a realigned in america as we talk to stephen bannon, his right—hand man. at health secretary about why he has continually missed own nhs targets. —— lock —— talk to the health secretary. good evening and welcome to bbc news. following his tweet about north korea, president trump has gone on the offensive again tonight, this time to launch a lengthy attack on his former chief strategist steve bannon. what provoked it were reports that bannon had described a meeting between the president's son and a russian lawyer during the presidential election campaign as "treasonous" and "unpatriotic. " it's understood the comments will be published in a book next week. the president has hit back with a statement tonight. claiming steve bannon had nothing to do with helping win the presidency, mr trump says: "when he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind." our north america editor, jon sopel, is at the white house. i thought it would take quite something to eclipse donald trump's tweet about kim jong—un, it now seems that the president and stephen bannon

but of course it is personal because stephen bannon is quoted in a book thatis stephen bannon is quoted6 was treasonous with a russian lawyer. if we no one consistent thing about this president is that if you cross his family, he will come back at you with real vengeance. and also the suggestion from mr bannan that part of what the former head of the fbi robert moller will be looking into isa robert moller will be looking into is a special council dealing with the whole russia investigation is the whole russia investigation is the possibility of money—laundering. right. that is something the president in the past has said would bea president in the past has said would be a red line to him. he thinks the special counsel robert moller has no right to start looking around in his business or personal finances. he thinks the team needs to keep its entire focus on russian meddling in the campaign and whether there was any collaboration between them and the trump campaign. the president says there was none. the fact stephen bannon is talking openly in this book about robert moller crossing tha

doesn't depend on the existence of stephen bannon any idea what you think steve bannon will be doing next given that apparently his radio show has been cut it's not clear but you know he certainly has a tell all book inside of him and the band and spin could come out in such a book and i could imagine publishers would be offering him huge sums for his story but we certainly haven't heard the last of steve benen all right irwin call here with us in syria from the j.f.k. institute here in berlin thank you or when i've been here. now at least thirteen people are dead and twenty five injured after a powerful rain storm triggered flash floods and mudslides in southern california thousands have fled their homes and rescue crews are trying to access blocked off areas in their search for survivors it's another catastrophe for coastal communities already devastated by recent wildfires they were still recovering from devastating wildfires here last month and now more destruction authorities warned residents of santa barbara to evacuate the area mother nature unleashed her fury just before dawn

stephen bannon who the president says had nothing to do with this presidency, was part of the travel ban, part of pulling out of the paris climate deal, part of tpp, part of border security -- >> do you want me to go through the list? >> no, you don't want you to go through, but is it really the position of the trump white house that steve bannon had nothing to do with the presidency or can youage knowledge the reality that he was a key player? >> i think the point is that his role has been greatly exaggerated. whereas the president hasn't gotten the due he deserves for the movement he put together to tap into the kinds of people whose life concerns don't get a lot of attention on cnn. not a lot of hours of coverage on this tv talking about the working class construction workers who have lost their jobs to foreign labor. there is not a lot of coverage on this tv about the people getting slaughtered in sanctuary city. you don't do a lot of human interest stories about immigrant communities under siege from the ms-13. he tapped into a reality that is happening in this country that is n

orders to stephen bannon to cease and desist, threats to the publisher, too. rom mr bannon last night? why, to declare his unfailing support for the president. and that brought this response from mr trump today. has steve bannon betrayed you, mr president? thank you very much. i don't know, he called me a great man last night, so, you know, he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. all right, thank you all very much. the white house is pushing back hard on the contents of this book, describing the author, michael wolff, as an unreliable witness and a fantasist. that, despite him being given unprecedented access to the workings of the west wing and recording hours and hours of conversations. and even if only 50% of the book is accurate, it still paints a damning portrait of a white house that's dysfunctional and a president who's paranoid. no wonder donald trump is so angry. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. the environment secretary, michael gove, says subsidies to british farmers currently paid for by brussels will be guaranteed by the government until the 20

let's talk about exactly what's going on with stephen bannon. he's in a lot of trouble now. he's lost key donors that he thought were going to align with him. what's particularly remarkable about how entirely trump you and it was, he felt invincible enough to spout off to how that meeting was treasonous and ivanka trump was dumb as a brick. he didn't realize saying such things about trump's family. i don't understand was he was doing. >> neither do i, this was a self immolation that was comprehensive and swift. it started with roy moore losing a race that no republican really could lose except for roy moore, and trump went with the right guy in the primary, bannon did not. outcomes this book wears not just this nasty comments, it's also tying in the president himself into the russia collusion narrative in a way that almost no one has been able to do -- here comes steve bannon with wild speculation about the meeting at trump tower before he even got on campaign. that is crossing one bright line after the next. out at the white house, out has a close confidant as the president

where from the ultimate white house insider to banished outsiders stephen bannon has stepped down as executive chairman of the right wing breitbart news network while the ausman comes less than a week after bannon's withering criticism of trump and his family were published in a new book while bannon was once part of the us leaders very in our circle staring trumps america first foreign policy abandons remarks appeared to have cost him dearly president donald trump lashed out at steve benen for comments made in michael wolf's book fire and fury inside the trump white house which questions the president's fitness for office benon fell out of the president's favor after it emerged he's attacked donald trump jr for attending a meeting in two thousand and sixteen with a group of russians in the book bennett is quoted as saying even if you thought that this was not treasonous or unpatriotic or bad and i happen to think it's all of that you should have called the f.b.i. immediately as trump aides called ben and disloyal and disgraceful the president branded his former chief strategist slop

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does that go with stephen bannon, does it stay with donald trump?rump has made these comments, he feared the damage that he could do with the breitbart news website. so, now it is open warfare. if you check out the bbc news website, there is an article dedicated to the ten explosive revelations from the new book. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. un secretary general antonio guterres has welcomed the reopening of a hotline between north and south korea. he says that he hopes more diplomatic initiatives will go ahead to end the peninsula's nuclear standoff. earlier, north and south korea conducted their first direct communication in nearly two years, reviving the dormant hotline. its use was ordered by the north korean leader, kim jong—un. the bbc‘s sophie long reports from seoul. that is the first direct telephone call to ta ke that is the first direct telephone call to take place between the two countries for nearly two years, and it is being seen as another step towards the reopening of dialogue between north korea and south korea

orders to stephen bannon to cease and desist, threats to the publisher, too. response from mr bannon last night? why, to declare his unfailing support for the president. and that brought this response from mr trump today. has steve bannon betrayed you, mr president? thank you very much. i don't know, he called me a great man last night, so, you know, he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. all right, thank you all very much. the white house is pushing back hard on the contents of this book, describing the author, michael wolff, as an unreliable witness and a fantasist. that, despite him being given unprecedented access to the workings of the west wing and recording hours and hours of conversations. and even if only 50% of the book is accurate, it still paints a damning portrait of a white house that's dysfunctional and a president who's paranoid. no wonder donald trump is so angry. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. later on newsday we'll be hearing from someone who worked closely with steve bannon and is still in touch. first, let's take a look at some of th

today at the white house, they are lawyering up, orders to stephen bannon to cease and desist. failing support for the president. and that brought this response from mrtrump and that brought this response from mr trump today. he called me a great man last night, so he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. the white house is pushing back hard on the contents of this book, describing the author, michael wolff, as a fantasist. that despite him gay —— being given unprecedented access to the workings of the west wing and recording hours of conversations. and even if only 50% of the book is accurate, it still paints a of the book is accurate, it still paintsa damning of the book is accurate, it still paints a damning portrait of a white house that is dysfunctional and a president whose paranoid. no wonder donald trump is so angry. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. the time is 18:17. our top story this evening: an apology from theresa may after new figures reveal the pressure on the nhs this winter. and still to come... the colmans's mustard factory in norwich is to close after 160 y

emma: stephen bannon is trying to get back in president trump's good graces.leased a lengthy apology for suggesting he lived with russia. this came in a behind the scenes book that question president trump's fitness for office. allies appeared on talk shows to defend him. years.vel talks in talks will be focused on north korea sending delegations to the olympics in south korea. at the same time, south korea will keep from underlining the u.s.'s hardline for the north. theation agency has raised death toll to 64 and eight of a boat sinking. be a telling coast guard has rescued 86 people. jfk problems at new york's airport following a storm flooding at a terminal caused flight delays. it has left thousands of passengers stranded and others had to search for mountains of bags for their luggage. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. chandra. this is bloomberg. mark: china liberalized its control of the banking sector. bloomberg' bloomberg about the plan in china. >> we started discussions with an

. >> now, when we see the president saying he feels betrayed by stephen bannon, and ban don abandonedperrers and bart bart. what does that say about the mueller investigation? >> hugh, all of that stuff is atmospheric. the first thing i want to know as a prosecutor is what's at the core. what am i investigating and suspect president trump has done if he is the subject or the center of my investigation? if this is a situation where i don't have solid evidence of a crime, it's hard to assess what kind of value anybody would have to the investigation because until you -- really the reason that the justice department's regulations, which were not complied with in this case, require that you are articulate the basis for a criminal investigation before you appoint a special counsel, the way that we assess the value of witnesses is what their relationship is vis-a-vi vis-a-vis. in this country you are supposed to have the crime first and then assign a prosecutor. we don't assign a prosecutor and then go off and find a crime. as a result, it's hard to gauge what the value of witnesses is beca

does that go with stephen bannon, does it stay with donald trump?hese comments. he feared the damage that he could do with the breitbart news website. so, now it is open warfare. over the past hour the white house has announced that president trump has announced that president trump has dissolved the electoral fraud panel that he set up after becoming president that was looking into allegations of electoral fraud during the elections but many states provided to —— refused to provide it with daughter —— data. president trump believes widespread fraud could have cost him 3 million votes but experts say voter fraud is rare in the united states. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. un secretary general antonio guterres has welcomed the re—opening of a hotline between north and south korea. he says he hopes more diplomatic initiatives will go ahead to end the peninsula's nuclear standoff. earlier north and south korea conducted their first direct communication in nearly two years, reviving the dormant hotline. its use was ordered by the nor

skull, an almighty row has broken out between the president and his former white house to just stephen bannonnts first appeared in the book. with to sue the other, then and found himself put out of big donorfunding then and found himself put out of big donor funding since then and found himself put out of big donorfunding since it appeared. any questions, who will get his pen, i don't know? it raises the spectre ofan i don't know? it raises the spectre of an open secret shared by many. to those who worked with and around donald trump, they recognise the same world wolf describes, a white house with no plan, a leader with no strategy, an impulsive peak president who acts upon his instincts time and time again with no interest in third—party views. or has the right to haka fictionalised the world? has the right to haka fictionalised the world ? trump has the right to haka fictionalised the world? trump ‘s critics were simply going to see. the bigger question, the fundamental one perhaps if this— will any that is written in these pages change trump ‘s palok all the way those voted for him see hi

. >>> to the russia investigation tonight, and stephen bannon has reportedly been subpoenaed by robert mueller. the report comes after the book "fire and fury" where bannon said donald trump jr.'s meeting at trump tower was, quote, treasonous. here's abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas tonight. >> reporter: tonight, steve bannon on the hot seat. "the new york times" reporting the former white house chief strategist has been subpoenaed by the special counsel to appear before a grand jury. abc news has not independently confirmed this report, but today, bannon met with house investigators over comments he allegedly made in the book "fire and fury." >> obviously i have a lot of questions based on his comments in the book. >> reporter: in the bombshell book, bannon allegedly calls don jr.'s infamous meeting at trump tower with the russians "treasonous," saying, "the chance that don jr. did not walk these jumos up to his father's office on the 26th floor is zero." and saying the investigation would cause don jr. to "crack like an egg on national tv." bannon also allegedly sugge

statement about a close colleague: today at the white house, they‘ re lawyering up, orders to stephen bannoneats to the publisher, too. and the response from mr bannon last night — why, to declare his unfailing support for the president. and that brought this response from mr trump today. has steve bannon betrayed you, mr president? thank you very much. i don't know, he called me a great man last night, so he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. all right, thank you all very much. the white house is pushing back hard on the contents of this book, describing the author, michael wolff, as an unreliable witness and a fa ntasist. that despite him being given unprecedented access to the workings of the west wing and recording hours and hours of conversations. and even if only 50% of the book is accurate, it still paints a damning portrait of a white house that's dysfunctional and a president who's paranoid. no wonder donald trump is so angry. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. the environment secretary, michael gove, says subsidies to british farmers, currently paid for by brussels, will be gua

it should not be overlooked that stephen miller publicly broke with bannon. viewed among the republican base as the insider in the white house who is going to guide immigration policy. now that stephen miller has officially pledged alegionance to trump, broke with bannon who represents that branch, that connection to the base, that needs to be looked at. >> i think there is a fundamental question here. you have stephen miller, whose audience as you pointed out, is an audience of one, donald trump. maybe there was job security going on there. >> that was a job interview. >> he got the job, though. >> he may still have the job thanks to that interview. there is a question about whether sending someone out to do an interview the weekend after you're accused of being unfit and erratic who comes across as unfit and erratic is the right strategy for any white house. you have a small percentage of people, about 30% supporting you. do you want to expand that? he needs to expand that. >> can i say something about the unfitness question? listen, it's not 100%, in any o

stephen bannon has issued an apology to donald trump and his family over comments in the book "fire andvan and told the political website that donald trump, jr. is both a patriot and a good man. the president's allies have been speaking out against the book, which raises doubts about his fitness for office. said the president engages with an understands the complex issues before him. the two korea's will hold talks on tuesday for the first time ance 2015 come a signaling possible break in the crisis that has escalated under the trump presidency. it includes whether the north will send a delegation to the south for winter olympics and over all ties. u.s. ist trump says the open to joining the discussion and is willing to speak directly with kim jong-un. saysellor angela merkel germany needs stable government as she begins talks to renew her alliance with the social democrats and open the door to a fourth term. her christian democrats led bloc and the spd began talks on sunday. europe's biggest economy has had three months of postelection stalemate after angela merkel failed to win an out

he placed his right hand man a man who cropped up at all stages of trump's election campaign stephen bannon. a former goldman sachs trader steve bannon became a hollywood producer in the late one nine hundred ninety s. he wanted to make films and t.v. series to promote his political ideas ultra conservative ideas at a conference ben and was introduced to robert mercer. the two men hit it off immediately ben then quickly became mercer's eminence creaminess. in a few months ben and would make breitbart news an attack machine dedicated to reactionary idea you see that with the breitbart publications over the course of many years it was someone like dan of who just proclaims this publicly that they're going to take on these a situations and they've got to try to deconstruct the government of the united states to pursue the agenda that they have which is to you know fundamentally chases they shouldn't try to bend to you know a place where people experience a level of division that i don't think we've seen since you know going back to the civil war. mercer now had his media outlet all he needed t

many anecdotes coming from steve br bannon. stephen miller slashing bannon and michael wolff's book as poorly written garbage. >> one of the other tragedies of this grotesque work of fiction is its portrayal of the president, and the reality is the president is a political genius. all these so called political geniuses in washington, whether it about the big lobbying firms or -- >> the only person who's called himself a genius in the past week is the president. >> which happens to be a true statement. a self-made aboutle nabillionai >> i'm sure he's watching and -- >> jake, you can be condescending. >> a lot -- >> i'm get to go the issue. the president's tweets absolutely reaffirm the plain spoken truth. >> he needs a nickname. the here are the tweets. on saturday morning the president slammed democrats for taking out the old ronald reagan play book. being like really smart. capped off a list of his achievements saying i think that would qualify as not smart but genius. and a very stable genius at that. hashtag, stable generaliouius. >

then as soon as stephen bannon is believed to attack the president, let's change on a dime, don't worryut nuclear warfare, let's go back to this. let's go back to palace intrigue. >> i'm not saying the entire book is gossip, but michael wolff to your point has admitted that he has taken parts out of it and drawn his own conclusions when he says the president never met john boehner and i do a search that he has tweeted about him 23 times -- when stories like that don't pan out then what are we supposed to believe within this particular book? it goes to a theme of 2017, basing stories on false narratives, let me cite one more poll for you from politico. 46% of the american public believes that the media is fabricating stories about this administration and the president knows that and that's why he's holding this fake news awards show, you attack when they are unpopular. >> sean: that's why we put the tape and the show together it's so important. it is so much material. i could run the tape and everyone would get the message. >> they needed to destroy this man, because if he succeeds it's

stephen bannon released a book criticizing the president and his family.ays he lost his job and his mind. brutal winter storm is barreling up the u.s. eastern inboard ring the most snow almost three decades. forecasters say it could strengthen into what is called a cyclone. hundreds of flights have been canceled with several states declaring emergency conditions. in singapore, checking markets midsession. have a look at tokyo essentially showing us up by 2.6%, the nikkei having its biggest jump since the january 1992 highs. the japanese market playing catch-up to what we have seen in global equity markets so far over 18. elsewhere you see hang seng thex up .5% up for it eighth consecutive session, the a-shares up for a fifth consecutive session in oil players. and positivity coming through in the china market as well. j.p. morgan upgraded its target for china for 2018 now expecting growth of 6.7%. let's have a look at some of the stock movers. a big rally in chip players, but market moves really leading the gain in hong kong. thatndo jumping on reports pok

you know, the reality here is stephen bannon is seeing more consequences from talking to michael wolff. he's infuriated republicans on that committee who should have been allies of his. he's gotten himself into potential illegal issues here. it's very important. again, we do not know where this is going, but he used the words money laundering in an interview with michael wolff. he obviously has something to say here. we'll see exactly what questions they ask. that's what we don't know, what exactly they are asking him about what period of time. >> trump allies, including the president's eldest son, who set up that meeting at trump tower have said steve bannon doesn't know what he's talking about, steve bannon is skbrjust trying get media attention. he wasn't around for the june 16 meeting, but he's called that treasonous. he tells michael wolff this is all about money laundering. listen to this democratic member of the house intelligence committee. the partisan divide in that committee has become greater with every passing day. listen to him making the case he may not have been central

then as soon as stephen bannon is believed to attack the president, let's change on a dime, don't worryut nuclear warfare, let's go back to this. let's go back to palace intrigue. >> i'm not saying the entire book is gossip, but michael wolff to your point has admitted that he has taken parts out of it and drawn his own conclusions when he says the president never met john boehner and i do a search that he has tweeted about him 23 times -- when stories like that don't pan out then what are we supposed to believe within this particular book? it goes to a theme of 2017, basing stories on false narratives, let me cite one more poll for you from politico. 46% of the american public believes that the media is fabricating stories about this administration and the president knows that and that's why he's holding this fake news awards show, you attack when they are unpopular. >> sean: that's why we put the tape and the show together it's so important. it is so much material. i could run the tape and everyone would get the message. >> they needed to destroy this man, because if he succeeds it's

stephen bannon has been subpoenaed by robert mueller to testify before a grand jury.wat is according to the "n york times." a second subpoena for benin to testify came from the house testifyy -- bannon to can yesterday. johnson's comments came after eu --ders floated the idea of the uk's plan to leave the bloc. a landing strip could be built. alsoe's busiest hub proposed the opening of new terminals. consultationof a aimed at reducing the expense of the project to a level where it could be funded without a significant hike. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. you can find more stories on the bloomberg at top . the equity rally here in asia is stalling somewhat, as we saw that weakness coming through from wall street. closing down by 0.10%. you are seeing the australian market closing down by about 0.5%. we saw quite a bit of a weakness coming through in the energy players today. downgrade to the stock, saying that they see less upside. they issued $1 billion worth of new shares. take a look at

bannon and trump and clearly choosing trump. that interview was a trump pledge of allegiance. stephen miller desperately playing to donald trump's ego, trying to appease the president. not what you expect from white house officials. the public deserves better than that interview today but it is an example of the bannon or trump and everybody so far publicly has chosen president tru trump. even if he have concerns privately, wolff's book yes had errors but a lot has been corroborated and reigns true. 100% around donald trump don't think he's capable of being president and that included steve bannon. stephen miller may praise president trump on the record. we don't know what they are saying privately to reporters offer the record. >> before i let you go because i have you here, your team at the "new york times" broke the harvey weinstein story and today is the golden globes and a lot of people are looking to see how the show is handled in light of all of these sexual harassment and assault allegations that hit hollywood hard this year. >> the "new york times" is on the red carpet right

your reaction to just the last 72 hours, after the first quote came out about what stephen bannon had said about the president? >> well, there are a few things going on. and i think, where the book is concerned, i think michael wolff gets the tone right. i think that he paints a sketch of the president that's about accurate as it could be. and this is a man who has presented himself as what he calls a comic book character. that's the president's own words. so it's very hard to get more than a sketch of it. where wolff fails is where he offers details that he doesn't support well with the facts. or didn't reveal his sources. and i think that's a disservice to journalists. because what it does is, it opens up this crazy debate where someone could say, well, yes, we're on track for 2,000 lies and distortions. but this one particular thing, take the stock market, for example, i'm going to argue about that for five minutes so we all ignore the pattern of what's going on. this is a technique. it's like saying well, president obama lied three times. actually it's been fact-checked he's lied

also significant a letter we obtained from stephen bannon's attorney to the committee that talks about his decision not to widen -- why he didn't want to come today and also communications they had with the white house in advance of his appearance earlier this week when he did not answer those questions. now, this lter calls into question what john kelly, the white house chief of staff, said last night on fox news, he said there was -- the white house was not in communication with bannon and did not ask him to invoke executive privilege and not responding to these questions. now, caaccording to this letter from bannon's attorney, the white house had informed me that he is -- that bannon is not authorized to discuss his time during the transition or in the white house until the committee and the white house reach an accommodation on the appropriate scope of information that mr. bannon would be free to share without implicating executive privilege concerns. so clearly the white house is raising executive privilege concerns with bannon's attorney ahead of that hearing earlier this week wh

i think stephen bannon knows that too. like to see allies working together and both of these men think alike and are on the same page. >> sandra: you were with the president during the primary, much of the general election. you were there for a big chunk of that time. lastly tonight, i wanted to bring up all the speculation around mitt romney possibly senator mitt romney and remind folks of a few things that mitt romney, some choice words that he had to say in the past about donald trump and get your thoughts. listen. >> his domestic policies would lead to recession. his foreign policies would make the world less safe. he has any of the temperament of the judgment to be president. donald trump is a phony, a fraud. his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. he's playing the members of the american public for suckers. he gets a free ride to the white house and all we get is a lousy hat. >> sandra: so i will ask you, will he support president trump's policies? >> we saw donald trump and mitt romney come

. >> sandra: trump-is and without stephen bannon? moving on from steve bannon after his former chief strategist trash the white house and a new tell-all. what the president can still carry his populist message without one of its primary authors around. the take away from the big speech the president gave. mom and dad got a new car... with the extra third row of seats. they think it's theirs. look at them, they have no idea! it's not theirs. it's mine. mine. mine. mine. the new lexus rx 350l with three rows for seven passengers. are you excited about your baby sister coming? experience space for the unexpected with the rx l, part of the rx family. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. >> harris: fox news alert, here is what we have been waiting for. we know the president has been meeting with a bipartisan group of senators inside the white house. the big talk is the sticking point is they try to keep the government from shutting down. it's immigration, it's things like the dreamers program, it's also the wall, and those of the deal

today at the white house, they‘ re lawyering up, orders to stephen bannon to cease and desist. ast night, why, to declare his unfailing support for the president. and that brought this response from mr trump today. he called me a great man last night, so he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. the white house is pushing back hard on the contents of this book, describing the author, michael wolff, as an unreliable witness and a fa ntasist. that despite him being given unprecedented access to the workings of the west wing and recording hours and hours of conversations. and even if only 50% of the book is accurate, it still paints a damning portrait of a white house that is dysfunctional and a president who's paranoid. no wonder donald trump is so angry. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. let's speak now to frances stead sellers, senior writer at the washington post, who has studied steve bannon's career closely. shejoins me on webcam from huntingdon beach in california. thanks so much for being with us, we heard how angry donald trump is, why is he so hot under the collar about

but he could easily have been quoting stephen k. bannontion as the head of breitbart news. [cheers and applause] now, some are saying "oh how fast the mighty have fallen!" and yes, it is true that mightier objects fall faster. that's just physics. but don't write off bannon as quickly as you would your private jet under the new g.o.p. tax plan. bannon has a proven record of becoming more powerful the more

reporters asked president trump thursday whether he felt betrayed by his former strategist stephen bannon. >> i don't know. he called me a great man last night, so he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. >> reporter: bannon spoke highly of the president the night before but the book raged on. the president's lawyer charles harder demanded that the book's publisher cease and desist any further publication or face a lawsuit. the publisher brushed off the lawsuit moving the selling date from tuesday to today. it talks about dysfunction at the white house and about president trump. it says that his significance had decreased and focus had notably declined. in an article for "the hollywood reporter" wolff continues he has used words that are like a child, he writes. they all 100% believed he was incapable of functioning in his job. >> it's disgraceful and laughable. >> reporter: white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders denied those claims. as for why he continued to talk to steven bannon for months after firing him, president trump dismissed it. >> i don't talk to him. i don't ta

the same day that one of the president's most partisan supporters, stephen bannon, left breitbart news explain what this means we welcome horizon investments chief global strategist greg valliere and josh green. also the author of devil's bargain, the definitive book about steve bannon. welcome, gentlemen. let's talk about this meeting. pretty extraordinary meeting with the cameras in the room with the president saying what put country above party. is there going to be a grand deal? >> there could be. i think two big angles came out yesterday. number one, he was engaged. that's kind of a low bar to clear what he was engaged. he could be willing to antagonize his own base. he said i will take the heat. he is known for scapegoating. if he is willing to antagonize his base to get a deal that's a big deal. david: what about his base because stephen left breitbart news yesterday. is this in part because his base is splintering of it? maybe he has to move to the center? >> his base wants him to do what he said he was going to do. towardhe wall and illegal immigrants. there is not going to be

>> i've seen "game of thrones." >> stephen: okay. bannon unloaded on don jr.anafort, don jr., and kushner did something treasonous, unpatriotic and bad (bleep). coincidentally, those are also their secret service code names. ( laughter ) trump fired back hard. : now all he has to do is lose his dog, and he's going to have an awesome country song. ( cheers and applause ) still-- thank you very much. >> i've never been in a fight before. my entire life i haven't got in any fights. i'm undefeated. ( laughter ) i came very close to getting in a fight recently. i was at a bar. it was very busy. and this guy walked right into me, stepped on my sneakers. so, naturally, my reflexes kicked in. i apologized. ( laughter ) i said, "sorry." he must not have heard what i said, because next thing he did, he pushed me, rims off the shirt he had on, and he goes, "what? you think you're hard?" i was like, "now i am." ( laughter ) ( applause ) i didn't expect this to happen. ( laughter ). >> stephen: i'm hoping to be nominated in all categories, including: ( laughter ) ( cheers