the president making it clear in this phone call, according to josh ernest, that the u.s.ts g7 partners may move forward with some sort of sectoral sanction. we heard last friday, wolf, that they ma be more of a scalpel-type sanction that might be imposed as opposed to broad sectoral sanctions. the president did warn about that in that phone call with vladimir putin, wolf. >> the president continuing to speak now on the issue of working families and kids. we're going to continue to monitor that. that's an important issue for this president on this day. he's got so much on his plate right now, not only putin and russia and ukraine and what's going on in iraq and syria, egypt, libya. he's got a huge, huge agenda right now. jim acosta, our man at the white house, thanks very much. that's it for me. we'll have a lot more coming up later today in "the situation room." remember, that airs 5:00 p.m. eastern. thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer in washington. "newsroom" with brooke baldwin starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> wolf, thank you so m

white house spokesperson josh ernest says there has been no change in government policy on u.s. exports. >>> officials in the u.s. say the economy shrank at a much steeper rate than they first thought. they released the final rating of the first quarter gross domestic product and it shows the biggest contraction since 2009. officials at the department of commerce say between january and march the economy shrank at an annualized rate of 2.9%. they previously estimated a contraction of 1%. they say corporate investment decreased 1% due to harsh winter weather and housing investment declined more than 4% and exports fell 8.9%. but many analysts say the setback is temporary and they expect the economy to pick up in the april to june quarter. >>> stock investors and currency traders had different takes on those numbers. on wall street the investors brushed aside the gdp figures and the share prices rose. and those in tokyo are following their lead. the nikkei opened higher and is opening higher. but some are selling stocks to take advantage of the recent rally. currency traders, they

how you replace that and where it goes from here for the next two years -- >> josh ernest is a fine replacement. let's give him a chance. >> richard nixon built that briefing room. the old thing was in the west wing of the white house and had those old guys sleeping in there and playing cards. mixon built that and the old white house swimming pool. >> predictions: will the redskins change their names? >> no, they will not. >> yes, double yes. >> yes. >> double yes? >> yes, they're going to change the name. >>> at a future date, bye-bye. r >>> this week on "moyers and company" -- >> let's look at what afghanistan has achieved. is the region becoming more stable? is it becoming more democratic? if the answer is yes, then let's keep trying. but if the answer to those questions is no, then maybe it's time for us to recognize that this larger military project is failing and is not going to succeed simply by rying harder. >> funding is provided by ann gumowitz, carnegnegie corporati and the advancement of international peace and security.

how you replace that and where it goes from here for the next two years -- >> josh ernest is a fine replacement. let's give him a chance. >> richard nixon built that briefing room. the old thing was in the west wing of the white house and had those old guys sleeping in there and playing cards. mixon built that and the old white house swimming pool. >> predictions: will the redskins change their names? >> no, they will not. >> yes, double yes. >> yes. >> double yes? >> yes, they're going to change the name. >>> at a future date, bye-bye. >> next on kqed newsroom, the port commission is called into question for too much political influence and too little public input. the world cup kicks off soccer mania in the bay area. [ cheers ] >> plus, the provocative photographty of anthony captures the dawn of gay caulture in california. >> they express themselves in a freeway with love and affection and humor. i wanted to try to record that. ♪ ♪

josh ernest is pretty well liked. i covered him before he was with obama in iowa, as obama mentioned, he was actually with the short-lived presidential campaign of tom vilsack. >> of course, one of obama's top aides, dan pfeiffer with the short-lived presidential campaign of evan bayh. >> deep cut. >> i had to reach into the recesses. let's go into the reporters' notebooks. >> next week the theme for president obama will be all about putin. we'll see him in poland and brussels and france, of course. every stop is tailored to tweak this relationship with russia, show president putin about how strong u.s. alliances are with nato allies and then in normandy to show this is what the u.s. and russia could do when they were on the same side together. >> this past week was about veterans affairs. we've been doing reporting on another agency, customs and border protection, the border patrol. there have been a lot of questions about the border patrol shooting unarmed people, including mexicans, americans being searched by the

new press secretary, by the way, josh ernest, he's anxious the questions.a, we don't have her name. but gosh, first time. >> can i do my jock again? >> yes, go ahead. >> most famous white house intern since monica lewinsky. >> ya. >> insert bad joke here about ... okay, 8:09. still ahead, the cost of raising a child, come out with this figure every year, what do you think it will cost you if you had the baby right there, by the time they hit 22, let's say. >> okay. >> out of college. >> even better. by the time they hit 18, what do you think will cost you as a parent? a hundred grand. >> i think more. >> more? >> okay. >> yep, i've got a 17 year old. >> darn right. hey, is work getting in the way of your world cup party today in see that dude right there? the head coach of the usa team says he wants to you have a break. so i'm going to tell you what he said, then you tell your boss when you get to work today that you're bail around noon. >> thank >> warm, 08 degrees on the beach, if you start to see dark clouds, jump out of the water get inside. probably ca

when asked about the missing e-mails, josh ernest said, you never heard of a computer crashing beforer security experts say e-mails simply do not vanish. listen? >> this is an episode of the sopranos, when six witnesses of the government disappear at the same time, that's more than a coincidence. when six sets of e-mails disappear at the same time, it's not a coincidence, it's a conspiracy. >> the commissioner is back before congress on friday and next week. >> trace, thank you. >>> earlier tonight i sat down with an attorney who represents tea party groups targeted by the irs, and she's not happy. >> good to see you. now we know it's not just lois lerner's e-mails who went missing but others as well. >> there's something crazy about this. there's all these federal laws that all these employees documents and files and correspondents and e-mails be maintained. as citizens, we all have the right to file a freedom of information request and we get to see. >> they say they were saved on a server, the server only retained e-mails for six months, it would write over the tapes. >> well, if t

so excited, only the second day, and there is the white house press secretary, josh ernest, answering questions from reporters, you can see, there is the intern fainting. she turns out to be just fine. just completely mortified. white house officials say it was her first day and the first time that she had ever attended a press briefing. hot in there. all stressed out. can't move. it is the big thing, so, there we have her falling over forever. >> for his part, president said progress being made, speaking at the league of conservation voters the president noted some of the major accomplishments since he took office, those include the first carbon dioxide limits on existing power plants, new permits for renewable energy project and energy efficiency standards. >> by the end of the next decade these combined efficiency stand guards for appliances in federal builds also reduce carbon pollution buy at least 3 billion suns compared to when i took gloves and while the us has made gains, the president says the international community is falling behind. he says once the us proves what's possi

but if the president -- i mean is the president actually likely, as josh ernest is suggesting, to dolf in. >> i think he's likely but the issue is what is left for president obama to do. we've already seen his executive immigration has an a policy of nonenforcement. the danger here is that the crisis that we're seeing on the border that you've reported on your show night after night with thousands of children coming here without their parents is a direct result of president obama's overreach and executive power grab. so president obama wants to two ahead and create another sfaf like the one you're seeing on your screen right dú@ guest but it's not going to be good for the southern border, not going to be good for the people who try and come here and president obama is only going to create another disaster on top of the one that we already have that is overwhelming the system and the agents who are working night and day to try and solve this problem. >> no sooner do we hear these pictures and hear the allegations and here the white house concede that it may be their actions that have

just today josh ernest said this is republican conspiracy theories from the podium of the white house. people want answers from their government. they want their government to tell them the truth of what's happening. fox new poll just came out and on 37% of the american people trust their government. 37%. the gallup poll recently fond that 37 of americans think that big government is the biggest threat to the country. that includes the biggest number of democrats. american trust in the competency and honesty of government is eroding, which is exactly opposite of what barack obama's goal was coming into office. >> good to see you. >> a new poll suggestions americans are also losing faith regarding iraq. plus comments over bowe bergdahl's fellow soldiers. remember that in marie is here live. >> and new revelations about the southern border crisis. up next, the evidence that suggests the government knew this was coming, knew and planned for it months ago. wait until you see what our guest calls the smoking gun document. >> your presence here tonight, you are telling us the federal govern

i pressed josh ernest on that. listen to that and plus republicans wondering what's going on. >> the president signed off on this or did chuck hagel? did the president sign off on this swap? >> the president is commander in scheef and is ultimately responsible for making sure we fulfill this commitment we don't leave anybody behind. >> when i first heard about it, i saw the president with the bergdahls on television, i didn't see secretary hagel. interest sounded like it was a presidential program all the way. >> the question, of course, is -- behind closed doors where administration officials trying to insulate the president and suggest that this was a decision made by the defense secretary, chuck hagel. guess what. we will have a chance to hear directly from chuck haguel and is going before the committee tomorrow p. the house armed services committee the first time in public anyway will hear top administration officials grill order exactly who made the decision and why the decision was made and, of course why con

>> the white house incoming press secretary josh ernest says this flouts the most basic media freedom. secretary of state did the same thing today, he urged the new president of egypt to consider pardoning these three journalists as well as so many other prisoners who have been held and who have been tried in what feel like sham trials. the reality of this is it feels like a geopolitical battle between egypt and qatar. qatar is the country that funds al jazeera, perceived to be supportive of the muslim brotherhood which egypt has denounced as being a terrorist group, which has been banned in egypt. this terrible tug of war between these two countries and the journalists are stuck in the middle. >> brian stelter, thank you so much for the update. >>> 167 journalists imprisoned around the world. another 28 killed this year for simply doing their job, reporting the news. >>> up next, a major announcement today by the iraqi government that open it is door for u.s. military advisers to enter the country. we have more on that and bowe bergdahl seems to be making progress, albeit, it is slow

long-time deputy josh ernest is going to be taking his place. side by side with the president rifgs at andrews air force base. from the infamous beard to celebrating the red sox world series win, we won't talk about that, there were plenty of moments for the white house press corps as jay passes the torch or flak jacket with notes and advice for his successor. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, like me, and you're talking to your rheumatologist about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain. this is humira helping me lay the groundwork. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for ten years. humira works by targeting and helping to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. humira is proven to help relieve pain and stop further joint damage in many adults. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events, such as infections, lymphoma, or other types o

all right, ed, so you pressed incoming white house press secretary josh ernest. he loved his first day. what exactly -- what was the take-away from this prisoner swap? >> that's right. look, these questions are not going away. the white house knows that. the president trying to focus back in. now he is back from europe, go to domestic issues. he was beating up on republicans saying they're blocking these efforts to make student loans more affordable. it is pretty clear that's not just about going back to the strategy of executive orders, going around congress. it is also about trying to reframe the mid-term elections around some of these domestic issues. instead of things he's been on defense about. i pressed on, big story in the "new york times" today, elsewhere, the idea that beyond the questions about the prisoner swap itself, whether it was too high of a price, why if the u.s. was in negotiations with the taliban did they not get the taliban to do more? >> why didn't the president get the taliban to renounce terrorism? to work again with the afghan government

josh ernest indicated that the president will only act when congress fails. so they really want the issue. they want it hanging out there. and republicans underestimate the power of the contraception issue at their peril. it is not related to abortion. it's dinner. it moves young women and it's going to cost them. >> david, this is deeply important to the owners of hobby lobby because they have a deep religious commitment. the ads are going to be run out that there is a war on women coming out of the supreme court because it was the five men who voted against and three women. of course you have one male on the minority side. but it's incredible fundraiser for the democrats. >> you have two frames here. you have the constitutional frame which is what the republicans are using to defend this. and then you have the social ideological frame, that the democrats are using. hillary clinton out at the as pen ideas festival this afternoon said there should be a broad outcry against this. martin o'malley, just this afternoon, sent out a fundraising letter saying you sh

incoping white house press secretary josh ernest just told reporters i think it's entirely reasonablens are not convinced and outraged that it took a year for the irs to tell them about the crash. the thing gets more complicated after you listen to the testimony back in march telling congressman jason chaffetz all of the e-mails are stored on servers not individual hard drives. >> that's one of the brilliance of the e-mail system. you go in and check the sent box. inbox. and you suddenly have all e-mails, correct? >> right, they get taken off and stored in servers. >> except when they don't. commissioner cos canon is on the hill right now to meet privately with chairman ron wyden and orrin hatch. he tells cnn we're not hiding anything. missing documents, explanations looming scandals, the more things change in this town the more they stay the same. let's bring in two journalists who broke the mother of all political scandals, carl bernstein and woodward. a reporting on the watergate scandal that inspired the film starring two not as good looking actors by the same name. >> of course m

white house press secretary josh ernest told my colleague chuck todd this morning that the presidenting for ways to act but offered this reminder. >> any executive action the president would take is not a substitute for robust congressional action. we're focused on trying to get that done. >> joining me now, alex wagner, host of "now with alex wagner," airs at 4:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc, and interviewed congressman gutierrez on the unaccompanied kids and the crisis at our southern border. let's start with that question, alex. you have this pressure from pro-immigration reform groups saying to the president, congress isn't going toing inau act. you have the house threatening to not impeach, but sue the president if he steps one foot beyond what they think are the borders of his power. >> the unaccompanied minors issue is separate to that. jeh johnson, dhs secretary, says we don't have a policy to deal with these kids from central america. we can't just send them back as of this moment because of our lack of agreements with these countries. the issue about comprehensive immigration ref

they are taking the man for his word and frankly josh ernest, i'm not sure where is he coming.tell you how it is being twisted? >> yeah. 'is being twisted because the president made very he specific limitations. kids who came from this state to this state who that are this age to this age are those who will not be deported. the president never suggested that children in the future coming into the country would be similarly treated. there was a very definitive date. >> these children are okay but these kids, no, we are going to send them back. come on, geraldo, you know that wasn't deportation whatsoever. >> are you implying that the president knew they would result in the children's crusade. >> yes. that minors would be coming in. >> preposterous. >> everything is preposterous. >> what we should now consider is what do we do with the tens of thousands of children who are here? i pose this to you, eric bolling. here is a 7-year-old child. she stands in front of you. she is tired. she is hungry. she is filthy. are you, eric bolling, going to send this child back to an uncertain l

the new white house press secretary josh ernest yesterday defending the export import bank. >> the numbersor themselves, the tangible impact that the xm bank nas our economy in job creation is reason enough tore congress to act in a bipartisan passion as they have many times to reauthorize the zblampg what is fascinating about this political moment right now the xm bank has been one of those votes that happens automatic tlirks not a whole lot of questioning. now with the influx the club for growth and others making the argument that the free market ought to be allowed to make the loans the xm banks make or they shouldn't be allowed at all. now real debate. with see some questioning. >> yesterday, there was a bit of a debate about a report that delta's ceo has come out. >> the "wall street journal" ahead of a speech he was giving yelled in washington suggested that he was stepping back, softening his position zbri saw that. >> in opposition. delta says they're not. >> what's happened. >> he gave the speech now. we know, look it up. >> historically the airlines have been critical. they said

incoming white house press secretary josh ernest told reporters aboard air force one any action would not lead to a "open-ended commitment." white house officials are also downplaying how much the u.s. would work with iran in containing the threat. ernest told reporters there are no plans for any military coordination between the u.s. and iran, only that officials were both countries may speak on the sidelines at this week's discussions regarding iran's nuclear program. there is deep concern here at the white house over isis. a senior official told meet national security team was working with the situation with the same urgency as we saw last week. last week, it got pretty intense. >> quick question. do we know the president will be meeting with his national security advisers in the oval office in "the situation room" at the white house or some other room? i ask the question because if it's in "the situation room," they can can have video conferencing, all of a sudden it were ras up the possibility that the president may be moving toward some sort of military action. >> that's exactly

here was the word late last night from white house press secretary josh ernest. we will also continue to provide and as required increase assistance to the government of iraq to help build iraq's capacity to effectively and sustainable stop isil's efforts to wreak havoc in the region. >> major, thanks. >>> this morning, a historic political upset in virginia is forcing big changes on capitol hill. eric cantor says he will resign his leadership post next month. on tuesday, he lost to a political unknown in a republican congressional primary. on capitol hill where the house gop is preparing for a shakeup. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we already know two lawmakers who want to replace him, including one from california. the election will take place among house republicans one week from today. leaders want to move quickly to avoid any prolonged power struggles. >> effective july 31st i will be stepping down as majority leader. >> reporter: cantor announced he will give up his plum role setting the party's legislative agenda five months before he off

josh ernest was fielding questions when a white house intern fainted.assed but okay. >> well, kids across the country finishing up classes. but staples isn't wasting any time trying to reel back in to back to school profits. the office supply chain launching a 110% price match guarantee hoping to lure back customers from competitors. starting sunday, staples will match the price of identical items sold at any retailer in stores and online. customers will get 10% off to match the difference. >> and we are waiting to hear whether player at the center of a bizarre world cup biting incident will be punished. it happened lateen yesterday's uruguay/italy match. luis suarez chomping on an italian defender. minute later uruguay scored the goal that sent them into the second round and sent italy home. any punishment handed down will come after review by world cup organizers. >> chris brown makes a plea deal when he appears in washington, d.c. in a courtroom this afternoon. sources tell abc news the grammy award winning singer is in plea talks with prosecutors ov

yesterday white house press conference josh ernest challenges republicans stating that if they are truly concerned about border security we should back the comprehensive immigration reform package that passed the senate last year and is strongly supported by president obama. unfortunately, these statements show the administration's lack of understanding of this issue, its failure to secure or borders mitigate security. further, the senate bill does not contain provisions that would allow us to effectively address the current surge at the border. we could line border patrol agents shoulder to shoulder and it would not matter due to this administration's policy. isn't the point of apprehending aliens to ensure their return to their home countries, not to provide them a golden ticket into the united states? i'll start with you, mr. patello and then go to mr. judd. >> i'm not sure -- >> isn't the point of your job of apprehending illegal aliens to ensure that they return to their home countries, not to provide them a golden ticket to the united states. >> it is the work of border patrol, yes

here is what josh ernest had to say. hear me, colleagues.this is a direct threat to the integrity of our constitutional separation of powers. it's not far different from what the president has said before but it was today or yesterday -- today. quote -- "we're not going to sit around and wait interminably for congress." how about that? "we're not going to sit around and wait on congress." we don't have to fool with congress. quote -- "we've been waiting a year already. the president has tasked his secretary of homeland security, jeh johnson, with reviewing what options are available to the president. what is at his disposal, using his executive authority to try to address some of the problems that have been created by our broken immigration system?" so this is about as close as you can get to an open admission that the administration does not believe it has an obligation to follow the law. you can't -- you can't just eviscerate whole code sections of the law, claiming that you've got authority to decide what you want to prosecute and what yo

new white house press secretary josh ernest had this to say in response. >> the fact that they are considering a taxpayer funded lawsuit against the president of the united states for doing his job i think is the kind of step that most americans wouldn't support. >> this is a graph of executive orders issued by presidents per days in office. that massive spike you see in the middle, that's fdr, franklin roosevelt. he spent the longest of any president in office but he also issued over 3,500 executive orders. you can see that fdr was preceded by about three decades of active use of executive orders starting with his cousin teddy roosevelt and then significant drop-off during the term of harry truman. to zero in on the last 40 years of executive orders per day, president obama is still the lowest. that includes his predecessor george w. bush. so what exactly is this all about? >> this is not about impeachment. >> the hesitation that makes that sound bite resonate. joining me is matt lewis, a contributing editor for "the week" magazine and perry bacon, jr. is still with us. matt, you're sort of o

incoming white house press secretary josh ernest said it was actually a smaller number than that butecify exactly how many. one of the other questions that will be asked of chuck hagel later on this morning is about the shifting explanations that the administration has offered as to why there was an urgency to free bowe bergdahl if first it was because they said his health was certainly at risk when you looked at the last proof of live video of bowe bergdahl and administration went on the tell lawmakers if the details of that deal had become public he might have been killed. a lot of questions to be asked of chuck hagel later on this morning before he appears before the house armed services committee. it will be a grilling. >> best words used, we will expect a grilling. we will watch it and bring it to you here on cnn. let's give you a look at your other headlines. shelly sterling heading to court today. she's seeking to expedite a hearing to resolve the ongoing d dispute with heres stranged husband for the sale of los angeles clippers. after agreeing to the $2 billion deal with stev

. >> josh ernest, the new white house secretary, he did fine.his name is basically saying, i'm kidding, but please take me seriously. >> it's not unfortunate that he seems comfortable. >> the press really likes him. to the extent there's been tension between the white house office, a very good guy. >> soft touch. >> really good relations with our people. a real advocate for more access. >> that's great. that's great. >> coming up at the top of the hour, thad cochran didn't have a lot of believers, but somehow he won his primary runoff. how did the mississippi senator pull that off? why chris mcdaniel says he's not conceding. >> a lot of troubled returns, mika, for the tea party. we'll break that down. >>> and the clintons, still talking about their post white house hardships. but this time it's bill who is weighing in. chuck todd, david gregory, steve smith join the conversation. >> david gregory interviewed bill clinton. we'll show that, too. and we love chex cereal. so we made our own commercial to tell you why. chex makes seven gluten free fl

the answer that we got from josh earn national weather service, i think is ernest.ou have to think that congress and the rest of us are stupid if we tore believe what they're telling us. >> besides this channel, one other channel and network television covered. this surprising to you, george? >> not anymore, no. people have been trying to force the irs scandal unto the national scene like watergate. the abuse of punish political enemies except the engagement of the media. >> that is it for the panel, stay tuned for balancing day act. ♪ they lived ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ (dad) we lived... thanks to our subaru. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what mas a subaru, a subaru. and it feels like your lifeate revolves around your symptoms, ask your gastroenterologist about humira adalimumab. humira has been proven to work for adults who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease. in clinical studies, the majority of patients on humira saw significant symptom relief, and many achieved remission. humira can lower your abi

secretary john ernest faced tough questions about the agency's claims that years worth of missing e-mails are nowhere to be found. >> isn't the problem -- the problem here, though, josh is that you have a key figure in this congress -- >> i think you and i might have different ideas about what the problem is, right? because i think the problem is that despite all of this, despite all of this, we have seen an unwillingness -- >> right, but doesn't that sound like the dog ate my homework, when you have two years of missing e-mails? on the face of it, it doesn't sound credible. >> i guess if you listen solely to the arguments that are offered up by republicans, you might have reason to question their credibility. i understand why your eye brows are raised when you see republicans on capitol hill suggesting that there are two years of missing e-mails. it's not true. a large chunk of those e-mails have already been provided to republicans in congress. >>> and irs commissioner josh koskinen is facing criticism to donating millions over decades going back to gary hart in '79. he donated $7,000 to president obama's presidential campaigns. >>> there's a potential legal battle