secondly, spicer, mr. spicer and mr. priebus would certainly be critical witnesses about what the president's intent appeared to be at the time. and intent is pretty critical here. whether or not he was, in fact, attempting to interfere with the investigation, stop the investigation, and if that's what the firing of the fbi director, director comey, was all about. so, would you expect they would be subpoenaed? you could well. certainly, we know that -- >> why wouldn't they have been already, given they are so close to the top? >> i was about to say, they probably already have. we believe some of their notes already are in the possession of the -- of the prosecution team, and that would make sense, because their notes were basically property of the white house, and so we know there's been a broad collection of all of the white house records related to this. and if those records end up backing up director comey's testimony, that tells you here who's most likely to be telling the truth. >> okay. then, michael, this issue of

so the sean spicer redemption tour, i don't know, maybe there's americans who miss sean spicer. >> lookink of the millions or thousands of things they say on a weekly basis, sure they're going to screw up. i think we all make mistakes and i think bravo for him for pointing it out. i think what really hurt him more than anything is when, it wasn't an honest mistake, it was pushing out information that wasn't factually accurate. that hurts him more long-term. >> here's the defense of sean spicer, is the fault the salesman or the product? i mean, like, he had to defend things that president trump said that weren't true. >> but he chose to do that, right? so if you decide to work for somebody who's going to make you go out there and say things that aren't true, then i think you're held accountable for that. sean spicer made mistakes, i'm sorry, all about forgiveness, i need so much forgiveness in my own life. ie like to give it to other people, and there's nothing wrong with that, but i do think he has to own up to the fact that he did choose to work for this person who asked him to go out

amy: what is happening with sean spicer? >> the example of sean spicer is particularly amazing.ople are in agreement that the trump administration has systematically lied to the public. all governments lie. administration has taken it to a new level and the face of that for the first six months was sean spicer who live to the public on a daily -- who d to the public on a given basis, the most amazing thing is that he was given a fellowship at harvard in the kennedy school, the same program that originally game a fellowship to chelsea manning, who risked her liberty to provide the most valuable journalistic archive we had in american journalism, the archive she did to wikileaks about the iraq war and afghanistan war. she was part of the same fellowship program sean spicer received and the cia objected to chelsea manning being given this honor at harvard rescinded the offer to chelsea manning and said we have to preserve the integrity of the program while allowing not just sean spicer but corey lewandowski, a former top donald trump campaign official who lied repeatedly to become

when spicer worked at the rnc, he filled black books. he was so well-known for copious notes, it was joked about writing a tell all. the records were just to help him do his job. sean documented everything the source said. this surprised some ocho ocffic who said because of past investigations they took as few notes as possible when they worked in the west wing. that was reported in september, that sean spicer's copious notes would be a honey pot for mueller and his investigation. maybe sean spicer's notes will e rememb ve prove to be that tonight, again, "the new york times" is reporting it's the handwritten notes from reince priebus, those notes now in the hands of robert mueller, notes that substantiate the bombshell claims made by james comey that the president personally pressured him on the russia investigation before he fired him. and there is more. also prom this reporting tonight in the "new york times", quote, president trump gave firm instructions in march to the white house's top lawyer to stop the attorney general jeff sessi

spicer said that what we didn't hearfrom steve bannon secretary sean spicer said that what we didn'te things and there were other than those of staff is that it might have been taken out of context. i think the truth is, they have spent so long together, they are not sure what allegations will be put forward so they are waiting for the bookjust as we are waiting for the book to see the exact context of those allegations. it is not that steve bannon is scared that he now has this enormous enemy in the shape of the president of the united states and he is losing funding because rebecca mercer, the biggest investor is suggesting that she is pulling out. we have heard that he spends a huge amount of time with michael wolff and that michael wolff has a tendency to exaggerate but clearly there was unprecedented access and therefore michael wolff has got to have something. it only stands to reason. this statement by rebecca mercer is extraordinary because her father distance himselfjust mercer is extraordinary because her father distance himself just a mercer is extraordinary because her fa

spicer went on the radio show and confirmed on record that my account is accurate. >> not only such anrtant reporter for the the new york times that his accounts of the campaign are then repeated and taken by other reporters. when he is reporting on a candidate and all the p residency, he things trump is a racist and fascist. you must have a desire to remove a racist and fascist from the office. on twitter when they have their friends and following, one of the following is there are a lot of legitimate stories about the president and creates his own distractions but too many people and journalists think it is there job to save the country from donald trump. >> laura: that is crusading. take the chart but is disconcerting and the public view of the press. where is it today from 10 years ago, has a declined? >> it has dramatically decline and now to the president. the people who support this president, it big chunk of the countries. >> laura: 45% now. >> in the mainstream media attacks them, they treat them with disdain. negative coverage of donald trump, campaign and president actually

maybe sean spicer's notes will eventually prove to be that. but from this crucial period around the firing of james comey, tonight, again, "the new york times" is reporting it's the handwritten notes from former chief of staff reince priebus, those notes now in the hands of robert mueller, notes that reportedly substantiate the bombshell claims made by fbi director james comey that the president personally pressured him on the russia investigation before he fired him. and there is more. also prom this reporting tonight in the "new york times", quote, president trump gave firm instructions in march to the white house's top lawyer to stop the attorney general jeff sessions from recusing himself in the justice department's investigation into whether trump's associates helped a in the russian campaign to disrupt the 2016 election. mr. trump, sorry, mr. trump apparently instructed white house counsel don mcgahn that he should, that he should go pressure jeff sessions to recuse himself from the russia investigation. mr. mcgahn's argument to sessions

on the list, we know sean spicer, for instance, and reince priebus, what else are you learning? >> that's right. overnight a senior administration official tells cnn it wasn't just don mcgan who went and talked to jeff sessions about the choice to recuse himself and try to convince him not to do it. it was also sean spicer, the then chief of staff reince priebus who made those requests as well. spicer did respond and said that the call that he made over to sessions' office was about the conference call, not about this issue of the recusal. let me read you a little bit of the response here. he said for eight months the narrative was that i was out of the loop and now i'm part of it? i don't think so. so spicer pushing back on the suggestion that he was part of an effort to get sessions to stay on top of this case, however, this story is clearly not going away. >> all right. abby phillip, so appreciate the reporting. thank you. >>> here to discuss, good morning to you. >> let me read from a bit of fire and fury here. i have been working through this and i want to read from the aut

when it came to the transition sean spicer and reince preibus gave it.epublicans always had good relations with the hierarchy of our party but the one difference maker we saw was that when omarosa got involved a lot of that stopped. >> go ahead. >> a lot of it stopped. i mean, myself personally i can show you the text messages of hey, you know, hey we're going to -- we pulled his record he's not -- he. >> why do you think she created in your words. >> she wanted to be the only one in his orbit. if you have somebody there that -- if you look at her resume compared to some of the others, you look at her resume compared to a kay james dina bass or angela sailor someone with real policy expertise, someone with real political -- real true political background and compare it to hers, you know, they're going to have more access, more influence by virtue of the work they've done and by virtue of the breadth of their talent than personal relationship with the president of 14 years. >> now do you think the president maybe at some point is hesitant to offer certain

and today former white house press secretary sean spicer crawled out of the bushes outside the white -- [ laughter ] and answered -- tried to answer those questions. spicer was specifically asked about the report, that trump tried to fire mueller and said he personally could not corroborate that story. >> you were in the white house at the time. >> i was. >> can you corroborate that story? did the president try to fire bob mueller? >> there is nothing that i saw, witnessed or was near that suggests that true. ever. >> completely made up? >> i didn't say it was made up. what i'm saying is that i didn't see anything in my tenure, nor did i talk to anybody at my -- during the time that i was there that witnessed anything similar to what that was. >> seth: so spicer says he hasn't talked to anyone about it, but i'm not sure sean spicer is the most reliable source here, given that he has clearly never actually talked to donald trump about anything. >> i have not asked the president since the last time we spoke about this. i have not asked the president. i haven't asked him. i have not tal

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we don't know who described this to him other than the sean spicer quote. these are overall sort of wolff's observations, i guess, and we will have to see if this matches -- i'm sure we will hear from kellyanne conway. >> you will say it's -- if you are still in the white house, you will dispute all of this. >> she's certainly close to the president, and she gets to go on tv whenever she wants to. >> did she put a finger gun to her head whenever the president speaks. >> we don't know that. there's a suggestion that kellyanne, nobody around him thought he was going to win. i said you don't have to go all in and say he's going to win, and she did think he was going to win. >> she did. she may have thought that more than the president himself believed that at the time. >> that was one of the problems for scaramucci, too, david, his explanation of how hard the president was working, that is not necessarily a different reality than him working hard for himself and his brand extension and any future plans he had and his love of crowds and fame, and that doesn't t

former press secretary sean spicer here this morning.

so he's got sean spicer's statement. he's got reince priebus' personal notes from meeting. remember the chronology. comey gets fired on the 10th of may. on the 11th of may, trump meets with russian officials saying, oh, man, there was so much pressure on me, and that's gone. and then on the 11th of course the infamous or famous, depend on how you look at it, interview with lester holt, where he says, yes, i got rid of comey because of the russia investigation. mueller is conservative, he's acting the right way, and you need to be careful because you need to show that intent. >> and then, richard, even though sean spicer has said in a recent interview that, you know, he wasn't a party to trying to convince anyone to -- or convince, you know, sessions not to recuse himself, what does this mean if potentially even sessions may have had one of his own aides go to capitol hill to try to get dirt on james comey to help justify his imminent firing or removal? what about all of that? is that, too, part of a potential obstruction issue even though sessions did recuse himself? it's v

we have mick mulvaney, sean spicer. tom cotton and jim jordan all ahead. first the shutdown showdown on the eve of the one year anniversary of the trump white house. president trump was expected to leave this afternoon to head to florida for the weekend. but not yet. he is still behind us tonight in the white house. quite a bit of art to this deal as they try to avert what the president called the schumer showdown. the senate minority leader and the president and their chief of staff met in the oval office this afternoon. they said we made progress. there are a good number of disagreements that still remain. tonight the president tweeting in favor of 4 weeks to hammer out the rest. with 3 republican senators, graham, blake and paul in the no column, they have to get to 60. mike emanuel has been following the latest on the hill tonight. he joins us from capitol hill where the story is continuing to unfold. >> no doubt about it. good evening to you. speaking to republicans and democrat senators most are looking for a way out frft government shutdown in the h

and her show tonight, hln, 5:00 eastern where you can see sean spicer. s.e.hank you so much. that does it for me i'm brooke baldwin here in new york. let's take it to washington right now, the lead with jake tapper starts right now. >>> thanks, brooke. colorado democrats today say we'll give jeff sessions our legal pot when he pries it from our warm, extremely interesting to look at hands. the lead starts right now. >>> president trump threatening to sue over a new book that claims he's uninformed, unprepared, and has a child like inability to focus. and today we're getting a new peek into the absurdity that one journalist claims he witnessed inside the west wing while the president's lawyers tell the publisher they had better not go to print. >>> fit to serve? this new book and the new tweet about his big and powerful button renewing talk about the

and they're giving sean spicer, our press secretary, gave alternative facts. >> alternative facts.emember that? remember the women's march? we're going to look at the resistance from the courtroom to the streets which helps explain where trump is headed next year. and you might not want to miss our "beat" highlight reel. the reporting, the interviews, the highlights, the bad jokes. i've got them all. i'm ari melber. you're watching a special edition of "the beat" on msnbc. hi, i'm the internet! you know what's difficult? armless bowling. ahhhhhhhh! you know what's easy? building your website with godaddy. get your domain today and get a free trial of gocentral. build a better website in under an hour. >>> every president has power in the courts, but few have faced as many legal setbacks in year one as trump. the military transgender ban is under fire, doj reviewing how to defend it. and former trump aides paul manafort and rick gates facing frierl money laundering, part of the russian probe. personally donald trump also faces a court battle, a defamation case brought by a former "a

. >> let's talk about the former press secretary, sean spicer, who is questioning the accuracy of thes attributed to bannon never happened. >> and he insists that melania was very supportive of the campaign. >> spicer also said that he has not struggled making the statements. we'll hear more from sean spicer in a few hours when he joins us on "good morning america." >>> just when you thought marijuana was on its way to becoming the national plant, the trump administration says not so fast. jeff sessions clears the way for federal authorities to crackdown on the pot trade, this, just days after california legalize the recreational use of pot. but it's not clear if marijuana shops or growers will be targeted. even some republicans say the change is confusing and disruptive. >>> the amazing race for a key seat in virginia's state legislature is now over. >> it ended with the winner's name being picked out of a bowl. republican david yancy's name was selected. he wasn't even in the room to see his win over stoic shelly simonds who was there. >> the back and forth saw yancy win on election

and former press secretary sean spicer stupid. and it claims his concerns about his mental stability. wolff doesn't nail names, but he writes, the worry among staffers, trump's rambling and alarming repetitions have significantly increased and that his ability to stay focussed, never great, had notably declined. sarah sanders forced to defend the president's fitness to serve. >> it's disgraceful and laughable. if he was unfit, he probably wouldn't be sitting there. >> reporter: staffers are told they can no longer take their personal cell phones into the west wing. this is a personal cell phone ban that has actual lay bely be the works for some time. the white house says this is about security and complying with public records laws. this is not a reaction to all the leaks in the new book. cecelia vega, abc news, the white house. >> and the former press secretary called stupid in the book is casting the book as inaccurate. sean spicer will have much more to say this morning when he makes an appearance on good morning america. >>> n

the truth is trump had lost confidence in sean spicer.dn't want him there because it was making things worse. you need to have a daily press briefing on tv. i don't say that as a reporter even if you're a politician it serves your interests every day to have someone advocating. >> do you think the president of the united states warms up more to the media in 2018? do you think he does more interviews? do you think you see him on "new day," do you think you see him in places he hasn't gone? >> it's an interesting point we overlook. he doesn't do a lot of interviews. neither did obama, but trump during the campaign it seemed like he was on "new day" a lot, he was on lots of things a lot. >> until he went we. there came a time, he stopped because there were a couple of interviews we had done with him that he didn't like. he didn't like how he came off and they were quite frankly, i mean, we asked him tough questions but they weren't gotcha questions, and he didn't like that. >> that gets to the point the question you asked, chris, do relation

okay. >> so, sean spicer. awesome. thank you. >> all right. thank you. >> question here. >> now robert mueller and his team they want to talk with bannon and definitely they will ask bannon about these things that you quoted him for in the book. you admit trump and bannon and their relationship is not very good at the moment, it seems like, but we're not completely sure. what is your impression that -- will bannon sell trump in these -- when he talks with robert mueller? or will he kind of confirm what he said? what is your impression what will happen from now on -- >> well, let's look at this in two ways. >> thank you. >> i would anticipate that steve will tell the truth. you know, but i guess -- i guess there is the truth and then there is the truth. does he -- does he -- does he really go after the president? does steve bannon make the decision to try to break trump? and i think that, you know, if -- if i were steve right now, that's what i would be -- if i would be thinking, that's one of my options here. i mean, i -- i literally saw steve

. >> sean spicer, our press secretary, gave alternative facts. >> regardless of recommendation, i wasoing to fire him. >> drop any investigation connected to flynn. >> the nomination is confirmed. >> i regret that our efforts were simply not enough. >> [ bleep ] paranoid schizophrenic. >> we have come so far, and the people of alabama have spoken. >> rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself. >> the deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history. >> isis collapsing. >> we are experiencing a new trend in the threat we face. >> they are disrespecting our flag and our country. >> powerful men falling like dominoes after stories of sexual is misconduct. >> no more. name it. shame it. call it out. >> it's a watershed moment. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota. >> happy new year! whoo! >> there's been a lot of champagne already here on the set. >> happy "new day" to you. this is the special new year's edition of "new day". chris cuomo with alisyn camerota. we have a big show for you this morning. we will look into the crystal ball. 2018. can you believe we're here? what

so john spicer thank you. >> thank you. question here. team they want to talk to ban an they'll ask -- bannon about these things that you quoted him for in the book. qlowf met trurm and bannon and relationship isn't very good at moment it seems look but we're not completely sure. what is your impression that -- will bannon sell trump in these when he tacks about robert mueller or kism what he said, what is your impression what will happen -- from now on in two ways i would anticipate that -- steve will tell the truth. you know, but i guess there's the truth an there's the truth. but does he -- does he really are go after the president? does steve bannon make a decision to try to break trump? and i think that you know, if i were steveing right now, that's what i would be if i would be thinking that's one of my options here. i mean, i literally saw steve bannon go from, from the guy who elected trump to the guy who thought that trump was, was the idiot of the century. and a guide who you know, who -- who who came to realize that whatever go

. >> ex-press secretary, sean spicer, the former chief of staff, reince priebus and don mcgahn all worked to get sessions not to recruits himself from the probe. this according to the sources. our jim acosta has details for us. >> i talked to a source familiar to these conversations just a short while ago. that senior administration official told me, quote, i think it is fair to call it pressure. that is a quote from this official, describing these conversations that went on between top white house officials and staff members. in the attorney general's office, including the attorney general jeff sessions. i should also point out according to the senior administration official, this person described what was going on and the conversations regarding jeff sessions' decision to recuse himself or not recuse himself as, quote, chaos. >> jim acosta speaking. >> and then he called sessions office but it was about a news conference. >> cnn's jessica schneider has been following don mcgahn's role and has more from white house. >> reporter: a source close to attorney general jeff sessions tells cnn

. >> sean spicer, our press secretary gave alternative facts to that. >> we have to have shared facts that we operate on. that's, i think, fundamental to any democracy and he's certainly challenging that. >> "todatoday conway says that e was a mistake. >> your job is not to say ridiculous. >> i talked for 36 minutes to three r different anchors and they took two words that i said. alternative facts is partly cloudy, partly sunny. those are alternative facts. >> here's a fact, seven days after being sworn in, 13 months after calling for a total and complete shutdown on muslims entering the united states, the president signed this. >> i'm establishing new vetting measures to keep radical islamic terrorists out of the united states of america. >> it was an executive order that turned around residents from seven muslim majority countries. >> it was not vetted carefully. it was very in your face. it infoura -- infuriated democrats as well as republicans. >> it really caused me a lot of heartburn. >> why? >> i got a text message from my son, he said they're not letting him in the country. >

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general not to recuse himself from the russia investigation, don mcgahn, reince priebus and sean spicer. it's not clear if there's anything criminal or perhaps how this would play into possible obstruction charge but politically we can't underestimate obviously the implications of this. but it is going to be part of anything perhaps that mueller and his team will be looking at to sort of try and look at a larger picture of what the white house was doing here, of what the people close to the president, the president's orbit were doing here and also questions surrounding the firing of the former fbi director, questions about the statement, the crafting of a statement that the president was directly involved in aboard air force i where they were responding to a the "new york times" story about the president's son meeting with a russian lawyer at trump tower. all of this just kind of comes together and could be part of a larger picture perhaps towards an obstruction case and whether or not inevitably if they do bring these charges, we still have probably some time before that happens. >> ok

. >> sean spicer, our press secretary, gave alternative facts to that. >> we have to have shared facts that we operate on. that's i think fundamental to any democracy. >> today conway says that phrase was a mistake. >> your job is not to call things ridiculous. i talked for 36 minutes to three sunday anchors. they took two words, alternative facts, when what i meant to say was alternative information and additional facts. a little lesson, the president does enjoy this. alternative facts is partly cloudy, partly sunny. 2 plus 2 equals 4, 3 plus 1 equals 4. those are alternative facts. >> a fact, seven days after being sworn in, 13 months after calling for a total and complete shutdown on muslims entering the united states, the president signed this. >> big stuff. i'm establishing new vetting measures to keep radical islamic terrorists out of the united states of america. >> it was an executive order that turned around residents from seven muslim majority countries. >> it was not vetted carefully. it really set the tone for the president's first days in office. it was very in your face.

the bombshell book out this morning, earlier than expected, and for the first time, sean spicer chimes in. what he thinks of bannon's explosive claims about the trump family. >>> war on marijuana? the confusion this morning after attorney general jeff sessions' policy reversal and what lawmakers in california and colorado are now promising. >>> plus, "jeopardy" host alex trebek on hiatus. the latest on his brain surgery. >>> and facial yoga. the exercise technique promising to fight wrinkles to make you look years younger. >>> and good morning. i'm lynda lopez in for diane macedo. >> and i'm kendis gibson. as if the heavy snow and hurricane-force winds weren't bad enough, the monster storm that slammed the east coast has also caused record flooding. >> a historic high tide swamped the massachusetts coast overwhelming towns with rushing water, stranding residents and prompting dozens of rescues. and as soon as the floodwaters hit the streets, they froze turning parked cars into popsicles frozen in place. overnight high water blasting through a seawall south of boston. many calling it th

sean spicer, michelle malkin, they will join us later. is cnn really the most trusted name in news? they actually are. for potheads. ♪ constipated? trust #1 doctor recommended dulcolax. use dulcolax tablets for gentle dependable relief. suppositories for relief in minutes. and dulcoease for comfortable relief of hard stools. dulcolax. designed for dependable relief. ♪ >> sean: welcome back to "hannity." protests continue all across iran and over 20 people have sadly been killed, hundreds arrested. today the president tweeted, "the people of iran are finally acting against the brutal, corrupt iranian regime. all of the money that president obama so foolishly gave them one set of terrorism and into their pockets, the people a little food, big inflation, zero human rights, ad the u.s. is watching." also, the president responded to north korean leader kim jong own's recent nuclear threats by tweeting, "north korean leader kimg jong undressed stated that the north korean button is on his table at all time. i, too, have a nuclear button but it'

so sean spicer denying that he did anything other than call sessions about aen cofor instance call. he did not say he was part of an effort to pressure sessions not to recuse himself in this case. >> all right. abby, thank you. >>> so cnn political commentators with us now as well as washington examiner reporter and former u.s. attorney michael moore. thank you all for being here. i want to start with you michael on that note about what's going on with sessions. if it's true, did president trump cross any legal line here? >> you know, i think we get a lot closer to an obstruction case when we hear that the president tried to convince him not to remove himself through the normal recusal process. things that happened before the president was in office, we can talk about those and whether or not that would amount to obstruction but certainly once he was sworn in, once we've had his inauguration day we're talking about a position where he's the president of the united states and he's pressuring his subordinates to take action and to move or to not move in a certain direction in a crimin

the mooch lasted six day, spicer was replaced by sara huckerby sander, then there is steve bannon, theory, buried like no other. this week he was subpoenaed by the special counsel following his explosive comments to michael wolf, author of fire and future. so quite author of fire and future. so quite a year. the president has persisted with the mandate but approval ratings remain low, he has lost special elections in virginia and alabama. perhaps the ultimate test will come later this year with the midterms. british tourists travelling to jamaica are being advised to stay in their resorts after a state of emergency was declared around montego bay. there's been a surge in gang—related violence in the area. every year, around 200 thousand britons visit. nick davis reports. for a country that depends on tourism pictures of troops on the street in montego bay isn't ideal, but the government says it is something that needs to be done. the security forces are expected and have been directed to treat citizens with respect, and protect the dignity and safety of all. most of the tourists who vi

this was the day that she stood up there and tried to claim as sean spicer did that the size of the crowd for the president was bigger than obama's. this was the day, very much like kellyanne conway's morning where she talked about alternate facts. this was that moment for sarah huckabee sanders. >> to the extent she's had a moment it was. i don't know it's going to get nearly the amount of attention the inaugural cloud proclamation got. it was a hostile exchange with hallie. there were a number of questions earlier where sarah just insisted that the president wasn't confused and he was delivering the same message, had the same position on both of those tweets. anybody reading those tweets can see that the meaning is different. and, clearly there was a cleanup effort in the white house and it wasn't just journalists who were alarmed by this. you saw members of congress expressing genuine alarm at what the president was doing. >> ken dilanian, let me play one of the president's favorite national security advisers, his cia director mike pompeo, on this very topic, and we'll talk about it on

the mooch lasted six days, spicer was replaced by sara huckerby standers.st, the self proclaimed architect of trump's victory. this week he was subpoenaed by the special counsel following his explosive comments to michael wolf, author of fire and fury. so quite a year. the president has pervisited with the mandate on which he was elected, but approval ratings remain low, he has lost special elections in virna and alabama and perhaps the ultimate test of mr trump's presidency will come later this year. with the midterms. —— virginia. the family of the american rock star, tom petty, has revealed that his death last october was caused by an accidental drug overdose. he was found unconscious at his home in malibu, days after completing an extensive tour to mark the 40th anniversary of his band, the heartbreakers. the 66—year—old was on medication for a range of issues — including emphysema and a fractured hip. the 0scar winning actress dorothy malone has died at the age of 93. herfilm career began in 1943, and in her early years she played small roles, mainly i

spicer was replaced by sarah huckerbee sanders.—proclaimed architect of trump's election victory. buried like no other. this week, he was subpoenaed by the special counsel, following his explosive comments to michael wolff, author of fire and fury. so, quite a year. the president has persisted with the mandate on which he was elected, but approval ratings remain low. he has lost special elections in virginia and alabama, and perhaps the ultimate test of mr trump's presidency will come later this year, with the midterms. well, we went out onto the streets of washington to find out what locals there thought of the impasse. i'm just very disappointed that we could not come to an agreement about this. it's stupidity. it's politicians in general. i can't believe we can't compromise these days. there's common ground in the middle. i'm that our government is this dysfunctional. i think it's chaos and i really think that we need to work together to do the work of the people here. this is ridiculous. probably both sides are to blame. everyb

fact, it was spicer's portrayal by a woman. trump doesn't like people to look weak added a top trump donor. spicer and bannon are both gone but could snl put another member of trump's team in jeopardy. thing two is kate who played a number of people in trump's white house. betsey devoss, kellyanne conway and another character is bothering donald trump. he is turned off by the portrayal of sessions. it was not a reflection of sessions but that he found the portrayal insulting. >> do you really not remember meeting with george papadopoulos with russia? >> i had memory problems from a childhood trama. >> what is that? >> the passing of the civil rights act. >>> for the past week, the white i realize that ah, that $100k is not exactly a fortune. well, a 103 yeah, 103. well, let me ask you guys. how long did it take you two to save that? a long time. then it's a fortune. well, i'm sure you talk to people all the time who think $100k is just pocket change. right now we're just talking to you. i told you we had a fortune. yes, you did

cupp unfiltered." >> sean spicer. >> i know. the full hour. >> here you go.e will be tuning in for all of that. thank you, s.e. and everyone thank you all so much. >>> by the way, just in, we are getting reports of a fire at a home associated with bill and hillary clinton's hope in chappaqua, new york. that is next. >>> just in here, crews are responding to a fire at a home in chappaqua, new york, that is associated with bill and hillary clinton. we are told the situation is now under control, that there are no injuries. no word if the former president or former secretary of state were actually home at the time. keep you posted. i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me here. reminder, check out "american woman." "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we're going to begin with breaking news in the politics lead. and for the yupoungsters out there, it's impossible to overstate just how bizarre today's news is. president trump issued a statement like no presidential statement ever before in americ

fact, it was spicer's portrayal by a woman.rump doesn't like people to look weak added a top trump donor. spicer and bannon are both gone but could snl put another member of trump's team in jeopardy. thing two is kate who played a number of people in trump's white house. bet sey devoss, kellyanne conwa and another character is bothering donald trump. he is turned off by the portrayal of sessions. it was not a reflection of sessions but that he found the portrayal insulting. >> do you really not remember meeting with george pop dop laps with russia? >> i had memory problems from a childhood trama. >> what is that? >> the passing of the civil rights act. get ready for centrum micro-workouts. the bottle curl. the twist n' turn. the stretch n' grab. the gummy squish. centrum micronutrients fuel your body from the inside out. grab a centrum and join in. repeat daily. yeah, i got some financialbody guidance a while ago. how'd that go? he kept spelling my name with an 'i' but it's bryan with a 'y.' yeah, since birth. that drives me cr

admitted that he had conversations with then chief of staff reince priebus, press secretary sean spicer and legal spokesman mark corallo about don junior's now infamous meeting with the russians in trump tower in june of 2016. the white house also confirming this afternoon that bannon's lawyer bill burke was in direct and real-time contact with the white house during bannon's house intel appearance yesterday. >> it's the same process that is typically followed. sometimes they actually have a white house attorney present in the room. this time it was something that was relayed via phone. and, again, was following standard procedure for an instance like this and something that will likely happen again on any other number of occasions, not just within this administration, but future administrations. >> the white house instructed bannon not to answer questions related to his time in the white house or during the transition, an unusually broad interpretation of executive privilege. but nbc has confirmed that those restrictions will not stand in bannon's way when it comes to his conversations

meanwhile her predecessor sean spicer, also former spokesman for the rnc, joins me now. his new memoir "the briefing" is scheduled for release in july. >> thank you for the plug. preorder on amazon and barnes & noble. >> andrew mccabe is out. do we suspect he was forced out? >> look, i think to jump to any kind of speculation at this point is extremely premature. he was supposed to retire in march as pete and others have already noted, much like the military if you have terminal leave they tell you this is when you back out the vacation days you've accrued. this is when you're eligible. basically what it means you pick your retirement date. you minus the current vacation days you have and that becomes your last day. but for everybody to be running around jumping to narratives and for peter to suggest somehow narratives are swirling, they're not. they're being made up because without any facts for people to start to throw out what they believe or could be is irresponsible at best. >> but it's not irresponsible to note that andrew mccabe is someone who was a target especia

former press secretary sean spicer here this morning. >>> an abc news exclusive. former miss america, gretchen carlson, taking the reins of the organization in crisis now revealing for the first time how she's going to change it. >> i plan to make this organization 100% about empowering women. >> what she's saying about the infamous swimsuit competition and who she may allow to compete. >>> look at skiers stuck on this lift. it starts swinging dangerously in the wind. gusts topped 75 miles an hour as resort staff race to rescue them. >> that person really wanted to go skiing. hope you are safe and warm wherever you are because millions are waking up to the dangerous cold this friday morning. temperatures in the east plummeting after that storm came through. some could face windchills of 50 degrees below zero. >> look at the impact. firefighters in newark, new jersey, battling a blaze overnight in this icy cold. there were 80 on the scene. you can see them covered in ice working very hard this morning. let's look at long island in new york. there are the roads. at

. >> sean spicer, say it isn't so. spicer is getting off the trump train. at one point, he was reduced to petty theft when he had to take a mini-fridge the junior staffers refused to give up. >> you are testing me, big guy. >> we miss you melissa. >> i think he has some of the best political instincts in the world and perhaps history. >> the newest member of trump world, anthony scaramucci. apparently his nickname is the mooch. >> first, it's the greatest honor and privilege of my life to be with you this morning. the greatest instincts in all of broadcasting. >> thank you. >> anthony scaramucci is what trump thinks he sees when he looks in the mirror. he is rich. his suits fit. a paranoid schizophrenic. he tendered his resignation tuesday under duress. >> the president has a right to change directions. the president has a right to hit a reset bull ton. >> tomorrow the first day on job for john kelly. >> i think that kelly is going to demand to be the gatekeeper and real chief of staff. >> what does is that when the lion is out of the gate? the president of

sean spicer did. >> because they're liars, this is donald trump. this is what he does. a day after day after day, incident after incident, he doesn't tell the truth. because he doesn't know what the truth is. >> wolff also says bannon is not being truthful when he claims he was no the referring to don jr. when he called a meeting at trump tower with the russian lawyer treasoness. >> they're still celebrating on the alabama campus after a thrilling victory. 26-23 the overtime score. as alabama beats their sec rivals. they were trailing 13-0 at the half. alabama actually replaced the starting quarterback with a freshman from hawaii. he led them back tying the game at 20 with a pass. then had a chance to win the regulation but the kicker shanked this. bulldogs strike first with a 51-yard field goal and that means alabama must score and they did in dramatic fashion. >> fires in the end zone. touchdown! alabama wins! >> 41-yard touchdown pass. smith. winning 26-23. >> showed resiliency to overcome hard and make some great plays. we needed a spark on offense. certainly gave u

when we come back, sean spicer, and ari weigh in.et to home, the more you know the commute is worth it. you and that john deere tractor... you can keep dreaming up projects all the way home. it's a longer drive. but just like a john deere, it's worth it. >> ♪ >> sean: back to our top story. the house intelligence committee voteing to release the classified memo thanks to you calling your congressman saying release the memo. democrats and the mainstream media condemned the move. they don't want to see the memo and they don't want you to see the memo. take a look. >> the republicans declared war on our national security on classified information. >> we are seeing a break down of democracy. we have never had a situation in which the congress moved into a criminal investigation and turned it into a political circus. that's what is going on here. >> it looks like watergate. it also has fringes of the salem witch trials and throw in the mccarty hearings and we have one crisis about to happen here. >> sean: joining us now former white house

>> on its own saying that the fact that don mcgahn calling sean spicer or prreince priebus. it is clear when we are talking about southbouobstruction here, thinking of the course of conduct of the president and his senior officials in response to sort of this russian investigation. it is sort of another piece of evidence that maybe part of that and part of how we may understand the president's mental state as he has these highly unusual and highly improper interaction with the sb justice department. >> is that appropriate? >> it really speaks to an astounding hypocrisy. remember general sessions and president trump, the reason they gave for firing fbi james comey is that he lost the confidence of the fbi and lost public confidence. that's what he said a few years ago. now, we found out they were working to under mind that public conference and sessions were asking of comey each day of the press. it demonstrates a level that and also the reasons they provided to the american people is just not honest. >> susan hennessy, as always, thank you for your expertise. what a beautifu

spicer denied it and we are in the process of reaching out to priebus for comment.he president was frustrated with sessions because he gave no indication he would recuse him. lawmakers pressed the attorney general on the issues. >> has the president ever expressed his frustration with you about recusing yourself? >> i am not able to share with this committee. >> you are invoking executive privilege. >> i am not able to do that. >> grassley and graham referred to christopher steele to the justice department for crimmial prosecution. the senators accused stole of -- steele of lying about the dossier distribution. >> you first reported last january the clinton foundation was under investigation. now we are hearing from u.s. officials that those pay to play allegations are getting a second look? >> that's right. a source told fox news that the justice department is investigating allegations that the clinton foundation used pay to play tactics when hillary clinton was sect. -- secretary of state. this is led by the u.s. attorney's office and the fbi in little rock, arkan

spicer also defended the administration's firing of fbi director james comey. >> i think in regard to the firing of james comey, it is clear the president has the authority to fire anyone within the federal government he sees fit is not doing the duty appropriate for that job. adrianna: he went on to deny any collusion between the trump campaign and russia. he left the white house last summer. that help ease tensions between north and south korea. south korea says the north has agreed to hold formal talks for the first time in two years, weeks before the winter olympics in seoul. the talks will focus on cooperating during the games. u.s.outh korea and the have announced they will end demonstrations. woman accusedound of murdering her mother. nearly $1 billion up for grabs. the latest lotto fever sweeping the nation. first, a quick check of traffic with eric smith. afternoon. and mostly quiet ride around our nation's capital. a check on the capital beltway on the outer loop near kenilworth avenue. it is going to be a vehicle fire we will see a bit more of that jam as we roll back befor