translation: now i give the floor to his excellency, the president of the united states of america and, mr donald trump, the floor is yours, sir. —— the president of the united states of america, mr donald trump, the floor is yours, sir. thank you. i would like to thank king solomon for his extraordinary words and the magnificent kingdom, saudi arabia, for hosting today's summit. i am honoured to be received by such gracious hosts. i have always heard about the splendour of your country. on the kindness of your citizens. but words do not do justice to the grandeur of this remarkable place. and the incredible hospitality you have shown us. from the moment we arrived. he also hosted me in the home of the founder of the kingdom who united you great people. working alongside another beloved leader, american president franklin roosevelt, king abdulaziz began the partnership between our two countries. king solomon, your father would be very, very proud to see that you are continuing his legacy. and just as he opened the first chapter of our partnership today we begina new chapter of our partnership today we

mr. blessings donald trump, the president of the united states of america. your majesties, your ,xcellency's, your highnesses leaders of both arab and muslim worlds, please allow me to welcome his excellency, our friend, mr. donald trump, the ,resident of the united states in a historic, unprecedented visit that is held at a time of paramount importance and extreme danger. our meeting with the president of the united states, a country unprecedented relations with many of our countries in bodies his interest .n deepening cooperation it also signifies that our arab and muslim countries are , whoseng today population exceeds 1.5 billion important partners in fighting the forces of extremism and terrorism as well world stability and peace. his excellent the death his excellency has many hopes and aspirations for cooperation with the arab world. as we thank his excellency, i appreciate his participating. we would like to confirm our pleasure and appreciation for his choosing the country of asdi arabia and your summit the first foreign trip and participation which

mr. president, donald trump, thank you for working to achieve peace between the palestinians and the israelis. mr. president, i extend my hand to you in welcome on this noble mission. [applause] pres. trump: thank you very much. as president of the united states, on behalf of the people of the united states, i would like to begin by offering my prayers to the people of , and the united kingdom. i extend my deepest condolences to those who were terribly in this terrorist attack, and to the many killed in the families, so many families of the victims. we stand and absolute solidarity with the people of the united kingdom. so many young, beautiful, innocent people, living and enjoying their lives, murdered by evil losers in life. monsters, call the because they would like that term. they would think that is a great name. i will call them, from now on, losers, because that is what they are. they are losers. we will have more of them. but they are losers, destroy member that. -- just remember that. this is what i have spent the last few days talking about during my trip overseas, our society shoul

mr. donald trump. and i know he can be easily influenced by donald trump. you know, i know donald trump and that everybody knows what he does and lieberman representing him -- host: caller i will leave it there. do you know the ties between where joe lieberman works now and the president? guest: i do not have a lot of detail, but my understanding is he is associated with the law firm that did legal work for the president. it is not my practice to shirk my responsibility, but twitter june to make your case to your senators. they are the ones who do constitutionally get to sign off and consent on the fbi toointment, so again, not weasel out from under responsibility, but the constitution says it is up to the senators and i wondered you to express your opinion. host: that caller might be interested in the washington post headline that bob mueller faces ethics review. it goes to what you were talking about. for the past three years, mr. miller has been a partner whose attorneys represent donald trump, his daughter, his son-in-law and participates in matters inv

mr. donald trump's dialogue? >> i think it's hard to assess by looking at the audience, it's sort of a staid place, it's not a place for wild cheering and you don't get much out of these foreign leaders, especially in saudi arabia. it's going to be viewed through the prism of look we had bad relations with the united states in the last administration, president trump is here for his first visit, he comes bearing gifts, he's offering a hand of friendship. he's not saying everything we want to hear him say in terms of democracy in the region. but president trump said it was principled realism, for a lot of peoplifying to figure out how to make sense of all this, this is a little hint. >> president donald trump talked about the declaration, a signed grooirmt that these country also commit to not to assign money to terrorists. >> he had to say it, he had to go there and it is a problem, there are private saudis, private arabs in the gulf who look at these conflicts in syria and iran as existential -- if you want to s

mr. donald trump. the floor is yours, sir. >> thank you. i would like to thank king solomon for his extraordinary words and the magnificent kingdom of saudi arabia for hosting today's summit. i am honored to be received by such gracious hosts. i have always heard about the splendor of your country and the kindness of your citizens, but words do not do justice to the grandeur of this remarkable place and the incredible hospitality you have shown us from the moment we arrived. you also hosted me in the treasured home of king abdul-aziz, the founder of the kingdom who united your great people. working alongside of another beloved leader, american president franklin roosevelt, king abdul-aziz began the enduring partnership between our two countries. king solomon, your father would be very, very proud to see that you are continuing his legacy. and just as he opened the first chapter of our partnership, today we begin a new chapter that will bring lasting benefits to all of our citizens. let me now also extend my deep and heart felt gratitude to

mr. donald trump took action under the recommendation of the attorney general and ag. the reason for the firing. comey's handling of the remail case t on more than one occasion. >> it took a lot of guts i really disagreed with him. i was not his fan but tell you what, what had he did, he brought back his reputation. he brought it back. he's got to hang tough because a lot of people want him to do the wrong thing. what he did was the right thing. >> not mentioned in the president's letter were any supporting documented released friday the white house the russian investigation into thep election. investigatations that deputip attorney says should be shut down. >> i think firing doesn't effect anything at all in any capacity. the bigger point is what are she going to let it go, it's going on nearly a year, it's getting su heard it time and time again, in the testimonies earlier this week, for the last eleven months there is no there. it's time to move on. >> overnight reaction from washington against the ousting was swift and fierce. >> mr. president, with all due respect

your excellency mr donald trump, the president of the united states of america, your majesty ‘s, youre to welcome you to your second country, the kingdom of saudi arabia. leaders of both the arab and muslim worlds, please allow me to wellcome his excellency, president donald trump, the leader of the united states, in a historic unprecedented summit which is held ata time unprecedented summit which is held at a time of paramount importance and extreme danger. 0ur meeting with the president of the united states, a country which has deep and friendly relations with many of our countries. there is interest and keenness on deepening coordination in different fields. it also signifies that our arab and muslim countries that are gathering today, and whose number is 55, and his population exceeds 1.5 billion people, or important partners in fighting the forces of extremism and terrorism as well as in achieving world security, stability and peace. his excellency has many hopes and inspirations for cooperation with the arab and muslim worlds. as we thank his excellency and appreciate his attend

mr trump took office. now an explosive accusation from the new york times — that the day after mr flynn's dismissal, donaldey, to drop the flynn investigation. those were the president's words, according to a note, which the paper says mr comey wrote directly after the meeting. and there is james! despite public shows of support, relations between donald trump and mr comey were strained over the fbi investigations into mr flynn — and alleged russian interference in the us election. investigations mr comey insisted would continue. the fbi, as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. mr comey was fired by the president last week, but washington has been astounded by the existence of the note he apparently made after their earlier meeting. a meeting which vice president mike pence was reportedly asked to leave. in a week full of revelation after revelation, on a day when we thought things couldn't get any worse — they have. only 2a hours ago, president trump justified sharing sensitive intelligence information wi

mr. donald trump. the floor is yours, sir. >> thank you. i would like to thank king salman for his extraordinary words and magnificent king dam of saudkingdom ofsaudi arabia fs summit. i am honored to be received by such gracious hosts. i have always heard about the splendor of our country and kindness of your citizens, but words do not do justice to the grandure of that remarkable place, and incredible hospitality you have shown us from the moment we've arrived. you also hosted me in the treasured home of king abdul-aziz. the founder of "the kingdom" who united your great people. working alongside of another beloved leader, american president franklin roosevelt. king abdulla abdul abdul-aziz be partnership between your two countries, king salman, your father would be very, very proud to so that you are continuing his legacy. and just as he opened the first chapter of our partnership, today we begin a new chapter that will bring lasting benefits to all of our citizens. let me now also extend my deep and heartfelt gratitude to each and every

mr. donald trump. but they will be able to meet later on this year in the philippines, but it's worth repeating and pointing out to our viewer, duterte and kim jong-un are not the only leaders he's been praising, he's been praising president xi of china and he's been reported as saying flattering things about vladimir putin. >> joining us now is our panel. christiane, it's one thing to be saying you would be open to meeting kim jong-un, or duterte, they're different lieaders, but kim jong-un, to argue that he's brought his country forward, there's argument that he's brought his country backwards. >> to be honest with you, ever since kim jong-un came to power, which is five years ago, almost to this last week or so, he's managed to cement himself in power with almost unprecedented violence. there's the famous story of how he potentially with a aaa anti-aircraft gun mowed down the military chief, and other opponents. so, yes, he has cemented his rule by this incredible fear and violence. and even the pre

days after sacking the fbi director, donald trump issued his own warning to mr comey on social media,y have recorded their meetings. days after sacking the fbi director, donald trump issued his own warning to mr comey on social media, appearing to suggest he may have recorded their meetings. the white house has emphatically denied that mr trump asked the fbi to stop any investigation. the president still has plenty of support in congress, and especially outside of washington. and backing from the most unlikely source today when vladimir putin said donald trump wasn't being allowed to govern. the house speaker paul ryan said facts were needed and reminded reporters that a number of official investigations were underway. look, there has been a lot of reporting lately. i think that requires close examination. let me tell you what i told our members just this morning. we need the fa cts . just this morning. we need the facts. it is obvious, there are some people out there who want to harm the president, but we have an obligation to carry out our oversight regardless of which party is in t

mr. donald trump, not president trump. on impeachment, i think he can use white house counsel.d of political attack on the presidency itself. what concerns me a little bit is we're now getting leaks of lawyer/client privileged information. if i were preparing for a client and somebody leaked it to the press, i would be outraged. where are the civil libertarians? the first casualty of partisan politics is that civil liberties takes a back seat. i will focus on these issues wherever the chips may fall. sometimes it will hurt trump. sometimes it will help trump. the aclu has neglected their role. civil libertarians have to speak up. there are concerns here about what's going on. there are legitimate areas to investigate. we have to distinguish between bad conduct politically and what is impeachable conduct, what is criminal conduct. >> what about that, charles? >> there are different kinds of leaks happening here. there's this client/attorney privilege stuff that i think -- that should not be leaked. i think that you could -- people inside the white house are people with knowledge

mr. donald trump, not president trump. on impeachment, i think he can use white house counsel.hat is a kind of political attack on the presidency itself. what concerns me a little bit is we're now getting leaks of lawyer/client privileged information. if i were preparing for a client and somebody leaked it to the press, i would be outraged. where are the civil libertarians? the first casualty of partisan politics is that civil liberties takes a back seat. i will continue to focusn these civil liberties issues wherever the chips may fall. sometimes it will hurt trump. sometimes it will help trump. the aclu has neglected their role. civil libertarians have to speak up. there are concerns here about what's going on. there are legitimate areas to investigate. we have to distinguish between bad conduct politically and what is impeachable conduct, what is criminal conduct. >> what about that, charles? >> there are different kinds of leaks happening here. there's this client/attorney privilege stuff that i think -- that should not be leaked. i think that you could -- people inside the

mr. trump, donald trump for 15 years. >> yep. >> eric: you don't think he is going to cancel the press briefingt and mouse game. if you have known him for as long as we have this is what he does with people. it's a bit of a challenge. the media gets back on heels and the rest of the people watching this that's a great idea. we would love to seat president out there every other week. they wouldn't be able to probably, you know, push back as much as they maybe do against huckabee or sean spicer ohio think have done a very good job, especially under the circumstances. but the press should be celebrating about this. if i'm in the press, you're going to get the president himself every other week? remember back during obama, we would go several months without a press conference with the president. i think there was one point like 11 months or 10 months if my memory serves me correct. >> eric: correct. >> getting donald trump out there every two weeks would be a dream. the press shouldn't be pushing back. >> eric: they are becoming rock stars themselves the press briefing room jonathan carl. >> thrush

mr. donald trump, and the prime minister of the state of israel, mr. benjamin netanyahu. trump, donald, sarah and i are absolutely delighted to welcome you and he land ya to the -- melania to the prime minister's residence in jerusalem. the eternal capital of the jewish people, the united capital of the i jewish state. today, mr. president, to the western wall, one of the holiest sites of judaism. you've been to the church of the holy she pullture, one of -- she pull cur. we protect the christian sites as no one else does anywhere in this region. we protect christian sites, muslim sites, obviously, jewish sites. we're committed to the freedom of all faiths and to the rights of all. mr. president, i appreciate the fact that you went to the western wall, and you're the first acting president who's done that. the people of israel applaud you for it. [applause] we had a terrific discussion today, and when i say "terrific," it encompasses everything. we can talk about deregulation, we can talk about economics. i think we quote each other. we understand each other and so much of

donald trump. he said that mrtrump taken place with donald trump. he said that mraid that michael flynn was a good guy and i hope you can let this go. as i mentioned, james comey was sacked last week in pa rt james comey was sacked last week in part because of donald trump's dissatisfaction over the way he was handling the investigation into alleged russian links between the trump campaign. and now the senate minority leader has issued a strongly worded statement. she said that if these reports carried in the new york times are true, the president's brazen attempt to shut down the fbi's investigation of michael flynn is an assault on the rule of law that is fundamental to oui’ rule of law that is fundamental to our democracy. at best, mr trump has committed a grave abuse of executive power and, at worst, he has obstructed justice. so there will now be called, i think, for memos to be produced, tapes to be produced and if the parties involved are unwilling, those materials could be subpoena. we're staying across this story, and you can pick up the very latest by hea

trump fired mr. flynn. comey did send copies to the fbi leadership. the white house says that is not accurate. in a statement that was emailed, the white house says donaldmp has never asked mr. comey or anyone else to end any investigation. it is not a truthful or accurate portrayal. that memo was a conversation between the president and mr. comey. the politicians have been coming out in full force. on both the republican and the democratic side. senator lindsey graham of south carolina said this -- >> if mr. comey is alleging the president did something , he should tell us about it. i don't want to read a memo, i want to hear it from him. ramy: he does not want to read any memo. he wants to hear from the fbi director himself. there have been suggestions that they will be calling for a subpoena for that memo, but also they will be wanting to hear from mr. comey himself. senator democrat side, chuck schumer from new york said he was shaken by the report in the "new york times." many other democratic senators also saying that this is proof of evidence of obstruction of justice and this is unimpeachable -- on -- an impeachable offense. also calling for an

the philippine star shows president rodrigo duterte on the phone with donald trump. mrrump has invited mr duterte to visit the white house. officials say they also talked about the threat posed by north korea. ‘facebook must pay to police the internet‘. that's also in the daily telegraph, which has a uk parliamentary committee criticising social media firms for how they address offensive online material. the committee looks at fines for companies that don't censor illegal posts quickly. and it's a case of writer's block in la la land, in the financial times. hollywood is bracing for a possible writers‘ strike, as they seek a new deal with big studios. the last strike, in 2008, cost the california economy an estimated $2.5 billion. so, let's delve into those stories. we have nina with us from the wall streetjournal. let's start with this final week of campaigning in france. there is danger that some people are being turned off by both candidates. which is, i guess, a striking development to see that in the end you could see candidates not making votes with young voters o

the philippine star shows president rodrigo duterte on the phone with donald trump. mrt posed by north korea. ‘facebook must pay to police the internet‘. that's also in the daily telegraph, which has a uk parliamentary committee criticising social media firms for how they address

mr trump took office. now an explosive accusation from the new york times — that the day after mr flynn's dismissal, donaldector, james comey, to drop the flynn investigation. "i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go." those were the president's words, according to a note, which the paper says mr comey wrote directly after the meeting. and there is james! despite public shows of support, relations between donald trump and mr comey were strained over the fbi investigations into mr flynn — and alleged russian interference in the us election. investigations mr comey insisted would continue. the fbi, as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. mr comey was fired by the president last week, but washington has been astounded by the existence of the note he apparently made after their earlier meeting. a meeting which vice president mike pence was reportedly asked to leave. in a week full of revelation after revelation, on a day when we thought things couldn't get any worse — they hav

mr. willie nilly donald trump they approve all these pipelines, just here, approve this, approve this. the fact is they approved more pipelines than there is oil. same in north dakota. they have more pipelines than oil. so big reports between approving the keystone xl permits to go ahead, the ambridge line three and one in eastern canada and mr. trump approved 2 billion barrels more than needed for the pipelines. no guarantee that oil will come out of there, one because the price of oil is low and two because it is dirty oil. >> why would you approve more pipeline than you have oil? that's beyond greed to me. >> it is beyond sfgreed and bad mouth and absolutely no context so we're saying what you need to do america is clean up your mess. right now they're saying 15 to 25% of the oil we're getting in these pipelines we're wasting it, it's blowing off in these different places we need to clean the pipelines that are here and not abandon them and not build new ones. i told you about the math in north dak if you want energy self sufficientry you need to be like germany last weekend produce

that is not to say that mr trump has done anything wrong, but there are profound and pressing about his conduct. let's start by considering the last eight days. last tuesday donalded fbi directorjames comey. mr trump said he was doing a bad job. he was also in charge of the fbi investigation into collusion between the trump campaign team and russia. the next day mr trump met russia's foreign minister and the russian ambassador to the us. fast forward to monday and the washington post published this article. it alleged donald trump shared classified information in that meeting. and that intelligence officials were shocked and concerned at what the president had done. the next morning, donald trump confirmed information had been shared — but said it was appropriate. while that political maelstrom played out, the new york times entered the fray yesterday. its story claimed a memo written byjames comey after a meeting with the president details mr trump saying, "i hope you can let this go". that is referring to the investigation into michael flynn. that is with reference to these flynn investigation. allegedly asking for an investigation to be let go. the white hous

mr. president and dear friend donald trump, it's my pleasure to welcome you here and receive you as the great guests of our people here in bethlehem. the birthplace of jesus. peace be upon him from which the message of love, peace, and has spread out all across the globe. allow me at the beginning condemn the horrible terrorist attack that occurred in manchester city. the british city of manchester. leaving tens of casualties and innocent people. i do offer my warm condolences to the prime minister of britain. families of victims, and the british people. your excellency, meeting you in the white house early this month has given us and our palestinian people and also giving all the nations across the region so much hope and optimism of the possibility to make true a dream, long awaited dream and ambition, and that is lasting peace. our palestinian people, their freedom and independence is the key to peace and stability we have in the world so that the children of palestine and israel enjoy safe, stable, and prosperous futures. i would like to reiterate your excellency, mr. president, our commi

mr. donald trump is in g7 at sicily where he will be meeting with theresa may, chancellor angela merkel,he new french president. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ francine: donald trump at the g7 in sicily, a day after he scolded eu leaders over defense spending at nato. the election campaign resumes in the aftermath of the manchester attack. considers changing its a to curbrmul currency switch. a lot to get through. the pound dropping the most in seven weeks as traders try to curb out their exposure. tom: we have a lot to talk about. i would note china, which day after day has currency agitation. yuan going to the best week since january. taylor: president trump in sicily for what could be an awkward group of seven summit. they disagree on trade and climate change. it is believed the others will not gang up on president trump, they will focus on terrorism and commony, where there is ground. according to "the washington post" investigators are looking into meetings jerod kushner had with the russian ambassador and a banker from moscow. one of his lawyers will share what he knows about the meeting.

you could just see mrs may behind donald trump. was keen to lead the line against terrorism. mrs may urged leaders to do more against online extremism, to get web companies to identify and block harmful content, to alert authorities. she wanted action against terrorists stepped up. today, g7 leaders havejoined britain in condemning this barbaric act of violence. prime minister, what do you say to those that argue that british let's be very clear on peace funding that we have protected counter—terrorism police funding. we've increased the funding for our security and intelligence agencies and we continue to provide them with the support they need. i've been here fighting terrorism. at the same time, jeremy corbyn has said terror attacks in britain are our own fault andi attacks in britain are our own fault and i want to make one thing very clear. there can never, ever be an excuse for terrorism. no—one imagines there are easy answers to terrorism, here at this summit or anywhere else. as party campaigning resumes, the differences are

former fbi chief robert mueller will also look into allegations of collusion between donald trump's campaign and moscow. mroing on between his team and moscow. richard galpin has the details. these are the darkest days so far for donald trump whose brief, chaotic tenure at the white house is being engulfed by allegations of inappropriate links with russia. if you would please rise? so much so that a former fbi director robert mueller has been called in to read the growing investigation into the allegations. is seen as an independent outsider and has been welcomed by both democrats and republicans. it is a very positive development and evidence the administration is taking this seriously, good news.” administration is taking this seriously, good news. i don't believe it was necessary. having said that, if there has to be a special counsel, they made an excellent choice. at the root of all this is the alleged collusion between trump's campaign team and russian officials during and after last yea r‘s russian officials during and after last year's us election. in february, trump's national—security adviser mic

donald trump accepted the recommendations. there are no sugarcoating these words. you are hereby terminated and removed from office effective immediately. what does this say of mrelationship with intelligence agencies? it says the relationship is fraught and it always has been. donald trump has chosen offered to act as though he does not believe what they are telling him. russian interference in the election being a classic example of that at where it gets politically awkward and potentially sticky for the president is it that james comey was the man charged with investigating the links between the trump campaign and russia. he said giving evidence in a few weeks ago that there were links and they would be investigated thoroughly. donald trump has always insisted they are fake news. the attorney general has had to recuse himself from the investigation because of his links with russia and not having given complete information at his confirmation hearing into his appointment so you now have the situation where the man in charge of the investigation is being removed from the investigation by the people who have most to lose from it. donald trump has all was insist

mr. trump and donald hases, president of the european council. face-to-face has been dubbed the clash of the donalds because he has been critical of the president trump, in a january letter, he warned eu members that the trump administration harsh rhetoric was a treat to europe and puts the last 70 years of american foreign policy in question. fight begins isis is expected to be one of the key topics to day. >> nato joining the isis coalition we do think that would be a really important step for them to take. they have an observer. >> reporter: thousands took to the streets of the us before tolls protest president trump 's visit many slamming the muslim ban and mr. trump's plan to build the wall along the mexican border. activist are planning more protest is today. hanna daniels for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> former president barack obama is also in europe, this is a live picture he is in berlin making a joint appearance with angela merkel. obama's visit is part of the german protestant church assembly commemorating 500th anniversary of the prot

>> i mean, i just have one piece of advice for donald trump. mr. trump, crack a book. i mean, seriously. there's no other piece of advice that anybody can give him. he is the president of the united states, and when he says ridiculous statements like this, it betrays his complete and total ignorance when it comes to history, but worse than that, john and poppy, i think it really signifies how uninterested and i think disdain that he has for people who really are not just historians, but experts in public policy and in politics and in everything that you need to know to actually learn to govern and be able to run a country. he needs to go back to the drawing board. yes, i think it's too late, which is why, you know, the majority of americans did not support him. we knew that he had this disdain for knowledge and lack of curiosity that makes him completely inept for this job. >> all right, let's talk about the now and what is going to affect millions of americans' lives and livelihoods. lynn sweet, on this gop/house health care plan, gary cohn, one of the top guys in the

i will give you another example, yesterday the circuit of the donald trump, members of his team said donald trump had to fire mrmey because of the fbi is so important an organization and mr. comey had almost no support within the fbi so for that reason we need a new start. we need somebody else who is going to be the director of the fbi. and today there was a this hearing in the senate and the acting director of the fbi that no, this is not true. comey enjoys huge support within the fbi. so what is true? we get a lot of contradicting information coming out of the white house and this hurts the credibility of the donald trump. brent: president trump said that he fired comey to expedite the investigation into russian election interference but hasn't the decision invited even closer scrutiny? >> right. this is completely true. he probably hoped that when he is going to fire comey that democrats who do not like comey, that they are going to applaud. but they are going to say this decision is ever do but this is not true. it's true that the democrats said and hillary clinton's the reason why she lost the election wa

trump campaign and its relationship with russia. host: with that being said, back to your piece in politico, the friday cover a shot of mr. comey and mr. mueller. what donald trump needs to know about bob mueller and jim comey. the subhead says the two men who could bring down the president have been preparing their entire lives for this moment. guest: this is, as i said, what they do. they have worked as federal prosecutors, as federal investigators, the head of the most prestigious federal law-enforcement agency in the united states for almost their entire careers. this is territory that is very familiar to them and very unfamiliar to donald trump and many of the people around him , who do not have much history with the way that these scandals can unfold in washington. i will say i think one of the most interesting things in this is that because of the deep respect and reputation that bob mueller has in washington, the good news for president trump is if there is no there there, if this is all a strange case of odd coincidences and misunderstandings, bob mueller might be the only person in america who could come out, declare donald trump and his associat

trump and mrs. sarah netanyahu. [applause] -- and mrs. sara netanyahu. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states donald j. trump and the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu. [applause] prime minister netanyahu: ladies and gentlemen, this museum tells the story of israel. mr. speaker, you have just gone through a fast pace visit through our past, our present, and we work together to fashion the future. here you can see hebrew text of the bible that are 2,000 years old. you can see the coins that bear witness to nearly 4,000 years of our presence in this land. you can see the candles we lit, the synagogues we prayed in during our long exile, but the story of israel is not simply the story of the passion. it's the story of a nation borne of a barron land brought back to life, of an ancient language revised, of an exiled people returned, of jewish sovereignty restored. we have a saying, mr. president, the people of israel lives -- the state of israel lives on, alive at ever. a thriving democracy, a powerful army, innovative, free economy and a proud, resilient people. mr. president, over the years isra

mr. comey made small talk about the election and crowd sizes at mr. trump's rallies. the president turned the question to whether mr. comey would pledge his loyalty to him. pledge his loyalty. donald trump is saying he never said that. how confident are you in your sources that they're the ones telling the more truthful version of this story, donald trump asked for loyalty, donald trump, not james comey, asked to have this dinner? >> well the folks that i spoke to, mr. comey's associates said mr. comey had told them about this at the time and mr. comey was very concerned about it. this was not something they learned about after the fact. even another friend contacted me today to talk about other examples that mr. comey was really concerned about the way that this loyalty question sort of overshadowed his time working for mr. trump and he really felt that mr. trump was never really able to get past that. >> president trump criticized director comey during his interview with lester holt. let's take a look. >> he's a showboat. he's a grandstander. the fbi has been in turmoil. you know that, i know that. everybody knows that. you take a look at the fbi a year ago, it was in ver cull t

donald trump testified expectations once again and fired mr. comey. host: they talked about needing a fresh start at the fbi in the wake of james comey's handling of the clinton investigation last year. was they were time last year that you recall before his firing? guest: i like many people thought he mishandled the intervention into the hillary emails 11 days before the election. that was an appropriate, but it never occurred to me that a sitting president, barack obama, would fire him over that. and donald trump seems to be very pleased with the way the investigation turned out. many people believed comey's intervention and the presidency the mr. trump. host: did you get a sense there is a lack of confidence in this country in the fbi? that the trusted and broken? host: not guest: not really. i think of it as political football. i think people who are critical of mr. comey handling of the hillary clinton emails that saw him as asserting appropriate independence in the handling of the russian investigation. you can flip that reaction to likinger par

mr. comey, the revelation that donald trump give secrets to russian officials. reports that he tried to interfere into the investigation. how damaging is all of this for the president? >> i do think there is any question, but a number of serious issues have been raised by these incidents involving the possible violations of law. whether it relates to the flynn investigation or the comey oring, the issue of whether not the president released classified information to a foreign adversary, all of those are issues that need to be investigated. the deputy attorney general did appoint bob mueller to act as special counsel in this issue. that is of some comfort to all of us in this country. katty: mr. panetta, it looks like mr. trump protected mr. flynn, put him in as national security advisor, out of some sense of loyalty. he felt he had a right to interfere into the probe by firing mr. comey and putting some kind of pressure on mr. comey, not to investigate mr. flynn. does this raise questions for you about what -- not whether there is some nefarious deal between the

mr. buchanan, what do you think donald trump's attitude should be toward the special prosecutor? >> an independent console or special prosecutor, no. the fbi is investigating an intelligence failure, intelligence breach the united states. if a crime is discovered by the fbi and it affects people high in the trump administration or in the campaign, i think then you talk about who's going to prosecute it. unless and until you get a crime, this is the point i've been trying to make, they've had ten months of this. please give us somebody who colluded with putin. they can't come up with a single name. >> kat: and getting a sense you might disagree. >> the fbi was just decapitated, so it's going to be hard for them to produce evidence. it looks like the fbi -- >> eric: why? they have 150 agents working on this. trying to prove collusion. >> you and i don't know what the fbi knows. >> mark, we do know. clapper said there is no collusion. >> i have a tremendous amount of respect for you. >> the cia said -- >> you are a political legend. do you buy for a minute that the white house let c

and donald trump has defied expectations once again and fired mr. coming. host: president trump and attorney general session's explanation talked about a fresh start at the fbi and the wake of james comey's handling of the clinton investigation last year. was there a time last year that you ever called for comey's firing? guest: i, like many people, thought that he mishandled the intervention into the hillary emails 11 days before the election. that was inappropriate, but it never occurred to me that sitting president barack obama would fire him over that. donald trump seem to be very pleased with the way the investigation turned out. many people believe that come these intervention and effect -- comey's intervention in effect handed the presidency to mr. trump. host: do you think there is a lack of confidence in the fbi that that trust have been broken? guest: not really. [laughter] i think it was a political football depending on which side you are on. people who were critical of mr. comey for the handling of the hillary clinton emails saw him serving of t

donald trump? caller: yes. i did vote for mr. trump. believe he has the possibility of being the greatest president we ever had. if these things keep going on, that won't happen. host: a sparse fixing that, is this more work -- as far as fixing that, is it more work in the administration, in the congress, what do you think? caller: if i was president trump , when this bill passed my desk, i would veto it. host: the governmentneeds a good shutdown is the president's thinking. randy in alabama. good morning. good morning, pedro. i found understand how anyone could think shutting down the government is a good idea. republicans really want the federal government. thank you, very much. host: if you want to give us your thoughts on the president's tweet suggesting the country needs a good shutdown, (202) 748-8000 for democrats. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. (202) 748-8002 for independents. on, work by goes republican leadership on capitol hill is taking place to get support for the american health care act, the replacement to the affordable

video here on the other side of the screen, this video of the president of egypt beside donald trump earlier. we saw mrtrump with leadership from qatar. we are watching these clips come in from riyadh, saudi arabia, many visits with leadership there. so we'll continue to show you these video clips as they come into our newsroom. but thank you for your insight. we will stay in touch with you as well. >> now, donald trump continues to go through the bilaterals going on in saudi arabia. back in walk the political turmoil caused be i the firing of fbi director james comey, no, you guessed it, no signs of dying down. russia's foreign minister says the u.s. president never spoke to him about the firing despite reports to the contrary. >> reporter: russia's top diplomat has denied there was any discussion of the firing of james comey at that somewhat controversial meeting that sergei lavrov had with president trump at the oval office may 10th, the day after he was fired by president trump. lavrov, according to russia's news agency, says that subject was not touched. >> that fits a broader pattern where the kr

donald trump calling mr comey a showboat and saying the fbi was in turmoil.s was the view of mr comey‘s replacement — acting fbi director andrew mccabe, who appeared before the senate intelligence committee earlier. we have heard in the news that claims that director comey had lost the confidence of rank and file fbi employees. you have been there for 21 yea rs. employees. you have been there for 21 years. in your opinion, is it accurate that the rank and file no longer supported director comey? no, sir. that is not accurate. i can tell you that i worked very closely with director comey. from the moment he worked at the fbi was his assistant national director. i worked for him, running the washington field office. i served as his deputy for the last year. i can tell you i hold director comey in the highest regard. i have the highest respect for his abilities and integrity. it has been the greatest privilege and honour in my professional life to work with him. there's a ringing endorsement of james comey. that's doesn't match this assessment from white house s

mr. speaker, donald trump is used to dining with millionaires ata laga and trump towers. so aim not shocked by his interest in helping the most vulnerable. it is clear in his budget he does not have a clue. i urge my colleagues to join me in rejecting this reckless and heartless proposal that will devastate so many families that we represent. we must support efforts to strike the snap and end hunger now. we're supposed to end hunger now not make it worse. with that i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to speak about an organization that's near and dear to my heart, the lions club international. i'm a member of my hometown organization, the howard area lions club, and proud that's been the largest for many years, largest lions club in pennsylvania. despite being a very rural area. last year marked our club's 40th anniversary. it's consistently earned the recognition as the largest lions club in pennsylvania. there a

mr. comey felt threatened by president donald trump in the oval office when they were alone , then it would be a crime on his part to not immediately go to his supervisor and press charges on the president. that is what i heard. well, i do not know the answer to that question. the obstruction of justice question focuses on whether the president in any way interfered with the investigation. it is possible from what we have so far when has been linked to the press, we understand that suggestedent asked or to the fbi director that he could go easy on michael flynn. that is possibly an ambiguous statement. the fbi director might not have taken that as a clear example of obstruction of justice. of course, if the director observes the president or anyone else committing a crime, he is supposed to do something about it, but i think we will have to records comeyhat made the conversations once the actual records themselves, not just reports about them, become public, and we will have to see if any of those meetings were taped by donald trump or the white house and we'll get a clearer idea. this is j

trump slapped him down pretty good. host: mr. kirk, we have cpa c in he did at february, talked about the media perception of donald trump and wrong about it. we'll let you listen to what he has to say and get you to respond. corporatist, globalist media, adment -- pposed, mentally opposed to agenda trump has. ctis laid this out at cpa cpa c that originally gave him the spring board, the first time at breitbart we started seeing how his speeches resonated with people. he guild to smaller town halls got with the same message he's bringing today. here is why it will get worse. going to continue to press as economic d conditions get better, more jobs get better, they will continue to fight. give you nk they will your country back without a mistaken, are sadly everyday, everyday it is going to be a fight and that is what trump,oudest about donald all the opportunities he had to waiver off this, all the people to come to him, you got moderate. everyday in the oval office he i promise this when i ran and i will deliver on them. kirk, there is mr. bannon's defense of the president. from that? caller: yes, i think you see the who bannon i