manigault newman released a previous tape where trump can be heard discussing the deadly niger ambush what happens is we're decimated. it's a rough business. they're rough. they want to kill us. we've let the military do what they have to do. whether you call it rules of engagement -- in the middle east there's very few left. we really -- we've done a very good job. we've done more in seven months because really it's seven months we've started -- we've done more in seven months than they've done in eight years. >> manigault newman said the recording is from an october 27th, 2017 meeting of the white house communications team that trump joined. she went to describe trump's comments as mocking the deaths of soldiers and also alleged that none of the attendees had security clearance to discuss the topic of niger. >> manigault newman said someone in mike pence's office may be behind the "new york times" op ed. >> any thoughts on who it is? >> i've been very vocal about the fact that i believe it is a senior staffer in pence's office. >> in pence's office? >> i went through every e-mail th

but apparently he wanted to hire her a fifth time. >> manigault-newman says she was subsequently offered00 a month job on the trump campaign that would, of course, require that she keep quiet about her time in the trump administration. >> seth: "you're a crazy lowlife who can't be trusted. welcome aboard." [ laughter and applause ] omarosa was offered the job -- she was offered the job on the campaign by lara trump, eric trump's wife, who's an official with the trump campaign. omarosa said she took it as an attempt to buy her silence. and once again, she had a secret tape to back up her story. this was a conversation omarosa had with lara trump shortly after being fired from the white house. >> sound a little like, obviously that there's something you've got in the back pocket to pull out. clearly, if you come on board with the campaign, like, we can't have. we gotta -- >> oh, god, no. >> everybody positive, right? i know were making 179 at the white house and i think we can work something out where we keep you right along those lines. um -- specifically, let me see. i haven't even added

former aide omarosa manigault newman released a new audio recording which she says was recorded nearly a year after the election. the audio, she says, is the president barging into a meeting to rant about hillary clinton. >> i think hillary is getting killed now with russia, the real russia story is hillary and collusion. somebody told me, hope, you told me it was $9 million they spent on -- >> closer to six. >> yeah, someone just said, she's far worse for the country than we thought -- >> you see, nobody knows who spent it. i heard it was 9. i heard it was 5.7, then it was nine. in this business they trace it. close to 9 million. the reason is you don't have to give any papers. it's illegal from a campaign standpoint, financing standpoint. the whole russia thing seems to have turned around. what do you think, sarah? >> absolutely. >> latest news cycle appears to be taking a toll according to polling analyst. there have been eight live poles in the last few weeks showing the president's approval rating in some cases falling to 40%. i'm joined by anita kumar, correspondent for mcclatchy

. >> at the top of the hour, former white house aide omarosa manigault newman. from any one else.ills? flonase sensimist relieves all your worst symptoms, including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. and all from a gentle mist you can barely feel. flonase sensimist. >>> new today, mike pence answers whether he had take a lie detector test to prove he did not write the "new york times" anonymous op-ed. >> should all top officials take a lie detector test and would you agree to take one? >> i would take one in a heartbeat and would submit to anything the administration wanted to do. >> do you think the administration should do that? >> that would be a decision for the president. >> joining me now, former governor of vermont and msnbc contributor howard dean and sus susan purser. susan, what do you think about the president demanding something like this? >> it's absurd that he would make everyone take a lie detector test, and especially that the staff should. this is an administration that's constantly on their heels and so defensive, and they want to throw out any crazy idea

a new tame from omarosa manigault-newman. >> can you set this particular tape up for us? >> well, you've heard about donald trump kind of wandering around the west wing with not much to do. he would drop in on very key meetings and just start rambling and talking gibberish. >> okay, let's take a listen. infrastructure week continues -- ( knocking ) >> hello. what are you talking about? >> infrastructure. don't want to interrupt but i have to say something. number one, this is the only musical, the mouth -- bing, bing. >> mr. president. bing, bing, bing, bing. bong, bong. >> please. aaahhh! oh! in'y meanie miny mo. i done

omarosa manigault newman. by the way, congratulations because you have turned out to be the first whistle blower, ahead of bob woodward. and by the way, who do you think wrote the op-ed. >> i suspect it is somebody out of mike pence's office. and it might be airs. the clues are in the op-ed. >> which are. >> when and if he leaves, however, indicating whether it is by impeachment or re-election. >> i believe the vice president when he denies it, but the style of the writing reminds of documents and e-mails. >> you think it is one of his staffers. >> absolutely. >> i want to get to something pick. you have an analysis piece in today which basically says this president has got a real reckoning coming to him right now >> there is a sense of a storm gathering. just in the past week, the mccain funeral, the op-ed and the woodward book together paint a consistent picture for the president and lays a groundwork for bigger things to come. >> do you have a timing. >> we all believed that he would not interfere in the mi

...like they did for the last 19 months...sources say this is a direct response...to omarosa manigault newmand she taped john kelly firing her last year. her last year. (grant) tonight, a new cnn poll finds the president's approval rating has fallen six points in the last month -- and now stands at a new low among independent voters. overall, just 36 percent approve of the way the president is handling his job -- down from 42 percent in august. and only 32 percent find the president trustworthy. (vicki) a manslaughter charge against a dallas police officer accused of fatally shooting a man in his own apartment could be upgraded. it's a bizarre case that right now has more questions than answers. officer amber guyger and the man who was killed, botham shem jean, live in the same apartment complex. police say guyger told them she returned to what she thought was her apartment after her shift last thursday. she was still in uniform. guyger said she encountered jean and at some point, shot him. but it was actually his apartment and she had somehow mistaken it for hers. it's unclear what, if anyth

time we heard reportedly talk of 25th amendment without giving credence to contents of omarosa manigault newman's, others have said quietly the 25th amendment was part of discussions. >> i'm not a 25th amendment expert, it involves the cabinet and vice president, all of whom president trump chose. i think that's a far out option if there's ever a point that option would come into play. impeachment may or may not hinge on whether democrats take one or both houses of congress in the midterm elections or subsequent election. just to go back to what lis was saying a moment ago, i think she may well be right. i would just add while deputy attorney general rosenstein was very specific and categorical about not having discussed the 25th amendment, not having made any serious, serious suggestion about going into a meeting with the president and recording, neither of his denials last night addressed sarcasm or joking specifically. i think that question is still out there, given the "new york times" report, given what laura just reported. it would be nice per jim's point if all of this information wasn't c

a new tame from omarosa manigault-newman. >> can you set this particular tape up for us? >> well, you've heard about donald trump kind of wandering around the west wing with not much to do. he would drop in on very key meetings and just start rambling and talking gibberish. >> okay, let's take a listen. infrastructure week continues -- ( knocking ) >> hello. what are you talking about? >> infrastructure. don't want to interrupt but i have to say something. number one, this is the only musical, the mouth -- bing, bing. >> mr. president. bing, bing, bing, bing. bong, bong. >> please. aaahhh! oh! in'y meanie miny mo. i don't like mosquitoes! i'm going crazy. anyway, merry christmas, happy holidays, and god bless the united states. >> announcer: it's "the late show" with stephen colbert. tonight stephen welcomes from "the circus," john heilemann and alex wagner, judy greer and musical guest first aid kit, featuring jon batiste and "stay human." and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) ( theme song playi

months they have been rocked by two tell-all books, one by michael wolff and the other by omarosa manigault-newman, the former staffer. but those books they are able to shield themselves a bit from the claims saying they're questioning but people in the white house, poppy, are readily conceding they won't have that out here with bob woodward because he is a veteran journalist who covered the watergate scandal with carl bernstein, owe several tell-all books and now staffers are getting concerned that they don't know what will be revealed when the book gets released next week. >> just to dig into this more, kaitlt kaitlan, john kelly chief of staff interviewed this no interviews policy after the michael wolff saga. >> right, after the michael wolff book came out that had sensational details but michael wolff was spotted in the west wing on several occasions, he quoted several senior officials including bannon so that that book we were told chief of staff john kelly said no more interviews of that nation for more upcoming books. there are several officials, at least a dozen current and former who con

. >> meanwhile, omarosa manigault newman released two more tapes today from the white house communicationsg in 2017. one of the tapes here exclusively at nbc, trump switches from economy to military action in niger over in africa >> on niger, so what happens is we're decimated -- you know, it's a rough business. they're rough, too, they want to kill us. we've let the military do what they have to do. and whether you call it rules of engagement or anyway you want to say it, we let them do what they want to do. in the middle east there's very few left. we really -- we've done a very good job. we've done more in seven months, seven months we've started. we've done more in seven months than they've done in eight years, okay. >> on a separate tape from that meeting, same meeting, however, president trump's obsession with hillary clinton was on full display. let's list tone that part about hillary. >> i think hillary is getting killed now with russia. the real russia story is hillary and collusion. somebody told me, a million dollars -- >> yeah, someone just said she's far for the country then -

and one side show came full circle when am rosa manigault-newman played the apprentice and white housede came out with a new tell-all book. her strategy was to mirror trump's own behavior. here she is on season 1. >> heidi was fantastic. and i will tell you that i haven't always been a fan of heidi. i haven't always thought that she was professional nor does she have much class or finesse. >> that's very nice. >> thank you. >> that's one of the worst compliments i've ever heard. >> but i have been very candid with heidi, have i not? >> yes, i appreciate that. >> i'm not so sure. that's the worst thing i've heard. >> off lot of class. >> that's the worst thing i have ever heard. that's the worst compliment i have ever heard. >> omarosa made news by every interview. we asked you a couple hours ago if you have any other recordings. you wouldn't share them here. do you have them? >> i have plenty. >> anything mueller would like to see, mr. robert mueller? >> if his office calls again, anything they want, i'll share. anything they want, i will corroborate. >> do you think the president will

. >> think of all of the books written in the last 20 months, fire and fury, omarosa manigault newman bob woodward book. every time he is called a liar, cha ching. is trump making america buy books again? >> absolutely. look, he has been a godsend to nonfiction publishing industry. i can tell you from firsthand experience. to some degree that this even ties into the earlier point why his approval rating is falling. he was viewed by enough as a strong commander in chief, strong leader. what all the books have in common, including mine, when you go inside, tell the real inside story based on people around him, what you see is something quite different, that image of strength erodes. what's happened in the past summer is there has been one story after another after another that showed trump out of control or doing dishonorable things like trashing mccain, separating migrant children from their mothers. you see his complaints out there. they're all about him now. he is tweeting about woodward and not doing anything for the country. i think collectively that's led a lot of movement of inde

. >> i want to ask you something omarosa manigault newman speculated. let's listen. >> i put up some names on my tw twitter not to be koi. i suspected. i butt johnny de steph know up. and then i put up nick ayers. i put up a poll. everybody chose nick ayers. i went through some of my e-mails. i have to tell you that this op-ed is very similar to the style and the communication that comes out of his shop. >> okay. these names are not household names. interesting how he points at the vice president's office though. some think of them with the term lode star. >> that was the first time we saw mike pence break with the president. he never does in his support of jeff sessions. >> right. >> you know, i think it's interesting that omarosa was speculating. but it is just speculation. i think it also bears mentioning by the fact these are not household names. the term senior administration official can apply to a whole host of people in this administration and in previous administrations. you might imagine that if somebody at the cabinet level or senior adviser,

>> i just want to remind viewers about your interview with omarosa manigault-newman who one to havetim most senior african-american women at the white house, or the most seep your african-american in the let's first listen to what she told you. >> woodruff: you close out the book byting rest assured there's an army of people who oppose president trump and his policies, they are woking silentlyand tirelessly to make sure he does not cause harm to the republic. many are in his party, his administration and even in his own family. o n you say wey are? >> i prefer not. asthink it's important that, they continue to do their work, to make sure that further damage to this country is not don that they do that without being exposed, and i'm very proud of the people who are working behind the scenes to make sur donald trump is not allowed to continue to lead this country in an unfit manner. >> woodruff: you can't identify -- >> i would not >> woodruff: the first lady? i would never compromise themy in this wa because they are working tirelessly to make sure this country isn't damaged further. >>

the last hour i spoke to a former white house aide under president trump, that being omarosa manigault newmane 25th amendment could be used against president trump and here's what she told me. >> we had a little hash tag, #tfa and now i'm a little embarrassed to tell you when i went through my texts, i saw #tfa. when he would flip positions from one hour to the next, we just hashtag it and keep moving. it occurred in my text chains with family members, with staffers, with people who were in the agencies more than 100 times. >> joining me now, democratic strategist morris reed. a msnbc political analyst rick tyler. glad to have you here to talk about this. it's kind of explosive right now this hashtag tfa. i want your reactions to what you've heard. morris, you can go first here. >> it's maybe that was her texting her opinion. i'd like to know who else was texting it. >> i asked her that. >> i'd like to find out who else it was. it's going to set off alarm bells. i'm sure people will start to erase text messages so they don't get caught up in this wave effect of paranoia. >> she said there was

and one sideshow came full circle when omarosa manigault newman, who played the villain on "the apprentice" and later a white house aide, came out with a new tell-all book. omarosa's strategy on "the apprentice" was to mirror trump's own behavior. here she is on season 1. >> heidi was fantastic. and i will tell you that i haven't always been a fan of heidi. i haven't always thought that she was professional nor that she had much class or finesse. >> that's very nice. >> thank you. >> that's one of the worst compliments i've ever heard. >> best compliments, i have no class. >> but i've been very candid with heidi, have i someone. >> yes. i appreciate that. >> i'm not so sure. that's maybe the worst thing i've heard here. >> i had a lot of class. >> that's the worst thing i think i've ever heard. that's the worst compliment i've ever heard. >> omarosa used her book tour to keep her story relevant by making news in every interview. let's watch. >> i asked you before a couple hours ago omarosa if you have any other recordings. you wouldn't share them here. do you got some? >> i have plenty. >>

and community safe, visit pge.com/wildfiresafety >>> sources telling cnn they believe omarosa manigault newman'sordings from her employment at the white house is what's behind the change in white house phone policy. staffers are required to check their personal and government-issued phones in lockers outside the west wing or leave them in their offices before they can be buzzed in. wow. joining me now, cnn national security analyst james clapper. he's the former director of national intelligence. can you imagine that? >> well, what's kind of -- >> good evening by the way. >> thanks, don. what's surprising to me about this is like this is some grand new policy. >> mm-hmm. >> which is the policy that should have prevailed from the get-go. >> yeah. so now they're only getting around to reinforcing what has certainly i think been in a tradition in the white house, certainly was in the last administration, where everybody got rid of cell phones, whether official or not. and certainly before you walked into the white house sit room. >> listen, the administration has been hamstrung with countless leaks

whether or not you believe her, and i understand a lot of people don't, omarosa manigault newman says people in the white house staff used to do #tfa, the 25th amendment, whenever president trump did anything crazy. this isn't the first time our viewers have heard the term, 25th amendment. they knee what it means. >> it does seem to be a little irresponsible for someone who is the deputy attorney general, who may be in a position where you've got to be investigating the president's actions to be saying something like this, which is why i'm skeptical of the account. by all accounts, rod rosenstein has been a professional, responsible person in the very difficult role that he's been in. i mean, the real question now is, in his statement to the media, rod rosenstein affirms, i don't think we should be using the 25th amendment to remove the president. will the president hear that message? think about the competing voices we've got in this discussion. on one hand, the voices from department of justice, which the president has no problem criticizing. on the other hand is the "new york times

sources say this is a direct response to omarosa manigault newman after she revealed she taped john kelly firing her last year. in public, the white house is complaining about these quotes, saying they're made up and fiction, but in private president trump is complaining about aides he believes coop cooperated with the veteran reporter for his book. one big headline out of the briefing today, jim, sarah sanders didn't rule out president trump bringing a lawsuit against bob woodward. >> kaitlan collins at the white house. back to the panel now. to kaitlan's point there, is the president really trying to chase this person down, really trying to charge this person in the "new york times" op-ed? or is the president actually concerned that someone inside his administration thinks this way? >> look, i think the president is calling him out, i would say. you know, you should show yourself, if you feel this strongly about it. i don't think there's a serious effort under way to charge anybody. i think there's probably serious effort, just like there is around this table and others, to try to figur

you might remember that just a few weeks ago former trump aide omarosa manigault-newman wrote in herhat she once saw trump eat paper in the oval office. [ laughter ] now in fairness maybe he was just eating it so gary cohn couldn't steal it first. [ laughter ] gary comes in late at night looking for it and then trump flips on a light and says, "oh, are you looking for your paper, gary? [ laughter ] because i'm afraid i put it somewhere safe in my belly. [ laughter ] now if you'll excuse me, i have to meet my wife, majorca?" [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] but the book -- but the book is also filled with stories from trump aides who have loyally served him and agree with most of his agenda. trying to cast themselves as heroic saviors protecting the public from the whims of a madman. for example, cohn threatened to resign after trump's comments on charlottesville. but trump persuaded his economic advisor to stay on. chief of staff john kelly then confided to cohn that he shared cohn's horror, trump's handling of the tragedy and shared cohn's fury with trump. kelly told cohn, "i wo

fair" reported today that trump told advisers he wants attoey general jeff sessions to have manigault-newmanted. it's unclear what law trump believes she broke. do y think you could arrest omarosa? this is a person you tried to fire four times and you still can't get rid of her. [ laughter ] if you threw omarosa in jail, she would tunnel her way out with a spoon "shawshank" style. [ laughter ] and then, when you w the next morning, she's going to be standing over your bedh a copy of the russia pee tape. [ laughter ] this isn't -- [ cheers and applause ] i made copies. this isn't the first time trump's tried to silence omarosa. after she was fired from the white house, the trump team tried a tactic with her that wi they've trie several former trump aides. giving her a job on the campaig. to keep her qu remember, this is a person who usump has called "wacky," "deranged," "vicand "not smart." but apparently he wanted to hire her a fifth time. >> manigaultewman says she was subsequently offered a $15,000 a month job on the trump campaign that would, of course, require that she keep quiet about h

>> reporter: sure, that's one more piece of the fallout of omarosa manigault newman's phone taping policy. she was releasing some more tapes earlier today on "the view" and nbc. and this is just some, a continuation of that. there is a new policy now, if you go into "the situation room" for a briefing, you are required to leave your phone in your office, actually. so that is one way to sort of help prevent any secret recordings, if you will. so again, more of the fallout of that. but there really is a sense of there being a war within the walls of this white house. it's already, you know, a high-stress environment in any white house. but there are questions of who can trust who. so things like this certainly just feed into it, brook. >> jeff zeleny, thank you. we'll see you in the briefing momentarily. just a little perspective here, it is not just this mystery op-ed writer or bob woodward's book that is rattling this trump administration. so to chris cillizza we go. chris, in your diagrams here, what, we're moving into fall and there is still so much that has happened this summer that is

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