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they would also like to hear from paul manafort and one-time trump adviser roger stone and richard burr, the vice chair of mark warner. sources tell cnn they are prepared to invoke their subpoena power if they have to to get access to these records. of course, there is some thought that carter page was actually attempting to become an asset by the russian intelligence agency. this is a charge that he vehemently denies. >> is there any information as to why his demeanor has changed, why he's coming across a lot more combative and less cooperative? >> reporter: that's a great question because as you know, carter page has been a pretty open book up until this point in the investigation. he's done countless television interviews, many which have hurt his cause. there's certainly been an abrupt turn in his demeanor as it relates to this investigation. we can't really guess exactly what that is but there is no question that the posture that he has taken now is much different than it was even a week ago. >> all right, thank you so much, ryan nobles, appreciate it. >>> almost immediately after

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happening, because you had the majority leader of the senate and the house speaker paul ryan both rejecting that proposal. richard burr who heads the senate intelligence committee which is kon duconducting their bipartisan investigation has rejected it. there are a handful of republicans saying they are considering supporting it, but until you can see the ground swel frrepublicans in congress supporting the shift, i just don't see how the democrats can build enough of a coalition there to support appointing a prosecutor. lt >> lachlin, the president is saying that he may have a nominee by next week, and so how li likely to pick someone like john cornyn who is more directly loyal to him? >> well, that is going to create some pit political pitfalls for especially senator cornyn which could open up a special election seat in texas which could turn into a competitive contest if you are believing a lot of the poll numbers coming out these days, and mike rogers is a probably more likely pick, and someone who has had direct experience in the fbi, but i am not ruling out someone like congressman trey gowdy who really imp

leadership, specifically senators harry reid, mitch mcconnell, dianne feinstein and richard burr, and to representativing paul ryan, nancy pelosi, devin nunez and adam schiff between 11 august and 6 september. >> that's last september, height of the campaign that he's briefing republican and democratic members of congress. are you -- what is your reaction to the reaction of folks like mcconnell and ryan and their -- the way they've handled this issue throughout? >> well, i think there's a question there whether they had informed congress about the russian manipulation of the election or the context with the trump campaign. but the fact of the matter is, this should have been a much bigger deal at the time. and i know that both senator mcconnell and speaker ryan know the potential gravity of this, and unfortunately, they are not taking it seriously enough. there's real political peril for republicans if they continue to stand with this president and back up some of his attempts to try to stop the truth from coming out. ultimately this will land at their feet, as well as the president's. >> do you ask yourself

they would also like to hear from paul manafort and one-time trump adviser roger stone and richard burre vice chair of mark warner. sources tell cnn they are prepared to invoke their subpoena power if they have to to get access to these records. of course, there is some thought that carter page was actually attempting to become an asset by the russian intelligence agency. this is a charge that he vehemently denies. >> is there any information

been all sorts of reports since paul manafort mysterious left the campaign that the money trail all over the world has pruchb interesting to investigators. nbc's richard engle went to cypress. that they had handed over information on paul manafort's money to the u.s. treasury's financial crimes unit. there have been multiple reports that paul manafort also ended up in the middle of an fbi investigation in ukraine that's basically an investigation of that country being a klept to beingsy. that manafort's client stole from the government of that country. where did all the money go? there's an fbi investigation into that. manafort has been reported to be tied up in that investigation. so manafort's money trail, he denies all wrong doing related to any of these overseas payments or political work. but multiple reports over multiple months suggest that paul manafort's international money trail is like life's rich pageant for investigators. and when that simple ap story came out in april about him allegedly getting paid out of ukraine, that story hit a nerve. there's been all sorts of stories with his money, but this allegation about his payments out of ukr

richard nixon and said we can't support you. he announced the resignation the next day. when i visited paul in the white house. said as long as the democrats are with us and richard gephardt, the democratic leader in the house at the time was with us, we'll be fine. democrats stuck with clinton. the political question is will the republicans stay with trump? so far they have. we're in the middle of it. >> there is nothing dire. those were crisis points where it was existential. this is about checking in more and demanding better and interfacing with the white house and calling out. it is not about abandoning the president. i don't think anybody is expecting the republicans to run away from trump and say he should resign. it is about get in the game and own the accountability. be the check and balance you are supposed to be. >> there are levels. you have to figure out did he threaten the fbi director? did he tamper the investigation and say call off the flynn investigation. you have to deal with all of that. maybe it is a select committee. maybe a special counsel. this is the level of oversight. it is the quest

we heard paul ryan say that there are several investigations, richard burr reluctant to give his up. but where do you see the russia investigation going toward internally within the fbi? >> i think it creates a lot of enemies for trump inside the fbi. the people who are investigating him were big fans of comey and they were really shocked and angered that he fired their boss who they loved. and so it makes them even more enthusiastic to do their job and hopefully get a leader who they can rally behind and actually get this investigation done in a nonpartisan fairway so we can actually know what happened with the trump campaign's ties with russia. >> all right. we'll talk to you more in a bit about the senate investigation later in the show. daniel lippman, thank you. >>> a new poll from quinnipiac university shows president trump's job approval rating sliding. 36% approve, 58% disapprove, a net negative rating of 22 points. among independents, only 29% approve of the president and down 9 points from last month. 47% of whites without a college degree approve. a 10 point drop for them.

leadership, specifically senators harry reid, mitch mcconne, dianne feinstein and richard rr,nd to representatives paul ryan, nancy pelosi, devin nunes and adam schiff between 11 august and 6 september. i provided the same briefing to each of the gang of eight members. given the highly sensitive nature of what was an active counterintelligence case involving an ongoing russian effort to interfere in our presidential election, the full details of what we knew at the time were shared only with those members of congress. each of whom was accompanied by one senior staff member. the substance of those briefings was entirely consistent with the main judgments contained in the january classified and unclassified assessments, namely that russia's goals were to undermine public faith in the u.s. democratic process, denigrate secretary clinton and harm her electability and potential presidency, and to help president trump's election chances. let me conclude by saying that it was a very special privilege to serve as a cia officer for the first 25 years of my public service, and it was the highest opportunity of m

leadership, specifically senators harry reid, mitch mcconnell, dianne feinstein, and richard burr, and to representatives paul ryan, nanci pelosi, devin nunes and adam schiff, between 11 august and 6 september. i provided the same briefing to each of the gang of eight members. given the highly sensitive nature of what was an active counterintelligence case involving an ongoing russian effort to interfere in our presidential election, the full details of what we knew at the time were shared only with those members of congress, each of whom was accompanied by one senior staff member. the substance of those briefings was entirely consistent with the main judgments contained in the january classified and unclassified assessments, namely that russia's goals were to undermine public faith in the u.s. democratic process, denigrate secretary clinton and harm her electability and potential presidency, and to help president trump's election chances. let me conclude by saying that it was a very special privilege to serve as i cia officer for the first 25 years of my public service, and it was the highest honor of my pro

paul? >> hey, tony, sean, just last month, the security guard, head of security at richard montgomery high scholar he is dollars and charged with having sex with a 17 year old student. now, this, what we've learned, is that there was a security guard working here at colonel lee brooke middle school who is accused of having sex with a 14 year old eighth grader. and the way the police found out about it? the mother caught him. >> according , caught by the mother of the eighth grader, inside the bedroom of the child's home. she then notified the police, who interviewed the 21 year old security guard, who admitted having sex with the girl on several occasions. >> i know they communicated via text messaging, she march. then had to inch appropriate contact at her house and at his house. >> lavano previously work at the high school before being hired at colonel lee brooke middle school in february. >> we are angered and frustrated and deeply disappointed in the allegations, and we're not going to tolerate this kind of behavior in our school system. >> derek turner, says security audit now underwa

the "new york times" is reporting paul manafort got one of the letters from senators richard burr and mark warner. nbc news obtained carter page's letter. in it he calls his role with the trump campaign small, unpaid and informal. we are back with kristen welker, jeremy bash and jonathan swan. and matthew nussbaum all with me on a friday night. carter page. give me an explainer on this. how could someone have had so many interactions with so many russians, small, informal, and unpaid. >> he was one of the individuals who then-candidate trump specifically named when he was asked by reporters, who are your foreign policy advisors. >> it was the only name he could come up. it was an editorial board meeting and he said i've got a national security team. they said who have you got? he said i've got great people, i've got, i've got, i've got carter page. >> it undercuts his claim now that he had no role at all. i have been watching the senate intelligence committee investigation. i was heartened to see they did send these letter requests for documents, for e-mails, and importantly about fin

they also want the records of former campaign chairman paul manafort and also adviser roger stone, and the intel committee chairs, richard burr, who is a republican from north carolina and mark warner from virginia, said they are still interested in the inquiry and if they have to, they will subpoena the records so they can get access to them. >> all right. we'll see what happens next. thanks so much. appreciate that. >>> we've learned former national security adviser michael flynn was warned by senior members of the trump transition team that the russian ambassador he was communicating wth was likely being monitored by u.s. intelligence. >> this is soon after the election, you know, there's what's referred to as landing teams, which are being set up for different government agencies byes the trump campaign. it's now the transition. so you have the head of the landing team for the facial security council, he basically learns that flynn is planning to have a conversation with kislyak the russian ambassador and he's concerned and wants to basically provide him with information. he onces him to know that his conversation wi

paul? >> hey, tony, sean, just last month, the security guard, head of security at richard montgomery high that there was a security guard working here at colonel lee brooke middle school who is accused of having sex with a 14 year old eighth grader. and the way the police found out about it? the mother caught him. >> according , caught by the mother of the eighth grader, inside the bedroom of the child's home. she then notified the police, who interviewed the 21 year old security guard, who admitted having sex with the girl on several occasions. >> i know they communicated via text messaging, she

richard, thanks. that severe weather threat isn't over yet. >> accuweather paul williams is tracking the storms. >> goodis. on slot of rain and severe thunderstorms throughout new york, western new york and into western portions of pennsylvania with thunderstorms reaching into the ohio valley region all the way down to the deep south. we are expecting damaging winds and hail, downpours causing flash flooding and the chance of isolated tornadoes throughout new york, pennsylvania, west virginia and close to the d.c. area. and we've also had problems with rain from the previous weekend. widespread rain dropping over 12 inches in some areas has actually caused problems with river flooding throughout the center part of the country. that includes the mississippi river, the missouri, the black, the white and the wabash. just to name a few. >> quite a few rivers there flooding, paul. >>> breaking news overnight, congress dodged a shutdown. congressional aides say the agreement includes 15 million for the military. the bill will pay for other border security measures. the deal does not block funding for planned

paul manafort mysteriously left the trump campaign. there have been all sorts of reports that manafort's money trail all over the world is pring to be verynteresting to investigators. nbc's own richard engel you might remember went to cypress, and was told in cypress that country's unit for combatting money laundering in cypress had handed over information on paul manafort's money to the u.s. treasuries financials crimes unit. there have been multipresident reports that paul manafort ended up in an investigation of that country being a kleptocracy. an investigation trying to find out what happened to all the money that manafort's client stole from the government of that country. where did all the money go? there's an fbi investigation into that. manafort has been reported to be tied up in that investigation. so manafort's money trail, he denies all wrong doing related to any of these overseas payments, any of his overseas political work. but multiple reports over multiple months suggest that paul manafort's international money trail is like life's rich pageant for investigators. and when that simple ap story came out in april about him allegedly getting paid out of ukraine, that sto

richard? >> john boehner wasn't ousted, he left, probably because he couldn't control the caucus. but paulr. >> sandra: answer the question. >> i wouldn't say it's acomplete disaster shockingly. there some parts of the trip that were very well done, he was great in saudi arabia, the speech on is almost was great. when he got to europe, that, sandra, is where things become problematic. >> sandra: what do you have a problem with? >> not invoking article 5 in the speeches, number two, i believe diplomacy is an art. the speech he gave to sort of bashing european leaders in public, they need to pay more, isn't howdy ploem si is done. you do it behind the scenes, in these meetings, your staff and their staff, work together to find the middle ground. then you come out and tremendous strength. he didn't do that. that's why it was a disaster. >> sandra: all right, it's not just john boehner taking a hit at donald trump, hillary clinton a little while ago, took a jab at the sitting president at a commencement speech she was giving apartment her alma mater, wellesley. listen to this. >> we were furio

senator richard burr announcing it today, that after politico reporting former campaign chief paul manafortsed the trump team on the russia scandal. manafort reportedly calling trump chief of staff reince priebus to push back against the mounting russia controversy about a week before inauguration. the "the new york times" reporting american spies collected information last summer showing top russian officials discussing how to influence trump through his advisors, the advisors named, paul manafort and fired national security advisor michael flynn. ken vogel is politico's chief investigative reporter and wrote that story on paul manafort. also shane harris with the "wall street journal." ken, i want to start with you. in your reporting, walk us through this. what's the update? >> well, paul manafort, we understood, called reince priebus after these dossiers came out that indicated that -- amgd, unsubstantiated allegations that russia had compromising information on donald trump and there was also come pro prizing information between trump's aides including paul manafort and pro russian figu

richard painter is corporate law professor at the university of minnesota and former chief ethics lawyer for president george w bush. he's in st paulry much for your time. john mccain not the only person to say that, of course barack 0bama said it and mitt romney said it too. my social media timeline, though, is full of people who voted for though, is full of people who voted foertrump though, is full of people who voted for mr trump saying this is just hysteria, getting in the way of what the president wants to do. there are serious and important people investigating that but at the moment there's nothing to prove those trump supporters wrong, is there?|j there's nothing to prove those trump supporters wrong, is there? i don't know if senator mckim is wrong, that the russian interference did not change the results of the election —— mccain. we have no way of knowing, there was certainly a substantial impact of the russian espionage conducted in the united states and the russian leaking of true information and also false information about candidates. it is a very tragic situation in the united states. i've been in republican politi

paul ryan also said he simply doesn't worry about things he can't control. the concern for the white house is that republicans are taking steps to continue their investigations, particularly the senate intelligence committee under senator richard burr, republican. they're asking for james comey to come up and testify both publicly and privately on capitol hill. they're also asking the fbi today for copies of the comey memo. >> did the president, make any public statements? >> reporter: at the coast guard academy graduation he made a speech. he talked about his sense of grievance here and how unfair he's been treated. here is what the president had to say earlier t >> look at the way i've been treated lately. especially by the media. no politician in history, and i say this with great surety, has been treated worse or more unfairly. you can't let them get you down. you can't let the critics and the naysayers get in the way of your dreams. >> reporter: now, sue, the white house says they're pushing forward on the fbi director search. they've interviewed four candidates, the president has, at the white house this afternoon. officials tell me they're pressing ahead on their legislative agenda. they want to keep their eyes on the r

richard nixon. >> right. >> and reintroduced by donald trump. >> and you think then that when you look at people like paul ryan -- >> yeah. >> when you look at people, i don't know, mitch mcconnell, are they the true inheritors of the reagan legacy, or is it someone else? am i missing something? >> no, i don't know -- juan, i don't know if there's any one inheritor. i'll tell you one thing though, i saw mike pence give his speech today at grove city college. he was terrific. it was a reagan-esque speech. it was a very, very good speech. and i think, you know, somebody's going to write a contrast between his speech, write a column or an op-ed or a piece contrasting his speech with trump's at the coast guard academy. [laughter] it begs to be written. it begs to be written because it was a terrific -- i mean, if you haven't seen it, i would urge you to go on youtube tonight and take a look at it, because it really was, it was a speech for all americans. >> so i get the impression you didn't think much of mr. trump's speech at the coast guard academy. [laughter] >> he uses first person pronouns like he's eating br

paul ryan to start putting country ahead of party. we are in the middle of the constitutional crisis. the like of watergate and richard nixon.iring of james comey overseeing a criminal investigation to implicate the president of the united states is an urgent threat. necessi we need to see what happens to be fair and impartial. >> when it comes to what you are saying is the precipice of the crisis, in the interview thursday, he asked if he was under investigation. you told me he is not under investigation. what is your reaction to those conversations if true? >> if true, the president is coming dangerously close to obstructing an investigation of his campaign and the investigation that could potentially lead to the downfall of the administration or certainly cause tremendous amount of problems. the president needs to stay as far away from the investigation as possible. that is consistent or would be consistent with what every other president of the united states in recent memory with the exception notably of richard nixon has done. he should not be interfering with the fbi or department of justice in the context of what is g

other folks include senator richard burr, the top republican on the intelligence committee and house speaker paul now, all three of those folks have not suggested -- have not spoken in as harsh of a language as the mother folks. -- as some other oflks. -- as some other folks. i spoke to a prominent member of congress yesterday, who told me that republicans are losing faith in this white house. francine: kevin, first of all, congratulations on the mitch mcconnell interview yesterday. even before this memo was leaked, he was saying he wished his president would focus on matters on hand, instead of being distracted by all things other. what comes now? is there an investigation? >> thank you, francine. these investigations are ongoing. the fbi has several open investigations. they also have investigations in the congressional committees. so, these investigations are going to continue, but the question becomes, when are the results made public? tom: kevin, thank you from washington. i am sure we will hear you across all of our platforms today. synthesize here, the international response to a wounded p

paul called buttered calls and says rabbi, what is going on over there. i've never even heard of whitefish. and were like we don't know what's going on. richard cohen contacted tonya. i guess i want to say and adl leaders and professionals, when you are under attack you do not have a lot of capacity to reach out and ask for help because you're just trying to figure out what's going on in the information. we need a people to present themselves to us and say this is what i can do for you. there was a point where someone -- with all the presentation said i'm here to help you and i said okay, then tell me how. the federation in the detroit area that we don't have a federation of montana. we don't fall on their anyone's umbrella in that all these organizations are coming in saying we are here to help you. that is extraordinary. and by the way everyone was like okay. two quick things. i am curious about the geographic and small versus big town differences around anti-semitism and hate crimes and if it is somehow different between one part of the country versus another. the other question i have is around the hate crime needs which i heard jonathan

paul manafort and one-time adviser roger stone. sources tell cnn that if they need to, the senate committee will subpoena the records. in a joint statement, senate intel leaders richard burr who's a republican and mark warner who's a democrat said they will continue to pursue their inquiry into russia's involvement into the american election. federal investigators believe that page was the target of russian spies as a potential asset. that's a charge page has vehemently denied. at one point during the campaign, page was listed as a foreign policy adviser to the trump campaign, but as reports surfaced about his possible connections to russia, the white house has distanced itself from page. it's still not clear just how closely connected page was to the day to day operations of the trump team during the campaign. victor? >> ryan nobles for us in washington, thank you. >>> former dallas area police officer who shot an unarmed teen will now face murder charges. next, what the teen's family says will help them heal. >>> also the gop health care bill passed in the house. what is in store in the senate. we have more on that ahead. >>> and we're about ten hours away from the

richard, the question here is the president's vulnerability. that's why we're covering this case. most people don't care about paul manafort or michael flynn. they want to know what the president did with these people. how does robert mueller get to the bottom of that? >> well, he starts investigating the way investigators go forward. pete had a very good exposition of what a special counsel. he, unlike a commission, has the right to subpoena witnesses and if warranted, he can bring charges, ask a grand jury to return indictments. and not only does he, by this order, investigate directly the russia connection to any americans who may have assisted the russians, but he can investigate anything that arises in the course of that investigation. so that's quite a broad mandate. >> includes going after the russians as well according to what i'm hearing tonight. he wants to find out what the russians did. >> well, certainly that, and we certainly need more clarity with that. but if there are any americans, quiz lings, those who have betrayed their country by -- >> explain the norwegian reference. quiz ling was the guy that went in with the nazis a

paul manafort, carter page, michael fly flynn. the republican party has been playing ostrich for this. we are getting break out stars from the republican bench. richard burr yesterday questioning this. the senator from arizona questioning it. john mccain i think will come public in a forceful way. but the gof needs like a gang of eight or ten republican senators to say enough is enough. we need a special prosecutor. we need to look at this and get to the bottom of it with an independent counsel. after after, it was barry goldwater who told nixon to his face, i'm not going to damage my reputation for you. we need to see more profiles encouraged coming out to of the republican party right now. >> yes, there has been so much dissembling, so much prevarication out of the white house that it is easy to call it into question. on its face, the timing doesn't make sense. if you are upset about the clinton investigation, you would have done it at jump. you had every reason to do it. everybody would have expected you to do it. and by the way, he is an obama appointee. the timing. take us through here. the guy has been on the job two weeks. that's right. he's o

richard burr and mark warner of the senate intelligence committee. "the new york times" is reporting similar letters were sent to former trump advisers roger stone, michael flynn, and paulnafort. that's my list anyway. page told "the new york times," quote, although i will help in any way i can, please note any records i may have saved as a private citizen will be minuscule in comparison to the full database of information which has already been collected under last year's completely unjustified fisa warrant. well, ken dilanian is a national security adviser, reporter for nbc news, and ken vogel is chief investigative reporter for politico. gentlemen, first of all -- ken, where is this start something it seems to me we had word a couple of days ago that that committee on the senate side was flagging. that warner and burr weren't doing the job. now this looks pretty aggressive. what's going on with the speed change? >> that's exactly right, chris. i think we can read into this that there was some pressure put on these guys and they've accelerated their investigation. they spent weeks basically sifting through fbi and cia intelligence documents, and now they're into the i

paul manafort who was for a time chairman of the trump campaign, but here carter page, colorfully refusing this request from the senate intelligence committee, which i might add is chaired by a republican, senator richard byrd, saying i suspect the clinical reaction of the clinton/obama regime of purpose traitors will be more along the lines of severe vomiting when all the facts are eventually expose regarding the steps taken by the u.s. government to influence the election. trump is alleging that that actually the obama regime was surveilling him, which anderson, is not far off that the president has said that the obama administration was surveilling president trump during the campaign. >> carter page is saying that they have committed the worst hate crimes since martin luther king. >> we were told after carter page made this refusal, the senate committee, which is prepared to use subpoenas. we don't know -- keep in mind, previous cnn reporting, anderson, is that several members of the trump team were known to u.s. officials during the trump campaign, people like mana fort and others, people like the fbi investigation as well as the house and senate intelligence committees. i might also add that it's

richard blumenthal / -d- connecticut: "it may well produce impeachment proceedings."some key republicans -- including house speaker paulity leader mitch mcconnell -- are standing by trump's decision......but others, like senator john mccain, are objecting to comey's firing.sen. john mccain / -r- arizona: "i think he did his job well and i don't think he deserved to be fired."mixed reactions - coming not just from lawmakers......but also from every day americans -- including voters who supported trump in the election.some -- expressing concern over comey's firing.macey kintzle / trump supporter: "he should have let the investigation go through before he made a decision like this."others -- supporting trump's move.shelly schraeder, trump supporter: "i think he should have done it a long time ago."reaction -- also coming from the country at the center of the election meddling investigation that comey's f-b-i was pursuing. vladimir putin / russian president: "president trump is acting in accordance with his competence and in accordance with his law and constitution." russian president vladimir putin -- sounding supportive

joining me, republican strategist, richard painter, former chief white house ethics lawyer under george w. bush, tamera holder, equal rights attorney. paulth definition of obstruction of justice from cornell law school. says obstruction of justice defined as whoever corruptly or by threatening letter or communication influences, obstructs, impedes due administration of justice. and says persons charged under this statute based on allegation that a defendant intended to interfere by doing things such as destroying evidence or interfering with duties of jurs or court officers. in your view, does donald trump doing this, element three from the producer, sorry, i am jumping around, asking james comey to pledge loyalty, firing james comey with jared kushner's push to do so after he didn't do it. asking dni to certify no collusion, asking nsa director to certify no collusion, reaching out to flynn to say strong when he is a person of interest. does that look like obstruction of justice according to the statute, paul butler? >> as a prosecutor, i'm looking at a pattern of conduct. corruptly impede an official proceeding, corruptly means you kno

richard burr said he hasn't even read anything about this other than what's in the report. he said he has not fully read in detail bp we just got a statement from paulan, house speaker, who said this, we have no way to know what was said but protecting our nation's secrets is paramount. the speaker hopes, he said for a full explanation of the facts from the administration, note that came from a spokesman from the speaker. even the speaker's office wanting more information. wolf, suffice it to say, people wanting to know more information and trump's not getting much support from his own party. >> yeah. people want to know if in fact the president of the united states did reveal highly classified information to and the russian ambassador to the united states, sergey lee yak. i want to bring in your pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. what are you learning? >> well, wolf, the key question here, if all of this is true that the "washington post" is reporting, they're suggesting that the president shared information that came through an arrangement with a u.s. intelligence partner, another country, if you will, another intelligence service that came in

paul's talked in the past about bill clinton's ability to kind of segregate things to, you know, to compartmentalize parts of the white house. david, i think, had talked about -- or john talked about the richard nixon white house has being very compartmentalized. is this white house as compartmentalized? >> it may not be yet, but it needs to be. and the one thing politically that the trump white house has going for it is out where i live in the middle of the country, people voted in the november election as a rejection of incrementalism. for the last six years of the obama administration, we had policy incrementalism in this country. the election was a major rejection of that. that still exists. and now we're bogged down in the middle of investigations and all this stuff. and guess what?! nobody out there in the country who's getting up and going to work every day, paying a mortgage, worrying about their kids' school. this doesn't impact their daily life. they want to see washington working on things that do impact their daily life. so if i were the trump white house -- >> let him finish. >> if i were the trump white house, part of compartmentalizing this means marshaling those people that pu

richard nixon as soon as discovery of tapes and they got the tapes. that. is not happening right now. some republicans disagree with president, characterization of james comey as nutjob. speaker paulidn't share that view. they are supporting the president or keeping their opinions to themselves. what are you looking for in the weeks and months ahead? >> i think you have to look at those running in swing districts in 2018, some started to abandon the president. this is why it is in the president's interest to get this job quickly as possible, what should he ask his attorney to do sore speak on this? encourage the government prosecutor using taxpayers dollars to get this done as quickly as possible. neil: they will not let him wrap this up. this is pay-per-view event. >> that is the issue. it is our tax dollars. >> neil, i'll tell you this, i have a lot of friend in congress work on democratic side. they said since this president has been inaugurated their number one behind closed doors conversations they have with their bosses is impeachment at some point in the next two or four years. they're not overt about it right now. they're covert. that is their number one priority. this is

we have richard walker, consulting editor and co—founder of the pro—independence, the national. kevin mckenna, columnist for the herald and observer and pault for the party not to win overall control and have overall majority in glasgow at the last local elections. they may end up the biggest party this time but still not have overall control. it's bound to be another disappointment isn't it? we have to keep things in perspective. it's disappointing we haven't got enough members to form a majority in glasgow, to form an administration, but we'll be able to form one with the green party, i'm sure. it is a cause for celebration. it's still true glasgow has rejected the labour party. the story of this election is the demolition of the labour party in scotland, transfer of support to the conservatives. the snp would wa nt to the conservatives. the snp would want to frame any gains as a vote for another independence referendum. if it doesn't get the majority here, it would suffer loss of control in other scottish councils. does that damage that agenda? they would say not. if, as expected, they win a majority of seats, they are the biggest party