let's go back to this "the new york times" op-ed that night published of a senior trump administration officialpart of the resistance" saying that he or she believes a lot of what president trump is doing is good and many members of the administration feel they have to to protect the country from the president's worst impulses. this is another section. there's no telling whether he, the president, might change his mind from one minute to the next, a top official complained to me recently exasperated by an oval office meeting at which the president flip flopped on a major policy decision he'd made only a week earlier. amanda carpenter, i understand the degree to which some people think it's distasteful to publish this without a fame attach attached to it but we have seen a policy put out there and then completely disavowed and walked back because president trump was just speaking off the cuff or venting or whatever. it's gotten to the point that we don't even talk about it anymore. president trump was talking about changing libel laws just this morning, i believe. any other administration we wou

the official says on one hand president trump shows an affinity for dictators like kim jong-un. while at the same time other administrations work to hold those dictators accountable. a two-track presidency the author writes, which analysts say is dangerous. >> i think today's tweet by donald trump shows that it's working. if you're kim jong-un, you're just going to keep ongoing. >> how specifically could america's adversaries or allies exploit that two-track presidency? analysts say a dictator like kim jong-un could compliment president trump to get what they want or get inside his head in other ways like how egyptian president al-sisi once did. the egyptian president told trump he was worried about the russia investigation and asked trump, are you going to be around, which according to woodward really rattled the president. >> why incite t-- indict the soy hacker if they're never going to be able to apprehend them. >> our analyst josh campbell who assisted in the sony hack investigation for the fbi says the united states can still limit the ability of that hammer to travel, communicate and move his money around. >> inter

trump from inside his own administration. joining us now, rhode island congressman david cicilline. thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> on twitter, you wrote this. dear anonymous senior officialyour words. they would be much more powerful if you came out and identified yourself. i promise there are millions of americans who will hold you up as a hero. so tell us why you think it would be more powerful, more advantageous to the country if this senior official came out, announced it was me, was immediately fired by the president, as opposed to staying inside the government and trying to protect the american people from what this official regards as disastrous decisions and awful behavior by the president. >> well, i think first of all, wolf, the letter to the editor, the op-ed i think didn't really surprise very many of us. it was consistent with the president's behavior and the way this administration is operating. there's nothing shocking in it. the president and his allies are denying it's true, claiming it's made up, not really a government official. i think what would make it very powerful is if this person were to come forward, identify themselves, and the american people

a current senior administration official admitting to being part of the resistance inside the trump administrationa moment. a current senior official working in this white house, writing in secret to alert the american people what he or she is witnessing and attempting to prevent the president of the united states from doing. a current senior official working with others inside the administration to frustrate actions by the president that they believe would actually harm the

trump in the white house." >> this one was in the belly of the beast. what did you conclude about the beast? >> that people better wake up to what's going on. >> administration officials also dismissed an anonymously written "new york times" op-ed that said cabinet secretaries considered using the 25th amendment to removing trump. >> have you been part of a conversation about that? >> never. why would we be? >> i'll tell you what happened this week. the team tightened up even more because of all this. >> reporter: the revelations prompted senator ben sass of nebraska to are new his concerns. >> it's pretty clear that this white house is a reality show soap opera presidency. you'd like the president to worry not about short-term of staffing, but the long-term of vision casting for america. >> ed o'keefe is at the white house. today we also learned that one of the legal cases against the president is proceeding. >> that's right. the president and once a cob tes tant on his show "the ce"eed to written questions for a court. answers are due to the supreme court by 28th. answers are given under oath so any untruthful answers by the president open him up to perjury charges.

directed at yesterday's scathing column "new york times" written by an unnamed "senior official in the trump administration." in it, the official described the president's style as "impetuous, adversarial, petty and ineffective," adding; "many ump appointees have vowed to do what we can to preserve our democratic institutions while thwarting mr. trump's more misguided impulses until he is out of office..." the author also wrote some cabinet officials have even considered invoking the 25th amendmento remove the president from office. throughout the day, senior officials rushed to deny writing the column, including vice president mike pence who was in florida. >> ihink it's a disgrace. th anonymous editorial published in the "new york times" represents a new loin american journalism. and i think the "new york times" should be ashamed. and i think whoever wrote this anonymous editorial should be ashamed as well. sp alcindor: meanwhile, on capitol hill, housker paul ryan also criticized the author. >> it's a person who obviously is living in dishonesty. it doesn't help the president. so if you're not intereste

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denials are pouring in from trump administration officials over the mystery of who wrote the blisteringop-ed. thefirst lady has now even issued a statement. kate bennett follows her. she's reporting on this. kate, what has melania trump now said? >> well, it's interesting the times that melania trump choses to weigh in and she doesn't. this is one of those times and we're hearing directly from her. she started off her statement to cnn by saying she appreciates a free press and understands the importance of a free press. in facts, she calls it one of the pillar of our founding fathers is the free press. so interesting opposition there between how her husband feels about the press sometimes. but then she goes on to say that anonymous sources are bad, basically. that people without names are writing the history of this country, as i think the words she used. and then at the of her statement, which again, was sort of rather lengthy for the first lady, she says something about the actual culprit, the person who she believes is very much at fault for writing this op-ed, and she says directly

trump plates of follow this up with a tweet. does the so-called senior administration official really exist or is it just the failing new york times with another phony so trump asked if the gutless anonymous person does indeed exist the times must for national security purposes turn him over to government at once the times has defended its decision to publish the editorial anonymously and while some a scrambling for clues as to the oath is identity others want to focus on the message i think the all the alarming hard ball. is that there's someone in the white house is very afraid that our nation is being damaged on a daily basis and i think we should take that very seriously this is not a warning from a liberal democrat this is a warning from someone who don't hire to work in the white house who is revealing information that is very troubling. americans are divided as should an insider resistance be commended condemned. it as an open question tonight to talk about what's happening in washington i'm joined now from our washington bureau by our correspondent sway to get even so you need it has been described as a bombshell a politic

elizabeth warren of massachusetts called on officials of the trump administration who see trump as unsteady to invoke the 25th amendment and remove him. >> if senior administration officials think that the president of the united states is not able to do his job, then they should invoke the 25th amendment. >> brett stevens, take some time here, you have written op-eds, i don't think people are able to write them off the street. it is a well-written article and in the middle of it is an illusion to the 25th amendment. >> the 25th amendment should have been invoked within three days of the presidency of president trump's inauguration. it was clear to anyone who watched him ascend to the republican nomination and the presidency himself that he was unfit to be president. the 25th amendment is not going to be invoked. sad as that is. he has the cabinet solidly behind him. he is going to be removed i hope because i believe he has committed felonious acts. and will be impeached. the only way we will get rid of this presidency is by organizing a proper opposition to him. ratify what so many of us h

it's a piece that was written by a senior in the trump administration official. the author claiming to be part of a wider resistance within administration. trump appointees the writer says committed to quote thwarting mr. trump's impulses until he's out of office. a short time ago the president reacting, calling the writer gutless. for more on the essay, here is nbc's hallie jackson. >> reporter: an extraordinary alarm sounded from the inside out, jaw-dropping charges against the president by someone who says they work for him. an anonymous source describing a secret cluster of top aides quote working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclination. i would know the author writes, i am one of them. >> when you tell me about some anonymous source within the administration, probably here for all the wrong reasons. if the failing "new york times" has an anonymous editorial. meaning gutless. we're doing a great job. >> the writer praising some of the president's successes come despite, not because of, his leadership style. describing

new york times" op-ed, from an anonymous, what they call a senior administration, senior trump administration officialstance within the trump administration. seeing that he's impetuous, adversarial, petty, ineffective. sarah sanders is saying this is pathetic and reckless, selfish, and "this coward should do the right thing and resign." in the past few minutes, senator bob corker from tennessee, who is not running for reelection, said this. "this is what all of us had understood to be the situation from day one. i understand this is the case. this is why i think all of us encourage the good people around the president to stay i think general john mattis whenever i think and pray" >> byron york, ab starter, associate editor of realclearpolitics, and "washington post" columnist marc thiessen. all right, marc, this is anonymous. this comes, however, after the woodward book and the president is reacting, not just once, twice, just tweeted out "treason." >> treason might be strong buddies right to be mad. the deep state just confessed. the deep state, it turns out, is not the permanent bureaucracy, not oba

cheryl: well, they haven't and they say they will not. 34 trump administration officials rush to tennessee that they wrote the anonymous antitrump op-ed in "the new york times". lauren: investors third day of selling in tech sector. cheryl: 8:30 a.m. eastern time taking look at futures right now. negative kickoff right now. s&p is down 4 and a half, nasdaq down 16 and a quarter. lauren: this is how stocks are trading at the hour, mixed bag, cac if paris up and dax is down 28. cheryl: stocks in china edged higher. lauren: elon musk giving wide-ranging interview while smoking pot and drinking whiskey, latest controversial comments from tesla ceo, fbn:am starts right now. ♪ cheryl: 5:01 a.m. in new york. i'm cheryl casone. lauren: tgif, i'm lauren simonetti. cheryl: it's friday, you have me saying pit. lauren: best day of the week. well, president trump slamming "the new york times" and its anonymous op-ed during rally in montana last night. >> for the sake of our national security, "the new york times" should publish his name at once. i think reporters should go and investigate who it is, th

senior official and trump administration can be meant broadly.he person is only known to a select number of staff from the opinion pages, which are kept separate from the rest of the paper. the national review is less concerned with who wrote it then why they wrote it. this writer thinks ultimately it comes down to self-interest. they think the author is trying to save their own reputation years from now to be able to say basically they were fighting against the worst parts of the trump administration even from inside it. i have that now on record, even if for now the record is anonymous. >> one of the claims is that donald trump had to be convinced to take action against moscow in the poisoning of fair. >> this is after the british government announced they are charging two russian suspects for this allegedly poisoning. you can see them on all of the front pages. the daily -- daily mail is calling them putin's smiling assassins. theresa may says this was not a rogue attack and it goes all the way to the kremlin. a cartoon we find from the daily

fueling suspicion at the white house the newspaper published a piece by an anonymous senior trump administration official who claims that there is an inside resistance working to frustrate his agenda the washington rumor mill has gone into overdrive and the denials are coming thick and fast a day after the story broke the denials began. white house counsel donegan was one of many who quickly distanced themselves from the incendiary new york times editorial and the author claims to be part of a resistance that is working to prevent trump's most dangerous impulses from with in the administration. during his visit to india secretary of state to mike pump a.o. struggles to find the right words when asked whether or not he had written the opinion piece. so it shouldn't surprise anyone. that the new york times is a. liberal newspaper that has attacked this administration relentlessly chose to print such a piece many suspect vice president mike pence of being the mystery writer based on some of the distinctive language used in the article but pence is sure the president of his loyalty. will look anyone who woul

a senior trump administration official claim to be part of a movement to thwart part of the president's agenda. >> reporter: the feeling new york times has an anonymous editorial. can you believe it. meaning is fuouabout an anonymous new york times opinion piece claiming to be a senior official in the white house. the author said he or she is part of a resistance inside the administration and claims to be part of a group thwarting trump's misguided impulses. trump demanded on twitter that the times must for security purposes turn him or her over to the government at once. >> they are part of the resistance within the trump administration.>> white house press secretary sarah sanders issued a statement calling the author selfish and said this coward to do the right thing and resign. statements have been pouring out of the west wing from pence down denying they were thseatfii you havea singular option then you leave. >> secretary of state mike pompeo said it wasn't him and blamed the media. >> i find the media e this regard to undermine this administration incredibly disturbing. >> the pap

you are aware a "the new york times" anonymous essay of a senior trump administration official callinge president amoral, temperamental. a network of people within the administration who essentially are resistance movement to the president. they don't implement the policies. melania trump joining several cabinet members and the vice president of the united states responding to this article. saying this, freedom of speech is an important pillar of our nation's founding principles and a free press is important to the democracy. the press should be fair, unbiassed and responsible. unidentified sources have become the majority of the voices people hear about in today's news. the first lady says. she goes on to say people with no names are writing our nation's history. words are important and accusations can lead to severe consequences. if a person is bold enough to accuse people of negative actions, they have a responsibility to publicly stand by their words and people have the right to be able to defend themselves. to the writer of the op-ed, you are not protecting this country, melania t

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taking this rare step of publishing an anonymous op-ed from someone claiming to be a senior trump administration officialmine the president by blocking what he believes to be erratic decisions. listen. >> president trump: if the failing "new york times" has an anonymous editorial, can you believe it? anonymous, meaning gutless. a gutless editorial. we are doing a great job, the poll numbers are through the roof, our poll numbers are great. guess what, nobody is going to come close to beating me in 2020 because of what we've done. >> the president went on to say this is treason and the fact is the president and his aides are furious not just about this a basic lead, but also the bob woodward book. they are fighting back tonight. >> sean: ed henry in washington. here with more reaction, texas senator ted cruz. good to see you. what we have learned is, this was all planned, all orchestrated. they had a big call labor day and first they talked about walking out and then said, we will do this. i don't think it hurts in any way for the american people to see the left for who they are. >> i think that's exactly

what is the trump administration doing about it? >> trump administration officialseople like pompeo, mattis have spoken to their counterparts and to russian officials about this. if you look at the trump policy it's not that different than obama's policy. so far we haven't seen any action that would really push back against large assad military action or backed by russians an and iranians. i think that assad won't feel a hold that. very last hold out of the rebels, he's going to push ahead with whatever he has lined up. >> brennan: despite the tough rhetoric against iran those groups they're backing is wi winning that war and u.s. is not doing anything to stop this slaughter. >> right. i thinkth we saw trump do symbolic action earlier in his administration, fired the missiles on the air field in syria, but that didn't hold assad back. unless there are tougher actions on assad and on his allies won't see him holding back at all. >> brennan: they have warned. they're willing to do that. sebe ver clearly to -- >> use of chemical weapons. not just equal with than previo

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condone it where head let me tell you something god forbid something happens to donald trump or a senior administration official but if it does you know the media is going to blame yet let's get a blame donald trump. you know scary stuff oh i did i've been saying it you know the liberals better be careful what they wish for because as i tell my friends here americans are really well armed ok andrew let me go to you you know the deplorable i think that was the most that key moment in the two thousand and sixteen election not necessarily not that dot ca not any of it that one word deplorable and those deplorable for everyone that calls a trump supporter a racist those deplorable help make sure that barack obama was elected twice to the u.s. presidency without those deplorable he never would have been president but the left can't get their head around that logic because it's a fact go ahead andrew well it's interesting because i come back to this one of the great tests will be let's assume for a moment that ruth bader ginsburg sometime in the next supreme court term decides to retire let's also assume actually com

divided, an explosive new book by watergate reporter bob woodward and a scathing op-ed by a trump administration officialce president mike pence weighs in on both in a news-making interview with "face the nation." >> the only thing that is wrong about that narrative is everything. >> quijano: chaos and controversy at the u.s. open. was serena williams harshly penalized with infractions that

. >> trump administration officials recently testified before the senate agriculture, nutrition and forestry committee on how trade policy is impacting american agriculture. you can see the hearing tonight at eight eastern on c-span2. >> the house ways and means commitment to debate and vote on several tax-cut proposals dubbed tax reform 2.0. president trump in december signed into law the first round of tax reductions. here's a portion of that regarding president trump's tax returns. >> this is designed to end the cover-up of the top tax returns. while this amendment seeks to achieve the same results that i've attempted on five prior occasions, it includes new findings from some of the notable developments of recent months that made very clear we're not only did with the self-described kingdom that by thinking of sleaze and what continues to be someone who acts like wanting just to be king. by now with an estimate of 7.5 average major lies per day we've learned to assume that when the president said something, the opposite is likely true, that is true with reference to the tax bill. so when

senior officials in the trump administration have denied writing a "new piece in which the author claims to be part of a broader resistance inside the white house. the vice president called the author disgraceful, and even the first lady, usually silent about politics, accused the anonymous author of sabotaging the country. the white house says they should identify themselves and regn. our correspondent nick bryant starts our coverage. nick: this stately home is the scene of a washington whunit -- which administration official was in "the new york times" with an article stabbing the president in the back? the anonymous editorial claims some trump employees are working diligently to frustrate parts of his agenda, that he is impetuous, adversarial, pet, ineffective, antidemocratic, that his presidency is definedra by aty. >> god bless you and thank you. nick: the article struck washington like a lightning bolt, and shortly terwards in a meeting with american sheriffs, the president delivered his unsmiling response. pres. trump: if the failing "nen york times" hanonymous editorial -- can yo

this is president obama speaking about the unnamed senior trump administration official writing this very, very damning article in "the new york times." listen to this. >> the claim that everything will turn out okay because there are people inside the white house who secretly aren't following the president's orders, that is not a check. i'm being serious here. that's not how our democracy's supposed to work. these people aren't elected. they're not accountable. they're not doing us a service by actively promoting 90% of the crazy stuff that's coming out of this white house and then saying, don't worry, we're preventing the other 10%. that's not how things are supposed to work. then he adds these are not normal, these are extraordinary times, and they are dangerous times. >> right. which really strikes me as thinking more about the fact that barack obama used dangerous times, the hope, change guy, the guy who was all about hope -- and he tried to talk, in fairness, about hope, trying to bring about everything you want to bring about, but it was a warning that was intended to strike f

"the times" reports the discussion stalled after trump administration officials assistdly decided not to in a military coup in venezuela. in egyptian court has sentenced 75 members of the muslim brotherhood to death in a mass trial of the 2013 sit in protest against the ouster of armor president mohamed morsi. amnesty international slammed slammed trial as a the mass trial as a grotesque parody of justice. in iraq, massive protests continue in the southern city of basra were protesters torched the rain and conflict friday. the demonstrations in the oil rich region began after thousands of residents fill -- fell ill from contaminated water. residents are to more jobs and better public services, including clean drinking water. moonves has resigned, only hours after "the new yorker" published an article detailing a slew of new sexual assaults and sexual harassment allegations against him. in july, six women accused him of sexual harassment. then on sunday, the magazine published a second article in ofch six more women moonves assault and harassment including saying he forced them to perf

the times reports the discussions stalled after trump administration officials reportedly decided notassist in a military coup in venezuela. well, for more, we are joined by vijay prashad in studio, director of tricontinental institute for social research, and chief editor of leftword books. he's also the chief correspondent of globetrotter. author of "the poooorer nationsa possible history of the global south," and co-editor of "land of blue helmets: the united nations and the arab world." welcome back to democracy now! you were, last time, at an event at riverside church. thousands of people. right click, i could not get in. you were inside. there was a surprise appearance by preresident maduro.o. you just address it united nations and said what we heard him say. trump was there and said he is imposing more sanctions against venezuela. this all comes after the coup attempt. talk about the significance of what is happening, why the u.s. is taking the approach it does to venezuela and maduro's response. >> let's bring a ran into the conversation. it is great to be back. there have bee

do you believe this unnamed trump administration official should come forward publicly? >> of course. by the way, the fact that there are a group of them trying to save this country from the worst of the trump impulses, it makes me wonder how bad could it be. because even overt things such as the 1.5 trillion tax breaks to the richest people in our country, separating children from their parents at the border, undoing environmental laws, those kinds of things are bad enough. so i would want these people to come forward, because they are not accountable to anybody. they're not voted in. why don't they come forward and tell us what's going on in the white house? we do know it's chaotic. >> we did hear from this anonymous official. their argument is that they're trying to protect the american people and protect national security from the commander in chief himself, and they can only do that if they stay on the job. >> i think that's really trying to justify how they're wanting to make sure that certain of his programs get through, such as separating the children at the borde

of the senior officials in his own administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations." the official, who insist they want trump to succeed, also writes, "the root of the problem is the president's amorality. anyone who works with him knows he is not moored to any discernible first principles that guide his decision making." the legendary "washington post" journalist of watergate fame defending his book in five simple words. i stand by my reporting. in the president's first public comments about the book, he denied ever ordering or even considering the assassination of the syrian leader, as woodward reported. >> that was never even contemplated, nor would it be contemplated. >> reporter: trump made clear he's trying to discredit woodward, who he assailed on twitter as a dem operative. >> if you look back at woodward's past, he had the same problem with other presidents. he likes to get publicity and sell some books. >> reporter: but the president once called woodward great in 2013 when he wrote a book critical of the obama administration. then he came toed woodward's defense tweeting, "only the obama white hous

over the relocation of its embassy last year trump's administration officially recognized jerusalem as israel's capital and later moved the u.s. embassy there from tel aviv in may the palestinian foreign minister says that move breached international law and i've asked the i.c.j. to order the u.s. to move it back rough wild is an international lawyer based at university college london he says the case will hinge on palestinian statehood that has never been before the international court of justice however the un general assembly. made an important decision to recognize palestine as a norm member state which then the court will have to address in this decision since the court's jurisdiction in this case will only be possible if it can conclude that palestine meets the international law test for statehood as far as the court's jurisdiction relates to that there is a parallel situation with the nicaragua case that was brought against the u.s. in the one nine hundred eighty s. and in that case as perhaps will happen here the u.s. argued that the i.c.j. didn't have jurisdiction and when the

a hyper conflicted lawyer who also represents a half-dozen trump administration officials who are under investigation by prosecutors in the rush investigation a. these partisan lawyers decide which of your records the senate but more importantly the american people, the american people get to see. countless documents that have been provided to the committee contain apparent alterations and omissions with zero explanation. no court in this country, certainly no court i ever argued cases before would accept this as illegitimate document production. and the united states senate shouldn't either. more than 40% of those documents we received, almost 190,000 pages, are considered to be confidential by chairman grassley. for the vast majority of them, does not even conceivable argument to restrict them. compare this to the near 860 documents that were designated committee confidential or justice kagan, and that request is made by the nonpartisan archives, not by this committee. on friday we learn president trump is claiming executive privilege over an additional 102,000 pages of your records.

trump administration..grant lodes is here with more. grant? (grant) pam, the editorial claims trump administration officials are thwarting the president from theg to keep the country safe...as mister trump quote... "continues to act in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic." the writer said the president's leadership style...is adversarial, petty and ineffective.this is a list of senior officials who have released statements saying...it wasn't me.jim acosta has the latest on the hunt to find the op-ed author. natit's become a washington whodunit ... as in the mystery of the senior administration official who anonymously wrote a scathing op-ed in the new york times ... claiming to be part of an internal trump white house resistance ... out to stop the president from damaging the nation.so far ... more than a dozen top officials ... a who's who ... from the vice president to cabinet secretaries all released statements personally ... or through to say ... not it.vice president mike pence: "i think it's a disgrace. the anonymous editorial published in the new york times represents a new low in american journalism, and i think

. >>> a long list of trump administration officials have come forward to publicly deny being the anonymous author of the bombshell op-ed in the new york times. doug luzader joins us live from washington d.c. where everyone is trying to figure out who did it. >> reporter: good morning. people love a good mystery and this one is really a hit scratcher as the president and everyone else tries to figure out who anonymous really is. at a campaign rally in montana last night president trump was fired up and mad at and apparently disloyal and unknown administration official. he even had trouble getting the words out. >> really a anonymous, gutless coward. he was, nobody nobody knows who the hell he is, or she, they put he so it's probably a little disguised product him a probably a she pursuant someone identified as a senior administration official claims many in the administration are trying to work against the president expect for the sake of our national security the new york times should publish his name. >> reporter: democrats seem to revel in the sudden whodunit . >> it probably won't take

trump has deep-state-throat. an anonymous white house official throws the administration into turmoil. ian: denials from staff doesn't stop speculation that the "new york times" opinion piece reflects reality. katty: mr. trump is furious that a member of his own team has betrayed him publicly and there's a fair amount of criticism from both the author and the newspaper. british and russian officials clash at the you and several companies to for the u.k.'s conclusion that the kremlin almost certainly approved the poisoning of a former russian spy. >> they played

administration official admitting to being part of the resistance inside the trump administration. think about that far moment. a current senior official writing to alert the american people about what he sore she is witnessing or attempting to prevent the president of the united states from doing. a current senior official working with others inside the administration to frustrate actions by the president that they believe would actually harm the country. the headline by this anonymous person reads i am part of the resistance. it is not the most stunning part. the official writing we believe our first duty is to this country and president continues to act in manner that is det detremendous mental. it is until he is out of office. this is not some democratic operative writing this. this is somebody working in the trump administration. this comes one day after details immerge. details sound very similar to what senior official is saying. listen to what else he says about the president. the root of the problem is the president's immorality. anyone who works with him knows she not more

meanwhile, aig trump administration official tells nbc while investigators may not be interviewing julie swetnick, the third accuser, that doesn't preclude them from asking other witnesses about the allegations shetn has made. two people familiar with the matter tell "the new york times" four people will be questioned over the next few days. investigators will end up asking mark judge about julie swetnick's als allegations. >>> president trump weighing in on the. allegations of the -- d whether there's any chance he couldan withdraw the allegation. i think it's fine. i think actually this could be a blessing in disguise because having the fbi go out, do a thorough investigation, whether it's three days or seven days, i think it's going to be less than a week, but having them do a thorough investigation i think will be a blessing in disguise. it will be a good thing. [ inaudible question ]. >> i don't have anything. i don't need a backup plan. we'll have to see what happens. i thinko he's going to be fine >> nbc's kelly o'donnell has more on the conflicting narrativesnf about that fbi bac

a search for the identity of a senior trump administration official who says they are part of the resistancent his administration to succeed, many within are working diligently to frustrate parts of his agenda. it suggests his presidency is defined by trump's amorality, that he is impetuous, adversarial, petty, ineffective, and anti—democratic. god bless you and thank you, mr president. the article struck washington like a lightning bolt and shortly afterwards, at a meeting with american sheriffs, the president delivered his unsmiling response. if the failing new york times has an anonymous editorial — can you believe it — anonymous, meaning gutless, a gutless editorial. we're doing a greatjob. the poll numbers are through the roof, our poll numbers are great, and guess what — nobody is going to come close to beating me in 2020. so thank you very much, i appreciate it. the white house issued a statement calling for the "coward" who wrote the article to resign. the president demanded that the new york times turn him or her over to the government for national security purposes. there was also

two of the brett kavanaugh nfirmation hearing., thsistance inside-- an anonymous senior trump administration official writesw in the "rk times" that the president is detrimental ao our republ the root of the problem is his amora and, tech crunch: lawmakers question executives from facebook andwitter over russian meddling and censorship. plus, toxic tide- how an algae bloom is devastating marine life and changing the envnt on the florida coast. >> even if you don't care about the wildlife, yoou

the paper says the extraordinary column was written by a senior trump administration official, and it talks about a resistance in the white house and a president who continues to act in a manner detrimental to the health of the republican. now, the author also writes that top aides considered constitutional measures to remove mr. trump from office. laura podesta is here in new york with the details. laura, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. a lot of speculation over who is behind this op-ed.cabine mberhave considein put into memo sigs the process of removing the president. president trump is demanding the release of the name behind the op-ed, but the paper is defending its position to keep him or her anonymous. >> can you believe it? anonymous. meaning a gutless editorial. >> shortly after reacting to the op-ed piece in "the new york times," president trump tweeted a one-word question. treason? and called on the paper to turn over to the government the senior official who wrote the scathing piece. >> we have somebody in what i call the failing "new york times" who's talking ab

trump later followed this up with a tweet. does the so-called senior administration official really exist or is it just the failing new york times with another phony so trump asked if the gutless anonymous person does indeed exist the times must the national security pat he says turn him over to government at once the times has defended its decision to publish the editorial anonymously and some the scrambling for clues as to the oath his identity others want to focus on the message i think the all the alarming part of it is that there's someone in the white house who is very afraid that our nation is being damaged on a daily basis and i think we should take that very seriously this is not a warning from a liberal democrat this is a warning from someone you don't trump hired to work in the white house who is revealing information that is very troubling. americans are divided should an inside the resistance be commended condemned. or the trump presidency and america's divisions are also things that people here in germany are watching with growing concern a new survey puts donald trump at the top of the list of things that people h

one by one, administration officials deny writing the anonymous op-ed that bashes president trump. an evening news exclusive. four sisters tell their story of abuse by a catholic priest in pennsylvania. and remembering burt reynolds. but first, the headlines in 60 seconds. >> reporter: top officials inside the president's own administration denying he or she -eote that blistering op-ed in "the new york times." >> anyone who would write an anonymous editorial should not be working for this administration. >> i'm going to release the email about racial profiling. >> a very contentious start to day three of judge brett kavanaugh's supreme court coaring. fireworks over the release of confidential documents. >> knowingly violating the rules. >> i'm releasing committee confidential documents. >> police say four people are dead including the gunmen in a downtown cincinnati bank shooting. >> a wild chase ending in a violent crash. >> he lost it, he lost it! >> after a pair of ohio fugitives were tracked to oklahoma city. >> another major fire burning in california. >> it shut down a major i

into the anonymous essay published in "the new york times," allegedly written by a senior trump administration official. does he really think that the federal government should contemplate action against a newspaper for publishing an article? >> i think it's less about that part of it and whether o medy is acve trying to undmi thexetive brch othe governnt >> reporter: the president sees the op-ed as a criminal act of betrayal. >> for sake of our national security, "the new york times" should publish his name at once. >> reporter: the essay describes a, quote, "quiet resistance" of "unsung heroes" in the trump administration. a long list of the president's top advisers have denied writing it. even vice president mike pence, who attracted some attention because the article includes the unusual word "lodestar," a word pence often uses in speeches. the vice president went so far as to say he'd be willing to take a lie detector test. >> i would agree to take it in a heartbeat. >> reporter: and it's not just the anonymous essay, the white house is fighting back hard against the new book by bob woodward. the

the headline from the "new york times" -- "i am part of the resistance in the trump administration." cited as senior official. and writes many of the senior officials in trump own administration are working diligently from within to frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations. i know. i would know. i am one of them. we will do what we can to steer the administration in the right direction until one way or another it's over." brit hume will join us in a moment with his take on this. but first ed henry here to take us through the details and the president's response later today. hi, ed. >> great to see you. the president lashing out and the "new york times" says it is taking a rare step to run an anonymous op-ed because they are trying to protect the anonymous official's job and they believe it's in the public interest to peel back the curtain and show what they claim is happening inside the trump administration. as you noted, a lot of speculation tonight in a tweet. the "times" appeared to narrow the list of the suspects saying the official is a male. declaring he and his colleagues are trying to

trump are completely different. i get that. you have to put yourself in a position of somebody who does think that. >> the person -- a lot of these people, senior administration officialsed to, the person who wrote this op-ed, i know from the ones i have spoken to and i assume from others are people who support the trump agenda. these are political pint appoin they do have an issue with his temperament and intellect. >> as i have made clear i think ironically an anonymous and extraordinary step it is the way to take a lot of people who have concerns about that and make them go -- maybe it ain't paranoia if they are out to get you. that is almost exactly calculated to make people wonder that. >> two things can be true. i agree that this is great to say that they are out to get me and silence you by getting me which is the argument they make tonight. the other is true which is that this large segment, mostly white collar who vote republican and have doubts about donald trump this i think does reinforce the doubts and the sense that there needs to be some kind of check and balance and one many of those are open to voting for democrats. both of those things can be true. th