president donald trump that's according to the new york times trump is accused of using his position to pressure ukraine into investigating his political rival joe biden opposition democrats have launched an impeachment investigation and president trump has signed an order preventing immigrants who cannot afford health care from entering the united states people relocating to the u.s. will now have to prove that they can afford medical costs or get health insurance within 30 days of their arrival. a u.s. backed syrian rebel group is warning of all out war if turkey launches an assault on or over an area east of the euphrates river river turkey's president of the hun says the military operation would clear the region of what he called terrorists those are the top stories rewind is next more news in half an hour a see you tomorrow thanks for watching but by. and counting the cost germany's heading for recession well i'm going to put aside their concerns about that to stimulate the economy promising brazil's amazon fear their livelihoods are under threat and the billions of dollars in bl

and as fox's best known viewers it's not like donald trump hasn't noticed some of those angry tweets he used to reserve for c.n.n. and the new york times are now heading fox's way our starting point this week is washington d.c. . the prospect of the impeachment of donald trump has been a preoccupation of much of the american news media since before trump was even sworn in this headline was published just 6 days after trump was selected more than 2 months before he took office then came the russia gate story out of washington and the latest on the russian best again on the alleged collusion between the trump campaign and the kremlin during the 2016 election the investigation into that by special counsel robert muller had many u.s. news outlets feasting on the story for more than 2 years and the american presidency right now is the product of collusion between the russian intelligence services and an american campaign i mean that is so profoundly in the end it fell short of the high expectations that many journalists in their excitement had helped to create all of which has made it easier for the white house to argue that the ukraine sto

first, ukraine and now australia and potentially other countries, the new york times reporting donald trumpolicited help from down under in the investigation into the russia probe. the new allegations come is democrat subpoena the president's personal attorney, griff jenkins joins us as democrats push for impeachment ramps up. >> ramp-up indeed. democrat-controlled house committees, intelligence, for the present government oversight issuing a subpoena accusing giuliani of jeopardizing national security writing in a letter you acted as an agent of the president in a scheme to advance his personal political interests by abusing the power of the office of the president and alleged giuliani's in position of evidence including text messages, phone records and communications that he was not acting alone. when asked if he will appear giuliani had this to say. >> i don't know, weighing the alternatives, i will go through it, get my evidence together, my charts. don't know if they let me use videotapes and tape recordings that i have. >> this as the new york times says donald trump pressured austral

new york and the other shoe just dropped. these are the headlines. we want to show you that president trump is waking up to this morning. this is "the new york times." trump tied aid to inquiries. "washington post," envoy. trump tied aid to biden broeb. you want to hold "the wall street journal"? >> all right. president tied ukraine aid to biden probe. it's really consistent. >> there's another way to say that. you know what it is? >> that he tied the aid to the probe? >> it's quid pro quo. the other way to say that is quid pro quo. explosive testimony from the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine has delivered the single most consequential investigation. telling congress that multiple senior administration officials informed him that the president personally blocked military aid to ukraine and refused to meet with that country's new president unless he agreed to investigate joe biden and the 2016 u.s. election. quid pro quo. we are told it is based on meticulous notes. the dean of political reporters, the antihyperbole man writes this morning, it is no longer a question of whether this happened. it's a question of how the president explains it and how la

considering filing a whistleblower complaint against president trump that's according to the new york times trump is accused of using his position to pressure ukraine into investigating his political rival joe biden and his son opposition them across of longstanding pietschmann investigations on friday a subpoena was issued to the white house for documents related to the complaint president trump has called for a vote to approve the peach went inquiry before he will cooperate well earlier the u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe defended the state department missing a friday deadline it had been given to turn over documents requested under a congressional subpoena state department sent a letter last night. to congress. which is our initial response to the document request we'll obviously do all the things we're required to do by law. as a member of congress wants article one has a certain set up there is never to as an obligation to make sure that we protect officials at the state department. president donald trump has signed an order preventing immigrants who cannot afford health care from ente

new york and the other shoe just dropped. these are the headlines. we want to show you that president trump is waking up to this morning. this is "the new york times tied aid to inquiries. "washington post," envoy. trump tied aid to biden broeb. you want to hold "the wall street journal"? >> all right. president tied ukraine aid to biden probe. it's really consistent. >> there's another way to say that. you know what it is? >> that he tied the aid to the probe? >> it's quid pro quo. the other way to say that is quid pro quo. explosive testimony from the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine has delivered the single most consequential investigation. telling congress that multiple senior administration officials informed him that the president personally blocked military aid to ukrai

official is considering filing a whistleblower complaint against president trump according to the new york times trump is accused of using his position to pressure ukraine into investigating his political rival joe biden and his son opposition democrats have launched an impeachment investigation on friday a subpoena was issued to the white house for documents related to the complaint president trump has called for a vote to approve the impeachment inquiry before he will cooperate. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei oh has the fended the state department missing a deadline to turn over documents related to the inquiry he says his office sent a letter to congress as an initial response speaking in greece he also said he didn't believe people were or should be interested in v. in the investigation. i think they want to know about the relationship with america greece i'm convinced of that right this is this is this is the this is this is what's this is what's wrong when the world doesn't focus on the things that are right the things that matter the things that impact real people's lives and instead you g

in that case, let's get to the news "the new york times" h published a new article about president trump'smmigration policy which claims that trump privately asked aides for a cost estimate of ilding a water-filled trench along the border that is filled with snakes and alligators. [ laughter ] or as he called it today, "a moot." [ laughter ] i swear, trump has the only phone in the world with auto-incorrect [ laughter ] that's right president trump privately asked aides about building a water-filled trench along the border filled with snakes and alligators sometimes, i think trump got his entire immigration policy from the back of an eighth-grader's notebook [ laughter ] "i want a trench full of alligators

in that case, let's get to the news "the new york times" h published a new article about president trump'stion policy which claims that trump

according to footage obtained by "new york times," a fake video of president trump shooting, stabbing, and brutally assaulting members of the news media and political opponents was shown at a conference for his supporters. the video is made up of a series of internet memes and including the logo for trump's re-election campaign. the most violent clip shows mr. trump's head superimposed on the body of a man opening fire inside the church of fake news on parishioners who have the faces of his critics or the logos of media organizations superimposed on their bodies. it appears to be an edited scene of a church massacre from the 2014 dark comedy film kingsmen, the secret service. a trump campaign official released a statement saying that video was not produced by the campaign, and we do not condone violence. we had a chance to watch a little bit. >> beheadings, stabbings, the killing of prominent american journalists as well as politicians. it is very disturbing. let's switch gears for a moment. >> and get a check on your weather. >> things have started to calm town for southern californi

"the new york times" trump's re-election campaign has been targeted. they made more than 2,700 attempts to identify the email accounts of u.s. government officials and journalists covering political campaigns. stick around. more "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton right after break. with reverend al sharpton right after break. panera's new warm grain bowls are full of good. full of flavor, color, full of- woo! full of good. so you can be too. try our new warm grain bowls today. panera. food as it should be. >>> china should start an investigation into the bidens because what happened to china is just about as bad as what happened with -- with ukraine. so i would say that president zelensky, if it were me, i would recommend that they start an investigation into the bidens because nobody has any doubt that they weren't crooked. >> in the midst of the ongoing impeachment inquiry over whether the president abused his office to pressure ukraine into investigating a political rival, president trump took an unusual step by essentially confessing to do

news organization in the country today. the washington post tells congress trump told state department to remove her. "the new york times," trump had ukraine envoy removed on false crimes, she says. and there were other headlines that emerged over the course of the day while she was testifying, that, for example, despite the state department under mike pompeo putting out this bogus statement that he was leaving her post in ukraine as planned, not only was her departure not as planned. it was abrupt. she was literally told to get on the next plane, according to her testimony today. she says the number two official under mike pompeo told her she was being recalled on orders of the president and also that she had done nothing wrong. you have also seen headlines from the testimony today concerning these guys. testifying apparently in detail today about how the people working in ukraine guys who seemed to have been carrying out this op along with the president's lawyer, rudy giulia giuliani. these are the same two guys that have just been arrested and are facing criminal charges in the southern district of new york for an al

other nations -- including auaustralia, britain, and italy -- to take steps to help trump politically. "the new york times" reports trump personally pressed australia's prime minister to help attorney general william barr with a probe aimed at discrediting the mueller probe. barr also traveled to italian -- italy last week where he reportedly pressed italian officials to help his probe. secretary of state mike pompeo is in italy today. this all comes as president trump is continuing to threaten lawmakers pushing impeachment. on monday, trump suggested house intelligence chair adam schiff, should be arrested for treason. trump also publicly admitted he is trying to find out the identity of the anonymous whistleblower, in possible violation of whistleblower protection laws. pres. trump: we're trying to find out about a whistleblower. when you have a whistleblower that reports things that are incorrect. amy: attorneys for the whistleblower are saying they have "serious concerns" for the clients safety. mitch mcconnell on monday said the senate would hold a trial if the house impeaching is the president. hong

trump in washington d.c. today. what "the new york timese, the first test at the appeals court level of the trump legal team sweeping challenges to the constitutional authority of congress to conduct oversight of his activities. that first test at the appeals court today the president lost badly. we affirm, contrary to the president's arguments, the committee possesses rules against the constitution to issue the subpoena and he must comply. that was a 2-1 ruling against president trump and his legal team at the federal appeals court level. today was a for ribl day for president trump in court on everything. his wall got blocked in court today. here is how pete williams described that ruling. a federal judge ruled friday that president donald trump violated federal law when he used his declaration of a national emergency. trump also today lost in three other federal courts in three different states where judges blocked his attempt to overhaul immigration policy so only immigrants with lots of money would be let in. trump lost his wall today.

political commentator charge a bit more believes the new york times story has little substance to it. but the new york times is variously anti trump and we even saw last month information was leaked from one of their company wide meetings where they said that they they were shifting their attention away from russia gate to racism so they're already trying to decide what the news is before it's news you cannot trust the new york times whatsoever at all they are completely biased and they're trying to make a story where there isn't one so and all you have all relies upon is that word pressed what does it mean to press another foreign leader. to put a high level coersion or were they simply having you know normal diplomatic talks about about any number of issues and if the president did ask prime minister morrison to help find out if someone the australian government was behind this hoax there's nothing illegal about that. the u.k. government has been forced to deny claims it will push for reform of hard border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland after breaks in the proposals reportedly part of london's latest negoti

history behind what was a body blow legal ruling against president trump at the federal appeals court in washington, d.c. what "the new york timess, quote, the first test at the appeals court level of the trump legal team's sweeping challenges to the constitutional authority of congress to conduct oversight of his activities. that first test at the appeals court level today, the president lost badly. the district court granted summary judgment in favor of the committee and we affirm the committee possesses authority under both the house rules and the constitution to issue the subpoena and mazears must comply. that was a 2-1 ruling against president trump and his legal team at the federal appeals level. today it was a terrible day for president trump in court on everything. his wall got blocked in court today. here's how nbc news' pete ruling skrik it. a federal judge ruled friday that president trump donald trump violated federal law when he used his declaration of a national emergency to get millions for building a wall on the southern border. he lost in three different states where judges blocked his attempt to have immigratio

more news today "the new york times" reported trump pressed the leader of australia to help his attorney general william barr gather information to discredit the mueller probe. the justice department official later confirmed that report to nbc news. now the propriety of this request is, of course, far from the abject abuse of the ukraine call and the facts around that. presidents can ask foreign leaders to cooperate with investigations. but the investigation itself here looks like little more than a political vendetta based on conspiracy theories, that's the one barr is pursuing, to undermine the mueller report retroactively. and another instance of president trump using the full force of the presidency to advance his only political interests. just like the u.s. conversation, the white house seems to have known how badly this looked. reportedly restricting access to the transcript to a small group. they didn't want anyone to know what trump was up to. all of this is happening as the politics of impeachment are shifting very rapidly. last week a quinnipiac poll had support for impeaching

. >> nbc news confirmed what the "new york times" recor reported president trump asked another foreigneader, this time the prime minister of australia, to help investigate his conspiracy theories around the origins of the now complete mueller investigation. from that "new york times" story, "president trump pushed the australian prime minister during a recent telephone call to help ag william barr to garth information for a justice department inquiry that mr. trump hopes will discredit the mueller investigation." >> trevor: yes, now record that after the mueller report was released, donald trump asked australia's prime minister to help him get information that would discredit robert mueller's report. this could be bad for two reasons -- one, it would mean the trump has been using the presidency for his personal vendetta machine and, two, using world leaders as personal errand boys. running around, ukraine, i need you to investigate joe biden and son. spain, i need you to find the pies with the fruit in middle, emp nadas, i want those ones. ( laughter ) what started as a scandal about a

it is just routine. >> the new york times runs a headline, trump press just really leader to help williamarr investigate and the wall street journal among other things responding to that headline says the new york times trying to suggest questions about 2016 or beyond the pale. since when is getting to the truth, quote, personal political interest, they loved it when mueller was investigating in 2016 but now want all further queries to start. >> back to what is the predicate here, the former doj official asked the same question. where is there any criminality that is issued here? we are assuming some degree of criminality and i understand why the white house is doing this because the president hates the mueller report, the fact that there are still open questions to what extent russia helped him win the election, not that they interfered, we know they did but did they help him, he can't stomach that. the politicalization, but a simple question, what on earth do they think they are going to find? where is the criminality? >> do you need a predicate to do this quickly? >> you don't but they

president trump that's according to the new york times trump is accused of using his position to pressure ukraine into investigating his political rival joe biden opposition democrats have launched an impeachment investigation. and president trump has also signed an order preventing immigrants who cannot afford health care from entering the united states people relocating to the u.s. will now have to prove that they can afford medical costs or get health insurance within 30 days of their arrival it will not apply to asylum seekers and refugees or children at least 10 people have been injured in a grenade attack in indian administered kashmir the attack happened near a government office in the city of on and not a police officer and a journalist are among those hurt local police have blamed the attack on what they call terrorists i'll be back with a full news hour right after the 2nd half of al-jazeera world i hope you'll join me then. finally gained its independence from france in march 1956 there were still skirmishes between for lack of fighters and french settlers and also some larger

confused about what is the real measure of strength and power. >> according to the new york times, privately president trump also suggested filling the border wall with a trench filled with snakes and alligators. he wanted the wall electrified with spikes on top. the new book cites interviews with more than a dozen white house officials directly involved. the paper also reported that trump told the then border protection chief that he would pardon him if he was sent to jail for having border agents block asylum seekers from entering the u.s. tonight the white house is not commenting. from the newsroom, i'm betty yu. >>> all right, betty, thank you. tonight president trump is talking about the impeachment inquiry tweeting that it's a witch hunt and a coup. christin ayers is in union city where eric swallwell had a town hall. >> reporter: all together about 400 people showed up tonight, crowding into this union city high school gym to talk about impeachment with swallwell and one of the original watergate whistleblower. the whistleblower john dean shared his perspective. >> he makes nixon look like a choir bo

. >> julie hirschfeld davis and michael shear of the "new york times." trump'sigration, there's too much to do. i want to start with his treatment of kristin nielsen who else always trying to find a way to please him and stay within the law, stay within the rules. she said, let me explain it a different way. we legally can't, and that's why we need this law. we need your support because -- >> kristin, you didn't hear me the first time, honey, trump interrupt interrupted. shoot them down. >> this was an effort to allow the government to bring down drones that could pose a national security threat. the fear was a terrorist could have a biological agent or a bomb on oy droa drone and the u states government didn't have the authority because you need to use wiretapping and technology that they were not allowed to use at that point to bring it down. so the homeland security department decides they need the president to sign off, the president's really strong support to get this through congress, and it's up to jikirsn nielsen to get his permission. all you hear is "h

trump: fosas o trincheras no es una palabra que uso. esa es una pregunta estÚpida, obviamente es falsa. nunca lo dije, nunca lo pensÉ. fue una mentira total. pedro: el new york timesaban haciendo ver como un idiota. finalmente, fuaranceles amigo - mÉxico, la que detuvo la llegada de los migrantes al paÍs. por esta frontera disminuyÓ la llegada de centroamericanos en los Últimos meses. patricia: el presidente trump tambiÉn arremetiÓ contra los dieres demÓcratas que lo investigan. no escatimÓ en insultos, calificÓ de basura al presidente de la comisiÓn de la cÁmara baja. sugiriÓ que es un traidor. llamo mentiroso al denunciante y atacÓ a los periodistas, ya lo he hecho varias veces. asegurÓ que su posible rival electoral es un producto. pablo: trump explotÓ contra los demÓcratas y el proceso de impeachment, durante la visita del presidente de finlandia a la casa blanca. dijo que joe biden y su hijo son corruptos, sin aportar en evidencia.inteligencia de la ca y contra nancy pelosi. segÚn trump, cuando pelosi texto de la llamada entre dÉ y el presidente beltrÁn y se enfureciÓ. preguntó cÓmo se iba a hacer un impeachment, si la llamada fue perfecta. pÍo cryer nancy pe

president sought the help of another foreign leader for political gain the new york times says donald trump asked the australian prime minister to help investigate the moment. trump is already facing an impeachment inquiry into what was said in a phone call to ukraine's president. the speaker of iran's parliament has told al-jazeera that terror and is open to the idea of dialogue with saudi arabia it follows the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman saying he would prefer a peaceful resolution with iran in settling regional security disputes as opposed to military conflict our correspondent said bank has more from. well the speaker of the house has said that he welcomed reports that crown prince albert crown prince muhammad bill some man favors dialogue he said that security and political issues in the region can be resolved through dialogue but also that news will be welcome by some in iran also be seen as a victory because they will see that iran's military strategy is working that iran is seen as a strong military power and countries that may not necessarily be friends of iran favor dia

spoon "the new york times" were on the sideline, "trump pressed australian leader to help barr investigatesel responding says, "know what "the new york times" is doing, trying to suggest questions about 2016 are beyond the pale. since when is getting to the truth a personal political interest" they left edwin mueller was investigating a 2016 but now want all further queries to stop." dave? >> i guess i go back to, what is the predicate here. and the former doj official asked this same question. where is there any kind of criminality to this issue? we are assuming some degree of criminality and i understand why the white house is doing this because the president absolutely hates the mueller report. he hates the fact that there are still open questions about to what extent russia helped him win back the election, not that they interfered because we know they did. did they help him? he can't stomach that. the level of politicalization of this thing, he'll never be able to put this to bed. i asked a very civil question, what on earth do they think they are going to find? where's the criminalit

new york. thanks. >>> president trump reportedly made extreme comments regarding migrants, according to an excerpt from a book by two "new york timesreporters. the president suggested shooting migrants in the legs to slow them down after they crossed the southern border. the president allegedly made the suggestion at a meeting in march where he also called for the shutdown of the entire border with mexico. at other times, mr. trump allegedly suggested having sharp electrified spikes on the border wall and a trench filled with snakes or alligators. the white house has not commented on the allegations. >>> the state department's inspector general has invited lawmakers to a closed door briefing today to discuss documents related to ukraine. it's part of the impeachment inquiry into president trump. the meeting comes amid a battle between house democrats and secretary of state mike pompeo. lawmakers want pompeo to turn over documents before the end of the week. nikole killion reports from the white house. >>> mr. secretary, do you have any comment on reports you're on the july 25th call with president zelensky? >> reporter: in rome, se

that our secretary of state was on the call when donald trump asked the president of ukraine for a favor. then came the report from "the new york times" that trump pushed australia's leader for help in an effort to hit back after the mueller investigation at attorney general bill barr's request. then the "washington post" adds, the attorney general has been traveling around the globe asking foreign intel officers to help his boss, donald trump. all of it against the background of an active impeachment inquiry, all of it as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a monday night. well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. and what a back-to-work monday this has been. it's a lot. the breaking news started late today and it really has not stopped as we bring to a close day 984 of the trump administration. and it turns out, a phone call by the president had the power to do what the russia investigation and the mueller report failed to do, and that is, to launch an official impeachment inquiry -- a phone call. and the breaking news we are covering tonight has to do with that phone call between donald trump and

in that case, let's get to the news "the new york times" h published a new article about president trump'stion policy which claims that trump privately asked aides for a cost estimate of ilding a water-filled trench along the border that is filled with snakes and alligators. [ laughter ] or as he called it today, "a moot." [ laughter ] i swear, trump has the only phone in the world with auto-incorrect [ laughter ] that's right president trump privately asked aides about building a water-filled trench along the border filled with snakes and alligators sometimes, i think trump got his entire immigration policy from the back of an eighth-grader's notebook [ laughter ] "i want a trench full of alligators we're going to need a big transparent cube and then, if there's money in the budget a cool 's.' [ laughter ] seriously, did trump fall asleep watching "temple of doom" again? "another -- another good - i think i should always have a whip is that a good idea? [ laughter ] president trump today wrongly attacked the "washington post" for a story about his border control proposals which was actual

new reports of america suggest president trump sought the help of another foreign leader for political gain the new york times is reporting that president trump asked the australian prime minister to help investigate the origins of the miller probe president jobs already facing an impeachment inquiry into what was said in a phone call to ukraine's president. peru's rebel politicians are voted to suspend martin vickery us from office and have symbolically sworn in his vice president yet of defiance followed vickery ass's dissolution of congress in an attempt to stop it from electing judges to the constitutional tribunal but the opposition members remained in congress even after the executive order at least one person's been killed in protests in haiti as many continue to demand the resignation of president . schools and businesses remain closed as the marches once again turned violent there is widespread anger about alleged government corruption all right in about 30 minutes or so i'll be back with more news we'll have the very latest of course coming from hong kong where all those protests are taking place on

help him discredit the miller inquiry another instance of trump pushing his own personal political interests with a foreign leader. the new york times reports that the wise has then restricted access to the call a breach of convention also used to conceal trump's call with the ukrainian president. well let's bring in the washington correspondent of a cellar to unpack today's events of a welcome public opinion finally seems to have shifted about half an hour support the impeachment inquiry what's behind that you think. well we've seen a steady search here since last week where numbers went up 8 percent so nearly every 2nd american now supports an impeachment inquiry against president trump that was a pretty much different just a couple weeks ago and so what began of very much as a political risk full of the democratic party looks like a successful path at least until now because what the democrats also know is that they eventually will have very difficult to pass to impeach the president before the senate the senate has to speak the final verdict and the senate is controlled by the republicans but what they also know right now is wit

could be as deeply implicated in what nancy pelosi called the trump coverup as nixon's attorney general was in the nixon coverup. "the new york times" broke the story today that william barr convinced president trump to call the prime minister of australia to get australia's help in the trump re-election campaign by asking him to help william barr undermine the mueller investigation. "the new york times" reports in making the request, one of many at mr. barr's behest, mr. trump was in effect asking the australian government to investigate itself. fbi counterintelligence investigators began examining any trump ties to russia's 2016 election interference after australian officials told the bureau that russian intermediaries made overtures to trump advisers about releasing political damaging information about hillary clinton. australia's top diplomat in britain had met in london in may 2016 with papadopoulos, who revealed the russian offer of dirt on mrs. clinton. the "new york times" sources for this story are, quote, two american officials. so two american officials are blowing the whistle on william barr and donald trump. the whist

trump. to quote the new york times, mr. pulls a gun out of his suit pocket and begins a graphic rampage. as the parishioners try to flee, the president shoots at them. he shoots black lives matter in the head. the clip ends with mr. trump putting a stake through the head of someone with cnn as a face. he shoots hillary clinton in the neck, pistol whips the late john mccain. the video was played at trump doral in miami as in the president's own property during a live event. it was not produced by them. the adviser of the american congress says the event was not seen or sanctioned that the video was shown in a side room. the group sid they reject all political violence. cnn is calling on the president to condemn the video. this is not the first time that supporters of the president have promoted violence against the media in a video they find entertaining, it's by far and away the worst. the images depicted are vile and horrific. the white house and the trump campaign need to denounce it immediately in the strongest possible

trump's favorite. impeachment is consuming his life. his poll numbers are dipping again and on top of all of that, a failing new york times has reported this>> breaking news tonight, exclusive report in the new york times documenting the length to which sources say president trump was prepared to go to stop migrants crossing the southern border. >> he wanted the wall electrified with spikes on top that could pierce human flesh within. >> "the new york times" reports the president had often talked about fortifying a border wall with a water-filled trench stocked with snakes or all gate ares. -- alligators. >> trevor: that's right, "the new york times" is reported that president trump wanted to build a moat along the border wall which would be filled with snakes and alligators. which i know sounds crazy but to be fair, it has been very effective at keeping him out of melania's bedroom. that is probably where he got the idea, it is either that or because his toppism graition advisor is an actual reptile. >> trevor. great idea, mr. president, my cousin could use the work. (applause) according to the report, according to the report, trump wasn'

and it's also at the heart of the breaking news over the weekend from the "new york times" that donald trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani is now personally under investigation in the southern district of new york. from that stunning report, quote, federal prosecutors in manhattan are investigating whether president trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani broke lobbying laws in his dealings in ukraine. that's according to two people familiar with the inquiry. the investigators are examining mr. giuliani's efforts to undermine the american ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, one of the people said. it begs to reason that if rudy is under federal investigation for acts ultimately carried out by donald trump himself, the smearing and the removal of the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, could trump be under investigation as well? that's where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. from the "new york times" washington correspondent mike schmidt, former assistant director for counter intelligence at the fbi, frank figliuzzi. with us at the table p

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show more of you. >>> tonight the "new york times" is reporting new details about ideas president trump for the southern border. according to an excerpt from the new book "border wars" written by the "new york times," privately, the president had often talked about fortifying a border wall with a water-filled trench, stocked with snakes or alligators, prompting aides to seek a cost estimate. he wanted the wall electrified, with spikes on top that could pierce human flesh. his staff told him that was illegal, but later in a meeting, aides recalled he said they should shoot migrants in the legs to slow them down. that's not allowed, either, they told him. senator kamala harris is back with us. your reaction to this new reporting about trump ideas for the border. >> i'm beyond words, to be honest with you, lawrence. it is outrageous. you know, we have -- we have a person occupying the white house right now that is not only lawless, not only probably the most unpatriotic president we've ever had, we have someone who is mean and mean-spirited and is confused about what is the real measure of

news. sources tell me that the anonymous senior trump administration official who penned that 2018 "new york times" op-ed, warning about president trump from the inside of his administration, well, that anonymous author has written a new book about president trump. one that will be released next month. it is distinctively an attempt to convince the nation to not re-elect president trump in 2020. cnn has exclusively obtained a cover of the book titled "a warning." a book a closely guarded secret until this moment and released officially november 19th. the anonymous senior administration official you recall warned in the "new york times" op-ed of an amoral, erratic, petty and ineffective president trump. the author said officials inside the administration occasionally worked to thwart the president's worst inclinations and the president at the time called the "new york times" op-ed treason suggesting that then attorney general jeff sessions investigate and find out who wrote it. a draft press released describes the book, "a warning" as explosive with a we shocking firsthand account of president trum

and on another front all of the new york times reported today that trump has been in touch with the astride the in prime minister scott morrison asking for 5 is what can you tell us about that or following that report on the investigation on russian election meddling in the 2016 campaign the so-called moller investigation was initiated after the tips came from australian officials and all following that report president trump pressed the old australian prime minister on the phone to start investigating the beginnings of the modern investigation obviously in an attempt to spin that back to raise doubts about the credibility of these 2 other investigations the transcript reportedly was then treated the same way that the transcript of the selenski call the ukrainian president was treated that it was saved on a high security computer system so that very much looks like a common practice under. 2 the white house under president trump to try to make material that is potentially damaging simply disappear of a cell in washington thanks be time now to some of the other stories making news around the

a new book about the president about to be released written by the same unnamed senior trump administration official who wrote "the new york timesop-ed about mr. trump last year. >>> impeachment lynching. the president draws sharp criticism after

trump. to quote the new york times, mr. stops in the middle of the truch, pulls a gun out of his suit jacket pocket and begins a rampage. the president fires at people attempting to leave. he shoots black lives matter in the head. yes, he kills members of the press in this video, and yes, how could i not take it personally, that there is so much more to this, in this video, the fake president also attacks barack obama, mitt romney, shoots hillary clinton in the neck and pistol whips the late john mccain. this was played at trump doral. scheduled to speak at this event, where this video was played, former white house press secretary sarah sanders and donald trump jr. both who denied seeing it. sanders told the times, i wasn't aware of any video. the trump campaign says it was note produced by them. an organizer of the american priority conference 1id in a statement, this video was not approved, seen or sanctioned by the festival's organizers, that the video was shown in a side room. the group said they reject all political vi