in many ways the exchange between representative himes and mr. comey is unique. it illustrates a fundamental shift in communications and representation. the 1990's. there is an internet now. today we're in a different world. ideasentative a mosh's that the internet has changed -- on the surface appears to be accurate. numerous media reports covering elements have indicated constituents are using social media to organize and voice displeasure about a variety of issues. social media, specifically twitter, has erased traditional blocks most specifically cost and time for the flow of information between members and constituents. members can receive information correctly from followers and potentially utilize that information in real-time. provides social media constituents with a platform to engage directly with members and other constituents or followers in a virtually cost free manner. true whenarticularly the house democrats used her and facebook live to broadcast their june 2016 gun control sit in on the house floor. at that time the house was out of session so b

in the course of the question answer portion of the hearing jim himes asked mr. comey about a tweet president trump had sent during the hearing in response it was reported that mr. comey said i'm sorry i have not been following anyone on twitter while i've been sitting here. we'll come back to that in a bit while it's not unusual that a government official would be asked to respond to a statement by the president it was unusual that the president tweet was sent during the hearing and that the congressman used it as part of the question almost real-time in many ways the exchange between representative himes and mr. comey is unique. it illustrates a fundamental shift in communications and representation. this is not the 1990's. there is an internet now. today we're in a different world. representative a mosh's idea that the internet has changed -- on the surface appears to be accurate. numerous media reports covering elements have indicated constituents are using social media to organize and voice displeasure about a variety of issues. social media, specifically twitter,

in response it was reported that mr. comey said i'm sorry i haven't been following anyone on twitter while i've been sitting here. we'll come back to that in a little bit. while it is not unusual that a government official would be asked to respond to a statement by the president, it was unusual that the president's tweet was sent during the hearing and that the congressman used it as part of a question in almost real-time. in many ways, the exchange between that representative and mr. comey is unique and illustrates a fundamental shift to communications and representation. as representative justin amosh was quoted in an article, this isn't the 90s. there's an internet now. they used to be corral people much more easily. today we're in a different world. representative amosh's idea that the internet has changed the relationship between constituents and members of congress on the surface appears to be accurate. numerous media reports covering district town hall events have indicated that constituents are using social media to o

mueller, about his prerogatives as president, that is the firing of a subordinate like mr. comey. tly does mr. mueller have? i'm talking to you, must mr. mueller. exactly what questions do you have when you seek to turn this country upside down and disenfranchise the over 60 million people who voted for this president of united states? you are a plaything of the media. you are a plaything of the democrats. you are a plaything of people within the obama administration who sought from day one to take this president down. now the president of united states is not an ordinary citizen. he must protect the constitution. he has to protect the office of the presidency. he has to protect the president's prerogatives. he has to protect the separation of powers. that is what this president is doing against this rogue prosecutor! it is trump who has the white house. it is a mueller who has the black cat. and the president's lawyers should this go to court, should have a fantastic opportunity to expose mr. mueller, to question mr. mueller, to question, where does he have a constitutional power

mr. comeydifferent versions of what happened. the president says he never had a conversation with mr. comey about whether or not to take it easy on mr. flynn and mr. comey says that they did indeed have a conversation he memorialized it with a memo. do you understand what rudy was saying when he said truth isn't truth? >> no, i absolutely do. here's the problem here. the media will jump on that because they are just being grossly irresponsible and think want to nail trump to the wall. but, steve, here's the thing. the fbi can't themselves agree if truth is truth. not just about the comey meeting you are referring to but what about the mike flynn case? hey, steve, if the truth is the truth, then how come the fbi agent who told the air quotes here "truth" and said they saw no evidence of deception in mike flynn's interview. how come bob mueller turned around and charged him with lying to the fbi. i'm not playing word games when i interview you when i sense no signs of deception. wouldn't that mea

. >> in the case of mr. comey, president comey, case of president trump. >> reporter: tests revealed glioblastoma. an aggressive form of brain cancer. >> this disease has never had a more worthy opponent. >> reporter: still, the former fighter pilot returned to the senate to cast a decisive vote against a slap dash effort to repeal certain parts of obama care. and, after three-and-a-half decades in congress, he left his colleagues with an entreaty to work together. >> we are getting nothing done, my friends. we are getting nothing done. and the times when i was involved even in a modest way with working on a bipartisan response to a national problem or threat are the proudest moments of my career and by far, the most satisfying. >> reporter: a message only a maverick could deliver. nancy cordes, cbs news, washington. >>> let's take a live look at capitol hill tonight. the flag has been lowered in honor of senator john mccain. kpix5's andria borba joins us from the news room with reaction to mccain's death from pro

mr. comey's firing and mr. ump comes out russians the top-secret in regards to syria and the reason he told him not to worry about comey, he got fired. people need to step back and understand our military is not to play with. our brothers and sisters in arms' lives are not pawns. call it mccarthyism xonismk sony is a or -- ni or putinism. regardless of the words out of brennan's mouth, he is informing what he feels is not normal. we should appreciate at least there are people out here that are standing up against what is not normal. host: that is melanie in wisconsin. carol says how can one know when omarosa lies and when she tells the truth? one day she is praising the president and the next day she changes her tune. another viewer saying if top level civilian security clearances are outlawed, only outlaws will have top-level civilian security clearances. you can post your comments on facebook at facebook.com/cspan. independent line, we will hear from james in virginia. caller: you had a panel or hearing discus

. >> in the case of mr. comey> case of president trump. >> a month later, it was announced that mccain under went surgery to remove a blood clot from over left eye. >> it did indicate that there was some pathology testing to be done and suggested there was going to be a follow up. >> four days later. >> the senate maverick in american hero not fight of his life after being diagnosed with aggressive brain tumor. >> i actually was on the phone to john mccain when i heard about it. just almost he said i have chemotherapy coming up. it was very typical john mccain. let's talk about things that are more important or bigger. by the way i have this cancer i have to deal with. >> when people talk about the probabilities of this disease that he has, those are averages. he's not average. so, we're hoping and praying for the best. >> mccain under went treatment for his brain tumor. but, true to form. in october, 2017. he made his feelings about the current political climate known when he received a national constitution cent

. >> in the case of mr. comey the case of president trump -- >> a month later, it was announced mccain underwent surgery to remove a blood clot from over his left eye. >> i was unsettled. it indicated there was pathology testing to be done and suggested there was going to be a follow up. >> four days later. >> maverick hero in the fight of his life after being diagnosed with a brain tumor. >> i was on the phone to john mccain when i heard about it. almost as an aside, he said i have chemotherapy coming up. typical john mccain, talk about things that are more important or bigger. by the way, i have this pesky cancer i have to deal with. >> reporter: mccain underwent treatment for his cancer. october, 2017, he made his feelings about the current political climate known when he received a constitutional medal. >> to refuse the obligations of international leadership and our duty to remain the last best hope of earth for a half baked nationalism cooked up by people who would rather find scapegoats than solve problems

. >> in the case of mr. comeysident comey -- >> no sir. >> case of president trump. >> a month later, it was announced that mccain underwent surgery to remove a blood clot from over his left eye. >> i was unsettled by that because it did indicate there was some pathology testing to be done and there would be a followup. >> four days later. >> the senate maverick and american hero in the fight of his life after being diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. >> i was on the phone to john mccain when i heard about it, just almost as an aside. well, i have some chemo therapy coming up. so it was very typical john mccain. let's talk about things that are more important or bigger. by the way, i have this pesky cancer i've got to deal with. >> mccain underwent treatment for his brain tumor, but true to form, in october, 2017, he made his feelings about the current political climate known when he received a national constitution centers liberty medal. >> to refuse the obligations of international leadership and our duty

but of course they didn't want even to listen to us they actually misled our chief election i did mr comey to say that we are going to have a verification of the study six before we are not the result of us kept on waiting in a room only to be told that the results were already being announced when they were almost a quarter way into announcing the results something that we do not take lightly because in terms of the law we are supposed to have the verification all of the statistics that verification was not done it was done you could be mostly nocturnally it night behind katyn and of course in cahoots with zanu p.f. and we take this as a serious. it is very telling ladies and gentlemen distinguished colleagues that then election result itself was announced and the date in the dead of the night when we were having people being beaten up in the high density why depending who was as deplorable people were being beaten up just this morning i received news that one of the victims i visited yesterday died because he went for a surgery he had a bullet through his heart and they thought that they

. >> in the case of mr. comeyced that mccain underwent surgery to remover a blood clot from over his left eye. >> i was unsettled about that because there was some pathology testing to be done and suggested there was a follow up. >> four days later. >> the senate maverick and american hero in the night of his life after being diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. >> i was on the phone as i heard about it. he said well i have some chemotherapy coming up. it was very typical john mccain. let's talk about things more important or bigger. by the way i have this pesky cancer i have to deal with. >> mccain underwent treatment but true to form. in october 2017, he made his feeling about the current political climate known when he received the national constitution civil liberties medal. >> our duty to remain the last best hope of earth for the sake of some half baked, spurious nationalism cooked up by people who would rather find scapegoats than solve problems is as unpatriotic as an attachment to any other tired dog

we had this issue with mr. comey there's the perception that whether you are republican or democrat, people want this thing wrapped up. rep. quigley: if a poll told me they wanted this closed down, i would tell them it still needs to take place. this is the most important investigation of our lifetime. the reason it is taking so long is it is complicated. i always said if watergate was algebra, the russia investigation is calculus. i would tell my republican friends, the fact is the russians attacked the entire democratic process. ' boardsked into states of elections and as director comey said, they will be back. coats said the lights are breaking red -- blinking red. whether you are democrat or republican, this matters. sheri: we saw the firing of former agent peter struck from the fbi. what is your reaction to his firing, given that he had sent anti-drunk texts? -- anti-trump texts? rep. quigley: people who work for the justice department or intel community have their views. as long as they do not impact how they d

i am sure he asked about the circumstances surrounding the firing of mr. comey and the circumstances surrounding the president's tweets involving the northern general. but it's one thing which the "new york times" article puts somewhere near the bottom, and it says mr. mcghan said i never saw the president go beyond his legal authority. that's in the "new york times" account of the mcghan interview. if you look at that, he had nothing to worry about for himself or the president. arthel: what do you make of the president's reaction to all of this in real-time where it's documented as he tweets about this? >> the president has his own way of expressing himself which some of us are uncomfortable with. some of us do it in our own way. i'm not an advocate for the president. but i have to tell you i am only looking at what's in the public domain and only look at how long this has gone on, and i can understand the president's impatience after encouraging mr. mcghan and others to give interviews, after providing over a million documents. i can understand the president's

mueller's investigators a sense of the president's mindset in the days leading to the firing of mr. comey. how the white house handled the firing of former national security adviser michael t. flynn and how mr. trump repeatedly ber rated mr. sessions, tried to get him to assert control over the investigation and threatened to fire him. don mcgahn's cooperation is central to possible obstruction of justice by the president. in a follow up report after its original story "the new york times" reported that president trump's lawyers don't know how much don mcgahn told the special prosecutors. mr. trump's lawyers realized on saturday they had not been provided a full accounting after "the new york times" published an article describing mcgahn's cooperation. mr. trump's lawyers never asked for a complete description of what mr. mcgahn had said, according to a person close to the president. yesterday in what was for reasons we will get to later rudy giuliani's most spectacularly ridiculous tv interview ever, giuliani actually admitted that the trump lawyers do not know everything don mcgahn told

that happened in the hillary campaign and it was a major problem for her campaign when mr. comey tried to take into account the political import of what was going on with regard to the investigation of her e-mails and her computer systems. the result of that was a very bad thing. the answer to your question is no, he should not play politics. he should be straight up and down on the issue of the investigation and let it go where it may go. would it influence the election? perhaps it would. his job is to investigate what happened. cephallet cephallet's -- let's turn to the devastating wildfires. give us the latest on efforts to contain the blazes and how the people of your district are coping with this disaster. >> first of all, the largest fire which is in my district, the ranch fire together with the adjacent fire is huge. when they get to be that big we do not have enough equipment and personnel to surround that fire. so it continues to burn into the federal forest and into area fortunately that is not much habitation. there are few people living in that area. about 115 homes p

. >> in the case of mr. comeyt was announced that mccain underwent surgery to remover a blood clot from over his left eye. >> i was unsettled about that because there was some pathology testing to be done and suggested there was a follow up. >> four days later. >> the senate maverick and american hero in the night of his life after being diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. >> i was on the phone as i heard about it. he said well i have some chemotherapy coming up. it was very typical john mccain. let's talk about things more important or bigger. by the way i have this pesky cancer i have to deal with. >> mccain underwent treatment but true to form. in october 2017, he made his feeling about the current political climate known when he received the national constitution civil liberties medal. >> our duty to remain the last best hope of earth for the sake of some half baked, spurious nationalism cooked up by people who would rather find scapegoats than solve problems is as unpatriotic as an attachment to any oth

. >> in the case of mr. comey, you -- the president comey -- >> no, sir. >> case of president trump. >> reporter: tests revealed glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. >> this disease has never had a more worthy opponent. >> reporter: still the former fighter pilot returned to the senate to cast a decisive vote against a slap dash effort to repeal parts of obamacare. and after 3-1/2 decades in congress, he left his colleagues with an entreaty to work together. >> we are getting nothing done, my friends. we're getting nothing done. and the times when i was involved, even in a modest way with working on a bipartisan response to a national problem or threat are the proudest moments of my career and by far the most satisfying. >> reporter: a message only a maverick could deliver. nancy cordes, cbs news, washington. >> we take a live look now at the washington monument this morning. flags were lowered to half staff in honor of john mccain. >>> messages of grief have been pouring in from all points on the pol

. >> in the case of mr. comeyth later, it was announced that mccain underwent surgery to remover a blood clot from over his left eye. >> i was unsettled about that because there was some pathology testing to be done and suggested there was a follow up. >> four days later. >> the senate maverick and american hero in the night of his life after being diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. >> i was on the phone as i heard about it. he said well i have some chemotherapy coming up. it was very typical john mccain. let's talk about things more important or bigger. by the way i have this pesky cancer i have to deal with. >> mccain underwent treatment but true to form. in october 2017, he made his feeling about the current political climate known when he received the national constitution civil liberties medal. >> our duty to remain the last best hope of earth for the sake of some half baked, spurious nationalism cooked up by people who would rather find scapegoats than solve problems is as unpatriotic as an attachment

mueller, who was best friends with mr. comey. what a colossal disaster. ve known for 30 years, who is sitting this out. he shouldn't be sitting it out. these are constitutional issues. quite frankly, mr. mueller can keep hiding behind his 17 left-wing democrat owner prosecutors. where the hill is i congress? i want to know! what mr. mueller thinks he can do under the constitution, i want to know what he thinks he can do with the department of justice memos as well. >> sean: something big is coming that will blow this all out of the water. thank you for being with us. the grade one, marco van. when they come back, pastor darrell scott will join us, saying the president is probably the most pro-african-american president he had seen in his lifetime. he'll be here with daryl parks. we've got the numbers next. ♪ ♪ >> i will say this over and over because i'm really proud of it. remember, i said, what you have to lose? what do you have to lose? african-americans, so many others, i said, what you have to lose? you have high crime rates, horrible education, i wen

are you angry with mr. comey because of his russia investigation? >> i just wants somebody that's competent. i am a big fan of the fbi. i love the fbi. >> are you a fan of him taking up the investigation? >> i think that -- about the hillary clinton investigation? >> no, about the russia investigation. >> let me tell you. as far as i'm concerned, i want that thing to be absolutely done properly. when i did this now, i said, i probably maybe will confuse people. maybe i'll expand that. you know, i'll lengthen the time because it should be over w. it should have been over with a long time ago because all it is is an excuse. but i said to myself i might even lengthen out the investigation. but i have to do the right thing for the american people. he's the wrong man for that position. >> joining us now for legal analysis of what you just heard is former federal prosecutor joyce vance. and david fromm and john harwood. and joyce vance, to the legal theory that we seem to be hearing from rudy giuliani and possibly it is what we will eventually hear from t

with david is a valid one, the culture of the fbi is the problem and it was kind of spearheaded by mr. comeyp brass and there was this culture within that leadership. look at how many people have been fired, demoted, moved on and let go? their inspector general said this is a problematic culture and a started making changes. speeds and strzok was a key piece of that. >> melissa: pause there, we have more to talk about. the white house and the president blasting omarosa after secret reporting. what the president is saying about this right now. ok everyone! our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition... for strength and energy! whoo-hoo! great-tasting ensure. with nine grams of protein and twenty-six vitamins and minerals. ensure. now up to 30 grams of protein for strength and energy! you're smart,eat you already knew that. but it's also great for finding the perfect used car. you'll see what a fair price is and you can connect with a truecar certified dealer. now you're even smarter. this is truecar. >> hi, everyone, i'm dana perino. president trump is set to speak out fort drum an

mr. comey said they will be back. the fact of the matter is they never left.he russians are still attacking all our board of elections. i think individual candidates. >> okay. congressman, mike quigley, obviously something to keep our eye on. thanks for joming coming in andg us. >>> a federal judge erupts at the trump administration after it deports a mom and daughter seeking asylum. why the judge ordered the plane they were on to turn around and threaten to hold attorney general jeff sessions in contempt. that's coming up. plus, the president has long railed against what's called chain migration, but his wife's parents just got citizenship using it. so what's the difference between his in-laws and countless others? take prilosec otc and take control of heartburn. so you don't have to stash antacids here... here... or, here. kick your antacid habit with prilosec otc. one pill a day, 24 hours, zero heartburn. you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase sensimist relieves all your worst symptoms, includ

mr. mueller is highly conflicted. in fact, comey is like his best friend. i could go into conflict after conflict. sadly, mr. mueller is conflicted. let him write his report. we did nothing. there's no collusion. if he was doing an honest report, he would write it on the other side. because when you look at problems, look at what they did, including including with the russians, the other side. i can't hear you too well. turkey has been a problem for a long time. they have not acted as a friend. we will see what happens. they have a wonderful christian pastor, he is a wonderful man, pastor brunson. they made up this phony charge that he is a spy and he is not a spy. he has gone through a trial right now, if you call it a trial. they should have given him back a long time ago. turkey has, in my opinion, acted very, very badly. so we haven't seen the last of that. we are not going to take it sitting down. they can't take our people. you will see what happens. i don't talk about that now. i don't talk about that now. i think the whole manafort trial is very sad.

mr. mueller is highly conflicted. in fact, comey is his best friend. i can go into conflict after conflict. but sadly, mr. mueller is conflicted. but let him write the report. we did nothing. there's no collusion. >> reporter: "the times" reporting, quote, mr. mcgahn was also centrally involved in mr. trump's attempt to fire the special counsel, which mcgahn resisted. his cooperation with the special counsel stem from a decision by the president's first team of criminal lawyers, "the times" report. in a statement, white house press secretary sarah sanders said, quote, the president and don have a great relationship. but two senior administration officials tell abc news say the two have a frayed relationship. according to "the times," mcgahn has called the president king kong behind his back given his volcanic anger. >> tara, we don't know how his cooperation has affected the special counsel's investigation so far. but tonight, the president's lawyers are responding. >> that's right, rudy giuliani tells me that he's confident that mcgahn didn't hand over

mr. integrity, comey, i don't remember him telling this.hen under comey, best friend forever, bff robert mueller, granted a huge boondoggle project that some see for what it is. after comey took the reins, robert mueller cashed in big-time himself, started a consulting firm where he made millions of dollars representing clients he had previously doled out contracts to as the fbi director. according to this book, two of mueller's former contractors were facebook and apple. guess what? they are cooperating with the robert mueller investigation. can you say "conflict of interest"? if you think that sounds sketchy, corrupt, and a little financial incestuous behavior here, it is because it is. government officials using their status, leverage it -- and by the way, in all fairness, professional background experience, all while acting like irreproachable super patriots. remember, they knew better than us who to elect in 2016. we reached out to mueller and comey, and they did not respond. shocking. we will cover the revolving door in it detail. fir

. >> in the case of mr. comeyh later it was announced that mccain underwent surgery to remove a blood clot from over his left eye. >> i was unsettled by that because it did indicate there was some pathology testing to be done and it suggested there was going to be a follow-up. >> a few days later -- >> the senate maverick and american hero now in the fight of his life after being diagnosed with an aggressive brain tumor. >> i was actually on the phone to john mccain as i heard about it. almost as an aside he said, well, i have some chemotherapy coming up. so it was very typical john mccain. let's talk about things that are more important or bigger. by the way, i have this pesky cancer i've got to deal with. >> mccain underwent treatment for his brain tumor but true to form in october 2017 he made his feelings about the current political climate known when he received the national constitution center's liberty medal. >> to refuse the obligations of international leadership and our duty to remain the last best hope

mr. mueller is highly conflicted. in fact, comey is like his best friend. let him write his report, we did nothing, there's no collusion. >> mr. trump's claims of collusion are hogwash, because there was collusion i think in open sight. the trump tower meeting with don junior and others. >> it's a totally rigged deal. it's not us. it is a rigged witch-hunt. i've said it for a long time. >> mr. trump is motivated by whatever is in the best interests of mr. trump. he did not live up to i think what americans expect from the president of the united states. >> joining me now is msnbc white house correspondent. geoff bennett, it looks like brennan got under his skin again. >> reporter: it certainly looks that way. he's hitting back at john brennan. in doing so, the president is now suggesting, without evidence, that there is some misstep, some misdeed in brennan's past that deserves a closer look. here's the tweet in full, which you mentioned earlier. these are fighting words to be sure -- has anyone looked at the mistakes that john brennan ma ed while serves as

i was reading this morning, i do believe i read that while mr. comeym apparently. apparently they only looked at 3,000. so there does seem to be a different standard. but, mark, why is that? >> well, look, i can't say why. because i don't know the motivations. the important thing now is this has real relevance to american politics. i don't care if they would have given them both light treatments but to give one, particularly, the newly elected president from day one this kind of scrutiny of all his campaign aides, of all his associates and basically looking for crimes so that they could flip them. look what happened here with cohen. they found several million dollars of tax problems with cohen and they got him to plead to crimes that i don't even think were crimes when it comes to election law. steve: right. the news this morning as the tabloids here in new york and elsewhere, it's all about how, sounds like the guy who runs the national enquirer is getting an immunity deal so he can kind of connect some dots about were there any capture and kill situa

mueller had specifically requested to speak to mcgahn due to the circumstances surrounding james comey's firing. >> mrller is highly conflicted. in fact, comey is like his best friend. i could go into conflict after conflict. >> reporter: mcgahn's lawyers telling abc news in a statement that his client answer the special counsel's office's questions, quote, fulsomely and honestly after the president's lawyers declined to assert executive privilege over his testimony. white house sources tell abc news that mcgahn and the president have a frayed relationship. mcgahn has openly expressed his frustrations about the president and according to "the new york times," mcgahn called the president king kong because of his supposedly volcanic anger. trump's lawyer, rudy giuliani, telling abc news that he's confident mcgahn did not offer any evidence that is, quote, remotely harmful to the president. >> don mcgahn was the strongest witness for the president, meaning he completely gave testimony that said that the president didn't do anything wrong. >> reporter: this morning, president trump is lashing out against

comey is like his best friend. i could go into conflict after conflict. but sadly mr. mueller is conflict. but let him write his report. we did nothing. there's no collusion. >> comey is not his best friend. that's another lie the president likes to repeat. but he's up early this morning tweeting again about this story. publicly the white house is trying to take a ho-hum about this saying the president is cooperating, don megan is cooperating and the president callatize a fake piece and, you know, comparing don megan to john dean in nixon days. and it turns quickly into an attack on bob mueller. this has to send them jitters especially i want to read a line from william burr, don megan's attorney. the white house counsel has an attorney. declines to assert any privilege so mr. megan answered the questions fulsomely and honestly as any person interviewed by federal investigators must. >> there's another line in that piece that really stood out to me, and that is that megan is his attorney came to believe that if trump were to be investigated for obstruction, which he is now he might try to m

mr. purely -- mueller who was best friends with comey. what a disaster. mr.hind his 17 left wing democratic donor prosecutors. where the hell is congress? i want to know what mr. mueller thinks he can do under our constitution and under the department of justice memos. >> sean: when i say tick-tock. something big is coming that will blow this all out of the water. thanks for joining us? >> the great one, mark levin. scott will join us saying the president is the most pro-african-american president in his lifetime. we have the numbers next. it's the ford summer sales event and now is the best time to buy. preparing classic campfire trout. say what? trout. trout. all right. you don't think i need both? why does he have that axe? make summer go right with ford america's best selling brand. now get 0% financing for 72 months plus $1,000 ford credit bonus cash on a great selection of suv's. during the ford summer sales event, get our best offer of the season 0% financing for 72 months plus $1,000 ford credit bonus cash. 0% financing for 72 months plus i'm a fighte

mr. mueller is highly conflicted. in fact, comey is like his best friend. i could go into conflict after conflict. but sadly, mr. mueller is conflicted. but let him write his report. we did nothing. there's no collusion. if he was doing an honest report, he'd write it on the other side because when you look at criminality and you look at problems, take a look at what they did, including colluding with the russians. the other side. >> cnn's jeremy diamond joins us live from the white house. you were on the south lawn listening to the president, trying to throw questions at the president there. he's clearly energized by this fight. what else did you take away from that? >> reporter: it's true, john. it's been some weeks since the president has come over to talk to the press before boarding marine one. recently he's taken to ignoring the press and going straight up there. it was interesting to see how energized the president is about this fight and how he so closely links this issue of revoking security clearances with the mueller investigation. we saw the pres

mr. mueller is highly conflicted. james comey is like his best friend. i could go into conflict after conflict but mr. mueller is conflicted. we did nothing, there is no collusion. if he was doing an honest report , they should investigate the other side because when you look at criminality and problems, take a look at what they did, including colluding with the russians, the other side. [reporter question] trump: i cannot hear you. [reporter question] president trump: turkey has been a problem for a long time. they have not acted like a friend. ,hey have a wonderful pastor they made up a phony charge that he is a spy and he is not a spy. he is going through a trial right now, if you can call it a trial. they should have given him back a long time ago. badly.has acted very we have not seen the last of that. they cannot take our people. we will see what happens. [reporter question] trump: i do not talk about that. the whole paul manafort trial is set -- sad. it is a very sad day for our country, he worked for me for a short time but he happens to be a good

the media, social media, the justice department, james comey and even, most striking of all, perhaps, the chiefjustice of the supreme court. while mr trump was using twitter to rail against his perceived enemies, most of the nation was fixing on another image — this bipartisan scene in arizona, where mourners gathered to celebrate the life and public service of former senatorjohn mccain. so is this tweet storm an indication of stress in the white house? joining us is ab stoddard of real clear politics. what do you make of the fact i think we are up what do you make of the fact i think we are up to ii the president has tweeted and many of them about legal issues? not only the number but they we re issues? not only the number but they were more desperate in tone than usual. 15 months after giving an

mr. mueller is highly conflicted. comey is like his best friend. i could go into conflict after conflict, but sadly mr. mueller is conflicted. let him write his report. we did nothing. there is no collusion. if he was doing an honest report, he would write it on the other side. >> the president's decision to target security clearances and to take away brennan's privileges sparked intense criticism from the intelligence committee including dozens of cia officers. this morning trump defended his actions. >> i have gotten tremendous response from having done that because security clearances are very important to me. very, very important. i had a tremendous response for having done that. >> trump addressed the growing concern about a chilling effect on free speech, saying he was attempting to silence brennan. >> there is no silence. if anything, i'm giving him a bigger voice. many people don't know who he is and now he has a bigger voice. that's okay with me because i like taking on voices like that. i never respected him. i never had a lot of respect.

mr. trump never had a conversation with james comey. last year telling him to ease up on the former national security advisor michael flynn. that statement, scott, in and of itself directly contradicts comey's memo and even contradicts giuliani, what he said before on nbc news before here in the united states. what do you make of this new information? >> first of all, it's rudy giuliani's tactic. first it's like wait, it never happened and then if it happened it's normal. he did this only last week when he was talking about how it never happened that there was a meeting with the russians with a level of adviseders including donald trump into 2016, but if that meeting happened it's collusion and collusion's legal. he's done the same thing here. we know that james comey is on the record as saying that he was asked by donald trump for his loyalty. we know that that loyalty included donald trump asking, maybe not demanding but asking if he would end the investigation into michae flynn. the fact of the matter is that, you know, james comey i

mr. mueller would compare his statement with others like james comey who trump said was best friends with mueller. in that situation, the president said even if i'm telling the truth, that makes me a liar. this comes after his lawyer rudy giuliani who said the perjury trap truth isn't truth. giuliani attempted to clean that up monday saying he was referring to the classic he said/she said dilemma. a perjury conviction requires someone willfully telling a lie. >>> white house counsel don mcgahn's cooperation with mueller's team has unsettled president trump. the president approved the interview, but the president did not know the interviews stretched for 30 hours nor his own legal team did not debrief mcgahn afterwards. as to why the president let mcgahn to talk investigators? the trump legal team did not have a strong legal case to stop it and they thought it fit with strategy of cooperating with the probe. >>> the white house still could seek to prevent details in mcgahn's testimony by coming out by exerting executive privilege. the president in full attack mode on monday with tweets. d

mr. mueller is highly conflicted. in fact, comey is like his best friend. could go into conflict after conflict. host: former cia director john brennan responded to president trump taking his security clearance last night on the rachel maddow show on msnbc. [video clip] "washington journal [no audio] >> [no audio]n journa host: let's go to marry. -- mary. caller: i'm calling from detroit. usr.o and good morning, that's what we are turning into, a banana republic. host: let's go to john calling from palm springs, california. john, good morning. caller: good morning. we are losing a lot of intelligence experience from both parties for many, many decades. i think this is a very bad idea that we remove security clearances just for political revenge. host: thank you, john. let's go to emily calling from san francisco, california. good morning, annalee. -- good morning, emily. caller: hello. i'm very pleased with this president. i think this is a good way to respectinging back some for the fbi. brennan has expanded the cia into this. i didn't feel they were inclu

mr. mueller is highly conflicted. in fact, comey is like his best friend. ould go into conflict after conflict. sadly, mr. mueller is conflicted."airing old grievances over the russia probe, the president is also defending his new actions to revoke former c-i-a director john brennan's security clearance.he denied suggestions he was trying to silence his critics.president trump:"there's no silence. if anything i'm giving him a bigger voice. many people don't even know who he is. now he has a bigger voice. that's ok with me because i like taking on voices like that." speaking about his decision for the first time, the president insisted he was getting high praise for his move to retaliate on brennan and review the security credentials of nine others. president trump:"i have gotten tremendous response from having done that because security clearances are very important to me. very, very important."but that overlooked one key fact - that some of the nation's most decorated intelligence officers -- serving in republicans and democratic administrations ... admonis

mr. mueller is highly conflicted. in fact, comey is like his best friend. nflict after conflict, but sadly mr. mueller is conflict. but let him write his report. we did nothing. there's no collusion. but if he was doing an honest report he would write it on the other side. >> all right. so in another series of tweets yesterday, president trump insisted that white house lawyer don mcgahn isn't a rat and referenced the white house watergate era attorney that turned on richard nixon. he tweeted, "the new york times" wrote a fake piece implying the white house council don mcfwan was giving hours of testimony to the special counsel. i allowed him and all others to testify. i have nothing to hide. i have demanded transparency so this rigid witch hunt can come to a close. mccarthyism at its worse. yet mueller and his gang of dems refuse to look at crimes on the other side. media is even worse. he wrote, i still have trouble using the title mr. president for someone installed by putin. i doubt you have any idea what mcgahn told mueller. teen was white house counsel

mr. trump, did you ask director comey to lay off michael flynn? answers to that question. if the president says, no, i didn't, i will bet mr. mueller can prove that to be a false answer. and if the yesterday says, yes, i did, what would support arguably an obstruction of justice charge. so, i don't think the president will answer any questions in any form, orally, written, or any other way. >> but, kathleen, rudy giuliani says the negotiations continue. so what do they look like? why is it taking so long, and do you see an end point here? how much of this can go on? >> well, i think that trump's lawyers think it their interest and his interest to keep those negotiations going on as long as possible. those negotiations are taking place in the shadow of legal precedence, indicating that presidents can be compelled to cooperate with a criminal investigation as former presidents nixon and clinton found out in their own experiences. so, while there isn't precedent requiring, or a court sustaining a subpoena requiring a president to testify before a gra