. >> joining us now, michael allen, former majority staff director on the committee on intelligence.larger context of the statement by the mayor, was that -- expect to see more presence in the streets as they doing what they need to do on a day after a terror attack in the city of london. taken potentially out of context the president then proceeded. the takeaway, steve, is the united states and uk coordinating the way they need to under duress, which is what we're seeing today, duress in london, an international city? >> sadly no. i find it unfortunate that the president tweeted what he did. it is a time of crisis and the adult in that case is mayor khan of london. i interviewed buddy d ddy dyer the pulse nightclub incident he said the biggest thing you can let them do is play their role, play a calming role. you don't want to walk away from the stress or try to pretend something horrible hasn't happened but let people know there will be a better tomorrow and they can work through this. in the middle of the crisis, the president of the united states amped it up and that's incredibly

let's bring in michael allen, former majority staff director of the house permanent selection committeeyou were watching that along with me here, michael, your thought on what keir was able to, if you will, get from pursuing mr. gorkov. again, mr. gorkov not wanting to answer any of keir's questions along the way. your reaction? >> well, as extraordinary reporting from keir, i think that is just the kind of thing the trump white house probably doesn't want to see on tv, which is enterprising reporters chases down russian bankers asking about the president's family. but it -- i don't know that he got any news or clarification on whether it was an economic-type meeting or political meeting or both. but we certainly saw an interesting line of inquiry that we'll hear about in the coming months. >> a big question that keir was trying to get reaction from. another point here since we are talking about russia and talking individuals from russia, that's the president vat meyladimir pu. keir was also expressing some of the reaction based on the panel that megyn kelly moderated as well as her int

. >> joining me now, michael allen who works in the bush white house and jaime who works at the statepartment and the clinton white house. jaime, first you. did the obama administration move too slow? >> yes. the administration did a lot of good things, but on this, it took too long to recognize the magnitude of the challenge. most people from the obama administration wish they would have done more. >> in defense of the obama administration, jay johnson has been out, michael. one of the things he said, basically, this is his defense on the decision making process. we were going to be seen as taking sides in the middle of an election. you have one candidate already saying that the election was rigged against them, rigged against him, that being president trump. was it is damned if you do, damned if you don't? >> maybe. i have great respect for jay johnson. this should have been seen strictly through national security limbs. i'm afraid it was a pattern of the obama administration, paralysis by analysis. this is and was so serious, they had to have seen it that way and approached russia

and michael allen, managing director of beacon global strategies.lso a former special assistant to president george w bush, as well as former staffer of the house intelligence committee. paul, the white house has not commented yet on whether or not the president will try to invoke executive privilege. given all that the president himself has already been saying, hey, james comey, you better hope i don't have tapes, can they try to do it even? is it too late? >> so the idea of the executive privilege is that the president should have a right to have private conversations about sensitive matters. courts don't always uphold that in cases of high public interest, like russiagate. so president nixon tries to assert it with regard to the watergate tapes. obama tried it in regard to the fast and furious investigation. it wasn't allowed. trump has two problems. one, the exception, if there is a compelling government interest. second, as you say, stephanie, he waived it. you can't tweet and give interviews to lester holt, talking about what comey said, and w

msnbc's chief legal correspondent, charlie sikes is a conservative commentator and msnbc contributor michael allen managing director, advisory firm on intelligence and defense matters previously he was the republican staff director on the house intelligence committee. a big thanks to all of you for being with me. >> sure. >> ari, start with you, my friend, let's talk about those tweets in a moment, but start us off with why this particular revelation about the special counsel that this is such a significant legal turning point. >> on the tweets, haters going to hate, president is going to tweet. this goes back generations. it doesn't. i think the president's twitter habit has a legal problem and exposure and you're seeing republican leaders talk about that. to the underlying issue, everything changed with this "washington post" report confirmed by nbc intelligence sources there is an open criminal inquiry to the president's conduct while in office. that is different from anything about the campaign, which is the past, and, obviously, more serious than anything about aides like mike flynn who previ

bureau, garrett make on capitol hill, in washington, former national security council official michael allene house correspondent kristen welker and white houseth reporter for "the wall street journa journal". this seems like classic campaign trump. he's pouncing on the people he feel wronged him. now we're

michael allen as well. thanks to both of you on the topic of north korea.l be covering it a lot more. i got breaking news right now, in the bronx, police are on the scene responding to an active shooting at the bronx lebanon hospital center. so far one person has been shot t. fire accident the on the scene as well. there are reports of smoke on several floors of the hospital. bronx lebanon hospital is the largest non-profit hospital in the south bronx. it's a very, very important hospital for the area, for those people in the new york area, who are familiar with it. it's on the grand concourse in the bronx. it is a private hospital. but it is a not for profit hospital primary center of care for the residence in the south bronx and in general for the bronx. we do have multiple different reports come income of gunshots at least one person shot and the fire department on seen as there are reports of smoke coming from several floors of the hospital. the new york police department has tweeted due to reports of a shooting incident at bronx lebanon hospital, avoid

i want to bring in michael allen, managing director of beacon global strategies specializing in nationality and midwin charles is an attorney from the law firm midwin charles and associates. midwin, start with you, we have heard from people like kellyanne conway who says the media pays too much attention to president trump's tweets, but the president has said over and over again, twitter is the most effective medium he uses -- he can use to circumvent in his words fake news line media and get straight to the people. assuming we're listening to the president, not what some of his associates have said in the past and they may say after this, listen, you're splitting hairs with his tweets, indulge me, walk me through this tweet and what it means to you? >> see this is the problem and this is so 2017, where we are deconstructing a tweet from the president of the united states of america. i mean we just have to kind of let that sit there for a moment of how bizarre that is. but to answer your question, what i find most astonishing about what kellyanne conway said is that sean spicer stood in

bureau, garrett make on capitol hill, in washington, former national security council official michael allen, and onset today, my friend and fellow white house correspondent kristen welker and white houseth reporter for "the wall street journa journal". this seems like classic campaign trump. he's pouncing on the people he feel wronged him. now we're getting a report on how his outside council is trying to strategize around the comey testimony. >> outside council, marc kasowitz they're preparing to file a kplaicomplaint against j comey. you're going to delve into this with pete. does it hold water or merit. was there a wrongdoing here? there's no indication that comey leaked anything that was classified. there's a question around that. to your point this is a point of a larger strategy. we're seeing the administration and president go back into campaign trail. his surrogates out on the air waves today. kelly anenn ann kon conway. >> jim comey, a career prosecutor, five years as the fbi director was so stunned that he had a one on one private conversation with the president of the united stat

bush michael allen. with us from washington, mika, vice president for third ways national security program. and a former staffer in the house intel committee. steve, i want to start with you. and ask you how potentially dramatic jim comey's testimony could be in light of what he reveals, obviously a sense these interactions were going to come under scrutiny. for him to walk out of his first meeting with president-elect trump in trump tower in december and start taking notes in his car is a pretty extraordinary new detail. >> it is. he was obviously deeply troubled. i think what's setting up tomorrow is the most consequential congressional testimony maybe in a generation. you have washington, d.c., bars are opening up early for happy hour tomorrow. it's going to be an extraordinary event. and i do think how unusual it is, and, yes, it is unethical. we're a nation of laws. the only oath that the fbi director takes is to the constitution of the united states. we don't grant or make personal statements of lo

. >> we also reached out to president trump's personal attorney michael cohen and the attorney for the trump organization allenre not aware of any instance where trump secretly recorded any conversations with anyone while he was in the private sector and they say they never saw any recording did he vices in his offices at trump tower or anywhere else. wolf? >> if there are white house tapes of the president's conversations with james comey, one key question is, does the white house have to turn them over? what are you hearing about that? >> cnn legal analyst whose a law professor at texts, if there are tapes and if their subpoenas, the white house will have to turn them over. the white house could fight that subpoena so we will see how this plays out if indeed there are tapes. there is a lot of doubt about that tonight. >> thanks very much. i'm sure this entire issue will come up tomorrow during the senate intelligence committee hearings 2:00 p.m. eastern. our special coverage of the jeff sessions testimony will begin. that's it for me. thanks very much. erin burnett out front starts now. >> breaking news. the

who has worked closely with the special counsel, robert mueller, michael zeldin, and an attorney who helped prosecute watergate, philip allen lakuvara. is there any way to definitively know whether the president is being investigated? >> no. in a word, no. the work of the special counsel should be done privately and confidentially and that the leaks are leaks and that we can see where gho, but we don't kno now that the president is under investigation for obstruction of justice because mueller hasn't said it. and until mueller says it, we don't know it. >> and as athena pointed out, jay sekulow, the president's lawyer, may not know it, either. but josh, the president made a point to mention so many times that he wasn't under investigation. he even mentions it in comey's firing letter. after trying so hard to prove that he wasn't the focus of an investigation, why tweet now that he is? >> well, it seems that the president of the united states places a lot more faith in the "washington post's" reporting than his aides do and than some of our guests do and than his lawyers do. the bottom line is he can't have it both ways. eit

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michael due cacous, al gore, john kerry and hillary clinton. and donated to republicans. including chaffetz and george allen. the special counsel potential limitless spending paid out of doj budget. and throw into the mix a prosecutor's power, writing the actual decision to charge a person with crime is almost completely unrestrained. >> most special prosecutors involved in this type of litigation would have avoided people with political tie or contributions, when you are investigating president of united states, you should be trying to avoid any questions of political bias or influence. >> special counsel offic defends the hires, noting that department policy and federal law prohibits appreciate count from taking into consideration any political -- on its hiring. >> while a second hire, andrew weisman has a reputation for aggressively turning witnesses. >> thank you. glld comin. >> we're coming back with more. stay with us. >> some republican lawmakers are occurring their august recess to make progress on president trump's agenda. >> president is forging ahead. he is in close contact with leader mcconnell o

michael schmidt, thank you. >> certainly. >> rose: stay with us. >> rose: we turn to mike allen, co-founder and executive editor of axios media. today the president said no obstruction. he basically said that he was prepared to, as i suggested, under oath for robert mueller and investigators what he has said before. so this seems to be a declaration by the president that he's prepared to meet this head on. >> it's a declaration of war, charlie, and in both words and manner, what you just quoted the president saying is fitting with their strategy and their posture. so, after yesterday's back and forth, the amazing cinematic testimony by former f.b.i. director comey, somebody sent pea text and they said, i think aaron sorkin wrote his opening statement. it was like an hbo show. so you had this memorizing testimony where people were watching it on their phones, everybody catching up with the amazing detail. he's such a great story teller down to the grandfather clock that was in the room when he was meeting with the president, and then after that, you have the president's lawyer out saying that comey had said something that was

michael aliman and suzanne demagio. we're going to start with mike. he's a senior fellow from the institute of international and strategic studies. spent time at booze, allen & hamilton. i would be remiss if i didn't add that he also has been in several thesises in arms control which i would encourage you to take a look at. his whole bio is available. and then we're going to move on to suzanne damaggio. suzanne is a director in senior fellow at the new america foundation. she has years of experience working on track two diplomatic initiatives and range of issues including nonproliferation and international security with countries like iran, myanmar and north korea. she's formally been at the asia society and most recently with pyongyang in february and she has met him next month for a dialogue. so i'll turn it over to mike to get the discussion started. >> great. thank you, kelsey. thank you to the arms control association for the opportunity to speak here today. i'm going to try to keep my comments as brief as possible and kelsey agreed to kick me if i go over my time. it will be good entertainment for tv anyway. so i want to focus on making three essenti

allen and so many of won't keep them away. >> we don't want one evil person to destroy our daily routine, our way of life. >> reporting in alexandria, michael quander, wusa 9. >>> it has been a muggy day. what will father's day be like? first alert meteorologist howard bernstein, he is the dad with the answers. >> hot and humid. even hotter than today. in the upper 80s today. i think we make low 90s tomorrow. we did have some spotty showers and storms, and first alert doppler tonight, a lot of activity in the midwest, but the activity here in the mid atlantic has pretty much diminished since earlier. other than a stray shower popping up, we will have a relatively quiet night and a muggy night. it is really humid. it is really warm. temperatures still in the upper 70s. in town. and on the bay. and leesburg, 79. germantown, 77. some of the heat index is still above the 80-degree mark. the future cast shows a fairly quiet overnight and we start tomorrow in the low and then lunchtime in the mid- 80s. spotty showers and storms here. and a couple of strong ones, west of the blue ridge. and with highs upper 80s, to low 90s. but it is going to be m

michael moore and zachary wolf. good morning, gentlemen. let's start with you and let's start with this passion natalie allen natural defense of these collusion jeff sessions. on "the washington post" lies, damn lies. do you expect democrats to turn the page now, at least from the collusion part? >> who do we start with? >> zach? >> no, i don't expect democrats to turn the page on anything after that hearing. i mean they got -- you got the fiery, you know, jeff sessions defending himself. other than that you didn't get much in the way of answers about these questions they have and questions beget more questions. i'm not looking for this to go away any time soon. >> let's listen to what the attorney general said, michael moore, about the legal justification of refusing to many answer. listen to his wording here about why he wouldn't talk about i had private conversations with the president. >> my judgment that it would be inappropriate for me to answer and reveal private conversations with the president when he's not had a full opportunity to review the questions and to make a decision. >> fair? legal? >> no, i don't think it's fair or legal.

michael schmidt, thank you so much. back in a moment. stay with us. ♪ charlie: we turn now to my gallon. allenas id he was prepared under oath for robert mueller, and investigators, what he has said before. this seems to be a declaration by the president that he is prepared to meet this head on. .> in both words and manner what you quoted the president saying is hitting with their strategy and their posture. after yesterday's back and forth, the amazing cinematic testimony by former fbi director comey, somebody sent me a text and said i think aaron sargon wrote his opening statement. you have this mesmerizing testimony where people were watching it on their phones and everybody catching up with the amazing detail. he is such a great storyteller, down to the grandfather clock that was in the room when he was meeting with the president. after that, you have the sayingnt's lawyer out that comey had said something that was untrue and accusing him of being a leader, so what i said after that is game on. to have a war. this is so surprising for us because in washington, we are used to people roundin

we will start today michael elleman, a senior fellow for missile defense at the institute for international and strategic studies. he has spent some time at booz allen hamilton the expense of the market and cooperative threat reduction programs and of be remiss if i didn't add that else's written several excellent pieces for arms control today which i would encourage you to take a look at. and if obama is available in your program. then we'll move on to suzanne dimaggio fixes and as a director and senior fellow at the new america foundation, has years of expense working on track to diplomatic initiatives and a range of issues including nonproliferation and international security. with countries like iran, myanmar and north korea. she has been at the asia society and she was most recently in pyongyang in february and she has met with the north koreans i believe just this past month and attracted ilog. siebel turned it over to mike to get the discussion started. >> great. thank you, chelsea, thank you to the arms control association for the opportunity to speak today. i'm going to try to keep my comments as brief as possible and kelsey is agreed to ki

michael ellman and suzanne dimaggio. going to start today with mike ellerman, mike is a senior fellow for missile-defense and astute for international studies area he has spent some time at allen hamilton and spent time working on cooperative threatreduction programs and i would be remiss if i didn't add he has written several excellent pieces for arms control today. i would encourage you to look at. and his full bio is available in your program . then we move on to suzanne dimaggio, suzanne is a senior fellow at the new america vision, he has years of experience working on diplomatic initiatives on a range of issues including non-percolation and international security with countries like north korea. she's at the society and she is most recently in pyongyang in february and she has been with the north koreans this past month to open dialogue. i will turn it over to mike to get the discussion started. >> great, thank you chelsea and thank you to the arms control association for the opportunity to speak here today. i'm going to try to keep my comments as brief as possible and kelsey has agreed to kick me if i go over my time. it would be good entertainment for tv, anyway. so i

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