. - omarosa manigault-newman, better known as omarosa to people who like to watch "the apprentice, shel be leaving the white house effective january 20th. - general kelly was tired of it. he was tired of all the drama. kelly confronted her. she was very vulgar, very, um... she was cursing. she tried to go see the president. security alerted general kelly. he came back down, told secret service to take her out of there. - wow. - she was escorted off the property. it was very ugly. it was high drama. - oh, yeah! the trump administration is having its season one finale, people, i'm loving this! that is so wild. can you imagine being there when general kelly was fighting with omarosa? something like, "goddamn, this some bull! i'm sick a this crap! [bleep]!" and then omarosa was like, "okay, fine, i'll leave." - i resigned, and i didn't do that in the residence as being reported. but when i have a chance to tell my story, michael, quite a story to tell. as the only african-american woman in this white house, as a senior staff and assistant to the president, i have seen things that have made

he is truly a racist. - omarosa! can you say that about the president three years after we all said that about the president? how? seriously, though? omarosa had to spend a year in the white house to learn that donald trump doesn't know what he's doing? like, i can't wait for her next book, "donald trump: something's wrong with his hair." but the revelations in omarosa's book aren't even the juicy part of the story, because it turns out that, unlike james comey, she wasn't just making notes. she was making tapes. - former presidential advisor omarosa manigault newman admitted that she secretly recorded chief of staff john kelly firing her in the high security white house situation room. - what's weird about this is that omarosa is presenting these tapes as evidence that she was treated unfairly, but from what she released, john kelly doesn't sound that bad. if anything, he just sounded like a guy who had a lot more important things to do, you know, he's just like, "look, i can't have this conversation "right now--the

omarosa, you and michael cohen both have called the president a racist. why? >> well, let's just look at his own words and his own actions. we can start with charlottesville. we could then talk about how he treated a widow of one of the fallen soldiers, how he attacked multiple congressional members of color, the way he speaks of countries, calling them s-hole countries. but more importantly, let's look at his track record. if you look at the trump organization as michael cohen alluded during his testimony, there is no diversity in the trump organization. if you currently look at the white house, there are no african-american senior staffers. if you look at schedule c appoi appointees, it's below 1%. if you look at very executive appointments, it's at 0.5%. we can look at his track record of what he said and what he's done and come to a clear picture of what this president is and what he stands for. michael cohen was correct in his assessment because he had a very intimate relationship with him, as i did. on the receiving end, the most disgusting racial slur w

i know omarosa, and i take her at her word. i'm reminded of something a conservative actually political philosopher, sir roger scruton wrote two or three years ago, everything is imperfect. but what can be reformed and what can be amended, but what must be thrown away all together. and as we look at the state of race relations in our country, i think, again, and i think donald trump has reminded us, and can you talk a lot about this. there are a lot of things in this country that we have to address. we cannot continue to turn a blind eye. we cannot continue to sweep them under the rug. we must, again, throw those things away, no pun intended to mr. scruton's quote. so i think donald trump's presidency gives this country an opportunity to really see who we really are. we like to purport we're this great country that's open to diversity. we want all different types of folks from all over the world to be here. yet our actions don't indicate that. not just for african-americans, but for people of muslim faith, for folks who are his

i'll talk to former white house insider omarosa manigault-newman about how he'll use this to his political advantage. >>> and political fallout. democrats and republicans drawing new battle lines in the wake of the mueller probe with laser focus on 2020. buckle up. the ride is not over. robert mueller's investigation is done, and now the focus shifts to two key questions. how much of the report will we see? what will congress do with the report? attorney general william barr says the investigation found no evidence that the trump campaign or administration coordinated with russia. mueller says there was no conclusion about whether the president obstructed justice. evidence on both sides of that question. president trump's reaction to the report, complete and total exoneration. meanwhile, any minute now, one of the president's key allies on the hill, chairman lindsey graham, is going to be talking to reporters. senator graham spent the weekend at mar-a-lago with the president. we will go live to that event once it happens. there is a live look. senator graham headed to the podium right now.

i'm joined right now by omarosa, a former senior official in the trump white house.a lot of this conversation and i think there are degrees of bigotry. i think everybody knows there are people that are really good and really bad and people in the middle. what is trump? >> i don't think there's a question of whether he's a bigot or racist, the question is how is it impacting his ability to fulfill the duties of the presidency. he's proven time and time again that he does not treat people who do not look like him the same. >> what's that, from his old neighborhood? where do you think it comes from? >> i went back and looked and there was a man in his organization, the president of trump casino, john mcdonnell, back in 1991 who said donald trump said racial things, didn't want african-american dealers dealing in the casino or african-american accountants. i went way back. it must be something that he picked up during his business times and his dealings in new york, but it is not acceptable while he sits in the oval office. >> do you think it was currying favor with peop

now we know about michael cohen recording the president and o n omarosa recording the president. >> you considered recording the president if you called him back? >> yeah, i had a certain amount of mistrust. it would be my word against his if he decided to say something inappropriate. >> more on those stories later, president trump was confronted today with several new developments in the investigations into him, his campaign and his business. nbc news has confirmed that deputy attorney general rod rosenstein will stay at the justice department a little longer according to a senior department official. rosenstein had previously implied he would leave by mid-march, but no firm date was ever set. after consulting with the new attorney general, he'll now stay in his position a bit longer. asked whether the delay means that robert mueller is still not ready to deliver his report to the department, the senior official declined to comment to nbc news. according to a new report from cnn. rosenstein apparently wants to stick around, so he can be the heat shield if there's fallout from the muell

people who worked for donald trump michael cohen and omarosa, taped him because they suspected he wasaping them. >> as you say, you did it for your reasons. we're being told prosecutors never do this to their bosses? >> that's the thing, their concern here is that their boss isn't acting as a distant and fair minded manager of the law enforcement process, and the judiciary. >> or they may be involved in the very law enforcement process. >> they feel -- they were very aware, trump had just fired jim comey. you had the fbi and the justice department rattled by that, and trying to figure out the best course of responding to that, perhaps they made mistakes, but i think what they were trying to do is come up with a record that could not be disputed as they tried to understand what was going on here. bharara had the distinct advantage of being a new yorker, and new yorkers who were exposed to trump for decades before he ran for president, knew exactly how he rolled. he's coming at this from being a new yorker and a law enforcement official. they all had good reasons for wanting to have tap

in a few minutes, omarosa, former white house aide, will be on this network to talk about the conclusione'll join craig melvin in a couple minutes. >>> so what now? the russia investigation is over. robert mueller found the trump campaign, according to bill barr's summary, didn't collude with the russian government. will you never hear the "r" word again, russia? shouldn't be the case. without these charges, the special counsel uncovered, critically, a massive and sophisticated effort by the russian government to interfere with our elections. as the "washington post" points out, hundreds of pages of legal filings and independent reporting have painted a striking portrayal of a presidential campaign that appeared untroubled by that and eager to accept the help. like when then-candidate trump's oldest son was offered dirt about hillary clinton. his response was, if it's what you say, i love it. when roger stone was told a russian national wanted to sell damaging information about clinton, he took the meeting. when wikileaks published documents thought to be stolen by russian operatives, th

we know about michael cohen and omarosa recording the president. >> you considered what? >> taping the president in that phone call. >> you considered recording the president if you had called him back? >> yeah because i wanted to make sure because i had a certain amount of mistrust -- it would be my word against his, if he decides to say something inappropriate, which i didn't necessarily know -- >> this isn't in the book. this is pretty interesting. >> yeah. you know, that's why this whole debate about whether rod rosenstein was joking when he said i'll wire up the president or not sort of rung in my ear a little bit. i believe he was not joking. there's a certain kind of conduct that happens. when you're used to seeing someone tell untruths about what happens in a conversation and you care about your own integrity, i didn't want anybody to say you had some side conversation with the president of the united states. so, we didn't do that ultimately. we thought that was a bridge too far. we talked about it. >> on that point, you, your deputy, and other nonpartisan prosecu

tonight we're joined by omarosa, former senior white house official and associated press white houseorter. but first let's turn to mike murphy a former advisor to john mb cane. what did you make of the comment by cindy, his daughter that he would find this ridiculous and hilarious that this president can't get over him? >> i think it's true. he would be howling with laughterful that he has this baby tied up in nuts from the grave. it's a tell of how insecure and childish donald trump is. that's kind of the funny side. the sad side of this is we have a president of the united states who's such a narcissist, such self obsessed, prickly and foolish that he's insulting everyone whootz rr worn a uniform. he was respected across the bord, even if you disagreed with him and what donald trump is doing it's so beyond the pale, it's horrifying. >> he suffered five and a half years in the han oi hilton. and here's the guy who got a concierge doctor to get him out of the war. i'd think he would feel some inferiorty here. he defended his oponent to a republican voter. let's watch. >> i can't trus

and her name is omarosa. >> oh, no, that is -- no, no. >> and she has stood by trump's side since theh, that is not me. can i leave? >> absolutely. save yourself. >> president trump met with north korean dictator and, let's face it, one of his top five closest friends kim jong-un. talks broke down when they could not agree on sanctions. another problem was kim jong-un used an interpreter while trump just spoke english but louder. >> that was good. looks like a good one. thank goodness i have it taped. i can't wait to watch it today. >>> kareem abdul-jabbar selling the majority of his memorabilia from his playing days raising nearly $3 million for charity. andy has more in our bleacher report. >> kareem abdul-jabbar previously said when it comes to choosing between storing a championship ring or trophy in a room or providing kids with an opportunity to change their lives, the choice is simple. sell it all. he auctioned off 234 items from his playing days including 4 of his 6 championship rings. most of the proceeds from the auction going to go to his sky hook charity foundation that he

it is interesting to note that omarosa was offered that job and she decided she didn't want to sign asclosure agreement and took a pass on it. so perhaps bill shine is going over there and maybe we'll hear no more from him. who knows. >> as a white house correspondent here, jordan, what is your thought about the future of the briefings? >> now that we don't have a communications director in the white house? >> you make a good connection there, richard, because bill shine's entrance into the white house in july of 2018 is the moment we saw the briefings go away and it is going to be interesting to see under the next regime whether that is another communications director or somebody else whether those will come back. we know that sean spicer and sarah huckabee-sanders have both been under the spotlight because the president watches the briefings closely and the question of whether they will come back will be a tough one for whoever is in the that position next. >> one of the legacies of bill shine is the fact that he banned cnn reporter and fox news itself said we stand with cnn. this c

unless omarosa and cohen have surreptitiously taped him, what would that be? nixon's tapes did it. they proved that he had participated in the cover-up. what kind of evidence with the american people need to accept that donald trump wanted his campaign to find out what wikileaks was up to and didn't care that wikileaks might be associated with the russians? >> i want to ask, can any of you conceive of donald trump as we know him stepping down in the face of impeachment proceedings? [laughter] >> i will quote peter baker. [laughter] who, in december 17, you did one of these long stories that you are talking about, about trump's daily life. you quoted somebody saying that trump had said during the transition, i want to treat every day of the presidency as a tv show in which i vanquish my rivals. >> right. >> so, no. [laughter] >> if i could extend on that -- >> did you quote peter baker? [laughter] >> that is the next volume. >> the baker tapes. >> the baker tapes. >> what really worries me is that the constitution is relatively clear on how you impeach and convict a president. there

>> yeah, that is convenient for both sides as omarosa said in the past, they offered retainers to be in exchange for signing a non-disclosure agreement. i am sure it is significant where he can be paid by the campaign and still loyal to donald trump and is in the fold and not go out in the press, he's legally preventing from. >> it is paid to keep quiet which seems to be a president tern with this president. cushing, let kirt, let's go to the article. a source close to trump says that president had been complaining and china was not strict enough. trump thought he was getting roger ailes but he got roger ailes's ghoper. ail informed the trump campaign of megan kelly's question of blood coming out of her eyes or etcetera, etc. >> their foxco context gave the advanc candidates if they support the republican nominee of whatever he wants. it is striking to me that donald trump would believe that merging with fox would give him good coverage in other media entities, right, and not just on folks? is this a sense of inside trump world thinking fox is the media and they influence the way how

former employees who are now, who have gone to the dark side, who have turned on him, somebody like omarosaplicitly says loyalty is the driver of everything in his universe. so, you know, we've had presidents before who have been petty. we have had presidents who have asked for loyalty and different circumstances. but we haven't had a level of this that is rapidly approaching cult-like status in terms of, you know, demands for loyalty and how you run the entire enterprise. >> rick tyler, what explains the female ti -- fealty in this cas? threatening those cominging up for re-election here in the next cycle. what explains their willingness to pledge loyalty to a person versus the party? >> weakness. look, people think of any politicians or members of congress and there are a few, but there are very few, we call them leaders. they're not leaders. they're followers. they will move wherever their districts tell them to move, and that's the way the founders designed it. what they're afraid of is that donald trump will pick a fight with them, particularly in districts that have a high approval of

which we know from omarosa and others he also does do.nt to be a broken record, but i think michael cohen was saying we, i signed on with someone who violates my personal codes. he cited the fact, even though he wasn't talking about trump's antisemitism cited the fact that he's the son of someone who was a victim of a racist genocide. the holocaust is another trope like racism that gets thrown around. michael cohen grew up in long island surrounded by holocaust survivors. what he said back to the lynn patton stage craft with mark meadows, when he said lynn powell worked for trump and because she's from birmingham, alabama, he didn't mention her race. she would never work for a racist because she's from birmingham, alabama. i thought michael cohen won the exchange with a brilliant zinger which was something like as should i not have. it was like kind of elegant. as should i not have as the son of a holocaust survivor. that was great. >> i want to ask you about the instant pot of politics where the pressure was building. you had this exchan

. >> we are we remember during the campaign there were people aaffiliatewood the kpp that omarosa.y list. and that's been consistent on his side of the aisle. people not supporting him the which he wanted to be supported. we remember after the campaign ended the president during the inauguration promised to be a unifier and uniter and bringing the country together. we know that's difficult when more than 70% of americans views owe you as the most advicive president in history. this could be a time where he says i was done i don't think wrong i've been exonerated which he hasn't. but this would be a great time to get to together to make america great again. but that's not his focus. >> if i have criticism, sam of anything that the media has done over the past couple of days, it's -- or the past couple years, it's everybody jumped to conclusions. >> right. >> like everybody on the right jumped to conclusions. everybody on the left jumped to conclusions. seeing a summary by a man who got his job by telling donald trump he was hostile to the mueller investigation. >> yes. >> he zided t