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from the "washington post" -- "paul manafort convicted on eight counts, and 10 other charges thrown out. the jurors unable to reach a conviction on those charges." the headline from the "washington post." martha, go ahead. caller: i think it is an absolute joke. robert mueller is a joke. if he cared about the russian collusion, why doesn't he look about obama the great and killary. host: from charleston, west virginia, the president of writing about an hour and a half ago and addressing supporters at a make america great again rally. live coverage here on c-span and c-span radio app. also posted on our website at c-span.org.

his lawyer confirming it for "the washington post." of course, as we know, struck has come under fire by trump, by others on the hill. his firing will probably come at a time for them when they are going go ing to essentially be happy about it. the president who has been calling for his removal, that has happened, according to "the washington post." he was fired on friday. >> thank you so much. looking at "the washington post" reporting as well, let me bring many a "washington post" reporter. this is coming from a colleague on this. this is a big -- this is a very important moment. obviously, peter struck is the fbi agent taken off the investigation when the text messages were revealed off the mueller investigation. he has been open decembn desk d. now he is out. >> i'm hearing this for the first time on air. i don't know a ton. i will say, he has been a favorite punching bag for the president. the president tweeted about him day after day after day and has elevated him -- >> one of his favorite punching bags. >> he elevated him and lis

the fall. so it sounds like he was pushed out in that way, even though he intended to leave. >> ron, there is a report also within that washington post story tonight about the president being very jealous of jared kushner's lawyer, abbie lowell. he is maybe the single most experienced or one of certainly the most experienced lawyers in washington for handling a situation like this. he actually represented the democrats' position in the house of representatives in the impeachment action against president clinton. he was in effect defending president clinton within the house of representatives. and of course jared kushner had no trouble going out and hiring the most professional, most competent lawyer available in washington. donald trump is now looking at abbie lowell wishing he had her. he is quoted in the washington post as saying, another leaker, another trump adviser said trump remark this year, i need a lawyer like abbie. ron, he certainly does. >> well, he does. i mean, he needs to stop hiring his lawyers out of the ranks of fox news commentators, which is not really a good source for quality legal representation. the latest epi

ashley parker of "the washington post" calls him the president nongrata and she writes this morning in "the washington post" -- >> ashley parker joins us now. ashley, i love great newspaper leads. so here you go, kid. shunned two funerals and one royal wedding so far. president trump may well be on his way to becoming president nongrata. great job, great job. now, my question for you, after reading the piece, and it jumped

and ashley parker, white house political reporter for "the washington post." ashley, i'd like to begin with you having laid out of all that exposition including the political science as delivered by seth. how central, how pervasive is this topic, this cloud in that white house? >> it's dominated the white house this week in the same way it's dominated the news. this was something the white house was initially hoping to avoid. they thought they could get the president not to engage on her book. but i have to say even before the book came out, even before this all exploded, people in the white house were nervous about what omarosa had, and they were reaching out to white house reporters who they thought might have seen excerpts from the book in advance, is there an index and am i in it, and how bad is it. and that was before they knew she had tapes. so now she has tapes it's become an issue we can see is consuming the president. and some of her charges especially saying that she has information that the president knew about wikileaks before anyone knew about thos

of the washington post this is a major news story a major news story yes over the weekend both the supposed c.n.n. and the washington post by only discovered and realized that the united states and its military industrial complex actually share some responsibility for the current devastation and horrors taking place in yemen welcome to our nightmare my corporate friends c.n.n. proudly beat their chance chests and exclaimed in an article on friday that quote the bomb used by the saudi led coalition in a devastating attack on a school bus in yemen was sold as part of the u.s. state department saying d'armes deal and that working with local yemeni journalists munitions expert c.n.n. of the stablished of the weapon was a five hundred pound laser guided m.k. eighty two bomb made by lockheed martin well bully for you c.n.n. except i might be a little late to the party i mean independent journalists like ben norton and we here at r.t. were actually reporting that days if not weeks before you ever got around to the story but hey you know i guess you know your only real journalist of lockheed martin

. >> the headline on another blockbuster piece of reporting by the washington post. winter is coming. siting 26 sources. the story describes how aides and add vierviser how the white is ill prepared for a takeover by democrats. the white house will be under siege. >> the barrage of investigations into ethical misconduct in the administration, into the president's businesses and most dangerously into possible impeachment proceedings. >> i don't think impeachment will happen to the president. are they going to try to cripple his administration, they will. >> i hope there won't be violence. >> the last thing we need to do is monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda. >> i think desantis has decided to pull a page from the trump campaign play book. people are tired of this race baiting division. >> it has zero to do with race. it had everything to do with whether we want florida to continue to go in a good direction or do we want to turn to left wing socialist policies. >> ron desantis is extraordinary. ha harvard, yale, brilliant. >> i know ron and i don't k

he's written this open letter to the president in "the washington post." calling brennan one of the finest public servants i've ever known. he goes onto say, i would consider it an honor -- this is talking to the president -- if you would revoke my security clearance as well, so i can add my name to the list of men and women who have spoken up against your presidency. then came this document, a response from a dozen former top officials, just about all the big names you know we've covered around here that represent both democratic and republican administrations, in it they defend brennan and call the president's action an attempt to stifle free speech. well, here to talk about it all nancy cook is back with us, white house reporter for politico. and we welcome to the broadcast aaron blake for "the washington post." erin, your colleagues have gone ahead and verified this brennan matter was done without process, without cause, with rigor, that it was indeed political. what else do we need to know about what has transpired and what may transpire? >> it's setup

referring to this piece in the "washington post." a complete fabrication, the president writes, that i am concerned about the meeting my wonderful son donald had in trump tower. this was a meeting to get information on an opponent, totally legal and done all of the time in politics. and it went nowhere. i did not know about it. liz holtzman, how do you read that tweet? help us understand this in the context of what we have heard from the president and his legal team before about the substance of that meeting that took place in the summer of 2016. >> well, what we know is that the president helped if not actually dictate a false statement about what happened at the meeting once. he wrote this press release, dictated this press release that had false information about it. so what the president says about this meeting definitely has to be taken with a grain of salt. but the problem here is that now he and his son are really in the crosshairs, because there is at least a report that michael cohen says that the president knew beforehand ab

but if we have a look at the washington post, its analysis of the news that broke overnight, minutespart in different courtrooms in the us, michael cohen, if we talk about him to begin with, the long—term attorney of the us and what he had to admit to and pleaded guilty to in court. he pled guilty to fraud charges but also to violations of electoral law by paying off ms mcdougal and stormy daniels together about $280,000, and the interesting thing is... this is in the run-up to the us election. in the run-up to the us election. in the run-up to the us election. in the run-up to the us election, these were two ladies who had allegedly had an affair in the run—up to the election of us president, and he paid them off. the interesting thing here when you read his admission of guilt, it said it was in consultation and at the direction of a federal candidate of donald trump. yes. which is... it is important to note that donald trump was not named in the courtroom. yes, the federal candidate. that is very powerful in the sense that it does implicate him, it does implicate him directly becau

"the washington post" has a story that just went up. the headline -- "trump associates socialized with alleged russian agent maria butina in final weeks of 2016 campaign." as you know, she was charged last month with working as an unregistered kremlin agent and according to "the post," she socialized before the election with j.d. gordon who served for six months as the campaign's director of national security. "the post" is citing documents and testimony provided to the senate intelligence committee and described to the paper. rosalind helderman got the scoop. she joins us now. what did these e-mails between butina and gordon reveal? >> yeah, they showed that the two met at an embassy event, a party at the swiss embassy in late september 2016. so really in the final weeks of the trump campaign. and then paul erickson, the republican operative who she was apparently dating kind of connected the two of them over e-mail, and they show that the fact that j.d. gordon had this trump tie appeared to be important to the e-mail relationship that

phil rucker, the pulitzer prize winning bureau chief for the "washington post." tamara keith, white house correspondent for npr, and richard painter was chief white house ethics adviser for george w. bush. why now? what's specific about the potential departure of mcgahn that's got so many people worried, or is it just one more thing that's making them worried? >> ali, it's just one more thing that's making them worry. this fear has been building for a while now as it looks increasingly likely that democrats have a real possibility of taking over the majority of the house at a minimum in november's midterm elections. and people around the president, his allies, including some of his advisers inside the white house, are very concerned that could lead to a barrage of subpoenas, of investigations, of inquiries into ethical misconduct in the administration, into increase perhaps into the president's businesses, and most dangerously, into possible impeachment proceedings, depending, of course, on what sort of report special counsel robert mueller issues regarding obstru

>>> plus, one trump ally warning the "washington post" tonight, winter is coming and the white house is not prepared. phil rucker is standing by with the details. >>> and in florida, republican ron desantis accused of racism for calling his african-american opponent articulate and urging florida not to monkey this up. tonight, andrew gillum responds. "the 11th hour" begins now. >>> good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. i'm ali velshi in for brian williams. day 587 of the trump administration brings the sudden news that the west wing attorney who has been the pivotal link to robert mueller during the russia investigation is out. white house counsel don mcgahn will soon be making his exit. axios was first out with a report this morning. that was quickly followed by this tweet from president trump. white house counsel don mcgahn will be leaving his position in the fall shortly after the confirmation, hopefully, of judge brett kavanaugh to the united states supreme court. i have worked with don for a long time and truly appreciate his service. this afte

he is the publisher of the washington post. if you look up the work publisher in the dictionary there should be a picture of fred ryan. tohas many responsibilities his community, his employees and his reporters in a harm's way. what fred has done to help his journalist has been skillful and inspiring. fred is here today to stand up for austin and to stand up for all of you -- this tells you everything about him. please welcome washington post publisher fred ryan to the national press club. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, bill, for that very kind introduction. thank you for allowing me to add my voice and that of the "washington post" to the calls for the immediate and safe return of austin tice. a special thank you to the president for being here and doing all you're doing for this georgetown university student. i would also like to thank reporters without borders for organizing this event and everything they do to protect the interests of journalists around the world. and to mark and debbie tice, i cannot begin to tell you

philip bump, national correspondent for "the washington post." philip on this issue of security clearances, john brennan had his revoked. we hear him speaking out tonight in this same studio a few hours ago. he talked, one of the things he talked about was trying to prevent this from happening to other former and current officials. does he have any ability to do that? >> well, so one of the things he mentioned i thought was interesting is that he was trying to engage in a legal case to actually do so. i'm not a lawyer so i don't know the extent to which that would be successful. it's clear that he recognizes what the threat here is. i mean, president trump's absolutely right, clearly this has done nothing to silence brennan, he was probably harsher in his language tonight than he's been at any point in time in the recent past. he recognizes there is a particular threat. if you are someone who donald trump still has power over in the government, who someone like bruce or.if he gets his security clearance revoked, that changes his career, makes it s

david mariness of the washington post and jim webb, a former u.s. senator. another vietnam veteran on the phone, good morning. >> hello. washington and the world is listening to these station. i have direct knowledge about why the vietnam war went on. it goes all the way back to the turn of the century when the french went there and the economists went there to take charge of endo-china. they utilized it as a steppingstone for their economy of rubber plantations and opium. would say when yo >> david, u gois that correct? >> i would say that when you go to vietnam, jim has gone there almost every year. i've been there for my book. and you will see that in the perspective of the vietnamesee today, the americas are the country they hate the least out of the french, the chinese, and the americans because the french colonized them. that's a far different thing than fighting a war. i think the french aspect was totally economic, and i think the rubber plantations were a vital part of that. >> how does history view his involvement, his role? >> let me say something

whether or not the saudi government paid for this most recent visit you hear described in "the washington post did allow for a case to move forward, figuring out whether or not this is legal according to the constitution. >> all right. live for us in washington, d.c., eugene scott. great to have you with us. thank you. >> thanks, eugene. >> speaking out on the shuttered group. the critical allegations he is laying out against the white house over what he says was the true goal of the commission. >>> plus, bill karins is back with a check on the forecast, including some relief from the heat for some. ♪ it's easy to think that all money managers are pretty much the same. but while some push high commission investment products, fisher investments avoids them. some advisers have hidden and layered fees. fisher investments never does. and while some advisers are happy to earn commissions from you whether you do well or not, fisher investments fees are structured so we do better when you do better. maybe that's why most of our clients come from other money managers. fisher investments. clearly bette

that's what retiring senator bob corker told the "washington post" tonight. senator corker said "my sense is the fix is in." senator corker expects jeff sessions to be fired after the midterm election. "they'd do it before but they're worried about the effect it would have on the midterms themselves," he said in an interview. adding "it's about the investigation and i think the mueller investigation ought to go on unimpeded." the "washington post" reports "at least twice this month trump vented to white house advisers and his lawyers about his frustration at the endless investigation of his campaign and declared that he needs to fire sessions for saddling his presidency with the controversy. one such discussion occurred in early august during the trial of his former campaign chairman paul manafort. on august 1st, the second day of the trial, trump tweeted that sessions should shut down the special counsel probe. in subsequent talks with his lawyers and advisers trump said what he really wanted to do was fire sessions," the people said. those same three unnamed

th this op ed from william mcraven that was just out in the "washington post," the admiral who oversaw the raid to kill osama bin laden telling the president it would be an honor to have him revoke his security clearance. you come from this world, you know this world well. that is no small thing for somebody of admiral mcraven's caliber to say something like that. >> i think it's hard to convey the significance to people who don't know who mcraven is. this is not a partisan political person. this is a person of really incredible stature and integrity, commands unbelievable respect within the national security community. it really does say something for somebody like this to be using these terms about the president. i think he's not necessarily even speaking to the president whenever he says, i think it would be an honor for you to revoke my security clearance. i think he's sending a message that whenever you speak up against this president and take this stand, it's not about politics, it's about defending the united states, because that has been what his career has been about. >> that'

and it came to "the washington post." r ter two paper in wash. >> steven spielberg called it a patriotic film. would you agree? >> oh, absolutely. i mean i think thaeng that gets done to the bottom of an assault on the first amendment and proves that -- that a free press is one of the pillars of our democracy, a pretty patriotic message to put out. this, this, original script i read was really about the week katherine graham we came katherine graham. and, the fold in of all of the -- you know, a president that was frying to thwart the truth. an attack, delegitimizing the press, supreme court making its decisions as well as the the reality aof what a woman faced n the board room when things are supposed to be ameritocracy. put tight geogether. and, it ends up being a caldron for 201 n8 now. go back, study history see. how it relates to now? you realize this ongo, fight to form a more perfect union is as american as apple pie. >> i am struck, the week that katherine graham became katherine graham. sunny was brave. sunny went

jimmy carter is talking this morning in the "washington post." he says of president trump, "i think he's a disaster in human rights and taking care of people, and treating people." what do you make of the fact that we are hearing from artat this point? >> well, there are sort of two brands that one associates with former president carter. one is speaking the truth, you know. that was his slogan, i'll never lie to you. and secondly, human rights. he's dedicated most of his life in the post presidency to furthering and advancing democracy and human rights which have been notably absent from the trump foreign policy. you've got human rights abuse all over the place that this white house doesn't talk aboutment you know, they're -- there are hunger strikes, people in prison, there are gross violations of human rights, and even assassinations, all of which have gone on in recent times in russia. you didn't hear the president talk about it once. from what we can tell about the private, secret meeting with vladimir putin, none of it was even raised. these

comedy airs tomorrow night at 10:00 right here on cnn. >>> the executive editors of the new york times and "washington postsee you in an hour. >>> tonight, on the axe files, the celebrated executive editors of the "new york times" and "the washington post", on the unprecedented challenges of covering the trump presidency. >> let me ask you bluntly, do you think the president habitually lies? >> well, you know -- >> coping with trump's attacks on the free press. >> we have a lot of fake news back there.

thank you for allowing me to head my voice to the washington post for the safe return of austin tice. thank you bill for arranging this and tim who will hear from in a few minutes. a special thank you to the president for being here and for all that you're doing. i also like to thank reporters without borders for organizing the event over everything they do every day. to mark and debbie tice, cannot begin to tell you how much those of us who know you respect and admire your singular devotion to the cause of austin's release. we stand in solidarity with you. you have into word the parents worst nightmare. you have been selfless and relentless in your determination to secure austin's release. the work of austin tice reminds us of the important impact and dangers of reporting. the work in syria provided a critical view of what the world to not understand. austin is a talented journalist who took significant risk to cover a war that was just beginning. the dispatchers from the time embedded with syrian rebels help paint a picture of how a peaceful uprising turned into a rebel movement. hi

the white house is not ready. all of this coming from a "washington post" report. me reported a visors and allies saying they are worried the trump team has neither the strategy nor the staff to deal with a possible democratic take over in november

. >>> breaking tonight from the "washington post," president trump has discussed firing his attorney general as recently as this month. >>> plus, new reporting from cnbc. what robert mueller was asking witnesses about michael cohen even after the fbi raided his home and office. >>> the warning from president trump to evangelical leaders. there could be violence if the republicans lose their majority. >>> and if it's tuesday, it's election night. steve kornacki at the big board with florida results. corbin for governor in the sunshine state. "the 11th hour" begins now. >>> good evening once again at our studio headquarters in new york. i'm ali velshi. it is the last major primary election night before the midterms. we're tracking key races in arizona and florida, both considered key battlegrounds not only this november but also in the 2020 presidential election. among the latest headlines, trump pick republican congressman ron desantos is the projected winner in florida's republican gubernatorial primary. but the big surprise is the democrat he'll face in november. andrew gillum is the

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associate editor for the "washington post" and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson and nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of "kasie dc" on msnbc, the great, the powerful, the very well connected kasie hunt good to have you all on the show this morning. so frame the morning. it's the last day of the summer. the new reports yesterday, of course, pressure mounting all around the president. people shocked at just how much pressure this president is under. the russia probe, the midterm elections, his legal team in limbo and now after hastening the exit of his top white house lawyer in a tweet, there is new reporting that donald trump is shockingly, woefully, ill-prepared for the constitutional crisis engulfing his presidency. it is crisis that could very well lead him down the panel to impeachment. many say it absolutely will.

. >>> the executive editors of the new york times and "washington post" join david axelrod for "the ax files." see you in an hour. >>> tonight, on the axe files, the celebrated executive editors of the "new york times" and "the washington post", on the unprecedented challenges of covering the trump presidency. >> let me ask you bluntly, do you think the president habitually lies? >> well, you know -- >> coping with trump's attacks on the free press. >> we have a lot of fake news back there. >> he doesn't want the press to be an arbiter. he doesn't want scientists to be the arbiter. he wants himself and his white house to be the arbiter of fact. >> their storiied careers with headlines that changed history. >> i want this to be in my obituary. >> welcome to "the axe files." >> i figured i would introduce you. welcome to the constitution center in philly. we chose this place not just because it's roughly halfway between your two cities, but because of what the constitution means and the meaning of that first amendment. you are the editors of two of the most influential papers in this cou

ok the same with the new york times or the washington post or the guardian or the b.b.c. or any of the. western media is very very influential with me still don't continue to downright lie as if nothing has happened in western corporate media they portray everything back to front so were two words you have these kind of alice in wonderland kind of through the looking glass. coverage in the media in the western media. occupy london appears to be the latest victim of facebook's recent spree of shutting down pages of social justice movement had its page taken down for several hours at the movement says this is not the first time that facebook has try to censor its content now occupy london is a social justice movement founded in twenty eleven it is a part of a global movement organized hundreds of protests against financial elites. the movement says its founding values are equality and diversity now occupy london has a significant social media presence with around one hundred fifty thousand followers on facebook now some say that certain pro palestine posts by occupy london

. >>> a new report from "the washington post" this morning says things are unraveling behind the scenes for the president who fears for his son, donald trump jr. he does not believe his son broke the law, but is fearful he inadd ver

this as the "washington post" reports tonight the white house is already drafting more cancellations. >>> plus, steve bannon tells msnbc november will be an up or down vote on trump. he salt down with ari melber with details. and the paul manafort jury asks to be led out early without a verdict after nearly 15 hours of deliberations. they will be back on monday and "the 11th hour" on a friday night begins now. >>> good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. i'm steve kornacki in for brian williams. day 575 of the trump administration and there is new reporting tonight from the "washington post" that the president is demanding more security clearances be pulled as part of his war on the russia investigation. the white house has drafted documents revoking security clearance who president truof c officials who president trump believes is criticizing him or playing a role in the investigation of russian interference. sarah sanders and bill shine, the newly named deputy chief of staff, have discussed the optimop optimum times to release them. wednesday, trump c

of the washington post this is a major news story a major news story yes over the weekend both the supposed c.n.n. and the washington post finally discovered it and realized the united states and its military industrial complex actually share some responsibility for the current devastation in the horrors taking place in yemen welcome to our nightmare by corporate friends c.n.n. proudly beat their chance chests and exclaimed in an article on friday that quote the bomb huge by the saudi led coalition in a devastating attack on a school bus in yemen was sold as part of the u.s. state department saying should arms deal and that working with local yemeni journalists munitions expert c.n.n. of the stablished of the weapon was a five hundred pound laser guided m k t two bomb made by lockheed martin well bully for you c.n.n. except might be a little late to the party i mean independent journalists like ben norton and we here at r.t. were actually reporting that days if not weeks before you ever got around to the story but hey you know i guess you know your only real journalist of lockheed martin ac

the questions, james homan, the national political reporter for the washington post heard and out weaver with the washington examiner. >> let's talk by your organization, what is the mission, what role will you play the midterm election? purpose of america rising is to define and defeat democrats. we are the gop's premier research organization so we spent countless hours reviewing videos, going out tracking the field, reading and producing countless pages of materials, to really shape a narrative on democratic candidates. the 20 18th cycle, we will be playing the same role that we appeared.from 2013 looking at our democratic targets, particularly our friends running in the trump state, the 10 democratic senators running. along with a host of other house candidates and state candidates. researchhe opposition include following candidates around the cameras and monitoring every statement they make? every media parents a have? >> it does. there is a little bit of a caricature of opposition research. you can go with a very sexy james bond type, or you can think about it as dumpster diving. ne

. >> the washington post is reporting documents to strip their clearance are ready for the president to sign. we will begin with cnn sarah west wood, what are you learning ability what is ahead in terms of security clearances? >> reporter: well, president trump is following that backlash from john brennan. former intelligence officials are speak out against the press dent this might set as the white house is struggling to explain the reasoning behind that decision. this is coming as the washington post is reporting like you mentioned the president is considering stripping the security clearances of at least thin other officials who are connected in various ways to the russia investigation. 60 ex-cia officials have spoken out against the president's decision to target brennan, saying in a statement, all of us believe it is critical to protect classified information from unauthorized disclosure, but we believe equally stronger former government official versus their right to express their views on what they see of national security issues, without fear of dock so. the country will be w

but in a new statement about his son to the "washington post" the president takes a noticeably more careful position. "don has received notoriety for a brief meeting that many politicians would have taken, but most importantly and to the best of my knowledge, nothing happened after the meeting concluded." "to the best of my knowledge." that's a far cry from no collusion. more like if collusion did happen i wasn't a part of it. the president for some reason is now hedging his denial of any trump tower meeting follow-up. meanwhile, his lead attorney, rudy giuliani, is now changing his story about what the president said to then fbi director james comey regarding former national security adviser michael flynn. giuliani now says the whole encounter never took place. >> there was no conversation about michael flynn. the president didn't find out that comey believed there was until about i think it was february when it supposedly took place. the memo came out in may. >> but mr. mayor, you told abc news last month that the president told comey, "can you give him a break?" now you're saying they ne

that is according to the "washington post." josh does i, cnn political analyst and supporter for the post who helped break the story joins me now by phone. josh, thanks for coming in. this is late-breaking news. thanks for calling in. you and your colleagues at the post spoke to 26 white house officials, advisers, others close to the white house. one saying winter is coming. talk to me about that. >> what i reported tonight is that john mcgahn, he had been the top -- in the white house. [ inaudible ] to help represent the president. inclusively people around the president, it's unlikely we're going to keep the house of representatives from the demographic. they're going to impeach you and going to be difficult times. obviously, 65, 70 days left to go. [ inaudible ] but there seems to be a growing consensus with the michael cohen verdict, manafort verdict, mueller continuing. his lawyers believing that there may be challenging times ahead. >> so jared kushner's attorney that he's considering according to your reporting, let me as

what do you think "the washington post's" headline will be? >> if the democrats win the election, really there's going to be a lot of worry about november from republicans. we have seen time and again in special elections, republicans losing or performing poorly in districts and states where under ordinary conditions they should be doing well. if they lose another one, you are going to hear a lot of alarm bells among republicans in washington. >> how much of a wake up call would it be for republicans if they lose the congressional seat? >> i think it would be a significant wake up call. if i'm being honest, we are going to talk more about the tuesday election on lebron james and how that factored into this. you know, lebron is lebron. >> and it's ohio. >> i know. >> sean will stay with us. we are going to talk about a possible change in congress. >> yes. >> stay with us. >>> why special counsel robert mueller wants to see paul manafort's $15,000 ostrich jacket. the late night comics had fun with it. >> he bought a 15,000 ostrich jacket. that sh

but, you know, i can remember reading about tet '68 in the "washington post." ter braves was a marine who had been wounded in north korea, spent three years over there. you could read the front page of the "washington post" and have straight-up, factual reporting for a battle, and then you get to the political pages and these political people, and i've been a political person over there, it's time to do something else. very difficult for the country to process what a win, what a loss was, until much later. even though, as david was saying, the tet offensive was a military failure, that's not what was being reported at the time. >> in one final point, we're going to go. >> let me put this in perspective. you had the tet offensive in 1968. >> more soldiers killed in one week during the tet offensive than any other time of the war. >> then you have president johnson's speech -- >> then you have the election where he gets four votes over lyndon johnson. then you have ted kennedy entering the race. he's about to lose the wisconsin primary the next day when he decides

that is according to the "washington post." josh dawsey, cnn political analyst and white house reporter for "the post," who helped break the story, joins me now by phone. josh, thank you for coming in. this is late-breaking news. thanks for calling in. i should say. you and your colleagues at the post spoke to 26 white house officials, advisers, others close to the white house. one trump ally saying, quote, "winter is coming." talk to me about that. >> so what i'm reporting tonight indicates that white house don mcgahn left his job. the ranks have thinned by about 20, 30%. rudy giuliani, his outside lawyer, the president is increasingly talking about impeachme impeachment. there is talk to bring abbey and to help represent the president and people around the president tell him it's unlikely we're going to keep the house of representatives when the democrats get in. they're likely to try to impeach you, and things are going to be difficult times. obviously, 65, 70 days left to go. anything could happen, as we've seen with the pre

carol leonnig, investigative reporter from the "washington post." she has a new story tonight on the new mueller interview offer to trump which is central to all of this. thank you so much for being here on a busy night for you. >> glad to be here. and thanks for the good questions you guys always ask. it's been a roller coaster of a day. >> i think that's fair to say. and it's -- there's some theme parks open well into the evening. we may still be on the roller coaster at this moment. walk us through what you have learned about mueller's counter offer for a potential trump interview and why do you think he's willing to limit some questions? >> i'm told that mueller's team presented a counter proposal in this seven-month long negotiation over the special counsel being able to interview the president about evidence suggesting that the president obstructed justice or sought to thwart a criminal probe. and in thcounter proposal, what mueller did was essentially say look, i'll reduce the number questions that are about the view theny that i have of the p

jeff bezos who owns the washington post and the washington post he thinks at least the editorial board doesn't like president trump so this is really. not just political it's personal for the president it appears to me but it's not just amazon it's fed ex its u.p.s. hack d.h.l. is coming back into the us after being gone for a dozen or so years so it may be that all of these are money making for the post office now could be making more money maybe and i'm totally cool with the grieg zammit things but what you don't want to do is cut your nose off to spite your face this is a profit making venture for the post office well margaret who well parts a point to politics permeates almost all of life how much of this push to private ties do you think is driven by fed ex u.p.s. at all trying to replace the post office if only for the reason part cited the animist of the washington post well i think there's certainly a corporation driven push but i do want to point out the fed ex and u.p.s. also need the public infrastructure of the united states postal service they put of at least according to

joining me now is robert costa of the washington post. i'm a little unclear how this went down today and why it went down this way. could you shed some light? >> the joke around the white house with my sources there is that mcgahn's been spotted more on capitol hill in recent weeks than at the white house, because he's been working on the kavanaugh investigation. this was a long simmering decision, but the president based on that reporting today decided to make it public. >> was it the case that from your reporting that essentially this was -- i mean, i guess my question is, was he fired or did he quit? >> he was expected to leave, this was a story everyone's been writing for months, mcgahn likely to leave after the midterm elections, it's been confirmed as republicans hope he is. but the the same time. you have a lot of push back on capitol hill. he's our link to an unconventional white house. he's the person that helps get these judges through on all levels of the federal court. there's an inclination to have him stay. it's been somethin