is the chief writer on this spee, steven miller himself has a long history of anti-muslim rhetoric. so it's going to be very interesting to see what's in this speech, how it's received in saudi arabia. we have an early draft that shows radical islamic terrorism is not in this speech. that's also interesting because it's a phrase we heard the president using a great deal on the campaign trail. so a lot of eyes will be on that speech. >> thanks for reporting. meantime, the news just keeps rolling. coming up next how the white house lawyers are preparing in the event the president has to deal with some sort of impeachment proceeding. briathe customer app willw if be live monday. can we at least analyze customer traffic? can we push the offer online? brian, i just had a quick question. brian? brian... legacy technology can handcuff any company. but "yes" is here. you're saying the new app will go live monday?! yeah. with help from hpe, we can finally work the way we want to. with the right mix of hybrid it, everything computes. but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's

steven miller has a long history of anti-muslim rhetoric. it's going to be very interesting to see what's in this speech, how it's received in saudi arabia. we have an early draft that shows that the words radical islamic terrorism are not part of the speech. that's interesting because that's a word -- a phrase we heard the president use a great deal on the campaign trail. he criticized others for not using it. a lot of eyes will be on that speech. >> athena jones, we will explore that later tonight. thanks for the reporting. the avalanche of news keeping rolling. how white house lawyers are preparing in the event the president has to deal with some sort of impeachment proceedings. we'll talk about that ahead. life. intelligent technology can help protect it. the all-new audi q5 is here. ayou don't have to choose just one thing. choose your trio with any 3 of 9 selections for $15.99. like new creamy lobster pasta toasted parmesan shrimp and southern-style crab cakes. come create your trio before it ends. when this bell rings... ...it starts

steven miller has emerged as the thinker in all of this.shing for the aggressive tone domestically. and this team knows how to play to an audience. they probably know how to work this type of room as well. and that's why you see the term radical islamic terrorism as scripted will likely not come up in this room. but this is again, not a president who is about working off of a script. he works off the cuff and he'll get a feel for the room and we'll see what he actually ends up saying. >> we've seen improvisation by this president. josh, let me ask you, though. to what the public image that we're about to see, certainly a deep contrast to the information that we're getting behind the scenes of the inner circle for donald trump. what have you been hearing, if anything, because they left. those two big stories dropped as air force one was wheels up. but we already knew there was a lot of turmoil behind the

country for many years. >> that ban offered with significant impact from top white house aide steven millerege student, miller work would the terrorism awareness project, a group considered an anti-muslim hate group by the southern poverty law center. brianna keilar, cnn, washington. >>> still ahead here, a royal reception in saudi arabia. one that won't go unnoticed on the other side of the persian gulf. reaction from iran. >>> the president set to travel to israel after saudi arabia. what the talk might mean for the next part of that trip as "cnn newsroom" continues. as after a dvt blood clot,ital i sure had a lot to think about. what about the people i care about? ...including this little girl. and what if this happened again? i was given warfarin in the hospital, but wondered, was this the best treatment for me? so i asked my doctor. and he recommended eliquis. eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots and reduces the risk of them happening again. yes, eliquis treats dvt and pe blood clots. eliquis also had significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. both made me turn aro

. >> written by steven miller, yes matt? both. i think he's screwed a bit in israel. i think there were all kinds of time snap eufs. >> s hasn't been in israel yet. he's in saudi arabia. one thing i've noticed with him and his wife they bring a certain elegance. in the way they remind me of the kennedy elegance that they're bringing back. i think they look good on foreign travel. i think trump i making a very presidential presentation. >> i was surprised that he could bow as low as he could bow and the courtesy, that was good for someone who doesn't do pie >> that's true. rad alice lamb and during his speech i think that's something people are wondering whether with or not he'll actually say that. i think it's a question that steven miller who wrote the speech was allow to write the speech he wanted to write or whether the adults p in the room including the professionals at the state department and on the national security council and through the inter agency process were able to write a speech that was representative of the american interest and what would be an appr

mcmaster and also spent a lot of time with steven miller, the person writing the speech. and i think that's something that's notable. he's really preparing for the task at hand. and i think that's something that's notable. it's time now for the work to start. >> alley, on the ground for us. thank you so much for your time. we appreciate it. and we've been watching president trump and the first lady melania arrive in riyadh, saudi arabia. and this is the beginning of this nine day trip where he kicks off in saudi arabia. we'll have live coverage and live programming. we'll go back to regular programming after our break. finding time to get things done isn't easy. but we've got the digital tools to help. now with xfinity's my account, you can figure things out easily, so you won't even have to call us. change your wifi password to something you can actually remember, instantly. add that premium channel, and watch the show everyone's talking about, tonight. and the bill you need to pay? do it in seconds. because we should fit into your life, not the other way around. go to x

viewers uslims make up 1% of the population, the pivot was surprising days after the news advisor steven miller, long-time critic of islam, would drafting the speech. the shift provoked cynicism f. there is one thing we learned the president, he wants to get the deal done and change his on the audience, hat is law professor at texas a&m. she noted that the president on $110 billion ed arms deal with saudi arabia, key of the visit adding at end of the day, he is you tunist and not someone can trust, that is the opinion coming out of the trip from the again, get sterday, website, s at c-span that visit and other stops on the trip, as well, that is available at c-span.org. also, when it comes to world of politics, well, actually if guto washington times, they also talk about other travel, this from the previous president. a group known as judicial watch that looks and things, mongst other presidential travel. this is their latest assess watch, saying hat "we have carefully tracked the travel cost that president obama incurd and have an update, records, secret service and air force in response to r

that was steven miller. there's a clip of him talking about andrew jackson today. bannon is the one who told trump to start reading about andrew jackson and has been the big influence there about drawing those comparisons. so i wouldn't count them out. maybe they don't want to roll them out in front of the cameras. >> but you key up other fascinating dynamic. we are told sometimes don't pay attention to these people. who are we supposed to pay attention to? is it that image? >> probably depends on who you are. even though poll numbers are extremely low historically where his base is still with him. who does his base like? who do they want to hear from? they want those messages. if bannon were completely sidelined f he were fired as has been speculated, then what kind of message does that send to the people who are still with him? >> but you run a risk if you're out in the country talking to your base saying one thing and back in washington doing something else. this president is a great salesman. but eventually that would catch up to you. to this point about the dy

jim acosta makes an interesting point that steven miller is one of the guys who is one of his aides helpingformer aide to jeff sessions. he's a true believer. if he has a really strong hand in this speech, that would be an indication trump is not necessarily going to take the most moderate tones and would still speak in ways he did during the campaign. >> so i want to take a look at the placement, the seating arrangement that nic robertson was talking about. we have king salman in the middle of this coffee ceremony, president trump to his right, the first lady, melania trump to his left. anushay, a lot of families do business together in saudi arabia. is that a commonality that saudi families see with president trump when we see in the contingent he has taken there, his daughter, ivanka, is with him. his son-in-law, jared kushner, also his senior adviser, is will w him. is there a commonality that they share that saudis are focusing on? >> there say commonality but i don't think it's one that you want to highlight. we're not talking about a great example of democracy when it comes to saudi

i wonder how much overall steven miller a role he had.his is former jeff sessions aide hard core anti-illegal immigration, was a supporter of the muslim ban, travel ban. the question is, his influence versus someone else like an h.r. mcmaster, someone like a dina powell, more establishment view of the world, how much influence they have and what president trump will say. >> if there was kind of, there is a battle between the new yorkers dina powell, jared, and the bannonites, it looks like at least on this trip so far that new york wing has won. we talked about roger stone before, they feel like this is too much like the new yorkers, this is too accommodationist. >> you see the president's team, jared kushner, ivanka trump, dina powell, steve bannon, reince priebus, the chief of staff. >> that speech feels very carefully wrimpb, what we know so far. every word is just, and sometimes those don't go over that well. it feels so scripted. here is this message we're trying to send. >> we're going to take a quick break. you see the president ar

and furthermore, the speech is largely written by steven miller. who has gotten a lot of credit or blame, whichever way you want to look at it for some of the language that president has used in terms of, you know, islam not being a friend of the u.s. so, given all of that, what is the reception of the muslim country leaders and how does that differ from the audience of citizens of these mostly muslim nations who are part of this meeting? >> well, fred, i think you really highlighted an important distinction there. the leaders versus the populist. for the leaders, particularly of the gulf sunni muslim countries and saudi arabia specifically, they are very happy with president trump. the relationship with president obama was not a good one. they were dismayed by the iran nuclear deal which gave iran a lot more power. they view iran as being an expo sensual threat. you saw that pleasant relationship exemplified that the king went to greet the president off of the plane. when president obama visited saudi arabia, the saudis sent the governor to greet

so we'll see in this speech coming up, by the president, indeed in saudi arabia written by steven miller, his aid who was behind a lot of his very tough rhetoric on muslims, that speech coming up we're hearing maybe a little more conciliatory and open to the muslim world then what we've heard from his hand in the past. >> and we're looking here as you see the king of saudi arabia and you see president trump sitting down there. they're being handed the documents now, of course we can't see them specifically ourself, but we believe this is the $110 billion arms deal that the trump administration has been talking about. even before president trump landed in saudi arabia. certainly adds up in a lot of dollars. there is some question as to what the offsets are and when it comes to the manufacturer of some of this hardware, will it be americans that benefit from it or will it be saudis? because part of the deal, apparently at least when it comes to helicopters, they will be manufacturing them in saudi arabia. which would mean those jobs are not going to be in the u.s. saudi arabia very much wa

bannon and breitbart went on with jeff sessions, senator sessions from collaborator with that, steven miller, sessions' communication director. the hree of them and reitbart staff took down or participated seriously and importantly in the taking down kanter, and john they were kin killer necessary that sense and that brought them to the attention of trump and that relationship is what brought trump to the white house. mr. kirk, the term all connected to mr. bannon with breitbart, what do you and you learned about him breitbart new? film: we spent time in the wrestling with the question. a lot of people say you couldn't editor-in-chief of breitbart without being racist. we talked to awful lot of people about it, here is consistent approach, there are people who f course say you couldn't run that website, which has sections ike black crime and illegal alien crime and that engenders the comments you can read at breitbart, truly racist, mason-in-lawingnistic, xenophobic quotes, you couldn't run that if you were not a racist. talked to said, wait a minute, the guy personally see himself and they

he got it from steven miller. that is miller's world view coming through on the world stage.l, but now as the leaders are standing there. to make that speech and give that campaign style comments in the presence of the leaders on that stage when he had a chance to be presidential and explain yes, we are committed, would we like you to pay more money? sure. >> by the way, 20 little girls got blown up going to a concert in europe earlier this week. that terrorism could have, you know, been the center of it. >> yeah. >> not the 2%. by the way, i agree with him. i cldn't agr with himore. barney frank and i, the one thing barney frank and i always agreed on when we were on the floor of congress and afterwards was that we shouldn't carry europe on our back. they should pay their 2%. they should carry their load. they don't get to escape from history. okay? so i agree with that. but that -- but do not call them out when you have the entire world watching and of course most importantly vladimir putin is watching. it seemed like yesterday was his love note to vladimir putin. it really

how does steven miller write a speech that appeals to the muslim world while also staying true to hisrinciples? he's a very ideological guy, and will he get overruled internally and will trump sound more diplomatic than even miller? >> miller will have his fingerprints all over the nato speech as well. western europe is a little, well, disquieted by miller, determining the future and the western lines. but real quickly, i don't see secretary of state tillerson having a heavy influence on this trip. but is this all about the brokering of middle east peace? >> it's definitely true that jared has been the point person in mexico, in israel, and he's on this trip. >> thanks, everybody. we could keep going all day. [laughter] >> let me pause for a moment to extend my appreciation to everyone i met at the pbs annual meeting in san diego. and for all the good wishes and support. please know i'm very proud to be part of the public television family and i look forward to visiting many of you in the near future. our conversation is always continuing online, on the "washington week" extra, where

steven miller sessionsd communications director. the three of them in the breitbart staff really took down or participated seriously and importantly in the taking down of harry cancer and the other members of the republican establishment including john boehner. they were kind of painkillers in that sense and that's what brought the attention of trump and that relationship is what brought rum to the white house. >> host: the term i'll write mark -- alt-right tends to be affiliated with breitbart. >> guest: a lot of people say he couldn't be the editor-in-chief of breitbart without eating a racist or in anti-semi. we have talked to an awful lot of people about it. here's the consistent approach and there are people of course say you couldn't run that web site with sections like black crime and illegal alien crime and engenders the kind of comments you could read atly breitbart with a misogynist and xenophobic quote. talke others we talked to said wait a minute the guy personally said they have never seen him or heard him say anything

this is a speech we understand has been drafted, proposed by steven miller on the president's team. miller, himself, has been criticized for having ilamophobic views, there is no question he will raise that phrase, islamic terror. as candidate trump, he criticized president obama for not using that term. you are saying that will not be used in this upcoming speech? >> reporter: at least according to one draft of the speech t. administration and top aides have made clear the draft of the speech is changened and reworked up to the last minute. we don't exactly know. they are leaving us hanging on that question. you mentioned steven politicaler, what is interesting here the president is not only facing the test of what his words are now versus what his words were during the campaign, he is facing the many, the billions of muslims around the world who will listen to the president's speech this afternoon will have to also confront the fact that this is a president whose administration is continuing to defend in u.s. federal court the travel ban, which is president stated against seven mu

. >> reporter: one of the president's top aides steven miller is also one of the main writers of theech. he's as the architect behind that controversial travel ban which targets prenaum dantley muslim countries. i'm told the president is putting finishing touches on the final draft. >> thanks. nbc news national security analyst jeremy bash, the former steve of staff at the cia and the penalty gone under president obama. jeremy, good to see you this morning. >> hey, willie. >> so, we're got a lot of stories we can choose for you. let's go back to that north korea missile test if we can. a lot of experts say last week's test called progress if you wanted to call it that. are they getting closer to something that could threaten the united states, number one? and number two, what are you making of the timing of this on the day of president trump's big speech in saudi arabia? >> yeah, i think it does show that they're making progress. importantly, last week's test. what they did they actually put the rocket up but then they were going to re-enter the vehicle back towards earth. that is im

. >> that ban authored with significant in put from top white house aid, steven miller.iller worked at the terrorism awareness project. the group considered an anti-muslim hate group by the poverty law center. >> while president trump makes his first trip overseas, the scanned lts here at home keeping his attorneys business. prepping for worse case scenario in his presidency. you're live in the cnn newsroom. i have age-related maculare degeneration, amd, he told me to look at this grid every day. and we came up with a plan to help reduce my risk of progression, including preservision areds 2. my doctor said preservision areds 2 has the exact nutrient formula the national eye institute recommends to help reduce the risk of progression of moderate to advanced amd after 15 years of clinical studies. preservision areds 2. because my eyes are everything. ♪ the sun'll come out for people with heart failure, tomorrow is not a given. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow... ♪ i love ya, tomorrow in the largest heart failure stud

has accused the entire faith of having something wrong with it, he is giving a speech written by steven miller regarded for high credentials in this regard. what is your advice for what should and should not be said. >> i think it is going to be very complicated because there will be many muslim leaders. what is president is the president of sudan, who is a war criminal has been invited. i do think this has to be a very carefully crafted speech because people believe based on his actions that the president is opposed to muslims. so the question is how he deals with that. also, whether he has any understanding of what islam is about, that there are a variety -- most americans didn't know enough and the differences between the shia and suni. so it couldn't be more complicated and it requires deftness, which doesn't seem to be the main characteristic of president trump. >> you have a splendid eagle on your lapel this morning representing our freedom as a similar poll in the world as the trip starts. please come back and give us your take on it. >> definitely will. let's just not have a low bar. t

officials the president may not use that phrase in that speech, crafted by his chief speechwriter steven miller who is instrumental in putting together that muslim travel ban that was proposed during the campaign and then the travel ban that was put into place or attempted to put into place while the president came into office earlier this year, of course that travel ban has been tied up in the courts and so there's going to be a lot of people around the muslim world waiting to see how much the president softens his own and rhetoric because of that ban that was proposed by the administration early on in the days of this administration. at the same time the president has to prepare for the other legs of this trip, which are going to be very important. he leaves for israel after he spends some time here in saudi arabia, that will also be fraught with all sorts of diplomatic challenges, but again the president arriving here in saudi arabia with all of those challenges swirling, all those controversies swirling back home with respect to the firing of the fbi director james comey and his conversatio

speech considering steven miller the one who wrote it, also honored -- authored the original travel banh, apply it to future relations, obviously signing that deal, getting zombies going between countries is major factory, what's the legacy moving forward? >> after a few difficult weeks here to say the least, he seemed, presidential so far on this trip, and it probably, none every us having been president, maybe hard for us to know how it feels. when you go over, get off air force one, and you are the president of the united states in the broader international environment, the most powerful person on earth, it feels a little different than being in a twitter war back home. and it probably elevates your sites a little bit. and gives you a chance to sort of shine on the worlds stage. we know presidents who are in trouble at home have often wanted to go travel abroad. or if their lame ducks or whatever, periods of time just nice in the eyes of the international community. >> in your power. >> and gave trump a chance to do at least a few modest things, to confront real problems in the world

as we have been talking about, the president did craft the speech along with top speech writer steven miller who was very instrumental in crafting that travel ban that caused so much controversy at the beginning of this administration that was tied up in the courts because it was felt it was discriminatory toward muslims trying to come to the united states. at the same time, should point out some of the color we have seen so far on the ground here, some interesting side notes. first lady melania trump and daughter ivanka did not wear head scarves. that's interesting because back in 2015, president trump criticized first lady michelle obama for not wearing a head scarf in saudi arabia. he said teat the time in a twee the united states has enough enemies, suggesting the first lady at that time michelle obama was creating enemies in the muslim world by not wearing a head scarf. as it turns out, this time around, melania and ivanka are not wearing head scarves during the arrival ceremonies. plenty of pomp and circumstance on the way, martin, christi. they'll be dining together later. >> thanks f

very bad optics and the speech the president is going to deliver has the first draft been made by steven miller who himself is considered even from a young age at duke university on the more islamaphobic end of the spectrum. so all of these provide challenges ahead. >> indeed. you'll be walking us through the next few days. thank you so much. nice to see you this morning. from religion and politics to money and other things you shouldn't talk about at the dinner table. president trump is ready to renegotiate n renegotiate nafta. talks could begin as early as august. renegotiation of the trade deal took center stage during trump's campaign. the president blames nafta for killing manufacturing in america. it hasn't had a huge impact on jobs and american shortstops enjoyed cheap goods as a result. trump officials have not said what it wants to change but negotiations could put the president in a tight spot with supporters. many republicans and business groups like nafta. they don't want him to scrap it. >> another reason this trip potentially is full of peril. >>> a very scary scene in times squar

speech that the president is going to deliver tomorrow which was crafted by his policy adviser, steven millerd that. that speech is delivered tomorrow will say a whole lot about how the president will be conducting himself on this foreign trip. is he going to continue with that red hot rhetoric that was a trademark of his campaign. that's what we'll be watching tomorrow. >> how will his speech be received is the other big question. jim acosta. much more of our live coverage of the president's first over seas trip to saudi arabia when we come back. ugh, no bars. oh no, looks like somebody needs a new network. when i got this unlimited plan they told me they were all the same. they're not. verizon has the largest, most-reliable 4g lte network in america. it's basically made for places like this. honey, what if it was just us out here? right. so, i ordered you a car. thank you. you don't want to be out here at night 'cause of the, uh, coyotes. ok, thanks, bud. bye. be nice to have your car for some shelter. bye. when it really, really matters, you need the best network and the best unlimited. ju

. >> amanda, steven miller writing trump's speech here. we have to remember that he is also the author of the travel ban. over a year ago, donald trump said this about islam. let's listen. >> i think islam hates us. there is something -- there's something that is a tremendous hatred there and we have to get to the bottom of it. there is an unbelievable hatred of us. >> in islam, itself? >> you're going to have to figure that out. >> amanda, how likely do you think it is that this visit, not only made change how muslims see donald trump, but how donald trump sees the muslim community? >> i don't think it's going to change a lot. we keep hearing how donald trump wants to reset but then a few days later he'll tweet something else. people have long memories and that is what he is running into when his administration is trying to defend his travel ban which bans people from now six muslim majority countries and they are trying to say, look, it's not a muslim ban. we know that during the campaign, yes, you know, there was talk about a completed

as i understand it, steven miller, who has been a very tough critic on the islamic faith in general isa big drafter of his speech there. it will be interesting to see how that plays out. if mr. miller is drafting it, i hope other people have a more worldly view and the muslim faith will be editing that draft and moving along. >> quickly, nine days, seven cities. we're talking long flights, jet lag. if you have contingents with your staff, it is only more further exacerbated with a trip like this. >> and don't forget the problems he's facing here at home with comey and russia and the special counsel, they are going to be on air force i with him. he's going to be asked about it every day, there is no escaping it. so in addition to a long, lengthy trip with lots of stops and lots of public activities, he'll still have to deal with the tensions at home. these trips can be very exhausti exhausting. i've seen them at the stapt departme -- state department, the defense department. he'll have to really focus every single day to get the right message across. it would be important for him to hav

steven miller will write the speech for the visit in saudi arabia. where could this go wrong? the one that is writing the speech. >> presumably other people will vet it. i'm less worried about the speech. traditionally, speeches go through several pairs of eyes. >> you are worried about the riffing? >> i'm worried about what they will say about iran. will he say something? saudis are involved in the war in yemen. united states is getting involved. it has a potential to be a quagmire. will he say this is not wise thing to be doing? >> he has one trick going into it. other than being nice to the pope. >> you nice? >> he threatened the pope. isis is coming for you next. see how he handles that. the idea of letting the majority muslim population who will be listening to him satisfy their concerns that he thinks they are all bad people. he said as much as that many times before and not give discomfort to the israelis who feel he is going soft. how tricky a balance? >> it is a tricky balance. i think he can pull it off. he will say positive things about islam. he will say we have a

factions within the white house, can a white house survive with a steve bannon, reince priebus, steven miller and jared at the same time, or does one team have to go? >> i mean, it's a good question. it's really anybody's guess. i think jared's point of view, you know, he's always been within the family business. it's a very insular kind of environment. it's almost a bubble. it could be a surprise to him that actually in the white house, there are competing power centers. when he criticizes other white house officials, they have their own allies. they have their own power bases. and they're going fight back. you know, that's -- it's a big difference from being -- having a hand in glove relationship he had withrunning the businesses. >> we don't know what this inquiry is specifically about. jared kushner's lawyer said he's more than willing to answer any questions. i don't believe he's actually been directly contacted yet. i want to play for you part of what senator john mccain said about jared kushner and these allegations about back channel communications with russia. >> iofficials are sayin

. >> such a good point and you consider that steven miller, the one writing the speech and responsibleld the inauguration speech which people say focused on american carnage so that is a perilous speech potentially. but meanwhile murder charges have now been filed against the man police say plowed into pedestrians in times square. we want to warn you this video is chilling. surveillance cameras captured the truly horrific scene. the driver, 26-year-old richard rojas faces attempted murder and other charges. he tested positive for the drug pcp and told police god made him do it. >> the source adds he suffers from psychological issue. he expected police to shoot him. he got out of the car and was like running away later. an 18-year-old tourist from michigan was struck by the car and killed. just a tragedy. at least 22 people were injured. police and the mayor say there's no sign the incident was terror related. he had two prior arrests for drunk driving. >> and the cover of the new york post showing moments after the crash, the driver running from the scene. a horrific scene. you're almo

the person behind the speech, steven miller, someone who authored the travel ban. there is a complicated backdrop to the speech. the question is, how will the speech be received? he's going to be delivering it to the leaders of 50 muslim nations. everyone is going to be listening to see if he uses the term radical islamic terrorism. it's something he talked about on the campaign trail as a candidate. you'll recall that secretary of state hillary clinton didn't use that language. they felt it was provocative and could be used to recruit more terrorists. we know there have been a number of versions of this speech in the works. president trump set to be working on it until he delivers it in just a few hours from now, dara. >> we will have coverage of that eech later this afternoon. kristen, what is the next stop for the president on in trip? >> reporter: his next stop is going to be israel, where his goal there also very robust. he wants to try to restart peace talks. there was a lot of optimism in the region that he was the -- reviewing the optimism has waned because

donald trump's speeches are being written by steven miller, the same adviser that wrote the travel bante many of the speeches while donald trump is on the campaign trail. many were accused of being islamophobic. what does that say to you? >> he has to repudiate his positions in order to communicate what he wants to communicate in this circumstance. he has identified islam as part of the problem. you cannot fight war on terror by ailen it aing the islamic world. that's not will possible. all. our allies on the ground are muslim in this fight. so he will have to change his position. the question is, is the speech writing department avoice of reason and moderation in this? or are they part of the problem? they are the ones who produced the inaugural address, one of the most divisive in history. america first message. he has to repudiate his previous positions, and the speech writing staff will have to do something it hasn't done before. >> and we're just getting a report about israel and the intelligence out there being furious with american intelligence officials screaming for the leak o

president does leave paris and it underscores the idea of america first, that we know steve bannon, steven miller are supporting, it muddies the op-ed in the "wall street journal" that mcmaster and cohn penned today, that america is leading. i want to bring in the adviser of former president barack obama on the paris deal when she was the managing director on the white house council on environmental quality. you said leaving the agreement is reckless and dangerous. why? >> well, stephanie, just as you referenced, it really would put the united states alone, only with syria and anything wag rni only other countries who haven't joined the paris agreement. nicaragua hasn't joined because they think it's not ambitious enough. these are targets. the business community stepped forward. shell and exxon are saying we need to continue having a seat at the table. if the united states decides to isolate ourselves this way, if the trump administration joined by, as you mentioned, mitch mcconnell and 21 other senate republicans pushing for this, if we stand alone to face this global crisis, it is more than re

but let's just face it, steven miller who is the principal author on a speech the president is goingam in the land that is a custodian to the two holy mosques, we haven't seen a lot of predictively good moments come out of donald trump's enkourts wie encounters with that subject, so i have a fear there will abe a lot of problems. not only in saudi arabia and speaking to the muslim world about their religion and how they ought to kind of up the game in terms of how they're managing their people, but he's also going to nato and he's going to face an alliance that largely was organized around concerned about an aggressive russia, a former soviet union, and we have the issue of donald trump having shared classified intelligence with russia without -- you know, previous permission from israel. he's going to go to a g-7 summit where donald trump has been shaking the global trading system, walking out of trade deals and applying a lot of skepticism to others. this is likely to be a very rocky trip at every point, i fear. >> john, really quickly if you can. stephen miller is going to be draf

. >> all this happening the day before the president is going to give that speech and steven miller who was the author of the muslim ban and dealing with what this white house would call islamic terrorism. how do you think they walk a fine line of where they are delivering it and how to deliver it for it to be received well. >> very tricky. for president trump to stand in front of the heads of states 47 muslim countries were invited and six heads of government are going to be there. it is going to be, as i understand it, an attempt for president trump to say this is not about religion or faith but good versus evil. that is something that can resonate with the muslim world. the rhetoric of the campaign trail is behind them. it's not lost on a lot of the countries that are attending it. the countries most critical of president trump. they're attending this event because they want that reset to take place. but, the concern is going to be what that definition of radical islamic terrorism is. president trump in the campaign had a very, had some very strong words. he wanted a muslim registry

he's tooling around, visiting reince priebus, steven miller, now the speechwriter. don't be worried. if it's not steve bannon doing this, it is president trump. that's a concern for a lot of people. i want to share what he said in that exclusive interview with lester holt last night, specifically, about deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, the man the white house originally said was behind the decision. remember, that was how president trump's letter was phrased to james comey. it's what we heard from sarah huckabee sanders, what we heard from vice president pence. take a listen. >> did you ask for a recommendation? >> what i did is, i was going to fire comey. my decision. it was not -- >> you had made the decision before they came in the room? >> i was going to fire comey. there's no good time to do it, by the way. they -- >> because in your letter you said i accepted their recommendations. you had made the decision? that i was going to fire regardless of recommendation. >> there was -- >> he made a recommendation. he's highly represented. very good guy. very sm

that's steven miller last year on fox news. >> i think he's expected to do some reassuring, whether heck tonight script that i'm sure h.r. mcmaster, the national security adviser is trying to get him to stick to and actually be reassuring is anybody's guess. but, you know, i do think that we have already reached the point where most foreign leaders, whether they're awe thorntarian or democratic, have kind of got him figured out and they realize that he's going to say crazy stuff and it may or may not matter and that's both good news and bad news. the good news is that he may not stick to the crazy stuff. the bad news is that he may also not stick to the reassuring stuff. >> here we go. and they can always read his twitter feed to find out what he's thinking. >> thank you all. >>> still to come, a little comic relief or more comic relief at that point. the one and only kathy griffin joins me live. ♪ before you invest in a car, remember, it's not just the car you're investing in. subaru. kelley blue book's most trusted brand and, now, lowest 5-year cost to own. think about what you value

steven miller undoubtedly has had a big input, likely his son-in-law as well. one interesting point i think that's worth raising to the discussion that you are having in terms of these controversies going at home, there have been a number of meetings scheduled to prepare for this trip, to prepare for big moments like this that have gotten canceled or delayed because of those controversies. it has literally taken away from the amount of preparation time that the president and his senior staff has been able to do. so there was some frustration around that. and i think that raises the stakes for this critical moment for this speech that the president is about to give. again, he sees this as part of his reset with the muslim world, not only in terms of reestablishing relations in the wake of some of those inflammatory comments that hally was discussing but also getting them for engaged in the fight against extremism. this is something he campaigned on. this is something he has vowed to really tackle as president. so i think in all places as we await to hear from pr

and i think that there are a lot of questions about that particularly because steven miller is rumored>> let's look forward to the trip to israel. how much damage is -- is there damage being done given that the president may have leaked classified have put an israeli asset in danger? >> i think it could problems on the trip both because people in the israeli security establishment are going to have actual questions that they want answered about the type of security information they might share with the united states, but also because the backdrop of any trip like this if the president and senior officials to make connections and promises and agreements with foreign officials and that calls into question whether the united states keeps its promises or whether president trump might change his miejd at the dlop of a hat. >> he's also set to meet with mahmoud abbas and he wants to broker a bigger and better deal between the palestinians. do you think he's going to make any headway here, do you think? >> i think it's unlikely. a trip like this can move goals forward. face-to-face interactio

like-wise the trump administration, i don't know the speech writers there, i know steven miller.clear they're not trying to invent donald trump. they're trying to take the policies, they understand the principles he believes in, the speaking style that he has so well-- well formed. they're not trying to invent a voice. they're not trying to invent policies. they're writing material at that comports with donald trump himself. david: stay with us. we have another gentleman who knows how the white house operates and speeches are delivered and chosen by the president, mr. pat buchanan now joining us on the phone. pat, i'm sure you saw the drive them out speech by president trump when he was in saudi arabia. i'm wondering, do you think he had pushback from some people at the state department or the cia saying, mr., president, that's too long for our arab allies? >> my understanding of president trump is that he would ignore pushback and might pushback against that. so, i do think, david, i saw him on the speech just now at sigonella. it was exuberant, patriotic, it was really america

steven miller in the white house said your behavior was reckless, irresponsible and improper. they called it foolish, naked political move by what appears to be an ambitious holdover official. was this a political move? >> no. i was doing my job. >> politics you say had nothing to do with this. >> absolutely not. >> a harvard law professor said you are a terrific public servant but she made a serious mistake here. this is hold overherholdover he. he went on to say he thinks you made a political decision, not a legal one. >> well, look, i struggled over the decision whether to resign or whether to direct the department of justice not to defend. >> you thought about resigning? >> absolutely. i went back and forth. >> two former attorney generals say you should have resigned if you disagreed with this order and that essentially you were grandstanding looking to get out in a way that would set you up for a political career. >> putting that aside, i think it's a fair question to ask why didn't you just resign. that's something i grappled with during that time. sort of the bottom li

steven miller said your behavior was reckless. former attorney general h.w. bush, a foolish move by an holdover official. was this with a political move? >> no. i was doing my job. >> politics had nothing to do with this. allan dershowitz said, i think she's made a mistake here. it's holdover terrorism. he thinks you made a political section, not a legal one. >> i struggled. >> you thought about resigning? >> absolutely. i went back and forth. >> two former attorneys general, alberto gonzales said you should resign. if you disagree. you were grandstanding looking for a way out. >> i think it's a fair question to ask, why didn't you just resign? and that's something that i crapled with. i felt like resigning would protect my personal integrity. >> reporter: from the time she was fired,ial sally yates didn' speak publiclien in she was on mril testifying last week. >> are you familiar with -- >> not off the top of my head, no. >> the binding statutory authority for the binding order that led to your administration. >> i am familiar with that the i'm familiar wit

that's steven miller last year on fox news. >> i think he's expected to do some reassuring, whether henational security adviser is trying to get him to stick to and actually be reassuring is anybody's guess. but, you know, i do think that we have already reached the point where most foreign leaders, whether they're awe thorntarian or democratic, have kind of got him figured out and they realize that he's going to say crazy stuff and it may or may not matter and that's both good news and bad news. the good news is that he may not stick to the crazy stuff. the bad news is that he may also not stick to the reassuring stuff. >> here we go. and they can always read his twitter feed to find out what he's thinking. >> thank you all. >>> still to come, a little comic relief or more comic relief at that point. the one and only kathy griffin joins me live. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis like me, and you're talking to your rheumatologist about a medication... ...this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain... ...and protect my joints from further damage. humira h

we saw matt miller with a complexity of flags the hind him. will it kill the european union? stevent of the issue. the fact that you are trying to push together 18 nations which should never have been put into one political union -- imagine having an asian union. it is a nonsense idea. tom: henry kissinger is in the oval office with the president of the united states. are we going back to every nation for itself? steven: the trouble is with trump at the top of it, that is a possibility. this is the breakdown of globalization. globalization has to fail. lead with a recasting of marxist theology. what is our very anti-marxist audience, what do they need to know about the benefits of the modern theory of karl marx? marx got the labor theory completely wrong. forget about that side. x got a complexity of capitalism right. complex,ok at that unstable, creative vision, that is -- tom: this totally dovetails with my book of the year a year ago, hubris. guy: let's think about the sustainability of the current model. when are you going to be right about this stuff? steven: i was in 2008. guy