waterstone, -- roger stone, we appreciate your time. roger: great to be here.be sure to check out his new documentary on netflix. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: this is bloomberg markets. the trump economy. that conversation with roger stone was really interesting. i want to mention some of the headlines we're getting from the sean spicer breathing. he declined to say if president trump taped conversations with james comey and the tweets fix for itself. say if thereined to were recording devices in the oval office. kevin: again, it seems they're not on the same page. vonnie: he is continuing to speak and get questions from many members of the media. on the accuracy of the briefings, we work hard to do what we can, is what he said. said, aon before him lot of the time they are just trying to keep up with the president. kevin: i think it is a broader strategy that president trump has tried to attack the media. w case of sean spicer returning to the podium and white house officials who are questioning the rollout of the viability of it -- question of it. think we al

it to folks. >> but roger stone is that powerful in the administration that roger stone's opinion aboutr not actually gets action? >> we don't know that roger stone's opinion is what caused the action. we just know that roger stone offered his opinion, right? let's not suggest that that's the reason why donald trump took this action. i do think, though, guys, what has happened here all morning as i have been watching the show and throughout the night last night, something that really isn't partisan has become partisan and that is the way of washington. but i think we lose the larger point here that the president of the united states fired the fbi director, who is overseeing an investigation into his campaign. full stop. like that small democratic problem is what we are discussing here. and to see it immediately sort of fall into these partisan lines to serve partisan interests, i think just clouds the enormity of what it is we're talking about. >> we have been saying this all morning, that this is not about left/right. it is about the rightful administration of justice and our democracy

sources tell cnn the long time confidant roger stone talked to the president. ere this morning. he denies he is the source of the story. president trump says he hasn't spoken to stone in a long time. he has a netflix documentary on friday. "get me roger stone" it's called. >> good to see you, chris. >> the idea that comey had to go, you were in favor? >> yes. >> did you communicate that to the president? >> i always taken the position that conversations with the president and i or scope or content or frequency would remain private. i would not contradict the president of the united states. that said, i think the president made the right decision. mr. comey was unaccountable. he looked into certain crimes that he thought were important, but not other crimes. the president and the country has to have fbi director who they can trust. >> facts matter. they just do. it matters that you communicate with the president. i'm not saying that something would be good or bad. either is or is not true. you said many times as you know. you remember what you said. you are in re

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statement, former trump campaign chairman paul man afort and roger stone have now turned over doke umtsz to the senate intelligence committee. stone telling cnn's gloria borger he provided all documents consistent with the committee's request and the president appears toss have confirmed that he shared classified intelligence with russian officials in the oval office. speaking alongside prime minister benjamin netanyahu the president denied ever naming israel as the source of the intelligence and accused the news media of getting the story wrong, but the president himself was mistaken. no reports ever said the president mentioned israel by name. we're covering all of that. much more this hour with our guests including senator chris coons, a member of the judiciary and foreign relations committee and our correspondents and specialists, they are also standing by. let's begin with the breaking news about fired national security adviser michael flynn. cnn's diane gallagher is working the story for us. the senate intelligence committee probe is just one of the investigations looking at flynn.

joe brought up the roger stone report on cnn. i should tell you president trump obviously watching cnn and tweeted the roger stone report on cnn is false, fake news. had nothing to do with my decision. so he claims he was not told by roger stone. we did see a claim by carter page. obviously this move has a huge impact inside the fbi. what is the mood there today? evan, you have some new information for us this morning. >> that's right. you know, the reaction inside the bureau is frankly mixed. there is a lot of agents inside. a lot of people in the upper ranks who are a little bit tired of all the drama that's been surrounding the fbi in the last couple of years, you know, with jim comey at the leadership. obviously there has been a lot of time light and controversy over the handling of the investigation with the hillary clinton private e-mail server and of course the trump/russia investigation, which is now ongoing. some people feel a little bit of relief that perhaps they will be able to get back to doing their work in secret,

we reported, i reported earlier this morning that roger stone was among those who recommended to theident that he fire james comey and both the president and roger stone today have denied that they have that conversation. so the white house has denied it, as well. the white house is denying this funding reporting that sara murray and "the new york times" has. so it's up to us, wolf, to try to get to the bottom of all of these issues, where we have clearly conflicting sources here and in my case, i stand by my reporting. >> it's interesting, this briefing, david gregory, we're about to see, the white houpres briefing, it's a really important day for the white house. the deputy press secretary, sarah huckabee sanders will be doing the briefing. sean spicer is doing his naval reserve duty at the pentagon, three days. he could have easily rescheduled that, but for some reason he decided he wanted to go forward with that and let sarah huckabee sanders do this briefing. >> i would do it too rather than face the questions. because the white house has an enormous credibility problem, from it

multiple reports also say they went to both mike flynn and roger stone. 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 hear

roger stone wants a special counsel. >> what's he doing on the view, i don't know.he people go on the view -- sometimes i don't understand either decision, why they book them and why they go on, but roger stone, who we know does whisper into the president's ear, there might be a nefarious reason why he's for a special counsel and let me lay it out. which is the sheldon whitehouse point he made earlier on the show that i played for richard blumenthal, a special counsel actually slows down the investigation because you start over. >> i'm skeptical that a special counsel will be appointed. i think both republicans and democrats have seen these things go sideways, and the motives of them are just not good. and i'm not sure i believe that roger stone has as clear-cut a motive as you describe, but we've been talking a lot about nixon and stone is a nixon era figure who has reappeared. i'll give you the benefit of the doubt. >> how about this, the fact he openly says jeff sessions, yeah, because of his partisan ship he's the wrong person to pursue this. >> i don't think th

hear from a long-time friend and adviser of president trump, the outspoken political operative roger stonehy he thinks the president is surrounded by disloyal staff. and what trump needs to do to save his reputation. here a >> i could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and i wouldn't lose any voters. punch him in the face, i tell you. we are going to make america great again. >> reporter: he was called the chaos candidate. >> he'd an chaos president. >> reporter: and now for many, those words may be ringing true. he campaigned as the outsider. who could fix washington. >> we are going to drain the swamp. >> reporter: critics and friends alike now saying it's his white house that needs fixing. >> frankly, i'm concerned that the president has surrounded himself with people who have no loyalty to him. and of course it's obvious that they leak like a sieve. >> i'm surprised that people are surprised. because donald trump has been rolling this way for the better part of 45 years. >> reporter: the president's 118-day term has been racked with contention. over the past week, o

roger stone, a bit of a fire brand in conservative media. he's alleged to have had communications with lick leakes or advanced notices of targeting the democratic party and also people who have met with russians during their kins. we don't have a response from them yet. >>> a day after the president and housing republicans celebrated their narrow health care victory in the white house garden the bloom is already off the rose. republicans will go their own way on health care. phil mattingly, tell us about what's. >> republican aides are making it clear despite the celebrations you saw and at times difficult and arduous work on the house bill, things are going to change. >> this has really brought the republican party together this declaration. >> we're going to get this passed through the senate. i feel so confident. >> reporter: are figurely coming to grips with reality. >> the senate will writeets own book. many are cold to the proposal that their house colleagues labeled for weeks to skwoez through root romania obamacare's regulatory struc

roger stone is where it ends. that's probably not the case.ike this is an investigation that's been going on methodically. so i wouldn't say this is the end. this is probably part of the process that they're going through to figure out what exactly happened. >> shepard: anna palmer from politco. thanks. >> thank you. >> shepard: and north korea threatening to mass produce a new type of missile. one that it claims can hit american military bases. we're live at the bottom of the hour and the top of the news. i like that. [ music stops suddenly ] ah. when your pain reliever stops working, your whole day stops. awww. try this. for minor arthritis pain, only aleve can stop pain for up to 12 straight hours with just one pill. thank you. ♪ come on everybody. you can't quit, neither should your pain reliever. stay all day strong with 12 hour aleve. blue the dog here for propane. you know, i'm just a humble dog. i didn't attend the elite boarding kennels, but i do know that nothing beats the freedom of living out here with propane, people can live wher

do you find it as hard to get the true picture of roger stone? >> roger is a very complex person. this movie about him. you know, i think that roger has a tendency to take on different things that he hasn't done and that may have been the case with the russian collusion story. but at the same time, as our fill demonstrates, roger has been in the mix of a lot of the most transformative and depending upon where you fall in the political spectrum, destructive events in our history since water gate. >> roger,i i have to leave it with this, this film shows that you are the person other than donald trump that deserves the most credit for his presidency. simple question, do you agree? >> no, donald trump is responsible for his presidency. i'm just his biggest booster. >> roger stone, morgan pehme, thank you. "get me roger stone" debuts on netflix tomorrow. now we'll get a check on the weather from al. >>> thank you so much, matt. we're looking at a tale of two countries as far as the jet stream is concerned. to the south, we have the southern spring. look at the temperatures today, 81 in

let alone give him a job. >> reporter: roger stone is also under scrutiny by the fbi and congress formanafort and stone today said they have complied with congressional requests for documents. flynn is the only one so far to sa attacked since the president once denounced on the campaign trail. >> you see the mob takes the fifth. if you're innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment? >> reporter: tomorrow former cia director john brennan testifies. james comey will appear before the senate intelligence committee sometime after memorial day, but today, he declined an invitation from house oversight chairman jason chaffetz. >> jeff pegues, thank you. and with the president overseas, the vice president is running point for him on a big domestic issue, the budget. here's nancy cordes. >> reporter: vice president pence and republican leaders met this afternoon to go over the administration's first major budget proposal due out tomorrow the white house wants to balance the budgette through deep cuts to social programs. for starters, the proposal embraces the $800 billion in medicaid cut

>> i had one conversation with roger stone.interesting conversation. >> every one with roger stone is an interesting conversation. >> well, it was -- i said hello to him briefly last may at a book signing for the clintons' war on women. he asked me one question. >> yes. >> and i told him i'm a supporter, and i'm helping out some people on foreign policy front. he asked me, are you a neocon? i said to him, the answer was i -- roger, i am about the farthest thing away on the spectrum from a neocon. >> two more quick questions. one, do you believe the intelligence community's finding that the russia criminally sabotaged the e-mails of podesta? >> i think the sabotage by the last administration with these fisa warrants and all the propaganda that went on around that, to me, that's the biggest influence on the 2016 election. >> i understand th, but that what they used to call what aboutism. the question is do you accept the intelligence agency's findings about that? do you think that russia did that? >> i don't have enough evidence.

and i would point out, too, that -- in a right before the pedesta e-mails came out, that roger stone said, it is soon time for pedesta's time in the barrel. and so i think there may be a little bit of a -- there, there. i only have 30 seconds so i'm going -- i want to say. this i know senator cordin isn't here. i think it is a shame that he said that hillary yesterday in this forum blamed everyone but herself. she took a lot of blame on herself in that forum and i think she -- when she referenced what you did and 11 days before the election, which is a subject here, that -- and also the russian interference, i think she was only saying stuff that other people have said. i don't think she was saying anything that a lot, a lot of people also think had an effect on the election. so i just think it was a shame that -- that the senator from texas, i don't know if he meant to leave that out deliberately, but she did not blame everyone but herself. thank you, mr. chairman. >> so bry call on the know. senator, there are two things i want to say. one is for what you promised senator cruz abou

him a job. >> reporter: flynn, along with former campaign chair paul manafort, carter page and roger stoneiny by the fbi and congress tor their ties to russia. manafort and stone said today that they have complied with congressional requests for documents. flynn is the only one so far to say that he will take the fifth. a tactic the president once denounced on the campaign trail. >> you see the mob takes the fifth. if you're innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment. >>> in iraq, the battle to turn isis out of mosul has turned into a house to house grind. charlie d'agata is on the front lines. >> reporter: this narrow street is now the front line in the fight against isis. iraqi forces have been closing in on three sides, and on the other side of this isis stronghold is the river. isis fighters have only two choices. they can surrender, or they can fight to the death. because escape is not a possibility. we've seen for ourselves what this fight now entails. it's guerrilla warfare, holes l/ have been cut in buildings. and iraqi forces are trying to take aim at sniper fire. they would

roger stone. and his relationship with guccifer 2.0. guccifer 2.0 is an online persona that the i.c. concluded was used by russian military intelligence to leak documents and e-mails stolen from the democratic national committee to wikileaks. the u.s. intelligence community including the fbi has since concluded that the russian government directed the breach and that russian military intelligence used guccifer 2.0 to insure that the documents obtained were publicly released. so while guccifer has insists that he or she is not russian, the intelligence community has concluded that the hacker has strong ties to moscow and was used by russian military intelligence to leak information about the clinton campaign and the democrats that was stolen by russia. is that, director comey, a fair characterization. >> yes, the ic's judgment was guccifer 2.0 was an strupt of the russian intelligence. >> thank you. a few months back, it was revealed that in august of last year, that's a couple months before the 2016 election, roger stone, one of the pre

>> so, roger stone. roger stone intimates to the world that john podesta is about to spend his time in the barrel. that is weeks before john podesta's e-mails are put out by guccifer 2.0, and then we see conversations that roger stone was having with guccifer 2.0. so, you know, these are not just mere coincidences. this is a convergence. and then there is a whole classified side of information that i hope the world sees very soon. i hope the fbi -- and i have every reason to believe -- we'll continue to develop this. but this is not donald trump being the unluckiest man in the world to have all of these coincidences converge at the same time that russia's interference was taking place. >> and just so we know, again, there is the public information that we've discussed. you assert that it points to collusion. we were questioning if, in fact, it does. have you seen things on the classified side that you cannot tell us about, though, that is even stronger evidence than what is out there publicly? >> yes. >>

i would like to focus on one of those individuals, roger stone, and his relationship with guccifer 2.0, , and online persa that the ic concluded was used by russian military and intelligence to leaked documents and emails stolen from the democratic national committee to wikileaks, the u.s. intelligence community including the fbi has since concluded that the russian government directed the breach and that russian military intelligence used guccifer 2.0 to ensure that the documents obtained were publicly released. so while guccifer 2.0 has insisted that he or she is not russian, the intelligence community has concluded that the hacker has strong ties to moscow and was used by russian military intelligence to leaked information about the clinton campaign and democrats that was stolen by russia. is that, director comey, a fair characteristic? >> yes, our understanding is guccifer 2.0 was an instrument of russian intelligence. >> thank you. a few months back it was revealed that in august of last year, that is a couple months before the 2016 election, roger stone, one of president trump's

there's new details about paul manafort and roger stone.ith me, howard fine man, editorial director of the huffington post. and ken -- >>> who are the two under the spotlight tonight in the campaign? >> well, if you're talking about the paul manafort and roger stone report, those gentlemen, former trump advisers, paul manafort, the former trump campaign manager, are cooperating with the senate intelligence investigation, we were told today and have turned over documents pursuant to this request. if you'll recall, they were asked to list their contacts with russia and russians and to disclose any communications with the campaign about russia and russians. we don't know exactly what they've turned over but we're told they have turned over documents pursuant to that request, greta. >> howard, it's a terrible thing to think that someone who takes the 5th is guilty and if someone turns over documents and is helpful tend to think the person is innocent. what do you make of all of this? >> what i make of all this, you have to look at it as a whole

the real reason this is that paul is because manafort, roger stone, other people working on the trump campaign are under investigation peopleossibly even other in the treasury department or another department. up with a open this special prosecutor and give this to someone who is not going to run up to the white house and and back off about what is going on with this investigation. >> i appreciate the call. a sick at another headline. i think a lot of people on capitol hill will be working late this evening. the gopne report, intelligence chairman is troubled by the timing and reasoning of trumps firing of comey. a lot of information moving tonight in washington dc. you can find a lot of these anytime you like at our website on c-span.org. we will take patrick on north carolina on our line for democrats. what did you think about what you have seen and heard tonight? >> how are you doing sir? first, i want to ask you, who thing with the whole about investigating clinton from the beginning? because, if you think about this right here, by everything coming hand,out clinton before that's

program we are offering but no, ogram w we get right into carter page rn and roger stone. we are in full oliver stone land i think it's crazy is what i really think. >> you know what is crazy is >>mitting all these contacts. thanks. >> thank you, richard. calling out his own party saying >>ker: -- democrats need to stop being bei elitist snobs and care more neout helping the middle-class. we'll talk to jim webb who is a senator from virginia andom vira democrat. has his party gone astray?one a retired harvard law professor desh desh said president trump will be the biggest winner from the appointment of robert mÜller special counsel their experience is coveted. their leadership is instinctive. they're experts in things you haven't heard of. researchers of technologies that one day you will. some call them the best of the best. some call them veterans. we call them our team. have you any wool?eep, no sir, no sir, some nincompoop stole all my wool sweaters, smart tv and gaming system. luckily, the geico insurance agency recently helped baa baa with renters insurance. everythi

michael flynn, paul manafort, roger stone, carter page, j.k. goran. tonight we learned that his attorney will cooperate if subpoenaed and we've learn the house intelligence committee is asking for asking for information from former white house press official boris epstein. all of this before you get to jared kushner, the president's son-in-law. put this in perspective for us. >> let's look at president trump's orbit from the campaign to where we are right now. michael flynn was a surrogate for him on the campaign trial a trusted ally and somebody he put into a key position in the federal government. that is as national security adviser. however he had to resign only weeks after taking it don because of his discussions, contacts, with the russians. then you have paul manafort, who was the campaign chairman, somebody who was actually responsible for setting up his convention in cleveland. again, has to resign because of doesn't want to become a distraction to the president because of his contacts. roger stone, who is an outside adviser, a long time frie

kevin will be talking about the man at the center of it all, roger stone.

then i hear paul manafort, you hear roger stone, you hear michael flynn.hose are the things that we really, i think, are going to be hearing a lot more about, and that will be credible and when they testify in front of the senate. to answer your earlier question about are they more back on track, absolutely, because when they -- when the republicans sent a letter to susan rice without a democrat signing on board, she refused to come in and answer questions because there wasn't bipartisan support. so, the republicans learned a lesson there. they know that they have to have bipartisan support. carter page is a problem because he just doesn't know how to shut up. so, it will be a problem for the trump administration. but not a significant impact on the investigation. >> i will say, katie, carter page is the kind of person who arrives at a campaign when the campaign is like kind of under dog campaign or a bit not traditional and they attract people who would normally not get within 30 feet of an advisory committee. i did some reporting on this, and perhaps is

trump associate roger stone says he has also, complied. >>> jury continues, its deliberations in the case of david creato, junior, camden county father accused of killing his three-year old son , this afternoon, jury requested the court replay the interrogation video of creato and the 911 recording when he reported his son missing. the jury will continue deliberations, tomorrow. >>> good evening, to you i'm jessica dean. >> i'm ukee washington. philadelphia's police headquarters will soon be on the move. kenney administration announced that the department will move from the current location at seventh and race to the corner of callowhill and broad. >> new headquarters will be inside one of the cities most iconic buildings the former philadelphia inquirer building , seen here from our camera on the roof of the cbs-3 studios. "eyewitness news" reporter david spunt is live with more on this big announcement, david? >> reporter: hi, jessica and ukee. it is almost 100 years old, so many people pass it every day, as more history about that building, top brass at police headquarters say thi

it's called "get me roger stone".trump. >> they arranged a lunch. the helicopter landing was as big a news as his speech. this is kind of the first time i saw the power of trump. the public interest in trump. >> roger stone is here along with the film maker morgan peckman. good to see you both. i'm not sure how the white house will like the horse jockey analogy. so you made the headlines again. because of the firing of james comey, people are reporting, "the washington post," politico, new york times, that you are one of the people who strongly urged president trump to fire james comey. true or not? >> i'm not the source of any of those stories. you won't see me quoted. >> did you urge president trump to fire james comey? >> i have always taken the position that conversations between the president and i in content and the frequently would remain private. i'm not going to con dtradict t president of the united states. my views on comey are well known. >> don't play fast and loose with me. did you have a conversation wi

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sent to other people close to donald trump, people in the president's orbit, like carter page, roger stone, paul manafort, mike flynn as well. that letter looks for information about russian contacts, asks for the person, whether it's manafort or stone or in this case cohen, to turn over any communications with the trump campaign related to russia. so that is what we know here. what we don't know is the special counsel question, whether the special counsel that has been appointed now has also reached out to michael cohen, but it is certainly fairly significant moment here. it shows the sort of investigations on the hill that are continuing to sort of deepen and intensify in scope, although, obviously, it's still not clear what timeline for these investigations will be. >> hallie, to be clear, this is not an attorney who is on the payroll there at the white house. this is the president's personal attorney, right? >> let's talk about the relationship there. because you're right, this is somebody who is outside of the official white house parameters. michael cohen, you may remember was a surr

. >> roger stone not happy. #jaredsidea. >> you talk. principled realism. through history, donald trump was as unique as a candidate. some of the things he said shocked the system and the foreign policy establishment. you hear principled realism that's jim baker. if you hear radical islam -- >> i don't think people will be able to hear that exactly. >> that's how he says it but saying islamist sounds more like hillary clinton or barack obama. this is an echo of george w. bush. this is not a battle between different faiths, different sects or different civilizations. this is a battle between barbaric criminals who seek to obliterate life and decent people of all religious who seek to protect it. this is a battle between good and evil." >> president trump said several months ago most of islam hates us and now trying to make the case these extremists are not necessarily muslim. they follow a completely different ideology, completely different faith. that is the argument that president obama made repeatedly, that he did not want to call it radical islamic terro

on trump's former campaign manager, paul manifort, long-time trump friend, roger stone and foreign policy adviser carter page. all denied any wrongdoing. including page who told me recently the allegations are false. >> it's ridiculous. >> what's ridiculous about it? >> everything. making something out of nothing, so. good to see you. >> reporter: page was full of praise for the firing of the fbi director encouraged he said that the investigation may soon come to an end. the justice department denies it, but u.s. officials including democratic senator richard durbin tell abc news comey was fired just days after he asked the justice department for more agents and more resources to expand his investigation. brian ross, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to brian ross. calling on the u.s. to reverse its decision to arm syrian kurds. tensions rising days before he is set to meet president trump at the white house. ghters will be crucial in battling against isis. planning to raise the issue with president trump when they meet tuesday. defense secretary, james mattis is confident they will work

with former campaign chairman paul manafort, foreign policy advisor carter paige and trump friend roger stone are all under scrutiny by the fbi and congress for their ties to russia. manafort and stone said today that they have complied with congressional requests for flynn is the only one so far to say that he will take the fifth, a tactic the president once denounced on the campaign trail. >> you see the mob takes the fifth. if you are innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment. >> reporter: tomorrow former cia director john brennan testifies before the house intelligence committee. scott, former fbi director james comey will appear before the senate intelligence committee sometime after memorial day. but today he declined an invitation from house oversite chairman jason chaffetz. >> pelley: jeff pegues for us in the washington newsroom, jeff, thank you. and with the president overseas, the vice president is running point for him on a big domestic issue, the budget. here's our chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes. >> reporter: vice president pence and republican leaders met

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

former trump advisor roger stone called the collusion case a scandal without evidence. >> it's a fairytale. falsehood. steaming pile of b.s. michelle: now as for the former c.i.a. director brennan, he stopped short of saying the trump campaign colluded with russia. he pointed out that is an issue the f.b.i. is already investigating. speaking of trump, president russia conflict continuing his first overseas trip. he arrived in rome a short time ago ahead of a meeting with pope francis tomorrow morning at the vatican. jonathan: stafford man pleaded guilty to stealing $100,000 of military equipment from the squadron that is responsible for flying the president on marine 1. that is one of the chase helicopters there. prosecutors say between september of 2013 and april 2015, brandon baker stole tubes and night vision parts and tried to sell them on ebay. he faces up to ten years this prison when he is sentenced in august. we have more breaking news coming in from prince william county. that is where right now police are using helicopter and k9s to finds a man who robbed a wells fargo bank. he i

played a role in how the president viewed comey over a long period of time and our reporting is that roger stone helped. but this dates back many months to even a campaign period. giuliani, stone and a third figure keith shealer who is the president's long-time chief body guard works as oval office operations. the three of them are among the men who had very negative feelings about comey and talked about comey to the candidate and now the president. >> there are some "time" magazine reporting that has come out. they sat down with president trump for dinner in what is a story filled with, as you know, some juicy tidbits. your colleagues paint a picture watching news coverage of the firing. can you talk a little bit about where the president's head might be at. what is his mindset today? >> my sense is that he's really bothered by the continued focus on russia. he feels like this is an unfair story. an unfair probe. he says repeatedly in public that it is a hoax. and he's bothered that this is a cloud hanging over his administration as we move into the second 100 days. he's bothered that every tim

why does he know paul manafort so well, roger stone? why is flynn so involved with the russians?im, or did he bring them in? >> absolutely. i think this also indicates that the number of get-out clauses for donald trump and the people around him are also reducing. i mean yesterday brennan in his testimony was talking about wittingly or unwittingly people may have been talking to the russians. well, there's a simple choice there, right? so we're heading to a point where for the trump team, they are going to have to say it was all unwitting. >> but we nknew russians were getting involved in the campaign. it wasn't unwitting. >> there's still the possibility. i think what the former cia director was saying in his testimony yesterday and what is not disputed by this report is that trump himself could have been a sort of unwitting patsy. >> of whom? >> of these much more sophisticated oop perative who' had an agenda, who were in contact with the russians and -- >> why doesn't he say so, then? >> i don't know. >> instead of lawyering up. >> i don't speak for donald trump. >> see, nixon

officials who are potentially going to come before that committee, including paul manafort, including roger stone, and there's just many more quesons at this point that need to be -- need to be answered. andarter page, because there was so much going on there in terms of his travel to russia and then him actually even being busted on msnbc by chris hayes about whether -- answering whether he actually met with kislyak or not, it just creates this image that somebody is trying to cover something up, whether there's something there or not. it's a visual. >> that was an interview that was looped all over the place. heidi, thank you for your time on this saturday. >> thank you. >>> still ahead in a moment, is trumpcare the right prescription for small business owners to provide for their employees? a small business owner gives me his take. sure we could travel, take it easy... but we've never been the type to just sit back... not when we've got so much more to give when you have the right financial advisor, life can be brilliant. ameriprise i love hanging out with my friends. i have a great fit with m

. >> nancy, take a listen to roger stone, who is someone who has worked for nixon and donald trump. >ng about where this should go based on who is in charge of the justice department. roger stone. >> i think jeff sessions, because of his partisanship, is the wrong person to pursue this. i would welcome a special prosecutor. i think the president should pick the right woman to do that. >> all right. that's a step in the right direction, the right woman. i was just going to add to what christina was saying, which was we're in a perfect triangle of hell is what we're in. and i'm actually at a loss. because i don't understand how so many members of congress on the republican side can clearly care more about politicking. we have the president on tape basically saying i removed the head of the fbi -- oh, and i love this part of his little interview where he goes i think to myself, trump? yeah, this trump-russia thing. why you talking about yourself in the third person, number one. and number two, i don't really want to know anymore about how crazy your thoughts are. but he laid it out right

former campaign adviser, roger stone, has also complied with the committee's request and answered their questions. according to his attorney, the probes continue to widen, wolf. >> stand by as james comey prepares to testify before the senate intelligence committee. we're learning more about the memos about his conversations with the president and how they figure into the special council's investigation. our justice correspondent pamela brown has new information for us. you've been doing major reporting on this, you and the team. what are you learning? >> reporter: we've learned that the new special council, probt mu robert mueller, has briefed on the memos that james comey kept to document his conversations with president trump. now, he has already visited fbi headquarters where he met with the counter intelligence agents who had been working on this case since last july, according to two people familiar with the matter. in one memo, comey wrote that trump asked him to end the fbi probe into former national security adviser michael flynn, according to a source. one source added that pa

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

trump associate roger stone says that he is also complying. but fired national security adviser michael flynn is holding out for now even after the committee issued two new subpoenas to flynn's businesses. >> that's really serious stuff. really serious! we must pursue that investigation with vigor no matter who stands in the way of it. >> if flynn fails to respond with the subpoenas he could be charged with contempt. >>> president trump is calling it an honor of a lifetime. today he and the first lady along with their entourage met with pope francis at the vatican. the pope's swiss guards saluted them as they arrived. the president and the pope shook hands and exchanged pleasantries. their 30-minute closed-door meeting whats a sharp contrast to their clashes during the campaign when pope francis said it is not christian to build walls instead of bridges. after the meeting the president and first lady went on a private tour of the sistine chapel. >>> to big sur now where local businesses are bracing for what could be a very long summer between

are increasingly focused on trump's former campaign manager paul manafort, longtime trump friend roger stone, and his former foreign policy adviser carter page. all have denied any wrongdoing, recently the allegations are false. >> it's ridiculous. >> what's ridiculous about it? >> everything. >> and page said today he is encouraged that comey has been fired. that the investigation may soon come to an end. >> new reporting here today that james comey had actually asked more money, more resources days before he was fired. >> yes, david the justice department is denying that. but u.s. officials tell abc news that's exactly what happened. that comey wanted more agents and more resources to investigate whether the trump campaign was colluding with the russians. >> brian ross and our team tonight, we thank you. >>> other news now, next this evening, the concern after that scare at a nuclear site in the west. tonight, our correspondent asking, were there warning signs miss? abc's matt gutman on the scene. >> reporter: tonight, heavy equipment stuffing that radioactive hole with hundreds of tons of