mr. spicer: he has. reporter: on the president's tweets, are president trump's tweets considered official white house statements? mr. spicer: the president of the united states they are considered official statements. reporter: is the president that his tweets could be used against him at the level of the supreme on when the cclu takes this case? mr. spicer: the court should follow the law and the danger is real and the law is clear and there's no question we should prevail at the supreme court. reporter: can you tell us where the president is going to be on thursday at 10:00 a.m.? is he going to watch comey's testimony? mr. spicer: there is a meeting with mayors and governors to talk about some of the projects that need to go through the public-private partnership. he is giving a speech to the faith and freedom coalition downtown. it will be a very busy day. the president is going to have a very, very busy day as he does all the time and his focus is pursuing the agenda and the priorities he was elected

mr. spicer: none. and so -- since you brought it up, just so we're clear on that, the -- her majesty extended an invitation to the president. he accepted the invitation and e look forward to scheduling that trip. there's nothing that was scheduled and we look forward to working on a mutually accessible date with the united kingdom. thank you, have a great onday. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] thee lost that terrible night one year ago. but they were loved, and a year later we remember them and those they left >> in just a minute or two, a on moving forward. also a vote on president trump's pick for the assistant secretary of defense decision, you can watch the senate debate and vote on c-span2. later on this evening we'll have live coverage of defense secretary james mattis and joint chiefs chairman joseph dunford. they'll be testifying on th

mr. spicer: none. and so -- since you brought it up, just so we're clear on that, the -- her majesty extended an invitation to the president. he accepted the invitation and we look forward to scheduling that trip. there's nothing that was scheduled and we look forward to working on a mutually accessible date with the united kingdom. hank you, have a great monday. >> well, legislative business gets under way in about seven minutes in the u.s. house. members will consider a number of energy-related bills focusing on hydroelect trick power and energy efficiency in schools -- hydroelectric power and energy efficiency in schools. right now, though, a look at possible changes to plore-based health insurance from today's "washington journal." host: "washington journal" continues. is jamesble now gelfand. operation erisa industry committee. good morning.

mr. spicer, mr. spicer, mr. spicer. yes, thank you. seth meyers, "late night with seth meyers." it feels like every day there is a new scandal in the white house to deal with. how long did last week seem to you? >> frankly, well over a year. [ light laughter ] >> seth: and how long do you think it will be until mike pence becomes the president? >> i think we've got an hour or two before he's actually sworn in. [ laughter ] [ scattered applause ] >> seth: an hour or two? what's been the biggest challenge so far for president trump? >> coping with the effects of traumatic brain injury and head trauma. [ laughter ] >> seth: your job seems pretty stressful. what do you do to keep yourself from taking up smoking? >> use the patches that are available to ensure that it doesn't happen. [ light laughter ] >> seth: what do you call when it a really tall man sits down in front of you at the movie theater? >> a historic show of obstructionism. [ light laughter ] >> seth: what is the republican party doing to ensure that trump gets re-elected in 2020? >> we are calling on all of those folks

mr. spicer: i don't know. >> nathan king has been at listening to all this. nathan, just your thoughts on what you heard so far. nathan: i think he has made this on purely economic terms and also national pride terms. he used the word, the u.s. is a laughingstock of the rest of the world, the rest of the world is taking advantage of the u.s., this is a massive transfer of jobs and wealth away from the united states. this is the most combative speech we heard from a u.s. president in a very long time when it comes to the rest of the world. if we thought the snubs we saw at nato and g-7, this is a whole new league. it's incredible. to basically say to the rest of the world, you are duping the united states out of billions of dollars and putting shackles on us, and it is unfair. we are talking about china, the european union. it is quite an incredible thing to do. it is very important that he doesn't come out as a climate change science denier. he is making this on purely economic terms, basically saying the jobs he wants, the forgotten people, the economic grow

mr. spicer was asked about today's ruling by the ninth circuit court of appeals on the president's executive order on immigration refugees. at the top of the briefing the labor secretary updated reporters on a number of workforce initiatives. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> good afternoon. as you now have heard the presidents placing an emphasis on workforce development. secretary of labor and secretary of education along with president's daughter have been deeply involved in this effort. secretary had a chance to address the issue a few moments ago at the president's first meeting with his fully confirmed cabinet. like to kick it out by having secretary acosta come up and talk about the initiative and take questions. >> thank you and good afternoon. i want to think the work that has been done by ivanka trump and what will be talking about this week. i'll be traveling with her tomorrow for wisconsin where will be looking at excellent programs. her leadership has been invaluable. as you know by now, the president will be making an important announcement regarding apprenticeships. will be visiting

mr. spicer will be out here in a minute. good luck to you all. now, fight for the co, i c onk. >> it's "the late show with stephen colbert." tonight, stephen welcomes eric stonestreet. john mcenroe. and musical guest lillie mae. featuring jon batiste and stay human. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey! hey, everybody! ( cheers and applause ) that's right. hey, what's going on? thanks very much. welcome to "the late show." thank you very much for being here. i'm your host, stephen colbert. ( cheers and applause ) hey, you remember how the republicans have been promising to repeal and replace obamacare for seven years now? yeah. it's their most consistent message other than "turn down that hip-hop racket, you kids!" and this is the week because senate majority leader and unacknowledged love child of admiral akbar, mitch mcconnell -- so sad. so sad. won't return his phone calls. ( laughter ) -- has promised he will pass trumpcare before the july 4th recess

mr. spicer walks out here, we'll be cutting all audio and visual feeds. of course, we will still be releasing transcripts, but those will now be in ancient egyptian hieroglyphics. to receive a copy just follow these collectioned: eye, bird, foot. as for the briefings themselves no one will be allowed to can a question unless they are holding the official briefing conk. in addition, every reporter will be handed a

mr. spicer says he hasn't asked the president about it. we're asking him as much of a test of the administration's transparency as much as anything else. so we keep on asking week after week, month after month and he keeps on saying this. >> i have not asked the president since the last time we spoke about this. and i haven't spoken to him about the reason. i don't know. i haven't asked him that specific question. i said i have not had a discussion with him on the question. i haven't talked to the president specifically about this. i have not had an opportunity to have that discussion. i have not asked him. i have not asked the president. >> okay. >> i can get back to you. >> the answers say nothing. they also speak volumes. jeff zeleny is at the white house tonight. is there a logical reason, jeff, why sean spicer doesn't have an answer to these questions? ro >> reporter: logical and also legal. sh shawn spicer doesn't want to contradict anything the president has said. i've covered the bush administration, the obama administration and th

mr. spicer walks out here, we'll be cutting all audio and visual feeds.of course, we will still be releasing transcripts, but those will now be in ancient egyptian hieroglyphics. to receive a copy just follow these collectioned: eye, bird, foot. as for the briefings themselves no one will be allowed to can a question unless they are holding the official briefing conk. in addition, every reporter will

mr. spicer reacted to this a moment ago in the briefing room. let's take a listen. >> in my opinion, i think we can all attest that these are very dangerous times and be need every available tool at our disposal to prevent terrorists from entering the united states and committing bloodshed and violencement we continue to be confident that the president's order to protect this country is fully lawful and will ultimately be upheld by the supreme court. >> attorney general, do me a favor, react. do you believe your case is going to withstand when it goes up in front of this supreme court? >> and we feel cautiously optimistic, especially now that we've had a decision that's been made by not only the fourth circuit court of appeals or the ninth circuit court of appeals. you have two very different courts making a decision on this issue. and i think the other reaction i have to mr. spicer's comment is that we've never suggested that the president be exercising his powers to protect our national security. of course that's something the president should

mr. spicer walks out here, we'll be cutting all audio and visual feeds. still be releasing transcripts, but those will now be in ancient egyptian hieroglyphics. to receive a copy just follow these collectioned: eye, bird, foot. as for the briefings themselves no one will be allowed to can a question unless they are holding the official briefing conk. in addition, every reporter will be handed a fo

mr. spicer: it depends on the scope of the questions and to get into a hypothetical at this point would beremature. i think the president has been clear last week in the rose garden that he believes the sooner we can get this addressed and dealt with, that there has been no collusion, he wants this to get investigated as soon as possible and be done with so he can continue with the business of the american people. laura: sean spicer there. for more on what we can expect, i spoke earlier with north america reporter anthony zurcher. we don't know exactly what the the attorney general will answer all the questions, but what are you expecting lawmakers to ask him? anthony: the first question they are going to have is did he have any more meetings with russian ambassador sergey kislyak. during the confirmation hearings he said he did not have meetings and then it later came out he did have meetings and now even more meetings. one of the first questions, and that is one of the reasons he recused himself from overseeing this russia investigation. also, i'm interested to hear whether he was in tha

muted material particularly the article from seymour hersh earlier this week in fact just before mr spicer statement that the century debunks that attack i think it's pretty clear to most observers this was not a chemical attack by by the syrian forces so you really wonder how they can be prepping for another attack when it does look like there was a previous attack and then you have a few days later general batters service now secretary matt is saying well the warning worked they called it off well how would they know that or you know i suppose they could do it some time after the the whole thing looks very very fishy to me you almost get a sense that this was contrived for some political purpose or maybe involved some kind of fighting between various elements of the administration now what do you make though the white house and u.n. ambassador nikki haley threatening syria with that why pay a heavy price to tell the truth by to make something of it i can't i can't figure out what ambassador haley's talking about as far as the white house goes i think i think this was contrived i think th

mr. spicer and reince priebus reached out to laura ingram about the white house press secretary. politico reporting that spicer and priebus had discussions with laura ingram. john, dry creek, west virginia. go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have a couple of -- i was a coal miner. i was retired coal miner. during my coal mining years, i realized that it has ups and downs. when it's up it's great. when it's down, it's bad. i got my teaching degree while i was working. when i -- when they shut down, i started teaching high school and when went high school shut down, i taught grade school. my problem is, are colleges, we know our education system is down. our colleges, for the most part, for teacher, their teaching and want to teach if we paid attention in high school. they're not teaching them how to teach. i feel like when we need more training in our young teachers just coming out of college. maybe instead of one semester student teaching, maybe pay them partial pay and let them stay a full year with an experienced teacher. another problem with that is, every three

mr. spicer would be getting a promotion overseeing all white house medications. eric, we we had governor huckae on our program last week and you asked about the likelihood of sarah huckabee. >> eric: she has been doing a great job. they moved sean a little bit away from the day-to-day press news. is this such a -- it's such a hot seat. is this something you want? >> kat: i would not want that job. it's a very, very hard job. not just because of president trump but the media, it's a hostile relationship. >> eboni: onto global news, fox news reports that otto warmbier has died. the family issued a statement. here is a portion. "surrounded by his loving family, otto died today at 2:20 p.m. it would be easy at a moment like this to focus on all that we lost -- future time that won't be spent with a warm, engaging, brilliant young man whose curiosity and enthusiasm for life knew no bounds. but we choose to focus on the time we were given to be with this remarkable person." statement from his parents. >> eric: i just left my son, spend father's day with my son, this bo

mr. spicer's favorite word. phenomenal, phenomenal, phenomenal. >> okay. good luck with that. someone else had been handed over here. >> i was wanting to content delivered about the relationship between the clarity of words and the clarity of ideas. one of the more than five donald trump is that even though he's such clear language he did not actually have the clarity in his mind. i don't know! [laughter] but the other part - >> in the campaign i did not like it at all. especially when it was awful some of the stuff! i am talking just purely this is a lesson for all of us. when talking with the actual -- i think my own view is and i have discussed this before, there are many forces and i have a kind of feeling, i cannot prove this, i'm no qualifications whatsoever. but actually he may believe something when he says something. but whether it is fantasy is a question which really wants all of us. -- it haunts all of us. and there is a book by jonathan swift which gets to your point basically. he describes a politician, this is for 500 years ago. you cannot tell the difference an

mr. spicer said said whatever the beliefs in the past, that they are not willing to work with us and thatng to work wik with them. they are working on modernizing the u.s. government. when you hear some of the i.t. civiles are dating back almost 50 plus years, it is clearly time for modernization. they pointed out that the dod in some of its systems uses 8-inch floppy disks. that is what the focus of this is about. it will save tremendous amounts of money. about 80 billion a year we spend. here is what jared kushner had to say to the ceos when he welcomed them about two hours ago. >> we created the white house office for american innovation in an effort to bring business sensibility to a government for too long has relied on past practices as automatic justification for their continue ages. before i came to washington many warned me that the bureaucracy would resist any change that we tried to implement. so far i have found exactly the opposite. reporter: to give you an idea how antiquated some of the u.s. government eye systems are, they highlight a branch, compute that's y2k compliant.

mr. spicer would be getting a promotion overseeing all white house medications. eric, we we had governor huckae on our program last week and you asked about the likelihood of sarah huckabee. >> eric: she has been doing a great job. they moved sean a little bit away from the day-to-day

mr. spicer's remarks. first, crew is a bipartisan organization.yself and the push ethics czar serve on the board. second, there was no lawsuit that was filed after the press conference. the lawsuit was filed this the morning and as is normal we know the white house doesn't like when he talks to the res. as was normal, there's a press conference afterwards. and then final ly i have to say that i think the merits of the case are going to be demonstrated and the justice department's brief from friday has been very widely criticized because the exceptions would consume the rule the justice department has gone too far. so that's where the case stands. and i should add one last thing. it's not the same lawyer. noo new york you have hotels and restaurants who are represented by one set of counsel. here you have two states who are represented by ags. crew is outside counsel in both. >> you can totally respond and the for sale sign outside the white house. how do you see it? >> it's silsly. this is partisan at its best. you stated earlier in a couple previ

mr. spicer's new title is still being decided. his new role will be a promotion to a position. so does this mean your daughter gets a promotion to press secretary, governor? >> well, if i had anything to do with it, she would. look, i think she's terrific, and i'm being very objective, just as objective as the washington times and new york post. i think she's done a magnificent job when she's at the podium. i think she's smart and has the respect of the people in the room, and i think she has the confidence of the president. so i don't know that's in the works. i have no idea. i don't get to make that decision. but i'm telling you if it were me making the decision, that's what would happen. liz: governor, you still look like a proud papa a day after father's day there. >> you know, how could i not be? of course. but, look, i think she's terrific, and i think it would be a smart move on the part of the white house. >> well, governor, good to see you. congratulations on the news. good to see you again. thanks so much. all right. now we have this story. a cnn contributor claimed i

mr. spicer or somebody else at the appropriate time. >> all right.t that to my colleagues with nbc news and msnbc. in the meantime, congressman denny heck, always good to see you. thank you. >> thank you, alex. >>> reaction from bill cosby's wife, camille, to the mistrial that was just declared in his sexual assault case. you don't let anything keep you sidelined. that's why you drink ensure. with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. before fibromyalgia, i was a doer. i was active. then the chronic, widespread pain drained my energy. my doctor said moving more helps ease fibromyalgia pain. she also prescribed lyrica. fibromyalgia is thought to be the result of overactive nerves. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. woman: for some, lyrica can significantly relieve fibromyalgia pain and improve function, so i feel better. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these,

mr. spicer has had a chance to double check with president trump. >>> world leaders quick to step into thepresident's leadership showers. emmanuel macron, the -- like president trump had never held public office before and is one of his biggest rivals. you'll remember the handshake war. he spoke out against the president's decision. >> we all share the same responsibility. make our planet great again. >> vladimir putin has changed his story a little when it comes to russian hacking of the american election. he said there was no such hacking. he now says patriotic russians may have meddled in the u.s. election and now he said that at a st. petersburg economic forum which is where we find nbc's megyn kelly. she's in st. petersburg at that forum and sat down with putin for an in-depth interview. you'll be able to see that exclusive interview as megyn debuts her new show sunday night which runs on sunday night at 7:00 p.m. each day we encourage you to give me feedback. just now two of you have wrote in to say i didn't properly explain why the president pulled out of the paris agreement. he sai

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mr. spicer as he has been prone to do of late will probably try and kick that one to the president's personallso likely to get asked about whether the president is under investigation. you had president trump tweeting friday that he was. his personal lawyer on sunday denying it. how do we expect the press secretary might field those questions, david? >> they'll probably suggest that the president and his lawyers can speak for himselves, sort of something they've relied on for hard questions. i think they'll field some questions along those lines. it will be interesting to see how much sean spicer works the room. yesterday there were some concerns among some of the bigger television networks they didn't get a question. it will be interesting to see who he calls on, what kind of questions he may entertain and how long he goes. these briefings have become shorter and shorter. >> jeremy, we've been talking about not inside but the benefit of these daily press briefings when it comes to what we do for a living. truth of the matter is that the average citizen is served greatly by these press briefi

mr. spicer said the white house was reviewing the opinion and reiterated the president's executive order is "fully lawful" and ultimately will be upheld by the supreme court. a look. >> speaking off the lawsuit from the ninth circuit, this came out , any response to that? secretary spicer: we are currently reviewing that opinion. i think we can all attest these are dangerous times and we need every available tool to prevent terrorists from entering the united states and committing acts of bloodshed and violence. that the president's ban is fully lawful and by theely will be upheld supreme court. >> next on c-span, president trump holds a meeting with his cabinet secretaries, and then treasury secretary steven testifies before the house and then hawaii versus trump, a review of the travel ban oral argument. journal,'s washington live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. morning, thesday newsmax ceo will discuss the future of donald trump's presidency and the american enterprise institute will discuss paid family leave. the future of cooper. be sure to watch washington jo

mr. spicer was asked three times point-blank whether the president believed that climate change is real and all times, he to client to answer the question. he said that the president made the decision purely on the base of economics and what was right united states economy. these are not contradictory things. the white house can answer that question, but at the same time say the president's decision was about this. the dodging a sort of remarkable in that sense, because it is not a difficult question to answer. >> that was the question followed about the epa administrators release, and the brought upn hearings some doubt on climate science. what is the opinion that the minister has to say about his own personal beliefs? unbelief,ed about his and says he accepts that there is global warming that is happening, and that humans contribute to it. what he did say along with that is that it is difficult to measure, and cast doubt on the idea of doing something about it because of the improbability of knowing how much it is happening. goes against the views of climate scientists, 97%, who say that

mr. spicer was asked about today's ruling by the ninth circuit court of appeals on the president's executive order on immigration refugees. at the top of the briefing the labor secretary updated reporters on a number of

mr. sean spicer. spicy. he's feeling the spicy heat. at yesterday's press briefing, not only didn't spicer not allow cameras. he also prohibited audio recordings. it's a big change from his usual press briefings, where only information is prohibited. yes. shhh! no, no, no, no. lovely, lovely people. ( applause ) lovely people. then when asked why journalists could not record the briefing, spicer said, "there are days where we decide that the president's voice should be the one who speaks for the administration." your whole job is speaking for the administration! ( laughter ) that's like chef boyardee when we decide that people should make their own canned ravioli." now, when a reporter then texted steve bannon to ask why the briefings were off camera, bannon responded, "sean got fatter." oh! oh! ( applause ) ( cheers ) ow! that is a low blow from a guy who looks like he's either got the meat sweats or is sweaty meat. and introducing a cone of silence isn't the only change to white house press briefings, because it's being reported that

mr trump's spokesman sean spicer said the president had the authority to dismiss mr mueller, but hadking after mr trump questioned mr mueller‘s impartiality in a television interview. he is very, very good friends with james comey which is very bothersome but he is also, we will have to see. we will have to see in terms... there has been no obstruction, there has been no collusion, there has been leaking by james has been no collusion, there has been leaking byjames comey has been no collusion, there has been leaking by james comey that there has been no collusion, no obstruction and virtually everybody agrees to that. qatar says the list of demands presented by four arab states imposing a boycott on it is not " reasonable and actionable". saudi arabia, egypt, the united arab emirates and bahrain want the qataris to close a turkish military base and reduce ties to iran along with shutting the aljazeera news network. david schenker is a senior middle east analyst at the washington institute for near east policy. he was previously responsible for advising the pentagon on the military a

mr trump's spokesman sean spicer said the president had the authority to dismiss mr mueller, but hado intention of doing so. he was speaking after mr trump questioned mr mueller‘s impartiality in a television interview. he is very, very good friends with james comey which is very bothersome but he is also, we will have to see. we will have to see in terms... there has been no obstruction, there has been no collusion, there has been leaking by james comey but there has been no collusion, no obstruction and virtually everybody agrees to that. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. saudi arabia says it has foiled a terrorist plan targeting the grand mosque in the city of mecca. a suicide bomber blew himself up after security forces cornered him in a residential building. the building collapsed injuring ii people, including police officers. muslim pilgrims from around the world have gathered in mecca for the end of ramadan. five people have died after being electrocuted at a water park in turkey. the first three victims were children swimming in a pool. the park

mr trump's spokesman sean spicer said the president had the authority to dismiss mr mueller, but hado. he was speaking after mr trump questioned mr mueller‘s impartiality in a television interview. he is very, very good friends with james comey which is very bothersome but he is also, we will have to see. we will have to see in terms... there has been no obstruction, there has been no collusion, there has been leaking by james comey but there has been no collusion, no obstruction and virtually everybody agrees to that. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: calling time on climate change — arnold schwarzenegger and french president emmanuel macron forge a new friendship. members of the of the neo—nazi resistance movement stormed the world trade center armed with pistols and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a right to claim certain parts of this country as ourland. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner." cheering and applause chapman, prison pale and slightly chubby, said not a single word in open court. it was left to his lawyer to e

mr trump's spokesman sean spicer said the president had the authority to dismiss mr mueller, but hadtrump questioned mr mueller‘s impartiality in a television interview. he is very good friends, which is bothersome. but we will have their say. we'll out dc in look, there has been no obstruction. there has been no collusion. there has been leaking byjames no collusion. there has been leaking by james comey. there no collusion. there has been leaking byjames comey. there has been no collusion, no obstruction, and virtually everybody agrees that. that's get more of —— on this from laura bicker. he has said that he is not going to fire bob mueller, who is leading up the investigation on collision between the trump campaign in russia. it looks like he is not going to be fired. but he is certainly throwing up some doubt as to how independent mr mueller might have been. —— collusion. we now know that they were friends, mueller and james comey. james comey has said that the president asked him to drop an investigation into michael flynn, it is for me at national security adviser. now, there

spicer issued a statement overnight, saying mr. ruddy never spoke to the president regarding this issue. "with respect to this subject, only the president or his attorneys are authorized to comment." >>> in the wake of fbi director james comey's firing, the mere suggestion president trump might terminate mueller is drawing rapid fire from capitol hill. the top democrat on the house intel committee, adam schiff tweeting "if president fired bob mueller, congress would immediately re-establish special counsel and appoint bob mueller. don't waste our time." for the latest, we bring in senior white house correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: christine and dave, a friend of the president said mr. trump is considering the possibility of firing special prosecutor robert mueller. news max editor chris ruddy told pbs the president is actually weighing such a dramatic move, but a source close to the president told cnn there are many people advising the president to not fire mueller. here's what ruddy told pbs. >> i think he's considering per

personally think it would be a very significant mistake. >> white house press secretary sean spicer insisting mr spoke to the president regarding this issue. but hours earlier spicer's deputy said ruddy speaks for himself. several trump allies attacking mueller's credibility despite initially praising his appointment. former trump campaign adviser newt beggingrich said, republic are delusional if they think special counsel will be fair. praised mueller as a good choice. cnn

mr. pruitt: -- sec. spicer: i think what we said with respect to the executive order in question has been fairly consistent sensitive limitation and the first court action. last night, we asked the supreme court to hear this important case, and are confident that the president's executive orders are well within his lawful authority to keep the nation safe and protect our communities from terrorism. the president is not required to admit people from countries who sponsor or shelter terrorism and until he determines they are properly vetted and do not determine a risk -- i don't have an update on -- in terms of production? i don't have that. you asked about the president's personal views on climate change and use another chance to have a conversation with him. what does the president actually believe on climate change? sec. spicer: i have not had an opportunity to have that discussion. >> tilde people deserve to know what the president believes? sec. spicer: but the president is focused on is making sure that we

. >>> sean spicer says if mr. assad conduct the another mass murder attack using chemical weapons, he and his military will pay a heavy price. nikki haley says that was meant for a wider audience. >> the goal at this point is not just to send assad a message but to send russia and iran a message, that if this happens again, we are putting you on notice. >> a new video shows basheer al-assad climbing into a cockpit of a plane. a russian official calls the white house's statement a provocation. >>> dozens are recovering from injuries after a subway train went offer the tracks toward the end of the morning rush hour in upper manhattan. in the dark tunnels with smoke from a fire that was ignited by sparks from the derailment. the transit authority says the cause appears to be an extra piece of rail on the tracks. >> the train bucked forward, bucked backward, and in the process of doing that, two of the cars derailed. they scraped the side of the wall. >> the derailment not only damaged the cars but the track, the tunn

. >> reporter: a nighttime warning shot at syria, press secretary sean spicer writing, if mr. assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons, he and his military will pay a heavy price. the message coming less than three months after president trump launched an air strike against syria in april, for a chemical weapons attack that killed dozens, including children. >> you've seen activities that are similar to preparations of a chemical weapons attack, much like what we saw on april 4th. >> reporter: the pentagon adding the activity in the last 24 hours strongly suggests the intent to use chemical weapons, including activity with airplanes, ammunitions, at the same airfield the u.s. struck. today syria seemed to thumb its nose at the u.s., assad visiting a russian air base, who propertied up the syrian regime had its own warning for the u.s. a top official there calling america's statement an unprecedented provocation. u.n. ambassador nikki haley lashing out. >> i believe that the goal is at this point not just to send assad a message, but to send russia and i

. >> white house press secretary sean spicer insisting mr. ruddy never spoke to the president regarding this issue. but hours earlier spicer's deputy said ruddy speaks for himself. several trump allies attacking mueller's credibility despite initially praising his appointment. former trump campaign adviser newt beggingrich said, republic are delusional if they think special counsel will be fair. praised mueller as a good choice. cnn analysis of records reveals three of the five lawyers on mueller's team have donated almost exclusively to democrats with two giving the maximum donation to hillary clinton's 2016 campaign. still white house sources said they are urging him not to fire mueller, a move lawmakers feel would backfire. >> it would be absolutely astonishing if he were to entertain this. the echos of watergate are louder and louder. >> all this before testimony of embattled jeff sessions. he's expected to face a grilling about russia and firing of james comey. >> he was very close to and inevitably going to recuse himself for a variety o

mr. comey from testifying. sean spicerriefing today, would not give an answer as to where weather they have made a midecision. they are reviewing it, he said. but i suspect one way or another, we'll hear from director comey next week. >> rose: president trump's announcement that the u.s. would abandon the paris climate agreement had all the trappings of a campaign rally, including a jazz band. but the implications of that decision go far beyond domestic politics. michael morrell is a former acting director and deputy director of the c.i.a. >> i think this is the worst decision he's made. >> the united states will withdraw-- >> i look at this from a national security perspective, and i see sort of three big implications here. the first is that climate, as a result of this decision, the climate will be worse than it would be had we stayed in. and when i think about the world, and i think about the-- the threats to the preservation of the nation, there are only three that i can see. the first is a nuclear war with russia. the