"the washington post" today dropped this huge story. it's more of a small book really, about the russian attack on our presidential election last year and how the obama administration came to recognize that that was happening. what they understood about it and importantly how they reacted to it once they realized what it was. in just a moment we are going to be joined live by one of the reporters who broke that story, and there's a lot to talk to her about. this story today at "the washington post" is like ten front page worthy scoops all in one big story. and among those, among the scoops "the washington post" got for this report is that u.s. intelligence agencies somehow have access or had access to a source of intelligence that was very, very, very close to vladimir putin. and that is intriguing just on the surface, right, just for the pure spy novel lurid thrill of it. we've got somebody close to putin or something close to putin. "the post" to its credit makes clear how extraordinary that is beyond just the wow factor. how unexpecte

and "the washington post" who we all know has a record of being wrong, . we are going to ask lane tonight something the mainstream media will not tell you. why james comey, hillary clinton, loretta lynch, are the people who should in fact be under investigation, not the president. ny robert mueller should resign immediately. were going to have so much more on that later tonight. first we are on the scene tonight in alexandria, virginia, where earlier today and anti-trump left-wing gunmen targeted and fired a hail of bullets at republican lawmakers who were practicing for charity baseball game. the majority whip, the third in charge in the u.s. house of representatives, steve scalise, was shot in the hip and is currently in critical condition in a washington, d.c., hospital. three others were also wounded. we also have dramatic video tonight that captures the beginning of this rampage. take a look at this. >> sean: and here's more of how this horrifying scene played out here in alexandria. speak out shortly after 7:30 today this morning, a gunman opened fire

the fbi. according to the post tonight, officials say that changed shortly after comey was fired. and now the "washington post" reports the remarkable news the president of the united states is the subject of a criminal investigation by the fbi into potential obstruction of justice. joining us now is adam, national security reporter and analyst at the "washington post." thanks for being here. >> thank you. glad to be here. this is a big story you've broken tonight obviously breaking alongside other big important news. for people who haven't had a chance to digest what you have reported, i want to go through a couple basic questions about it if you don't mind. >> sure. >> with what you are describing and reporting tonight, would it be accurate to say this means the fbi has an active open criminal investigation into the president personally, he's the subject of an fbi criminal investigation? >> he's the subject -- the way it was described to us, a file that's been opened on the president for the first time that is looking at him for potentially obstruction of justice. that doesn't mean that's where mueller

this story today at the washington post, it is like ten front-page worthy scoops all in one big story. and among those, among the scoops "the washington post" got for this report is that u.s. intelligence agencies somehow have access or had access to a source of intelligence that was very, very -- very close to vladimir putin. and that is intriguing just on the surface. right, just for the pure spy novel pure lurid thrill of it. we have somebody close to putin or something close to putin. the post, to its credit, makes clear how extraordinary that is beyond just the wow factor. how unexpected it is to learn that. ultimately, how important it is to u.s. interests. the post today notes that putin is, quote, a former kgb officer who takes extreme precautions to guard against surveillance. he rarely communicates by phone or computer. he always runs sensitive tate business from deep within the confines of the kremlin but nevertheless, the u.s. somehow got access to intelligence, got access to information that apparently could only have come from very close to him. according post, u.s. inte

first week of april the washington post broke this very strange story. they got u.s. officials, officials in arab countries confirming this strange thing that on january 11 and january 12 this year less than a week after the intelligence community put out its damming report on the attack on the election less than a week after that report came out there was a to-day long meeting held just off the coast of kenya. it was two days of meetings for a representative from vladimir putin and envoy from the trump administration. according to the post eric prince maintained that he was authorized to act as an unofficial surrogate for the president-elect. his host at that meeting believed that to be true about him. he got that meeting and he spent two days in january in an island paradise meeting with a representative for vladimir putin. what did they meet about? what did they talk about? what took two days to get through? why did they have to meet in this far away place? they had many matters of mutual concern to discuss. here is the detail that carry forward to today. the person

then, "the washington post" flat out wrong, the acting fbi director claiming that never happened. of course "the washington post" not the only members of this destroyed trump media that we've been talking about getting it wrong over and over again. abc, cnn, "the new york times," they have all done the exact same thing. so, tonight, and over the next few days, when the media predictably is going to breathlessly and hyperventilate all kinds of reports and brand-new black helicopters ande tinfoil hat conspiracy theories to the american people as they lie again, remember they have zero credibility left. it is only a matter of time before this too will be debunked. here is the only massive issue being ignored in all of this. we have actual crimes, actual collusion, that needs to be fully completed investigated, and prosecuted. and they have nothing to do with president trump or his i administration. james comey testified loretta lynch tried to influence the fbi's hillary clinton email investigation. that is called obstruction of justice. comey also may have broken the law. we talked ab

what's the white house saying now following this bombshell report in "the washington post"? >> reporter: hi, wolf. what is so interesting about this russian scandal, this russian meddles in the 2016 election is that white house officials from the president on down just don't seem to want to talk about it. what we hear repeatedly is that this is the democrats excuse for losing an election they were expected to win. kellyanne conway, white house counselor, asked about this on "new day" this morning and responded to the "post pea" rep and repeatedly tried to change the subject when asked what the administration is doing to try to prevent future incursion by russia in future elections. here's what she had to say and what jeh johnson said about the topic on msnbc. watch. >> the report is new and we'll discuss it later but he's been very clear on the record that he believes in any type of numbers of measures to make sure that democracy flourishing. >> and the current president through his rhetoric is sending signals this is something that will be tolerated. >> i have not heard from

in response to "the washington post" story tonight, the president's legal defense team released a statement saying "the fbi leak of information regarding the president is outrageous, inexcusable and illegal." but "the washington post" story does not indicate that the information that they used in that report comes from the fbi. or was obtained from anyone in the special prosecutor's investigation. joining us now, devlin barrett, reporter for "the washington post." devlin barrett, i want to go for the moment. i know you're not going to tell us who the sources are. but because the president's defense lawyers tonight responded with a direct attack on the fbi, i just want the point out that in your article, the only phrase you use for sources are -- it just says "officials said, officials said." the most detailed description of sources is when you say five people briefed on the requests. and that is the requests for testimony from dan coats, the director of national intelligence, from mike rogers, the head of the national security agency, and richard ledger who agreed to be interviewed. the req

news that's just broken in "the washington post" within the last hour. according to tonight's "washington post," yet another senior serving national security official in the u.s. government has reportedly now told associates that the president directed him, the president told him to intervene with the fbi to try to stop the trump/russia investigation. when james comey, the fbi director, was fired by the white house, we first got a song and dance from the white house about all sorts of other reason yes he might have been fired. the president then soon admitted that he had the trump/russia investigation on his mind when he fired fbi director james comey. we soon thereafter earned that james comey had told associates he had committed to writing. he had written in a memo and told other senior people at the fbi that the president had told him to stop the trump/russia investigation. to lay off the mike flynn part of the trump/russia investigation. again, not only saying that the president had told him that, but saying crucially that contemporaneously at the tim

greg miller of the "washington post" is very good. james rosen is outstanning and stood down the obama administration which was trying to put him into jail, which is an incredible violation of freedom of the press. charlie savage from "the new york times," is excellent. i also rely havely on the new york review of books, people like david cole, was at george town, now at aclu. as for wikileaks, i'm torn because i think julian assange is such a strange character and was obsessed, like put defeat of hillary clinton and a definite link between the russian hacking and then the laundering of the material to get it to julian assange in a way he can say i didn't get this from the russians. that's my own personal opinion. so i. a sympathetic when wikileaks was started, it was to challenge the government and i think assange has become an anarchist and his target is the united states he has no other target. so, are we -- we have exhausted the subject? thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations]

the latest breaking news report tonight is from "the washington post" revealing that the special prosecutor is investigating jared kushner's business dealings. previous "washington post" reports had indicated that the special prosecutor was looking at the business dealings of trump associates. but this is the first confirmation that jared kushner is under investigation. sari horwitz, one of the reporters who broke that "washington post" story will join news a moment. the news that vice president pence has hired a criminal defense lawyer, and that jared kushner is under investigation comes 24 hours after "the washington post" reported last night that the president himself is now the subject of an obstruction of justice investigation by the special prosecutor. "the washington post" reporting last night was based entirely on anonymous sources. it was followed by a "new york times" report also based on anonymous source that was a bit more tentative about whether the president was the subject of an investigation. then this morning at 6:55:00 a.m., came forward to confirm that the president is un

but the new reporting tonight from "the washington post," just out in the last hour, concerns not james comey but the nation's pop intelligence official. the director of national intelligence appointed by president trump, former senator dan coats. "the washington post" reporting that the president asked dan coats, director of national intelligence, and the head of the nsa, admiral mike rogers for their help in trying to get the fbi to back off the investigation. the post saying the president made appeals to dan coats and mike rogers urging them to publicly deny the existence of any evidence of collusion between the trump campaign and russia during the election. in the case of the nsa director mike rogers, that request from the president was reportedly documented contemporaneously in an internal memo, meaning the president asked nsa director mike rogers to make a public statement saying that the trump campaign and russia, there had been no collusion. when that request was made to admiral mike rogers, he recorded that in an internal memo. a source later told nbc news that dan coats and mi

if the washington post is right, something strange. by the fbi. ething strangem by the fbi. if the washington post is right, something strange. it has and it all changed after the president got rid ofjames comey. what started off as an investigation by the fbi into alleged russian meddling in last yearus presidential election has if the washington post is to be believed now widened into something potentially much more significant, much more potentially damaging to donald trump. namely, that he allegedly attempted to obstruct justice. and that he allegedly attempted to obstructjustice. and what that is a reference to is the 10th that it is alleged the president made to get the fbi to drop its investigation into his former national security adviser michael flynn, general flynn, the man you may remember who was sacked in february this year after it was revealed he had been less tha n after it was revealed he had been less than forthright it might be said in his account of russian dealings when he spoke to the vice president mike pence. so it is potent

from this "the washington post" report, we can surmise that it's all happening in one place now. this investigation including both the flynn part of it and the manafort part of it is apparently now being run out of the eastern district of virginia. and if you're going to pick a place to run it out of that makes sense in terms of what we know about that district. eastern district of virginia right outside washington, d.c. geographically. kind of a mega district of federal prosecutions and those of national security stuff. this eastern district of virginia jurisdiction, that u.s. attorney's office, well, in terms of its specifics, not only handle a lot of national intelligence cases, in particular, they will handle national intelligence cases -- excuse me, national security cases that have an intelligence component to them. you've heard about fisa warrants and the fisa court. all that stuff related to the foreign intelligence surveillance act. there's also specific national security rules and law about that. that stuff fisa stuff tends to be handled through the eastern district of v

, the tweet reads the amazon washington post sometimes referred owe to as the guardian of amazon not paying internet taxes which they should is fake news. many of you know the washington post is owned by basos and the post has broken several stories on the investigation into russia's meddling in the presidential election. but the tweet has many wondering tonight what the president meant. kevin tweeted, wait, going after amazon now? what are internet taxes? ben tweeted a republican president just endorsed an internet sales tax. joseph responded, does it mean amazon not paying internet taxes or consumers not paying internet taxes. a little bit of history now. back in 2016 president barack obama signed a bill that includes the internet tax freedom act that banned state and local taxes on internet access. so some are speculating that president trump is voicing support for federal sales tax on purchases made over the internet. some amazon once opposed but is now lobbying for. and something they've worked out with individual states to collect. republicans are opposed tokind of sales tack. w

>> that all came from "the washington post." emember what ben bradley, the iconic editor of "the washington post" used to say about "the post"? it doesn't print the truth. it prints what we're told. somebody told them that and they chose to print it. >> are you bothered by any of these possibilities? >> i'm bothered by the fact that -- what bothers me the most, and there must be a reason for it -- is mueller making four of his first hires so blatantly biased lawyers pro-democrat lawyers with a buy as, certainly, against the president. now, mueller must have some idea in mind. and if i put the best gloss on that i could possibly do is that maybe mueller has decided internally that this isn't going anywhere and that the only way he can have credibility on a decision saying that there's nothing there is to have that decision come from a group of lawyers that are so blatantly biased against the president. >> are you talking about the three lawyers, at least that i know of -- maybe there's another one -- who contributed to democratic

it doesn't dispute "the washington post" reporting. and this is a real strategy that we're seeing aimed at undercutting the investigation, aimed at undercutting the person heading the investigation, robert mueller. think about how this week started out, chris. we were discussing whether or not the president was thinking about firing robert mueller. now it seems as though he's walked back on that, but it's something he was batting around, potentially to hang it over the head of robert mueller. i can tell you that the goal tomorrow is going to be to turn the page. the president's going to be meeting with a number of governors here at the white house. he wants to talk about jobs and his agenda, but this probe continues to hang over this administration. we didn't have a briefing today, chris, because of the shooting. we will luikely get one in some form tomorrow and undoubtedly this is going to be our top question. >> here's a tradecraft question for you, okay? i'm going to ask you, kristen, does all this talk about leaks stop leaks in any

the preview. the post suggests we know from comey the president said first pledge loyalty to me. "the washington post" reports that the president asked director of national intelligence dan coats can you intervene? is there anything you can do? you can read it right there. as the briefing was wrapped up, trump asked everyone to leave the room except for coats and mike pompeo. the president started complaining about the investigation and officials familiar with the account gave to associates. is there anything you two can do to help me. >> into. >> you're going to have after today's session as we've had with every step of this investigation republicans and democrats and the president take what they want from it. so the president certainly at some point will tweet, look they exonerated me there. as gloria said, keep in mind, the gop chairman of the senate intelligence committee who supported the president during the election and was supported by the president said in so many words they did not answer the question. a key question and they had no reason not to answer the question. not classified. th

the washington post with a stunning report. saying president trump is now under investigation, why special counsel robert mueller for possible obstruction of justice. this is a major turning point in the russia investigation. we have all those breaking headlines. let's go "out front." good evening, i'm erin burnett. "out front" this evening, the breaking news, steve scalise is in critical condition tonight after fire was opened on softball practice. the first shots ringing out at about 7:00 this morning. the heavily armed shooter crouching behind the third base dugout. several officers on the scene fired back. the gunman later died from his injuries. cell phone video recorded the chaotic scene. [ gunfire ] >> hey. is that guy ok out there? the guy -- has that guy been shot? is he ok. anybody talking to him? [ gunfire ] >> stay down! stay down! [ bleep ] [ gunfire ] [ bleep ]. >> shoot him! [ bleep ]. >> that's what happened in that suburban park outside washington this morning. the gunman has been identified as james hodge kinso

and "the washington post" who we all know has a record of being wrong, . we are going to ask lane tonight something the mainstream media will not tell you. why james comey, hillary clinton, loretta lynch, are the people who should in fact be under investigation, not the president. ny robert mueller should resign immediately. were going to have so much more on that later tonight. first we are on the scene tonight in alexandria, virginia, where earlier today and anti-trump left-wing gunmen targeted and fired a hail of bullets at republican lawmakers who were practicing for charity baseball game. the majority whip, the third in charge in the u.s. house of representatives, steve scalise, was shot in the hip and is currently in critical condition in a washington, d.c., hospital. three others were also wounded. we also have dramatic video tonight that captures the beginning of this rampage. take a look at this. >> sean: and here's more of how this horrifying scene played out here in alexandria. speak out shortly after 7:30 today this morning, a gunman opened fire

>> the president's tweet was in response to the "washington post" story. so the "washington post" issued a story that had five anonymous sources which they never identify what agencies those sourcesriginad out of. the response from the esen using social media, was about at story. but let me be very clear here as it has been since the beginning. the president is not and has not been under investigation for obstruction. >> okay. and why is the president confused? is this just that he thinks the media is correct here or not? i'm confused by this. why is he not taking your legal advice or other legal advice saying, mr. president, you're not under investigation so why tweet this? this is why there is confusion. >> chuck, i think you're reading more into the tweet than what's there. the president sent out that tweet directly in response to the "washington post" story with the five anonymous, unnamed sources from unnamed agencies. that's why he put that in the tweet. look, the president has been, as you know, very effective in utilizing social media. but i want to

" report is wrong, but no one did more to confirm "the washington post" report than the president confirmed "the washington post" report but then president trump came out and said "i am being investigated." so the confusion -- >> right. >> is this not frustrating for you as an attorney to have a client that is sharing information with the world that's not accurate? >> look, this is a president that has utilized social media, that has revolutionized the whole concept of electioneering when it comes to the use of social media. he's able to communicate with 107 million people on his various social media platforms on a regular basis as he needs to. he can directly reach a lot of people. that statement again was in response to "the washington post." so let me be clear. "the washington post" story was based on five anonymous sources, doesn't even identify the agency. so that's it. simple explanation. >> okay, i mean, i don't think it's simple but i don't think we're getting anywhere. let me move on. former house speaker newt gingrich who is a close trump ally, spoke on friday at the nat

also this hour, our other top story: the washington post claims president trump is being investigated for possible obstruction of justice. hello. with fires still burning in parts of grenfell tower, more than 2a hours after the west london tower block was engulfed in flames, scores of people are still missing. 12 are confirmed dead, but police expect that figure to rise significantly. fire crews have not yet been able to search every floor of the 2a—storey building. 3a people are in hospital, 18 of them critically ill. our coverage begins with the bbc‘s home editor, mark easton. oh my god, they're screaming! it is a tragedy that plays to our darkest fears. the fire started between midnight and 1am, the screams from the flats and 1am, the screams from the flats and the acrid smell of burning waking neighbours. it wasjust people jumping out, literally. and putting sheets down to try to get out of the building. windows exploding, big, massive pieces of debris falling to the floor. we came here, saw people jumping off. people calling... you saw people jumping off? yeah. people had jumped

get a free sample at depend.com. >>> we have some great reporting from the "washington post" tonight esident's decision to withdraw from the paris climate accord and a lot of it has to do with french president emmanuel macron. it says here in the "washington post," if he needed -- if president trump needed a nudge, one came from france over the week. macron was quoted in a french journal talking about his white knuckled handshake with trump at their first meeting in brussels where the newly elected french president gripped trump's hands tightly and would not let go for six long seconds in a show of alma male gripgs. he likened macron to strongmen like putt putt andering began and said he was purposelyrfully forceful because he believed his meeting with trump was a moment of truth. hearing smack talk from the frenchman 31 years his junior angered a angered and irritated trump white house aides say. macron gets tonight's last word. >>> with the whole world watching what nearly every country in the planet signed on, today president trump pulled the united states out of the battle against

david brooks of the new york times, the cook political report amy walter, eugene robinson of the washington post and daniel pletka of the american enterprise institute. welcome to sunday, it's meet the press. >> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, celebrating its 70th year, this is meet the press with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning and happy father's day at the dads out there. before we get to the main story, we want to update you on the progress of one father in particular. congressman steve scalise shot at the republican baseball practice wednesday, his condition improved from critical to serious after undergoing another surgery. the hospital says he's more responsive and now is speaking with his loved ones. all of us here offer our best wish for the a speedy recovery and those injured in that tragedy. now back to the main focus this morning. president trump has been in office for less than five months and his presidency is in parol. organizations reported this week mr. trump is under investigation for possible obstruction of justice. president str

priority: you ♪ >>> our breaking news, "the washington post" is reporting that special counsel robertinvestigating president trump. joining me now, cnn presidential historian douglas brinkley, nia-malika hendreson and jack kingston. the president is under investigation for obstruction. "the washington post" is reporting that. let's just stop for a moment because this reporting is accurate. it's a really big deal. give me your thoughts. >> it is a big deal. in many ways, it's not surprising if you flashback to the testimony that we heard last week from jim comey and the testimony we heard the week before from dni coats and admiral rogers at the nsa. it isn't surprising. comey seemed to hint that he thought there was something inappropriate about his conversations with donald trump. he felt that donald trump was directing him to lay off him, possibly drop the russia investigation. he also said that there was interest in his memos based on his interactions with donald trump from the special counsel bob mueller. so i think the takeaway from comey's testimony last week was that donald trum

but then on march 1st, this year, "the washington post" published this story. documenting the fact confirming with multiple sources despite those unequivocal denials on the record and under oath during his confirmation process, despite sessions stating without any caveat that he had never had any meetings with the russians, there's "the washington post." adam entities, greg miller all reporting march 1st that yeah, actually our brand-new attorney general jeff sessions he did meet with russia's ambassador to the united states. he met with the russian ambassador at a heritage foundation meeting that had been held on the sidelines of the republican national convention last summer. nan addition to that, they reported that he had a second meeting with the same russian official. in private one-on-one in his senate office. on september 8th. and when this "washington post" reporting came out on march 1st, jeff sessions and the new trump administration spokesperson at the justice department, they insyss that there was nothing fall strange, nothing even unexpected about t

. >> to today's top story, the "washington post" reporting the special counsel is starting to investigateresident trump for possible obstruction of justice. eamon javers joins us from washington with the latest good morning to you. >> good morning. >> what can you tell us? >> the "washington post" story last night got all attention in washington, d.c., all of official washington focusing on the issue of whether or not the president is under investigation personally and directly for obstruction of justice that's what the "washington post" reported last night. let me run you through some highlights of their report with the caveat that i can't independently confirm this reporting. but it is not being denied by the president's personal lawyer or the white house what we know from the "washington post" is that they're saying the obstruction of justice investigation into trump began days after he fired former fbi director james comey. we know the director of national intelligence, dan coates, mike rogers and his former deputy richard ledgett have agreed to be interviewed by mueller's investigato

spats and saying he is going to increase the manufacturer of buggy whips. >> or horse shy, "the washington postrting as we began reporting, dan, something about the president and president macron. a white house aide or aides are quoted in "the washington post" tonight as saying, "hearing smack talk from the frenchman 31 years his junior irritated and bewildered trump." and so it seems we may be developing an enemy's list in this white house which we had in the nixon white house. but this enemy's list is going to have heads of state on it. like president macron and angela merkel. >> well, let's quote the white house here. a bewildered president trump. >> yes. >> here again, the russians are smiling. the chinese are smiling. when they see this statement from the white house, their smile will broaden. because they seek to disrupt these historical alliances that have kept the peace by and large for the better part of a century. it's important to the russians and the chinese that they undermine these alliances we have with nato, european union, these various countries in europe and elsewhere, and to

that is the story from "the washington post" and here are the details. "in early march, the washington post met that jeff sessions met twice with russian ambassador kislyak during the campaign ended not disclose us of the senate judiciary committee during his confirmation hearing in january. the next day, sessions recused himself from the russia investigation and said it would be overseen by the deputy attorney general, who appointed a special counsel to handle the .robe he said, 'in light of reports recentng mr. comey's testimony before the senate select committee on intelligence, is important that i have the opportunity to address these matters in the appropriate forum. the senate intelligence committee is the most suchpriate forum for matters as it is in conducting an investigation and has access to recent, classified information.;" good, independent line, one. -- good morning. caller: i want to talk about russian interference in elections. and i felt a booth hand on my shoulder, and i turned around and looked, and it was a russian technocrat, and he t

sources telling the washington post that president trump is now being investigated by special counselrobert mueller for obstruction of justice. a spokesperson for the president outside lawyer spotting the washington post reporting to put out a statement saying, quote, the fbi leak of information regarding the president is outrageous, inexcusable, and illegal. inexcusable, and illegal. with me, serriehorowitz, who broke the story for "the washington post." tell me what you know. >> hi, greta. what we have found out is that the investigation by the special counsel that was once focused on possible coordination between trump officials and russian officials, possible collusion in the 2016 presidential election has been expanded and now special counsel mueller is actually investigating the president and possible obstruction of justice. we all, of course, know what comey testified on the hill. we've heard that story. but we now know that they're going to be interviewing senior intelligence officials who also had contacts with the president that may have been possible obstruction of justice.

the washington post claims president trump is being investigated for possible obstruction of justice in relation to investigations of alleged russian interference in the presidential election. taking on all callers: the russian president, vladimir putin, will be holding his annual television phone—in later today. betting on brighter days ahead. the fed raises interest rates and says it will start unwinding its $4.5 trillion stimulus programme. but is the us economy really out of the woods? plus — roam if you want to. the eu scraps extra mobile charges for travellers from today after a decade long battle. but will users end up footing the bill anyway? hello and welcome to the programme. the fire burns on at grenfell tower this morning more than 2a hours after this west london tower block was engulfed in flames. 12 residents are confirmed dead, but police expect that figure to rise significantly as scores of people are still unaccounted for. fire crews have simply not been able to search every floor of the 2a—storey building yet. 78 people are in hospital, 18 of them critically ill. and

this story today at the "washington post," it's like 10 front pageworthy scoops all in one big story.e "washington post" got for this report is that u.s. intelligence agencies somehow have access or had access to a source o

on this day, 146 of the trump administration, the president's 71st birthday, "the washington post" is reporting tonight president donald trump is under investigation by the special counsel robert mueller. the story came out in the form of a scorching headline tonight, quote, special counsel is investigating trump for possible obstruction of justice, officials say." you will recall in the early days after james comey was fired as fbi head, the white house made sure everyone knew the president was not under investigation. >> the president makes very clear in his letter the fact that mr. comey on at least three occasions that he is not under investigation. >> as you know very clearly, as has been stated repeatedly and the president has been told, he's not under investigation. >> did you ask am i under investigation? >> i actually asked him, yes. i said, if it's possible, will you let me know, am i under investigation? he said, you not under investigation. i know that i'm not under investigation, me, personally. i'm not talking about campaigns, i'm not talking about anything else. i'm not

the washington post reporting a special counsel robert mueller russian investigation now includes theresident and the question of whether or not he obstruct justice. >> adam, this is extraordinary reporting. explain to viewers why it is significant. >> he needs to understand that when comey spoke to the senate intelligence committee last week, he had assured and explained how he had assured trump that he was not being investigated personally. what we have learned here is that in fact there was a change within the fbi and they were investigating him for potential obstruction and what we learned is that also there were a series of interviews that the special counsel had arranged with top intelligence officials with part of that investigation. >> based on your reporting, that change came about as i understand it because of the firing of comey. >> right. you know obviously comey testified that was his intentions in leaking the memos detailing communications with the president. it is what we learned is actually at this decision to open this file if you will on trump was made actually befor

>> pushing back hard with the legal team against its "washington post" report that the president is under investigation by special counsel, rob boulders team for possible obstruction of justice. there was that post last week in "the washington post." jay sekulow literature there appear five sources saying that mueller wants to conduct with the nsa and the recently retired, there is indication that he is under miscue for obstruction of justice. jay sekulow from the american center for law and justice says that reports show exactly the opposite. >> "abc news" reported yesterday that in fact their source, everybody's at the sources. i'm supposed to be talked about nothing, but everybody is sourcing and leaking. their source says that the determination had not been made. to investigate the present. so, again, you have "washington post" their source. abc has their post and meanwhile, we have not been notified of a investigation. bill and daniel alluded to this at the top that his legal team told fox news that he was not acknowledging, that he was under investigation when he sent out that tweet

he said this about an article in "the washington post." aid if you believe the story that is written, that means from august to november 8, two things. one, that if you believe then they did know about this and there are some serious questions about what they did or did not do in terms of acting. and the second is clear, they knew all along, talking about the obama white house, that there was no collusion, and this is very helpful to the president. now, we read "the washington post" article and did not get that at all from "the washington post" article in question. so we thought we would go to the guy who wrote the article, reporter adam entes. adam, what is your reaction to sean spicer says your story shows there was no collusion, and the obama administration knew that? >> i'm not sure where he's drawing that conclusion from. that's something we did not address in the story. in fact, what really was going on was this compartmentalization took place within the u.s. government. when the fbi launched its counterintelligence investigation, loo

under the "washington post's" theory of the case. this is the "washington post" theory. that the president of the united states after being advised by his attorney general and the office of the deputy attorney general determined to remove james directorship. if the "washington post" leaks were correct, the president of the united states would be, if this was correct, under investigation for taking the action that the department of justice asked him to take. that raises not only -- it's not a serious constitutional question. it's an easy constitutional question. that's impossible. the president cannot be investigated, or certainly cannot be found liable for engaging in an activity that he clearly has powers to downeder the constitution. >>> we're also following reports of a terror attack in mali. gunmen stormed a resort popular with with everyoners near the capital city of famako. local officials say there have been at least two casualties. security officers are on the scene, and at least 32 geflts have been rescued. >>> and more than 60 people were killed, many of them in

what do you think of reporting by the washington post? >> well, it's of a piece and that piece is that the president of the united states made multiple attempts to try and conceal what has happened and to make an investigation go away by going to the principle conductors of those investigations, especially comey, especially coates and what we will hear before the committee is the testimony of one of those people and a narrative of how that occurred from the point of view of mr. comey. we will also see, i suspect, a rouge effort to impeach, that word, into comey's credible by the republicans on the committee. marco rubio has an opportunity here to maybe be the howard baker similar of the watergate investigation and say what did the president know and when did he know it? president trump said i wish mr. comey luck. it's a strange thing to say about this upcoming testimony. i think we can see a real fuselage of efforts to go after comey and his credibility. >> and the republicans, not the president, more, if he's tweeting this, there are some

"the washington post" had quite a scoop this evening. >> yeah. , a spokesman for president trump's attorney marc kasowitz said in response to the "washington post" report, and he pointed out that there's push back from them, "the fbi leak of information regarding the president is outrageous, inexcusable and illegal". but the statement doesn't deny the reporting, jack. >> i still think it's outrageous. number one, it shows the fbi is continuing to leak information that is damaging to the president that's been going on all along as marco rubio pointed out. the only thing that wasn't leaked was that the president was never under investigation. now, if that's changed now, it's still contrary to the testimony of james comey, mr. brennan and mr. mccabe and they've had plenty of opportunities to report obstruction. but also, don, if this is going to be the case, what about loretta lynch? because james comey clearly threw her under the bus last week. and so this is a pivot and it would appear to me that this is going to be -- if it becomes a white wat whi

adam, a terrific report in "the washington post." posted online right now. thank you so much for coming on with us. appreciate it. >> thank you very much. >>> when it um cans to the investigation into russia's hacking, the president says he does not have tapes of his discussions with james comey. there are tapes of him questioning the objectivity of the special counsel robert mueller. >> should he recuse himself? >> he's very, very good friends with comey, which is very bothersome, but he's also -- we're going to have to see. i mean, we're going to have to see in terms -- look, there has been no obstruction. there has been no collusion. there has been leaking by comey, but there's been no collusion, no obstruction, and virtually everybody agrees to that. so we'll have to see. i can say that the people that have been hired are all hillary clinton supporters. >> so this tape, this tape now exists, which we'll talk about, but another one doesn't, according to the president. the president floated the idea there were tapes of his conversations with james comey and

this comes out after another late night drop by "the washington post." no sources. onymous sources reporting special counsel was investigating president trump for obstruction of justice. let's explain point by point. no one else in the media will. "washington post" is nothing more than a liberal smear machine with an awful, god-awful track record. rod rosenstein threatened to quit because of james comey's firing. actually said in an interview the exact opposite. he said it on camera and they never apologized. the post also was flat out wrong about james comey. just before he got fired, he was asking for more resources. well, then, it was debunked by the fbi director andrew mccabe who testified under oath. sorry, that never happened. "the washington post" is not the only member of the destroy trump media that has gotten these things wrong. abc, cnn. one of the tops of the list, "the new york times," they evolved on the same thing. it's now very clear what is happening. there is a fourth branch of government. it is called the deep state. they are working day in and day