now that donald trump jr. is being sued for divorce by his wife, vanessa-- seen here, in happier times. ( laughter ) now, there's nothing funny about a marriage ending... is something i believed until i heard this story, because now it's been revealed that donald trump jr. had an affair with "celebrity apprentice" contestant aubrey o'day while he was married. ( booing ) "aubrey o'day is a celebrity?" i think they've lowered their standards. not as much as she did, but still. ( laughter ) >> jon: oh! oh! >> stephen: o'day, o'day-- she's a singer? she's a singer who appeared on the reality show, mtv's "making the band," winning a spot in the girl group danity kane. and in the years after, becoming a reality-show staple. "reality show staple," by the way, is how they atta

happy thursday, jon! >> jon: happy thursday. >> stephen: you can feel a thursday crowd.f a thursday crowd. you know, jon, i'm going to spring something on you right now. on thursday night, we were going to do big furry hat. but when we were rewriting the show, we saw a video. i love the internet and the internet's got the viral videos. the kids love 'em and i'm hooked into the youth. ( laughter ) there's a video right now at i have not shown you that is viral -- it's so viral that the c.d.c. is attempting to isolate it. >> jon: oh, wow. >> stephen: now, let me prepare you. it's a parody version of the theme to "the fresh prince of bel air," that explains how a bill becomes a law. and it's done by noted rap group, the utah house of representatives. ( laughter ) this is absolutely true. you're about to see it. now that i've prepared you, you should know that i have in no way prepared you, because it is way worse than i have the power to describe. because i am not an epic poet. jim? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ now this is a story all about how ♪ our bills get flipped into a law ♪ i'd like to t

( cheers and applause ) jon, beautiful! >> jon: whoo!s, i was going to be over there talking just now tonight, but we have some very late-breaking news i think we should do from here because if i had done it in the monologue, i wouldn't have known. i'm not entirely sure what i'm about to say. after his big tar raff -- tariff announcement, he announced there was going to be big news on north korea, and we just got it. tonight we learned about an official invitation from kim jong un to meet trump! ( audience reacts ) >> jon: wow. >> stephen: this can only mean one thing -- dennis rodman is going to get the nobel peace prize! unbelievable! michael jordan doesn't have the nobel peace prize. we don't know all the details yet, but because north korea is an economically starved country, the invitation is byo everything. they actually announced they had a representative from south korea actually bring the invitation and make the the announcement. north korea gave a letter to south korea who gave it to the trump administration. during the talks,

>> jon: i need a little bit of health care! applause ) >> stephen: that was my democrat. >> jon: nice. >> stephen: by the way, mr. president, every time mueller announces indictments, many democrats are hardened. ( laughter ) that's based on a true story. ( laughter ) and this is significant because until now, trump had never attacked mueller by name in a tweet. which is a moment so significant it deserves it's own film "call muell by your name." i hear there's a hot im-"peach"-ment scene. ( laughter ) ask someone who's seen it. ( laughter ) republican senators have implied that firing ueller would be a mistake, like south carolina senator lindsay graham: >> are you worried that the president is preparing to order the firing of mueller? it sure looks that way from his tweets. >> well, as i said before, if he tried to do that, that would be the beginning of the end of his presidency. >> stephen: wait-- it's not even the beginning of the end of his presidency? i thought we were at the middle of the beginning of the end! i should'

jon? >> wow. i think civility is often synonym things are going the way i want to, and if things are not going the way you want it is uncivil. one thing we have to define our terms. it's clearly a hobson's moment, this is war of all against all. the point of leviathan we enter into civil society in order to avoid a state of nature. right now we're in a state of nature and whether it's social media or on cable or anywhere really it is just a constant sense of strife and warfare and it does begin at the top. it is familiar and perennial problem. i will bore you with that in a second. but our mutual friend i suspect, maggie haberman and peter baker reported one of the most important details that have been reported over the last year was in december, in a big piece about the president she said, they reported that trump had said to his staff as president-elect that they should think of each presidential day as an episode of a television show in which he vanquishes his enemies. so you don't real

that's a really obedient-- >> jon: wow! >> stephen: really good puppet. since he's a puppet, no wonder he has to use two hands to pick up a glaz of water. ( laughter ) meanwhile, remember the mueller investigation? that is-- that mueller investigation is just steaming straight at donald trump. last week, attorneys on both sides of the investigation sat down in a rare face-to-face discussion about the topics investigators could inquire of the president. "the late show" has acquired an exclusive copy of what trump's lawyers say mueller can ask. they will allow questions on the 2016 electoral map and noises trucks make, but nothing about stormy's bathing suit area or vlad stuff. turns out he's bringing in new lawyers. yesterday he hired former u.s. attorney and psychic who failed to predict they would tow his car, joe digenova. now, i know what you're thinking-- this guy looks extremely competent. where does trump find these savvy courtroom veterans? well, the answer may not surprise you because digenova is a regular on fox news. of course, trump would just

jon sopel, bbc news, washington. laura: for more on rex tillerson's firing, i'm joined by the bbc's state department correspondent barbara plett-usher. rex tillerson was sacked in the most undiplomatic way possible, but what was the nature of his response when he gav statement to reporters? barbara: he was quite measured for some he didn't hit back at mr. trump. from the moment he came to the state department, he talked about his vaes -- honesty, integrity, and respect. he mentioned those again and urged state department officials to abide by those things. he threw in the word "kindness ause he did not get any of that from his boss. laura:ndeed. rex tillerson also said in that statement that if russia continues on its current path, they will be increased we isolated. that was a topic where he clashed wi the president, russia. was that a shot across the bow? barbara: yet already spoken critically about russia on the way back from africa but he said i am trying to work with them on issues of haven't gotten very far and

i would like that t-shirt. >> jon: yeah!hen: i'd like a copy of that. >> jon: i'd wear that. >> stephen: all cotton, though, all cotton. gotta breathe. so, the president almost definitely colluded with russia, but there's equally important news out there. tiffany haddish said someone bit beyonce. ( laughter ) yeah, yeah, this is serious. this is serious. here's what went down. tiffany haddish was at a party in l.a. that beyonce and jay-z attended. "according to haddish, the actor-- whom she refused to name-- was at the party 'doing the mostest' before biting beyonceÉ in the face." now, i had to look up "doing the mostest," because i'm the white-steft-- legally, i'm the white-stest. and apparently it means "trying too hard to impress people and embarrassing yourself." i also had to look up "biting beyonce in the face." turns out, it means, "biting beyonce in the face." simpler than i thought. haddish explained to "gq," "i said to beyonce, 'did she really bite you?' she was like, 'yeah.' i was like, 'she's going to get her ass

featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ♪ ♪ >> stephen: hey! how are you? thanks for being here. ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) >> stephen: i apologize. i didn't mean to scare you. thanks so much. please have a seat, everybody, very nice. ladies and gentlemen, welcome one, welcome all. welcome to "the late show." i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) you know-- ( cheers and applause ) here's the thing, here's the thing-- we kid the president. but you've got to admit, he's one of a kind. no one comes up with dumber ideas. at this point, he's really his own competition. he's the usain bolt of stupid. ( laughter ) >> jon: ♪ he run fast >> stephen: and, his latest record-setting dumb: trump told the pentagon to plan a military parade. all right, check your cards: who has dictator bingo? ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) yeah. there you go. i got-- i got it. i'm close, i'm close. i was

>> really a good point, jon. that is definitely happening.let me try this out too, since we have a little focus group, howl of you find yourselves listening to books as much as or maybe more than reading books? see that is another phenomenon. let me ask you of the three of you as writers because you all have books that are read and accessible that way, do you care whether somebody reads your book rather than listens to it? into i don't. >> i don't. >> no. >> my work is done once you've paid for it. [laughter]. i have got children to feed. >> there is funny thing about a book, margaret atwood put it well, i write a book, like a child. i send it out into the world what it makes of that world it is on its own. i have done it, i sent it out -- >> what a loving mother. jack london maternal instincts. >> she take as firm view. it is done. you can't do anything more with it. you do get people, we all get emails and letters saying you should have done this, you should have done that and it's too late. the book is done. we're not going to change it. i

and tonight, the next step in their relationship, to be determined. >> so let's get to jon karl. he is live at the white house tonight. and jon, even with sarah sanders talking about the preconditions in the briefing, your sources saying they are very much planning to move forward with this meeting? >> reporter: a senior white house official, david, just told me there are, in fact, no new preconditions. no promise on de-nuclearization from the north koreans. the policy that was announced last night remains. the only promises from the north koreans are they will stop for now, their nuclear tests and missile tests and accept the joint military kpexercises with the u.s. and south korea. officials here david, are fully expecting and planning for a meeting with donald trump and kim jong-un. >> all right, jon karl at the white house. jon, thanks. >>> it was last night here we showed you that horrific video, a man walking home, suddenly on the ground and beaten by police. tonight, the former police officer facing charges in asheville, north carolina. the officer's bodycam showing the ma

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jon kay, bbc news, birmingham.ged with $700 million pound fraud. with $700 million pound fraud. there you go. hello there. degrees yesterday in london. 40mm of rain in northern ireland. those were the contrasts we had. winds as well. it starts as rain over the next few days but then it turns colder. we get an easterly wind just in time for the weekend. that's when it really feels cold. we may get some snow showers, mainly for england and wales. this is where we are, though, at the moment. north and east across the uk. some sunshine as well. and northern england. perhaps a bit of wintriness over the mountains. sunshine to the south and we get some sharp showers. possibly thundery. 12 or 13 degrees. but the cold day is yet to arrive. overnight in scotland. towards northern ireland. again, no frost i think early on friday morning. the high ground. more rain to northern ireland. where we'll get sunshine. contrasting temperatures again north and south across the uk. over the weekend, we all get into the same boat. we pi