—— sergei lavrov. administration on this particular day? -- sergei lavrov.iring comey the evening before you bring sergei lavrov into the oval office just puts more and more light and suspicion on this whole question of what went on between the trump campaign and russia. but i do think that president trump and rex tillerson have in their dna a desire to improve relations with russia. that is not necessarily a bad thing. the world would be a safer place if the us and its allies got along with the us and its allies got along with the russians. but it is an uphill battle. one because of syria and because of ukraine and also because the political climate in this city right now, the knives are out on the question of russian interference in the american election. it is not a situation in which it would be easy for trump to reach out and make some concessions to putin. what do you think president putin is making of what is happening here in washington at the moment, is this emboldening him with his public showing that russia somehow muddying the waters in american

earlier today, the president met with the russian minister, sergey lavrov. that didn't happen in this context. there was a photo of that meeting tweeted out by the russian side. maybe by the trump white house at this point, as well. there was an engineered opportunity, where the pool was called hastily. we didn't have any short warning about his intention to have this visual of, of course, a nixon-era official, henry kissinger, in with president trump today. they've had a relationship for years and kissinger advised and counselled president trump as a candidate and as president. he is a notable figure, for sure. but the president, knowing that would generate a question, and the team that went in today, our colleagues here did ask the question. that response, terse but important, that james comey was not doing a good job in the estimation of president trump. no response on matters like timing or the rationale behind it, behind the not doing a good job idea. no comment on the larger russia implications. a brief statement but it allows us to see the president o

sergey lavrov responded, are you kidding? the two men walked off.that particular question. we weren't sure what was going on with that apparent news conference, which was brief. here in washington president trump is going to be meeting sergey lavrov very soon. fascinating to see these men meeting on the day all of washington is talking about those allegations from the democrats that there is a cover—up over alleged links between the trump campaign and the russians. just as donald trump meets the russian foreign minister. we'll bring you more from washington as it comes into us. now, i think we canjust now, i think we can just take you back to washington because i think maybe we're seeing sergey lavrov the russian foreign minister. that is a shot of just russian foreign minister. that is a shot ofjust outside the white house. slightly obscure shot. bear with us while we see if we can get that image of sergey lavrov arriving at the white house. as we say, extraordinary timing, really, right as all these allegations are swirling around washington once

here is sergey lavrov speaking after his meeting with president trump.yria in great detail in the context of the ideas that have been put forward regarding the setting up of the escalation areas. we've got a common understanding regarding the fact that there should be a step that would contribute to the cessation of violence through the territory of syria. let's go to the us state department where we can speak to barbara plett usher in washington. this russian plan for new safe zones over syria, are the americans signing up to this, do we know? they are signing up to this, do we know? they a re interested signing up to this, do we know? they are interested in the concept because both mr trump and mr tillerson have talked about zones of some kind. the secretary of state has talked about stabilisation zones. not much detail to it but what he has in mind in areas that could be secured, where refugees could be secured, where refugees could return, this would create fa cts o n could return, this would create facts on the ground that would prevent islamic stat

interesting that sergey lavrov was meeting donald trump.g donald trumpm it is interesting that sergey lavrov was meeting donald trump. it is not often i would say this but i think the ft have nail beds. the first word is unabashed. failing —— firing his fbi chief has unleashed a storm against him. accusations that he has done itjust against him. accusations that he has done it just because against him. accusations that he has done itjust because the fbi were investigating allegations of legs between him and russia, so what does he do? he calls for warmer links with russia. it's the kind of plastic trump move. the question is, i was going to say finally, but we have to remember we are illegal month into his presidency. as he underestimated the storm gathering against him, because now people are calling not just against him, because now people are calling notjust for against him, because now people are calling not just for an against him, because now people are calling notjust for an fbi investigation but for a special investigation but for a

what a president trump making a brief comments facing a meeting , ah russian sergey lavrov day after james comey was fired. president trump said "he was not doing a good job," reporting to comey. and with a meeting with lavrov, he said it was very, very good. he said as they are talking about russia and assyria. we are waiting a news conference from sergey lavrov and he will be speaking from the russian andssy in washington, d.c. we will bring did to you. let's look at the dollar. abigail doolittle is with us. abigail: one of the big stories is the dollar. the bloomberg dollar index more -- down more than 3%, the worst year since 2009. longer-term chart of the bloomberg dollar index and we see around 2015, the bloomberg dollar in text started to go to the pattern of uncertainty and congestion. debte congestion, too many crisis. it crosses below the $200 moving and the gainers are gaining momentum. the last one took it to the bottom of the range and the near -- in the newest one is nearing it. , theis entire range broadening formation, dropped down, it could be a 20% drop. we have had

the president trusting sergey lavrov and ambassador sergey kislyak.member, it is t was michael flynn's meetings with kislyak that led to the downfall of the former national security adviser. >> u.s. intelligence officials consider kislyak a top russian spy, but that didn't stop a warm welcome from president trump, unlike the greeting he had for german chancellor ainngela merk, a key u.s. ally. how about them for some optics? the u.s. press pool was not allowed into the white house for the meetings with the russians. russian state media was permitted inside, and these photos were taken by them and released by them. and just this morning, russian state media announced president trump will meet with russian president vladimir putin in july. so, let's go live to moscow and bring in cnn's diana magnay. diana, good morning to you. what is the reaction to all of this in moscow? >> reporter: hi, dave. well, president putin was asked about it on his way to a hockey match, and he acted as though it was a real surprise that he should be asked. he said this has n

will go back to sergey lavrov. >> all our partners are aware of our position. we wouldn't want to use this right and we hope you will be able to settle the situation. [speaking russian] >> jenna: we will continue to monitor this press conference. if there's any news with that comes out of it that we think is particularly important, we'll bring it to you. the firing of james comey continues to be the head story. spend the russians are masters of propaganda. i think it is worth mentioning that. some of the friendly questions the russian media are directing at sergey lavrov, the russian foreign minister who as we mentioned, met this morning with president trump in the oval office. some democrats are calling the timing of director comey's dismissal troubling as the new calls for a special prosecutor to oversee the russian investigation. gregg jarrett thinks the president should appoint not one, but two prosecutors. an explosion on that next. >> the president wouldn't have to take the advice of rosenstei rosenstein, but obviously, the president ought to have a good

shows the president sharing a laugh at the white house yesterday with russia's foreign minister, sergey lavrov, and sergey kislyak, the russian ambassador to the u.s. kislyak is a key figure in the investigation of russian meddling in the u.s. election and whether there was any collusion with team trump. the photos were russian. we american press attended. brennan at the state department and elizabeth palmer in sochi, russia. margaret, let me start with you. how did this meeting come about? >> reporter: white house officials say that last week during a phone call, vladimir putin personally asked president trump to meet with his top come sergey lavrov. the meeting in the oafg office lasted around 30 minutes, and at the end of it, i asked president trump whether the firing of f.b.i. director comey had any impact, he said none at all. but an invitation into the oval office is an honor, and the fact that president trump went through with this despite all of the controversies shows just how deeply he wants to improve these frayed relations with russia. now, lavrov was invited into oval office by pr

>> what about that, kimberly dozier, on the other hand, if sergey lavrov is in town he has to meet with was this outrage when he was in moscow and should the president be meeting with lavrov albeit under this awful timing? >> he's here and there are things to be discussed like this plan that the russians have agreed with turkey and iran for de-escalation zones which would stop some of the fighting and violence in syria, so it is an opportunity to discuss that face to face, but let's be honest, until these investigations are over, every single interaction between this administration and russia is going to be problematic. timing from yesterday to today? yeah, awkward and i don't see how you get around that. >> so steve hall, overnight you wrote, interesting that potus first goes after cia. now fbi. is nsa next? intel trifecta? what do you mean? >> it just struck me when i tweeted that last night that, you know, this is an interesting pattern that appears to be developing with this administration, and it seems to me to be when you get bad news, whether it's from cia or whether it's from th

. >> we will take you live to the state department for a news conference with sergey lavrov. >> today we have had an electoral meeting with rex tillerson and the state just hadt and we have talks with him. talking about the difficulties our country should jointly -- we discussed syria in great details in the context of the ideas that happened put forth that we have a common understanding regarding the facts. that should contribute to the secession of violence in syria, to contribute to the settlement of humanitarian problems. political resolutions. whereeed to work together the u.s. is an observer. we appreciated the constructive contribution of the u.s. we will continue with the process that will resume next week. participants of the talks will be constructive, both the government and -- we discussed many other issues and challenges. we could turn the tide away. the settlements in afghanistan thethe compliance with ukrainian summit. we will continue our working talks on all these issues to ensure that can version of the parties involved. it was not very encouraging. unfortunately the

i want to mention that sergey lavrov has just arrived behind me at the white house. we don't have videos to show you. this is considered a closed press meeting. the small pool of report ares who would normally cover this not allowed in the oval office with this meeting. he was just over at the state department and andrea mitchell got a little reaction out of him. >> does the comey firing cast a shadow over your talks, gentlemen? yes, he was fired. >> what you don't hear is sergey lavrov go he was fired, really? real sarcastically. i want to bring in jeremy bash. i want to get reaction from you on sergey lavrov within t, the the meeting happening now as the questions are circulating from democrats about why the president would fire the guy who is essentially heading up the investigation despite the white house's intense denials that had anything to do with comey's firing. >> one of the messages you would want the white house to give to putin and loavrov who is visitig is extreme concern and pushback for their interference. we have the opposite reaction calling it fake

president trump and sergey lavrov met. we learned they discussed syria, iran and they ukraine. president trump express a desire for a better relationship , following the play that of a meeting between president trump and henry kissinger. henry kissinger party to some of the discussions. more from sam zell, the real estate investor who was earlier on daybreak america's, what he the firing of the fbi. this is bloomberg. ♪ bloombergve from headquarters, i am vonnie quinn. this is "bloomberg markets." not much movement if you look at the major indices. dow is down 0.1%. the nasdaq is really unchanged right now. let's get to abigail doolittle. majorl: we may have the standards not moving. as november 11, right around the time of the election, the surge hitting numbers not seen since 2011. that could be a sign of a selloff but we are seeing a recovery. a few of these stocks and that are driving the strength. first up, video shares are searching up of more than 15%, up nearly 60% on another monster quarter. beat make use year over year. over the top-year line, not a small number. they

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the truth is, sergey lavrov had planned to meet secretary tillerson in alaska and changed those planso meet with president trump in washington. i think it's a coincidence. the firing -- we're talking about two different parallel tracks. it is complete chaos from what we are reading, what is happening internally. it was a good decision made it pretty spontaneously. in the communications, senior people were not informed about it. brent: they were running around trying to explain a decision that caught them off guard as well. do they have the authority to fire the fbi director? >> according to the law, that is the case. but the norms have been set over a century now. director of the fbi j edgar hoover notoriously had a very difficult relationship with several presidents. the director position is a 10 year term. the reason it is established that way is to maintain the integrity and independence of the fbi as a law enforcement agency. brent: comey was 3.5 years into his contract, a republican put in place by obama. >> and he was put there because he had a bipartisan consensus. he was the d

of course, this will be the first time that lavrov, the russian foreign minister, sergey lavrov, willunited states to meet with rex tillerson, the secretary of state. they both share, or both administrations, the russian and the u.s., share the same views when it comes to this issue of collusion in the presidential elections. they both say it's fake news. they've both used that language. they both say it's false and there's nothing to it, and they say it's getting in the way of these two countries forging a more productive relationship. and what they're trying to do, they say, is to move beyond that and to carry on, regardless. so, it's in that context, i think, that sergey lavrov, the russian foreign minister, will be traveling to moscow. he's on his way there now, and meeting rex tillerson, the secretary of state, there tomorrow. >> all right. thanks so much for that, matthew chance for us this morning in moscow. >>> president trump's travel ban now hanging in the balance after a critical federal appeals court hearing. both sides under intense questioning from judges on the fourth c

president set to meet with russian's foreign minister sergey lavrov. tillerson was already set to meet with lavrov. >> paul ryan will be in ohio to discuss how reform will help the manufacturing industry. >> the city of angels will make the case for why it should be the host city for 2024 summer olympics. paris is also vying to host the games. loser could snag the 2028 games instead. >>> that does it for us on this wednesday. i'm yasmin va sooufian. >> i have to reason to believe -- i haven't asked him. i have not asked the president since the last time we spoke about this. >> the last time you spoke about it you said he did have confidence. >> in light of what you're telling me, i don't want to speak on behalf of the president. >> all these individuals report to the president. why did the president wait? did he defer in his duties as a leader of this country by waiting this many months? >> not at all. the deputy attorney general is a person whom the fbi director reports to. >> he reports to the president. >> the deputy attorney general was confirmed b

shows the president sharing a laugh at the white house yesterday with russia's foreign minister, sergey lavrov, and sergey kislyak, the russian ambassador to the u.s. kislyak is a key figure in the investigation of russian meddling in the u.s. election and whether there was any collusion with team trump. the photos were russian. no american press attended. we're joined now by margaret brennan at the state department and elizabeth palmer in sochi, russia. margaret, let me start with you. how did this meeting come about? >> white house officials say that last week during a phone call vladimir putin personally asked president trump to meet with his top diplomat sergey lavrov. the meeting in the oval office lasted around 30 minutes, and at trump whether the firing of fbi director comey had any impact, he said none at all. but an invitation into the oval office is an honor, and the fact that president trump went through with this despite all of the controversies shows just how deeply he wants to improve these frayed relations with russia. now, lavrov was invited into the oval office by president ob

didn't have access to the meeting on may 10, between president donald trump and russian officials sergei lavrov and sergey kislyak....but notes from the meeting, apparently distributed to a number of white house and other government officials, were leaked to the new york times. according to their report, trump told the russians, quote, "i just fired the head of the f-b-i. he was crazy; a real nut job."the other statement from trump in that meeting, according to the new york times, -- quote -- "i faced great pressure because of russia. that's taken off." the times' assessment of that statement: that the firing of comey eased the pressure from the investigation into ties between russia and trump's presidential campaign. democratic senator patrick leahy shared a link to the report on twitter, saying in his own words, "this is what obstruction looks like." republican congressman scott taylor isn't so sure.rep. scott taylor, (r-va): "of course, there is context with text, and we don't know the context of the meeting itself and what he was trying to do. we don't know that, of course." white house pre

this is the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov who met with president trump today. to -- let's listen in. this is president trump, what he just said a moment ago. >> thank you very much for being here. appreciate it. >> why did you fire director comey? >> he wasn't doing a good job, very simply. he was not doing a good job. >> did it affect your meeting with the russians today? >> excuse me? >> did it affect your meeting with the russians today? >> will the new fbi director be in charge of the russian investigation? >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, everybody. >> thank you. that is the equivalent of the cane out of the oval office there, and i want to get now to zev zeleny and that is our correspondent over at the white house. you heard that, jeff, we heard he said this, and we should note his demeanor as he said this. this was the present tense and he was not doing a good job, he seemed to be referring to he currently, most recently had not been doing a good job. those words are short and simple and he's not doing a good job, he simply was not

. >>> president trump met yesterday with sergey lavrov.was the president's highest level in-person contact with russia since taking office. kenneth craig reports. >> reporter: cameras caught russian foreign minister sergey lavrov going into the white house, but the u.s. press corps was kept out of his oval office meeting with president trump. instead they were given these handout photos from the russian government. president trump spoke about the meeting after lavrov left the grounds. >> we want to see the killing -- the horrible killing in syria stop as soon as possible, and everybody is working toward that end. >> reporter: improving russian relations was also a chief topic. lavrov said he appreciates the business-like approach of president trump and secretary of state rex tillerson. >> translator: they're willing to negotiate, to come to an agreement in order to address and settle certain issues. >> the high-profile day-to-day meeting came after fbi director james comey was fired after overseeing the election and russia and possible tie

with the president and sergey lavrov. thank you. . >>> a violent brawl caught on camera aboard southwest flight from dallas to los angeles after it landed. it began when passengers started to get off the claim a victim from the fight started when a 37-year-old made a comment about the woman seated behind him that she was quote messing with his chair. tried to help the woman when he threw a sucker purge and the brawl began. passenger would break up the fight. he was afterwards arrested by police by suspicion of battery. suffered a facial cut and chipped tooth. we have an update on a melee yesterday on spirit flight. a federal court has ordered spirit pilots back to work at a normal pace and the pilot's union will fully comply with that order. >>> charges have been dismissed regarding a tazing incident that ended with three people on fire. warning here, these images you might find disturbing. >> can i talk to you. >> get out of here. >> i need to talk to you. >> newly released videos show police checking in on 75-year-old m

--sergey lavrov last week. coast hasthe ivory come to an agreement with soldiers that have been marching. they were urged to keep the pace. the soldiers are part of a group that launched a mutiny in january seeking to improve top petition and living conditions. while some apologized to the president leslie, other dissatisfied soldiers took to the street. the french president emmanuel macron is set to reveal his government lineup a day after naming a prime minister from the right to push through his bread for a parliamentary majority in elections next month. edouard philippe is from the republic ve party le que. -- has this report. >> newly invested as prime minister, edouard philippe must now with emmanuel macron pick a candidate. throughout his campaign, president macron about his 15 ministers would come from both the right and the left and there would be as many men as women, and all his ministers will have clean criminal records, criteria the new prime minister reiterated monday night. : what i amacron going

developments all occurred on the same day that president trump hosted russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and russia's ambassador sergey kislyak at the white house to talk about syria and other issues. politico reports trump invited lavrov after a request from russia president vladimir putin. a white house spokesman said -- "he chose to receive him because putin asked him to. putin did specifically ask on the call when they last talked." the white house faced some criticism for allowing the russian state media agency tass inside the white house to take photographs while barring all u.s. media. trump also spent part of the day on wednesday morning with henry kissinger, who served as president richard nixon's secretary of state. education secretary betsy devos was repeatedly booed and heckled wednesday when she addressed graduating seniors at the historically black college bethune-cookman university in florida. many students turned their backs on devos. jackson, board of trustees, thank you so very, very much for this great honor and privilege. [boos] i am honored to become a wildcat. [boos

a p pa re ntly foreign minister sergey lavrov.t to be passed to the russians. joining me now from washington is thomas wright, fellow in foreign policy at the brookings institution and author of all measures short of war. president trump, people worry, find it difficult to properly handle classified information. he has been on twitter and said as president he wa nted on twitter and said as president he wanted to share with russia at an openly scheduled white house meeting, which he has the right to do, facts pertaining to terrorism and airline flight safety. for humanitarian reasons, i wanted to put russia in the picture. that is not what the story reported. he definitely has the right to say anything he wants, because the nation's secrets are essentially his secrets, and if the president says that he automatically declassify something, there is no real question here that what he did was illegal, but the question is whether or not it was prudent. according to multiple media reports, first from the washington post, what he did was

information at a meeting last week with the russian ambassador and the russian foreign minister sergei lavrovsident trump shared information that the us had received from an intelligence partner, an ally with an intelligence sharing arrangement about an islamic state plot that had been planned. now, the report goes on to say that the washington post... pardon me, the intelligence sharing partner had not authorised the us to share this classified information with the russians ora, indeed, anyone else. it is very sensitive information according to the report, so sensitive that many officials were not party to. only a small select number of officials were partied to this information. the national security adviser hr mcmaster has just been speaking at the white house, denying the reports in the washington post. i will recap what he said, he said that the story is a fault, that the president received information on a range of common threats but at no time with a intelligence threats. two other officials were present. he said i was in the room and it did not happen stop but the report from the wash

sergey lavrov and ambassador sergey kislyak. he was at the center of the controversy surrounding michael flynn. >> is it ironic or is it for president poking a finger at the critics? >> these meetings have been on the books for a while. there's not a strategy to go after the democrats on this. i think frankly this saddest thing is that the democrats are trying to politicize and take away from something the president should be doing. >> if president trump was considering firing comey right after the election, it must have also been on his mind when he praised him for reopening the clinton email investigation in late october. >> it took guts for director comey to make the move that he made. >> what changed? being elected president, according to the white house. >> once you take over leading the department of justice, it's very different than being a candidate. there's a very clear distention between those two things. i think also having a letter like the one that he received and having that conversation, the outline of the basic a

the president at this hour meeting with the russian foreign minister this morning, sergey lavrov, who is also meeting with secretary of state rex tillerson. also this afternoon, the democratic policy committee holding a hearing on the trump administration's health care plan. they plan to hear from citizens who might be affected by the loss of coverage under the current health care law. we will wait for this hearing to get underway. there was a vote underway right now in the senate, procedural vote on moving forward with some legislation. the hearing should get underway shortly. the senate judiciary committee getting set t for nomination hearing this morning for several people, including noel francisco , the president's choice to be the next solicitor general. a bit of a delay as the senate is wrapping up a vote on repealing an obama administration methane rule. that vote wrapping up on the senate floor. the house is out this week. this is the judiciary committee, so not to be surprised if we hear questions or comments about the firing yesterday of fbi director james comey. already on

>> shep, it's interesting that the russian foreign minister, sergey lavrov is taking the opportunityle on u.s. soil to show that the putin administration stands shoulder to shoulder with the trump administration in dismissing the investigation of possible trump campaign collusion with the russians as fake news and essentially a waste of time. as he stood literally shoulder to shoulder with secretary of state tillerson at the opening of this arctic meeting today, neither man would say anything on any subject. it was left to a russian foreign ministry spokeswoman to dismiss the u.s. media focus on the investigation story. in a statement she said "this indicates the colossal bias of the media and control by certain political groups. we've asked for comment from secretary of state tillerson, a chance to talk to him. we've been refused that opportunity by the state department. shep? >> shepard: the secretary of state, rex tillerson and the russian foreign minister, sergey lavrov, expected to hold their own meeting today, right? >> we're just being told by the state department, shep, there

. >> we will take you live to the state department for a news conference with sergey lavrov.

why, none other than sergey lavrov, the russian foreign minister, injokey mood. was he fired?idding! he then went to meet donald trump at the white house but curiously for the camera—loving president, the press was kept away. this feels like house of cards on steroids. the russian president said the sacking of james comey will have no effect on relations between his country and the united states. he was interviewed by elizabeth palmer, with cbs news just before he played in an amateur ice hockey game in the city of sochi on wednesday. how will the firing ofjames comey affect us american relations? translation: there will be no effect. —— how will the firing ofjames comey affect us—russia relations? your question seems funny for me. we have nothing to do with it. president trump is acting in accordance with his law and the constitution. what about us? why ask? you see, i am about to play hockey. i invite you to do the same. i will be here. i will be watching. thank you very much. the kremlin spokesman doing the translation between president putin and elisabeth parmar from trans

sergey lavrov began his day at the -- department. tillerson was expected to press him on a settlement to the civil war in syria. trump'sas objected to decision to armed kurdish forces in syria. they are the only force that can seize raqqa. in south korea, the president is push for peace with north korea. he was sworn in -- in after a landslide election. would fly to the u.s., china, and japan to broker a peace deal. see --u.k., they may with poland before brexit. britain returned as a top es wanting toor pol work abroad. they said they want to get to the u.k. before brexit and what might be tighter immigration walls. this is bloomberg. on the rise. the latest data showing --. we look to the inventory data due and roughly 12 minutes. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: live from new york, i am vonnie quinn. oil rising. industry data showing crude stockpiles decline. .oining us now, oliver we will put aside the api data. do you expect from the eia? is going to be the number a lot of traders and participants are keeping an ion. the average ana

president trump met with that man, russian foreign minister sergei lavrov.mp invited him and sergey kislyak, the ambassador. mike flynn reportedly spoke to about sanctions before trump's inauguration. both of those guys into the oval office. again, we have only these images of the meeting, because the russian government released them from the news agency tass. u.s. reporters and photographers not allowed in. and about how the meeting came together? political plit coolitico said t about his decision to meet with lavrov. he chose to meet him because putin asked him to. he asked specifically on the call when they last talked. let's bring in former u.s. ambassador to russia during the obama militia. i don't mean to might. mike mcfaul. and from the atlantic, russian born journalist. doubting the wisdom of allowing russian photographers into the oval office on top of the face of it. no american journalists allowed in for the russian meeting for what they might have brought with them. perhaps this is a good opportunity, as i always ask you, to repeat to the america

the meeting with kis lag and sergei lavrov happening may 10. now we are have reached out to the white house. they are not disputing this report. they are providing with us a statement similar to that which they provided to the "new york times," talking about how the president wants to work with russia. how he thinks the real threat is isis in syria and that has always been his goal. i think what this tells us is three important things. number one, it is clear that president trump wants to work russia and will almost trip on himself to try to impress them. number two, his instincts are wrong. at least in the oval office, wave transcript of this, he is saying that firing james comey had make the russia investigation go away. that he has taken care of that. facts have not borne that out. and number three, this is an important opponent. president trump is dealing with something other presidents haven't necessarily had to deal with. that is a remarkable amount of leaking within his own administration. i've covered the previous two idents. you just d

i think it bears repeating prayed he said of the meeting with lavrov and sergey kislyak, russian ambassadoro the u.s., "during president trump's meeting with foreign minister lavrov, broad range of subjects were discussed, among which were common efforts and threats regarding counterterrorism. during the exchange, the nature of specific threats were discussed but they do not discuss sources, methods, or military operations. "there is another statement attached. i can't tell if it's an official statement or a quote from somewhere. it is from the deputy national security advisory for strategy saying "this story is false. the president only discussed the common threats both countries faced. "the washington post" is telling the story tonight that the president shared highly classified information with the russians that came from a partner in our intelligence gathering operation. "washington post" claims, through u.s. officials, that the president didn't exactly have d. while the president can declassify anything he wants to within reason, d classifying something that a partner owns may be probl

sergey lavrov in a white house meeting last week.the report alleges president trump disclosed details about an islamic state plot-- that could potentially expose the source of the information in syria who has inner ties with the terror group. sot: sen. nancy pelosi, house democratic leader// "you never want to target to know that they're the target or that you're on to them in a certain way. and that has accelerated their actions in the past so that's another danger."university of san francisco school of law dean john trasvina who worked on capitol hill says for almost anyone in government it would be illegal to reveal classified information to a country viewed as an adversary. sot: john trasvina, dean university of san francisco school of law //"classified information is handled very religiously by all sectors of the federal government."but that the commander in chief has authority to declassify government secrets.in a press conference the national security adviser denied the claim.sot: general h.r. mcmaster, national security adviser// "there's nothing that the president takes more

any meeting with sergey lavrov, trump seemed boasting that is inside knowledge of a looming threat. .. that from the "washington post" reporting. they broke the story yesterday they broke this as well. we'll go through some of the reporting. want to get your reaction. on the line for democrats. providence, kentucky.caller: good morning. >> caller: good morning. my comment is this president is becoming more unhinged as time goes by and he has all thehe surrogates covering up what he's doing i really think he needs to be impeached. he has no business being in office. >> host: frank, rochester, new york. independent. good morning. >> caller: i'm concerned on how people believe the so-called sources that are in the newspaper. considering that we already have a presentation done at the white house by one of the individuals that was right in the office and in the building where the russians were. he said that it never happened. who are these official sources # the real question is is it c-span, c-span or is it msnbc? take you.ni >> host: we want to hear your thoughts on this story. this pho

with these pictures of that awkwardly timed meeting between president trump, foreign minister sergei lavrov and kislyak. what, me worry? >> when i spoke with putin, he asked me whether or not i would see lavrov. now, should i say, no, i'm not going to see him? >> let's get to david axelrodax. so good to have all of you on. i want to ask you, as you watched that interview on nbc news with lester holt, was there anything that changed your mind or clarified to you the position in the white house in firing james comey? >> only further clouded the issue. >> why are you laughing, too, david? >> i mean, you know, that was an absurd -- these last -- even in the pantheon of donald trump stuff, this last 48 hours was really extraordinary. i can't help but think, as someone who worked in the white house, that the worst job on the planet is to be a surrogate or spokesperson for donald trump. because invariably, you get out there on the lenl, or on the branch, and the branch gets cut off behind you. he sent people out there to tell a story yesterday and went on national television and said, that really

. -- sergey lavrov.ress rejected that offer, he is a foreign adversarial, his interest is not in the interest of protecting the united states of america, his interest is in destabilising them, the united states, and i'm sure that he's enjoying the fact that in this country we are going through a certain amount of turmoil largely because the russians tried to directly interfere in the election process. this country is smart enough to understand that we are not in the mood of cooperating with somebody who is a foreign adversarial. it seems you do not trust the benevolence of bad in putin(!) so far, but the saudis and israelis have said they will carry on sharing intelligence information with the united states is. —— seems you do not trust the benevolence of vladimir putin. how dangerous do you think, the meeting with sergey lavrov, the intelligence that was passed on, how dangerous has that been to america's relationships? as somebody who was formerly involved in the cia —— formerly. and with intelligence

president trump told russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov and ambassador sergei kislyak about a possible plot to down a passenger plane using a bonl hidden in a laptop. that int classified. and the unexpected disclosure prompted tom bossert to notify the nsa and cia. some of the information came from israel. there's now concern russia to share that intelligence with some of its allies, like iran, an enemy of israel. but today the president's national security adviser, h.r. mcmaster denies that mr. trump had done anything wrong. >> he shares information in a way that is wholly appropriate. and i should just make maybe the statement here that the president wasn't even aware where this yfgs came from. he wasn't briefed on the source or method of the information either. >> reporter: it is unclear of why the president wasn't aware of where the information came from. but some officials fear that the disclosure could general ard iesz lives. a former official warns not only could a person be killed but isis could speed up plots. the u.s. intelligence community has been focussed on threat for ove

president trump is meeting with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov at the white house today. among the topics of conversation will be the ongoing conflict in syria. on tuesday, white house press secretary sean spicer spoke about trump's arming of the kurdish people's protection units, known as the ypg, which are part of the u.s.-backed syrian democratic forces fighting isis. >> yesterday, the president authorized the department of victoryto ensure clear syria.is in raqqa the only forcece on thee ground that successfufully s seized raa minute future. amy:y: the u.s. alalso backed te ypg under presidident obama. sergey lavrov will head to the arctic where he will also meet with secretary of state rex tillerson. the department of energy has declareded a state of emergencyt the hanford nuclear site in washington state after a tunnel storing contaminated radioactive materials collapsed, forcing huhundreds of workers s to take cover to avoid potential exposure. hanforord is the nation's most polluted nuclear weapons production s site. the site hasas been leaking radioaoactive waste

sergey lavrov was laughing mocking the idea that comey was fired and people were asking about it.? >> look, internationally, there is a lot of kind of questions about how this president operates. you know, whether he thinks things through. of course they will take any opportunity where it looks like he has done something that is politically boneheaded or ethically questionable to giggle up that you were sleeves. i suspect they are not the only once. but, you know, trump doesn't much seem to care. >> abby, i want to ask you about the president's signing ever the new executive order today. it creates commission on voter fraud. it looks into voter fraud. and i've heard democrats on the hill complaining now taxpayer dollars are actually going to be spent looking into a crazy conspiracy theory there is no evidence for. >> we'll see how much taxpayer dollar is actually spent toward this. and it seems like the white house wants to follow through on something the president promised even though there is no evidence. but items actually i think beyond the optics of this, you know, kris kobac