looks like steve bannon can't teach that at the monastery.t more about what he wants to teach. >> the italian government is trying to evict steve bannon from this monastery. it's an extraordinary historical monument. i mean it's on a hill top two hours outside of rome. it's a historical site, as you can imagine the towns folk are not thrilled about the idea that steve bannon is trying to build a right-wing populist university inside this monastery. >> you know, he's taken a lot of credit for spear heeding a nationalist movement in europe which would include examine war rooms, polling expertise. you challenged him on that including the help he claims to have given to the italian prime minister. i want to take a look at that clip. >> sounds like you haven't done anything. >> no, that's absolutely not true. if you go back and talk to individual parties. >> who should we talk to? >> salveniw say these guys are solid guys. >> we spoke to him. he said he barely knows you. >> well, i mean -- >> is that true? he's spoken to you twice? >> maybe three

>> donald trump's tears. >> where does steve bannon thinks it ends? >> there.i said to steve, i referred to the possibility of trump getting another term, winning the election, and steve said, stop. >> all right. michael wolff. thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> still to come, vice president biden fires back at his fellow democrats running for president. and new cnn polling on the race, see what it means for biden and the other candidates, next. change has many faces. names you'll never know. the bright-eyed, the brave, the visionaries. where challenges exist, you'll find them. at citi, we empower people who are out to change the world. because tomorrow belongs to those who welcome it with open arms. citi. welcome what's next calyou're gonna love this.rs. new coppertone sport clear. not thick, not hot, not messy, just clear, cool, protected. coppertone sport clear. proven to protect. i'm so hungry. (photographers) look here!hers) candace! charlie! candace, starkist creations come in over 20 flavors-- right: chicken, salmon, or tuna like my

>> donald trump's tears. >> what does steve bannon think it ends?nald trump's, let's put it this way, i said to steve, i referred to the possibility of trump getting another term, winning the election and steve said, stop! >> all right. michael wolff. thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> thank you. >> still to come, vice president biden fires back at his fellow democrats running for president and new cnn polling on the race, see what it means for biden and the other candidates next. >>> . >>> in case joe biden's opponents for president thought maybe he'd fade, he hasn't. yes, the former vice president is down seven points in the latest cnn poll. he's still the front runner in double digits over everyone else. biden is at 32%, sanders at 18%, everything e everyone who made the cut is in single digits. today in new hampshire, he had a message for his fellow candidates, many of whom criticized his approach over the weekend. >> you got to get people working together, otherwise, there is no way this country can continue to function like it had in the

we spoke to another woman who is close to steve bannon.ned her campaign, her election campaign beside rachela mussolini, who is mussolini's granddaughter. there are some very sinister undertones to things going on over there. >> why did bannon choose to concentrate his efforts on italian politics? >> to give him some credit, i had a conversation with him about a year and a half ago or maybe longer, soon after he left the white house, and he predicted the unity of the far left and the far right in italy, which is what happened there. you've got far left populist and far left populists joining together in government. steve bannon is always trying to attach himself to the waves of history. you've got right ring populist mouchlts. >> let talk about these mexico care i was or the mexico tariffs that weren't. in many ways it reads like a classic case of the president creating or exacerbating the crisis and then stepping in with a fix so he can claim credit for it. i was talking to people close to the white house who were all but certain the tari

so i'm going to read you a quote from your book, another quote from steve bannon. says, "this is where it isn't a witch hunt, even for the hard core. this is where he turns into just a crooked business guy one worth $50 million. bannon, whether mueller or the southern district of new york or the democrats or trump's own psychoactions provided the engine of destruction, the odds of the president going down remained as great as ever and not in a blaze of glory. i want to talk about your reliance with steve bannon as a source. he's associated with alt-right, white nationalism and rolled the dice to get trump into the white house advancing this alt-right agenda he's trying to force on europe. are you comfortable with him as a source and why should we rely on anything he says? >> i think the trump administration begins with steve bannon. trump became the president because steve bannon entered the campaign and had a vision for how this would work. they then went on to have this very peculiar, to say the least, relationships. i think it's one of the most interesting, drama

that's in the report -- >> steve bannon wouldn't know. steve bannon has no idea.licted because we had a business transaction where i wouldn't give him back a deposit -- >> but mueller writes about that. steve bannon told you it was ridiculous. >> steve bannon doesn't even know about it or hardly would know about it. but he had a total conflict. he also happened to have a very good friendship and relationship with comey. right then and there he's conflicted. >> why would don mcgahn lie, why lie under oath? >> because he wanted to make himself look like a good lawyer. or he believed it because i would constantly tell anybody that would listen, including you, including the media, that robert mueller was conflicted. robert mueller had a total conflict of interest. >> and has to go? >> i never -- i didn't say that. article two would have allowed me to fire him. >> so it sounds like you -- >> but i wasn't gonna fire. you know why? because i watched richard nixon go around firing everybody, and that didn't work out too well. so very simply, article two would allow me to

at one point, steve bannon says about mueller, this is after the report is filed, bannon says -- >> the mueller report becomes public. >> yes. >> steve bannon sees the results and he says never send a marine to do a hit man's job. i think he sees this as steve understood you know, robert mueller is there as to -- as an institutional guy to protect an institution. and donald trump is perfectly willing to destroy an institution. >> in an institution that relies on norms in a town that relies on floorms in addition to laws, the point it seems at the end of that, your account of this is that someone who plays by the rules which is robert mueller's live, plays it by the rules, cannot match what donald trump will do to the rules. >> it -- it turns out, i mean, you know, i think we went into thinking about in that you know, bob mueller was a straight arrow and he would take on the crooked guy. you know, but at best, i think it's a draw. >> michael wolff, thank you very much for volume 2. really appreciate it. thanks for joining us tonight. when we come back, democratic presidential candidate p

town tillers and says he was taken aback when he was told cushion or and presidential advisor steve bannonknew of the blockade of qatar before it happened question on or about may 20th 2017 there was apparently a private dinner that was hosted between steve bannon jared cushion or in the rulers of saudi arabia and u.a.e. respectively were you aware of that dinner answer no question that wasn't something you would heard previously answer no question and to clarify sir not prior to when i just said it answer correct question what's your reaction to a meeting of that sort having taken place without your knowledge answer it makes me angry here in washington the revelation of dueling foreign policy is want to seen as a diplomatic debacle foreign policy run as a family business with the agency in charge of diplomacy often sidelined it since they suggest that it's totally chaotic why for example would you appoint a secretary of state because that's a trouble point not a holdover from obama where you hear so distrustful of your own appointee that you shield him out of the. major decisions trump in

and nobody has picked up the fact that he has been talking to and i don't mind with steve bannon. an avowed white supremacist. boris keeps them honest company now. full disclosure. the times legal right to clean air. dentistry hopefuls are backing a campaign by the newspaper and found only in journalism does anybody ever eval. ina bid to. journalism does anybody ever eval. in a bid to. new laws in the first queen's speech. how feasible is this? we don't know. they will be offering this to everyone as well. but they would... this is the times any more the backing of the time to fuming for the next prime minister. it is helpful to you. you have three of these, all promising to bring in legally binding air quality targets. whether that is achievable we don't know. it is a good ambition. it is great ambition. i did not know that in france politicians were taking to court if they fail to deliver on this promise. which is extraordinary. if the individual, eve ryo ne extraordinary. if the individual, everyone applauds this. even so. i think one of the interesting things is not one of the

to town tillers and says he was taken aback when he was told cushion or in presidential adviser steve bannon knew of the blockade of qatar before it happened question on or about may 20th 2017 there was apparently a private dinner that was hosted between steve bannon jared cushion or in the rulers of saudi arabia and u.a.e. respectively were you aware of that dinner answer no question that wasn't something you would heard previously answer no question and to clarify sir not prior to when i just said it answer correct question what's your reaction to a meeting of that sort having taken place without your knowledge answer it makes me angry here in washington the revelation of dueling foreign policy is want to seen as a diplomatic debacle foreign policy run as a family business with the agency in charge of diplomacy often sidelined it since they suggest that it's totally chaotic why for example would you appoint a secretary of state because that's a trouble point not a holdover from obama where you hear so distrustful of your own appointee that you shield him out of this fainted see. trump unti

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both have tried to cosy up to steve bannon, donald trump is very close to steve bannon. it is a shot across the bows of the tory mps who think boris will be their salvation. he is saying he won't deliver anything to you and you can't trust him. reza nigel farage he cannot be just as izzy voted against reza maples deal price and a third time he backed it. that is why nigel farage says he is not the guy who can be trusted for brexit. just does not change the arithmetic. that is the rory stewart argument. boris, at the end of the day, is becoming guilty. he is almost painting himself into a corner of saying i will say anything to get elected. yes, absolutely. and nigel farage are saying not to me,. to be fair to borisjohnson, he would argue... that's what politicians do. he firmly believes that he can go back to brussels and get a deal and if you can't get a deal he will get britain out by... he will be put under tremendous pressure by rory stewart and michael gove to give far more detail than he has thus far. far more than he did with his interview to the times that he did

to town tillers and says he was taken aback when he was told cushion or in presidential advisor steve bannon knew of the blockade of qatar before it happened question on or about may 20th 2017 there was apparently a private dinner that was hosted between steve bannon jared cushion or in the rulers of saudi arabia and u.a.e. respectively were you aware of that dinner answer no question that wasn't something you would heard previously answer no question and to clarify sir not prior to when i just said it answer correct question what's your reaction to a meeting of that sort having taken place without your knowledge and sir it makes me angry here in washington the revelation of dueling foreign policy is want to seen as a diplomatic debacle foreign policy run as a family business with the agency in charge of diplomacy often sidelined it since they suggest that it's totally chaotic why for example would you appoint a secretary of state because that's a trouble point not a holdover from obama where you hear so distrustful of your own appointee that you shield him out of the. major decisions trumpi

town tillers and says he was taken aback when he was told cushion or and presidential advisor steve bannon knew of the blockade of qatar before it happened question on or about may 20th 2017 there was apparently a private dinner that was hosted between steve bannon jared cushion or in the rulers of saudi arabia and u.a.e. respectively were you aware of that dinner answer no question that wasn't something you would heard previously answer no question and to clarify sir not prior to when i just said it answer correct question what's your reaction to a meeting of that sort having taken place without your knowledge answer it makes me angry here in washington the revelation of dueling foreign policy is one please seen as a diplomatic debacle foreign policy run as a family business with the agency in charge of diplomacy often sidelined it sems to suggest that it's totally chaotic why for example would you appoint a secretary of state because that's a trouble point not a holdover from obama where he or so distrustful of your own appointee that you shield him out of the. trump until is in had a te

first, interesting that she references steve bannon of all people, but she has taken the president onon twitter for things aside from the economy. how is she planning to >> well, i think that the argument that steve bannon or others would make is that it's important to run against trump on policy. that you don't want this race to become a spectacle. because trump is so good at that kind of fight. and that one is better off sticking to proposals for middle class families, really keeping the focus on what trump has or hasn't done for working class white voters. he made a lot of promises to them. are they really benefitting economically. >> a fascinating quote there by "the new york times" magazine. thanks for being with us this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> jessica. >>> still ahead, a mega million winner just found out he has got to split his jackpot with his ex-wife. of all time. lease the 2019 rx 350 for $399/month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. when a stuffy nose closes in... (whimper) breathe right strips open your nose up to 38% more than cold medici

i say that baz of the headquarters set up in london with steve bannon.met with representatives of nigel firah and boris johnson. this campaign was launched then which is what can we do to promote our people? and why are they doing that? steve bannon is explicit, he does not believe there should be a european union and donald trump has tried to point advisers who openly called for the breakup of the 28 countries. and beyond that, why? because if there is a hard brexit, if we crash out of europe, trump and his advisers think they can get a u.s./uk trade deal not because they want to be nice to us because they can use it as leverage to get the terms they want. >> and scott, just pointing out, we do not have that reporting about the office that's allegedly been set up there in the united kingdom. but certainly steve bannon has been vocal about his candidates across europe. theresa may, you'll remember these comments that president trump made the day that she announced that she was to resign the prime minister. let's listen. >> i feel badly for mrs. may. she

to town tillerson says he was taken aback when he was told cushion or and presidential adviser steve bannon knew of the blockade of qatar before it happened question on or about may 20th 2017 there was apparently a private dinner that was hosted between steve bannon jared cushion or in the rulers of saudi arabia and u.a.e. respectively were you aware of that dinner answer no question that wasn't something you would heard previously answer no question and to clarify sir not prior to when i just said it answer correct question what's your reaction to a meeting of that sort having taken place without your knowledge and sir it makes me angry here in washington the revelation of dueling foreign policy is want to seen as a diplomatic debacle foreign policy run as a family business with the agency in charge of diplomacy often sidelined it since this suggests that it's totally chaotic why for example would you appoint a secretary of state because that's a trouble point not a holdover from obama where you hear so distrustful of your own appointee that you shield him out of the decisions trump until

and then steve bannon put in charge of the trump campaign. hired on as white house senior adviser and now swanning around europe trying to trumpify european politics as well. i mean, this is how it's been since before the beginning, without even talking about the president himself. who is going to vet him? i mean, now the president's running for re-election. his kickoff re-election campaign rally is tonight. and today his acting defense secretary, his nominee to run the defense department, that nomination blew up in a way that did not have to happen, that you'd think would have been caught early in any serious vetting effort by any white house, except for the fact that this white house 2 1/2 years in still doesn't do any of that. as patrick shanahan's defense secretary nomination was being withdrawn today, reporters aaron c. davis and shawn boburg at "the washington post" went to the press with this remarkable stop you in your tracks story that is based in part on an interview they were able to secure with patrick shanahan last night. >> i do

also reported to have spent lots of time at the trump white house, including multiple visits to steve bannon's office just off the oval. his name was george nader. and his criminal history included multiple convictions for child pornography and child molestation in two countries, resulting in at least two prison sentences. so when elliott broidy, the guy who had narrowly avoided prison in the new york state bribery scheme, and george nader, the multiply convicted child pornography and child molestation guy, when they met up at trump inaugural, that was clearly a match made somewhere other than heaven. but they hit it off. and those two men, after meeting at the trump inaugural, reportedly decided they would go into a kind of business together. because george nader had long-standing connections to two gulf monarchies, to the united arab emirates and saudi arabia, those two countries quite near qatar that we just showed on the map. nader at various points appears to have been a paid emissary of some kind of diplomatic go-between for the royal families of both uae and saudi arabia. according to l

i'm not sure steve bannon is the best source for information.ook at mueller report is finished, it's over. he closed on the shop this week. you've heard what we had to say about this many times. cleared, no us now his close relationship with north korean leader kim jong un. here's just one example.>> we gn we fell in love, okay? really. he wrote me beautiful letters. and they are great letters. we fell in love. >> chris: but, there are now reports that after the failed trump-kim summit in hanoi that you attended, that kim had some of the key members of his negotiating team for that failed cement, some of them were executed and others were sent to prison camps. first of all, from intelligence you have, is that true, and secondly, given all of that does the president still feel he's in love with chairman >> mick: first thingyet and i'mk about classified information that we may or may not have on that issue. so let's just assume for the sake of this discussion that those reports are true. having a relationship with the person -- you are the preside

and i'm not sure steve bannon is the most reliable source for information about what was happening at the time. >> use as defined under oath. >> that is fine, my statement stands. i'm not sure steve gannon is the best source for information. look at this way, the mueller report is finished, he closed down the shop this week, you heard what we had to say about this many times, cleared, nope collision, no obstruction, case is closed, democrats want to keep going in issues like this we think are behind us now. >> i want to squeeze two more things in. president trump talks about his close relationship with north korean leader kim jong-un. >> go back and forth and then we fell in love. [laughter] he wrote me beautiful letters and the great letters. we fell in love. >> but there are no reports that after the failed trump kim summit in hanoi that he has some of the key members of his negotiating team for that field summit, some were executed and others present to prison camps. first of all, the intelligence that you have, is that true? secondly, given all that the president still feel he's i

>> i think, steve bannon at one point. after the mueller report came out. on kind of leaned in and said to me. never send a marine to do a hitman's job. >> which seems to really resonate about what they were worried mueller would do. >> will you stay with me for a second? >> he says he has the goods and the receipts to show it is all a psycho drama. psycho drama ask. oh i love it. it's a great razor. it has that 'fence' in the middle. it gives a nice smooth shave. just stopping that irritation... that burn that i get is really life changing. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, hmm. exactly. so you only pay for what you need. nice. but, uh... what's up with your... partner? not again. limu that's your reflection. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ so should the way you bank. virtual wallet from pnc bank. just one way pnc is modernizing banking to help make things easier. pnc bank. make today the day. or psoriatic arthritis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cre

and steve bannon certainly didn't understand italy. he tried.e tried to understand, but obviously he was ignoring italy and most of europe. what happened in italy is simple. you have a right-wing of sovereignist movement, populist movement. the league, they went from 17%, the result in the general election last year, to 34%. and it's like a play because it's perfect. the other, the left-wing populists, the five-star movement, they went the other way around. they went for 34 to 17. so they're not happy, and the government they are forming together is about to fall, i believe. simply because they cannot afford to stay in a coalition where they lose half their support in a year. of course, sarvini and the right wingers are happy to stay with the double they support in one year. italy is watching, and everything is quieter than it's been for some time because we are in europe. and most of -- most italians know that we and france are an exception, but to be an exception is better than to have the similar result all over europe. we cannot afford to be

just couldn't be trusted that came hot on the heels of accusations that former trump strategist steve bannon was actually the one pulling all the pen strings yet the public didn't seem to care and the national rally still talked the polls here in france other scandals that were rife in the media included one russians well at least the alleged russians. it was of course austria's f. p. o. the party which was in coalition with suggesting could people's party found itself under the spotlight not for its potentially dubious policies but for a good old fashioned influence gambit. areas are contemptuous of our values and want to destroy the europe of the valleys we represent we have to stand up to this these parties significantly increase their representation in many parts of the e.u. sex money the long arm of washington reaching for controlling europe nothing seemed to put voters off seeking something new what is clear from the results of these elections is that the old guard could no longer count on the masses to support them in blind faith what europeans want is. standardized testing. it's a ve

there's an exchange in the book between steve bannon and an old good friend of trump's, not you. and they're talking about what happens when it reaches maximum pressure on him, and bannon says, you know, i think he'll kill himself. and the old friend says, no, no, no he'll fake a heart attack. >>> on that note, up next elizabeth warren takes texas. a new poll shows a progressive in heat with trump in texas. our panel tacks about it. >>> and also coming up, the latest job numbers. an escalating trade war shows signs of a struggling economy. the ceo who saved and rebuilt his firm after 9/11 providing hundreds and millions of families, breaks down the economy. n the economy. >> the moral of the story is you get one life so do it all. >>> and abortion rights are under assault. two of america's funniest comedians are finding tears and laughter. they're here to talk about it coming up. >> the kid is hysterical because her doll judy has been decapitated. udy has been decapitated. maria ramirez! mom! maria! maria ramirez... mcdonald's is committing 150 million dollars in tuition assistan

there's an exchange in the book between steve bannon and an old, good friend of trump's, not you.nd they're talking about what happens when it reaches maximum pressure on him. and bannon says, you know, i think he'll kill himself. and the old friend says, no, no, no, he'll fake a heart attack. >> okay. on that note, sad note, funny note, i don't know what you call it. >>> up next, elizabeth warren takes texas. a new quinnipiac poll shows the progressive champion in a virtual dead heat with trump in, that's right, texas. maybe it's time for the democrats to be a little skeptical of these polls. our panel talk about it. >>> also coming up, the latest job numbers. an escalating trade war shows signs of a slowing economy. self-made billionaire harold lutnick providing hundreds of millions of families breaks down the economy. some people think the bobby axelrod character in "billions" is partly based on this hard-charging businessman. >> the moral of the story is you get one life, so do it all. >>> and abortion rights are under assault. why the gender pay gap is widening. two americas

to town tillers and says he was taken aback when he was told cushion or in presidential adviser steve bannon knew of the blockade of qatar before it happened question on or about may 20th 2017 there was apparently a private dinner that was hosted between steve bannon jared cushion or in the rulers of saudi arabia and u.a.e. respectively were you aware of that dinner answer no question that wasn't something you would heard previously answer no question and to clarify sir not prior to when i just said it answer correct question what's your reaction to a meeting of that sort having taken place without your knowledge and sir it makes me angry here in washington the revelation of dueling foreign policy is one please seen as a diplomatic debacle foreign policy run as a family business with the agency in charge of diplomacy often sidelined it since that suggests that it's totally chaotic why for example would you appoint a secretary of state because that's a trouble point not a holdover from obama. where you are so distrustful of your own appointee that you shield him out of the decisions trump unt

just one month before that blockade was imposed former trump advisor steve bannon was also present tolisten describing angry at the meeting having taken place without his knowledge he said the state department's views were never expressed on this well john hendren joins us live now from washington john tell us more about rex tillerson is testimony and what we've learned about his time heading the state department. well tillerson outlines an administration in which donald trump kept foreign policy close to him with jared cushion or doing much of it and often the secretary of state had no idea what was going on and he testified that that was a real challenge for him if i can just read you one excerpt the bit about the gulf crisis he's told in the congressional hearing that there was a meeting between steve bannon jared kirschner and the rulers of the saudi arabia and the u.a.e. and he asked did you know about that this happened well before the gulf crisis and he said no i did not. he said we understand as part of the dinner the leaders of saudi and u.a.e. did lay out for mr kushner and

the blueprint was given to us when steve bannon and reince priebus sat down. steve bannon said there's three buckets, deconstruct the administrative state, appointing people dismantling the agencies they were over, economic ignorance and governance. tearing up nafta, dealing with globalist. in some ways through tariffs and the like. and the last was national sovereignty. rejecting the post world war ii consensus. so he doesn't pivot in that speech to the institutions that were built post the war. and so what it really reflects is that -- it is in some ways an ideological commitment that bannon gave voice to that he's still consistently governing by. >> do you remember during the election there was one group that stood above all others in terms of their united opposition to trump and it didn't matter what party you were in, it was national security experts. and it was because they saw exactly this kind of a future, where our alliances would be frayed, perhaps permanently, and i think now if you look into the minds of potentially those leaders of macron and ange

robert: josh, you've written a book about steve bannon. the president met with the brexit party leader in normandy. are you seeing a president who's underscoring nationalism or something different? >> very much so bannon long gone from a position of influence in the trump white house, y ideas seem to resonate more than ever. a the trumpinistration funekas on trade and immigration, precisely the tngs tha bannon encouraged him to run on. listening to trump's speech yesterday, listening to the way he spoke about brexit and the u.k., trump seems to be the same guy he's been all along and has keyed on the same issues. i don't think that's going to change. rort: constant fights with president pelosi. the president was even criticized forri app in front of the graves at -- graves at normandy and talking about political enemies.cy >> and n pelosi didn't respond in time. she's basically trying to be the bigger person, saying that's not what we do on foreign soil but you can't underscore him attacking hers for her base and getting her caucus behind

steve bannon was also present.illerson describes being angry at the meeting having taken place without his knowledge. he said the state department's views were never expressed. what does tillerson's testimony reveal about his time heading the state department and those tensions with jared kushner? >> like much in this administration, it is extraordinary. a 140 page transcript of seven hours of testimony tillerson gave last month before congress. he describes being completely in the dark about major diplomatic developments being run by jared kushner. at one point, he says he walked into a restaurant and found out kushner was having dinner with the foreign secretary of mexico, someone he did not even know was in the country at the time. he says i could see the color go out of the face of the foreign secretary of mexico as i smiled big and said, welcome to washington. i said, i don't want to interrupt what you're doing. give me a call next time you are in town. he expressed to kushner later this was something that cou

campaign with senior trump administration officials including jared kushner and mike flynn and steve bannon and the president's eldest son, donald trump jr. george nader is also the one who reportedly arranged the meeting in the seychelles islands during the transition between a kremlin-connected russian banker who was there at the behest of the government and erik prince as a representative of the trump transition. after trump was sworn in as president, george nader was also reportedly a frequent visitor to the trump white house including specifically multiple visits to steve bannon's office just off the oval. as of yesterday george nader is now facing serious child pornography charges. and not for the first time in his life. mr. nader was arrested yesterday at jfk airport. he was held overnight at the federal detention center in brooklyn. at his bail hearing today the judge agreed that george nader will be held one more night overnight in the federal detention facility in brooklyn. then tomorrow he will be driven by fbi agents to the eastern district of virginia, which is where he's expec

like chris christie, reince priebus and steve bannon. now the mcgahn smear comes on the third day of outrage in circles from donald trump's enthusiastic embrace of colluding with governments without calling the fbi. >> this time around if someone offers you information on an opponent, should they accept it or call the fbi? >> i think maybe you do both. i think you might want to listen. there's nothing wrong with listening. if somebody called from a country, norway, we have information on your opponent, oh, i think i'd want to hear it. >> you want that kind of interference in our elections? >> it's not interference. they have information. >> poor norway. donald trump took his broom and dustpan to fox news for clean up this morning. but first, the twin clouds that have hung over donald trump's presidency since the beginning, questions about colluding with a foreign power and obstructing the investigation into the foreign power's election meddling have been thrust back into the news by none other than donald trump. that's where we start tod

with steve bannon the president's counselor and he's asked in the hearing were you aware of that dinner answer no question that wasn't something you had heard of previously answer no question and to clarify certain not prior to when i just said it answered correct question what's your reaction to a meeting of that sort having taken place without your knowledge to listen answers it makes me angry so things were going on that he didn't know much about this was a man who did not have a close relationship with donald trump and vet may be a little different with his current secretary of state and john in your mind what does all of this testimony say about just how the trumpet ministration directs its foreign policy and and as you say might be quite different now that might come paris secretary of state. well i think it says that this is an administration that keeps trust close to the vest the president ran his private business as a family business jerad krishna was trusted there and he's trustee here in this administration and television was a guy he had not known before it was an exxon mobi

just couldn't be trusted that came hot on the heels of accusations that former trump strategist steve bannon was actually the one pulling all the pens strings yet the public didn't seem to care and the national rally still talked the polls here in france other scandals that were rife in the media included one russians well at least the alleged russians. it was of course if. the party which was in coalition. people's party found itself under the spotlight not for its potentially dubious policies but for a good old cash influence gambit. revici's . he says there was even an attempt to drag le pen's name into the thick gate as it became known a few months ago marine le pen was singing the praises of austrian vice chancellor heinz christian straka saying how formidable he was struck as being forced to resign we find out why he was trying to sell his services to foreign forces behind this nationalist movement is a submission to foreign forces despite this the f p o still managed to pick up just over 17 percent of the vote in austria. there was also of course the elections very own 2 moment one sw

when i -- i had an interview with steve bannon and we talked over the phone and he describes it this way not to get to -- he said donald trump was a marshal mccloughan candidate. the medium is the massage and what donald trump understood during the 2016 campaign, according to steve bannon, was if you drive the narrative, you can control the campaign news cycle, and essentially that is what donald trump did, and that is a lesson they took away from that campaign and have applied to the presidency, is bannon puts it and i write in the become, how he was able to cut through 16 candidates like a lawnmower going across the front lawn. like a -- he's right if think he understand and the campaign understood that the media by and large is going to chase what the news is that day in 2016 i you've have a candidate saying outlandish, outrageous thing it's going draw attention. folk says what but you guys at cnn can that's all you did. let's go back, remember there were other news outlets and other networks covering this candidate prominently just as we were. "new york times," "washington post",

to town tillers and says he was taken aback when he was told cushion or in presidential adviser steve bannon knew of the blockade of qatar before it happened question on or about may 20th 2017 there was apparently a private dinner that was hosted between steve bannon jared cushion or in the rulers of saudi arabia and u.a.e. respectively were you aware of that dinner answer no question that wasn't something you would heard previously answer no question and to clarify sir not prior to when i just said it answer correct question what's your reaction to a meeting of that sort having taken place without your knowledge and sir it makes me angry here in washington the revelation of dueling foreign policy is one seen as a diplomatic.

just a month before the blockade was imposed form a trump advisor steve bannon was also present tell us in describing angry at the meeting having taken place without his knowledge he said the state department's views were never expressed john hendren joins us live now from washington what does to listens testimony reveal about his time heading the state department and those tensions with. like much in this administration maryam it's extraordinary this is a $140.00 page transcript of 7 hours of testimony that tillerson gave last month before congress and in it he describes being completely in the dark about major diplomatic developments that were being run by jared questioner at one point he says that he walked into a restaurant and found out the cushion or was having dinner with the foreign secretary of mexico someone he didn't even know was in the country at the time and he says i could see the color go out of the face of the foreign secretary of mexico as i smiled big and i said welcome to washington and i said i don't want to interrupt what you all are doing i said give me a call

he goes on to talk about the gulf crisis where apparently questioner and presidential adviser steve bannon had a dinner with the heads of saudi arabia in the united arab emirates where they were told about the coming blockade of qatar tillerson on the other hand didn't know about that until it actually happened and he was in australia here's a little bit of excerpt from that he's asked were you aware of that dinner answer no question that wasn't something that you had heard previously answer no question and it clarifies or not prior to when i just said it answer correct question what's your reaction to that to a meeting of that sort haven't taken place without your knowledge and tillers and answers it makes me angry so that was pretty much the relationship trump was not terribly close to killer tillerson when he appointed him and he ran the white house apparently according to tiller's and much like your. this family business we trusted cushion or to do a lot of the important work one hopes that is no longer the case with the new secretary of state and john what is old well all these revela