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trump was steaming. his face was all locked in, he was not having a good time. >> all kidding aside, obviously, we all know about your credentials and breadth of experience. (laughter) for example... no, seriously, just recently, in an episode of celebrity apprentice, at the steakhouse, the men's cooking team did not impress the judges from omaha steaks. and there was a lot of blame to go around. but you, mr. trump, recognized that the real problem was a lack of leadership. and so, ultimately, you didn't blame lil' jon or meatloaf. you fired gary busey. and these are the kind of decisions that would keep me up at night. >> and he's being treated like a piñata by the president of the united states. and i think he felt humiliated. (applause) >> well handled, sir. well handled. >> but it just kept going and going, and he just kept hammering him. and i thought, "oh, barack obama is starting something that i don't know if he'll be able to finish." >> say what you will about mr. trump, he certainly would bring

trump: mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, the first lady of the united states, and my fellow americans. less than one year has passed since i first stood at this podium, in this majestic chamber, to speak on behalf of the american people and to address their concerns, their hopes and their dreams. that night, our new administration had already taken very swift action. of optimism was already sweeping across our land. have goneince, we forward with a clear vision and a righteous mission, to make america great again for all americans. [applause] pres. trump: over the last year, we have made incredible progress and achieved extraordinary success. we have faced challenges we expected and others we could have never imagined. we have shared in the heights of victory and the pains of hardship. we have endured floods and fires and storms. but through it all, we have seen the beauty of america's soul and spine.el in america's each test forged new american heroes to remind us who we are, and show us

trump. mr. president. [cheers and applause] ♪ i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free and i won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me and i gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today 'cause there ain't no doubt i love this land ♪ pres. trump: thank you very much. oh, you're so lucky. you people know real estate because they have all these rooms all over this beautiful building are packed, but you're here with us. right? [cheers] pres. trump: and i say packed with our people, so it's great. but thank you very much, secretary perdue, for the kind introduction. there could be no better person to be our secretary of agriculture -- a man known, trusted, and respected by your industry. that's for sure. i'm thrilled to be back in the amazing state of tennessee. [cheers] pres. trump: here, as the state slogan goes, we see america at its absolute best. and you are doing well, you are doing a lot better since november 8, i might add. [laughter] pres. trump: at the same ti

trump. >> when donald trump jr.the russian government is trying to elect your father president, he doesn't say what do you mean? how can that be? he says, "i want to hear this." >> the actual response? >> "if it's what you say, i love it." >> the trump camp's explanations were confusing. >> strange and conflicting responses. >> trump jr. told the the "new york times" it was, quote, a short introductory meeting primarily about russian adoption. cnn reported that president trump helped write the statement while he was flying home from the g-20 summit. >> he weighed in and offered suggestion like any father would do. >> but the statement was misleading so there were questions about how large a role the president might have played in crafting it. >> it is something that i think the special counsel is very interested in and he wants to know who was involved in the writing of it. >> if a misleading statement was put out, the core question is the classic question of intent. were trump administration officials starting with

[applause] [applause] >> president trump: thank you.ver the last year, the world has seen what we always knew, that no people on earth are so fearless or daring or determined as americans. if there is a mountain, we climate. if there is a frontier, we cross it. if there is a challenge, we tame it. if there is an opportunity, we seize it. so let's begin tonight by recognizing that the state of our union is strong, because our people are strong. [cheers and applause] [applause] >> president trump: and together we are building a safe, strong, and proud america. since the election, we have created 2.4 million new jobs. [cheers and applause] >> president trump: including 200,000 new jobs in manufacturing alone, tremendous. [applause] >> president trump: after years and years of wage stagnation, we are finally seeing rising wages. [cheers and applause] >> president trump: unemployment claims have hit a 45 year low. [applause] >> president trump: and something i'm very proud of, african-american unemployment stands at the lowest rate ever reco

that's jackson shaking hands with trump today at walter reed as trump was departing the physical after it was over. in the wake of michael wolff's book which claims the president's closest aides regularly question his mental stability, dozens of experts urged the doctor to examine trump's neurological health citing trump's declining faculties for complex thought, rambling speech, difficulty completing a thought, along with suspect judgment, planning, problem-solving, and impulse control. but the white house ruled out a new logical exam insisting "trump is sharp as a tack." the white house is not legally required to disclose the result of today's physical and the 71-year-old who reportedly enjoys fast food, cake and ice cream, along with 12 diet cokes per day, can release whichever results he chooses. late today sarah sanders released a very brief statement from dr. jackson with jackson's name spelled wrong. "the president's physical exam today at walter reed national military medical center went exceptionally well. the president is in excellent health and i look forward to briefing som

when donald trump jr. himself was saying -- in the mid to late 2000s that overwhelmingly their money was coming from russians. and eric trump made a similar statement back in 2014. >> the president insists, as you know, that he has no financial dealings with russia. and he said last summer that probing his finances would, in his words, cross a red line. if the special counsel robert mueller is digging into money laundering, do you believe donald trump, the president of the united states, will use that as an excuse to try to end the overall russia probe? >> i hope not, wolf, and the best thing the president can do for the country and his presidency is to be truly cooperative. bob mueller has wide authority to pursue, you know, any crimes related to russia collusion. many witnesses have testified in open hearings where the public has been able to hear that a mechanism the russians have used over the years has been financial entanglements. so understanding donald trump's financial entanglements and relationsh

does lie so so often and look donald trump is donald trump and we should have known very clearly that this man is a serial liar he's a con man he's been engaged in in multiple fraud so he is who we is the shocking thing that's going on in american politics right now is what he is doing to americans that the effect on the culture which has become more and more accepting of the untruth of the lies and by the way it's worse than just lying and there's a real disconnect from reality this is this is a president united states who spends a lot of time deep in of the fever swamps of conspiracy theories but if you if you shift the focus back to his fellow republicans my fellow conservatives americans that's what's really shocking there indifference to this they're willing to this wasn't it's not just their indifferent it's not just indifference they put up i think you called yourself the reddest of meat for his base is it not a problem it's not just the media as i put it that seems to be enabling trump he has a very loyal base under republican body movement even senior republicans who maybe no

trump. >> when donald trump jr.s told the russian government is trying to elect your father president, he doesn't say what do you mean? how can that be? he says, "i want to hear this." >> the actual response? >> "if it's what you say, i love it." >> the trump camcamp's explanats were confusing. >> strange and conflicting responses. >> trump jr. told the the "new york times" it was, quote, a short introductory meeting primarily about russian adoption. cnn reported that president trump helped write the statement while he was flying home from the g-20 summit. >> he weighed in and offered suggestion like any father would do. >> but the statement was misleading so there were questions about how large a role the president might have played in crafting it. >> it is something that i think the special counsel is very interested in and he wants to know who was involved in the itingf it. >> if a misleading statement was put out, the core question is the classic question of intent. were trump administration officials starting w

i'd vote for trump until trump is no longer there. across many parts of the northern uk, watch out the slippery services. those snow showers are going to be heavy at get across parts of scotland, northern ireland, northern england through wednesday morning. blizzards on the hills. watch out those icy stretches. through the afternoon, the wind should ease across england and wales. more snow showers across the north of the uk. the wind is going to feel raw. a deep area of low pressure sweeps across bringing severe pressure to england and wales. snow to northern ireland. this will move out quite quickly into the north sea on thursday morning to leave an improving day with further showers around. most of these in the north and west. england and wales, decent amount of sunshine. this temperatures 3— nine celsius but in the wind, very cold. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: 20 countries back the strict enforcement of sanctions against north korea in t

donald trump jr. is quoted in the book as saying that when his father had realized he'd won the electoral college he looked as if he had seen a ghost. this book is the story of incompetence running an incompetent presidential campaign for an incompetent candidate who's a dangerous and incompetent president and quotes steve bannon as calling the meeting that donald trump jr. arranged during the campaign in trump tower a group of russians attended by jared kushner and paul manafort as treasonist. bannon says they're going to crack don junior like an egg on national tv. one of the sources for the book is katie walsh who served as the white house deputy chief of staff in the first couple of months of the trump white house. here's how michael wol off delivers her view of the commander in chief. he didn't process information in any conventional sense. he didn't read. he didn't really even skim. some believed that for all practical purposes he was no more than semiliterate. he trusted his own expertise no ma

. >> how did that donald trump. >> get out. >> become this donald trump? >> i'd like to punch him in the face, i'll tell you. >> there were 36 years between those two moments, years in which a young developer transformed himself into a president. by now dramatic pronouncements about donald trump. >> why is it lie after lie after lie? >> have become commonplace. >> this is the most serious charge ever made against a sitting president. >> the truth is trump's time in office has been chaotic. so it's crucial that we understand exactly how this man became president. >> you may say it was russia or hillary or comey, but there's an even larger question. how did this utterly unusual candidate win the nomination against 16 formedable rivals? how did he even get close to winning the presidency? >> go out tomorrow and vote. >> 63 million americans voted for him, and tens of millions remain fiercely loyal. this is the story of the deeper reasons why trump won. we begin with the most fundamental aspect of his character. donald trump is a performer. >> life is acting t

he called donald trump jr.'s meeting with russians as treasonous. >> saying they're going to crack don junior like an egg. >> steve bannon is basically saying, russia's not a witch hunt, russia is not a hoax, this investigation is real. >> president trump escalating his feud with north korean leader kim jong un. >> comparing the size of his nuclear button with the dictator of north korea. >> a wild day on twitter for the president. >> language that many people noted seemed better suited for the playground than the presidency. >> what we really ought to be focusing on is not that nonsensical tweet but this tiny sliver of an opening diplomatically. >> south korea and north korea have some communication for the first time in years at the same time that we see the president talk like this. >> we have two maniacs with nuclear warheads bragging about who has the bigger button. >> every good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves. for me that time is soon approaching. >> after 42 years in washington. >> hatch's decis

trump doesn't like people to look weak added a top trump donor.picer and bannon are both gone but could snl put another member of trump's team in jeopardy. thing two is kate who played a number of people in trump's white house. bet sey devoss, kellyanne conwa and another character is bothering donald trump. he is turned off by the portrayal of sessions. it was not a reflection of sessions but that he found the portrayal insulting. >> do you really not remember meeting with george pop dop laps with russia? >> i had memory problems from a childhood trama. >> what is that? >> the passing of the civil rights act. get ready for centrum micro-workouts. the bottle curl. the twist n' turn. the stretch n' grab. the gummy squish. centrum micronutrients fuel your body from the inside out. grab a centrum and join in. repeat daily. yeah, i got some financialbody guidance a while ago. how'd that go? he kept spelling my name with an 'i' but it's bryan with a 'y.' yeah, since birth. that drives me crazy. yes. it's on all your email. yes. they should know this? ye

steaks, trump water, trump wine, trump this and trump that. >> he licensed neck ties, he licensed buildings -- >> he plugs into this beautiful, this beautiful, beautiful solution, that hey, if i don't ask a lot of questions and i allow my name to go on projects, then i'll get paid. >> there are buildings in which he didn't put up a penny but he got a multi-million dollar fee up front that were to have the trump name on them. >> the trump soho is a very, very special building. >> in the case of trump tower soho, the trump organization got 18% ownership of the tower, without investing a single dime, according to bloomberg news. >> thank you very much -- >> the financing for the project was left up to his partner, bayrock group. >> it's a problematic project from top to bottom. >> a lawsuit filed by a former bayrock insider in 2010 accuses bayrock of money laundering and having questionable ties to russia and russian organized crime. the suit is ongoing and bayrock denies the allegations. >> there's a, huh, why would trump ever do business with those guys? >> guys like russian-born felix seder

trump gets. >> no. and that's donald trump. it's trump being trump.t is not surprising to anyone paying attention, particularly someone like me a feminist and cares very much about the equality of women and the fact that they should be able to be valued for their smarts and their ability on the job. with donald trump it's not that way. he owned a beauty pageant and those people object if ied and sexualized in a particular way. walking in on underage beauty contestants and valued women on how they looked and scored them and wore a crown based on how pretty they were. that's the world of donald trump and that's just going to be consistent even though he's the president. he's not going to change. and it's very unfortunate because women are more than half of the country and should be valued because of the contributions we bring to society and the workplace and not based solely on the physical appearance. it's not 1950 anymore. >> may be in trump world. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> really appreciate it. >>> coming up, mitch mcconnell is hoping to

with trump at the white house. trump granted few major interviews to anyone other than sean hannity ever since that devastating interview with nbc news's lester holt. michael wolff's book says hannity gave trump a preview of the questions but hannity denies it. gabe, this is the book everyone is talking about, obviously, everyone is reading it. i'm reading it and taking lots of notes. it is extraordinary the way it describes donald trump's relationship with ails and murdoch. >> clear he, he worshipped rupert murdoch's power. donald trump is a media person and rupert murdoch is the most powerful media mogul of his generation. the interesting point i take away based on my reporting is that donald trump -- rupert murdoch is not the head of fox news. donald trump is the executive producer of the network, and so the way the segments at fox news are largely programmed are that producers are putting things on the air that they hope will appeal either to donald trump or donald trump fans so they are programming for an audi

president trump versus steve bannon. trump says his one-time strategist lost his mind. bannon calling don jr. and jared's meeting with russians treasonous. an explosive new account of what's happening inside the west wing, and the reaction, total meltdown. "the 11th hour" begins right now. good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. i'm nicolle wallace sitting in for brian williams. day 349 of the trump administration. a day in which donald trump and steve bannon face off in a war of harsh words and accusations. bannon one of the architects of trump's populist agenda during last year's campaign, went on to serve as chief white house strategist before being demissed in august of 2017. he is leveling stunning charges in a new book by emichael wolf called "fire and fury." the author's account based on more than 200 interviews and more than a dozen visits to the white house, most of them as bannon's guest. among wolff's most explosive revelation is this quote from bannon about the trump tower meeting promising dirt on hillary clinton. quote, the

trump versus. the warrior for u.s. president double trump is threatening legal action tonight against former white house strategist steve benen over what he calls disparaging statements and in some cases outright defamatory statements made in a new book a cease and desist letter has been sent to its author and publisher trying to hold its release the us president launched a scathing attack on ban in saying steve bannon has nothing. do with me or my presidency when he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind. well it's emerged that banning the tyrant donald trump jr for a twenty six team meeting with a group of russians in the book by journalist michael wolff bannon is quoted as saying even if you thought this was not treasonous or unpatriotic or bad boy. and i happen to think it's all of that you should have called the f.b.i. immediately or drums lawyer has also sent that cease and desist letter to vanity accusing him of violating a nondisclosure agreement by you speaking to the journalist mr will so a spect

it's trump being trump is the answer.is is lindsay graham, said trump was unfit to be president in the campaign. this is lindsey graham of late. >> i think we need a special counsel to investigation the fusion gps episode between the democratic party, mr. steele and russian operatives. a special counsel for uranium one episode, thousands of dollars given to clinton fund and former president bill clinton from groups tied to russia. >> is there any sign that republicans will hold trump accountable for anything, no matter what he does? >> you do hear some republicans, jeff flake, will speak out against him. take him to task. but deal that republicans on capitol hill made from day one of trump's presidency, we're going to look other way on all the outrageous, outlandish and provocative and crazy stuff he does on twitter and real life, send him legislation to sign into law. that's the deal. they wanted to push forward their legislative agenda. take advantage of this very rare moment where the party controls both chambers of co

donald trump should invite alex baldwin to the white house. >> but so far, trump's not laughing.the president hate tweeted his disdain. just tried watching "snl," unwatchable, totally biased, not funny, and the baldwin impersonation, just can't get any worse. sad. >> i do miss my old life. >> we all, do, sir. [ laughter ] >> as the trump jokes escalated, the president's distaste for late night intensified. >> you attract more skin heads than free rogaine. >> in may "the late show's" stephen colbert found himself in hot water when he blasted trump in an over the top profanity-laden meltdown. >> the only thing your mouth is good for is being vladimir putin's [ bleep ] holster. >> his tirade sparked a firestorm in the press and fueled a #firecolbert campaign on twitter. trump did not respond right away. >> trump was obviously restrained for about the first six months of his presidency. >> but days after the attack, the president surfaced, condemning colbert in a "time" magazine interview saying, quote, you see a no-talent guy like colbert. there's nothing funny about what he says. >

trump. >> when donald trump jr.ld the russian government is trying to elect your father president, he doesn't say, what do you mean? how can that be? he says, i want to hear this. >> the actual response? >> if it's what you say, i love it. >> the trump confusing. the first response, trump jr. told "the new york times" it was, quote, a short introductory meeting primarily about russian adoption. cnn reported that president trump helped write the statement while he was flying home from the g-20 summit. >> he weighed in, offered suggestion like any father would do. >> but the statement was misleading. so there were questions about how large a role the president might have played in crafting it. >> it is something that i think the special counsel is very interested in, and he wants to know who was involved in the writing of it. >> if a misleading statement was put out, the core question is the classic question of intent. were trump administration officials starting with the president himself lying to the public about th

be trump."er heard of a guy you would think he was the most prominent man on the campaign, i don't know if you knew him at all but i did not know him and i think you guys saw me an awful lot on the campaign, probably more than you wanted. michael wolff is writing a book, he's saying it may not be totally accurate, things he wrote in the book about me are not true. >> this is just outrageous, michael wolff, this purveyor off "national enquirer" on steroids sensationalist book, it's not even a book, it's just a tabloid. it is outrageous what he has gotten away with in putting this book together and put it out there for the american people. this mainstream media, the media gloaming on to the sensational side of this inaccurate book.gl we put our book up against it side-by-side and we see the inaccuracies. corey lewandowski and i wrote this book and it was an insider point of view. we were there. just in the exempts we just got the book today, we find false information, facts and lies throughout the

trump for this book. and we'll play the entire interview for you right now. >> the president's lawyer send a cease and desist letter threatening legal action against you in which you say. >> they sent it before they actually read the book. actually what i say is, where do i send the box of chocolates? >> you think he's helping you sell books? >> absolutely. not only helping me sell books but prove the point of the book. i mean, this is extraordinary that a president of the united states would try to stop the publication of a book. this doesn't happen -- has not happened from other presidents, would not even happen from a ceo of a midsized company. >> the president obviously as you know tweeted about you last night. he says i authorized zero access to the white house. actually turned you down many times. said he never spoke to you for the book. it's full of lies, misrepresentations and sources that don't exist. as good a place to start as any. did you talk to the president -- >> what was i doing there if -

trump says that bannon has quote lost his mind. also coming up a government crackdown puts an apparent and to protests in iran but for how long we will go to tehran to hear whether the country is now in dangerously divided territory. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us. u.s. president donald trump has launched a scathing attack on his former treat chief strategist steve ban and ahead of the release of an unflattering new book by journalist michael wolff the president saying that steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency but he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind. the president disavowed bannon after it emerged that he had attack attacked donald trump jr for a twenty sixteen meeting with a group of russians in the book banning is quoted as saying the following even if you thought that this was not treasonous or unpatriotic or bad well to say stuff and i happen to think that it is all of that you should have called the f.b.i. immediately u.s. media say the trumps lawyers have sen

he's not donald trump's lawyer. donald trump's lawyer is not don mcgahn. don mcgahn is the lawyer for the government, the lawyer for the white house. he does not enjoy confidentiality between him and the president. >> he does not and his job is to act on behalf of the american people, not to protect the president. he was going to try to convince the attorney general to remain loyal to the president and protect the president is extraordinary as is the fact that one of his deputies tried to lie to the president to keep him from firing comey and convince the president that he needed to do it for cause even though he didn't. a lot of details. >> he's totally exposed if he has to go up with robert mueller. there's nothing holding any of his testimony back. >> no. >> but doesn't this, peter, fit a larger pattern? we've been alluding to this. donald trump in his opinion on how the government is supposed to work and who it is supposed to answer to. just the other -- a few weeks ago donald trump was on the larry o'connor radio show. he said this. take a listen. >>

trump. bannon suggested that president trump was aware of the 2016 meeting between don jr. and a russian attorney at trump tower. bannon said the chance don jr. didn't walk the people up to his father's office is zero. bannon didn't join the campaign until 2 mongst later. this set off a feeding frenzy in the media. bannon characterizes the trump tower meeting as 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

because he is donald trump. he gets up and got up and gave all those speeches at all those rallies off the top of his head. he thinks he can charm people and convince people of whatever. that's what his lawyers would be worried about. i don't think any competent attorney would allow donald trump to put himself in that or be put in that sort of situation unless there was no choice. i think it might come down to a subpoena from a grand jury. it may come down to a direct clash because, look, if i were his lawyer, i would throw myself bodily between donald trump and that interview because everything can go wrong and very little can go right. >> and this real turn took place, jen, between the inquiry into collusion and questions the that have started to come out really with much greater frequency about obstruction of justice. and the people around donald trump, the people who try to paint a picture and put as positive of a spin on it as they can while maintaining their credibility. they are few and far between. i'm c

trump: thank you, ryan. last year ryan was on duty when he saw a pregnant, homeless woman preparing to inject heroin. when brian told her she was going to harm her unborn child, she began to weep. she told him she didn't know where to turn, but badly wanted a safe home for her baby. in that moment, ryan said he felt god speak to him. can.ill do it, because you he heard those words. he took out a picture of his wife and therefore kids. then he went home to tell his wife rebecca. in an instant, she agreed to adopt. they named their new daughter hope. ryan and rebecca, you embody the goodness of our nation. thank you. [applause] pres. trump: thank you, ryan and rebecca. rebuild america's strength and confidence at home, we are also restoring our strength and standing abroad. around the world we race rogue regimes, terrorist groups, and rivals like china and russia that challenge our interest, our economy, and our values. in confronting these horrible dangers, we know that weakness is the surest path to conflict

we're looking at other business friendly activities of donald trump, the trump administration. also on trump's team, steve mnuchin, the treasury secretary emma used to work for goldman sachs. his former employer and other wall street banks celebrated early on when president trump these regulations on investment banks. but they had to take major write-offs recently to get tax reform from u.s. president donald trump. and we are going back to jens korte on wall street. visit the banks who are benefit -- is it the banks were benefiting the most from that? jens: it is tough to say if they will profit the most, but to a certain degree, it is a double whammy for the financial industry on one side, the big banks, for example, will profit in the mid-long-term from lower corporate tax rate, and then on the other side, we might see less regulation when it comes to the financial industry. we have seen a lot of billion-dollar write-offs of the big financial institutions, but the mid-long-term banks should profit like other industries in the u.s. as well. >> we will be back with you in just

trump has confessed.spent years deeply, deeply entitled with a major cocaine trafficker in ways that make no sense unless they were in business together. amy: we're going to leave it there. david cay johnston, pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter, his new book "it's even worse than you think: what the trump administration is ♪ ♪ this w week, "the laura flanders show comes from whitakers, north carolina and the annual gathering of the southern movement's assembly, a living experiment in populist policy. capitalism and incarceration instead of peace. a lot of the worst of the u.s. experience has its roots in the south but so does the best. if the country goes as the south goes, what grassroots progressives do you hear matters. that is why we are here this week.

also, donald trump jr.wow, just read the comments section on breitbart, which, by the way, i never recommend. >> that itself is weird. >> he's saying even bannon's own house organ, the "o" magazine f steve bannon is going after him. >> he's pretty ensconced at breitbart. >> i don't think breitbart is going to turn on bannon. what's interesting to me after trump's statement essentially curb stomping ban, will breitbart turn on the president? especially with the issues coming down the pike, daca, the need to build the wall. if he's forced to cut some kind of a deal with democrats, does trump really have control of his base as his statement asserted or will that base stick with the likes of bannon and breitbart and turn on the president? >> i think another question also is how does steve bannon go forward now that he's been completely repudiated by the president? how does he go forward and interact with a special counsel or a congressional investigators who he has clearly given a lot of crumbs to. >> one other

trump has confessed.spent years deeply, deeply entitled with a major cocaine trafficker in ways that make no sense unless they were in business together. amy: we're going to leave it there. david cay johnston, pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter, his new book "it's even worse than you think: what the trump administration is the trump administration is doing today i'm going to prepare my fabulous, festive zucchini lasagna dinner. now, this menu features fresh zucchini, picked right from the garden, and it's deliciously authentic-tasting with a healthy twist. ♪ jazzy, you're gonna be healthy ♪ ♪ with the jazzy vegetarian ♪ jazzy, so snazzy ♪ we're gonna cook something healthy and light ♪ [scatting] ♪ jazzy, so snazzy laura: so join me in the kitchen right now. ♪ we're gonna cook something healthy and light ♪ that's right. today i'm going to prepare one of my absolutely favorite dishes and that's my festive zucchini lasagna, which is a delicious dish with a healthy twist. i'm going to show you how

. # media consumed by blame game as president trump and the democrats try to frame the coverage of how we got to this ultimately dysfunction a government shutdown. >> white house went to great lengths to call it schumer shutdown senator schumer in kind called it trump shutdown an american deposit shutdown president trump, of course, owns. >> it this is what happened yesterday again, deal maker blows up the deal last minute. >> threw daca in there has nothing do with budget nothing to do with anything they and the democrats agree with everything else in the bill, except -- >> chuck schumer may think he won base is happy with him this morning i got to think schurm shutdown bad news. >> federal workers furloughed is the press playing it straight? >> shutdown coming interest impasse on protected dreamers another week of coverage on president's vulgar description of certain council and immigrants. >> i am not a racist i am the elite racist person you ever intellected that i can tell you? >> if fact we have president of the united states has to come out and say i am not a racist over and oth

. >> president trump fires back. >> he's a fraud. i consider it a work of fiction. >> so what really happened inside the white house? one of president trump's closest advisers is here to tell us next. >>> plus, under pressure? sources say president trump enlisted members of his team to pressure attorney general jeff sessions to not recuse himself from the russia investigation. now the president responds. >> everything that i've done is 100% proper. that's what i do, is i do things proper. >> does the top democrat on the house intelligence committee agree? congressman adam schiff responds in minutes. >>> and all about the wall. president trump reiterates his campaign promise. >> mexico will pay for the wall. >> but if mexico is paying, why did the white house just ask congress for $18 billion to pay for it? ♪ >>> hello, i'm jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is, quote, like really smart. president trump is declaring himself, quote, a very stable genius this weekend after the release of an explosive new book claimin

if you let trump be trump, not only is the there a chance you've committed a crime. but you'll have donald put himself not just in impeachment mode but going to prison. there's a historical point here, after the firing of archbald cox, the judge issued an opinion in which he pointed out, it's clear in american law that you cannot violate the regulation, one ari brought up, because you are president. so megan would presumably know this, and in addition to protecting himself, which i think is the more reasonable interpretation of this, he would also understand this wouldn't hold up and the three-week reads for attacking mueller, i would not be surprised if that ended up in a courtroom that the judge would dismiss it as a frivolous. the worst thing the judge can say to a lawyer is you made an argument that's frivolous. >> one of the stunning things about the story, joy, is we're talking about june. this is months after the firing of james comey, when all of these arguments have been rehearsed in the white house. steve bannon in michael wolff's book is arguing against th

what trump will say trump picks up his information from the same news sources these voters hear something conspiracy theory and breitbart news or something on fox trump here is a two says it and the viruses eye for eye for a die hard on the news and i heard that from president trump so he must be telling the truth if they're in a silo and it's really hard to break out silos so it's a self reinforcing cycle of mr. with many americans utterly distrust in the established media there was little the press could do to counter the mimes. sort of a way that these campaigns have you know traditionally been covered and. and that model of campaign coverage was not sort of created with donald trump in my hands trump's disregard for making true statements is something that a lot of reporters have had trouble dealing with as we're not used to it we're not used to politicians or press people just sort of straight out lie and. the mainstream media is disrupted and because the mainstream media is disrupted truth is disrupted and if truth is disrupted you can just spread your own version of it. i don't kno

whether you like trump or dislike trump. there is plenty in there.t's so rare that you can find a writer that does that. howie: that means a lot to me coming from you. ivanka trump always got good press until the campaign. she was stunned to realize her liberal friend wanted her to ease their pain, and she was supposed to contradict her father's position. somehow she got blamed on social issues. one of many, ivanka's unwavering loyalty to a sexual abusers and misogynist. mollie: a common theme is how donald trump breaks norms. but people don't think about how the media threw away so many norms that are important. we didn't talk to chelsea clinton about her father. howie: the notion she'll turn or father around on issues he ran on. i report about the leaks and the warfare between ivanka and jared and steve bannon. there is a scene where in the oval office in front of the president she accuses steve bannon of leaking against them and he turns around and accuses her of planting leaks. mollie: suggesting she did leak. howie: this was before steve bannon

dishonesty is donald trump's hallmark. donald trump is a phony, a fraud. his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. >> joining us now, john earnest, former white house press secretary for president obama and an msnbc political analyst. also joining us marks boots, senior fellow for national security at the council on foreign relations and a foreign policy adviser from mitt romney's 2012 presidential campaign. and josh, here we are once again on something you could not possibly have conceived of when you were working in the white house, a president tonight casually tweeting about the possibility of nuclear war with north korea. and indeed, encouraging that possibility. >> well, lawrence, we typically have relied on american presidents to actually be a stabilizing influence in the international community. and when faced with the responsibility of protecting the american people, we have a stockpile of nuclear weapons in place and ready and maintained around the clock by highly trained professionals to protect the united states so that we

donald trump jr. last night on twitter totally disputed that account, said he would never speak about his father that way nor does he even think of his father that way, that he only has admiration. what do you say to that? >> somebody said to me about the children, somebody who knows them well, and the phrase was they are tolerant but they have no illusions. and i think that that's -- that's probably how it goes. he is their father, of course. not only is he their father, he's their boss. i mean their whole lives are attached to him. but these are the people who have to deal with him every day, and these are the people who on top of everything else, he was not a very good father. he was -- he was absent, remote, having god knows who he was involved with at any particular moment in time. so these -- this does not come as a shock to them. >> you've had -- they have come at you hard, pushing back against your book and your credibility. this is what the rnc put out. they even use your book jacket sort of