we knew it was coming. >> "the new york times" reporters are on the case. peter baker is going to join us in a minute as soon as we get to it. >> well done, my friend. thank you. >> we have breaking news tonight from the new york times about "the new york times" and the panic "the new york times" has created within the white house. the times is reporting that the white house has discussed senator rand paul's idea to use polygraph tests on senior officials of the trump administration. here is the times report tonight. senator rand paul of kentucky recommended that the president force members of his administration to take polygraph examinations, and there was at least briefly some discussion of that among advisers to the president. another option mentioned by people close to mr. trump was asking senior officials to sign sworn affidavits that could be used in court if necessary. one outside adviser said the white house had a list of about 12 suspects. and joining us now by phone is new york times chief white house correspondent peter baker, who is one of the re

nixon: we have to do it at the state level first to show it can be done, and we could do it in new york, but we have to have political will. goesa: the next question to new, governor beebe corruption has touched your --er circle, with a man governor. corruption has touched your inner circle. he pushed a pamphlet called seems up albany," and it we still need a good cleaning. will you make it happen if you're reelected? governor cuomo: yes. marcia, you know the situation are referring to was a painful it is a personally difficult situation for him and his family. he went to work for my father when he was making the came to work for me. saying wheny father another got into trouble with rudy giuliani, my father was still alive, and we were shocked that rudy giuliani, a great prosecutor, and my father said, "never underestimate the ability of smart people to do stupid thing." that is exactly what happened here. -- pay ang to play a terrible price. i asked attorney general said public trust is job one. i was very aggressive. forward, coming ethics plan. period. disclosure and campaign reform

"the new york times" publishing the unprecedented op-ed anonymously. the author, delivering a blistering assessment of the president that echoes themes in the new bob woodward book, portraying mr. trump as amoral, impulsive, misguided, and detrimental to the united states of america. tonight, mr. trump is lashing out at "the new york times" and claiming that bob woodward's book is all fiction, timed to interfere with the confirmation hearings of his supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh. this hour, i'll talk to republican senator lindsey graham. he's a key member of the judiciary committee questioning kavanaugh. and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first, let's go to our senior white house correspondent, jeff zele zeleny. jeff, first the woodward book b bombshell and now this extraordinary op-ed. >> reporter: good evening, wolf. it's an extraordinary back-to-back blistering assessment of this president by someone inside his own white house. and they make the same point. they believe the president is not -- must be protected from do

here, we have vermont at 46, new jersey at 47, california, hawaii and new york. they are worst by far. we'll see some of that data. they are not even close. as far as the best states, florida's number one followed by new hampshire, indiana, colorado, and nevada. those are the top five. florida is a new number one compared to the last published version of this. that's exciting to see something interesting and different there. it was not something we expected when we ran the data. the proof of the pudding is in the eating. you look at the data and that is what pops out. i'm going to turn it over to jason to talk about the implications of the freedom rankings and freedom scores. thank you. >> thank you. i would like to next take a look at how some of the top and bottom states have evolved over time. you can see that new hampshire used to be in a class on its own. in the early 2000 freedom to climb there significantly until the 2010 election. and for a lot of states 2009 was a turning point. what we found was they responded to the great recession by cutting spending a

this is someone correctly who's named to come in at a very high level according to "the new york times" and serve the president of the united states and clearly outraged by what he says. everybody, stand by. there's much more we're getting in on the breaking news. how big is the resistance on the trump team? just revealed by the senior administration official and more on the aides that cooperated with bob woodward's new book. >>> following multiple breaking stories right now. and just moments ago at the white house, the president denounced as gutless an anonymous op-ed by a senior official of his administration. the official wrote the president acts in a manner that's detrimental to the health of our republic. let's bring back the experts and discuss on this extraordinary development. mark preston, in her statement, sarah sanders, press secretary, calls this this person who wrote this article gutless. and says we are disappointed but not surprised the paper chose to publish this selfish op-ed. >> let's add a word, disloyal. she never said fake. right? she said that the person basically

and new york times is mailing, if i were not here i believe that "new york times" would not exist. some day -- some day when i am not president, which hopefully will be in about 6 1/2 years from now. "new york times" and cnn, and all of those phony media outlets will be out of, business. there will be nothing to write, nothing of interest. nobody has been what this administration has done. and i agree it is different from an agenda which is much different than ours, and not yours. >> thank you. >> it is about open borders, letting people come into country, about a disafterrer in crime, they don't like donald trump, and i don't like them, because they are dishonest people, remember this also, about the "new york times," when i won they were forced to apologize to their subscribers. they wrote a letter of apology it was first time anybody has done it because they covered the election incorrectly, they have a anonymous eder to thee eddie , meaning gutless, we have done more than anybody every thought possible in -- not even two years, thank you very much. >> we appreciate it. [applaus

good night from nbc news headquarters in new york. us good night from nbc news headquarters in new york >>> a stunning op-ed in the new york types has the president lashing out. the anonymous author claims to be part of the resistance within the trump administration. >> that comes on the heels of bob woodward's book which the president is slamming as a work of fiction. >>> another fierce round of questioning for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. no definitive answers on some of the more hot-button issues. >>> good morning, everyone, it's thursday, september 6th, this morning the white house is rattled aft

and who's allegiance is first, last and always to the people of new york state. i would not have accepted any less from someone who has spent his career by fighting for police accountability . and fighting against self interest and fighting in defense of immigrant new yorkers and as a champion or tenants and rent control. and i am so proud as well to have run alongside this incredible slate of igc challengers. my hat is off to each and every one of you and the brilliance inserting campaigns that you have run. your victory tonight has shown that the blue wave is real and that it is not only coming for republicans, is coming for democrats who act like them. and as i said on the first day of this campaign, if we want things to finally change in new york state, we don't just need to elect more democrats, we need to elect better democrats. [cheering] to every office in every district upstate and downstate, up and down the ballot and that is exactly what we have done here today and the votes are still being counted. the votes are still coming in, but the victory sofar ,

all, while her opponent, has received more money from real estate developers than nearly any other new york state senate democrat. salazar won despite a number of recent news articles that raised questions about how she had described her political affiliations, family wealth, and birthplace. at columbia university, she was president of christians united for israel and in anti-choice

trump is demanding the identity of the missing person who wrote that scathing op-ed piece in "the new york times." new reaction from his inner circle. >>> it has happened again. more planes arrive in the u.s. with sick passengers. the common factor. >> and he was once the brightest star in hollywood. we say good-bye to burt reynolds. >> i think heaven has sent you here. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. >>> we begin with the latest fallout from the anonymous opinion piece in "the new york times" by the trump administration. at least 11 top officials including vice president mike pence and secretary of state mike pompeo said they had nothing to do with it. the president says the column backfired and he's actually picked up a lot of support because of it. laura podesta is here in new york. laura, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. yes, the trump administration went on the offensive yesterday while responding to the op-ed. press secretary sarah sanders tweeted the author is a gutless loser

i look at "the new york times" and their standard, we have that handy somewhere, i was reading it somewherein order for someone to use in their publication to use anonymous sourcing, it really had to merit the news judgment of the editors publishing it. in other words, it had to be newsworthy. if you have read this, and i have several times over, looking for the news, there is really not any news there. it is much of what we heard over and over again people don't like him and that they are trying to, quote, stop him. all right, i guess we can confirm then it is really and truly happening within the halls of the administration because this person just admitted this. but what would be news is if this person was a very big deal, right? i mean suppose it was mike pence, i'm just throwing that out there, don't infer anything, suppose it was him? then it would be newsworthy, perhaps even so much for the new york times to publish it anonymously. but who is deserving? who has a big enough title, just because you're a senior administration official, does it really merit "the new york times" publishi

i think the "new york times" should be ashamed. i think who wrote this editorial should be ashamed. >> reporter: the daughter of u.s. ambassador to russia said it wasn't her father. >> my dad works for the administration. >> did you write it? >> i did not write it. my dad did not write it as far as i know. >> reporter: a frustrated press secretary sarah huckabee sanders tweeted a statement calling for speculation to quote stop as she lashed out at the "new york times" posting the paper's phone number. house minority leader nancy pelosi joked it could be a character from clue. >> the vice president was my first thought. i guess by process of elimination we will come down to the butler. >> reporter: officialinis insid the administration have been reading the op-ed for clues writing the president's appointees have vowed to do what we can to preserve our democratic institutions while thwarting misguided impulses. pence was denying he wrote the op-ed and uses the road lodestar. >> vigilance and resolve will be our lodestar. >> the presi

is just thrown into chaos because they have to look for a new fbi director and according to the "new yorking in, you know, they're looking for a new fbi director. rosenstein is sitting in on some of these interviews and he believes the president isn't taking it seriously enough or perhaps doesn't even understand what an fbi director should do. so i think this is sort of the beginning of rosenstein's doubts about the president of the united states. now, their relationship may have changed and it seems in many ways at least publicly that it has, but rosenstein remains a hugely important person right now to the president of the united states because he is robert mueller's boss. he can fire the special counsel. he is the person who decides if mueller says, look, i need to subpoena the president to testify, the person he goes to if he wants to do that to essentially get permission to do that is rod rosenstein. so if the president is mad at rod rosenstein and he has been in the past and he's tweeted about him, you know, the question we all have right now is what happens next in this drama? >> t

that hurts new york. for guns rights no need to go to that, highly restricted in new york. new york, we'll mention that new york is one of only a handful of states that penalizes you for a drug offense, taking away your license. new york is bad for home schoolers which is probably the most restrictive state for home schooling. there are a variety of reasons why new york doesn't do well on personal freedoms and cigarettes taxes almost amounts to complete tobacco prohibition in new york city it's so high and you get black markets as a result of that. >> i want to add that this high school a big effect on where people are choosing to live. if you look at new york, for example, you'd think that new york would be a attractive place for people to love move . it's a big city attractive to people and should be attractive to people at home. new york has lost 14% of its 2000 population since 2000. that's just remarkable, right? and that's on net. that's taking into account all the people coming from other states and the outflow is pretty massive. i guess you'd want to be in the renta

the first savings bank in new york state was the new york bank for savings in new york city to allow middle-class people to invest in the canal bonds, which were pretty expensive. they would put their money in the savings bank. the savings bank would invest in the canal bonds, which was a pretty good deal. these bonds paid back very healthy returns. after a few years when the canal matured, it took in in tolls in more than the entire cost of the canal. the tolls were just a minor of the -- minor portion of the great economic boon of the canal. i raise that question sometimes about our infrastructure problems today. there seems to be a lack of gumption these days to take the risks or just to invest in something that is going to pay off, pretty likely to pay off. is also true that many canals were built around the same time as the erie canal or in the wake of the erie canal that did not pay back their costs. a sort of mania of canal building that a lot of money was wasted, but these big projects, we seem to have trouble getting up the nerve to do them these days. yeah, i will just take

the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler, he can't vote in new jersey or pennsylvania because he isn't a citizen of new jersey or pennsylvania. he's a citizen of new york. nor should he vote in those elections. when we start granting others the sacred right reserved for u.s. citizens, it puts our whole democratic process at risk and diminishes the voice of the american people. we can't allow noncitizens and illegal immigrants to water down the desires and visions of the american people at the voting booth. this is dangerous and it disrespects the importance and value of citizenship that has been fought for throughout our nation's history. now, more than ever, it is critical that we ensure only american citizens are casting ballots to determine our children's future in this country. the left continues to embrace deadly sanctuary cities, more illegal immigrants at the voting booth, and order border policies that simply do not fall in line with the american values. these ideas are so far out of mainstream and continue to

good night from nbc news headquarters in new york. w york in 1962, john frankenheimer made "the manchurian candidate," one of the all-time classic american political thrillers. frank sinatra as the hero and angela lansbury as the creepiest mother who is not in a horror movie, lawrence harvey as the brain-washed communist plant who is inserted into u.s. politics at the highest levels. one of the greatest american movies ever, as far as i'm concerned. the original, not the remake. two years after the manchurian candidate came out, this came

i know a lot of people at the new york times, it isa lot of people at the new york times, it is a seriousrson in order to... grab attention. so i'm prepared to believe the new york times, because i believe it is a fine newspaper. but lots of people won't. lots of people will think it is a cheap trick by them and they won't believe this person is as senior as they say. ok, the white house press spokesperson sarah sanders without out a tweet refuting the story. we wa nt to out a tweet refuting the story. we want to show you that. there is in this tweet and statement the phone number of the opinion desk of what is called the failing new york times and she suggests people who don't like the piece should call the new york times. how unhelpful would shah have been to you. i would not have enjoyed that. it is worse than childish. what the trump 5 administration is trying to do is de—legitimise the press and i can't think of a single mainstream politician who has done that in re ce nt politician who has done that in recent times. it is dangerous and an awful thing to see and for trump to say that

go back in new york it is finish up on iran here we had. personal lawyer giuliani rudy giuliani attending a. meeting in new york as well a group that wants to see the illegal overthrow of the government in around the united states is a really big supporter of enormous every single way. is this and with the on all of this i mean is do you think ultimately the trumpet ministration will attempt some kind of regime change within because they're nonstop talking about around i mean they have they have iran on their brain one minute rosevear new york go ahead. short answer is i don't think so unfortunately everything that has come out of much of trump's mouth and his national security advisors and secretary of state i think hectically to make this an example of that is the state department i'm going up with a publication called out it is not think if you will. think tank based ideology iranians are iran activities are bad but that is another strategy so at this time however i do not hear a strategy behind mr if you will. what i do see is the makin

>> he may be busy writing a "new york times" op ed. > you know what, dan, if he is, he needs to resign. >> that would be something if we broke that news here tonight. we'll leave it there. amy, thank you so much. i really appreciate it. dan, thanks again. >> thank you. >> out front next, breaking news. the supreme court hearings of brett kavanaugh still underway and kavanaugh now responding to president trump's tweet that slammed the justice department for slamming two republican lawmakers. also, new details just breaking about "the new york times" decision to post this scathing anonymous opinion piece and who it dock. could be. and while we make more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country, we never forget... that your business is our business the united states postal service. priority: you rewards me basically aeverywhere.om so why am i sliding into this ski lodge with my mini horse? because hotels.com lets me do me. sorry, the cold makes him a little horse. hotels.com. you do you and get rewarded. the a...is st

the new york review of books is a staple of american intellectual culture was actually hailed as the premier literary intellectual magazine of the english language by esquire and lauded by the new york times it has prided itself in posing questions in americans debates about life and culture since the one nine hundred sixty s. but in the era of me to that attempted debate has fallen flat in bruma never himself accused of sexual misconduct decides to give voice to someone who has been accused and he gets fired. my interest in running this piece as i said is the point of view of somebody who has been pilloried in public opinion and what somebody like that feels about it it was not run as a piece to exonerate him or to somehow miss ingate the nature of his behavior the article that got broom of fired was written by asian ghomeshi is a canadian radio host whose career was destroyed when he was accused of sexual assault back in two thousand and sixteen now all the charges against him in twenty sixteen were dismissed in court due to lack of evidence however since then twenty different wome

good night from new york. calls the "new york times" gutless and questions whether it's treason after the times publishes an explosive anonymous op-ed reportedly written by a senior trump official. author or authoress says he and other white house officials are working behind the scenes to top the president's misguided impulses. he says i'm part of the resistance inside the trump administration and says he and

similar conditions for new york and other locations across new england. chicago, 71. compare that to atlanta, 89. hot across the southeast. this is all thanks to a cold front that is draped across the east coast which is helping cool temperatures and bring the taste of fall. follow that further inland and you can see the precipitation that is associated with the system. the low pressure continuing to churn across the midwest. we have flood watches in effect from the ohio valley to the mississippi valley. look out for heavy rainfall continuing through the course of the day today. we are also watching very active tropical weather across the atlantic. of course, we have a few waves moving off the west coast of africa. we are monitoring the progress of tropical storm florence. back to you. >>> thanks for that. >> coming up, the president going off. blaming deep state operatives for the op-ed from his own administration. one senator suggesting lie detector tests to root out the author. do you feel about this one? with up to 60% off top mattress brands and know

the failing "new york times."ens and the validation provided by the no"the new york times" op e, a sense they have not would have granted for an official and the likelihood we will find out who this person is means that trump, whatever the public statements they put out in the white house understands this is a real person and represents a real threat to his presidency. so i think it's a very significant moment especially combined with the reporting in the woodward book. you know, this is not a michael wolff book. this is not a book by omarosa. he has wrote books, probing investigative books, i think this is the eighth president he's written a book about. he gets his facts right and the details are damaging and astonishing and tend to corroborate this notion of resistance inside administration that perceives themselves to be constraining and stopping the president from doing what he wants to do. >> i think you're so right on what you said about the new york times and if you look at the two organizations he criticiz

are not willing to say it publicly when they are serious consequences. >> dana: i don't blame "the new york times" for publishing it. had hillary clinton won and someone in her administration had set i am so upset. fox news, can you run this? we would have done it. >> greg: i wouldn't have. >> katie: if they were working in the white house, without a been a good idea? >> dana: either in administration, republican or democrat, if you have the privilege of working for the united states government. you work for the american people. if you can't stand it and you are that upset and if you think you are saving the country, stop patting yourself on the back. resign tonight. >> juan: jeff sessions and mike pence for writing -- >> jesse: >> jesse: oh! >> katie: i have a serious problem with journalism outlets like "the new york times" using anonymous sources always. that has been the standard for the past year and a half and not backing it up with justifications of this person needed whistle-blower protection because they are in an fbi investigation or they are in the department of justice and there

yes, please. >> i came back to new york and i picked up the failing "new york times" -- >> "new york. "new york times." the failing "new york times," stand up, go ahead. >> i think they're going to endorse me. >> abc, fox. i like fox, i really do. abc, cbs, nbc, "the times," they're all going to endorse me because if they don't, they're going out of business. could you imagine if you didn't have me? >> i know you were pointing to me but i work for pbs' news outlet. >> no, i know that. >> they weren't laughing at me. they were laughing with me. we had fun. the fake news said people laughed. they didn't laugh at me. i've had many false statements against me. sean hannity covered it. >> is it okay if i give it to "the new york times," mr. president? >> can i ask a question since i am from "the new york times" before this gentleman. >> where? >> i'm actually from "the new york times." >> i'll let you do it after he does it. in honor of a paper i once loved. >> "the new york times." >> oh, okay. >> thank you, sir. >> i would have gotten a bad story in "the new york times," but i will anyw

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some in washington d.c., some in new york city. apparently these two were not alone. prosecutors in the u.s. attorney's office in the certain district of new york were also on hand. the special counsel's questioning of michael cohen reportedly zero's in on all aspects of the president's possible dealings with russia and any ties to alleged collusion to influence the 2016 election. last night things got weird on twitter over this when cohen seemed to tweet about himself saying good for michael cohen and providing critical information to the mueller investigation without a cooperation agreement. no one should question his honesty, voracity or loyalty to his family and country over potus, real donald trump. twitter users pounced quickly. the tweet was taken down followed up by the exact same tweet from cohen's lawyer, lanny davis who tweeted again to explain the confusion saying this, fyi, i wrote a tweet congratulating michael cohen and sent a text to him to tweet to his larger following but was delayed posting myself so he posted first. take a breath. i don't control or

the western new york service central in west valley new york has unique history. it is owned by new york state. from 1966 to 1972, it was operated by a private business to reprocess spent nuclear fuel, permanently provided by the federal government. those reprocessing activities ended decades ago but high level transuranic waste is at the site. the ultimate disposal of the waste remains a point of contention. there have been ongoing disputes and legislative actions spanning from the 1980's to today with d.o.e. and new york state continuing to disagree over who should be responsible for paying for waste disposal. this disagreement has major consequences for how the waste can be disposed of and who will be responsible for covering the disposal cost. h.r. 2389 would require a report by the government accountability office, or g.a.o., to help clarify the origins of and disposal pathways for the waste, including cost estimates. the bill also re-authorizes the west valley demonstration oject at $75 annually for -- $75 million annually. and this was appropriated in 2018.

that story was broken in the new york times. and i had not been read into that program. and the one that came in the new york time i remember my exact reaction when i read that story and then the president that saturday, i believe, did a live radio address to explain to the country what that program was about. there was a huge controversy and so everyone was then working on getting the speech together and you asked me if i'd learned about it before then and i said no and that's accurate. >> when were you in the white house, did you ever work with john yu on the constitutional implications of any warrantless surveillance program? >> i can't rule that -- right in the wake of september 11th, it was all hands on deck on all fronts. and then we were farming out assignments and we were all involved. september 12th, let's just back up. on september 12th when we came into the white house, it was we have to, would on everything. and over time people figured out wh they were work on the. the airline bill as president bush spoke as you recall. and afterward we were in that meeting

we'll talk about that. >>> breaking news, president trump trying to discredit the blistering "the new york times" op-ped about his presidency saying there's a lot of love in his administration. the president's comments coming from an interview with fox news that was taped at his rally in montana tonight. he also called the white house a well-oiled machine. that's not. that is not what we're hearing from multiple reports. so what's really going on in the trump white house? here to discuss, two people who are there almost every day. cnn white house correspondent kaitlan collins and cnn political analyst brian karam. good evening to both of you. >> hi, don. >> glad we have people who are there almost every single day. you're camped out there, see what's going on. good evening. brian, you shouted a question at the president as he was walking over to board marine one on the south lawn. let's take a look. >> who's in charge at the white house? >> who's in charge at the white house? he didn't answer. talk to me about what it's like at the white house today. does it feel different? >> well, it's,

the new york times is failing. if i weren't here i believe the new york times would probably not even exist. [applause] and someday when i'm not president which hopefully will be about six and a half years from now. the new york times, cnn and all of these phony media outlets will be out of business. they will be out of business because there will be nothing to write and there be nothing of interest. nobody has done what this administration has done. i agree it is different from an agenda which is much different than ours and it's not your agenda. borders, it isn about letting people flee into our country, it is about a disaster and crime for our country. and don't like donald trump i don't like them because they are very sons people. remember this also about the new york times. when i won, they were forced to apologize to the subscribers. ,hey wrote a letter of apology it was the first time anybody has ever done it because they covered the election incorrectly. if the failing new york times has an anonymous editor

hallie jackson here in new york. the president is here ahead of the u.n. meetings. dance are we being given if anything? we still don't know precisely what's come about. >> fired versus resigned versus maybe still has a job at the end of the day. all signals are pointing to that being less and less likely. the fired versus resigned -- in the president is tweeting about the u.n. right now. a couple of things. fired versus resigned is significant. the succession plan, who replaces rosenstein? it differs. the other piece is why that matters politically. if donald trump fires rod rosenstein via john kelly, donald trump owns it. there's no other way around it. that will have political repercussions for the president for a long time to come. if rod rosenstein offers a resignation if, because there are people close to him saying he might make kelly fire him. it creates not just for who replaces him, but rosenstein would be implicitly taking some of the blames for the reports that he, for example, talked about invoking the 25th amendment and talked about getting the presiden

. >> martha: back in new york!to lose a spot for a basketball question. i don't think he will. good to see you tonight. breaking this evening, now dozens of top of administration officials rushing to add their name to the list and sustained that it is not me, each one of these folks they are not the author they say in the inside "new york times" op-ed. written by an anonymous member of the trip administration. denials have been coming at a furious pace. it wasn't me! good evening, i am martha maccallum, the white house is in full counter attack mode. calling the author of that piece a gutless loser as money in the media rush

traveling with the president at the united nations in new york, jeff, bring us the latest. >> we're haveew statement from the press secretary, sarah sanders shedding a bit more light on what has been a confusing morning back at the white house. he said the president had a conversation with the deputy attorney general about recent news stories and called it an extended conversation to discuss the recent news stories. she goes on to say because the president is at the u ninited nations general assembly with a full schedule, they will meet on thursday when the president returns to washington. the press secretary there saying that the president is going to meet with the deputy attorney general when he returns to washington on thursday. that would seem to put a hold on all of this discussion we have been having. of course the question here is timing. if a resignation was offered, what is the timing involved in this for when he might leave that position? the white house putting the brakes on any suggestion that there is something imminent happening and saying the president will discuss it with

what i want to say is what do you think journal liz journalistically the "new york times" wouldn't go couldn't corroborate it. the new yorker said there were grumblings and people said they heard it happened in the days following. what do you think of that journalistically? >> well, i think it's fascinating the new yorker and "new york times" shared a pulitzer prize of the me too movement of harvey weinstein of incredible reporting that has elevated the whole discussion about sexual assault, abuse and harassment. the fact they went down these two different roads i find fascinating. with a little bit of irony have you got to note that the "new york times" is a favorite whipping boy of president trump sometimes mitch mcconnell. they like to talk down about the "new york times." now, interestingly, they sort of raising the "new york times" as journalistic judgment as something to support them. interesting moment. >> trace: it is interesting. we have drawn parallels. as thursday comes about, what do you expect to see? i only have about 30 seconds. what do you expect to see on thursday? wh

good night from nbc news headquarters in new york. ght from nbc news headquarters in new york >>> good evening from new york. i am chris hayes. the people closest of the president of the united states are sending flashing warning signals about the dangers this man poses to the nation. the "new york times" with a stunning op-ed. describing a resistance within the administration in which the authors and others are working behind the scenes to save the country from the president. quote, we believe our first duty is to this country and the president continues to act in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic. that is why many trump appointees have vowed to do what we can to preserve our democratic institutions while thwarting mr. trump's impulses until

>> i have not checked on this. >> so, what was the new york request for? >> he wants to go to new york to visit people that are in the state in his case. which i think are friends and perhaps members of the press. >> so is there by chance do you think a book in the works? >> i'm writing a book about my experiences with you and it's going to be a big seller. we used to drink together! >> thank you. >> i'm sorry. >> that's thomas breen, the attorney for george papadopoulos sentenced to two weeks in prison for lying to federal prosecutors. bringing in jake tapper who's done a lot of reporting on this george papadopoulos case and had a chance to sit down with him. let's get your reaction to what we just heard from his attorney who was basically defending the way the federal government behaved and he was critical of trump. >> critical of president trump saying president trump has done more to impede the russia investigation than his client george papadopoulos had. robert miller saying asking for up to six months in prison for papadopoulos and didn't get today.

anonymous editorial published in "the new york times" represents a new low in american journalism.hink "the new york times" should be ashamed. ♪ drive safely.. . with drivewise. it lets you know when you go too fast... ...and brake too hard. with feedback to help you drive safer. giving you the power to actually lower your cost. unfortunately, it can't do anything about that. now that you know the truth... are you in good hands? melissa: president trump and the white house unloading on "the new york times" as the hunt is on for the unnamed alleged senior administration official behind a scathing opinion piece. blake burman following fallout from the white house. blake, this really is unprecedented. i have to admit everyone is having a lot of fun with this. reporter: who isn't, right? that is the big question. this was a full-on assault, melissa, today, from the highest levels of the trump administration, both on the author of this op-ed, this anonymous senior administration official within the trump administration, both an assault on "new york times" itself. for example, the first

but it is coming from the failing new york times. how can you say that this is legitimate if you have ill legitimized this particular news outlet and you have also said that leaks and anonymous sources are bad until they are good. howard: you stole my next question which is the president often beating up on the new york times, but now some people in the administration are seizing on it. there's a split. sean hannity said rosenstein should not be fire. this is a trap. laura ingraham said he should go. and so the times credibility. it all depends on whether the story is helping you or hurting you in terms of whether you cite it. >> yes, going back to what you were saying calling the new york times the failing new york times, we have seen this time and time again. when it comes to president trump, he's going to use whatever rhetoric makes sense for him at the time to support his position at the time. it seems his base doesn't worry about it. howard: he's not the only politician is a theys this story in the washington post -- poll situati

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of course tonight's anti-trump media obsession is one every single day and surrounds "the new york timesop-ed. every day, crisis to crisis to crisis. here's today's crisis. take a look. >> it's an anonymous bid in a stunning new op-ed in "the new york times." >> this op-ed is written anonymously. >> an anonymous op-ed. i >> the senior official has written an anonymous op-ed. >> an unprecedented op-ed from an unnamed current trump administration official. >> and an anonymous op-ed. >> anonymity. >> anonymous op-ed. >> sean: meanwhile, earlier this week the abusively biased press, they were on a completely different anti-trump topic. that day's crisis was bob woodward's new book.k. filled to the brim with rumors, speculation, hearsay and tons of times -- in his own words, hundreds of anonymous sources. here was a earlier crisis in the week. what day was today? wednesday, not that long into the week.. take a look. >> bob woodward's new book "fear" undeniably gripping thes white house. >> according to woodward's reporting. >> bob woodward. >> woodward. >> woodward. a >> woodward. >> bob wood

good night from new york. charles: we will see if they do, vince, great job. >> good evening, everybody, top stories, day 2 of the kavanaugh supreme court confirmation hearings, the radical dems still trying to disrupt and delay those hearings in spite of the outrageous ignorant conduct of the committee dems and leftest protestors, president trump's high court nominee handling their ignorance with grace and constraint. >> i've watched his -- his remarks, i've watched his performance and statements and honestly they've been totally brilliant. i think that the other side is grasping at straws and really the other side should embrace. >> embrace it, we will take up the latest on the hearings tonight, congressman andy biggs among our guest, greg jared also social media executives embarrassing lee unprepared on capitol hill exposing themselves as unable, unable to address election meddling issues and acknowledge their political bias. >> we found ourselves unprepared and ill equipped for the immensity of the problem

a statement is out from "the new york times" on this matter of responding. if we could put that up full screen. here it is. statement from the times. >> shepard: coming up, helping the heros of 9-11. you'll be stunned to learn how and why they need it. funny man jon stewart is here on the fox news deck coming up. imbalance of good bacteria. phillips' colon health caps have this unique combination of probiotics to help replenish good bacteria. get four-in-one symptom defense. also try our delicious new probiotic gummies. >> shepard: as the search continues for the author of "the new york times" op-ed about president trump analysts that have identified other anonymous writers are studying the piece. they use different methods include statistics and science. trace gallagher has more. >> the profession of figuring out what wrote what are called language detectives. over the past few days, there's been a lot of talk about "the new york times" op-ed using the term "loathe star." the experts say the big words can be red herrings used to throw people off the trail.