the group hearing shortly from white house adviser kellyanne conway. and earlier, they heard from former virginia senator and governor george allen and former house speaker newt gingrich. you can find all of today's speakers online. we have them in the video library at c-span.org. also, american history tv this week is prime time with our original series "landmark cases." tonight, marbury versus madison, establishing the constitution as the supreme law of the united states. and again, american history tv prime time starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span3. and then join us friday. we spoke with transportation secretary elaine chao. she talked about her goals for her department and her marriage to the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell. that will be 8:00 p.m. eastern friday over on c-span. live coverage continuing shortly from the national conservative student conference, hearing from white house adviser kellyanne conway next. >>> again, you're watching live coverage from the national conservative student conference meeting in washington, d.c.

we are waiting on kellyanne conway.le is in new jersey, where all of this is taking place. some of these meetings just wrapped up between the president and others. phyllis and, laura. >> hello, trish. there's a lot of excitement today as we were waiting for president trump to bring in this opioid crisis conference. everyone wanting to know about the situation that has been unfolding today with north kore north korea, and body language and tone tells us anything, that is setting the stage for what he is about to say on the issue. take a listen. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury. like the world has never seen. he has been very threatening. beyond a normal state. as i said, they will be met with fire, and fury, and frankly power. the world has never seen before. >> that comment came after a reporter queued up the question for him on north korea. he got down to business of what he was there to do, to discuss the opioid crisis. happening in america. presid

those questions ahead for counselor to the president kellyanne conway. as the russia investigation intensifies a grand jury in place. the president lashes out. >> the russia story is a total fabricati fabrication. >> will he fire the special counsel? how will congress respond? we talk democratic senators joining forces to protect robert muel r mueller? and our powerhouse round table. the facts that matter this week. >> good morning. when august arrives. presidents escape and president trump kept up that tradition this week to going to his club in new jersey from a welcoming break from a bruising debut in washington. to repeal obamacare, his approval rating the lowest of any president ever. this week we learned robert mueller is zoe rowing in. documents demanded from the white house and just this morning president trump wakes up to this headline in the new york city times. presidents aside, gop stars move toward 2020 bids. ke of political events that republicans are acting more like a second term vice president hoping to clear the field than a number two

take a listen to what kellyanne conway had to say >> he certainly tweeted the bail-outs from insurancend the bail-outs for congress, these are things that are not popular to americans and he is also signalling leadership on healthcare issue. we've had governors here just this week, senators, you've had talk of bipartisan coope something new. we've had not a single democrat come forward >> is he open to that, he is open to that, the democrat party should change its logo to a stop sign. we can't get them to come to the table. we'd like their help. >> reporter: i want to talk you inside the roosevelt room. kellyanne conway was there alongside ivanka trump to an issue you could easily argue is much less controversial but also possibly much less well-kwell-k it's the issue that maryland spouses face in this constant need to move alongside their spouse who is serving and kellyanne conway said this issue is very important to her. >> how do we convince people who aren't military spouses or who don't have a personal experience with military family feel a connection or commitment to solve this >

let me pose to you the question i put to kellyanne conway right at the start.nomic statistics. the economy is chugging along well in the same fashion as president obama yesterday 61% disapproval. >> 61% disapproval and declining numbers and weakness in his base which kellyanne admitted on the show, they're seeing falling away. yes, he had a really strong jobs number, 209,000 last week. we should remind viewers, the pace of job growth is actually slower than it was in 2015 or 2016, although still robust. here is one important fact for the president. among people without a high school degree who are over the age of 25, their participation and movement into the labor market is actually at the strongest it's been since 2011. that's a huge factor for him as we see people who voted for him get jobs and we see wages tick up. we see among lower income lower wage earners starting to be more robust. that will help. and that is what matters. so despite the chaos and the politics, among people's pocket books, it's possible -- it's actually possible we see the wage growth r

kellyanne conway as counselor to the president of the united states of america. [applause] she is the first woman ever to successfully run a presidential campaign. [applause] she is the co-author of what women really want. we conservative women know what women really want. she has appeared on thousands of television programs. this year she was clare boothe luce policy institute's woman of the year. she has been president and ceo of her own company, the polling company and on top of that she is an amazing mother of four children. now the toronto sun culture they hero of feminism ignored. i wonder why. jonah goldberg said of kellyanne , because of the unprecedented and frank way sexist attacks that she has been sustaining that kellyanne conway is good at her job and the media hates her for her. but we love her and i ask you to join me in welcoming a true hero and a great champion of freedom, kellyanne conway. [applause] >> is like a rock concert. when she walks out here it's awesome summer right? hello. [applause] kellyanne thank you so much for joining us. she and

then once trump won and cruz dropped out, that billionaire, robert mercer, and kellyanne conway who workedim, they decided they would switch horses. conway stayed in charge of mercer's pact, but they changed its name, and they started running anti-clinton ads to help trump instead of running anti-trump ads to help ted cruz. robert mercer put many millions of dollars into that effort. it became the largest known single donor to the effort to elect donald trump president. at the same time robert mercer was also reportedly the single larnlest funder of breitbart.com, which steve bannon ran before he signed on with the trump campaign and where he has apparently returned tonight already after his seven months in the white house. steve bannon was a strange pick, right, as we have been talking about. a strange pick to run a campaign. a strange pick for a very high profile political job given his past. a strange pick to run the campaign of the republican presidential nominee given that in his previous job he had done everything humanly possible to unseat the republican majority leader, eric cantor

kellyanne conway is coming up, as we wait for kellyanne, "mediabuzz" host is joining me with his reactionn debacle. what do you say you? >> debacle, fiasco, choose your word. about time president of espn has responded. this resonated with the media and public because it is so monumentally dumb. to write a memo, we didn't think it would be a problem just in case it was a problem it might be a distraction. trish: they really did think it was a problem. he contribute the himself one paragraph to the next. >> well the president said consulted with robert lee he thought it was good idea. what will he say? it's a billion dollar corporation. at same time even the, biggest idiots on twitter are they going after an asian-american announcer because his name is robert lee? i just can never wrap my head around the original concern that he couldn't call a university of virginia football game because he has the same name as a general who died in 1870. trish: this is the slippery slope, howie, people worry about in society. this is it, proof, right there from none other than espn. >> i don't know whethe

i will talk with kellyanne conway when we come kellyanne conway when we come back. did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's up to 16 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to faster downloads with internet speeds up to 250 megabits per second. get fast internet and add phone and tv now for only $34.90 more per month. call today. comcast business. built for business. >> bret: welcome back to "special report" live from the white house. president trump and his team dealing with their first natural disaster and is one of historic proportions as we've been telling you on this program. as the president is on his way back to the white house, there's also a lot of other news to cover. that's get the latest from counselor to the president, kellyanne conway. thanks for joining us. your assessment. you have heard from the team. the president's thoughts about his visit and take away. >> the president a

>> i think dana is right in that kellyanne conway is already essentially in that role, it is an important role and a lot of folks going into this new national security council in this new team, working for general mcmaster, we can put -- you guys can put great policy forward but you have to understand that once it leaves the national security council and enters the oval office there are all kinds of other things involved. the congressional peace, political peace, this broader coalition, how it's going to be communicated and i think that chief strategist role is very important to keep the president on track with not only the coalition that got him there but already looking forward to reelection. >> heather: it's interesting, these 19 conservative groups who have sent this letter to the white house, against him being released seem to be concerned that kellyanne conway may be next. they are trying to put that out in advance. thank you very much for joining us, we really appreciate it. >> thanks so much. >> jon: let's bring in ed martin, president of the eagle forum and former chairman of the

he and kellyanne conway were both funded by the same reclusive right-wing billionaire, robert mercer, the single largest donor to elect trump as president. even though bannon was taking over as the campaign manager for manafort, he insisted on being called the campaign ceo. okay? once he was installed as senior white house strategist, steve bannon insisted it be made publicly known that his chief strategist role was of equal rank to be white house chief of staff. he then named himself to the national security council. before that national security adviser, the first one got fired and the new one kicked him out of there. well, now as of today, he's gone from the white house altogether with a flourish of random contradictory information about how exactly he left, how much he jumped and how much he was pushed. the line they're trying to sell from the bannon side is that it was an orderly good-bye, that it was on his terms, that he filed his notice that he would leave two weeks ago or maybe it was ten days ago or maybe it was a week ago. he at least definitely had already decided to leave

so, god bless you. >> on that note, thank you, kellyanne conway. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [applause] c-span, where history unfolds daily. as a79, c-span was created public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. on c-span, "washington live with your phone calls next. then the senate environment and public worst committee works into the future of the fbi headquarters, the construction of a new headquarters was recently halted by president trump. coming up in an hour, discussion on efforts to stabilize health care insurance markets with aei health care scholar joseph antos projectina corlette, director at georgetown university's center on health insurance reforms and delphine foster, recently elected national commander of the disabled american veterans talks about health care and employment issues affecting veter

we'll be hearing from white house adviser kellyanne conway next. but first, some of c-span's new member interviews. we begin with louisiana congressman mike johnson. >> we're talking with representative mike johnson, who serves the state of louisiana, the fourth district. and thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> so, tell us a little bit about how you got to this position. >> well, my background is in constitutional law. so for about 20 years, i did litigation in the courts, public interest law firms are what i worked for, so i did religious liberty litigation, those kinds of things. served in the louisiana legislature for a short term, a little under two years, served an unexpired term and never got a chance to serve out the next term out because this seat became open when the senator ran for senate, and it turned out well. we had the biggest winning percentage in my district, so we're privileged and blessed to be here. >> tell us a little bit about what made you decide get into the race and what was the ultimate deciding factor? >> w

so, god bless you. >> on that note, thank you, kellyanne conway. [applause] we have been on the road meeting the winners of this year studentcam documentary competition. winners were handed $1500 for their documentary on environmental justice. and then honorable mention received 200 $50 for their documentary on health care. and then to concord massachusetts. won the second price that second-place prize. tudents from north hampton high one a price of $250 for their documentary on sanctuary cities and immigration reform. massachusetts, they receive dane honorable mention prized a $250 for their documentary on the opioid epidemic. thank you to all the students who took part in our 2017 studentcam documentary and studentcama 2018 starts in december. create a video illustrating why the provision is important. >> c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. morning -- then the trump administration's crackdown on transnational gangs. and george mason university's mercator center will discuss the inflation rate. c

>> all things are on the table. >> kellyanne conway, if you would like to weigh in on that.t's comments on north korea. he said north korea if they continue their threat will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. can you explain specifically what he met by fire and fury? is is that military action. >> no, i can't. i think the president's comments were strong and obvious. all of you covered them live. i would defer to other members of dr. price's cabinet to comment further. >> anything you want to add to the emergency status question? >> no. because i will leave that to the health professionals but i will tell you that the president and first lady are taking very seriously what is an absolute epidemic. they see it that way also. we are at a very peak level and one thing i should have mentioned earlier that is a very important component here, destigmatizing misuse of substances. we find time and again people are just too fearful to come forward to admit they have a problem. admit it to the people closest, family members, friends, colleagues. something we dis

those haven't done that, those supporting the president including kellyanne conway, who said that this investigation is a witch-hunt and a complete fabrication. these allegations against the trump campaign. here's more of what kellyanne won kaye said this morning on abc. >> the entire russia investigation is a hypothetical. the president has called it a fiction, total fabrication to excuse the colossal and, you know, expected, unwanted defeat of hillary clinton in last year's election. >> reporter: you have disagreement not only whether this investigation is valid and also on the scope of it. whether or not robert mueller has the league ability to look into the president's finances. if that falls into the scope of this investigation. the deputy attorney general was asked about that this morning. he said that he believes that robert mueller knows the limits of his ability as special counsel and that if he feels he must exceed that to recommend charges against anyone, he would have to then go seek the approval of the acting attorney general rod rosenstein. fred? >> so, boris, on the flip

kellyanne conway as counselor to the president of the united states of america. [applause] she is the first woman ever to successfully run a presidential campaign. [applause] she is the co-author of what women really want. we conservative women know what women really want. she has appeared on thousands of television programs. this year she was clare boothe luce policy institute's woman of the year. she has been president and ceo of her own company, the polling company and on top of that she is an amazing mother of four children. now the toronto sun culture they hero of feminism ignored. i wonder why. jonah goldberg said of kellyanne , because of the

. >> reporter: counselor kellyanne conway defended pence's loyalty. >> it is absolutely true that

we talked about it with kellyanne conway.ent trump says all options on the table after north korea's latest missile test. ♪ hey, is this our turn? honey...our turn? yeah, we go left right here. (woman vo) great adventures are still out there. we'll find them in our subaru outback. (avo) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. get 0% apr financing for 63 months on all new 2017 subaru outback models. now through august 31. i tabut with my back paines, i couldn't sleep and get up in time. then i found aleve pm. aleve pm is the only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. i'm back. aleve pm for a better am. >> bret: you heard earlier from kellyanne conway. president trump says all options on the table when it comes to north korea. he is considering or threatening military action to deal with north korea following yesterday's ballistic missile test that flew over japan. tonight benjamin hall has the latest on what japan is doing and how it's reacting to this missile launch. >> 6:00 a.m.

and the heated kellyanne conway and george stephanopoulos. here's david wright. >> reporter: this weekend, the president politely spared a moment -- >> come on, kids. everyone having a good time? >> reporter: -- to greet some wedding guests at his bedminster golf club. but, he insists, he's busy. "working in bedminster, n.j., as long planned construction is being done at the white house. this is not a vacation -- meetings and calls!" he has ground to make up. trump's agenda held hostage by the relentless focus on russia. >> the president has said the entire investigation is fabricated. that this is a conclusion in search of evidence. they've come up with nothing. >> we know now what has come up in just the last few weeks is that don jr responded to an e-mail saying that he was going to get russian government information on hillary clinton. that was not out during the campaign. that was revealed just in the last several weeks. >> right. nothing. >> reporter: today kellyanne conway admitted that trump is now starting to lose some of his core gr

and kellyanne conway and sanders and the rest of them are lying. sanders is worse than spicer in terms of lying. it's gone downhill. and the president should have nothing to do with the russian investigation. he should be focussing on his job, rather than trying to obstruct justice. >> mark, on this issue of who's lying because it will say -- in the case of jay, it's going to matter. he came on television and said something that is factually untrue. >> multiple things. >> saying he weighed in, right? they're admitting weighed in. okay. so either he decided as a prestigious lawyer to lie on television again and again and again knowing the truth or the president lied to him. other people lied to him. which is more likely? >> wow. i mean, they're both not good options, right? because the fact of the matter is your word is worth something. and for a person that's all that you have. >> a lawyer, yeah. >> a lawyer, for gosh sakes. look, we don't know. we are going to find out. but the fact is, i think we're talking about the difference between weighing i

. >> and here's kellyanne conway, counselor to the president, on whether mueller's job is in jeopardy>> does the president commit to not firing robert mueller? >> the president has not even discussed that. the president is not discussing firing bob mueller. you have to listen to special counsel, ty cobb, who works in the white house now and said very clearly, george, this week that we will continue to cooperate with bob mueller and his investigation. just hired the 16th person, many are democratic donors, but we'll continue to cooperate and comply. >> nbc's kelly o'donnell joining me now from bridgewater, new jersey, right near the president's resort where he's spending the next two weeks. good sunday to you. we just heard part of a particularly strong response from vice president mike pence on accusations he's running for president in the shadow campaign. what more can you tell us about this? >> well, certainly, in republican circles where there has been concern when trump was a candidate and now amplified concern now that he's president a lot of gaming of what would happen in 2020,

. >> reporter: today kellyanne conway is admitting trump is starting to lose some of his supporters. >> his voters are down slightly. they need to go up. >> reporter: today the deputy attorney general who appointed special counsel robert mueller warned there are limits to the scope of his investigation. >> the special counsel is subject to the rules and regulation of the department of justice and we don't engage in fishing expeditions. >> reporter: jud >> reporter: george questined kellyanne conway. >> be the president commit not to firing bob mueller. >> the president has not discussed firing bob mueller. >> that's not what i'm asking. >> reporter: but just in case the president is thinking of firing mueller, a bipartisan group of senators is drafting a bill to ensure trump can't do so on a whim. republican tom till lus is one of the sponsors. >> we don't want to restrict the administration's authority or department of justice from removing a counsel. we want to make sure it will be done for the right reasons. >>> illegal pot farms are a growing problem in northern california. now i

the counselor to the president, kellyanne conway, remember, she is a pollster at heart. she knows the numbers and mechanics. she said on the sunday shows they have work to do. listen to this. >> i would note, too, in some of the polling, which i scour daily on behalf of the president. his approval rating among republicans and conservative and trump voters is down slightly. it needs to go up. they are telling him, just enact your program, don't worry about a congress that isn't supporting legislation to get big ticket items done and don't worry about the distractions and diversions and discouragement of others trying to throw logs in your path are throwing your way. >> i was surprised to hear kellyanne conway acknowledge this, coming from the white house, the numbers are down. that is like the first time we heard that. what does that say? >> my ears perked up. as you said, kellyanne is a pollster and lives and breathes the numbers. it's hard to not see what they are saying, especially for someone on the trump team kellyanne. the numbers are down, they need to go up. it's

i had kellyanne conway out here.son i didn't ask her, we prepped her about the story and they said they didn't have anything. they were looking for any information. it is of concern security wise. >> right, and my sense talking to people at the white house that they hadn't heard about it. i'm sure they have now. this is not something on the house's radar. there is a personnel concern. this program was created to help the department of defense fill positions they had trouble filling with people who speak a language like mandarin or arabic that they have trouble finding u.s. citizens who speak that language or who have the special skills they need. thousands of people have been through this program. it sounds like it something they are taking closer look at to make sure they are handling it appropriately. >> like many government programs unfortunately it seems like this got caught up in bureaucracy. there were too many people put in the program too quickly. oversight and vetting went out the window. one of the most imp

and white house conselor kellyanne conway appearing on abc's "this week" called the story complete fiction. watch -- >>. >> it is absolutely true that the vice president is getting ready for 2020 as re-election for vice president. >> no concern -- >> and for 2018 -- zero concern. that is complete fictionment -- complete fiction. complete fabrication. i know his advisers who had comments attributed to them have pushed back strongly, as has the vice president, as a. now unequivocally -- as am i right now unequivocally. he's an effective, active vice president with this president. >> and i think the operative phrase in what kellyanne conway said was "very loyal." white house officials want to make it very, very clear that the vice president has no designs on the president's job in 2020. i think it's important to note that president trump has made it quite clear that he plans to run again, that he hopes to be a two-term president. in fact, he filed the paperwork to do so early in his presidency and has held multiple campaign rallies. that is why we're seeing such strong pushback from the white

price: all things are on the table. >> kellyanne conway, can you weigh in? the president said if north korea continues to threat will be met with fire and fury like a world has never seen. will you explain what he meant by fire and fury? mrs. conway: i think the president's comments are very strong and obvious. i know you covered them live. i would defer to other members of dr. price's cabinet. >> could you add to the emergency status question? mrs. conway: i believe that to the health professionals, but i will tell you the president and the first lady are taking very seriously what is an absolute epidemic. we are at it at a very peak level. one thing i should have mentioned earlier which is very important is stigmatizing the misuse. we find time and again that people are too fearful to come forward and admit they have a problem, admit it to their people closest. something we discussed at length is the different accounts we have heard in states. you can see the stories themselves. we are so sorry, mr. and mrs. jones, we tried to save your son. this time, he

we are waiting for another briefing here, nicole, from kellyanne conway and hhs secretary tom price, not exactly their wheel house, but i anticipate we will be able to ask kellyanne conway a number of questions about this developing story as we continue to monitor it here. nicole. >> kristen welker, the white house is on a footing to react to news that's terrifying to many americans and our friends and allies around the world, but it's important to note that as the stories spread like wild fire through the print media on the internet and through cable news, the president was tweeting about some of his favorite topics, raging about fake news, i saw you make an appearance a few hours ago before we had that statement that the white house press pooler covered and then shared with the rest of the press core. talk about the messages that were coming out from america's commander in chief as this story was first being learned about by most americans who were watching tv or following the news on the internet or on twitter. >> reporter: well one of the tweets you referenced, nicole, took aim a

a lot of conservatives are looking at kellyanne conway to be the gateway to the president and she isilling and able to step up and do just that. so whether we're talking social conservatives, she is somebody -- >> but if kellyanne conway had it the way bannon has it then you wouldn't have needed bannon, because there was a lot of baggage to come in with him? right, there was a lot of baggage to come in with him. so the connection to the base is not to be rivalled with the remaining people there, i don't think, right? >> i think his tie to the conservative base will still be steve bannon. trump is famous for firing people and then still calling them up and soliciting their opinion. he did it with corey lewandow i lewandowski, and other people who left the white house. >> why would -- >> because of the statement. because of the interview i had with bannon, because of the fact he said look, i'm going to war for trump not against him. >> if you wanted to -- >> not coming out as david pointed out. not saying anything at all -- >> the president is clearly unhappy but bannon has a project h

kellyanne conway was campaign manager, steve bannon was campaign ceo which is weird in itself. igns don't have ceos. they seem like this odd couple politically speaking. kel qui an conway is this very personalable, polished, based on the rest of her career you could say sort of a normal republican who went on tv and talked about donald trump as though he were a normal republican. steve bannon, on the other hand, was not that. at any level. really not. but despite their vedistinct differences, they made a very good living off one reclusive conservative hedge funneled bfud billionaire. she ran a super pac that supported ted cruz in the republican presidential prime airy. that pac was almost entirely funded by new york city hedge funnel fund billionaire robert mercer. then that billionaire robert mercer and kellyanne conway they decide they had would switch horses. conway stayed in charge of mercer's hedge fund and instead of running anti-trump ads to help ted cruz. robert mercer put many millions of dollars into that effort. he became the largest known single donor to the effort t

. >> reporter: as the investigation unfolds campaign manager kellyanne conway said his job is not in jeopardy. >> the president hasn't even discussed that. the president is not discussing that. >> reporter: vice president mike pence pushed back on a new york times story that he is creating shadow campaigns in case president trump doesn't run in 2020. the vice president said the article is disgraceful, offensive and false. kellyanne conway said he is focused on vice president. >> he said white house officials and members of congress could be prosecuted. when does a leak cross the line and become criminal? >> i have actually called the justice department to look into the leaks. those are criminal leaks. >> reporter: president trump hates leaks. on thursday the post published transcripts between president trump and foreign leaders leaders and attorney general jeff sessions announced a crack down. >> we will not allow anonymous sources with security clearances to sell out our country. >> reporter: he said the justice department tripled its leaks investigation and the fbi established a ne

we are happy to have with us kellyanne conway, who is counselor to president trump.leader and republicans no longer have confidence in him. the question is, does the president have confidence in hip or dose want mcconnell to step down? kellyanne: the president would like to work with mccobble on his agenda. build the wall, rye peel obamacare, cut taxes, reduce illegal immigration. make america great again. incentivize employers to maintain and attract american workers. gregg: we are into september now and mcconnell isn't moving on the main issues of the trump agenda, especially as the president point out today, after hearing repeal and replace for 7 years, he failed, according to mcconnell. at what point does the president say it's time to ditch mitch. kellyanne: these republicans went home over the breaks and they got earfuls from their constituent. they be running on this and running ads on repealing and replacing obamacare. they have been talking about it for 7 years and the president has been here for 7 months. the president has his pen in hand. in the meantime,

. >> and with that, let's write in the president's counselor, kellyanne conway. kellyanne, thanks for joining us this morning. >> hi, george. hi. >> so i just talked about the economy right there. you have seen another good jobs report on friday. solid growth through this year. the stock market, as the president pointed out, at record highs. yet the polls this week showed 61% disapproval for the president. so why are people so unhappy with the president when the economy is doing so well? >> but the numbers that you talked about are the most important indicators. you also see consumer confidence numbers, manufacturer, home builders, small business formation confidence. you see record close of the dow over 22,000 points. these are the measurements that matter to everyday americans. and even this president, when he came in, george, he made a promise that for every new regulation in, he would have two that went out. we're closer to 16 out for every new one in. and that regulatory framework has been so critically important to taxpayers, to property owners, to folks who

the letter mentions kellyanne conway. is she also at risk?llyanne conway. of course, the rumor mill is going. if you read washington, d.c. news reporting, the newsletters in the morning. 95% of it is he said/she said soap opera stuff and kellyanne conway's name hasn't come up in a few weeks, it's her time to shine again, we can see the rumors mill around tomorrow and the spotlights moved on. gerri: wow, chris bedford, thanks for coming on, on a very hot news today. appreciate your time. >> thank you. gerri: well, steve bannon opposed the at&t merger with time warner. now that he's out, is the deal in? ashley webster joins us with more. >> reporter: that's a good question, gerri. he was not a fan of the deal. you could argue there's another hurtle or potential hurtle taken out of the way. let us not forget, the president himself or then candidate donald trump when the merger was put out there said no, i'm not really happy with this because it puts too much power into the hands of too few. steve bannon didn't like the deal. he's out now, and a

kellyanne conway suggesting overnight this could be considered a fishing expedition.ay sekulow, his private attorney, saying this could be outside the purview, outside of the scope of this investigation. what's your take on that? >> mr. mueller needs to follow all leads. he has an obligation to follow the information. you can't led it sit on the table. that's his responsibility, to make sure all the questions are answer answered. we don't want to prejudge it. we know there are troubling signs. it would be helpful if the president would acknowledge russia's involvement in our elections. >> i want to stay on the finances here. how far is too far? should there be a limit into how much robert mueller should look into or could look into in terms of the president's finances? >> clearly there has to be information that was obtained as a result of this investigation. he can't start a new investigation for different reasons. that would be handled through the justice department in a different manner, if additional information is discovered. what he needs to do is have a thoroug

you've got kellyanne conway, one of his chief advisers, going on abc. and she seems to admit that, yeah, the president is having a little bit of trouble with his base. listen. >> i would note, too, in some of the polling, which, of course, i scour daily on behalf of the president, his approval rating among conservatives and trump voters is down slightly. it needs to go up. they are telling him, just enact your program. don't worry about a congress that isn't supporting legislation to get big-ticket items done. and don't worry about all the distractions and diversions and discouragement that others who are still trying too throw logs in your path are throwing your way. focus on the agenda. and he's doing that. >> that really caught my eye. i mean, the short hand for that is stop -- >> because he tweeted nine times this morning, by the way, and he tweeted calling them fake. >> right. look, kellyanne conway talking about polling when she knows that the president watches these programs, i think, was really key. what we have seen from the recent polling is t

joining us now is kellyanne conway, counselor to the president. kellyanne, thank you for joining us. i appreciate it. >> it's my pleasure, chris. hi. >> kellyanne, let's talk news of day, and we can dive into deeper policy discussion. the two bits of news coming out of the special counsel's office, the first is that the special counsel is using a grand jury that subpoenas have gone out to people and related to documents with respect to that don junior meeting. what's your response to those actions by the special counsel? >> grand jury proceedings are supposed to remain private, so it's unfortunate that's not the case here. i would refer you to the statement put out by the special lawyer for donald trump, ty cobb. he said today he was unaware, and we were unaware of this, but anything that accelerates the process is agreed to by us, and at the white house, and we'll continue to fully comply. that's all we know at this moment. >> and the reason it becomes more intriguing is on the heels of this reporting, there's a second layer, which is that the sp

senior counselor to the president kellyanne conway on the white house's agenda and how it stands now and how the republicans move forward on tax reform. >> bill: potential new challenge to america's universities. reports at the justice department will investigate affirmative action. what's inside that story. details coming up in a moment. >> shannon: in the wake of last week's healthcare vote and white house shake-up what's the state of the relationship between president trump and the republicans on capitol hill? ronna mcdaniel joins us next. >> a lot don't want donald trump to succeed and don't like his policies. he crushed them and they never got over it. the day after the election, they began plotting what they hoped would be his demise. >> shannon: a nato convoy caught up in a deadly attack in afghanistan. afghan police official saying a suicide bomber hit the convoy in southern kandahar province. it's not immediately known if u.s. troops were part of that convoy but it follows a deadly attack on the iraqi embassy in kabul on monday and two u.s. soldiers were injured in a hard la

alice, to you, what do you make of kellyanne conway say this? this is a very intelligent woman. she says, yes, the president's poll numbers are down in his party and we need to get them up? >> certainly, they can't deny the numbers, a lot of times they look at the bigger picture and the things on their agenda and what they are working on. clearly, foreign policy is taking center stage for this administration and for many in the world. they are looking at what they are able to do right now, which is, obviously, as we heard from nikki haley, joining the u.n. and sanctions on north korea, the president signing the legislation or signing on with congress to oppose sanctions with russia. they are looking at the big picture long term, not a snapshot of polling data. >> errol, alice says they can't deny the numbers, the president is. >> that's right. kellyanne conway is a professional pollster, written a book on the subject and has done it for decades, really knows the business. she is not able to play the games the president will where he denies reality and uses buzz words we have com

one of the president senior conway,, kellyanne was at the meeting today and wants to say some words as well. mrs. conway: thank you, secretary price. it is nice to have the acting director along with us as well. the secretary and i have traveled to a number of different states and we have heard the harrowing and very sad stories. we have increasingly met those who have increasingly gone through recovery treatment. we are very heartened to learn that many people who are beating opioid epidemic -- we understand --s is a poly drug issue people consuming illegal drugs at a high and alarming rate. the process is very collocated and we are on the losing side of this war. with the president's leadership and first lady's involvement, across the spectrum of different cabinets and agencies, we are confident we can help those in need across this country. we know this involves public health, the medical community, the health care delivery system, law enforcement, education, local and statewide elected families, devastated and those in treatment and recovery. we have leadership on this issue but we

joining us now is kellyanne conway, counselor to the president. kellyanne, thank you for joining us. i appreciate it. >> it's my pleasure, chris. hi. >> kellyanne, let's talk news of day, and we can dive into deeper policy discussion. the two bits of news coming out of the special counsel's office, the first is that the special counsel is using a grand jury that subpoenas have gone out to people and related to documents with respect to that don junior meeting. what's your response to those actions by the special counsel? >> grand jury proceedings are supposed to remain private, so it's unfortunate that's not the case here. i would refer you to the statement put out by the special lawyer for donald trump, ty cobb. he said today he was unaware, and we were unaware of this, but anything that accelerates the process is agreed to by us, and that the white house will continue to fully comply. that's all we know at this moment. >> and the reason it becomes more intriguing is on the heels of this reporting, there's a second layer, which is that the specia