mr. donald trump. >> there are basically two things that i want to make really clear. i am not going to defend donald trump, not now, not in the future. look, you guys know i have real concerns with our nominee. this is going to be a a tush leapt month? many of you on this call are facing tough re-elections, some of are you not. but with respect to donald trump, i would encourage you to do what you think is best and do

. failing and a disaster. —— mr -- donald trump. n it comes to his campaign promises it is what he is doing, he is going out there and repealing and replacing, or trying to come 0bamacare. could he walk away? but it is a cunning strategy because what it says to conservative republicans who, for the last seven yea rs, have republicans who, for the last seven years, have been saying that they wa nt to years, have been saying that they want to repeal 0bamacare, what it says to them is putting on a second, you have been saying this for years, here is your shot and you are prepared to not agree. so it is up to you, this is politics, this is why it is failing. it is not up to the president, it has nothing to do with the white house. it is now up to you to find a way to go forward. it isa to you to find a way to go forward. it is a cunning strategy is he prepared to walk away? we will have to wait and see what we do know is that vote will now take place on friday afternoon and the outcome is farfrom friday afternoon and the outcome is far f

this helps us see what mrs donald trump is coming outwith. and this morning it was a doozy.aunched a verbal assault on barack obama accusing him of a wiretap in his office in new york. this is almost unprecedented. i won't say it is totally unprecedented. if you think back to, for instance, clinton and george w bush bush. they made a mess, they trashed it. a couple of days ago, however, trump said that when he took place over it was a mess. instead, he is finding stuff thatis mess. instead, he is finding stuff that is going on. i guess he had a meeting with one of these people over national security that said we have been bugging you. what happened... that is not what they are saying is that. they say he simply read something, a news article. i'm not sure. we don't fully know this. he is not providing us fully know this. he is not providing us with evidence. but it is possible that he could have been wiretapped in that the fbi and the cia... this is something you may have had mentioned after 9/11, when the patriot act was being discussed. that would be the way for the cia if

mr. trump's role. what did he know? when did he know it? if flynn gets immunity -- i agree with mr. donald trump's tweet. we should get immunity. if he has information that is important, get it out there. this is a crisis. our country was attacked. >> ambassador and i could agree. i want to know what russia tried to do in the election and i don't think we hold back on knowing what this information is. let's let the american people know. number two, surveillance is a very, very important thing that happens that the government does and it is powerful. if you allow a president or administration to go beyond the confines of the law and if we find out information that it happened, we should treat that seriously. guess what? the most recent president can then do the same thing which is a problem. >> you don't know if it is that. >> you don't either. >> you agree with me -- >> hold on. it could be incidental collection? >> let's be clear. if it is what we call incidental, what we know is the charge -- you know what it means? it means almost every conversation that can happen. that is the problem which is if tha

mr. obama ordered a wiretap on trump tower. cnn has learned the advisers have spoken since mr. donald trump leveled the allegation. >>> and a criminal investigation to find out how wikileaks obtained and leaked dock tuumen over the cia operations. the cia releasing a statement saying the american public should be troubled by wikileaks disclosure designed to damage the intelligence ability to protect america. it jeopardizes operations, but tools and information. >>> fbi director james comey speaking at a cyber security conference in boston college warning americans to never expect to have absolute privacy. it was james comey's first public appearance since he was accused of wiretapping trump tower. >>> a secret online group of marines is still sharing nude photos of unsuspecting service women after discovered by the military. members redirected to new links where the group is operating, but taunting federal and military investigators suggesting their wives could turn up on the next site. some female marines report being harass harassed. investigators are setting up a texting tip line t

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donald trump: total. >> mr. president, did mr. sessions recuse himself? mr.endi you know that sessions spoke to the russian abbasid are? -- when did you know that mr. sessions spoke to the russian ambassador? donald trump: i was not aware at all. >> in the morning after "washington journal," the subject of a discussion at george washington university. we will be there live at 10:00 a.m. eastern.. back now to newport, news virginia, were president trump spoke to sailors and veterans about increasing investments in the military aboard the gerald ford class aircraft carrier. >>

mr. donald trump with the heavy lifting. house speaker ryan is confident that bill will pass. those are the policymakers. what about the people who deliver health care to you? many of them, powerful names in health care lining up against the plan. doctors and nurses associations to speak out. american medical association, the largest group of doctors. also liberal leaning groups, national nurses united. conservative players like the american physicians and surgeons. it opposes it because it told breitbart it is too similar to obamacare. there is pushback from sdr industries. aarp. the three hospital associations are against it. families usa. it represents consumers. all of these big name health delivery groups and senior groups. aarp. if you are on social media, you have seen the ads over the past couple days. >> you talk about the lack of outreach ahead of the bill. even americans for prosperity and heritage and club for growth. how to manage to get them on board. let's discuss this with cnn political reporter tal kopan. live in the washington bureau. good morning to you. >>

mr. donald trump offering no evidence. >> democrats are pushing back hard.he wire tap allegations. they call these notions a deflection with the ties to russia. the white house is attempting to move forward. expected to announce the president's new >> 46 days into donald trump's presidency cnn has it all covered for you starting with joe johns at the white house. >>> good morning, questions of credibility and justice in the oval office this morning. the former director of national intelligence and the current director of the fbi contradicting the sitting president of the united states who made a claim without providing evidence that the last president wiretapped him. >> the claim that former president obama ordered his phones to be

mr. donald trump, the president-elect was surveilled, it was done by a foreign intelligence entity. >> okay so he said if it happened. if it happened the british did it. the next day he dropped all the caveats. watch. >> three intelligence sources have informed fox news that president obama went outside the chain of command. he's gchq. what the heck is gchq? that's the initials for the british spying agency. >> okay, now he is saying his sources don't just believe it happened. his sources are saying it did happen. now the weight of fox news is behind this explosive claim. two days later white house press secretary sean spicer bought the information to a press briefing and quoted it from the podium. why? to defend the president's baseless charge of wiretapping. british officials were furious. they said this new charge was bogus and then they were urging calls between washington and london and maybe some regret from washington, maybe not. at friday's press conference when a german reporter asked about this president trump said we were just quoting napolitano. go call fox. the reporter didn't

mr. donald trump, the president-elect, was surveilled as he says he was, during the campaign, after he was, it was found by a foreign intelligence entity from a foreign country, an ally of ours, the british foreign intelligence service, known as gc hq, the initials for that entity. that entity was able, then, to bypass the nsa, the cia, the dni, and the doj, the entities in the united states that would have jurisdiction. >> martha: you are suggesting that president obama went beyond our own intelligence agencies and through british surveillance, received the transcripts of phone conversations of a trump campaign was having? >> business what sources him intelligence have told fox. just to give a little background, the nsa has 24/7, 365 access to all the computer servers and telecom service computer in the united states. >> martha: metadata. >> correct. they can download into digital form the conversations and the text. they don't have time to read all of that. but they have access to it. guess what foreign entity has access to the nsa database? this british spying entity, gch gchq. they cou

mr. donald trump. >> there are basically two things that i want to make really clear. i am not going to defend donald trump, not now, not in the future. look, you guys know i have real concerns with our nominee. this is going to be a a tush leapt month? many of you on this call are facing tough re-elections, some of are you not. but with respect to donald trump, i would encourage you to do what you think is best and do what you feel you need to do. >> so what's the timingof that tape recording going to do to the situation today? u.s. congressman tim ryan democrat out of ohio. michael steele and political analyst susan page is washington bureau chief for "usa today." michael, as a former republican chair, it seems to me this is the kind of tape you don't want to see, because what it shows for all times is you were willing to throw this guy from the train onto the road bed, because you are saying when things look rough for trump after that thing that went on between him and billy bush on that bus, he was willing to dump him and go on and try to hold the house and serve to

mr. donald trump. he wants to spend $54 billion in security. you must be salivating. be a moment. it is getting a bigger part of your business. what is the potential trickle-down effect, a $54 billion spend that a ceo like you sees? guest: the c -- the specifics are not yet available. the new administration in the u.s. is talking about business friendly policies, talking about investing in infrastructure, investing in security. market, is our biggest the biggest security market in the world and it is the single biggest region. we have a strong franchise their and our business has been growing strongly. in more terms as when the specific policies come out, if those are consistent with the signals we have been seeing from the new administration, i think it will be positive for our business. anna: that is the positive interpretation. a more negative one might be that with an america first policy there is more difficult -- it is more difficult for a business with those kinds of contracts in the united states. is that something that concerns you? guest: no, it isn't. we em

mr. donald trump is hit that sob with another tweet. right between the eyes. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in" with chris hayes starts right now. >> good evening from san francisco, i'm chris hayes, we have a big show tonight, including my interview with a senator who says the president today signed a declaration of war on the environment. the new federal probe into who the president is hosting at mira mara lago and why she doesn't trust the russia probe. they gin with news on that front. eight days since the fbi confirmed with the house intelligence committee it's investigating possible links between russia and the president's campaign the work of that committee has been effectively halted. its subsequent meetings cancelled, its scha its chairma nunes, concerns to the white house, all this amidst new trump company associates, their financial activities and ties to russian olegarks, ones paul manafort who offered to be interviewed by the committee. in a bank in cypress, investigated the accounts associated with his former chairman for possible money launderin

threats and that's being put at risk because of this throw away tweet, as they said t from donald trump. >> mr. trump has been upset british intelligence. he has knocked his own u.s. intelligence in the past, now we're expecting to hear the fbi director to testify pubically about possible ties of russia and also this bogus wiretapping claim that has no fact to support it at this point. what is the reaction about what is set to happen with this hearing. what were the expectations. >> well, ideally, will like to hear that there's no evidence that this took place and it goes against the principles of gchq than anything else and british intelligence would do something like this. issued to visit the trump administration or later on this week talk about isis, i'm sure this will come up, as well. they just want to make it very clear that they do not operate like this, there's no evidence for it. it might harm their position in their relationships around the world as well. i think they want an i polg as well. >> max foster live in london. max, thank you for the report. >> there are fears, the simmerin

mr. donald trump is hit that sob with another tweet. right between the eyes. that's "hardball" for now.or being with us. "all in" with chris hayes starts right now. >> good evening from san francisco, i'm chris hayes, we have a big show tonight, including my interview with a senator who says the president today signed a declaration of war on the environment. the new federal probe into who the president is hosting at

any other russian officials or folks connected to the russian government since you endorsed donald trump? mr. sessions: i don't believe. -- believe so. so you know, we meet a lot of people. reporter: those two meetings you discussed with the ambassador. mr. sessions: i don't believe so. reporter: the white house press secretary and the president said you should not recuse yourself from these investigations. mr. sessions: i did share with white house counsel, or my staff has, that i intend to recuse myself. but i feel like, because they didn't -- they don't know the rules, the ethics rules, most people don't, and -- but when you evaluate the rules, i feel like that i should not be involved in investigating a campaign i had a role in. one more question and we'll wrap this up. >> two questions, if i may, one, you were already considering recusal before today is that -- today, is that correct? secondly, when you answered senator franken's question, were you just not thinking of the meeting with the russian ambassador or did you not consider it relevant? mr. sessions: i would -- i was taken aback

mr. trump, donald trump, came out and had a group to go on this festival. but now -- [ inaudible ] -- same group who had been at the white house this weekend, a peaceful prayer and vigil. they're asking the president to come out, meet the indian american community against hate crime or somebody from the white house. >> i think we discussed the nature of hate crimes in the past and we've condemned the acts that happened in kansas earlier this year. i'm sure this is a very important issue for them. the president right now is focused in particular on getting obamacare repealed and replaced. the issue in london. there's a lot that's occupying his time. i'm sure that we will continue to monitor that situation as well. mara? maybe some day. we'll see. >> reporter: talking about health benefits. the president said to tucker carlson that his people were taken care of, he wasn't going to sign anything. i'm wondering what he said to the people who voted for him who rely on the provisions for opiod addiction, things that were included in those essential health benefit

mr. president donald trump or keep with the failed policy of barack obama over the last eight years.s what the choice comes to. here is a trivia question for the day. when was the last time a perfect bill has ever came out of congress? it doesn't happen. we're always negotiating and because we all come from different districts and we all have different ideas. when we come to the final bill and put the best bill we could possibly come forward, which is what we've done, we bring it to the floor and let the voters decide. >> if you're going to let a vote happen even if you don't have the votes, do i understand -- historically, if you don't have the votes often the bill doesn't come to the floor. is this strategy to make those nos very apparent so their constituents know they voted against this? >> no. i believe we're dealing with a president who doesn't come from a typical political idea. he's a negotiator. he goes in and closes deals. and, yes, it upcally, over the last four years i've been here working, especially since i've been a deputy whip, we don't like to go to the floor and los

trump won the election. secretary clinton would not have picked mr. friedman. donald trump picked him because i believe president trump understands that mr. friedman would be a voice consistent with trump's view of the u.s./israel relationship, that he's qualified, that he has the experience and the passion and the skill set to be america's voice, not just trump's voice. to my democratic colleagues, i know what it's like to be disappointed in an election outcome. i haven't voted for a president who has won in 12 years. but i find myself supporting people for jobs that i would not have picked. the one thing i would say about david friedman that he loves the united states and israel with all of his heart and all of his soul. that he has been effective as a lawyer, that his reputation as a lawyer is beyond reproach. what does a good lawyer do? good lawyer tries to take people with different views to get to a win/win situation. to represent your client with passion and also understand that the other side has an interest, too. when you look at his career as a lawyer those

mr. lowry: donald trump one in november by tearing up the rulebook. not just by clinical tactics, but by republican orthodoxy. is there anything about his victory that makes you reconsider or want to think more deeply about elements of your own worldview? rep. ryan: sure. you always have to think about that. i think what the president did the most and gave the best voice to his what i would call the real forgotten man and woman in this country. onehave to remember, i come from wisconsin. -- come from wisconsin. ourometown got crushed when gm plant left in 2009. half the people i went to high school with, their parents worked there, and the idea was you could get a job there. i had buddies from school that works th plant and make six figures. and now have jobs that make them about one third as much. that,k he gave voice to and i think that's real and palpable. i think we have to make sure that our conservative principles actually translate into real tangible results that prove the lives of these men and women who have been forgotten and feel they have

mr. trump's positive comments about russia. donald trump is right.re out a way to, to end this cycle of hostility that is putting this country at risk. ro >> reporter: in july he had a conversation with the russian ambassador in cleveland. then the in september the two met in the senator's capitol hill office. sessions says the russian ambassador initiated the meeting. less than a month later, u.s. in te intelligence agencies would blame the russian government for wave of cyberattacks, targeting the u.s. election. concluding the attacks were designed to help president trump. the fbi counterintelligence commune it investigates contacts between trump aassociate yalts and russian operatives. during his confirmation, sessions was asked in a written questionnaire if he had any contact with the russian government abut the 2016 election. he responded no. he repeated that assertion today. >> i never had meetings with russian operatives or russian intermediaries about the trump campaign. and the idea that i would part of a "continuing exchange of informat d b

mr. nichols, early on you said we need donald trump, perhaps we need donald trump right now. >> guest: i was cautious about saying that. i write for "the nation" magazine which was not particularly enthusiastic about mr. trump's candidacy. and i think what i may have said was something along the lines of we might have needed donald trump. what i meant by that is that we had fallen into a pattern in this country of trying to deal with huge challenges, globalization, revolution is changing everything about how we relate to the rest of the world, a digital revolution that's changing how we communicate, an automation revolutioning that's changing everything about how we work. these are huge issues, and as a country, we weren't wrestling with them. and so i think what has happened is that because we weren't wrestling with them, an opening was created for a election result that shocked an awfully lot of americans including, i would say, the majority of americans were shocked by it. and that's what i mean by maybe that shock factor is something that causes in a lot of us to engage in much more f

swal wahle donald trump has said a -- mr. swalwell: donald trump has said a number of times he has nothing to do with russia. and i want to ask you, director, if you're familiar with deutsche bank and its $300 million loan to donald trump and his organization? director comey: it's not something i am going to comment on. wahle swal director, are you a-- mr. swalwell: director, are you aware that deutsche banked has been fined by new york state for failing to stop the corrupt transfer for $10 million out of russia? director comey: i think generally from press accounts. mr. swalwell: so an individual's association with a bank that has had dealings with russian money laundering, that would be something that would be a red flag for a counterintelligence investigation, i would assume? director comey: that's a hypo i don't want to answer. mr. swalwell: director, would a u.s. business person who is associated with a foreign adversary having tenants in their office building that do business with that foreign adversary, would that be a

mr. trump's positive comments about russia. >> donald trump is right. we need to figure out a way to end this cycle of hostility that is putting this country at risk. >> reporter: in july, he had a conversation with kislyak at the republican national convention in cleveland. then, in september, the two met in the alabama senator's capitol hill office. sessions says the russian ambassador initiated the meeting. less than a month later, u.s. intelligence agencies would publicly blame the russian government for a wave of cyberattacks targeting the u.s. election. ultimately concluding the attacks were designed to help president trump. the f.b.i. counter-intelligence unit continues to investigate contact betweens trump associates and russian operatives. during his confirmation process, sessions was asked in a written questionnaire if he had any contact with the russian government about the 2016 election. he responded, "no." he repeated that assertion today. >> i never had meetings with russian operatives or russian intermeadaries about the trump campaign. an

mr. trump. democrats are trying to make any sort of connection between the kremlin and donald trump.became only president because ofhe kremlin. i think this is very dangerous. in the u.s., every two years they are voting. a new congress, new elections. politicians here do not have a lot of time to come together and work together. this is now a time when both democrats and republicans should come together. but instead, it just goes on. sarah: thank you. in other news, the focus was supposed to be on the future, poland germany's chancellor visited a technology fair, she found yourself talking about the past. angela merkel called on turkey to stop comparing the german government with nazis. she was referring to recent comments by the turkish president that she was -- employing nazi tactics. reporter: it is very rare that german chancellor angela merkel breaks protocol as she did today , come bending on turkey instead of sticking to the routine -- she did today, commenting on turkey instead of sticking to the routine. she demanded turkey stop drawing nazi parallels to present-day turkey.

intelligence at the time of the us election has denied there was any wire—tapping of donald trump or his campaign. mr of ordering the wire—tap but offered no evidence. the white house has asked congress to investigate the allegations. nick bryant reports from new york. on the sunday talk shows this morning, one main topic of discussion... in his extraordinary twitter tirade, donald trump accused his predecessor barack obama of being a sick and bad guy who ordered wire taps at trump tower in a watergate—style conspiracy. and this morning the white house issued a statement asking that as part of their investigation into russian activity, the congressional intelligence committee exercise their oversight authority to determine whether executive branch investigative powers were abused in 2016. but the white house has produced no evidence to back—up the president's claims and seems to be hoping these congressional committees will come up with some. let's get the truth here. let's find out. i think the bigger story isn't who reported it, but is it true? and i think the american people have a right to know i

mr. trump was bugged by u.s. intelligence either. reporter: caught up in the eye of the storm, the gchq surveillance agency, secretly listening in, said the white house, on donaldrump's conversations. not true, says gchq, in a rare public rebuttal. it began with a tweet, trump alleging on social media barack obama had ordered the tapping of his phone calls at trump tower in new york. then the claim from fox news that the gchq may have been behind it. presidentlitano: obama could have easily been and probably did use an intelligence foreign service to gather the information, and the probable culprit here is called gchq. reporter: the next thing, that unsubstantiated claim was being quoted by donald trump's spokesman. mr. spicer: he used gchq. reporter: that triggered alarms in whitehall, that it was a serious enough to be a threat to britain's national security. it prompted an unprecedented denial from gchq. said,t allegations," it "made by media commentator andrew napolitano about gchq conducting wiretap against the then-president-elect are nonsense. they are utterly ridiculous and should be ignored." >> this is not something gchq does. the legislation under wh

while president donald trump wasn't mentioned by name he criticized mr. p and said china remains committed. >> we can't allow china toe rape our done cubatry. >> reporter: mr. trump has had a rocky relationship with china after accusing the country of stealing millions of u.s. jobs. during a heavily choreographed press conference saturday, we asked where the u.s./china ruopp is heading. the question topic had to be presubmitted and preapproved. >> translator: we all hope american policy changes have positive effects, but if there are chaks china will face them head on. >> reporter: despite china's economic challenges and at a times choking pugs, the applause came when he announced china is suspending roaming charges for calls made in another province. adrian na diaz, cbs news, beijing. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," a look at a growing trend in skin care called micro needling and why doctors say it could be dangerous. >>> plus a first on "cbs this morning," airbnb's ceo tell how women play a major part many the company's success

donald trump. do you believe that? >> mr. trump went on to say that the people of kentucky like when people stand for the american flag. kaepernick, by the way, is a free agent and has yet to sign with a team. >>> i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri with our incoming storm, anywhere from is 12 inches in kingville to 4 in south lake tahoe. we're tracking this rainfall and i'll have exactly what it mean for the morning commute. >>> a near brawl for the warriors, and steph curry is in the middle of all this. what prompted the bad blood in oklahoma city. >>> a pack of dirt bike riders terrorizing a freeway. the reason why chp is confident they'll grab'em. >>> burglary alert in tell you about. police are looking for that guy right there who they say ransacked a home today. take a good look. that's about a block away from live oak high school. neighbors are asked to check surveillance cameras to see if they find him also. >>> they're at it again. a new video of off-road bikers showing off on the bay bridge. police say there were about 30

[applause] donald trump: thank you very much. mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, the first lady of the united states. [applause] donald trump: and citizens of america, tonight, as we were -- as we mark the celebration of black history month, we are reminded of our nation's path towards civil rights and the work that still remains to be done. recent threats -- [applause] donald trump: recent threats targeting jewish community centers and vandalism of jewish cemeteries as well as last week's shooting in kansas city remind us that while we may be a nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forms. [applause] donald trump: each american generation passes the torch of truth, liberty, and justice in on broken chain all the weight -- unbroken chain all the way down to the president. that torch is now in our hands, and we will use it to light up the world. i am here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength, and it is a message deeply delivered from my hea

donald sent this to me. >> reporter: in a statement the white house said mr. trump a responsibility to his company, his family, and his employees to pay no more tax than legally required. >> i believe that most of us federal income taxes than donald trump has paid. >> reporter: during the presidential campaign, democrat hillary clinton accused mr. there. of not paying any federal income taxes. the president's son, donald, jr., wrote the new disclosure proved how successful donald trump is and that he paid $40 million in taxes. but the document does not explain how the president earned his income or if he paid taxes at similar rates in other years. in january, then-president-elect trump balked at calls to release his tax return, something all presidents have done since the 1970s. >> i'm not releasing the tax returns because, as you know, they're under audit. the only one that cares about my tax returns are the reporters. they're the only ones. >> reporter: according to a late february cbs news poll, reporters are not the only ones. 56% of americans said it was necess

donald trump consistent er of muslims... >> i am against the malicious policies of donald trump and his regime. >> reporter: muslim american gold star father mr. khan is one of president trump's most vocal critics. >> donald trump consistently smears the character of muslims. >> reporter: in one of the most memorable moments at the democratic national convention the harvard educated lawyer asked then candidate trump if he had ever read the constitution. >> i will gladly lend you my copy. chp chp -- [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: khan's son was killed in iraq in 2004 at age 27. >> can we be thrown out of this country? >> reporter: before 1,000 bay area lawyers at the asia american bar association dinner tonight khan implored the room to stand up for justice. >> my message of this, that this country's values of pleurallism, values of equal protection and equal dignity will prevail. >> we need to remind lawyers the important role they play to defend the constitution. >> reporter: since the dnc more muslims have become unfairly targeted. >> recently we've seen two judges revise president trump's travel ban. what's your reaction to that? >

nearly six years after donald trump first laid eyes on melania, he proposed with a 15 carrot $1.5 million diamond engagement ring. the future mr. trump telling the new york post it was a great surprise. we are very happy together. the couple wed january 22 dwaf. >> i think of their wedding as a broadway production. >> hundreds attended at mar-a-lago country club in palm beach, florida. crystal champagne was served along with a 57 pound grand wedding cake. there was a moment donald wanted to sell the broadcast rights to the wedding and melania put her foot down at that. >> the new mrs. trump wore a gown from france. adorned with crystals. estimated coast, 100 to $200,000. vogue magazine featured her on the cover. after the wedding, settled in on pent how's overlooking fifth avenue. granted larry king first post wedding interview on cnn. >> kind of a joking. >> i used the name trump, yes. yes, i am. roud of it >> that name broug opportunity. >> the chief executive for affleck personally chose melania trump to star in this ad saying she's the bride of the year. then came the inevitable questions about mother hood gl do you want t

here have paid a lot more federal income taxes than donald trump has paid. >> reporter: during the presidential campaign, democrat hillary clinton accused mrtrump of not paying any federal income taxes. the president's son, donald jr., wrote, the new disclosure proved umw successful donald trump is and that he paid $40 million in taxes. but the document does not explain how the president earned his income or if he paid taxes at similar rates in other years. in january, then-president-elect trump balked at calls to release his tax returns, something all presidents have done since the 1970s. >> well, i'm not releasing the tax returns because, as you know, they're under audit. you know, the only ones that care about my tax returns are the reporters, okay. they're the only ones. >> according to a late february cbs news poll, americans are not reporterrers are not the only one. anthony, nothing under federal law prevents anyone under audit from releasing his or her tax >> mason: major, thanks. today, much of the northeast woke up beneath a thick blanket of snow. the totals may have underwhelmed in the big cities near the coast, but not for the

mr. sessions spoke to the russian ambassador? donald trump: i was not aware at all. >> in the morning after "washington journal," the subject of a discussion at george washington university. we will be there live at 10:00 a.m. eastern.. back now to newport, news virginia, were president trump spoke to sailors and veterans about increasing investments in the military aboard the gerald ford class aircraft carrier. >> mr. president, mr. secretary, admiral richardson, and thank you again, admiral, for my honorary national aviator selection. officers and crew of the uss , mammal. ford, mike tt, jennifer dunn, and my fellow newport news shipbuilders, distinguished guests and ladies and gentlemen. welcome, what a magnificent this is for the young life of this mighty ship. [applause] >> mr. president, you have spoken passionately about america's greatness and there are no finer examples of that greatness than the two groups that are before you here today, the crew of the uss gerald r. ford and the newport news ship builders. [cheers and applause] >>