know that there is an investigation that is underway and on to the trump campaign's ties with russia bannon describing a meeting that the trump campaign had with a russian lawyer as quote treasonous what does that do for the investigation and potentially for the trial presidency in legal terms. in legal terms it will not change a lot because it's only an assessment from an outsider one might say but politically of course it strengthens position it will strengthen the view that there must be an investigation like this it will make it harder for trump to fire him and to go against him so this of course increases the credibility of mahler and the findings that he might get in the end i would assume there will be. things to do to be dragged into the open that will make the trump family or the compay look bad but it might be that trump himself didn't really. is not really a culprit in the narrow sense so that might be the come out and he might even use these assessments for that but how much does it undermine for example republican efforts to undermine the investigation because we know for examp

talking about steve bannon and the russia investigation, here's the concern i have. hearing this conversation, jeffrey, you talk about deutsche bank. what does that have to do with collusion? what this problems is what bannon has always believed is that mueller is a fishing expedition. he's going to keep digging and digging. has nothing do with collusion. >> you want an answer. >> please. >> which is that donald trump had financial interests in russia. >> a decade before he ran for president. >> we don't know. maybe a decade before. >> so you're speculating -- >> you've seen it, so you're speculating this is current? >> i know he has accounts at deutsche bank. what i'm interested in are facts. >> how is that related to the russia investigation is the question i'm asking? >> because donald trump has been obsessed with building in russia for 20 years. the russian government helped him win the presidency. the financial interests of the president in russia are highly relevant. >> whether you believe it or not, steve bannon now is talking about it. it goes through deutsche

steve bannon has refused to answer lawmakers questions about trump campaign's alleged contacts to russia bannon was testifying in a closed door session before the house intelligence committee when bannon declined to answer their questions they issued a subpoena in an attempt to force him to talk about and reportedly said that he was under instructions from the white house not to discuss certain subjects. but this was affectively a gag order by the white house preventing this witness from answering. almost any question concerning his time in the transition or the administration and many questions even after he left the ministration. that was democratic congressman adam schiff as you saw just right there are joining us now here in the studio and barker he is program director at the aspen institute germany here and welcome to tyson including. you know we heard adam schiff alleged there that this was a gag order from the white house was it and is it possible for bannon to claim executive privilege you know this is a longstanding norm in washington that presidents do want to keep frank counsel with

that's why there entire russia collusion things a joke. >> that was steve bannon calling it a joke inember. in an explosive new book, it is clear that bannon doesn't think the russian investigation is a joke any longer and believes the white house isn't doing enough to contain it. bannon saying for his book, they're sitting on a beach trying to stop a category 5. for months, the white house has been insisting the entire russia investigation is a hoax. >> it is a witch hunt. >> the greatest home of all time. >> this is a witch hunt. all a hoax. >> i have nothing to do with russia. everybody knows it. that was a democrat hoax. >> while the bannon attacks have been headlines, there's been news about another former trump aide. paul manafort is fighting back by suing bob mueller. alleging mueller's investigation went beyond his mandate . great to have both of you. i want to you reconcile this. what is it that paul manafort is arguing that doesn't jive with what he's being charged with by bob mueller? >> well, he's arguing that mueller's mandate is too broad. that the order that was written

president trump's former strategist steve bannon won't appear before a grand jury in the russia election has struck a deal to meet with us special counsel robert mueller and his team, instead. mueller is investigating russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 election, and had secured a subpoena to compel bannon to testify. 0ur correspondent in washington, david willis, has more details. it was reported yesterday, that the special counsel, robert mueller‘s tea m special counsel, robert mueller‘s team had issued the subpoenaed to get steve n team had issued the subpoenaed to get steven bannon to give evidence to investigators there. well, today it has emerged, there are reports that he has agreed now to sit sitdown interview with those investigators. a much more cosy affair. it is one in which his lawyer can be present, and of course, it is not public, as a grand jury course, it is not public, as a grand jury hearing would have been. so advantages there for steven bannon. but his evidence seen as crucial, not only to the robert mueller investigation, but to the three congressional enquiries t

the word we haven't said yet is russia. bannon says it is serious. that's a clear threat, i gather. i gather he says that a few times. no one has denied that he believes that. he's said it over the last year and i think trump, seeing that, why did he make such a big deal about the disclosure agreements from the campaign. maybe younger people who don't want to have legal fees and so forth who are scared of the president of the united states. he wants them to come forth and say gee, now that you mention it. he did tell me he enjoyed the meeting with the russians. who knows? obviously mueller will find this out anyway. for me, the press is playing it too much as a psycho drama. is trump angry? is he angry about the family? i think trump did panic. no white house aide said that's a good idea to have your personal lawyer send that letter. trump clearly ignored everyone at the white house. he wanted to intimidate people and he did so because he's scared of the door that bannon has opened in the russia campaign. >> and obviously, his comments about, there was absolutely zero%. donald trump

among the bomb shells tonight, bannon says the infamous trump tower russia meeting held with the promise of dirt on hillary clinton was, quote, unpatriotic and even treasonous. according to published excerpts of the book, bannon also predicted that donald trump jr. will crack like an egg under the scrutiny of the russia investigation and he alleges that the special counsel's probe is all about money laundering. the president firing back in a blistering statement saying bannon has lost his mind and has nothing to do with the white house, even though he was one of the most powerful advisers at one time. also infuriating the president tonight, that new book is filled with sensational accounts about him and his family that includes claims that mr. trump was hoping to lose the election and was horrified when he won and that even members of his inner circle believed he was unqualified for the job. jim. >> pamela, thanks very much, and our analysts are here. but first let's mange clear why this book and why steve bannon's words matter. from the very beginning of the russia investigation, donald

in the substance, it is not shocking over this russia issue, with steve bannon historically having beenure, ethnic nationalism, whatever you want to call it. there was no particular reason to think he would have some affinity for russia. in fact, he would have some hostility to overseas forces , would have some hostility to overseas forces, and trade, and so forth. i am overseas forces, and trade, and so forth. lam not overseas forces, and trade, and so forth. i am not surprised that he might see this entry the campaign was making to rush about 2016 as treasonous. the only thing i am surprised about is that he would say that in front of a reporter. that is the interesting thing. the suggestion that steve bannon had next to nothing to do with the presidential election victory, is that correct? i mean, ifind presidential election victory, is that correct? i mean, i find that kind of article. —— farcical. he was a very key player in the general election campaign, the general election campaign, the general election strategy. many other things the president did surrounding the with hillary c

so it's an account that carries a lot more weight. >> i wonder how much bannon knows about the russiaestigation. the don junior meeting took place before bannon came into the campaign, i believe a couple months. i may be off a little bit on that. it seems to me that what we're reading in all of this could be bannon's speculation about deutsche bank or about -- >> it could be but some of it with the money laundering. we heard fusion gps. you keep hearing about that in the oped he references this idea of money laundering. >> he may be reinforcing it. he doesn't like jared kushner. we know this is a duel to the death between these two. >> going back to what jim was talking about, the idea that these guys, i think what with you were saying that these guys did not expect trump to win. >> no. >> and that includes people inside the campaign. >> right. >> i think that say theme that we keep coming back to as we've been covering this story now for the past year, which is that it drove a lot of the decisions which is coming back to bite them. >> they did not -- for instance, they talk about mic

should call him to testify. >> although, we should point out that bannon has been very clear on the record over and over that he thinks the russianvestigation is a witch-hunt and there is nothing there and concocted by democrats. when he talks about whatever money laundering stuff there might be with the russians, bannon's opinion was whatever that was or was not, there is no relation to the election. >> that's right. but i think that opinion is based on supposition on bannon's part. i don't think he had any kind of access to the kushner family's, you know, banking relationships, but he did say consistently during his time in the white house and afterwards that the fact that kushner was a senior official in the west wing, that trump was meeting with russian bankers in the oval office, was a byproduct of kushner's business dealings and could be politically and potentially legal problematic for the president. >> i don't even know how to defend or ex-plane some of the charges that are levelled, but what i find interesting is just how -- we've heard of staff tensions before but we've never seen open warfare like this between, you kn

the committee wants bannon to produce documents as part of its russia investigation. bannon is expected to cooperate with special counsel robert mueller's investigation. he's meeting with prosecutors instead of testifying before a grand jury. >>> at least ten people died as a result of a winter storm that hit the southeast with heavy snow, ice, and record-breaking cold. the snow has cleared out this morning, but those very cold temperatures remain. the snow stretched from texas to massachusetts. states of emergency have been declared in georgia, alabama, louisiana, and north carolina. north carolina's five major cities were all but shut down by significant snowfall. as much as 10 inches in some areas. the snow and ice caused dozens of accidents and travel delays. there was record cold in new orleans. 21 degrees. >>> the california parents who allegedly starved and tortured their 13 children are due in court today. david turpin and his wife were arrested sunday after their 17-year-old daughter escape and called police. chris martinez has our report. >> reporter: david a

administration and the former white house chief strategist steve bannon remains in the news as the man they want to talk to in the russia matter. one day after mueller subpoenaed bannon to appear before a grand jury a source close to him said he is cooperating with the special counsel and will be interviewed by mueller's team instead of testifying before a grand jury per se. the date has yet to be determined. steve bannon spent nearly 10 hours in a closed door hearing in the house intelligence

steve bannon seemed to confirm the legitimacy, i'm going to say that one more time, legitimacy of the russia investigation, the same one the president has repeatedly called a witch hunt. in a section about the infamous june 2016 trump tower meeting, bannon is quoted saying, quote, even if you thought that was not treasonous or unpatriotic or even bad -- enter the curse word of your choice but i promise you it's a dirty one, he goes on to say, quote, and i happen to think it's all of that, you should have called the fbi immediately. he goes on to say that investigators have paths to get to the president through his son don junior, through his son-in-law jared kushner, or now-indicted former campaign manager paul manafort. joining me now, former chief white house ethics lawyer under president bush, richard painter. nbc news national security and intelligence reporter ken dilanian. and nbc news senior political editor mark murray. wow, gentlemen. mark, i go to you first. i want to pull another quote. where steve bannon says, this is all about money laundering. mueller chose senior prosecutor an

we begin with steve bannon facing two subpoenas in two separate russia investigations. >> so bannon satown for a marathon session before lawmakers on capitol hill but refused to answer key questions about the trump white house and transition team. abc's megan hughes has new details from d.c. overnight. good morning to you, megan. >> reporter: kendis, diane, good morning to you both. you'll remember the former chief strategist recently earned the president's scorn for his alleged comments in that new bombshell book. well, now apparently he is keeping quiet. steve bannon stonewalling on capitol hill. >> this was effectively a gag order by the white house. >> reporter: lawmakers frustrated at bannon's refusal to comment on the transition or his time at the white house during roughly ten hours of questioning. though the president recently lashed out at bannon saying he lost his mind, the white house is defending his silence. >> we're going to continue to be cooperative, but we're also going to maintain some of the executive privileges here at the white house that have been practiced for dec

he testified in the investigation of potential collusion between the trump campaign and russia. bannon was forced out of the white house last summer. meanwhile, the "new york times" reported that special counsel robert mueller has gotten a grand jury to subpoena bannon in his probe. much of the southern u.s. got another unwelcome winter visitor. a major storm spread snow and ice from kansas to kentucky and on to the east coast. icy roads caused pile-ups near dallas, and wrecks shut down interstates in missouri and louisiana. near covington, kentucky, a dashboard camera captured one car sliding smack into a police car. elsewhere, bitter winds forced schools and government offices to close. a southern california couple are facing charges of torturing their 13 children, ages two to 29. david and louise turpin were arrested after their 17-year-old daughter escaped sunday and called police. the girl and 12 siblings were living in this house, 70 miles from los angeles. some were shackled to furniture. >> deputies, when they arrived inside the house, they noticed the children were malnourishe

with the president and/or the white house suing bannon over disparaging not only the president but especially his son donald trump jr. he says that the russia investigation, bannon does, is going to crack don junior like an egg. >>> let me ask you about paul manafort. the former trump chairperson. he's suing robert mueller, the deputy attorney general, rob rosenstein. what is this suit saying? >> he says that their prosecution is an overreach. manafort is being charged with money laundering, not directly related to the campaign or russia's involvement in the election. he says that's what they were supposed to be focusing on, not anything that happened to come up and that the justice department is essentially giving too much latitude to the special prosecutor, to the special counsel. >> tracie potts on the hill this morning. tracie, thank you. >>> it's 4:51. we're counting down to the winter olympics in pyeongchang, now until the opening ceremonies and we'll get a better idea of who will represent usa team on the ice. ashley wagner placed fifth in the women's short program. she says she'll be able to redeem herself in the long program tomorr

bannon will not appear before a jury. it is reported he has struck a deal to meet with robert muller and his team instead. they are investigating russia's election and secured a subpoena to compel bannan to testify. we reported yesterday the special counsel robert muller's team had issued the sabina to get steve bannon to give evidence to investigators while today it has emerged there are reports he has agreed now to a sit down interview with those investigators. a much more with those investigators. a much m ore cosy with those investigators. a much more cosy affair in which his lawyer can be present. it is not public as a grandjury hearing can be present. it is not public as a grand jury hearing would have been. advantage is therefore steve bannon. his evidence seen as crucial not only to the robert muller investigation, but to the three congressional inquiries currently under way into alleged links between the trump campaign and russia. steve bannon a man with insight into the transition period of the trump administration and the early days of this white house, investigators clearly think he knows a lot of stuff that could be of use

russia. >>> what steve bannon knew. there's a new report on tonight that he admits talking to key trump aides about the infamous trump tower meeting. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. >>> breaking tonight as the u.s. government careens toward a possible government shutdown, the chief of staff makes a startling admission, a congressman in the room confirming to me a while ago that john kelly described mr. trump's campaign promises on immigration as uninformed. let's go to caitlyn collins. tell us more about this extraordinary remark by john kelly. >> reporter: that's right. a source in the room confirmed to my colleague, jim acosta while the president trump's chief of staff was meeting with hispanic lawmakers on capitol hill today he told them he believes some of trump's campaign promises were, quote, uninformed and a congressman later confirmed that remark to you. when he was on the campaign trail president trump promised to not only build

anybody that -- but the thing that hurts trump the most is what bannon said about russia. t he's also probably right. he said the trump tower meeting was treasonness and worried about money laundering. that validates the russia investigation, leaving a mark and that's why bannon has gone quiet. >> what do you think is the biggest mark? about the treasonness thing or the president's fitness? >> one person who turns out not to be a genius is bannon. if you're coming around the corner at the end of last year, you're looking at a bannon, a major threat to both political parties. he has breitbart, which means media. he has strategy to attack republican establishment and access to the presidency. this was a biggest threat to american democracy and he wiped himself out and it's not even the end of the first week. t breitbart turned on him. the president just hosed him publicly. i don't think anybody is afraid of him anymore. the implosion of steve bannon from the board, the big picture is more important. >> do you think steven miller who gave an interesting interview, if you could

to steve bannon was designed essentially to preserve for mueller the first crack at bannon's testimony on the russia scandal. what happened last night with bannon being in that congressional commity for ten hours was not the republicans suddenly being outraged that a witness was not being forthcoming with them about the stru trump administration. they haven't cared about any other witness. what happened last night with steve ban none non in there for hours was not a principled fight about how much they could block by exerting executive privilege. the very idea of that is absurd. steve bannon and the white house counsel have the same lawyer. the lawyer's picking up his phone, i represent the white house, tell bannon he can't talk. then he moves the phone to the other ear, i represent steve bannon, i say not to talk. it's the same lawyer. there was no principled fight going on between two sides over executive privilege. if so, the same lawyer would not be representing both of those entities. and the iran contra investigation, they gave immunity to some involved in that and it ended up screwing up the

or should we call it bannon's rebellion? the russia investigation blown nope dramatic fashion. not by the fake news media. not by the deep state justice department, but by steve bannon. and in response, the president is now trying to destroy bannon. in a new book, bannon is quoted calling the trump campaign "treasonous," "unpatriotic" says jared kushner and trump jr. could face money laundering charges and no way the president didn't know about the infamous trump tower meeting, thought it was getting russian access dirt to incriminate hillary clinton. bannon said he told us the president to his face that his defense of that meeting was "insane." and bannon said, using words i can't say on live television i don't know if i can even say it on tape delay, and response, president trump went nuclear today on bannon in ways both jaw-dropping and laughable and oddly, weirdly predictable as far as this president's concerned. in a statement the president said the following -- steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. when fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind. st

the united states and his former chief strategist, steve bannon who turned on the trumps in an explosive new book. he calls the trump tower russia meeting treasonous, predicts donald trump jr. will crack like an egg under the investigation. he alleges the special counsel lor's probe is all about money laundering. tonight the president is firing back claiming bannon has, quote, lost his mind. mr. trump insists bannon has nothing to do with him or his presidency, even though he was one of the closest and most powerful advisors. the white house says the president is furious with the claims. dismissing it as trashy tabloid fiction. it explains in detail that mr. trump didn't want or expect to win the white house and even members of his inner circle thought he was unqualified for the job. also breaking tonight. paul manafort is suing the special counsel and the justice department over the russia probe. he's challenging robert mueller's authority to charge him with alleged crimes that have nothing to do with the 2016 campaign. i'll get reaction from senator mark warner tonight, and our correspondents and specials are standing by. let'

between president trump and his former top strategist, steve bannon all over the release of a new book coming out talking specifically about the russiaestigation. steve bannon of course fired from his job in august but still in touch with the president, accused the president's son, son-in-law and former campaign manager of treasoness behavior, unpatriotic behavior in his words all about the 2016 meeting at trump tower. this is all coming out in new details in a book comes out later this month, fooir and fury inside the trump white house. steve ban nonused extraordinary language here describing the president's family. the president shot back with a very harsh statement on wednesday. in the white house believing press secretary sarah sanders described the book as trashy tabloid fiction and said the president's reaction was this. >> i think disgusted would probably certainly fit when you make such outrage claims and completely false claims again the president, his administration and his family. >> but these explosive comments actually undermine the argument of the white house for more than a year trying to dis credit and down play the r

and offering a surprising attack at russia. >>> what steve bannon knew. report on tonight that he admits talking to key trump aides about the infamous trump tower meeting. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. >>> breaking tonight as the u.s. government careens toward a possible government shutdown,

. >> reporter: on the russia investigation bannon says donald trump jr. and jarpd kushner were treasonous when they claimed to have dirt on hillary clinton in 2016. >> it gives validation to something the white house and the president have been trying to undermine. >> reporter: when news of the trump tower meeting first broke, president trump huddled with advisers on air force one to discuss how to frame the meeting, but that discussion may have cost the president one of his top lawyers. michael wolff writes trumt p campaign lawyer michael corallo resigned because he thought the "air force one" conversation brought about obstruction of justice. it would fall under mueller's investigation michael wolff also writes. >>> president trump plans to meet with a bipartisan group of senators at the white house next week to try to work out an immigration deal. lawmakers are trying to come up with a plan that extends the legal status of hundreds of thousands of d.r.e.a.m.ers who were brought to the u.s. ille l illegally. they face a deadline. >>> and there's new unc

but the thing that hurts trump the most is what bannon said about russia. , bannon does have a grudge, but he's also probably right. he said the trump tower meeting was treasonous and he's worried about money laundering. that validates the russia investigations. that is what leaves a mark and that is why bannon has gone quiet. >> what do you think the biggest mark, is it about the treasonous thing, the president's fitness? >> i think from a big picture point of view, one person who turns out not to be a genius is bannon. if you're coming around the corner at the end of last year, you're looking at a bannon that is a major threat to both political parties. he has the mersers, which means money, breitbart, which means media. the ability to attack the republican establishment and access to the presidency. this was the biggest threat to from my point of view to american democracy and he wiped himself out. it's not even the end of the first week. the mercers apparently may back away from him. breitbart turned on him. the president just hosed him publicly. i don't

. >>> former white house chief strategist steve bannon finds himself the subject of two subpoenas in the russia investigation this morning. with bannon expected back on capitol hill to continue his marathon testimony in the house intel committee's russia probe. here he was leaving the capitol last night. >> mr. bannon, what did they ask you? >> what did they ask you in there? >> great day. >> the committee's leading lawmaker said the former trump campaign chairman largely side stepped questions throughout his entire 9 1/2 hours in front of the panel. bannon also has to appear in front of a grand jury after being served by special counsel robert mueller, where he'll answer questions in the russia probe. nbc's tracy potts has more from washington. tracy, good morning? >> reporter: good morning. now he's looking at two subpoenas, one in the fbi's investigation and one from this house intelligence committee that already questioned him. but as you said, he didn't give many answers, claiming that the white house told him not to. bannon reportedly said that he wanted to answer questions about his time

bannon. when it comes to russia, is bannon destroying his own credibility or the president? the big four meet with top white house advisors but not the president. steve cortez predicts who will blink first. they are calling her iran's rosa parks, one of many women leading the uprising. is the american left rushing to their defense or ignoring them? we will investigate. hello and welcome to "fox news @ night." i'm shannon bream in washington. new tonight in the feud between president trump and his former chief strategist steve bannon, abc news reporting president trump is lawyering up against bannon after excerpts from a new book republic george bannon speaks critically about trump and his family. in one quote, using the president son of treasonous behavior. tonight the president's lawyers are reportedly sending bannon a cease and desist letter demanding he refrain from making disparaging comments against the president and his family. "abc news" reports the letter says "you have breached the agreement by communicating with author michael wolff about mr. crum, his family membe

he said based on the statements by steve bannon, congressional committees now need to subpoena him to testify on the trump/russia investigation. do you agree? >> yes. we would like to hear from mr. bannon. there is a host of other witnesses who have not come forward yet who we hope that our republican colleagues will understand are relevant for our investigation. so mr. bannon certainly was relevant before the statement was made. >> there is another explosive charge that bannon levels. he says the special counsel's investigation is ultimately, in his words, all about money laundering and that the path to donald trump goes through paul manafort, donald trump jr. and jared kushner. is he right? >> he's right that that is a critical part of the investigation. in fact, you know, two of the indictments involved money laundering from people affiliated with the trump campaign. but in our investigation, you know, we would like to understand who was financially backing the trump organization? and unfortunately the republicans on the committee who control the power of the subpoena, the only bank records that have been sub

on the issue of steve bannon and the russia investigation, and there's a response drafted on air force one, and steve bannon was really mad about this and called hicks furious and blamed the leaks on her, and he came to see her, 28 years old, and nothing more than a hapless presidential enable lure and poor-fish flunky. you take that quote for what it is here, but on the larger issue of steve bannon commenting on the issues, which may be part of the robert mueller investigation, does he become a potentially important witness, susan? >> he's talking about hearsay things, and whether or not mueller feels like he's going to need to get bannon's personal statement, who knows? what it does raise the issue of and is bread crumbs for mueller's team, the divergence between statements being made to the public and the reality. it's not a crime for the president to lie to the american people or to a "new york times" reporter but it's a crime for the president or his staff to lie to the fbi or congressional investigators, so i think what this shows is the difference between the truth and what they

bannon had even choicer words for ivanka's brother, donald trump jr., saying of the fbi's russia investigation, quote, they're going to crack don junior like an egg on national tv. perhaps even tougher, bannon says of that june 2016 meeting in trump tower between trump campaign officials, donald trump jr., and a russian lawyer, quote, the three senior guys in the campaign thought it was a good idea to meet with a foreign government inside trump tower in the conference room on the 25th floor with no lawyers. even if you thought that this was not treasonous or unpatriotic or bad stuff, and i happen to think it's all of that, you should have called the fbi immediately, unquote. bannon also says in the book, quote, the chance that don junior did not walk these three jumos up to his father's office on the 26th floor is zero. donald trump junior denied even calling his father about the meeting much less walking the jumos up to the 26th floor. the response have been furious, issuing an unprecedented statement for an american president, attacking his former senior strategist, the white house, and the

and steve bannon in the russia meddling spotlight. a new deal to answer questions from the special counsel and a raw mood on capitol hill including republicans, after the president's former right-hand man refuses to answer their questions. >> keep in mind the president and some of his supporters want congress to hurry up and conclude these investigations. so do i. the best way to do that is to instruct witnesses to answer our questions instead of going through this charade of executive privilege. >> back to that in a few moments. we begin with speaker ryan's big new gamble. pass another temporary government spending deal and deal with daca down the road a bit. house democrats are making clear today they won't go for it. the speaker this morning confident but without an answer to the biggest question. >> i think cool heads, hopefully, will prevail. >> do you have the votes yet? >> we haven't even whipped it yet. >> it's a giant test for the speaker. democrats won't go along, but many republicans are also annoyed with another temporary

russia investigation. nbc news reports former white house chief strategist steve bannon will answer any questions from special counsel robert mueller in his independent russia probe. it's a far dprcry from bannon's tack with the house intelligence committee in which he declined to answer questions for hours. and it's a taikt also used by trump's former campaign manager corey lewandowski who appeared before the same committee just yesterday. nbc's chief white house correspondent hallie jackson has more. >> reporter: just one week before this moment on capitol hill, steve bannon leaving a marathon meeting. >> great day. >> reporter: a more dramatic one in washington with the fbi showing up at bannon's d.c. home last tuesday, intent on serving a subpoena for the special counsel according to someone familiar with the proceedings. that order means he could come face to face with robert mueller's team by the end of the month, a source close to bannon tells nbc news, adding, "bannon plans to tell all. he'll answer any questions mueller has." it would make bannon among the highest-profile officials to meet with muell

break with donald trump and the loss of his job at breitbart news, steve bannon now finds himself in the cross hairs of the russia investigation, at least one prong of it. he will appear before the house intelligence committee next tuesday to answer questions about trump campaign contact with russians. nbc news has confirmed that bannon has retained an attorney to represent him, same lawyer that's representing white house counsel don mcgahn and former white house chief of staff reince priebus. the daily beast first broke that news, reporting that, quote, until recently, bannon had largely avoided becoming publicly ensnared in the russia investigation. but behind the scenes bannon sought to play a role in team trump's handling of the issue. that fall out was due to the russia probe. it came after michael wolff's book quoted in "fire and fury" saying the infamous trump tower meeting was treasonous. in a "wall street journal" interview today, the president continued his distancing of himself from steve bannon. quote, steve had nothing to do with my win. well, certainly very little. steve's greatest asset is he was a

but behind the scenes bannon sought to play a role in team trump's handling of the issue. that fallout was due to the russia probe. it came after michael wolff's book quoted in "fire and fury" quoted bannon as saying the infamous trump tower meeting was treasonous. in a "wall street journal" interview today, the president continued his distancing of himself from steve bannon. quote, steve had nothing to do with my win. well, certainly very little. steve's greatest asset is he was able to convince a corrupt media that he was responsible for my win. i mean, he was there. corey lewandowski had more to do with it, close quote. speaking of lewandowski, there are reports the house committee is expected to want to speak with him along with first daughter and white house aide ivanka trump. as for the president, he continues to dodge questions about his willingness to speak with special counsel robert mueller. this is what he said back in june. >> would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of -- >> 100%. >> so, if robert mueller wanted to speak to you about that -- >> i would be glad to tell him e

clarifies what went on in the hearing where steve bannon invoked executive privilege rather than answer questions about president trump and the russiagation. bannon has agreed to be interviewed by special council robert mueller. we're going to talk with congressman eric swalwell in just a bit. gloria borger joins us with details on what she has been learning. what have you found out about exactly what went on in the hearing with bannon yesterday? >> can you imagine the committee finally gets steve bannon after michael wolff's book for which bannon was a major source, and called donald trump jr.'s meeting in trump tower treasonous. you know, they finally get him behind closed doors, anderson, and they want to ask him about what happened during the transition and during his time inside the white house. and instead they are met with, i can't answer this question. i'd like to answer this question, i really can't answer this question. and what they find is that his lawyer, during breaks, is conferring with the white house counsel's office to figure out whether answers to some of these questions would be in violation of potential executiv

but key players, china and russia, skip the talks. is steve bannon set to testify to a grand jury? the us—russia probe reportedly turns its sights towards trump's former chief strategist. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: a californian couple is charged with torturing their 13 children. they were held captive, close to starvation, some chained to their beds. and hitting new heights. india's first skiing champion races into the record books. live from our studios in singapore and london, you're watching bbc world news. it's newsday. glad you could join us. it's 8am in singapore, midnight in london, and 4pm in vancouver, where foreign ministers from 20 countries are meeting, to try to exert concerted pressure on north korea to give up its nuclear ambitions. the group is made up solely of countries which were involved in the korean war more than half a century ago, which means that two key international players, russia and china, are not there. barbara plett—usher has the latest from canada. members of an exclusive club have gathered again. these are the states that s

bannon will find himself not at 1600 penn, but at the capital. he'll appear before the house intelligence committee for its russia probe. and bannon is just one of three close trump aides the committee will be examining in the coming days. nbc confirmed white house communications director hope hicks will be questioned by that same committee as early as this week. former trump campaign manager corey lewandowski is set to testify on wednesday. but it is a growing feud over the president's own profanity-laced words that is getting top billing this morning with mr. trump blasting senator durbin saying the illinois democrat, quote, totally misrepresented what the president said during last week's highlily publicized immigration meeting. mr. trump is now calling the senator, quote, dicky durbin in a tweet adding, deals can't get made when there is no trust. durbin blew daca and is hurting our military. for more we go to nbc's tracie potts in washington. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: hey, frances, good morning. durbin is defending himself saying he was at that meeting. he knows exactly what he heard despite other republica

host of trump campaign and white house staffers set to testify this week as part of the russia investigation. >> bannon said that the heart of this case is money laundering, and i think they're going to want to know what does he mean by that? >> real question is whether the intelligence committee is willing to gather the information that we need to protect ourselves. >> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo and allison cam rat toe. >> this is tuesday, january 16th. 6:00 a.m. in the new york. congress returns to a sobering reality. u.s. government may be headed to a shutdown on the one-year anniversary of donald trump presidency. making it less likely that lawmakers will reach a deal on spending and immigration in the next four days. president trump is blaming democratic senator dick durbin for misrepresenting those comments. durbin stands by his story on the president's profane comments. he also says -- the president also accuses durbin of now trying to blow up this deal to protect hundreds of thousands of these so-called d.r.e.a.m.e.r.s. >> what happened inside this tense and arguably profane