white house? were we too gentle on the obama white house when it came to that reset with russia?get played? peter: i think on the reset, we were pretty skeptical from the start. i remember getting yelled at by obama people who were upset at us for being so skeptical. we said these are relatively minor policy concessions that russia made that president obama was trumpeting it like sliced bread. i remember press people from the white house yelling about a meeting between putin and obama in st. petersburg and how i mischaracterized what putin was doing, and if anything, putin in fact showed that he was never planning to have a genuine reset, if you will, with obama, didn't respect obama. so i think that we will see this president now going to meet with putin. the press is appropriately skeptical because we have been through this before, we have seen it before. we understand that putin doesn't see the world the way america sees it. susan: i want to close this by getting back to obama and what you think his legacy will be. obviously trump is setting out to undo both legislatively and

white house? were we too gentle on the obama white house when it came to that reset with russia? did they get played? >> i think on the reset we were pretty skeptical from the start. i remember getting yelled at by obama people who were upset at us for being so skeptical. you know, when we said, these are relatively minor policy concessions that russia has made that the trump team thought is the biggest thing since sliced bread, they would get mad at us back. i remember phone calls from the white house about a meeting with putin and st. petersburg and i mischaracterized and that in fact putin was never planning to have a genuine reset with obama, didn't respect obama. signing that we would see this president now going to meet with putin. you know, the press is appropriately skeptical because we have been through this before and seen it before and we understand that putin doesn't see the world the way america sees it. u. so i want to close this by getting back to obama and what you think his legacy will be. obviously, trump is setting out to undo both legislatively and by executiv

>> for eight years i was president obama's chief white house photographer. he photographer's role is to document the presidency or history. and what that means depends on the photographer and the president and in this case president obama understood the role of truly visually documenting his presidency so he gave me access to pretty much everything. so i think i was able to create an archive of photographs that will live in perpetuity at the national archives. >> how long has the president had a photographer like this? >> i think the job really first took hold during the kennedy administration. kennedy had two military photographers assigned to the white house. but then when lbj came in and he hired this gay guy named yoshioka moto, a civilian who really was the first one to document for history everything that johnson did area and he set the bar so high, okay moto did that i think everyone has been trying to reach his level ever sense. >> how do you get a gig like that? >> i think it's different for each photographer. for me, i got to meet then senator obama

was essentially an ally of the white house, ari fleischer set the record straight tweeting care to guess how many questions i took from reporters who went on to join the obama, and this radio reporter, this conservative radio host chimed in saying over 2 dozen journalists went on to work in the obama white house including the former white house spokesman. colin kaepernick if you look at how many questions conservative outlets got under obama it wasn't many. heather: by that logic with every news conference the last eight years, fake news, also chiming in on this blackmail scandal or controversy. that bullying, intimidating citizens -- slamming nbc, he said cnn -- the market anything sensational, nbc holds my dear. the president talked about nbc yesterday when he was in poland saying the network must have forgotten how much money he made them off of the apprentice. rob: the apprentice was all they had, terrible programming. everybody remembers this picture warranting a -- heather: reports circulated that the secret service questioned kathy griffin for over an hour. she appears to have possibly confirmed that rumor, she said it is true. that is all she had to

i remember when there were leaks in the obama white house, and the obama white house had no problem throwingists in jail. this is good for the goose and good for the gander. you're endangering american lives, hurting our credibility around the world and harming national security, but it doesn't matter to the people doing it, it's all about getting trump, that is really, really wrong. melissa: rich, reporters, we make our living off leaks, this is how we get story, how we know what's going on, this is how you breaking news and scoop ahead of somebody else. it doesn't have necessarily as much being anti-trump on the reporter side on the media side getting eyeballs and selling papers. >> the administration leaks something to create a balloon for purposes or highlight some, what's really wrong is what ford and herb are talking about, the attempt to sabotage the administration when it involves classified or security information. and, of course, try to find and prosecute the people, but it's extremely difficult. you catch one like reality winner, if you want one you have to go after the reporters,

i think means that it rests with him. >> joining us now, josh earnest, former white house press secretary for president obama's also an msnbc political analyst. and david frum, senior editor for the atlantic. josh, since you worked in the white house communications office and masterfully, i might add, i just want to go to you with a wide open your reaction to this story? >> yeah. thank you, lawrence. it's good to see you tonight. look, i think you covered a lot of it in the top. one of the things that we know about anthony scaramucci is he got this job because he was viewed by the president as somebody who is really good on cable tv. and with all due respect to the people who regulate on cable tv, that is not an automatic direct translation to being a good white house communications director. being the communications brechtor at the white house means having judgment. it means having self-awareness, having discipline. it also means having sophistication when it comes to dealing with reporters. what's clear offer this new yorker story is anthony scaramucci doesn't have any of that. it does make it clear that b

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can you imagine if barack obama's white house had done something like this, what would you be saying tonight? >> i would be saying the communications director in barack obama's white house shouldn't say that and shouldn't do that. they should serve the president and serve the country anding yo saying the exact same thing. >> ana, you mentioned peter king. you said republicans should stand up. you were disappointed with what we said, how he's trying to make sense of what anthony scaramucci said. here's what he said when president barack obama wore a tan suit, what he said about anthony scaramucci today. watch this. >> why did you take issue with the suit? >> because you know the image makers in the white house, hooeshs, a president coming out in a serious moment, should be addressing the country on a serious matter. looked like he was on his way to a party in the hatmptons. instead he started talking about the economy saying that was -- i thought it detracted from the seriousness at the moment. scaramucci is a tough, smart guy. he came to the white house with a purpose in mind. we'll s

well-positioned, probably along with loretta lynch, to be the best place to fall women for the obama white houseecause they are put in a position to where a lot of the unanswered questions and sketchiness of politically motivated things that came out of the obama white house fall on them, and the consequences they have at this point are going to be very small. >> so you're saying ultimately they are counting on these ladies not to tell the truth. >> that's exactly right. they're not going to give all the information out. they went in knowing many of these secrets kept by the obama administration and that something. >> two other points here we need to look at. one is, who, for example, susan rice possibly shared this information with. you're only supposed to have that intelligence information for yourself. did it go further into other officials? the second question is, going back to the leak to the press. that goes back to the leak of the press. >> but we do we know that she did it? >> we can't prove it. we don't know the answer to that question, but that is the fundamental question of this unmas

trump -- and you were at that meeting in this week in the white house -- told republican senators that you've all talked tough when president obama was in the white house, but things have changed. here it is. >> for seven years you had an easy route, we'll repeal, we'll replace. and he's never going to sign it. but i'm signing it. so it's a little bit different. chris: senator thune, if republicans block the bill this week, either don't vote to the begin the debate or given the debate and then go against whatever is on the floor, is that the end of repeal and replace? >> it's not. but it is a vote, i think, for the status quo. what will happen if and when that will to to -- that were to occur, we'll go back to the drawing board. the question is not a question

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overall, the trump white house is spending less on staff than the obama white house did but that's becauseabout 100 fewer staffers under president trump. the median salary now is $89,000 compared to $73,000 under the obama administration. >> really, really different administrations. hard to compare apples and oranges. >>> making sure the fourth of july holiday is fun and safe. >> the extra enforcement not only on the roads and highways but also on bay area waters. >>> see the low clouds around san francisco. 76 degrees. san jose right now should see 80s in the forecast as we head towards tomorrow. a closer look hour by hour at your fourth of july forecast when we come right back. water... and authorites want you to know they )ll be >>> this holiday weekend is a good time to enjoy the water perhaps. authorities want you to know they'll be watching to make sure you are doing it safely. the coast guard is going to have extra patrols across the bay area to enforce boating under the influence laws. the coast guard wants to remind everyone that boating while intoxicated just as dangerous as drin

i do not think the republicans ever heard that out of an obama white house. host: and there was a change of leadership with republicans in both the house and senate now and the white house. what does that mean as far as tax reform and their desire to see that happen? what lessons can they learn them your time in office? a verypedro, you have different environment today than you did when i was there. the republicans are far more divided, and it is very, very difficult to get people together on difficult issues. i think tax reform is going to be very difficult, just as health care reform has been difficult. i felt, when i was chairman there, that we needed to find an answer to health care, and i carefully evaluated it. a study foro to do gao came back after a year and said we cannot handle it. is the most daunting issue facing this country for the next 20 years. host: what do you think about the republican approach you saw over the last few weeks and months? guest: i thought that, unfortunately, it was not cohesive. but on the other hand, the interest in various

. >> greg: he compares the white house to covering bad reality television. i'm sure covering the obamate house is like covering the oscars. you only ask what they are wearing. every question is a softball question. it's only brave when there is a risk. if you risk the support of your peers, that's pretty cool. that means speaking truth to power with obama. everyone there loved obama. going after trump when everybody else is going wrong, wrong, wrong. you're not risking anything. it's kind of gutless. >> kimberly: that's what that reporter said. >> greg: i forgot about him. >> jesse: he was a little tough on president obama a few times. >> juan: let me say what's interesting -- i am surprised more white house reporters have come out to support jim acosta. she is largely by himself in this. i think he's isolated for the most part, like what's going on with the briefings? "the washington post" editorial page is saying mr. president, why didn't you answer this question without question? you think about the harsh treatment that people used to give to presidents who didn't have press confere

he goes and joins the obama administration in the white house as a senior counselor, he transfers thosehares to his kids. but he continues to receive emails updating him on what jewel is doing, and even helping them make decisions. so here you have a situation which john podesta has a commercial relationship directly with the russian government. there are two russians that are sitting on the part of this company along with him, while he is advising hillary clinton on the russian reset and other issues. >> tucker: two quick questions questions. is he allowed to do this from his perch in the federal government? orchestrate decision-making for the company? >> that's a great question, tucker. he was an official advisor but not on the state department payroll when he was with hillary clinton. when he joined the obama white house, he transferred those shares because he could not hold those shares. the problem is that he says that he fully divested from them, but the emails that came out to wiki links to make leaks sit indicate that he was still making decisions on the shares he on. the kids w

white house press secretary sean spicer resigned. what is sending shock waves through the white house there. you see pictures. joining me on the phone former white house communications director for president obamanications director on the hillary clinton campaign, jennifer palmieri with me now. jen, you've been following this breaking news. what's your reaction? >> i guess i have two thoughts. one is, with sean, i know him a little bit. see him at the base. seems like a nice person and i -- i think he probably should have resigned on day one, when he was first asked to do the, to go out with the fake news about the president's inaugural crowd, and no job is worth that. but i'm glad -- you know, i am glad he has -- he has left now. a lot of people questioned whether he stayed in the white house. but i can understand why they would want to do that. in terms of anthony scaramucci taking over white house communications director. you know, there's a -- i think people who have had has job, we all tried to support each other. when i had that job, president bush's communications director was very supportive and helpful to me. there's a rhythm to a white house regardless of the party in there and we try

inside the white house, because there are people who work inside this white house who can't be fired, right? we know there are different factions in all sorts of white house, whether it's the obama house, the bush white house, the reagan white house. the fact there are top level folks there who are related to donald trump and in his family and are essentially a protected status skpand untouchable. that makes things different for this white house. >> you followed this story closer than the rest of us. did you think this would all come out in a tweet by the president's son? >> it had to be a russian billionaire known as the donald trump of russia and also has a son, aside from being a pop star, works with his father at the krocrocus group. you want to talk about connections. agalarav is very close to the kremlin, the government, with president putin. he has developed some of the biggest shopping centers in moscow. he's been given a lot of government contracts as a reward, a lot of hypocrisy given the corruption surrounding these russian billionaires. he's also been awarded a contract for a stadium for the world cup in 2018. so people are trying to figure out what the connection is

when he joined the obama white house, he transferred those shares because he could not hold those sharesoblem is that he says thas he fully divested from them, but the emails that came out from wikileaks indicate that he was still making decisions on the shares she was on. the kids i were not involved. that's the problem. >> tucker: very quickly, is there any reason the -- that vladimir putin would have interest on this energy company? >> absolutely, it has all kinds of implications. commercial and potentially military. the purpose of this fund was to create jobs in russia, and the $35 million that this company received was ostensibly given to the company or the investment was made to create a manufacturing facility in russia itself. that factory for some reason was never built, and it's unclear what happened to that $35 million. but yes, the kind of biofuels they were developing definitely had military application, and this commercial relationship between putin and podesta is taking place during the russian reset with all kinds of test transfer going on. >> tucker: amazing. i'm not alle

democrat national committee gets hacked in 2015, obama white house is criticized for not doing anything that. other than a vague warning to russia more than a year later. hillary and democrats continue to complain about the do nothing, but yet it seems they are spying on trump officials. >> the timing given lateness in own obama administration is very much a question mark. i think that other big question mark, when jeh johnson, homeland security secretary goes to democratic organization and says we believe there has been a hack, we want to help or debbie wassermann schultz, they put out their stiff arm, and they say, we don't need any help. don't come and look at this. homeland security backs off, and i think a lot of this is my guess, the underlying premise, that hillary clinton was on a glide path to victory, they didn't want to disrupt anything. liz: a good point, jason chaffetz thank you so much for coming on. >> thank you. liz: a food borne illness scare for chipotle, a virginia restaurant closed yesterday following a report that several customers became violently ill after eating

he was a special white house council for ethics and government reform in the obama white house.gston. welcome back. >> you wrote along with lawrence and richard that the constitution specifically bars the president from using the pardon power to prevent his own impeachment and removal. any official removed through impeachment remains -- that would make no sense if the president could pardon himself while it may not be on the table, it is on the mind of the president how might he want pardons considered in the future? >> fred, thanks for having me. hi, jack. i think in the future the president may feel the walls closing in on him or on those very near and dear to him. including his son, son in law who may find themselves -- there's some evidence now that they were involved in the russian attack on our democracy, they may have known about it. so the president when he tweets out, that he has the complete power to pardon, wants to have the broadest possible pardon power, press reports this week even asking about himself, but fred, that's not what the constitution allows. the fundame

2.5 million email messages, 20 million from the clinton white house, two hundred 10 million from the bush 43 white house and 220 million from the obama white house. so that tells you where we're going in terms of electronic records. >> twitter, facebook, are those official records of the united states? >> certainly is. we got a lot of experience during the obama administration collecting weights. we have all of the obama weights and we are now collecting the president trump tweets. >> went weights are deleted comments and still part of the official record? >> we collect them. >> how has your staffing changed to handle the larger influx of the digital side of this process? --s the staff size has not >> the step size has not grown dramatically but the competency of the staff certainly has changed in terms of the skills that we have now and the kind we are recruiting for a new staff members. archivists tough time? >> this is the toughest time to be an arc of us. i excel you changing the future of the archives do deal with that? >> we're responsible for providing the guidance to the executive branch and the white house about how to use t

they were in the obama white house. none other than president obama, john brennan. they were informed about this. what did they do? nothing. >> the same thing that the president of the united states now did. they wound up doing the same thing that the current president did. they went to putin and said stop it. obama went to putin and said stop t one of the versions at the putin/trump meeting is i know you did it. stop t that's what nikki haley says. they've done the same thing to this point. >> don't you think that's a huge improvement over hillary clinton having that gi joe looking toy, ruths reset button and handing it over as secretary of state? didn't you feel the least bit embarrassed? >> i don't even know what that means. >> her idea of a russian reset and president trump sitting down with president putin -- >> i don't get it. >> trying to find how these two countries can work together is a very positive development. >> on cyber security? you think working with russia on cyber security of our election is a good idea? >> no. here is what i -- no. here is what i

the trump white house has been slower than the obama white house was in giving us that -- giving that information to the press. sometimes it wouldn't even come out until the next day. but this is the event that has been months in the making, right? this is sort of the maintain east. we all waited for the trump/putin sit down. there is a possibility won't know what is said. >> what does putin want out of it. >> first he is going to flatter president trump. he knows the president has spoken highly of mr. putin throughout his campaign and before that. this is a president trump who is still rather inexperienced when it comes to foreign policy. inexperienced when it comes to intense one-on-one meetings. conversery vladimir putin kgb is a kuning operative. in fact once he brought a large dog to a meeting with angela merkel because she knew she was afraid of him. >> how did she take that. >> not well. >> i hadn't heard the dog story had you. >> i had, yeah it's a great story. >> it's a good one. and dogs scare a lot of people. no shame in that. phillip take a listen to the president here on

happening in the white house is really over shadowing what they are trying to do, particularly as they are trying to move this health care bill, jim. as you remember, when the white house, the obamahouse was trying to pass the health care bill in 2009, 2010, they had a major megaphone coming out of the white house. right now there is virtually no messaging operation coming out of the white house on this -- key time as they are trying to push this health care bill as they are mired in this russia controversy that continues to develop day after day, jim. >> yeah, it's hard to compartmentalize when you're running out of compartments with all the raining drips on washington. thank you, manu. let's go to analysts and specialists. gloria borger first. i think many people would have held that meeting with the russian lawyer. obviously you love your son, you want to defend your son, but wouldn't you in this case say, son, what were you thinking? >> yeah, and maybe, you know, maybe that's what he's saying privately, and maybe he's trying to defend his son publicly. as you say, he is a father and he doesn't, you know, i think this isn't easy for him. but i think in talking to somebody who

the obama white house had a disastrous attempt to reset things because they didn't believe that russia had interest that were different from their agenda. and donald trump, perhaps because he thinks he has his personal relationship with putin, they think they can, again, use personal diplomacy and personal relationships to get over the fact these are proclamations that are at loggerheads on a lot of fundamental issues. >> bret: jonah, let's push back a little bit on that. let's say, broadly, the u.s. and russia want isis to fail. broadly, the u.s. and russia want some kind of stability, whether it's different stability in russia or the u.s. and perceived in syria. isn't that some kind of joint goal that they have? >> if you want to set the bar low enough that they wants stability and for a lot of babies to stop dieting, they have those interests, but those are the only interest. they say as a matter of fact they did not want bashar al-assad to stay in powe power. russia has a military base in syria that is incredibly important to them which way they where they can project power. iran,

won wisconsin. >> now, there was a lot of reaction to the president's speech including from obama white house photographer who instagramed this photo of the former president greeting a cub scout with the white house saying i can assure you po us the was not telling this boy scout about his electoral college victory. >>> back at home lawmaker in the house are set to defy president trump when they vote on a bill issuing tougher sanctions against russia for the metaltli in last year's election. the bill targets moscow for the military aggressions in ukraine and syria. president trump had previously objected to the bill's limits on his ability to lift or ease sanctions against russia without congressional approval. for the moment, the president isn't expected to veto the bill. if he does, he risks sparking backlash from both republicans and democrats who may have votes to overrule his decision. in addition to russia, the bill also adds sanctions against iran and north korea. >>> still ahead this morning -- >> we are back. >> democrats try to rebrand themselves with a new economic message and slog

you at least see the white house trying to do some of the things you would see the obama white house do, or the bush white house do, which is to have these things each week. they have not yet figured out they should be coordinating with the hill on it, and that maybe every week should be health care week for the president until this bill passes. but the idea of doing something around, you know, made in america, or, you know, american heroes is next week, these kind of things, if they are done right, can at least drive the message a bit and be a bit newsworthy. but i think here you have the challenge where it's so disconnected from legislation, so disconnected from everything else happening in washington, and around the country in a lot of ways, that it doesn't necessarily work the way that this white house -- >> ali, they're also selling it the wrong way. they put the package together in secret. but they're making the compromises, they're trying to buy off people in public. it should be the other way around. we should know what's in the package first -- >> and then make the deals, yea

white house leaks. the problem is when the obama white house leaks, when the clinton white house was leaking, when the george bush white house was leaking, the minor leaks like who had dinner with whom, no one cared about that. no one went nuts. no one said they were going to stick the fbi after the leakers. that's -- you know, there's wheat and then there's substance that's leaked. you don't want national security stuff leaked, i get that. that's a crime. and as a journalist, i wouldn't want to publish something of an american soldier or spy. i get that. but these sort of insignificant leaks that people go nuts over really shows a degree of intempence that i can't describe here. so getting back to kelly, he needs to be empowered where he basically puts all of the children in the room and say listen to me. here's the way it goes. and you only do that if the president empowers you to do that. liz: uncle? >> i don't know. he has a very linearly -- remember the first thing anthony scaramucci said when he got the job? i report to the president. >> no. that was absolutely the case, and that's what scaramucci priz

you worked in the obama white house.ink the president understood what he was promising on the campaign trail? >> no, clearly not. i think you were making the point there that he promised quite a few times to repeal it, but taking something away from people, taking away their access to affordable care, their safety net to make sure that they won't be discriminated against for having pre-existing conditions is not easy politics. it's never easy. health care is rarely easy politics. what he is discovering and even mcconnell is discovering is that getting big policy legislation done is very difficult. barack obama, who's been donald trump's nemesis for quite a while. he was promoted and probably was the biggest promoter of the birther movement, questioning whether president obama was born in this country. obama got his evenge at the white house correspondents dinner. >> donald trump is here tonight. i know that he's taken some flak lately but no one is happier, no one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to the re

we could always call the bush white house or the obama white house and with a particular appointee ande next morning we'd have a phone call by somebody, either the person in question or somebody who works for them saying what can we do for you? and it was that level of commitment that helped set a tone from the top and it's everything. the people below you are going to follow your example and at a minimum you ought to hold yourself to the exact same standard that you're holding them to. >> so the white house has been critical of you and your comments, right, when you referred to how our country can be a laughing stock now. they released a statement actually yesterday. it said in part, quote, the truth is, mr. schaub is interesting in grandstanding for the office he holds. you're resigning from your position tomorrow. what's your response? i want to give you a response. >> anybody who disagrees with him is partisan. i can point to two objective facts. i wouldn't be quitting this job if i wanted to continue sticking around and and i retweeted so i could try to fete more people to see it,

when it was ben rhodes and the obama white house, they claimed executive privilege. i hope as the dust settles, credit goes to the trump administration. >> eric: why did you step down from the intel committee? here's a chance to push back on some of the nonsense. >> jason: i was the chair of the oversight committee paired one of my great frustrations. there are a lot of family reasons why step down. it wasn't that i was tired of winning, i can tell you that. i was frustrated particular with attorney general sessions for not turning over documents we had subpoenaed, issued documents. i think president trump is right. i think there is a lot of frustration with attorney general sessions prayed i was frustrated with him. >> eric: so was he. i literally spoke to him on friday paired he was frustrated. i will do this in a careful way. there are rumors, whispers are on the halls of congress right now that sessions may have possibly had tendered some sort of resignation or discussion surrounding resignation. >> kat: i don't think that would surprise anybody. in terms of kush

imagine that, the guy who ran against obama saving his legacy. plus a white house at war, trump's communication director in a knockdown dragout fight with the chief of staff while we hear from jeff sessions about his own attacks from the president. >>> russia retaliates, putin seizing u.s. properties in russia and telling some u.s. embassy staff to get out. let's get started. >> why did you vote no? >> i thought it was the right vote. >> there's a good dozen republican senators that are relieved that john mccain took one for that team. >> i believe each of us stood up for the reasons that we felt were right. >> no party can remain in power by lying to the american people. >> we're not celebrating. we are relieved. >> this is a disappointment a disappointment indeed. >> scaramucci describing steve bannon in terms so vulgar they can't be repeated on television. >> this is a guy who sometimes uses colorful and many circles probably not appropriate language. >> you've seen the president's criticism of you, do you think it's fair? >> it's kind of hurtful. he wants to ma

white house. it's something that former president obama warned incoming president trump about. it's something that continues to really roil this administration. they haven't figured it out yet. >> thanks so much, chuck todd, of course, is nbc news political director, moderator of "meet the press." host of msnbc's mtp daily. we also have new information that russia has been propping up north korea as much as china is. russia has greatly increased its economic support for north korea just since february. which means that at the same time that this president is trying to reset relations with vladmir putin and having a cozy conversation at the g-20. russia is behind his back taking steps to undermine his efforts against north korea. >> you know, i go back to something i thought it was missed a little bit. i think i was speaking with ambassador chris hill a little while ago, trying to understand why is it in china's interest to continue to prop up north korea and russia a little bit. and i thought the best analysis that i heard had to do with the fact that china in particular, russi

obama i felt were quite well-founded -- ran a campaign saying the former administration, the obama white house, was completely hopeless when it came to negotiating, they inaugurated terrible deals on behalf of the united states, and they were adrift, out to lunch when it came to dealing with strong men and other governments. here you have an example of putin coming away from this meeting saying i've essentially gotten everything i wanted and now it's on the president to tell me what he's prepared to do for russia, whether it's a cease-fire in southwest syria or him denying, repudiating allegations by his own intelligence services that i had anything to do with swaying the u.s. ex-v election. >> interesting. there goes the president on air force one leaving hamburg without having that live assessment from the president's lips about how this whole g-20 went, what that conversation was like, allowing putin to kind of get the last word. i want to bring in you are editor nic robertson. you know, angela merkel has been very outspoken not just at the g-20 stage but we saw her do the same thing in bru

you worked in the obama white house, do you think the president understood what he was promising on theo clearly not. i think you were making the point there that he promised quite a few times to repeal it. but taking something away from people, their access to healthcare, their safety net and making sure they won't be discriminated against for having preexisting conditions. healthcare is rarely easy politics. getting policy ledgislation don is difficult. there's a lot of policies on how to get healthcare and tax reform done and the problem they have is they're running out of time in the legislative calendar right now. >> scott, barack obama has been donald trump's nemesis for quite a while. he was the biggest propro-mott -- of the birth move. let's watch and we'll discuss. >> donald trump, is here tonight. now, i know that he's taken some flak lately but no one is happier, no one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than donald, that's because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter. like, did we fake the moon landing. what really happened in ro

that move has been criticized by the obama white house, which accused the eu to helping itself to taxhave ended up in the united states. we've been asking whether or not this white house would start to get involved with, with i don't know, eu google, now this, on behalf of u.s. companies >> i think it's funny that we found something that the obama administration and the trump administration looked like they can agree on and why not? this is potentially missed tax revenue, john, that should be the u.s. that's certainly what apple is arguing. and what the treasury has previously argued, under treasury secretary liu, makes sense to go after it, doesn't it >> it does this is a big pot of money and people on apple's side of this have long said, look, somebody, some government is going to end up with this money and they have to figure out how to make the rules clear, so that it's clear who that is. not surprising that the trump administration, similarly, says, hey, billions of dollars in tax revenue, we'll take it >> they're going to have a tough fight, though. margaret is a tough cookie, s

white house. no one would have stood for this. >> i can't imagine anyone at the obama white house anyone who have stood for this kind of public belittling, berating and knife fight amongst their senior staff. you're not doing the american people's business if you are publicly fighting your colleagues. >> if the president has confidence in scaramucci, why doesn't he just go directly to him and tell him to tell reince priebus stop leaking my information. >> and the president just fires him. >> have him fired as opposed to going to twitter and making this public appeal. >> because the way to get to the president is to go on television or to go -- >> i assume scaramucci can talk to him by telephone as well. he doesn't have to go to twitter to communicate to the president. >> it's unprecedented. and the thing i always like to take a step back and say what's the net effect of this on the republicans in washington. >> unprecedented is -- >> a whole bunch of republican congressmen and senators are going to wake up tomorrow, they're probably asleep and they're going to wake up tomorrow and say, there goes

they worked in the obama white house. they were briefed, according to "the washington post," about this information, and did absolutely nothing because they never thought donald trump would win. >> the president's outside legal team said he did not attend the meeting and was not aware of it. >> a 19-year-old from oakland died in a suspected drowning at steelhead beach. deputies say they got a call around 4:30 yesterday afternoon about a man who disappeared in the russian river. the victim was last seen about 300 yards upstream from steelhead beach. crews found his body about a half hour later in the water. the sheriff's office says an autopsy will confirm the cause of death. >> governor jerry brown is declaring a state of emergency due to a powerful fire burning in butte county. this is one of 14 large wildfires that is burning across the state. more than 1500 firefighters are working to contain the fire. crews from marin and mill valley are there, and alameda fire posted these photos of their crews helping. it started on