what these records are handed over from the money-lapderiunde cops of trump-russia. this is how they describe the records they are handing overwhelm. quote, one person said that without these records the committee would not be able to reach a conclusion on whether there was collusion between trump associates and russia during last year's campaign. without these records, you can't reach a conclusion on whether there was collusion? that sounds like a big deal. i don't know what that means. so when the february fib director got fired, we now know the fbi investigation into trump and russia was getting faster and getting bigger. we do not know what happens to the fbi investigations now that they've fired that director. we've never had that happen before as a country. we'll see. but it's not the only investigation. right. it's not just the fbi t. senate intelligence investigation into trump and russia also appears to be expanding as well. if tonight's "wall street journal" reporting is effect c. the senate investigation is about to get their hands on whatever records may h

there is no evidence of collusion with russia and trump. then this. sally yates made the fake media extremely unhappy today. she said nothing but old news. that was followed by this. the russia/trump collusion story is a total hoax. when will this taxpayer funded charade end. lastly, biggest story on clapper and yates is on surveillance.

the more interesting way to get your protein. >>> so we've got some new information in the trump-russiaigation. it is not a blockbuster revelation but i think it's important and clarifying. it's about a key part of the behavior of the trump administration with regard to the fbi since trump has been in office. so not during the campaign but since the inauguration. and i think what is widely believed to have happened, what is widely believed to have -- actually widely reported to have happened at this key point in time, what we think we know about it i think is wrong. i think we can correct that record tonight. so just settle in for a second and follow this through with me. first of all, there are two things that we know for sure the fbi is investigating. and we know for sure because the fbi has said so publicly. then there is a third thing that we believe the fbi is investigating but we don't actually know for sure. what we know for sure about what the fbi is investigating, we know because james comey said so publicly in congress. >> i have been authorized by the department of justice to

with respect to some of the contacts you referred to between russia and trump campaign officials, are you aware of any of those u.s. persons who had contacts with russia either making false statements about those contacts or failing to disclose those contacts? >> i think that's something that you can pursue in closed session. >> not an open session. we'll talk about that in a classified setting. so the russians may be really good in drafting americans into their schemes against the united states. but once americans are involved in those schemes and they start lying about that fact, concealing that fact, well, then that concealment, you know, takes it into a closed session. so remarkable testimony from the former cia director and, you know, new subpoenas have just gone out tonight to mike flynn's businesses in virginia, business associates of mike flynn's have already received pup subpoenas and the inquiry centering on flynn out of the u.s. attorney's office is a veteran espionage prosecutor brought in for that purpose from the national security division of the justice department. the

in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. >> what did he say about that? i don't believe there's any evidence of that other than the president saying that's why he did it. so we will see who the white house puts forward to be the new director of the fbi. reportedly those interviews for the position will start on saturday. those candidates will be interviewing with attorney general jeff sessions and with rod rosenstein who is jeff sessions deputy at the department of justice. those were the two people who provided the pretextural explanation for why james comey had to be fired, an explanation concerning hillary clinton's e-mails that later was essentially completely undermined, trashed, and denied by the president who insists it was his decision to fire james comey because he was thinking about that fake trump russia investigation. a pressing question here now that director comey has been fired is what is going to happen to the active trump-russia investigations at the fbi in the wake of that fir

flynn was ever fired was that two weeks later "the washington post" broke the story of his ties to russia. trumpoesn't care about national security but he will not tolerate a p.r. problem. what makes the matter worse is trump was warned about flynn even before he hired him by the previous employer. >> president trump was warned about hiring flynn. >> president trump cautioned the new president would be wise to stay away. mr. trump said he was suspicious about coming forward. >> trevor: sally yates and mr. obama warned trump but he wouldn't listen, though i'm not surprised trump doesn't listen to women or black people. no one knows how deep the russia-trump tie goes. what we do know is every single time the subject of russia comes up, trump gets nervous and you can tell he's nervous because he tweets -- a lot. that's basically his tell. like, if you're ever playing poker with trump, check his twitter. that's all you've got to do. i raise but i only have ten deuce, he's going to fold! #bluffing, so much bluffing! ( laughter ) donald trump didn't just tweet, this russia thing got to him so much he

and in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a madeup story. >> when i decided to just do it, fire the fbi director i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing is a made-up story. and so i fired the fbi director who was leading the investigation into the russia thing. a lot of people are looking at that admission from the president tonight in that interview with lester holt. a lot of people are looking at that clip, that tape, that statement by the president as of what he said there was like almost an accident. the reaction to that probably was like he accident blurted out the real reason why he fired the fbi director. i do not mean this in a, isn't that correcty, isn't that correct can i that's just the way he talks. what he said there does not appear to have been an accident because he said it calmly, he knew exactly what he was saying obviously. he wasn't being badgered into it. he was risk on his own terms. and he isn't the only one who said that today. this is the way the professional communications

the russia-trump cocollusion story is a total hoax. and the biggest story between clapper and yates on surveillance. why doesn't the media report on the response from the president after the public learned of red flags and warnings raised about flynn. peter alexander has the report. >> reporter: nbc news learned that president obama delivered that personal warning to then president elect trump against hiring 9 hours before this appearance and less than 48 hours after the election. >> we now are going to want to do everything we can to help you succeed. >> reporter: at the time flynn was already a key adviser to mr. trump and the obama administration fired him from his post as head of the defense intelligence agency in 2014. the white house suggesting that back story prompted president obama's advise mr. trump essentially dismissed. >> it's true that the president obama made it known that he wasn't exactly a fan of general flynn's which is frankly shouldn't come as a surprise. >> reporter: president obama's unusual move was one of at le

the republican party has just taken a turn on the trump russia investigation, they decided to defend against the trump russia investigation by attacking christopher steel and attacking the fbi once again with this british intelligence officer the fbi has had a long standing productive intelligence relationship in the past led to very high profile criminal indictments. in order to make that turn, in order to try to discredit and turn against the trump-russia investigation on this basis, republicans have to reach. since the dossier came out, piece after piece of it have been corroborated by the free press, which is very inconvenient for them for this argument. here's cnn, u.s. investigators corroborate some aspects of the russia dossier. the bbc, trump rush dossier key claim verified. one of the claims in the dossier was a trump advisor's trip to moscow during the campaign. the trump campaign itself verified that one. the "new york times" reported key american allies, british and dutch corroborated information trump campaign figures having meetings during the campaign with russian offic

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when sally gaetz gathered information about michael flynn ties to russia, trump fired her. when the top federal prosecutor in manhattan was reportedly looking into shady stock trades made by one of trump's cabinet officials, trump fired him. each move hacks away at the very foundations of accountability. now is the time to remind donald trump that our government is not or ace to make them richer servant to do his bidding. now is the time to remind him our intelligence secrets are not gossip and that his personal desire to impress his russian theies does not outweigh safety, security and lives of americans and our allies. [applause] time toren: now is the remind him that in this country, no one is above the law, including the president of the united states. [applause] it is time to resist. it is time to fight back, and it is time to be clear about what we believe in. powerieve that no foreign , and especially not russia, gets to watch -- launch an assault on our democracy without any investigation or consequences and we are ready to fight for it. [applause] sen. warren: we be

russia. multiple investigations are looking into this. president trump insists he has no ties to russia. minent writer says that doesn't square with what one of trump's sons adlejedlleg told him. >> reporter: what author james dodson hates is being caught up in the conversation about russia. his connection to it all started three years ago on a golf course in charlotte, north carolina, called trump national golf club. dotson, who has written bestsell ing books about the world of golf was invited to play and ended up writing with trump's son, eric trump. >> eric is a very sweet kid. we played ten holes and it was fun. >> reporter: in the course of that fun, dodson asked the younger trump who was funding the trump's renovations of distressed golf courses he buys. here's how dotson remembers the conversation. >> i said to eric, well, you're the head of his golf services development company, who's funding all this? this growth. because nobody else in america is doing it. i said, which american banks? and he said, we don't rely on american banks. and i said, no kidding. i think i said, so who

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very much along the lines of how narrowly are you willing to define this investigation into the russia trump thing. as trump likes to call it. i think they want to -- my guess if it's defined narrowly and not allowed to get broader and broader it'll be put to an end. i think they want it not linger on forever. they want it to come to an end. i think it's going to be extremely difficult to get somebody who has been in the justice system, who has been in the fbi to sign off on what they're going to ask them for. >> also, again, if the president is not under any type of investigation, which he says he's not in this letter, but at the same time is doing things that would thwart the proper investigation. how is that not some type of cover up in the eyes of folks administrating the law? >> here is the thing that caught them off guard, i think, at the hearing where sally yates and jim clapper testified earlier this week. you went into the hearing, those watching thinking we're going to find whether or not russia. there's some validity to the russia story. you came out without question that there wa

of the intelligence committee in the senate, both of whom are leading investigations into the trump/russia investigation and told them to call reporters on the white house's behalf to quash a story that said there had been contacts under investigation between trump campaign officials and russian officials. the person from the fbi who the white house credited for that -- credited basically with the impetus for those calls was deputy mccabe. should he be recused because he's already been involved in the white house doing public relations work essentially with members of congress and with the press on that subject? >> i'd want to know more before i made that call, but it's certainly not a good sign. i think the only good sign in all of this is the department through rod rosenstein going back to its basic principles and saying, look. we do not divulge derogatory investigative information about people we haven't charged. and then we do not go up to congress and talk about that derogatory investigator information and do not tell congress that we've reopened investigations adding more derogatory

trump jr. says the businesses see money pouring in from russia. ck to the latest case involving eric trump, author james doddson recalls when the told them about the the funding from russia, it seemed like he had nothing to hide. >> he wasn't uncomfortable. there wasn't a whisper of any issues with the trumps in russia. that was a year and a half in the future. very cordial. >> reporter: you can bet the white house is keeping score now. randi kaye, cnn, new york. >>> more news ahead. we'll the right back. s a lot of. but there's plenty of time for scotts outdoor cleaner plus oxiclean to work it's magic. all while being safe to use around plants and grass. guaranteed. this is a scotts yard. dale! oh, hey, rob. what's with the minivan? it's not mine. i don't -- dale, honey, is your tummy still hurting, or are you feeling better to ride in the front seat? oh! is this one of your motorcycling friends? hey, chin up there, dale. lots of bikers also drive cars. in fact, you can save big if you bundle them both with progressive. i'd like that. great. whoo.

the crown prince of abu dhabi has specific role in the the trump russia story to the extent we know about any back channel meetings after the election between the trump side and the putin side, it was organized by and hosted by the crown prince of abu dhabi, and there is he is, random ly in the oval office today. okay, hi. while the president answers questions about firing the fbi director who was leading the investigation into his connections to russia. the day after he fired the fbi director who was leading the investigation into trump and russia, the day after that firing, the administration welcomed to washington the russian foreign minister so he could throw the firing of the fbi director in the faces of american reporters with a sneer. >> thank you, thank you very much. i want to -- i want to welcome foreign minister lavrov to the state department and express my appreciation for him making the trip to washington so that we could continue our dialogue and our change of views that began in moscow with the dialogue he hosted on a broad range of topics. thank you. >> does the comey firi

trump hopes that his attempts to distract us from the importance of getting to the bottom of the russia-trump matter will succeed. president trump's hopes are misplaced. if anything, president trump's firing of director comey has resulted in an increased concern about the trump team's connections to russian interference with our 2016 presidential election. the country is asking, mr. president, what do you have to hide? we are learning practically on an hourly basis about how the president made his decision to fire director comey and why. this information does not square with the official line coming from the white house, which also changes. most recently "the washington pt deputy attorney general rod roso resign after the white house mis role. cnn said fired comey because he would not provide, quote, assurance of loyalty. unquote. both cnn and "the wall street journal" reported that the decision to fire director comey came after the f.b.i.'s investigation was accelerating. all of this information has emerged in the last 48 hours or so. this kind of presidential interference through the firing

president over the weekend described him as white hot and complaining repeatedly about "russia, russia, trump and russia." that friend says the president has regularly expressed frustration that they can't make this all go away, apparently referring to comey and his staff, among others. >> the president also particularly angry with comey for testifying he was "mildly nauseous" about the possibility that he himself influenced the presidential election. the president also upset that comey was not putting enough emphasis on investigating the leaks. also developing at the white house, closely monitoring the performance of deputy press secretary sarah huckabee sanders. she's been filling in this week for sean spicer, who has navy reserve week. multiple administration sources say spicer has been benched, though, and could actually be replaced. >> all right, there is new intense reaction to comey's firing this morning from both sides of the aisle. some criticism from republicans, including congressman jason chaffetz, a trump supporter, calling on the justice department inspector general to review th

decided to just do it i said to myself, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story, an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election that they should have won. >> reporter: trump took to twitter to explain the discrepancy saying as a very active president with lots of things happening it is not possible for my surrogates to stand at podium with perfect accuracy. >> that tweet i find amazing, the idea he's so active that his surrogates can't catch up with him to find out what's true and what's not and actually speak the truth at the podium. what are you learning about morale at the white house at the end of this week? >> certainly for white house staffers it's been a demoralizing week. like you were saying about the president's pace some staffers refer to him as the hurry-up president. it comes with high risk and also high reward that he's able to pull the trigger and make decisions. this week they certainly saw the down side of taking those risks. i think we saw it over and over again as the white house struggled to figure out their narrative, their stor

this week as we learn more about the trump/russia collusion investigation landing on a person of interest who's currently inside the white house at a senior level, this week we also got a new piece of information about that bank and the trump organization. this week "the wall street journal" reported just a few days ago that veb pumped tons of money, many millions of dollars into trump's business partner in a big trump-branded toronto building that had lots of financial difficulties. so whether it's the money inquiries, the involvement of u.s. attorneys offices around the country, whether it is the known subjects of criminal investigation, whether it's the naming of a person of interest in the white house, the trump russia collusion inquiry is getting very hot, very fast. we got two named subjects from the campaign, one unnamed person of interest who's not named, but someone high up in the white house. we are getting more and more information on who's who on the russian side of the investigation. and our new president flew away today in the middle of all this. who knows, maybe a relief to

a total of four congressional committees are looking into ties between russia and trump's team along nspector general. >> always want to talk about russia, russia, russia. >> yet the white house is talking about collusion closed despite continued investigations. >> the fbi is doing a lot more than the russian investigation that's probably one of the smallest things they've got going on their plate. >> whether tone deaf or just ironic, donald trump met would two senior russian officials giving a warmp reception to sergey lavrov and ambassador. he has a growing number of law makers demanding special prosecutors to lead the probe. >> were thez investigations getting it autin too close to hr the president. if there was ever a time circumstances warranted a special prosecutor it is right now. >> days before being fired, comey asked rod rosenstien for more resources. an account the justice department denies. senate investigators are looking for financial information regarding president trump top officials and campaign aides and associates to michael flynn. >> the decision to fire comey rais

folks in the crosshairs potentially have stories to tell about what happened between the trump campaign and russia, one of the things to watch is whether those individual people from trump world are facing any sort of pressure from potential prosecution, pressure that could be used as leverage to conceivably make them flip on those above them in the hierarchy so they can save themselves from going to the pokey by telling tales about people who might be bigger fish. the first subpoenas flying in this investigation means we can invoke that dynamic and start watching for that. we have the senate intelligence committee subpoenaing mike flynn tonight and cnn and cnbc reporting federal prosecutors ve sent grand jury subpoenas related to mike flynn to his business associates. so two different types of subpoenas now orbiting around the mike flynn part of this story. also, keep an eye on paul manafort the former trump campaign chairman. we do not know if he also refused to hand over documents voluntarily to the senate intelligence committee yesterday. the committee has not announced whether or not he hande

president trump blasting congress for the russia investigation as nbc reports president obama warned trump about mike flynn and former acting attorney general sally yates hammered home her warning. >> you don't want your national security adviser compromised with the russians. >> in the line of fire, the 13 male senators charged with crafting their health care bill meet today, as republican house members meet fury in their home district. one congressman storms out of an interview. >> and i'm done. >> we haven't even -- >> this is ridiculous. >> and jimmy kimmel is back, after his emotional health care speech. >> i saved health insurance in the united states of america. i didn't? i didn't save it? they voted against it anyway! >> plus, riot at the gate. the wild scene in florida after one airline cancels multiple flights, give new meaning to spirit airlines. >> [ bleep ]. >>> we begin with president trump pushing back against former acting attorney general sally yates and former dni james clapper after with the two described giving the white house detailed warnings about russia's influ

. >> when i decided to do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. an excuse by the democrats for having lost the election that they should have won. >> reporter: a source close to comey telling cnn he was fired over the accelerating russia investigation and comey's refusing to assure the personal loyalty. the president was pressed about this paragraph in the letter firing comey. comey assured him three times he was not under investigation. trump explaining how it transpir transpired. >> i think he asked for the dinner. it was arrange. he wanted to stay on as the fbi head. i will consider what happens. he said it once at dinner. >> did you call him? >> one casey called him. one case he called me. >> did you ask am i under investigation? >> i said if it is possible would you let me know am i under investigation. he said you are not under investigation. >> reporter: that exchange raising eyebrows. >> isn't it inappropriate for the president of the united states to ask the fbi director directly if he is under investigation? >> no. >>

president trump tweeting about the hearing involving james clapper and salary yates. -- sally yates. there is no evidence of collusion with russiaa extremely unhappy today. she said nothing but old news. the russia/trump collusion story is a total hoax. when will this taxpayer-funded charade end? >>> coming up, as the war in afghanistan continues to drag on, our commander in chief considering sending more troops in, and plaintiff to of -- and y of his staunchest supporters hope he doesn't. we'll be right back. will at crowne plaza we know business travel isn't just business. there's this. 'a bit of this. why not? your hotel should make it easy to do all the things you do. which is what we do. crowne plaza. we're all business, mostly. charles: breaking news -- breaking news, president trump just tweeting again. director clapper reiterated what everybody, including the fake media, already knows: there's no evidence of collusion with russia and trump. another tweet says sally yates9 made the fake media extremely unhappy today, she said nothing but old news. and then there's this, the russia/trump collusion story is a total hoax. wh

said, top of mine, when he fired comey was, quote, this russia thing with trump. it didn't get much more brazen than that. it's basic presums of our democracy that politicians cannot interfere with law enforcement investigations to their own potential wrongdoing. but president trump openly admitted to trying to interfere with an ongoing investigation and he clearly believes there should be no consequences for himself. trump has tried to set himself above the law before, as a candidate he attacked a judge overseeing a lawsuit against his fraudulent for-profit college. as president, he attacked the judges who stopped his unconstitutional muslim ban. when acting attorney general sally yates gathered information about former national security adviser michael flynn's ties to russia he fired her. when prett was reportedly looking into shady stock trades made by one of trump's cabinet officials, trump fired bharara. each move cracks away at the very foundations of accountability. now is the time to remind donald trump that our government is not a play thing to make him r

there is no evidence of collusion with russia and trump. swalwell made quite a few claims about the president and even says he's trying to, quote, connect the dots between the president and russia. you can read more about his thoughts on his website. live in studio, sandra osborne, kpix5. >> thank you. >>> this morning former president barack obama is in italy to discuss climate change. he is giving the keynote remarks at the seeds and chips global food innovation summit. this is a live look at the president right now. the visit comes one day after obama accepted the 2017 john f kennedy profile encourage award in boston. the president is expected to do a q&a session right after this discussion. >>> today san jose city council considers immediately putting into effect an ordinance that prevents tenants from being evicted without a reason. the council recently approved a policy that put an end to no cause eviction but at least nine tenants claim they have been handed eviction notices since the ordinance got the green light and now mayor sam li

decided to just do it i said to myself, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story, an excuse by the democrats for having lost an election that they should have won. >> reporter: trump took to twitter to explain the discrepancy saying as a very active president with lots of things happening it is not possible for my surrogates to stand at podium with perfect accuracy. >> sara murray joins us now. with that tweet i find it amazing, the idea he's so active that his surrogates can't catch-up with him to find out what's true and what's not and actually speak the truth at the podium. what are you learning about morale at the white house at the end of this week? >> certainly for white house staffers it's been a demoralizing week. like you were saying about the president's pace some staffers refer to him as the hurry-up president. it comes with high risk and also high reward that he's able to pull the trigger and make decisions. this week they certainly saw the down side of taking those risks. i think we saw it over and over again as the white house struggled to figu

trump said, i faced great pressure because of russia. that's taken off. adding i'm not under investigation. the report less than an hour after the president boarded air force one creating new domestic turbulence. the conversation reinforcing suspicions mr. trump's decision to fire comey was based on the fbi's require, and a possible collusion between the trump campaign and russia. a point the president hinted at with lester last week. >> when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, i said, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story. >> reporter: the white house tonight not disputing "the times" account. press secretary sean spicer in a statement arguing, by grandstanding and politicize the investigation, comey created pressure on our ability to engage and negotiate with russia. mr. trump has repeatedly denied cooperation with russia. >> the entire thing has been a witch hunt and there is no collusion. >> reporter: on wednesday a smirking vladimir putin dismissing the white house meeting as political schizophrenia. even playfull

rosenstein who cited comey's handling of the hillary clinton e-mail probe not once mentioning russia. trumpn the other hand, clearly had russia on his mind when he penned an abrupt letter to tell comey he was out of a job. comey actually learned of his own termination from tv monitors in the fbi office in l.a. our coverage begins with jeff zeleny at the white house. >> reporter: the white house will be waking up today to the bomb shell that president trump delivered by firing fbi director james comey late tuesday night. it is something that the white house under estimated the fallout off. white house top officials worked throughout the night to reshape the narrative here that frankly got away from them in the firing of the fbi director. now the letter, the very brief letter that the president sent to the fbi director thanked director comey for his service but also had some very unusual language. let's take a look at that. it said this. while i greatly appreciate you informing me on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation, i never the less encourage the judgment of the dep

and in fact, when i decided to just do it, i said to myself, you know, this russia thing with trump and russia is a made up story, it's an excuse why the democrats are having lost an election that they should have won. >> does that admission when combined with the fact that president trump according to a source close to comey asked director comey for his loyalty, does that constitute obstruction of justice? >> well look, obstruction of justice is a very complicated issue, it involves intent. i've asked for and our democrats on the judiciary committee have asked for the inspector general to do a complete and thorough report about anyone, anyone at all, interfering with this investigation. once we get those facts, we can then consult some of the great legal minds and come to a conclusion. >> what is your response to the fact that president trump said when he made the decision to fire fbi director comey, he was thinking about the russia probe? >> well, again, you know, this is an issue that's a serious issue and needs a thorough, thorough investigation by the attorney general. and by rathe

last night it was the appointment of a special downhill take the other trump-russia investigation. now it's the fourth day of the week so now we have a new one. tonight eats scoop comes courtesy of michael schmidt at "the new york times." quote, president trump called the fbi director james comey weeks after he took office and asked him when federal authorities were going to put out word that mr. trump was not personally under fbi investigation. mr. comey told the president if he wanted to know details about the bureau's investigations he shouldn't not contact him directly but instead should follow proper procedures. at the time mr. comey was overseeing the fbi's investigations into links between mr. trump's associates and russia. these interactions included a dinner in which associates and mr. comey say mr. trump asked him to pledge his loyalty and a meeting in the oval office, and he hoped mr. comey would shut down an investigation into mike flynn. the day after the flynn conversation, reince priebus asked mr. comey to help push back on reports in the news media that trump's assoc

trump's associates and russia. these interactions included a dinner in whic associates and mr. comey say mr. trump asked him to pledge his loyalty and a meeting in the oval office, and he hoped mr. comey would shut down an investigation into mike flynn. the day after the flynn conversation, reince priebus asked mr. comey to help push back on reports in the news media that trump's associates have been in contact with russian intelligence officials during the campaign. mr. comey described his encounters between the president and the white house including the phone call from mr. trump in detailed memory foas at the tim. not just pressure from the president to the fbi director on the flynn karks but pressure from the president to the fbi director about investigations into the president himself, and then the white house chief of staff, prescribreince priebus, g up one of those apparently inappropriate conversations between the president and the director of the fbi overseeing those investigations. ever since we learned on tuesday night of the existence of the apparent comey memo about

trump and russia ties had also been investigated. n gushy in his praise of the move to announce the hillary clinton investigation. the guts for director at comey to make the move that he made... it was clear in recent days the continued pursuit of a rush investigation was not liked by the president. the request and is now about what he found out. shop is felt across the city and beyond. for some this is evident donald trump is a strong leaderfor some this is evident donald trump is a strong leader for others some this is evident donald trump is a strong leaderfor others it adds to the perception that this country is being run by a to the perception that this country is being run bya man to the perception that this country is being run by a man who is intolera nt is being run by a man who is intolerant of those who do not agree with him and who do not do his bidding. the bbc‘s north america editorjon sopel has been absorbing events in washington. "surprised" is a word that is rather mild for the tectonic shift of the political plates t

deputy ag sally yates went to the white house and said, hey, flynn is compromised by contacts to russia, trump didn't fire flynn. he fired sally yates. a few weeks later when the contacts hits the press, flynn gets fired. and then sessions has to recuse himself. the investigation into the trump collusion with russia because jeff sessions had misled the senate judiciary committee about his contacts with russia. and thou they let director comey go when he is in the midst of this investigation into the trump collusion with russia days after he's seconds the justice department for more resources to conduct that investigation. this pattern is very, very troubling. add to it the wording of president trump's letter, the one page letter to comey letting him go. he is unusually fixated upon i really appreciate the fact that three times you told me i wasn't under investigation. that shows you when the president's concern is. he is deepily, deeply insecure and worried about the investigation into collusion with russia. >> five days ago you said this about director comey. take a listen. >> director comey

trump, in the oval office, welcomes russia's foreign minister and their ambassador to the u.s., someone at the center of collusion allegations with the trump campaign. we devote the bulk of the program to this story, as we unpack what we do and don't know this day after the firing. that's tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the world's most pressing problems-- skollfoundation.org. >> the lemelson foundation. committed to improving lives through invention. in the u.s. and developing countries. on the web at lemelson.org. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: since this is

he tweeted "the russia-trump collusion story is a total hoax. will this taxpayer-funded charade and?" we will welcome president trump on the show anytime and we would love to talk to you about this. let's turn to health care. former president and speaker of the house. >> the system is failing. we are rescuing people from a collapsing system. people expect them to keep our word. >> hope current members of congress recall that it doesn't take a lot of courage to aid those who are already powerful, already comfortable, already influential. but it does require some courage to champion the vulnerable and the sick and the infirm, those who often have no access to the corridors of power. >> bret: former president obama making a case, mercedes, first standing up and holding his namesake law in fighting these repeal and replace efforts, not mentioning president trump by name or the actual vote. >> i think americans are growing accustomed the idea that government is there to take care of them, regardless of the cost to individuals. i think where president