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meeting between members of trump's camp and a russian lawyer during his election campaign was treasonous an unpatriotic he also allegedly hit out at the president's daughter of trump to see biden left the white house in all goods two year after joining trump's election team as his chief strategist but it was a pivotal figure for the president during his campaign through two taking up office . media analyst line all things trends reactions par for the course here though. there's a simple rule if you don't go after trump he doesn't bother you go after him in any way insult him criticize him take him to task and he's on you with a death grip you've never seen does anybody think that anybody in the drug administration cares one i ota about this i mean it what it does is it throws the mainstream media the washington press corps and the mainstream media news troops and throws them into disarray which trump thrives on and after he's done with bannon he's going to say something about france or italy or or some of his neighbor has someone this is his pattern does anybody not pay attention trump for arrives on t

strategist steve balun follows publication of excerpts from an upcoming book in which ballon denounces trump's eldest son as treasonous and unpatriotic for meeting with a lawyer with kremlin connections in two thousand and sixteen that meeting is central to an investigation into alleged russian meddling in the presidential campaign trump issued a statement saying steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency when he was fired not only lost his job he lost his mind he went on to say steve has little to do with our historic victory steve doesn't represent my base he's only in it for himself the white house press secretary says balance claims of treason against donald trump jr are baseless. i think that is a ridiculous accusation and one that i'm pretty sure we've addressed many times from here before if that's in reference to comments made by mr bannon i'd refer you back to the ones that he made previously on sixty minutes worry called collusion with russia about this president a total farce so i think i would learn. if anybody's been inconsistent it's been him certainly has been the president or this administration. has more

strategist steve bannon it follows publication of excerpts from an upcoming book in which span and denounces tom's eldest son as treasonous and unpatriotic for meeting with a lawyer with kremlin connections in two thousand and six in that meeting is central to an investigation into alleged russian made lying in the presidential campaign trump has issued a statement saying steve benen has nothing to do with me or my presidency when he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind he went on to say steve is little to do with our historic victory and steve doesn't represent my bases only in its form self than easterbrook has more from washington d.c. . well we've seen a lot of people within the administration or some people within the administration come and go some on their own and some have been fired but this really is the first time that we have seen president trump lash out at anybody who has left the white house and and he did it for a couple of reasons the president really demands loyalty from the people who serve him and also as sarah sander sort of pointed out during the press briefing you do not curry favor with president tr

"the guardian" got an excerpt about the treason and unpatriotic behavior of donald trump jr. steve bannon. "new york" magazine published an excerpt and other media organizations are getting excerpts. so i mean this is just the tip of the iceberg as far as we know. "the wall street journal" just got a copy and in the journal excerpt bannon is described as describing ivanka trump, the president's beloved daughter and senior white house adviser, quote, dumb as a brick. a spokeswoman for ms. trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment. i mean, that's not nice. >> no, it's mean. it's very mean. it's a very mean statement. it is, it's just mean. >> it's not necessarily even true. but the idea that he would go after the president's kids like this is really staggering. >> can't speak to the truthfulness of that statement. wouldn't presume to. but there is a hatfields and mccoys kind of war that's been going on pretty much from the outset of the administration between bannon and his allies and ivanka trump and jared kushner. i think that's what's driving a lot of these

he's lost his mind if follows publication of excerpts from an upcoming book in which palin denounces trying to sell this treasonous and unpatriotic iran's ambassador to the un is accusing the u.s. of interfering in his country's domestic affairs after washington some bastard called for an emergency un meeting to discuss antigovernment protests in iraq at least twenty two people have died in days of unrest. at least fourteen people have been killed in airstrikes in northwest syria this footage shows the aftermath of an airstrike which destroyed a hospital on the outskirts of it live three people were killed eleven people died in other strikes across it live in hama the syrian opposition says russian government forces carried out the attacks allegedly province is thought to be the largest remaining rebel held area in the country it's inside one of the so-called deescalation zones set up last september in an effort to scale back the conflict with no letup in the fighting tens of thousands of civilians are fleeing the area so to hold the reports. they set up tents wherever they can on the side of roads in open fields syrians are stil

kushner, paul manafort, and a whole group of rupgs russ during the campaign as treasonous and unpatriotic. that is just one line in anxplosive new book by journalist michael wolfe, seen by "the guardian." it quotes bannon as saying, even if you thought this was not treasonous or unpatriotic or bad expletive, and i happen to think it is all of that, you should have called the fbi immediately. cnn justice correspondent, jessica schneider, is joining us from washington. jessica, bannon apparently had a lot to say about the russia investigation and it's not good news for trump's inner circle. >> it's not, ana. this is really steve bannon unleashed, which of course we've seen before. but this time, he's

he says even if you thought this was not treasonous, unpatriot or bad, and there's an expletive, i happen to think it's all of that, you should have called the fbi immediately. what is he trying to do here? >> look, i think it is another example of bannon, he really doesn't pull his punches. he's a pretty straight shooter about a lot of this stuff despite his relationship with trump. you know, in a certain way, as i say, he's the only guy who can tell trump what he doesn't want to hear. he might have made a great chief of staff if not for his other traits, being disorganized. that he wants the way bannon is. i think there's some misunderstanding what bannon thinks about the russian inquiry. i think the fund mental disagreement with the trump white house is that he feels they unilaterally disarmed. they have two lawyers up against 19 guys, the murderous row of prosecutors. that was bannon's real difference in the trump white house. i don't think he was saying there was necessarily collusion by trump. he is simply saying this is an unfair fight. >> all right. chris whipple, come back and se

in an explosive new book, quoted using the words treasonous, unpatriotic, jared kushner, cam pane chair paul manafort and russian lawyer promising dirt on hillary clinton. he's quoted saying special counsel robert mueller's team will crack don jr. like an egg on national tv. >> this is sclabsolutely ridicus he'd make a statement like that if he made the statement. nobody less treasonous than don jr. >> reporter: in a scathing statement, the president said, "steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. when he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind." bannon is standing by his former boss telling listers on sirius xm's breitbart news radio -- >> nothing will come between us and president trump and his agenda, don't worry about that. >> reporter: the explosive new book "fire and fury" by michael wolfe hasn't been released yet. the president sent a letter to wolfe and his letter de-mondman they cease and desist release of the book. >>> happening today, former san francisco supervisor will officially file her nomination papers to run for mayor. she's running to rep

he's lost his mind it follows publication of excerpts from an upcoming book which bannon denounces trump's eldest son as treasonous and unpatriotic a turkish banker has been found guilty by u.s. courts of taking part in a scheme to violate washington's sanctions on iran mahmoud taylor and days how those who are accused of moving billions of dollars worth of iranian money through american banks disguised as food and gold sales tello was an executive at the state owned bank. kristen salumi has more from new york. attila was the deputy general manager of whole bank the turkish state owned bank at the center of the scheme to launder iranian money in violation of u.s. sanctions a tylo was one of nine people charged by u.s. prosecutors in the case but the only one to stay on trial his lawyers described him as a blameless pawn someone who was not knowingly involved in any scheme to do anything and they put the blame on his boss and reza zurab who was the lead defendant in the case until he decided to plead guilty and testify against attila he also implicated president erda won in turkey has been aware of this case back when he was prime

. >> he's happy to tell an author about treason us unpatriotic acts but he won't tell the congress when he's pressed on it. >> i think the democrats are really i meremerging as the par patriotism. we have all this about russia and democrats saying we want to stick with the process, we want to stick with the constitution, let's be americans first, let's make sure we're not having foreign interference with our elections, and it putting republicans in kind of a strange position where as more information comes out about trump and his associations with russia, to what extent are they getting pulled into that. >> do you think trey gowdy risks the perception that he's being pulled out of the loop that trey gowdy got a better interview. >> i can imagine being on some of those committees, you want access to that information, and you have people who are going to be running again, and there's a lot of different calculations that's going to figure into how they play themselves in this. >> i'm going to go ahead and ding adamship, reading back what he said. the broadest effort to effectively gag a wi

strategist steve bannon it follows publication of excerpts from an upcoming book in which bannon denounces trump's eldest son as treasonous and unpatriotic for meeting with a lawyer with kremlin connections in two thousand and sixteen that meeting is central to an investigation into alleged russian meddling in the presidential campaign trump has issued a statement saying steve benen has nothing to do with me or my presidency when he was fired he not only lost his job it was his mind he went on to say steve has little to do with our historic victory steve doesn't represent my base he's only in it for himself the white house press secretary says bannon's claims of treason against donald trump jr basis. i think that is a ridiculous accusation and one that i'm pretty sure we've addressed many times from here before if that's in reference to comments made by mr bannon i'd refer you back to the ones that he made previously on sixty minutes were it called the collusion with russia about this president a total farce so i think i would learn to look back at that if anybody's been inconsistent it's been him certainly has been the president or this

lost his mind it follows the publication of excerpts from an upcoming book for bannon it announces trump's eldest son is treasonous and unpatriotic comments are made about a two thousand and sixteen meeting between trump jr and a lawyer with kremlin connections. to the u.s. accusing the u.s. of interfering in his country's to mastic affairs after washington's ambassador called for an emergency un meeting to discuss anti-government protests and iran at least twenty two people have died in recent past china's president is urging military leaders to train soldiers for real combat and improve their capability to win wars xi jinping made the comments at a ceremony at an army base outside beijing he said the purpose of the event was to showcase the country's military my this new era for china. and we have reconnected with our robin pride he joins us again from beijing so rob i have a question that i pose to you tell us more about this particular display and how it's being treated in china. this was a very powerful display of military might that was meant to impress some seven thousand troops and military hardware gathered in could be a

picture that is he happy to tell an author about treasonous unpatriotic acts but he won't tell members of congress when he is pressed on it. i'm not aware of any privilege that let's you pick and choose who you answer questions for. >> bannon's attorney said yesterday that he had been instructed by the white house to not talk about his time at the white house or the transition or any of the conversations that he had with the president that could be covered by privilege. the white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders would not confirm yesterday that the white house indeed had had that conversation with bannon and/or his attorney. but did point to the white house's long standing position on such matters. listen here. >> there is a statement and i will read as it all congressional inquiries touching upon the white house, congress must consult with the white house prior to obtaining confidential material. this is part of a judicially recognized process that goes back decades. we have been cooperating fully with these ongoing investigations and encourage the committees to work with

he's happy to tell an author about treasonous, unpatriotic acts, but he won't tell members of congress when he's pressed on it. i'm not aware of any privilege that lets you pick and choose. >> set your partisanship aside for a moment. the gentleman has a point. steve bannon goes on the record in a book about certain thing, doesn't want to tell congress. let's come back to congress in a second. yesterday we were reporting the special counsel felt compelled to issue a subpoena for a witness. that's a big deal. everyone else has come in voluntarily, that we know about. now steve bannon has negotiated. what is the significance if steve bannon, who the president would say was only around for a while during the campaign, didn't do all that much, was a big deal in the trump general election, a very big deal in the first 100 days of the trump white house, what is the significance of bannon going before the special counsel? >> incredibly significant, the most important witness probably that we know about at this point. and he is, or at least he was, i guess, a member of the president's inner ci

strategist steve balance in an excerpt from an upcoming book banning calls trump's actions during the twenty sixth campaign called treasonous and unpatriotic jumper's issued a statement saying steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency and he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind he went on to say steve has little to do with our historic victory steve doesn't represent my base is only in it for himself he also has band playing a double game saying steve pretends to be at war with the media which he calls the opposition party yet he spent his time at the white house looking false information to the media to make himself seem far more important than he was steve was rarely in a one on one meeting with. well it's big to dion estabrook is live in washington d.c. for us hi there diane so why is the white house responding quite so strongly to this. well julie i think sarah sanders who is the president's press secretary summed it up fairly well this afternoon when she says you do not curry favor with president trump when you accuse his son of committing treason and being unpatriotic and so in other words what they're sa

kushner, paul manafort, and a whole group of rupgs russ during the campaign as treasonous and unpatriotic. that is just one line in an explosive new book by journalist michael wolfe, seen by "the guardian." it quotes bannon as saying, even if you thought this was not treasonous or unpatriotic or bad expletive, and i happen to think it is all of that, you should have called the fbi immediately. cnn justice correspondent, jessica schneider, is joining us from washington. jessica, bannon apparently had a lot to say about the russia investigation and it's not good news for trump's inner circle. >> it's not, ana. this is really steve bannon unleashed, which of course we've seen before. but this time, he's targeting the trump family. in particular, he's going after donald trump jr. hard, calling out that june 2016 meeting with the russian lawyer at trump tower. that's also where paul manafort, who was the campaign chair, and jared kushner, they also attended. that meeting did happen about two months before steve bannon joined the campaign, as chief executive. and bannon now talking in this book, this soon-to-be released bo

he's lost his mind for his publication of excerpts from an upcoming book in which bannon denounces tom's eldest son as treasonous and unpatriotic to have a two thousand and sixteen meeting with a lawyer with kremlin connections the u.s. president's former campaign chairman paul manifolds is suing the u.s. justice department and special counsel robert mueller over the russia investigation manifolds is trying to fend off his criminal trial due to start in may he faces laundering charges related to work he did for the ukrainian government his lawsuit accuses me of going beyond his legal authority by charging him israel's parliament has given preliminary approval for legislation making it easier for a court to impose the death penalty now the law would apply to people convicted of murder in incidents classified as terrorist attacks currently the death penalty can only be applied if a panel of three military judges passes the sentence unanimously. the news the new the headlines a news continues but first it is zero. miller . the government after months of trial and years of preparation for this case that prosecutors say was a huge f

steve bannon is saying this meeting was treasonous and unpatriotic, and isn't that worthy of an investigation? >> yeah, i think a lot of people are thinking that. you have further indictments coming out, i think, from the mueller investigation. all of this is like another big drop in the water, and i think it's very meaningful, i think, that this is coming from somebody like steve bannon. i do think that, you know, he does have a point of view on this. he does know what's happening behind the scenes, and this is a meaningful moment. >> let me read you more and this is my first read in half of this as well. bannon also said to michael wolf in this new book, he talked about money laundering, and he said you realize where this is going, this is all about money laundering and it goes through the deutsch bank and the kushner bank, and they are going to roll these two guys up saying play me or trade me. why is he saying this and saying it now if he's a trump loyalist? >> i don't think he's a trump loyalist when it comes to the family. when he was campaigning for roy moore and he took a big dig at i

former chief strategist steve bannon in an excerpt from his upcoming book banning calls trump's actions during the twenty sixteen campaign treasonous and unpatriotic trumpets responded by saying batman has lost his mind and is only in it for himself. iran's revolutionary guard seven and the ends of on rest in the islamic republic tens of thousands of government supporters are rallying to condemn the recent arrests of these twenty two people have died in the anti-government protests which began in mashad last thursday and spread across the country. north korea's leader has reopened a key cross border communication channel with south korea for the first time in nearly two years it comes after kim jong un suggested in his new year's address that he would like to ease hostilities with seoul. and these forty people have been killed in air strikes in syria this is the aftermath of a strike which destroyed a hospital on the outskirts of it three people were killed eleven people died in airstrikes in hama also in the northwest syrian opposition says russian and government forces carried out those strikes. desire current headline stay with us amount is zer

an advanced copy of the book written by michael wolff. he writes that bannon calls the meeting in june 2017 as treasonous and unpatriotic. olff writes that the president insisted that the meeting was purchase purely and simply about russian adoption policy even though there was already an incriminating e-mail chain. the russian government offered to provide dirt on hillary clinton and trump jr. responded by saying, if it's what you say, i love it. >> and there is a concern about the inner workings of the white house. >> there's also a lot of political gossip in there. >> blayne alexander has been pouring through it all and joins us with more. juicy stuff in there? >> reporter: you're absolutely right. that was a must-read book all day today. the book came from more than 200 accounts from different people close to the president but it was words from one of the closest, steve bannon, that's really drawing the anger from president trump. it is all out war between president trump and his one-time right-hand man steve bannon. >> curious, disgusted would probably fit when you make such outrageous claims and false claims against

in an explosive new book, bannon calls the sitdown treasonous, unpatriotic, and he says team trump, quote, should have called the fbi immediately. don jr. has downplayed the meeting. >> in retrospect, i probably would have done things a little differently. for me, this was opposition research. >> reporter: his father has defended him. >> i think from a practical standpoint, most people would have taken that meeting. it's called opposition research or even research into your opponent. >> reporter: the president insists he was not aware of the meeting during the campaign. but bannon says there's no way that's true. saying the chance that donald trump jr. didn't walk the attendees right up to his father's office after the meeting ended was, quote, zero. and he warns, they're going to track don jr. like an egg on national tv. just months ago, the president lavished praise on his former chief strategist. >> i have a very good relationship, as you know, with steve bannon. steve's been a friend of mine for a long time. i like steve a lot. >> reporter: tonight, an unprecedented public rebuke. the

between donald trump junior and a russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign as treasonous and unpatriotic. it looks and sounds like anpat, but it raises questions of whom the republican base now see as their leader. and this in a midterm election year. the relationship between donald trump and steve bannon is one of the most curious in modern america. if donald trump made winning the presidency look easy, steve bannon — some will tell you — was the strategic brain behind the campaign. he was also the ideological rump of trump's ‘make america great again‘ strategy, introducing him to those on the right who would become a proud and vocal base amongst his supporters. like many of trump‘s advisers, he didn‘t last the course of the transition to power. if bannon was the one person who, rumour had it, was allowed in the oval office without a tie, he was nevertheless unceremoniously fired from his job in the white house last autumn. but anyone who thought bannon would go quietly couldn‘t have been further from the truth. he backed roy moore for the alabama senate race last december and is encouraging hard—right candidates t

treasonous and unpatriotic. bannon says of special prosecutor mueller's team, they are going to crackdown jr. like an egg on national tv. more on the trump tower meeting "they didn't have any lawyers, even if you thought that this was not treasonous or unpatriotic or bad expletive and i think it's all that, you should've called the fbi immediately." bannon is quoted on the mueller investigation. "this is all about money laundering." mueller chose andrew weissmann first. donald trump jr. fired back today on twitter. "just look at the comments section on breitbart. wow. when bannon has lost bright bart, he's left with nothing." the president unleashed a flurry of counterparts go punches -- counter punches. the white house spokeswoman sarah sanders blasted the book calling it trashy tabloid fiction. chairman of the american conservative union said bannon is going to lose this barroom brawl. >> steve bannon is an important voice but i think he is grayling marginalized his voice because this looks personal, it looks petty. it's about who did the most help donald trump win. it's about revision and it helps

former chief strategist steve plamann in an excerpt from his upcoming book banning calls charms actions during the twenty six campaign quote treasonous and unpatriotic trump has responded by saying banning has caught lost his mind it is only in it for himself iran's revolutionary guards have announced the end of armrests in the islamic republic tens of thousands of government supporters are rallying to condemn the recent on the rest of these twenty two people have died in the anti-government protests which began in march last thursday and spread across the country. north korea's leader has reopened a key cross border communication channel with south korea for the first time in nearly two years it comes after kim jong un suggested in his new year's address that he would like to ease hostilities with so in that sadr has. norway's banning weapons exports to the united arab emirates over its participation in the war in yemen the u.a.e. is a key member of the saudi led coalition fighting hooty rebels in the country. you are up to date with the stories are current the following stay with us on al-jazeera the street is coming up next we'll see a bit later.

two thousand and sixteen between a russian lawyer and donald trump jr was treasonous and unpatriotic french president has begun an official three day visit to china where he set to sign a series of business deals with chinese leaders mccall's visit began and she and the starting point of the ancient silk road and a nod to beijing's are for to revive the trading route. space x. have said last it off a secretive u.s. government payload known as zoom up the launch in cape canaveral was initially supposed to take place in november but it was postponed as soon as traveled in secrecy the private space x. company and the pentagon have not commented on the nature of the mission. and the heat wave has hit australia with sydney recording its highest temperature in almost eight decades with mercury topping forty seven degrees celsius many people headed to the beaches to cool off the extreme heat caused some a.t.m.'s and traffic lights to stop working. here in germany the country's biggest parties have kicked off exploratory talks aimed at forming a coalition government chance wrong the americans conservatives began talks wi

son-in-law jared kushner's meeting with a russian lawyer was treasonous and unpatriotic and that prosecutors were going to crack don junior like an egg on national tv. >> it reads like an angry vindictive person spouting off. >> reporter: but wolff stands by what he wrote. >> if i left out stuff it's stuff probably even more damning. it's that bad. it's an extraordinary moment in time. >> reporter: president trump fought back sunday tweeting, i've had to put up with the fake news from the first day i announced i would be running for president. now i have to put up with a fake book. "fire and fury" claims those around the president questions the intelligence and mental fitness but his team disputes that. >> they're just ridiculous on their face. >> reporter: the cia direct also says the president is fully engaged and understands complex issues. jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. >>> in washington state, a manhunt is under way for a suspect who shot and killed a sheriff's deputy. the deputy was responding to an armed robbery at a home involving two suspects. he was struck just after 11:30 p.m. while chasing after one of the su

treasonous and unpatriotic. in the u.k., marked by disastrous --, and an unfortunate conference speech, theresa may is looking to stronger footing. in an interview on the bbc, the british prime minister and did months of speculation and confirmed a cabinet reached -- reshuffle is imminent. departure obviously before christmas means changes have to be made and i will be making some changes. juliette: the u.s. federal reserve's won't need to pick up the pace if the interest rate increases in response to the tax overhaul package. that's according to the white house chief economist. the computer modeling resulted in interest rates that aren't in consistent with the fan -- the feds current data. u.s. travelers face more chaos after flooding at new york's jfk international airport caused fresh flight delays and diversions. that came and it operations strained by a snowstorm and freezing temperatures. the meltdown two days after the first major strauss -- snowstorm dealing with long lines and searching through mountains of luggage for their bags if they could get into the airport at all. chancellor said her country nee

he is happy to tell an author about treasonous, unpatriotic acts but he won't tell members of congress was frustrated. the critical question is why did you say what you said in the book? if you believe what he said in the book was true, thomas. >> well, that is the question here, bill. the question here is bannon made pretty insendary statements about the meeting at trump tower being treasonous. he didn't have any doubt the russians were brought to meet with trump in trump tower. was he speaking to the book author as a way to take a political shot at his enemies in the white house or did he have some evidence or some proof that these things he says happened actually happened. i think that's the critical question whether bannon was just talking out of his ear or whether he had a factual basis for the charges that he was making. i think that's what congressman gowdy and the other committee members wanted to get ate. they didn't get at it yesterday and why we're hearing them express frustration about bannon's non-forthcomingness. >> bill: corey lewandowski today. bannon tomorrow. quick wo

treasonous and unpatriotic. he predicted that mueller's team will crackdown jr. like an egg. jared kushner was also called out by bannon. this is all about money laundering. they go through paul manafort and jared kushner. it's as plain as the hair on your face. the president responded in a blunt statement. he said steve bannon has nothing to do with me and my presidency. when he was fired issue he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. and: okay. here's my advice. i am playing dr. phil or judge judy here. some questions: who does this help? does this advance the consecutive populace agenda at all? what is going through both side's minds. donald trump is the head of the republican party. it's not bannon or me. it's donald trump. with these statements, bannon has given credence to the worse conspiracy theories of the impeach trump forces. bannon probably won himself a trip to testify on capitol hill. is that what bannon wants? i know steve bannon. is that what he wants? if there is a policy difference between trump and bannon have an exchange. fellows, it didn't really make

the inside talking about countries treasonous and unpatriotic behaviour will stop there was one source of comfort for the white house, steve bannon continued to be anhe has now been cast out into after dark is and the question is what steve bannon do next? i don't think is going to go away quietly, he has got the breitbart news website, which continues to be powerful, he is going to continue to be a thorn in the side. it is better to have him inside the tent looking out, then inside the tent looking out, then inside the tent looking out, then inside the tent looking in. north and south korea have conducted their first direct communication in nearly two years via a brief conversation on the phone. north korea said the aim would be to discuss sending a north korean delegation to the winter games in south korea next month. earlier today, president trump boasted on twitter that his nuclear button is "much bigger" and "more powerful" than north korea's. our correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes reports now from the south korean capital, seoul. on monday, kim jong—un welcomed in the new year with a more conventional display of fireworks than the sort he's

"even if you thought that this was not treason or unpatriotic or bad four letter word starts with an s, and i happen to think it's all of that, you should have called the fbi immediately which of course the people at that meeting did not." so the president responded by issuing a statement which he said when he was fired, referring to steve bannon, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. steve doesn't represent my base, he's only in it for himself. so, there are several people who have been quoted an excerpt of the book has been published in different news magazines and in it there are attacks on the trump presidency and president trump but people who are attributed to the quotes attacking the administration are walking back saying they never said these things. sarah sarah huckabee sanders was asked about that and here is what she said. >> i don't think it does anything to the president, the base and the people that supported this president supported the president and supported his agenda, those things haven't changed, the president still is exactly who he was yesterday as he was

treasonous and unpatriotic. but after getting attacked by the president and threatened with losing his job, he folded like an origami cuck, writing, "donald trump, jr. is both a patriot and a good man." there you have it. don, jr. is a patriot, so that meeting wasn't treasonous and unpatriotic. it was just treasonous. ( laughter ) we've got a great show for you tonight. ( cheers and applause ) liam neeson is here. but, when we come back, did you see stephen miller on jake tapper yesterday? we did! stick around. ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) evacumeteor heads toward as a the metro area. go, go, go, go, go! ♪ we can fit more. but there's still more room. we gotta go. juicer!... we don't have a juicer! the all-new volkswagen tiguan. it fits the everything you need, and everything you don't. touch is how we communicate with those we love, but when your psoriasis is bad, does it ever get in the way? embrace the chance of 100% clear skin with taltz. taltz is proven to help people with moderate to severe psoriasis achieve completely clear skin. with taltz, up to 90% of patients had a significant improvement of t

in an explosive new book, ban knoll calls the sit down treasonous, unpatriotic and he says team trump should have, quote, called the fbi immediately. down junior has downplayed the meeting. >> in retrospect i probably would have done things differently. for me this was opposition rezblerth his father has defended him. >> i think from a practical standpoint most people would have take than meeting. it's called opposition research or even research into your opponent. >> reporter: the president insists he was not aware of the meeting during the campaign. but bannon says there's no way that's true. saying the chance that donald trump jr. didn't walk the attendees right up to his father's after the meeting ended was, quote, zero. and he warns, they're going to crack don junior like an egg on national tv. just months ago the president lavished praise on his former chief strategist. >> i have a very good relationship with steve bannon. he's been a friend of mine for a long time. i like steve a lot. >> reporter: tonight an unprecedented public rebuke the the president saying in a statement, q

an apology. steve bannon called the june 2016 meeting donald trump, jr., arranged with a russian lawyer as treasonous and unpatriotic. president trump personally responded to bannon's claims saying, steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. when he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. >> any words about steve bannon? >> i don't know. he called me a great man last. he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. >> reporter: the book's a there are released more excerpts today including news that president trump encouraged allies to engage in partisan attacks against robert mueller, who is leading the investigation into collusion with russia. starting today, the white house says all staffers and guests will no longer be able to use any personal devices in the west wing. >> well, it is sort of closing the barn door after the horse is over the hill. this book is out. >> reporter: the white house says the rules are for security purposes. mola lenghi, cbs news, the white house. >> white house press secretary sarah sanders says that from now on, staff will use their government-issued devices to

an his children. he called don jr. and jared kushner treasonous and unpatriotic.oing to waste my time or the country's time going page by page about a book thatmplete fantasy and full of tabloid gossip. >> reporter: and the president's team waged war, threatening to imminent. they also demanded the book's publisher halt publication. the threat didn't seem to matter much. the shock waves were already felt in washington, with early excerpts like this. wolff says behind closed doors, president trump critiqued top aides, calling his son-in-law a suckup, and former press secretary sean spicer stupid. and it claims his advisers had concerns about his stabilit names, but he the worry among staffers, trump's rambling and alincreased his ability t, h stay focussed, declined. sarah sanders forced to defend the president's fitness to >> it's disgraceful and laughable. if he was unfit, probably wouldn't be sitting there. >> reporter: staffers are told they can no longer take their personal cell phones into the west wing. personalone that has actual ly been in the works for so

i meant in an excerpt from his upcoming book banning calls chomps actions during the twenty six campaign quote treasonous and unpatriotic trump has responded by saying banning has caught lost his mind it is only in it for himself iran's revolutionary guards have announced the end of armrests in the islamic republic tens of thousands of government supporters are rallying to condemn the recent on the rest of these twenty two people have died in the anti-government protests which began in march last thursday and spread across the country. north korea's leader has reopened a key cross border communication channel with south korea for the first time in nearly two years it comes after kim jong un suggested in his new year's address that he would like to ease hostilities with so in that's a dress norway's banning weapons exports to the united arab emirates over its participation in the war in yemen u.a.e. is a key member of the saudi led coalition fighting hooty rebels in the country. you are up to date with the stories we're covering the following stay with us on al-jazeera the street is coming up next we'll see a bit later.

in an exclusive new book, bannon calls the sit-down treasonous unpatriotic and he says team trump, quotespect, i probably would have done things differently. for me, this was opposition research. >> reporter: his father defended him. >> from a practical standpoint, most people would have taken that meeting. it's called opposition research or even research into your opponent. >> reporter: the president insists he was not aware of the meeting during the campaign, but bannon says there's no way that's true, saying the chance that donald trump jr. didn't walk the attendees right up to his father's office after the meeting ended was, quote, zero. and he warns, they're going to crack don jr. like an egg on national tv. just months ago, the president lavished praise on his former chief strategist. >> i have a very good relationship, as you know, with steve bannon. i like steve a lot. >> reporter: tonight an unprecedented public rebuke. the president saying in a quote, steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. when he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. the pres

unpatriotic and treasonous. he said don jr. would be cracked like an egg, i think. >> for money laundering. >> yeah, for money laundering. steve bannon i guess at one time was considered a rainmaker of one kind. but then roy moore happened. so is steve bannon still relevant? >> i think he's highly relevant. no way the white house can get away from the fact that steve bannon was a critical figure in the campaign. he reportedly was going to get the chief of staff job in the white house. that's pretty important, until the president was talked out of it. and he was a senior adviser who was the energy, the force behind major policies on immigration and a kind of populism that fueled the president's victory and certainly was cast on the early days of his presidency. there is no getting around all of that. it is also true that bannon probably still supports the president. and that he was settling scores by talking to michael wolff for this book. so there is a multilayered agenda. you can't get away from the fact that somebody that close to the president quest

stuck in the book banning uses the words treasonous and unpatriotic to describe a meeting between a russian official and trump's son in law jared cushion or an trump's former campaign manager called man a fourth of that led trump to lash out giving band in the new nicknamed sloppy steet but the author of fire in fury says there is a method to what could seem to be then ins men. but i also think that that he he had a plan here in the plan was that he was going to get roy moore elected in alabama. and and that would have made it made steve bannon the kingmaker and donald trump the loser giving steve bannon an enormous amount of leverage go into the two thousand and eighteen election and my book i suspect was part of his play and to break with donald trump who frankly he considers an idiot. for right no love lost there it appears i want to pull in my colleague now who has spent the past year writing and reporting on the trump train our washington bureau chief alexandra for good evening to you alexandra so first things first how important is the news today that we're getting from the new york times that robert muller has subpoenaed steve benen t

treasonous and unpatriotic behaviour. there is one source of comfort for the white house, steve bannon continuing to be an influence after been cast out into darkness and the question is what does he do next? he will not go away quietly, he has his breitbart website and he will continue to be a thorn in the side. there was an earlier president who commented about a troublesome ally. better to have him inside the tent looking out than outside the tent looking in. although that is not exactly the quote. two people drowned on the northern coast of spain as they were swept away by a huge wave. a skier was killed by a falling tree in the french alps and 15 were injured across the country. tens of thousands have been affected by the power cuts and a trouble have been disrupted. dutch authorities have shut major sea barriers in holland storm eleanor swept into france with brute force. winds exceeding 150 kilometres an hour battered the northern coast. the atlantic ocean crashed over and through sea defences. high tide at st malo in brittany saw waves flooding into the streets. in paris, there was heavy driving rain. this is wha

and has -- bannon has described the trump tower meeting during the campaign as treasonous and unpatriotic according to anxplosive new book. we will get reaction from the white house to his comments later on c-span. >> john newman looks back at his career. he is interviewed by richard blumenthal. having gone from that active life of making decisions, going to court, advocating a case to judging it, was that a difficult transition missou and did you ever the life of advocacy, so to speak? >> it wasn't difficult. i have known people who became judges and

treasonous and unpatriotic. in the u.k. after a year marked election, thesnap departure of several high-profile ministers and an unfortunateference speech, theresa may is looking to enter 2018 on a stronger footing. she ended months of speculation and confirmed a cabinet reshuffle is imminent. price that the after green departure before christmas changes will be made and i will be making changes. juliette: the u.s. federal reserve won't need to pick up the pace if the rate increases in response to the tax overhaul package. that's according to the white house chief economist. he says the administration's peter modeling of the economic effects resulted in interest rates that aren't inconsistent with the fed's current guidelines. in the united states, travelers face more chaos yesterday after flooding at new york's jfk international airport caused fresh fright -- flight delays. are restrained by a snowstorm and freezing temperatures. the meltdown two days after the first major snowstorm left passengers to deal with long lines and canceled flights and to search through mountains of luggage for their bags if they could get into