mr. bannon today. it began by being informed by mr. counsel that as he was attending on a voluntary basis, he was going to decline to answer any questions concerning questions, meetings, conversations that took place during the transition or during his time in the administration. he was served with a subpoena during the curse of the interview. his counsel then conferred again with the white house and was instructed by the white house to refuse, again, to answer any questions even though he was under process concerning the period of time during the transition and administration. this was effectively a gag order preventing this witness from answering almost any question concerning his time in the transition or administration. if the white house is permitted to maintain that kind of a gag rule on a witness, no congressional administration -- congressional investigation could ever be effective. so this can't stand. we expect to have mr. bannon back in soon with a different position because his position is completely unsustainable. >> adam

mr. bannon. margaret: so you would say they came from steve bannon. other white house officials were not working with him in helping him to gain information. sec. sanders: any who did as far as we can tell was at the request of mr. bannon. -- monday at 5:00 p.m., can we get details on that, will it will be televised, will there be any -- >> will there be an audience? sec. sanders: i do not want to spoil anything, but my guess is there are quite a few individuals who will be up for those awards. beyond that, we will have to see what happens monday. >> will the press corps be in the room for that? sec. sanders: we will certainly keep you posted. it might be hard for him to present trophies if you are not there, but we will have to wait and see what happens monday. justin. justin: i have two questions. one on policy. a letter from the department of transportation, just so the administration -- the framework for the gateway rail tunnel in new jersey, this infrastructure, i wonder if the president --

mr. bannon. frome compliance came steve bannon. other white house officials were not working with him? ms. sanders: any who did as far as far as we can tell that so at the request of mr. bannon. can we get some details on will it be televised, how many awards will be presented? ms. sanders: i do not want to spoil anything but there are quite a few individuals who will be up for those awards. beyond that, we will have to see what happens monday. >> will the press corps be there? we will keep you posted. it might be hard for him to present trophies if you are not there but we will have to wait and see what happens monday. justin. >> one on policy. there was controversy about a letter from the department of transportation suggesting the administration -- the gateway rail tunnel connecting new york and new jersey. since it is if a structure week. -- infrastructure week. i wonder if the president supports the 50/50 split and if not, what has changed from the bipartisan delegation last year. policyon't

mr. bannon or mr. trump in the wake of the feud? i think it is too soon to say, but this is palace intrigue and those of us in washington love it, but it has strong implications for the conservative base as we move to 2018 and the midterm elections. laura: and the fact that the cutest about what steve bannon said in this new book about essentially the exposure of the trump family to robert mueller's probe, what does that tell you about the president's state of mind? ron: the president is clearly worried about the russia investigation that is not showing any signs of wrapping up anytime soon, and for mr. bannon to be quoted as saying that he thought it was not only not legal, but treacherous, treasonous, this is amazing coming from mr. bannon, and i have to think that mr. trump sitting in the west wing was so , so upset today. oftentimes, laura, less is more in politics, and we have a long statement from the president. laura: and meanwhile, we have former campaign chair paul manafort, who himself has been , althoughy mueller not for

mr. bannon. >> that was just tonight on capitol hill. chief strategist steve bannon leaving after 9 1/2 hours in front of the house intelligence committee.

mr. bannon is. it's pretty lengthy and pretty detailed and there's not much to clarify or add. >> is there regret? they did have a long and close working relationship. >> once again, the president's statement fully addresses his position and his relationship with with mr. bannon is. april? >> when is the last time the president talked to steve bannon and this is a serious question. is the question blocking steve bannon from calling his cell phone? >> i'm not aware he was calling his cell phone. the last conversation took place the first part of december. >> what is the news to the base? what does this do to the president's base? >> i don't think it does anything to the president's base. the base and the people that supported this president supported the president and supported his agenda. those things haven't changed. the president still is exactly who he was yesterday as he was two years ago when he started out on the campaign trail. his agenda hasn't changed and his continue to fight and push for

mr. bannon. as i said yesterday, apparently only steve bannon can unite that committee. >> what about corwin lewandowski, the former trump campaign manager? he refused to answer your questions as well, and yet you did not issue a subpoena to him. why? >> the only answer they gave back was the fact that he would be willing to come back and answer all questions. here's where it gets complicated, though. he appears on another network the day before and announces he's going to answer every question. then he appears before our committee and says, well, i'm only prepared to answer up through the time i left the campaign. obviously something took place in the meantime. i think it's a fair bet to say there was a gag order directly from the white house. >> in that book "fire and fury" bannon saide suggested at the heart of this investigation wasn't necessarily just collusion or obstruction of justice but money laundering. were you able to find that out? >> unfortunately that wasn't brought up because he s

mr. bannon. and his benefactors publicly disparaged him and cut him off at, again, what appears to be the insistence of the white house. and then he got a subpoena to talk to robert mueller, which is good timing in terms of getting a guy at a time when he's most inclined to talk, right? but he also got that subpoena right before mr. bannon was summoned to go to capitol hill. like everybody else to tell tales, the white house must be very eager to know what bannon has to say. but unlike every other senior person who is in that kind of position, or even charged with a crime, the white house is probably not in a position to find that stuff out on the downlow from steve bannon, because they're not talking with him. they're fighting him tooth and nail. he's not going to tell them what he's saying. i mean, plausibly. this time last night, we had no idea why bannon was getting subpoenaed twice, once bit mueller investigation and once behind closed doors at the intelligence committee, well, they're tryin

mr. bannon. there is a host of other witnesses who have not come forward yet who we hope that our republican colleagues will understand are relevant for our investigation. so mr. bannon certainly was relevant before the statement was made. >> there is another explosive charge that bannon levels. he says the special counsel's investigation is ultimately, in his words, all about money laundering and that the path to donald trump goes through paul manafort, donald trump jr. and jared kushner. is he right? >> he's right that that is a critical part of the investigation. in fact, you know, two of the indictments involved money laundering from people affiliated with the trump campaign. but in our investigation, you know, we would like to understand who was financially backing the trump organization? and unfortunately the republicans on the committee who control the power of the subpoena, the only bank records that have been subpoenaed in this investigation have been who is behind the fusion gps funding

and that brought this response from mr trump today. has steve bannon betrayed you, mr president?ch. i don't know, he called me a great man last night, so, you know, he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. all right, thank you all very much. the white house is pushing back hard on the contents of this book, describing the author, michael wolff, as an unreliable witness and a fantasist. that, despite him being given unprecedented access to the workings of the west wing and recording hours and hours of conversations. and even if only 50% of the book is accurate, it still paints a damning portrait of a white house that's dysfunctional and a president who's paranoid. no wonder donald trump is so angry. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. the environment secretary, michael gove, says subsidies to british farmers currently paid for by brussels will be guaranteed by the government until the 2022 general election, with a proposed transition period afterwards. farmers would then receive payments in exchange for taking steps to protect the environment such as planting woodland or boosting

mr. bannon. >> so the complaints, realiance steve bannon? others weren't working with him -- >> any that did as far as we can dell did so at the request of mr. bannon. deborah? >> the president announced the most dishonest are and -- [ inaudible ] five p.m. details? where will he say it? will it be televised, how the awards will be -- >> i don't want to spoil anything, but my guess is that there are quite a few individuals that could be up for those awards, and beyond that i think we'll have to see what happens on monday. >> will the press corps be in the room nofor that? >> we'll keep you posted. might be hard to give awards if you're not there. we'll see what happens. >> and there is topics, a letter from the department of transportation suggesting that the administration doesn't support the split federal/state framework for the gateway tunnel connecting new york and new jersey. since it's infrastructure week, i'm wondering -- >> is it infrastructure week? when isn't it? >> in principle supports at least a 50/50 split on that. if not, what

mr. bannon? >> it was great. >> mr. bannon, what did they ask you? what did they ask you, mr. bannon?great day. thanks, guys. >> california congressman adam schiff is the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee. and when the meeting finally ended tonight, he said this. >> after he explored several attempts to try to elicit information that took place during those periods, we convened on a bipartisan basis and agreed to the issuance of a subpoena to make his attendance at the hearing compulsory. he was then served with the subpoena during the course of the interview. his counsel then conferred again with the white house and was instructed by the white house to refuse again to answer any questions, even though he was under a compulsory process. mr. bannon was also under instructions not to answer questions even after he left the white house concerning conversations he had with the president that might be for the purpose of the president seeking his advice on anything. the scope of this assertion of privilege, if that's what it is, is breathtaking. it goes well beyond anythi

mr. bannon is quoted in a fortrthcoming book as sayingng t donald trump, jr.'16 meeting with a group of russians was treasonous. the president's statement blames bannon for helping to write what he calls phony books. let's get more on this from our washington correspondent carsten von nahmen. welcome, carsten. let's start off by looking at what mr. trump is reacting to. steve bannon is quoted in his forthcoming book talking about donald trump, jr.'s meeting in 2016 with a group of russians. he is quoted as saying, even if you thought that this was not treasonous, or unpatriotic, or bad -- and i happen to think it's all of that -- you should have called the fbi immediately. let's start with that meeting. what do we know about it? carsten: well, it was a meeting that was convened by donald trump, jr., the son of the president, who had been offered compromising material, dirt on hillary clinton, the opponent of donald trump in the presidential election of 2016 -- which apparently was coming from russia. and donald trump, jr. then sent a now-infamous email back to

president trump says his former strategist steve bannon has lost his mind after he accused mr trump'son and son—in—law of treason. i think that is a ridiculous accusation and one that i'm pretty sure we've addressed from here many times before. the un welcomes the use of a telephone hotline between north and south korea as relations between the two countries seem to improve. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme: how one of the world's most sacred rivers — the ganges in india — is also one of the most—polluted, australia's air accident investigators try to raise the seaplane which crashed near sydney on new year. we'll have the latest from the scene. how one of the world's most sacred rivers — the ganges in india — is also one of the most—polluted, clogged with plastic waste and other rubbish. live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it's 9am in singapore, 1am in london and 8pm in washington where a vicious war of words has erupted between president trump and the chief strategist he fired back in august. mr trump is denouncing st

he lost his job he lost his mind mr bannon is quoted in the forthcoming book saying that donald trump jr's twenty sixteen meeting with a group of russians was treasonous the president's statement to blames mr bannon for helping to write what he calls phony books white house press secretary sarah huckabee sun this face the press following the release of mr trump statement i think there are a number of factors that played in i would certainly think that going after the president's son in an absolutely outrageous and unprecedented way is probably not the best way to curry favor with anybody furious disgusted would probably certainly fit when you make such outrageous claims and completely false claims against the president his administration and his family let's get more on this from washington correspondent causton from norman no welcome custom let's start by looking at what the president is reacting to steve bannon is quoted in this forthcoming book talking about donald trump jr's meeting in twenty sixteen with a group of russians is one of the quotes even if you thought that this was n

mr. bannon is.t was pretty lengthy and detailed and not really much to clarify or add. >> but he said in the book, they did have a long and close working relationship. so is there a sense of betrayal? >> once again i think the president's statement what his relationship with mr. bannon is. >> when is the last time the president talked to steve bannon and this is serious question, is the president now blocking steve bannon from calling his cell phone? >> i'm not aware he was calling his cell phone. but i believe the last conversation took place the first part of december. >> the base that these two powerhouses are fighting republican party, what does this do to the president's base? >> i don't think it does anything to the president's base. the base and the pooh em that supported this president support td the president and supported his agenda. those things haven't changed. the president is still exactly who he was yesterday, tas he was two years ago when he started out on the campaign trail. his age

mr bannon declined to a nswer collusion. mr bannon declined to answer questions.democrat, he was in the room. this was effectively a gag order by the white house. preventing this witness from answering almost any question concerning his time in the transitional administration and many questions even after he left. and the breadth of this became very apparent, because he not only refused to answer questions that took place within the white house, but also any conversations he had with people outside the white house. reporters tried to press mr bannon on his silence. as he left the hearing. who from the white house ask you to invoke executive privilege? how did the meeting go, mr bannon? what did they ask you? what did they ask you in there? mr bannon? what did they ask you? what did they ask you in there7m he allowed to do that? silent inside a meeting and silent outside the meeting. he was in there for ten hours which must be most peoples idea of hell on earth having to sit ina idea of hell on earth having to sit in a congressional committee hearing for ten hours

and that brought this response from mr trump today. has steve bannon betrayed you, mr president?ou very much. i don't know, he called me a great man last night, so, you know, he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. all right, thank you all very much. the white house is pushing back hard on the contents of this book, describing the author, michael wolff, as an unreliable witness and a fantasist. that, despite him being given unprecedented access to the workings of the west wing and recording hours and hours of conversations. and even if only 50% of the book is accurate, it still paints a damning portrait of a white house that's dysfunctional and a president who's paranoid. no wonder donald trump is so angry. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. later on newsday we'll be hearing from someone who worked closely with steve bannon and is still in touch. first, let's take a look at some of the day's other news. south korea says the united states has promised there will be no military drills during the winter olympics in south korea which start next month. but u.s defense secretary jim

but, we will see what happens with mr bannon. quite.ide the big white house tent, and now, he is taking carefulaim. he white house tent, and now, he is taking careful aim. he says a meeting between donald trump taking careful aim. he says a meeting between donald trumer and russian officials should have been reported immediately to the fbi, describing it as treasonous and unpatriotic. predictably the president's spokeswoman didn't agree i think that is a ridiculous accusation and one i am pretty sure we have addressed many times before, if that is in reference to comments made by mr bannon i refer you to the ones he made previously on 60 minutes where he called the collusion with russia about this president a totalfarce. collusion with russia about this president a total farce. so collusion with russia about this president a totalfarce. so i think i would look back tharkts if anybody has been inconsistent it has been him, not the president or this administration. donald trump's response was even tougher. when he was fired he not only lo

mr. bannon is. >> once again, i think the president and hit feelings towards mr. bannon are very clear. >> look, these are the president's words. i think they're very clear. there's not much to add bekbrond th beyond that. >> and no legal authority either. and of all of the effort that this is a hoax or wouldn't find anything who could have predicted it would have been the guy who runs brbreitbart. even if you thought this was not treasonous or unpatriotic or bad you know what and i lap to think it's all of that, you should have called the fbi immediately. no one in the campaign did contact the fbi about it and bannon recounts a confrontation with the president. the president said to me everybody would take that don jr. meeting with the russians. i said, everybody would not take that meeting, i said. i'm a naval officer. i'm not going to take a meeting with russian nationals and do it in a headquarters had you [ muted ] in sane. i guess you can guess the expleti expletive. the chance don junior did not walk these -- jumos up to his father's office on the 26 floth i

mr. bannon, but right now mr. bannon came out and lied about the president, attacked his own family, so all bets are off now. >> what about today saying they weren't particularly close. she used the past tense. the president is saying they were very good friends. so who's a liar, sarah sanders or the president? you know what i mean? >> that's ridiculous. the only liar here is steve bannon. >> okay. so let me just ask you about the steps you all are taking. you put the cease and desist letter out -- >> we didn't, that's the president's own personal attorneys, not us. >> the president's attorneys, team trump said cease and desist. they're not ceasing and desisting. in fact they have pushed the publish date up by four days. it's coming out tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. the publisher says we see it as an extraordinary contribution to our national discourse. what's your response to that? >> i'm no attorney so i'm going to leave the attorneys to litigate with the attorneys for the -- the spokes people for this piece of tabloid t

mr. bannon? >> great. >> mr. bannon, what did they ask you in there?hat did they ask you in there, mr. bannon? >> great day. thanks, guys. >> steve bannon woke up this morning facing one subpoena. he's going to bed tonight facing a second. today we learned that bannon is the first person in president trump's inner circle to receive a grand jury subpoena from special counsel robert mueller in the russia investigation. mueller's team has interviewed about a dozen administration officials but without use of a grand jury subpoena. the news broke while bannon happened to be on capitol hill today appearing before the house intel committee and there got another subpoena. the white house directed bannon not to answer questions about his time in the white house or the transition period, prompting the republican chairman of the commission to issue a subpoena on the spot. bannon was then requested for 9 1/2 hours and the hearing only just ended. that's him leaving as you see. congresswoman adam schiff is the ranking member of that committee, the house permanent s

donald trump has attacked his former chief strategist, steve bannon, after mr bannon was quoted in ak as saying mr trump's son and son—in—law had held a treasonous meeting with a group of russians. the president said mr bannon had lost his mind after being sacked from his white house post and had leaked false information to make himself seem more important. north korea has placed a call with south korea, reopening a hotline which was closed almost two years ago on the orders of the north's leader, kim jong—un. and this video is trending on bbc.com — this very disgruntled ryanair passenger was arrested after leaving his plane through the emergency exit. he was angry following a number of delays at take off and landing. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: here, the health secretary has apologised, after nhs england postpones tens—of—thousands of non—urgent treatments, until february, after a surge in admissions. labour say this meant that the nhs was in crisis. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singapore. working on a

mr. bannon to come in on wednesday. we're told by majority, i did ask when mr. lewandowski would come back because he refused to answer the same question. they don't have a date for mr. lewandowski. apparently they are holding mr. bannon to one standard and other witnesses like mr. lewandowski to another. we press on. thank you. >> the president of the united states. [applause] >> tonight, president donald trump gives his first state of the union address to congress and the nation. the state of the union speech will be live at 9:00 p.m.. following the speech, the democratic response from congressman. president trump's state of the union address tonight live on c-span. listen live on the free c-span top, app or on your desk phone, or tablet on c-span.org. now a preview of the state of the union address. hosted by the "washington post," this is just over two hours. [applause]

tonight the president is firing back claiming bannon has, quote, lost his mind. mr. trump insists bannon has nothing to do with him or his presidency, even though he was one of the closest and most powerful advisors. the white house says the president is furious with the claims. dismissing it as trashy tabloid fiction. it explains in detail that mr. trump didn't want or expect to win the white house and even members of his inner circle thought he was unqualified for the job. also breaking tonight. paul manafort is suing the special counsel and the justice department over the russia probe. he's challenging robert mueller's authority to charge him with alleged crimes that have nothing to do with the 2016 campaign. i'll get reaction from senator mark warner tonight, and our correspondents and specials are standing by. let's go to jim acosta. this trump bannon grudge match is truly extraordinary. so are so many claims in this new book. >> reporter: absolutely. the new year is starting off with a bang in the white house. a war of words between president trump and steve ban

and that brought this response from mr trump today. has steve bannon betrayed you, mr president?know, he called me a great man last night, so he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. all right, thank you all very much. the white house is pushing back hard on the contents of this book, describing the author, michael wolff, as an unreliable witness and a fa ntasist. that despite him being given unprecedented access to the workings of the west wing and recording hours and hours of conversations. and even if only 50% of the book is accurate, it still paints a damning portrait of a white house that's dysfunctional and a president who's paranoid. no wonder donald trump is so angry. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. the environment secretary, michael gove, says subsidies to british farmers, currently paid for by brussels, will be guaranteed by the government until the 2022 general election, with a proposed transition period afterwards. farmers would then receive payments in exchange for taking steps to protect the environment such as planting woodland or boosting wildlife. our busines

it follows comments attributed to mr bannon in a new book about the trump presidency. and a group of russians during the presidential campaign was "treasonous". 0ur north american editor, jon sopel, reports. hell hath no furious like a bannon scorned, it it would seem. steve bannon, who was described as the brains behind donald trump, is now out in the washington cold after his extraordinary attack. the warm words of last summer but a distant memory. i like of last summer but a distant memory. ilike him, of last summer but a distant memory. i like him, he is a good man. he is not a racist, i can tell you that. he isa not a racist, i can tell you that. he is a good person. he actually gets a very good —— of unfair press in that regard. but we will see what happens with mr bannon, but he is a good person and i think the press treats him frankly very unfairly. rounding on the president and president's son—in—law during the campaign, saying: and that's provoked rage and fury in the white house. the president issuing this unprecedented statement about a close colleague. whe

. >>> did steve bannon betray you, mr. president? any words about steve bannon? >> i don't know.e called me a great man last night. he obviously changed the tune pretty quick. thank you all very much. i don't talk to him. i don't talk to him. i don't talk to him. that's just a misnomer. >> joining the discussion now, george f. will, pulitzer prize winning author for "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst. george, mitch mcconnell was trying to find a way to break the spell that steve bannon seemed to have break the spell steve bannon had over the president. as of tonight it seems like the spell is broken. >> and broken by steve bannon. steve bannon, who's sort of the -- in politics with the new york mets of 1962 were in baseball. that is, new parameters and ways of losing you've never seen before. he's been too busy racking up losses to have red mitch mcconnell's memoir. he should. the title of the memoir is a long game. in this case he knew he would wait them out and your enemies will end up destroying themselves. napoleon says when your enemy is destroying himself, do

mr. bannon was a staffer. mr. bannon was a low level staffer. he was a fellow who is very intrigued with the presidency and of being in the white house , with being what he felt the end circle and he was leaking information and was found out for leaking information and he was fired. host: bill, you still there? let me ask you about this intrigue. you're not fascinated at least little by by what you call policy us intrigue then? caller: no, it's one of a series of many, many tell all books that these folks write on the presidency that actually get out and they want to make their million dollars and pretend to be the one with the insider information. and we go back, trump is very clear this guy was a staffer. host: bill in pennsylvania, you made that point. appreciate your calls this morning. a change in the senate makeup as of yesterday with two new senate members being sworn in. this is the swearing in of doug jones and tina smith, almost certainly brought a measure of relief for senators for both parties. republicans, senator jones means there

mr. bannon should testify before us or before mr. mueller. to make these kind of allegations, i would like to know under what basis. >> and bannon contends that the mueller investigation on money launder saying, their path to f'ing trump goes through manafort and kushner and they subpoenaed records saying it goes through deutsche bank and all of the kushner -- [ expletive ] is greasy. they will roll these two guys up and say play me or trade me. is money laundering is something your committee looking at. >> that falls into the criminal investigation. that is the purview of special prosecutor mueller, we are looking at collaboration and collusion and what could arise out of that. but mr. bannon's comments about deutsche bank and others isn't the first time we've heard allegations similar to that coming out of the dossier and there have been other rumors. but again, i'm not going to comment on those until we finish our investigation. >> the founders of fusion gps, wrote an op-ed and said a generation [ inaudible ] by urging the senate watergate

mr. bannon in the middle. >> that really came to a head this week here with bannon yesterday. giving us a pretty good window into how the white house sees executive privilege. the exertion of that. whether this whole question of whether or not you even need to exert it explicitly. i was talking with the white house official earlier today and told me that they see it as executive privilege is in play unless the president explicitly waives it which seems to be an inverted reading of it as opposed to previous administrations. now the question here is, yesterday we had steve bannon. today we had rick deer born, another white house official. later we are expecting hope hicks, communications director close trump confidant. what is going to happen there? do we see a pattern? we didn't see that today with rick deer born where he did answer questions. sources tell me the answers were not terribly substantive and maybe that's why he was okay answering the questions. we are trying to figure out where the parameters. it's a battle between the house intel and the white house. >> you are th

mr bannon, who was a key member of the trump team, has recently been quoted in a new book criticisingsaid that mr bannon was a valued part of its legacy and they'd always be grateful for his contributions. our correspondent david willis is in washington. the writing was on the wall for steven bannon, after the president came out and slapped him down, called him sloppy steve and made it clear that he wasn't happy with him and the money followed. it certainly did and you know when the president slaps you with some sort of thing like that it is only a question of time. you are right. it was the money that ran out to him. rebecca mercer and herfather, money that ran out to him. rebecca mercer and her father, robert money that ran out to him. rebecca mercer and herfather, robert are not household names in the united states but they are very powerful republican backers. they did not like what steve bannon was quoted as saying in michael wolff's book and they withdrew their pledge to underwrite fielding of conservative candidates in the mid—term elections. steve bannon was promising to do th

and that brought this response from mr trump today. has steve bannon betrayed you, mr president?t know, he called me a great man last night, so, you know, he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. all right, thank you all very much. the white house is pushing back hard on the contents of this book, describing the author, michael wolff, as an unreliable witness and a fantasist. that, despite him being given unprecedented access to the workings of the west wing and recording hours and hours of conversations. and even if only 50% of the book is accurate, it still paints a damning portrait of a white house that's dysfunctional and a president who's paranoid. no wonder donald trump is so angry. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. let's ta ke let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. an explosion in the afghan capital, kabul, has killed at least 15 people. the interior ministry says it was a suicide bomber, but the target was unclear. the so—called islamic state, has claimed it carried out the attack. the us state department has announced its suspending almost all

mr. bannon said those things. mr. bannon was one of the president's closest advisors. i don't think anybody was buying is some random staffer. melissa: about torching bannon, distancing himself from the alt-right and taking the trump administration and pivoting away from that entire group and discrediting bannon? >> i think at this point mr. bannon sort torched himself. later in the day, the book comes out, starting to hear excerpts. later that day you have mr. bannon saying he is all in with trump all the time. you just disparaged his daughter, his son. you went after the president himself. that doesn't make any sense. i don't think it's a one-day story. i think democrats will seize on this and drag it out as long as they can. and look, there are some nuggets of truth and there are some people with perspectives not flattering to the president right there in the white house. melissa: right. but does it change anyone's mind? >> no. melissa: people who love the president love the president. for the people that hate the president it gives them more fodder, they already ha

and that brought this response from mr trump today. has steve bannon betrayed you, mr president?ou know, he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. all right, thank you all very much. the white house is pushing back hard on the contents of this book, describing the author, michael wolff, as an unreliable witness and a fantasist. that, despite him being given unprecedented access to the workings of the west wing and recording hours and hours of conversations. and even if only 50% of the book is accurate, it still paints a damning portrait of a white house that's dysfunctional and a president who's paranoid. no wonder donald trump is so angry. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. officials in south africa say the number of people killed when a train hit a truck has risen to 18. about two—hundred—and—seventy people were injured in the crash at a level crossing near the town of kroonstad, in free state province south—west of johannesburg. lebo diseko reports. shocked and the world at. passengers who had been on this train trying to make their way to safety as emergency services at a to

mr. bannon? did that surprise you in any way and if so, how? surprising. i believe the president could or would win otherwise it would not have dedicated so much time to it. i worked in the white house since the very first day and a lot of characterization of -- that i saw that he was pushing out was the opposite of what i saw today place every day i had been here. klesko to north korea, some folks in town say listen, it doesn't help, despite the idea being that we will be forceful and push back, some say it does not help limit tweets come out the way they do. we know the president made clear i am who i am and i will tweet the way i want to. has there been a consideration that tweets like the one on north korea actually do not advance the agenda, working with other partners in the region? ms. sanders: what did not help is the complacency in the silence of the previous administration. this president leads through strength and he will do that and inus on everything he can do order to keep americans safe and he will not be pushed around by the leader of north

mr. bannon left the white house.as here in hong kong, gatherings he still spoke to the president two to three times a day and the president congratulated him on going back to breitbart news, the conservative website that he runs saying he would be able to do good for the cause there. with the new book it looks like the relationship has changed. he is also making some comments, unflattering comments, a running to the book, about the president and his relationship to the people -- some comments roger ailes had made about the president. david: has he responded? do we know? through mrs. sanders saying he was disgusted by the comment that they were untrue and all that. what we have heard also is some comments he has made about how mr. bannon didn't help the cause in alabama. bannon basically backed the -- and president trump basically lost the candidate in alabama and donald trump, jr.'s comments sweet mr. bannon about that election. david: kind of makes you want to buy the book, doesn't it? jodi: ian: i think that was th

mr bannan. so the complaints you would say came from steve bannon? at the request of mr bannan so faras we can so at the request of mr bannan so far as we can tell. the president treated he will be announcing the most corrupt and devious in the media awards, can you say if it will be televised? i certainly don't want to spoil anything, but my guess is there are quite a few individuals that could be up for those awards. beyond that, we will have to see what happens on monday. will the press corps be in the room for that? we will keep you posted, it might be ha rd we will keep you posted, it might be hard for him to present trophies if you are not there. we will have to see what happens on monday. there was some controversy over the weekend about a letter from the transport of —— department for transport ishant suggesting the administration does not support the tunnel connecting new york and new jersey. since it is infrastructure week, i am wondering if the president... you're is it infrastructure we? when isn't it? there is a 50—50 split, and if not,

mr. bannon could not talk about anything of the transition or recent conversations he has had with the presidentders also confirmed that steve bannon's lawyer was conveying with the white house. is that the same proces that is typically followed. >> i hope he was not doing that because that would be an effort to read into the white house a committee's sensitive investigation. the white house has a right to put parameters in place for any time that steve bannon was at the white house but they cannot, they should not know what we are asking mr. bannon with respect to the campaign. >> sanders citing executive privilege that goes back decades. >> no. to my knowledge that has never happened in history. and it is happening right now with mr. bannon and also not supported by any case law or any statute. we believe this is the white house in most aggressive way yet, trying -- i hope when he does come back that and we are hoping that is soon that is correct -- the white house will clear the way. they should allow him to testify without any parameters on his testimony. but that has to be sorted out sooner

mr. bannon's right to waive it. president trump said bannon lost his mind when he lost his job, and the white house defends his silence. >> no one encouraged him to be anything but transparent, but there is a process of what that looks like. >> reporter: a source tells abc news he expected to cooperate with the supeona. there's a trump tower meeting between trump jr., and a russian lawyer. president trump dismissed the russian investigation as fake news. >> to be clear, to call the russian matter a hoax as the president has done so many times is a falsehood. >> reporter: today, trump critic jeff blake unleashed on the president comparing him to communism leader joseph stalin. >> an american president who cannot take criticism, who must deflect and distort and distract, who must find someone else to blame is charting a very dangerous path. >> as for bannon, he could be in front of the grand jury within days, and he's expected to testify with no restrictions from the white house. abc news, washington. >>> new details

but, we will see what happens with mr bannon. quite.outside the big white house tent, and now, he is taking careful aim. he says a meeting between donald trump jr and russian officials should have been reported immediately to the fbi, describing it as treasonous and unpatriotic. predictably the president's spokeswoman didn't agree. i think that is a ridiculous accusation and one i am pretty sure we have addressed many times before, if that is in reference to comments made by mr bannon i refer you to the ones he made previously on 60 minutes where he called the collusion with russia about this president a totalfarce. so i think i would look back tharkts if anybody has been inconsistent it has been him, not the president or this administration. donald trump's response was even tougher. when he was fired he not only lost hisjob, he lost his mind. it's fire and fury indeed. the book claims the former prime minister tony blair was bidding to be a white house middle east adviser. and that he told the president's son—in—law that british intell