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

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

>> 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

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

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

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

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

about adding members from the outside to the team, especially to president trump's legal team like mark kasowitz. he's the president's long-time personal attorney. he's just been hired to represent president trump in this russia investigation. in fact, as you can see, he was spotted here at the white house just yesterday along with president trump's daughter, ivanka, eric. >> the president paid a visit to arlington national cemetery. it was moving, poignant and personal. >> one of the more moving exchanges took place in section 60 of arlington national cemetery. the president stopping to speak with some of the gold star moms whose sons were lost in the wars in iraq and afghanistan. here's one of those moments. >> he said he just -- he said, mom, i hope that people don't forget that i ever live. if you can remember jimmy, that would mean so much to me. i'm a mother of a marine. it would mean so much to me, sir. >> we will do it. >> that was one of several gold star moms that president trump met with while visiting section 60. section 60 is the part of arlington national cemetery where u.s. milita

see particularly this week if the president hires true outside counsel, not his counsel he's had mark kasowitz for a long time but a washington hand who forces him to shut down and allow the investigation to proceed without his interference. that will be the thing to watch for. >> david, can i make a prediction? >> chris? >> he won't he a, thank you. >> there's no evidence he will. >> past his prolog, he won't. >> he had a great lawyer representing him in the trump university case, clearly blew him off, didn't listen to him. it's a tall hill to climb. thank you, panel, very much. the trump white house in damage control mode as we've been talking about. how is the administration handling the latest russia revelations? we'll continue that conversation after this. ♪ experience the first-ever 471-horsepower lexus lc 500 or the multistage hybrid lc 500h. experience amazing. and it's also a story mail aabout people and while we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget... that your business is our business the united states postal service. priority: yo

- the lawyer that has been tapped to lead the defense of president trump, the outside counsel, mark kasowitz. >> thank you so much. >>> in an exclusive interview with chuck todd on "meet the press," former director of national intelligence clapper asked whether he knew about the reported communications between the russians and kushner. take a listen. >> without specific -- specifically affirming or confirming these conversations since even though they're in the realm, they're classified but from the theoretical stand point i will tell you that my dashboard warning light was clearly on and i think that was the case with all of us in the intelligence community. >> let's bring in ned price, former senior director of the national security director and we have jeremy bash from the cia and department of defense. he's an msnbc national security analyst. we have josh meyer from politico. let's start with you on this, jeremy. what is the thought, the warning light? he said theoretically, but was he really giving us more? >> two things are concerning about this story and we need to understand more of

familiar with the decision tell nbc news president trump is expected to retain the services of mark kasowitzn all matters related to this investments the former head of the cia speaking before congress detailing his concerns about contacts between russian officials and members of the trump campaign. here's nbc's peter alexander with more. >> reporter: this morning mounting pressure on ousted national security adviser michael flynn after invoking the fifth amendment earlier this week and refusing to and over records of contacts with russian officials. the senate intelligence committee is doing two new subpoenas and threatening to hold him in contempt of congress if he refuses to turn over documents. >> everything is on table. that's not our preference today. we would like to hear from general flynn. >> testifying before a congressional committee former cia director john brennan. for the first time publicly acknowledging his concerns that trump campaign associates were coordinating with russian operatives. >> i encountered and i'm aware of information and intelligence that revealed contacts an

mark kasowitz, his attorney, has a long history with donald trump. it's clear they're preparing for a long fight here over the next few months. >> can we show the video again today showing at least one attorney showing up. you see ivan ka trump in that imagery as well. it is her husband, jared kushner, his actions or reported actions in question there. you can see it is a very rainy day. but there they are and now with the umbrella heading in, at least around those vehicles there. all right, thanks so much, ryan noble. we'll check back with you. let's talk more about all of this with republican strategist brian morganstern, political analyst alice henigan, brian, let me begin with you. what is the white house strategy here? not immediately responding. explaining. deflecting. something. >> well, you know, i think it wouldn't be crazy to assume that since they've been traveling all over the world for the last week or week and a half, maybe they haven't really liked into it and figured out what the right answer is yet. but i will say that senator graham

mark kasowitz has represented trump for 15 years. also represents russian billionaire well-known to russian president vladimir putin. >>> this comes as house investigators vow to keep pushing for critical documents from former national security adviser michael flynn. the committee even issuing two new subpoenas, documents from flynn's businesses which investigators say does not have the ability to plead the fifth as flynn says he'll do. >> let's bring in zach wolf live in washington for us. good morning. a big day for the president on his overseas trip but the russia investigation just continues. >> front page. the "times," the "journal" and the "post." >> i was worried by a number of the contacts that the russians had with u.s. persons. 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, either in a witting or unwitting fashion. it should be clear to everyone russia brazenly interfered in our 2016 election

>> reporter: bottom line is this is a relationship president trump has had with mark kasowitz that dates back 15 years. an attorney that the president has known for that time is a lawyer that helped him with his past divorces, helped him in a rival suit with the "new york times" recently during the campaign after they reported on the president inappropriately touching women several years ago. they asked for a refraction. the "new york times" did not give them that refraction. but this is a relationship that dates back. we know how this president is loyal to people with whom he has personal relationships. he was the co-ko hco-counsel due trump university cases as well. that is one of the main reasons why the president has settled on him as the person he will be retaining as part of his legal team. it is likely that this team grows so it is not just one particular outside lawyer, but that there could be others involved in this effort on all things rhee re laelated to the investigation. >> and joe lieberman is part of that firm, or used to be part of that firm, the casowitz firm. does that

mark kasowitz who has represented trump in several cases over the past 15 years is in line to be a seniorhe new team with more hires likely quickly. in congress, pressure ratcheting up on michael flynn. let's get to phil mattingly live on capitol hill. both in the house and senate intelligence committees developments focusing on michael flynn. what's new? >> that's exactly right. if there was any question at all whether or not either committee would ratchet things back a little bit because of the appointment of a special counsel, that has been blown apart over the course of the last 24 hours. the senate intelligence committee, two days ago, genera flynn, former nationality security adviser informed the committee he would be invoking his fifth amendment privilege and not turning over personal documents. the committee responds in going after more documents and what we're told according to a source close to the committee they issued two subpoenas yesterday not seeking personal documents instead targeting two specific flynn businesses, a much more tailored subpoena and their argument is busin

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

one of the purported finalists, attorney mark kasowitz, who represented him in numerous cases, includingf fraud at trump university. another possible finalist is theodore olsen, who represented george w. bush in bush v. gore in 2000. the outside team would be separate from the white house counsel's office. >>> much more on the terror attack in manchester. theresa may expected to make an on-camera statement any moment now. you see live pictures of 10 downing street. >>> president trump leaving israel for rome later this morning. our breaking news coverage on this very busy tuesday morning continues after the break. you think traffic's bad now, the future's going to be a nightmare! does nobody like the future? c'mon, the future. he obviously doesn't know intel is helping power autonomous cars and the 5g network they connect to. with this, won't happen in the future. thanks, jim. there's some napkins in the glovebox. okay, but why would i need a napkin? you could have just told me a bump was coming. we know the future. because we're building it. are you one sneeze away from being voted out

as the investigations proceed, president trump has tapped as his outside counsel mark kasowitz, one ofrump's long-time attorneys. kasowitz doesn't know washington very well but is well-known trial attorney who represents russian companies. meanwhile, the white house is resetting its search for an fbi director after wide-ranging dissatisfaction with the leading candidate, former senator joe lieberman. leieberman is a partner at the same law firm as kasowitz. >> thank you very much. we'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 t

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,

the new attorneys they're getting to help president trump beyond the white house lawyers is mark mark kasowitz. >> what i worry about in these investigations is these investigations disappear down rabbit holes, procedural offenses. people make false statements. and meanwhile, the story, which is probably not criminal but is incredibly dangerous is the financial connection between not minor players, but the president himself and the russian state. that's the thing we need to know about. and that is the thing that the special prosecutor won't probably tell us. only congress or a congressionally appointed body can. >> malcolm, final thought. >> i think this investigation is far broader than that. and david is right. it's going go down that tack. and some of the component of this will be financial. but the overarcing story here is russian intelligence interference into the election. every one of these components fits into that story, whether it's a massive quantity of money related to some financial transaction to some deal with the lifting of sanctions, or whether it was flynn being an asset that

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

mark is the outside attorney. we called the white house on this, we called kasowitz's firm, they have no comment. l be writing something on foxbusiness.com. cheryl: great stuff. charlie gasparino exclusively reporting, our very own charlie gasparino is reporting that mark is hired by president trump. well, we want to get of course the news we've been following for you since yesterday evening. i want to bring in rob o'neill, and it's -- if you would like to react to the news that charlie gasparino just supported, happy to have your voice on that. >> charlie is more of an expert on that than i am. cheryl: okay. then let's talk about soft targets. because this is where isis through internet propaganda has told followers, inspired homegrown terrorists that maybe this young man was, you know, how worried should web? we go to concerts and football games and baseball games. >> i don't like to say woied. you need to be aware of stuff, though. they're getting veryreative, and they always have. and they're looking further into the future. we as a society are. they want the soft targets. look at our reaction

you mentioned mark kasowitz being here. he's an important figure. he'll represent the president in terms of his personal identity separate from the white house and separate from the presidency. it's clear that the white house not going to take any of these attacks lying down here over the next several months. >> i want to bring in our panel lynn sweet, cnn and former cia chief of russia operations steve hall and bob bear. >> lynn, the president he didn't hold a single press conference abroad to address the russia probe or this controversy surrounding his son-in-law. but this morning he did tweet this. whenever you see the word sources say and the fake news media and they don't mention names that those sources don't exist but are madeup by the fake news writer. lynn, do you see this as yet another sign that the president is refusing to acknowledge that this is a real investigation? >> i was around covering the bill clinton scandals of a while back and one of the things that clinton white house did was take the scandals very seriously, they got counse