kasowitz is a proven ally with a difference.ees are kept around because they tell the president what he wants to hear. that's not the case with attorney marc kasowitz. this is a top-notch attorney who will tell president trump the way things are, whether or not the president wants to hear it or not. >> reporter: one potential issue, kasowitz also represents a russian bank as well as a company controlled by a russian billionaire with ties to the kremlin. in a previous statement, kasowitz's firm says it has never relayed information or facilitated communication between that client and the trump team. but for a white house being scrutinized over every brush with russia, the political optics are not good. unlike the white house counsel, which is primarily tasked with protecting the office of the presidency, kasowitz will be looking after the personal interests of donald trump, the individual. in a probe that could go on for a very long time. erin? >> all right, tom, thank you very much. we'll be hearing a lot more about marc kasowit

there is not just going to be mark kasowitz.torneys and how they handle the political communication side of this in addition to the attorneys, who separate from the current white house staff, will they bring in somebody that has a relationship with trump that is able to manage the daily political communications because this is the story every day for this white house now. >> juana, you wrote a piece on cnn politics. you were in pennsylvania speaking to trump supporters about there russia investigation. tell us what you heard. >> to david's point, there seems to be something new bubbling up every day i spent a weekend in pennsylvania. the people i talked to i asked them about the headlines. those were aware those who inspired trump in november said they were inch different differ. they believe democrats here are making a mountain out of a mole hill that investigations keep coming and coming and they feel that president trump, their choice for president has not been allowed to do the things he promised to do on the campaign trail

what do you know about kasowitz?w what his job will be. >> kasowitz is known for being aggressive and hard hitting and a real bulldog in the courtroom. he's not so much of a criminal defense attorney and it's quite telling that trump is bringing in kasowitz. it's a clear pattern that he has of bringing in associates that are close to him. >> clearly, he values loyalty over perhaps experience in this arena. i will say that i've heard from several associates within the firm that a majority of the firm is dedicated primarily to trump-associated matters and michael cohen and a former personal attorney with trump. >> who is still connected with president trump. >> absolutely. so clearly, they're getting a strategy here and they're forming a war room and he's taking this quite seriously and they'll mount a robust defense. >> as should be -- as should be expected. >> joe, when you talk about a war room as natalie's report said the white house is looking, when you talk about a war room like crisis communication strategy and

>> eric: importantly, charlie gass perino broke the story yesterday that it was going to be marc kasowitzople close to him have said he believes it's complete b.s., this will charade going on. that's the lawyer speaking. then he goes further and says the statements to comey, i hope he drops the charges, were not direct edicts but expressed opinion. >> eboni: i have spoken many times on this show about the specific intent requirement. it's got to be there if you're going to move forward with obstruction. it's got to be incumbent on the president's council to say if there was a conversation with comey, whatever he said, suggestive. his intentionality was not to impede or abort any proceeding or investigation. in a memo out on monday, jeff sessions tried to clarify the administrations sanctuary city in junction preclear from the president's original order and from sessions' memo that the attempt to incentivize by cutting funding to small grants. the question remains is it legal? mall, the issue of funding, traditionally it's congress. do you take issue at all? >> mo: i do. i'm not a legal ex

president trump expected to retain marc kasowitz as a private attorney on matters related to the probe according to sources familiar with the decision. kasowitz has represented donald trump in past cases including his divorce records, real estate transactions and allegations of fraud at trump university. this comes as some of the nation's top, current and former intelligence officials testify on capitol hill about the on going investigation. nbc's peter alexander has more. >> reporter: with multiple investigations ramping up former cia director john brennan testifying. >> i felt as though the fbi investigation was certainly well founded. >> reporter: for the first time publicly acknowledging his concerns that trump campaign associates wittingly or unwittingly were cooperating with russian operatives. >> i encountered and am aware of information and intelligence that revealed contacts and interactions between russian officials and u.s. persons involved in the trump campaign. >> reporter: still brennan who left the cia in january says he never saw proof of collusion. the white house poun

>> i'm finding out here in naples italy, mark kasowitz, long-time lawyer for donald trump, has done abusiness with him over the years. donald -- president trump turned to him because this guy is a legal version of donald trump. he's a fighter. it's going to be a simple defense from what i understand, neil. it's this. the president has the absolute right to fire the fbi director. that's his call, that's the constitution. the president said nothing that -- this is what kasowitz role as a lawyer -- nothing that moves this case towards an obstruction where he was looking to -- showed intent to upend an investigation. when he had his private meeting with james comey before he fired him, the president said i would like you not to charge flynn, the national security adviser who was, as you know, fired after he did not reveal details about his business engag and tus a hope. all this may seem politically dead and it may be, but that's where this gets into a whole other realm with congress and, you know -- if the democrats ever got the house, a possible impeachment proceeding. but in the legal

it was reported last week that he had retained kasowitz's counsel. we know that he was here at the white house. we spotted him with ivanka trump, the daughter of president trump, leaving the white house not too long ago. we don't know if kasowitz met personally with the president but we know it was at the white house and we know that part of the meetings that the president was planning to have today was with the legal counsel. fred? >> ryan nobles, thank you so much. >>> i'm quoting now, my dashboard warning light was on. that was the response from former director of national intelligence james clapper. you just heard a moment ago about these reports on jared kushner. here's what he told "meet the press" as well this morning. >> my dashboard warning light was clearly on and i think that was the case with all of the intelligence community, very concerned about the nature of these approaches to the russians. at the time i left, i did not see any smoking gun evidence of collusion but it certainly was appropriate forgiven all of the signs, certainly appr

hiring merc kasowitz and a team to represent him. white house likely now bypassing joe lieberman who was a leading candidate to replace fired fbi director james comey. tomorrow meetings alternato are being held, an organization that he once called obsolete but tomorrow he will meet with world leaders to talk about terrorism and will be meeting with theresa may and having lunch with the new french president emmanuel macron. this is a big moment for president trump, his first on the world stage and after this he goes to the meeting of the g7 in sicily. wolf? >> busy, busy trip. jeff zenly in brussels, thank you. and to our viewers stay with cnn for new developments into the russia investigation. later tonight you can see all of our reporting in one place. a special report "white house-ins crisis" airing at 11:00 p.m. eastern and 8:00 p.m. only here on cnn. coming up, a secret phone call between president trump and the very controversial leader of the philippines. why are so many details of the president's calls to foreign leaders leaki

the busy sunday meeting with advisers about the path going forward public be and we spotted marc kasowitzs attorney retained, and he was seen leaving the white house with ivanka trump. >> rye are an nobles, thanks. >>> the president trump tweeted nothing controversial during his trip overseas, and didn't hold a single news conference. but he did somehow found his way back on o. -to-to wi twitter on marketing the xwlemedia. it's my opinion on that many of the leaks are fabricated lies made up by the #fake news media. >> so joining us here this morning in new york, eugene scott. good to see you. front page, merkel doubts u.s. is a solid ally. these comments from merkel, who is very are careful with words, is she saying they are alone militarily, economically and, environmentally or all the above? how significant is what merkel said yesterday? >> i do think it's significant. i also think that it's a continuation of what we've seen between her and her relationship with president donald trump. we knee thow that she was very with barack obama. but when we look back at her first meeting with dona

kasowitz also represents russia's largest bank. he works at the same firm as former senator joe lieberman, one of trump's front-running candidates to lead the fbi, following trump's firing of former director james comey. meanwhile, former cia director john brennan testified to the house intelligence committee tuesday, describing how he'd grown concerned last year about possible collusion between the trump campaign and russian officials who allegedly influenced the 2016 presidential campaign. courts i encountered and aware of intelligence that revealed contacts and interactions between russian officials and u.s. persons involved in the wasp campaign that i concerned about because of known russian efforts to suborn such individuals. and it raised questions in my mind, again, whether or not the russians were able to gain the cooperation of those individuals. amy: former cia director john brennan went on to say he was worried the russians would lure trump campaign officials onto a "treasonous path." brennan's testimony tuesday came as

mark kasowitz has represented trump in the past.the inside scoop, "new york times" political reporter nick confosori, and ruth marcus. ruth, as an attorney, what is the significance of hiring a private lawyer, and is this the right kind of lawyer to hire for this kind of issue? >> two really important questions. the significance -- it's entirely sensible, probably a little bit late for president trump to be hiring his private lawyer. it's not indicative of -- people should. leap to the conclusion that he's about to be hauled off in handcuffs any time soon. that is not going to happen. you need a lawyer because you need somebody who is ethically able to represent you and your personal interests and your legal interests. and the white house counsel who represents now the president himself but the office of the presidency, has ethical limits on what he can do in terms of giving the president private legal advice. so this is a necessary step. it doesn't suggest anything other than it's the prudent thing for the president to do. what the

he is now expected to retain a man by the name of marc kasowitz, his long-time manhattan attorney, as a private counsel that would help be involved in his needs as it relates to all things russia, the investigation now being overseen by that special prosecutor and the congressional investigations as well. as it relates to lieberman, worth noting that lieberman for the past four years as worked at marc kasowitz' law firm in new york city. stephanie. >> the other big news over the last 24 hours was testimony from former cia director john brennan about russia. what can you tell us about that, peter? >> reporter: so the bottom line, this is what john brennan, who was then cia director, basically the reason why he raised red flags during the course of the campaign season, as he was trying to zero in on those russian propagandaists, those hackers that he believed were brazenly trying to interfere in the election. he said that he saw what he describes as contacts and interactions between russian operatives and trump campaign aides. he couldn't specify, at least not in a public setting, who t

kasowitz was spotted leaving the white house with ivanka trump, the president's daughter and wife of jared kushner, who's at the center of this latest controversy over this back channel he asemted ttempted to allegedly set up during the transition. we know the president is here today meeting with his advisors talking about the overall strategy as to how the white house will plan for the next several months as it relates to russia and their overall domestic agenda. we know that there were plans to meet with lawyers as well. we don't know if kasowitz was someone that met with the president specifically one-on-one, but it is pretty clear, as you can see what's happening here in washington, that the president and his team are preparing for a long and difficult fight. but one they are not ready to give in by any stretch. >> we heard from democrat adam schiff. we heard from the department of of homeland security secretary. but how are republicans there on the hill reacting to the kushner controversy? >> lindsey graham, the senator from south carolina, was on "state of the union" this morni

leieberman is a partner at the same law firm as kasowitz. >> thank you very much.e've retained our own counsel. jeffrey toobin joins us, kirsten powers, paul begala, allen de dershowitz and john kirby. admiral, how big of a deal is it for the attorney general not to have included the russians and others? if it was just the russians, i would see that being a bigger problem than the idea of him just not including anyone, thinking according to him that he didn't have to. >> i agree with you on that. in the context of everything that was going on over the course of the summer and through the election season, to not list them, to not put them on there, i do think that's significant. i think that was a mistake, he should have put them on there. that said, and you probably just saw the justice department just put out a statement saying that he specifically was advised not only by his own staff, but by the fbi investigator that was doing this -- helping him fill out this form that he didn't need to list every contact he had in the business of being a senator. i also don't

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publicly, the attorneys who have to the white house and listed, inalists people.ng to it says mark kasowitz is expected to take a leading role, he helped trump with divorce records, real estate transaction allegations of fraud at trump university. the other gentlemen have spoken team, fficials about the according to a person familiar with the process. one more quick call, kenneth desoto, wisconsin, house bout to come in, calling on democrats line. go ahead. what i was eth -- wondering, donald trump, he and he has ften barred seven countrys from oming into the united states and then he turns around and ecides to go visit the seven countries, that he has barred from coming to the united states. by putting down their god nd saying their god is not the iing. -- he is judge host: i think you are talking bout differences between the travel ban and countries listed trip.e president's current hat business was -- the post highlighted the trip, at least a visit with the pope and then other visits before the comes back. again, the house of representatives comes in shortly the morning business. as alwa

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this isc kasowitz is someone that the president has worked with before.asowitz is one who is the president's personal attorn prosecutor in the case looking at the trump team and russia. >> and tracie, the senate intelligence committee plans to announce two new subpoenas to get flynn to turn over documents. >> yeah, one out of the way as of late yesterday when lawmakers talk to us about it. they're going after former national security adviser mike flynn's company. remember, they gave him a personal subpoena. he took the fifth that he wouldn't turn over the documents. now, they're trying to subpoena documents from two of his companies saying a company can plead the fifth. there's also the intelligence committee trying to determine if they'll hold flynn in contempt. >> tracie potts, thank you. >>> the parents of dnc staffer seth rich is calling their son's death a nightmare. they wrote an op-ed in "the washington post" asking people to stop politicizing their son's responding to questions about conspiracy theories including whether their son gave dnc e-mails

and kasowitz is somebody through litigation who deals with criminal matters. i don't know that it's any other honor that it would be. the president hasn't been accused of wrongdoing himself personally. so i think this is about making sure that his house is in order. >> and it's someone he trusts. we've been hearing that the search for the fbi director is going to happen quickly. in the fbi and other officials s around washington who have said this is something that you should take your time on. we now know that the trump administration seems to be slowing down that process. >> yes. and joe lieberman's name has been taken out of the process. a lot of people familiar with the decision-making process because he didn't have a background in law enforcement and so that was a strike against him to a degree. as you know, this is a decision that is not about -- this is not about firing dee shid dnyder. this is president obama, when he was alerted by robert mueller, then the head of the fbi, that he was going to be retiring, it took president obama two years to pick jam

the president hiring his long time attorney marc kasowitz. it is our understanding that the white house hit the reset button on the search for the fbi director. the president indicated he was close to naming replacement for james comey, but now he is apparently interested in expanding the pool of applicants. chr chris, alisyn. >> thank you. let's bring in our panel. we have abby phillip and david gregory along with general michael hayden. general, he could not be certain of collusion. he did see contact and communication with russian operatives. >> alisyn, it is what you classically expect your foreign intelligence chief to say. we have massive evidence of russian intervention in the election. we know the russians attempt to suborne people. we have the unexplained contacts with russians and the trump campaign that looks suspicious. we will turn it over to law enforcement. it reinforces the cause of the investigation. it doesn't conclude it. it gives legitimacy to the effort that is currently under way and against which the white house continu

mark kasowitz has zero experience in the ways of washington. he did defend donald trump in his last big losing case, trump university case. and he has allowed donald trump to waste money on completely frivolous lawsuits like the one he lost against timothy o'brien who wrote a biography of trump that insisted that he was not a billionaire. president trump needs a lawyer who lives and breathes washington and instead he chose a lawyer who lives and breathes donald trump. this afternoon, the heads of the senate intelligence committee, republican richard burr and mark warner announced there are issuing two new subpoenas to compel president trump's michael flynn to turn over documents of his contacts with russian officials. michael flynn has claimed a fifth amendment right in response to the committees previous documents subpoena. but the fifth amendment does not protect most documents from subpoena. the committee retains the content charges against flynn for refusing him to respond to that original subpoena. now the committee leaders are directing t

lieberman works at the same firm which kasowitz is a member.nce they can't work side by side potentially. melissa: blake, thank you for that. david: david: sicily, blake gets breaking information. more on president trump's meeting with the pope, here is pastor robert jeff press, trump faith campaign advisory member and fox news contributor. we're always happy to see you, pastor. thanks for coming on. to use a southern phrase these two gentlemen had words in the past. were you shocked as i was how well they seem to get along? >> no, i wasn't shocked along. i have been in meetings, i moderated a a meeting one time between president trump and never trump religious leaders. they came in david, all prepared to give the president a piece of their mind. by the time it was over he had disarmed them. he listened to them. they were eating out of the palm of his hand wow. >> i wasn't surprised the at all the pope and president emerged as bffs. they were willing to turn the other cheek. david: pastor, as you well know, this business channel, what intrigues

kasowitz has handled several well-known trump cases including against the author of "trump nation."ident did lose that case. also, the trump university class-action case which was settled at a cost of $25 million paid for by president trump. joining me now is a federal prosecutor for the northern district of illinois. i hear some people who would look at this and say, oh, my goodness, he's lawyering up. but when you talk to lawyers about it, they say, of course he is. your take? >> absolutely. i would recommend the same thing to the president in this circumstance. the president has a white house counsel but the white house counsel represents the office of the president of the united states, not donald trump in his personal capacity. so, for example, things that mr. trump did before he became the president of the united states would not be privileged. if he was talking about those matters with the white house counsel. similarly, if there are things that he's doing that are not in his official capacity, that are not part of the office of president, those would not be privileged if he'

today, the president's attorney marc kasowitz was at the white house seen talking to ivanka trump andresident is shakeup, stripping sean spicer of his on-camera briefing duties and giving them to sara huckabee sanders. the trump team is on offense about the disosure of classified information including the name of the manchester suicide bomber which angered theresa may. >> i believe when y leak the kind of information that is routinely leaked, the high, high level of classification, was darn close to theresa. >> reporter: trump still trying to find a replacement for james comey from the fbi. >>> a boy begins to walk away at a water slide but it's what happened just seconds earlier for that boy that you've got to see to believe. >>> and d.c. pole teaming up with a local high school. why their for the entire community. >>> you're probably off tomorrow, so stay up with tonight on "sports final." questions keep coupling and kirk cousins keeps answering in the latest contract talks. >>> and jonathan allen toots his own horn. he has serious skills off the field, too. >>> and scary scene at t

sources familiar with the decision tell nbc news president trump is expected to retain marc kasowitz as private attorney on matters related to the russia investigation. kasowitz has represented trump in the past, including according to the "washington post," some of trump's divorce settlements and accusations of fraud against trump university. we also heard today from former cia director john brennan, testifying before the house intelligence committee. early on in the proceedings, the question of russian collusion came up. >> having been involved in many counter-intelligence cases in the past, i know what the russians try to do. they try to suborn individuals. they try to get individuals including u.s. persons to act on their behave either wittingly or unwittingly. and i was worried by a number of the contacts the russians had with u.s. persons and so therefore, by the time i left office on january 20th, i had unresolved questions in my mind as to whether or not the russians had been successful in getting u.s. persons involved in the campaign or not to work on their behalf again eith

part of that letter you see on the screen reads, with your selection of marc kasowitz to represent you in the various investigations that have begun i do believe it would be best to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest given my role as senior counsel in the law firm of which marc is the senior partner. that firm cas sew wcas sew wit'm has worked four years. the white house i'm told by sources familiar with the decision making process has been broaning outts search to come up with other names. this is striking because there was a sense before the president left on this foreign trip he may be able to make that announcement, he said in the oval office he was very close to a decision, said it could happen before the end of the week, well now we wait for his return and we continue to wait to find out who that next fbi director might be. >> peter alexander for us on the hill, thank you. >>> let's go back to gianforte here. steve kornacki. the assault charge, does it change the race in any measurable way? i mean i guess it's still pretty early to tell. >> it is fascinating. you see

he's hiring private attorney mark kasowitz for the ongoing developing russia probe.itutional law scholar emeritus at the harvard school. am i wrong to be dead heated about the fbi and that they had this report and didn't investigate it, turns out to be phony to begin with? >> i think you're understating it if anything. first of all, it makes comey look worse and worse every day. the idea that he couldn't tell whether or not this was a fake report or a good report, and that he, while there is great doubt in his agency about the veracity of the report goes out and maybe changes the outcome of the election shows worse than incompetence. it really, really shows malpractice. so, the first thing we have to determine is is it true or is it false? can the dpib fib do that? the fbi may have a conflict of interest here. that's why, greta, you and i both talked about an independent commission outside of the fbi to look into things like this because it's absolutely critical. if any american participated in providing the fbi with false information, of course, that's a crime. so,

today the president's attorney marc kasowitz who will represent him in the russia probe was at the whiteouse, seen talking to ivanka trump. and the president is reportedly considering a staff shakeup, stripping press secretary sean spicer of his on camera briefing duties and giving them to his deputy, sarah huckabee sanders or perhaps even canceling daily briefings. the trump team on offense about the classified leaks including the name of the manchester suicide bomber which angered british prime minister teresa may. >> i believe when you leak is the kind of information that seems to be routinely leaked, high, high level of classification, it's darn close to treason. >> reporter: trump still facing a decision on who to name as a replacement for james comey to run the fbi and whether to withdraw america from the paris climate accords, a move that would further unsettle european allies. president trump has already cancelled a previously planned trip to iowa this week, hunkering down to focus on his agenda and sharpen his defense to growing legal and political peril. kate. >> hans nichols a

we've also learned president donald trump has hired a private attorney, marc kasowitz , to represent him as the russia probe moves forward. >>> dc police need your help to track down a guy who was in a sexual abuse case. he followed a woman into the store in the 600 block of bickford place northeast this month and authorities believed he forced the woman to the back of the store where she was assaulted and robbed at gunpoint. the surveillance camera captured him following the same woman. take a look at him. if you recognize him, call dc policegh >>> bringing dc's missing home. at this hour, dc mayor, muriel bowser, gives an update on six initiatives announced in march to address reports of missing young people in the district of columbia. michelle garcia is a cochair of the runway and missing youth working group group and spoke on greater washington this morning about how the city's campaign can help missing teens, runways and their families. >> many of them are runaways and have run away repeatedly. keep it in those circumstances, we need to ask what they are running from or running

quits tweeting recklessly about these things. >> kasowitz is the final lawyer. >> they're apparently going to be referring these questions to him. that's going to be tested as julie and ken said next week when comey is on the hill because the "wall street journal's" reporting is combny has been cleared to testify specifically about the conversations in which president trump reportedly told him i hope you can just let this flynn thing go. that's the central piece of this potential obstruction of justice case that robert mueller may put together and may be looking at. but if he's on tv and that's what he's talking about, contradicting the president's own version of events and putting him in peril, we've seen this pattern of donald trump responding impulsively to a lot less than that. >> what does it tell you that bob mueller has allowed comey to testify? i mean, to all -- >> it's surprising. >> on this narrow question of the president's role in trying to effect or shut down, the way i see it, i don't know how else you could view it, what does that tell us about bob mueller? >> that's a

election continues >> the president hired a private known mark kasowitz. he could play an even bigger role in this russian investigation, president trump denied he did anything improper. he also called the probe a witch hunt the white house not commented on the story of the hiring of this new attorney >> let's bring in debbie hines. why does the president bring in this outside counsel to move forward >> he definitely needs an outside counsel's he has white house counsel but the white house counsel handles certain matters as the president in his executive duties. most of the things involving the investigation stem from the campaign when he was not president trump, but citizen trump and everything involving the three investigations, the special council before the isn't it, before the congress and anything else that's going on, it involves the russian collusion collusion and what was going on with the alleged trump aids and campaign prior to him becoming president. he definitely needs to have private counsel but there's also another reason why he needs to hav

cnn has learned that president trump is expected to hire his long-time attorney mark kasowitz to representd to the russian investigation now head bid special counsel robert mueller. this comes as the senate intelligence committee is turning up the heat on former national security adviser michael flynn issuing two new subpoenas seeking documents from business hes he owns. mr. flynn has pleaded the fifth in response to an earlier subpoena seeking his testimony and documents. here's what the committee chair senator richard burr has said today. >> we've taken actions we feel are appropriate right now. if in fact there's not a response, we'll seek additional counsel advice on how to proceed forward. at the end of that option is a contempt charge. and i've said everything is on the table. that's not our preference today. we would like to hear from general flynn. we'd like to see his documents. we'd like him to tell his story because he publicly said i've got a story to tell. >> you heard it, everything's on the table he said. joining me now is alan dershowitz, laura coates and gloria borger. pro

lieberman happens to be a partner at kasowitz' firm. white house officials insisted the decision to expand its fbi director search was just a coincidence. fellow republicans maintain that all of the russia questions must be answered. >> it has to be resolved. the american people want answers. 100 senators want to make sure that our country stays safe and secure and strong. we're committed to getting to the bottom of this. >> reporter: now secretary of state rex tillerson noted that russia will be participating on a sidelines of the g7 summit down in sicily later on at the end of this week. tillerson said that russia will have to address its actions in ukraine if it hopes to rejoin what used to be known as the g-8 before it was kicked out after its actions in ukraine. so, jake, even after all of its meddling in the u.s. election, russia still doesn't have everything that it would like to have on the world stage. jake? >> thanks so much. let's go to the politics lead. at any moment we'll get the highly anticipated report from the congress

also spotted out the white house on sunday was mark kasowitz high-powered attorney brought in as these ongoing investigations into russia continued. they're seen leaving the south lawn on sunday, an indication that the he's gearing up his legal team for a long battle ahead. ryan nobles, cnn, at the white house. >>> and the president jumped to kushner's defense in a statement to the "new york times." the president said jared is doing a great job for the country. i have total confidence in him. he's working on programs that will save our country billions of dollars. in addition to that and more importantly, he is a very good person. >>> president trump was pretty quiet online during his foreign trip. but now he's back. he tweeted sunday this. the fake news media works hard at disparaging and demeaning my use of social media because they don't want america to hear the real story. >>> the u.s. could also ban airline passengers from bringing laptops aboard as carry ones on all international flights. laptops bigger than a phone are banned. on sunday the u.s. homeland security secretary john

that lawyer- is reportedly marc kasowitz.estigation is heating up- as the trump campaign is accused of colluding with russia in the election. trump has called it a "witch hunt." good morning washington. toss to eileen - cloudy & cool again - rain, t-storms likely tomorrow - breezy & nicer friday - warmer holiday weekend - weekend storm chances today: mostly cloudy. spotty shower. highs: 67-70 winds: e 5-15 mph tonight: areas of rain, heavy at times. patchy fog. lows: 55-58 winds: e 5-10 mph thursday: scattered showers and thunderstorms. highs: 73-77 winds: w 5-10 mph happening today.. the congressional budget office will release its long-awaited analysis of the house g-o-p's health care bill. the analysis.. calld a "score".. will indicate how the american health care act would impact the deficit and how many people could lose coverage if it were passed. an outside g-o-p group aligned with speaker paul ryan unveiled a two-million dollar t-v ad blitz yesterday, defending the legislation. a maryland woman learns a tough lesson a

nbc news learned president trump will retain marc kasowitz as his private counsel on matters related to the russia investigation. kasowitz is mostly known as a litigator and his website lists white collar defense as an area of practice. when the president threatened to sue "the new york times" for like bell over an article that featured two women of accusing him of inappropriately touching them, it was kasowitz demanding a retraction. the retraction never happened. when "the times" published trump's 1995 tax records last year it was kasowitz who threatened, quote, prompt initiation of appropriate legal action. ing in ever happened. joe lieberman who is in contention to be fbi director has been with that firm since 2013. the attorney's most recent high-profile case, defending russia's largest state-run bank. >> i love this stuff. >> in a civil lawsuit. >> what's so great about this, trump makes it so hard to connect to dots. he really does. seriously. you dig through all of this stuff and wait for a smoking gun, and it's kind of like the end of oliver stone's jfk where garrison goes i

like man cited his hiring of mark kasowitz to represent him into ties with his presidential campaign russia he is a senior counsel and said it would be best to avoid appearance of conflict of interest. world news tonight with david muir will have plor more on the trip to nato. >>> a fraternity at drexel university is suspended for knife years for alcohol violations, following an on going investigation into three alleged sexual assaults at the frat enity house, they were reported from april 28 and and may 4th and it's statement did not say that the suspension was connected to the investigation. >>> today a bucks county judge ruled there is enough evidence to proceed against david perez. he was shot by his wife outside of their northampton home and the incident was ruled self-defense and charged in a similar assault in 2015 at the couple's previous home. he will be back in court next month. >>> philadelphia police were honored by students in the city's spring garden section and the mathematics center held their annual luncheon. students sang and recited poems as a way of thanking them

kasowitz is the first in a team of people who defend the president.ome of these investigations go back to private citizen donald trump before he got elected. ken were including in trump tower where there were two russian banks that were the subject of fisa memos. john brennan, a person i don't necessarily trust. we talk about the politicization of the deep state and various intelligence organizations. you can point to him first and foremost. but what does his testimony say to you? what do you think brennan's feeling is about the ties between russia and the trump campaign. >> he didn't seem to have a smoking gun. what i found out in his testimony that was most interesting was driving home the point how incompetent he thinks trump is to be trusted with intelligence. there is a way to have it done through channels where things aren't lost in translation. trump is messing things up in translation. that was a valued point that brennan made in the midst of all the other stuff indicating there was untoward associations between trump's campaign and the russia

when the times published the 1995 tax records last year, it was kasowitz who threatened prompt actionanother angle is a high profile case defending the largest state run russian bank. >>> and credthe president's prol which was sent to congress yesterday is drawing backlash to the cuts to the social safety net. some deep cuts target programs providing assistance to children, including medicaid, food stamps and social security disability insurance. democrats pounced on the proposal immediately and some fiscally conservative republicans found parts of the plan praise worthy like the defense spending boost and many sought to distance themselves from it. >> we know this is a recommendation. we will take into account what the president is recommending. it is not determined in every respect. >> we have to negotiate the top line with democrats. we know they will not be irrelevant in the process. at some point in the near future, those discussions will begin. >> senator, can i ask about the president's budget. is it dead on arrival? >> yes. the commitment to rebuilding military cannot be fulfi

our colleague nicole wallace reports exclusively, with your collection of marc kasowitz, i believe it would be better to avoid any appearance of controversy. joe lieberman will be on deadline today at 4:00 with nicole for that interview. there was a lot of opposition to joe lieberman from democrats that surprised the white house. joining me now is ron widen, he also serves on the select committee. i thought, i think that this would be a popular choice because he was such a popular senator, but i think they failed to recognize that in the 08 campaign he took a different course, and president obama was so close with john mccain and that made him popular but not with fellow democrats. >> there may be more to the story. i think a lot of senators felt that at this extraordinarily important time, it was critical to have common in this position that did not have a political background. i heard that from senator after senator after senator, and i will also say on a personal level, i heard what you mentioned about joe lieberman, always focused on ethics issues and it seems to me that he took i

. >> cnn has learned president trump is expected to hire his long time attorney marc kasowitz on mattershe russian probe. >> attorney general jeff sessions did not disclose meetings he had last year with russian officials when he applied for his security clearance. >> russia tried to influence paul manafort on top of cnn's reporting that russia tried to do the same to the former national security adviser michael flynn. >> another major blow to president trump's immigration ban. a federal appeals court upholding the block on his second travel ban. >>> the fbi's russian investigation reportedly now focusing on jared kushner's role during the campaign and transition, including kushner's relationship with fired national security adviser michael flynn as well as some russian contacts. >>> we're now learning why the now fired fbi director went public to announce the investigation of hillary clinton's emails was ending. it was july of last year when james comey held that summer news conference. turn out he was worried about the russians impacting the integrity of the investigation. now this mor

attorney marc kasowitz will represent him. >>> a push among california lawmakers to make sure the universitycalifornia no longer has full control over its budgets following a state audit that called out the uc president's office for hidden funds worth $175 million as well as misleading accounting practices. a state senator has introduced a constitutional amount to ask voters if the president's office should keep full autonomy over the budget. >>> today at the oakland school board meet an oakland nonprofit along with several high school students propose a new sexual assault policy in the district's schools. kpix 5's jessica flores is live in oakland this morning. >> reporter: teenage girls along with a nonprofit want the district to tackle sexual harassment tonight proposing major changes to the school board and among the changes, they want to penalize leering and unwanted flirtations. they want to make sure that students can't get in trouble anymore for false reporting. and the district also would have to provide support to victims through the entire process. alliance for girls says when it

. >> trump has asked marc kasowitz to represent him. robert mueller's teammate conduct an interview in a matter of days. james comey wants to get on the record about his memos, document conversations with president trump about the russia probe. salman abedi is prepared to publicly testify before congress sometime after memorial day >> bret: we will talk with ben sasse. here is what some of our affiliates are covering. minimum-wage workers march for higher pay in chicago. part of a nationwide protest demanding higher pay and union rights. more than two dozen people were arrested during today's protest. fox 5 in san diego. pictures of saturday's landslide along the coast did buried a portion of the pacific coast highway. millions of tons of rock and debris slid, covering a third of a mile. it is the latest challenge for transportation officials already dealing with the wettest winter in decades. live look at new york from our file fox 5. one of the big stories there tonight, the start of fleet week. it's the cities time-honored celebratio

back here at home, president trump is expected to hire marc kasowi kasowitz. it comes one week after fbi director robert mueller was appointed special counsel in that investigation. the president has deniean campaign. >>> a stafford man faces up to ten years in prison for stealing nearly $100,000 worth of equipment used in the marine one helicopter fleet. that is the fleet that transports the president. branden baker pled guilty yesterday in federal court. he said he stole more than 50 image intensifiers. and night vision equipment from marine helicopter squadron one and sold it on ebay. the plea agreement also requires him to pay $94,000 in restitution. >>> archaeologists are trying to identify human remains found in old town alexandria during a development on the water front. it dates back to the 1800s. crews also found evidence of dwellings that were once there. the since the city has kept such good historic records, it's a good possibility those remains can be identified. >> the story of d.c.'s missing children alarmed a lot of people in the area police bo