unpatriotic and treasonous. the president apparently being told about that excerpt unloaded today. in an official white house statement blasting his former consignifica associate saying, 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. and then the president got nasty. all these bomb shells and trump world an ick details are in the upcoming book "fire and fury" by michael wolff. wolff conducted more than 200 interviews and this was all made possible, he claims, because he was able to take a semipermanent seat on a couch in the west wing. that idea was encouraged by president trump himself, wolff says. my political panel is here with me to comb through all the details. let's begin with cnn's jeff zeleny at the white house. and, jeff, in this statement, the likes of which we've never seen before from a president about an aide, going after bannon. he says that bannon was rarely in a one-on-one meeting with president trump and really didn'

s meeting at trump tower was treasonous and unpatriotic? >> well, i think he's been questioned about that meeting. what i want to know about that meeting is, why was the russian lawyer meeting with glen simpson, fusion founder, both before and after the meeting donald trump jr. had with the russian lawyer? why did that take place? i think there's lots of questions that need to be answered. that's why we have investigations going on. that's why we need to get to the bottom of so many questions that are out there so the american people can get the truth. >> so i'm just going to re-ask john's question to you. because we're very interested in your opinion. you sit on a very important question, obviously, judiciary. do you agree with the president's former chief strategist that, indeed, this meeting in which the president's son was promised dirt on hillary clinton said before the meeting, "i love it," and then took the meeting in trump tower was treasonous and unpatriotic? >> what i think we need to do is get -- like, look -- why did they only r

one of the men closest to the president calls out that infamous trump tower meeting calling it unpatriotic, and this is from the new steve bannon book, and even if you thought it was not treasonist, you should have called the fbi immediately. our joe johns is at the white house with all of it. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, poppy. one tweet from the president this morning on iran, a theme he handled yesterday, yesterday very busy, of course, two tweets on north korea, a total of 16 tweets on a variety of topics, the president going after, among other things, the palestinians. and that's something we want to focus on right now. the president threatened to with draw funding from the palestinians if he did not return to the negotiating table, the peace talk table indicating in his view we give hundreds of millions of dollars to the palestinians and ending up with a question, why should we continue to make these payments? palestinians, of course, responding very curtly indicating they cannot be blackmailed. that's what they said. today the president will have a lot to talk about as h

it comes as mr bannon reportedly accused mr trump's son and son—in—law of treasonous and unpatrioticur during the presidential campaign. here, the health secretary has apologised, after nhs england postpones tens of thousands of non—urgent treatments, until february, after a surge in admissions. storm eleanor has brought gusts of up to 100 miles an hour to the uk, causing power cuts, travel disruption and flooding. a realigned in america as we talk to stephen bannon, his right—hand man. and we talk at health secretary about why he has continually missed own nhs targets. —— lock —— talk to the health secretary. good evening and welcome to bbc news. following his tweet about north korea, president trump has gone on the offensive again tonight, this time to launch a lengthy attack on his former chief strategist steve bannon. what provoked it were reports that bannon had described a meeting between the president's son and a russian lawyer during the presidential election campaign as "treasonous" and "unpatriotic. " it's understood the comments will be published in a book next week. the p

is this a direct response to steve bannon calling the presidents son unpatriotic. there were a number of factors that played in. going after the president it's probably not the way to curry favor with anybody. including many. he never actually sat down with the president there was one brief conversation that have nothing to do originally with the book. i think it was around five to seven minutes in total that is the only interaction that the president had. could you reconcile the president's statement with the honor statement i'm not sure how the book came to be. it has a lot of things so far what we've seen that are completely untrue. many people that had come to the close of them. i can't speak to what the author's comments are. does the white house have a copy of the book. very little influence. to put them on the national security council. i would not say that he has elevated them to the same level. in the actions that steve took the president was clear that he didn't have a lot of influence on him or the decision-making throughout his process at the white hous

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

member of the trumpet ina steve bannon, a valued member of the trumpet in a circle, calling it unpatrioticonous. —— of the trump inner circle. it significantly undercuts the line that the white house has tried to use to defend their position. to hear from somebody that used to be one of donald trump's greatest advocates, that is what makes it so jarring. i willjust read you a little bit more from the statement from donald trump, in response to the suggestion from steve bannon that this meeting that the president's son and son—in—law had with this russian before the election campaign last year was ridiculous. he says that steve bannon was a staffer who worked for me after i had already won denomination by defeating 17 candidates, often described as the most talented field ever assembled in the republican party. this is to win the nomination to run for the white house. now that steve is on his own, and he has been fired, of course, he is learning that winning isn't as easy as i make it look. he had very little to do with our historic victory, which was delivered by the forgotten men and wome

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

being unpatriotic or treasonous? >> you know, he's gotten away with going after ivanka publicly. remember, down in alabama -- >> bannon has? >> bannon has, yes. during that rambling speech he gave, he said, you know, there's a special place in hell, republicans don't know better. that's an exact play of what ivanka -- >> but compared to "dumb as a brick." >> it is different than "dumb as a brick," but everyone else -- people went after ivanka's dresses and trump went after them. so, again, he's gotten away with this in the past. >> everyone, stick around. we've got a lot more to talk about and we'll stay with the panel all night, including whether this is the end for steve bannon's political future or is it just the beginning? that's next. stay with us. they appear out of nowhere. my secret visitors. hallucinations and delusions. the unknown parts of living with parkinson's. what plots they unfold, but only in my mind. over 50% of people with parkinson's will experience hallucinations or delusions during the course of their disease. if your loved one is experiencing these symptom

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 saying is steve bannon really crossed a line in this book when he said that. donald trump jr should not have met with these with this russian lawyer who claim to have dirt on hillary clinton he said that he should have immediately not he shouldn't taken the meeting at all and he should have immediately gone to the f.b.i. and of course this comes at a very sensitive time for the tron white house because right now robert muller is in the midst of this deepening investigation into russia meddling into last the two thousand and sixteen presidential campaign and possible collusion by people within the trump white house so that's it's a sensitive time for them and president trump doesn't like disloyalty and he sees this is being a mark of disloyalty by bannan of the other thing to keep in mind too is steve bannon really brought in this sort of nationalist movement into the white house that was those were people that were sort of loyal to him from his breit

even if you thought that this was not treasonous or unpatriot unpatriotic, or bad blank and i happen think it's all of that. >> that was all said by steve bannon in a book. i think that is going to play out, at one point or another, it will come out. it is not appropriate to comment from my assistant. let's see how it plays out with the intelligence committee and the mueller investigation and see what the real facts are not just based on a book that steve bannon writes. >> that's fair. do you think don jr. should have taken that meeting? >> i'm not going to comment on that. i just don't think it is appropriate right now for me. i have been a united states senator for less than a day. i'm going on my 19th hour right now. let's let me see how things go. my desk is blank. it's starting to fill up. but i will tell you i think it is important that people in congress, people in the senate and the house, let these investigations take their course rather than just making public comments a lot. i think they need to take their course. as a prosecutor, that's what i wanted to do. let the commit

>> there's a big difference between unpatriotic and treason. treason is a legal term. and to commit treason, you really have to do some very bad stuff. but most importantly, it has to be during a time of war. >> bannon was not in the room for that meeting. he joined the campaign months after that meeting. sounds like he's entitled to his opinion, right? >> yeah, he's entitled to his opini opinion. sounds like what he really means to say is, boy was this dumb. this never should have happened. that's different than treason. >> reporter: bannon is just one of more than 200 trump insiders that journalist michael wolfff says he s book due out next week. today's bannon/trump feud likely to be the appetizer, the first of several big bombshells. >> it seemed the white house learned about this book in realtime today and it took just minutes for them to go on the attack mode. they are dismissing the book as trashy tabloid fiction. but as much as aides here might want to now distance themselves from steve bannon, he was a principal architect of the trump administration. this has

of losing his mind, after he reportedly accused mr trump's son and son—in—law of treasonous and unpatrioticaviour. earlier, president trump boasted that his nuclear button is much bigger and more powerful than north korean leader kim jong un‘s. that was through a statement on twitter. the health secretary apologises after nhs england postpones tens of— thousands of non—urgent treatments until february after a surge in admissions. i want to apologise for the fact that we have had, regrettably, to postpone a number of observations. we are trying to do it differently this year. storm eleanor batters the uk, with gusts of up to 100 miles an hour causing widespread disruption and leaving thousands of homes without power. also in the next hour, a good year for the uk's music industry. # you look perfect tonight. sales have grown at their fastest rate for nearly 20 years, with streaming services accounting for more than half of consumption. and the bionic hand with a sense of touch — we have an exclusive report on the woman who's been testing it out for scientists in the real world. good evening a

steve bannon called that june 2016 trump tower meeting in new york, treasonous and unpatriotic. he said they should have immediately called the fbi but bannon joined the campaign after that meeting. how much stock do you put into those comments by steve bannon? >> i don't normally look to steve bannon as a source, but this is something that "time" magazine called the alter ego of president trump early on when they were so tight. i do think it's clear to me that the trump individuals, when they had this meeting, where the russians offered dirt on hillary clinton, they should have under the it over to law enforcement. clearly you saw the report from the "new york times" that george papadopoulos, talked to the australian ambassador. they figured it out, they turned that information of this dirt offer over to the fbi. i do feel that there were -- clear evidence that there were a series of russian overtures to trump organization and trump campaign officials. it bothers me a great deal there was not more forthcomingness to law enforcement. >> bannon said they should have gone to the f

mind in fire and fury inside the trump white house bannon says donald trump jr was treasonous and unpatriotic when he met with russians who claim to have dirt on democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton press secretary sarah sanders called the president's anger at bannon justified i would certainly think that going after the president's son and absolutely outrageous and unprecedented way is probably not the best way to curry favor with anybody the book's release coincides with special prosecutor robert miller's investigation into russia's meddling in the twenty six thousand election and possible collusion by the trump campaign it includes interviews with white house insiders including bannon and paints an administration in chaos the white house tried to distance itself from bannon wednesday saying the president had little one on one contact with bannon but bannon was the c.e.o. of the president's campaign played a key role during the president's transition to the white house and was chief political strategist until he was fired last summer in the book bennett says he advised the pres

forme white house strategist steve bannon blasts the meeting in trump tower with the russians as unpatriot. >> and the president says after bannon lost his white house job, he lost his mind. he accuses his former chief strategist of spending his time in the white house leaking false information to make himself seem more important than he was. a criticism first leveled in a more colorful fashion by our next guest, anthony scaramucci. >> good to see you again. happy new year. i am admiring the cuomo family crest -- >> no, they do not have a family crest. but i see what you are doing, my undersized friend, you are trying to distract from the news. >> i'm the right size for you. >> everything you used to say about steve bannon was just your opinion, and it's now shared by the president of the united states and a lot of other people are weighing in. what is your take on steve bannon's attack on trump's family and the nature of the meetings as being wrong and treasonous and the money laundering. >> let's talk about the treasonous thing. i would bet my life savings that trump junior would have do

sanders:. -- unpatriotic. ms. sanders: i think oil you for president'son in an outrageous -- is not a good way >> a notice planing how the book came to be said for 18 months, including many -- 200 people, many of the president -- ms. sanders: he never sat down with the president to be clear. there was one brief conversation that had nothing to do originally what the book. it was around five to seven is the in total and that only interaction has had. that is the only interaction he had since he took office. >> reconcile the present posse statement with the author posse statement about how the book came to be. ms. sanders: i am not sure what the authors statement is. i know it has a lot of things. so far what we have seen that are completely untrue, you have many people who have quotes that are now coming out publicly and saying those things are not true. to at thet speak author's comments rp or i can only speak to the white house. >> does the white house have a copy of the book? ms. sanders: i believe some individu

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 the left. >> the books author michael wolf was given unusual access to the white house. he says he did over 200 interviews with white house and ca

son—in—law, and a russian lawyer during the presidential election campaign as "treasonous" and "unpatrioticnderstood the comments will be published in a book next week. president trump hit back with scathing comments, saying: "when he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind". when asked if the president's son donald trump jr had, in fact, committed treason, the white house press secretary had this to say. to the ridiculous accusation to be sure we have addressed many times from here before, and if that is in reference to comments made by steve bannon, i refer you back to the ones that he made previously on 60 minutes we called the collusion with russia about this president, total as. so i think when we look back to that, if anyone has been inconsistent, it has been him, it certainly has not been this president of this administration. i spoke with laura trevelyan in washington about why these comments have sparked such a strong reaction. what has really upset the president, it seems, is this description of that meeting that took place in trump tower during the presidential elec

he used the words "treasonous" and "unpatriotic." on sunday he took back some of what he said and he said his support is, quote, unwavering for the president and his agenda. some democrats dismissed the idea that the book is a work of fiction. >> i don't think there's any party in congress if at least privately who has not expressed those concerns. >> reporter: today the president will be at nashville to speak at a farmers convention. tonight he'll go to georgia to watch them play in the college football championship. and the president had planned to announce his fake news awards today. he said, quote, instead the losers will be unveiled on wednesday." "fire and fury" is number one on amazon's best-selling list. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning," we'll talk to the author of "fire and fury" michael wolff about steve bannon and the president's response to his book. >>> the focus of this year's golden globes was the sexual harassment scandals that turned the business industry upside down. they wore black and called for gender equality and

and jared kushner, used words like treasonist and unpatriotic, and said that, you know, it should have been immediately reported to the fbi, which we know donald trump jr. failed to do. he also talks about the investigation just going on and on and getting more and more serious for the white house, which contradicts some of the reports suggesting that trump's lawyers believe it could be wound up soon. but in fact, bannon says it's not they're sitting on the beach facing a category 5 storm, and he thinks the real key will be money laundering, and there's that memorable line about how donald trump jr. will be on television and broken like an egg. >> yeah. it's pretty stunning when you think about it, and we're going to try to get through as much of it as we can tonight, because there are so many details and stories in here. and david, as you know, there are a lot of quotes in the book. steve bannon, of course, is a major source, an on-the-record source, but there are others in trump's orbit who are quoted directly, and none of what anybody has to say is positive or complimentary. >> no,

it is very unpatriotic to do something like this towards the president. average joe, he's the president of the united states and deserves the respect, and steve bannon should give him that respect. so i'm pretty upset about the book. >> well, the truth hurts if you will. i don't need fire and fury to tell the democrats or americans a what's going on here, this is -- is this confirmation of what reporters like you all have been covering, it's from his tweets, and quite frankly, other sources that make it clear that we have a president that's got a lot of challenges, he's also been a super narrow assist a new york developer, but steve bannon who is close to the president, who's his chief advisory, many believe responsible for him winning is quoted and confirming the narcissim, the child like activities, his lack of focus and what, if any, i was, and so i think it's worth reading but i also think it's worth listening to and reacting to, because there's a lot of truth to think i'm not saying it's true but there's a lot of confirmation, a lot of quotes in ther

so he's basically saying "it was unpatriotic treason!w i would have done it." ( laughter ) and bannon thinks they should have had their lawyers there so any information could then be dumped down to breitbart, or maybe some other, more-legitimate publication. more legitimate than breitbart? so bazooka joe comics. and and the placemat at long john silvers. find the maize. go through the maze. the collusion is at the center of the maze. and bannon is not confident that don jr. can handle the pressure of testifying before congress, saying, "they're going to crack don jr. like an egg on national tv." they sure are. cnn is already running a promo. >> this is the senate. this is don jr. testifying before the senate. any questions? >> stephen: yeah, i have a question. how soon can that happen? this afternoon-- ( cheers and applause ) superbowl ratings. superbowl rate. ratings. this afternoon, trump fired back hard. "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." now all he

. >> it was unpatriotic. whether they call it treason, that has a strict legal connotation and i don't know that i would go that far, but it could have been part of a experience that has been the subject of our investigation. what led up to that meeting and what koops after that meeting. we know, for example, prior to that meeting the rugs have made the campaign aware from papadopoulos that they had stolen e-mails and they know that they offered dirt on hillary clinton on the run up to that meeting and they expressed great eagerness and the campaign was disa pointed and the dirt got the meeting. we know there after they receive the stolen e-mails from the russians and the russians began publishing them through their own cut outs. there is a lot we know. there is a lot more we need to continue to investigate to determine what level of collusion may have been involved. >>. >> the president's son, donald trump jr. testified. he appeared before your committee behind closed doors. steve bannon said that donald tru

and a russian lawyer as treasonous and unpatriotic.ook also quotes ban nonas questioning the president's confidence. on saturday president trump defended his fitness for office insisting he's a very stable genius. >>> more than half the country is seeing a spike in flu cases. 26 states are reporting high activity. john blackstone has more. >> reporter: emergency rooms are packed. ambulances are being redirected. and medical officials from chicago to california are sounding the alarm. according to the centers for disease control and prevention, in the past week, regions experiencing high flu activity increased from 21 states to 26 states and new york city. the number of states reporting widespread flu activity rose from 36 to 46, and in california alone, at least 27 people have died. the volume of flu patients at palomar health in san diego county has increased so much, a tent had to be set up to manage the influx. >> every year we do see an increase in flu-type patients. this year it hit very hard and very quickly. what we compare it t

bannon calling the treasoness and unpatriotic.te they're going to crack don junior like an egg on national tv. so much more. >> there is indeed. we only have 30 minutes left. the president claiming bannon lost his mind after losing his job. he has nothing to do with me or my presidency. now that he's on his own he is learning winning isn't as easy as i make it look. steve has very little to do with our historic victory which was delivered by the forgotten men and women of this country. >> bannon himself responding late last night speaking on sirius xm's breitbart news. this is what he said. the preside >>> the president of the united states is a great man. i don't think you have to worry -- >> we also have new insight on what is fuelling president trump's anger. more on that in a moment. but first, correspondent jeff zeleny begins our coverage from the white house. >>reporter: christine and dave, an extraordinary war of words breaking out between president trump and his former top strategist, steve bannon all over the release of a

which bannon called a meeting between trump campaign officials and a russian where "treasonous and unpatriotic." he warned a special counsel investigation looking into money-laundering could take down members of the president's family. the white house calls this book trashy tabloid fiction. the author says he was given unfettered access inside the early days of the trump white house and completed more 200 interviews. many of them on the record. kevin corke is following the developments. >> from a very chilly white house north lawn, i think it's a board to point out for the viewers steve bannon wasn't officially part of the trump campaign at the time of the now infamous meeting at trump tower. that has not stopped him from not only weighing in but also leveling some pretty serious accusations. left the white house today in a fighting mood. >> reporter: did the president's son commit treason? >> reporter: how surprised were you at what you read? >> an otherwise frigid day suddenly turned white white hoth hostility. >> making such outrageous claims, false claims against the president. >> white ho

radical, they were unpatriotic. they were tryingun to undermine the culture and society. what took a while, it took too long but by the time, we were 1/5 finished with the 20th century, we finally, finally had women vote. that is one example. the civil rights movement led by reverend dr. martin luther king in the early '60s. dr. king was accused of being a communist. he was seen as an extreme radical. those were among the milder things, however, by continuing to stand strong for non-violent protests in the face of injustice, we wound up by the midd 1960s, passing some of the most important domestic legislation in the country. the point being we should be very cautious of criticizing dissent. conscionable dissent is patriotic and the president, and, i'm trying to be as respectful of the office of the presidency i can you about this effort to shift the public perception of these dissenters as unpatriotic and against the military and against the flag is frankly unconscionable and, that is what is unpatriotic. it has to be. [applause] >> in fact, you write, on page 35, dissen

bannon said, even if you thought that this was not treasonous, or unpatriotic, or bad, you should have called the fbi immediately. robert costa, national political reporter at the "washington post," washington bureau jeannie page. robert, first to you, i should have also mentioned host of "washington week" on pbs. veteran trump watcher throughout the campaign, this book exposes a lot. >> there is a lot of anger inside the white house today, talking to people close to the president. they are unhappy with steve bannon making these sorts of comments. at the same time bannon's comments have pent-up frustration. there's always been a bannon banishment wing rather than the wing that has his son-in-law ji jared kushner and ivanka trump. those tensions existed before the book. >> you've got a number of excerpts here from the book. this is the michael wolf book. that the three senior guys in the campaign thought it was a good idea to meet with a foreign government inside trump tower in the conference room on the 25th floor with no lawyers. they didn't have any lawyers. he also adds a number of

bannon calls it trees nus and unpatriotic.resident fired back saying that when bannon was fired from his white house job, "he lost his mind." margaret brennan reports. the president splitting with steve bannon claiming he has nothing to do with me or my presidency. when he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind. until now, bannon continued to be a vocal supporter of the trump agenda following his white house exit this summer. but in a series of interviews, with author michael wolf, including some at the white house. bannon mocked the president and his family and accused donald trump jr. of tree san for his june 16 meeting with russians who offered incriminating information on hillary clinton. bannon said if you thought this was not treason or unpatriotic, i happen to think it was all of that you should have called the fbi he speculated trump jr. involved his father in the meeting. a claim sarah sanders denied. >> i think furious, disgusted would probably certainly fit when you make outrageous claims and false clai

even if you thought that was not treasonous or unpatriotic or bad, bleep, and i happen to think it's all of that, you should have called the fbi immediately. so let's start there. i have with me here in new york cnn national politics reporter mj lee. also with us cnn senior media consultant on the new york piece. bull first, mj so you, where is all of this coming from from steve bannon? >> these are such explosive comments and especially personal because they are being directed at trump's family members, including his son and his son-in-law. you pointed out what bannon said in this book about this now famous june 2016 meeting calling it unpatriotic. but the book has more than that. some harsh analysis about the mueller investigation that is ongoing. a lot of colorful quotes. i want to highlight a couple of them. one directed at trump's son again, donald trump junior, they said they are going to crack don junior like an egg on national television. another quote, predicting how the mule tear investigation will get to trump. he says this is all about money laundering, mule tear chose se

even if you thought this was not treasonous or unpatriotic or bad expletive, you should have called the fbi immediately. bannon saying how he thinks trump will corner him saying this is about money laundering. their path to expletive, trump goes right through paul manafort, don jr. and jared kushner. he said it goes through deutsche bank and all the kus never. let me get these expletives. do you think the meeting at trump tower was as steve bannon described it, treasonous? >> it is a term, legally probably not. if you're taking a meeting with russian nationals on behalf of the russian government who are offering you illicitly gotten information on your political point when your candidate is sitting a floor above. so i think it should be a wake-up call for house republicans. and you have to wonder for house republicans, how far off course has your moral compass taken you? if steve bannon is plainly taking this as unamerican, and you're still saying there's nothing to see here. >> as we said earlier, according to the book. he says investigators should focus money laundering. he is quoted

collusion with the russians when you have someone who was on the inside talking about treasonous and unpatrioticomfort for the white house, steve bannon continuing to be an influence after he was fired. no longer. he has now 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

and a russian lawyer during the presidential election campaign was treonous and unpatriotic.nds of people have taken part in pro-government rallies following days of unrest targeting the regime. the general in charge of the revolutionary guard has declared what he called the sedition to have been defeated. don't forget, you can always get "dw news" on the go. just download our app from google play or the apple store. that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news. you can also use it to send us photos and videos. this is "dw news," live from berlin. we will have more news at the top of the hour. stick around, though. i will be back with "the day" in just a moment. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] steves: the dramatic rock of cashel is one of ireland's most evocative sites. this was the seat of ancient irish kings for seven centuries. st. patrick baptized king aengus here in about 450 a.d. in aroun

including quotes from steve bannon, calling a meeting with a russian lawyer and trump treasonous and unpatriotic. trump dumbls ivanka as a brick. a lawyer sent wolf a cease and desist letter, saying bannon has a violated a nondisclosure. the president says this book is full of lies, accusing wolff of lies, saying he has had zero access inside the white house. he has been criticized for wrong facts and misquote in his books. regardless, it appears americans are intrigue, curious -- are intrigued, curious, and the books are flying off the shelves. dayy: today is the last people will be able to take cell phones into the west wing, including staffers and a guest. house denied it is meant to stop leaks. it says the policy has been in the works for more than six months. it is unclear if the policy applies to trump. autria: a massage therapist accused of sexually assaulting a client could face more than 30 years in prison. room hed out of a rented. a woman claims he sexually assaulted her last march. in november, police charged him. his massage license is still active. his website -- his company's ther

now, bannon describes the decision to take that meeting as "treasonous and unpatriotic", and he saysiduals should have done immediately was to call the fbi. bannon goes on, in the book, to say the chances that donald trump junior and jared kushner did not take the russian lawyer and her retinue up to meet donald trump — he describes that as being a very slim chance that they did not do it. so, this meeting, which is the closest thing that has come out in the public domain about contact between the russians and the trump campaign, is something that is of great interest to robert mueller, the special counsel who is investigating links between the president and russia. and the president himself drafted a statement about this meeting, which was released to the press when it was subsequently reported by the us media much, much later that this had happened. so, that is why the president is so worried, because — and as sarah huckabee sanders says, bannon has completely changed his tune on the russian investigation from saying it is a farce to now saying that the trump family are standing on

they called it treason nous and unpatriotic. the president released a formal statement saying steve bannon has nothing to do with me. when he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind. >>> former trump campaign chairman paul manafort is suing the justice department and deputy attorney general over the russia probe. the lawsuit argues the investigation is operating outside the law. manafort and his business partner were indicted on a dozen counts including money laundering last fall. a justice department spokes person says the lawsuit is frivolous. >>> heavy snow and bitter cold. our team coverage of the winter storm continues. matt is live in delaware this morning. >> reporter: >> and we're seeing steady snowfall. also a little bit of a breeze here in new castle so time to get those shovels out and get ready for the commute ahead or if you do happen to have school later on today. we'll give you a live look from delaware after the break. >> matt, it is a snowy scene especially at the shore. look at cape may. already see

meeting with russians in trump tower treasonous and unpatriotic and saying that the russia investigation is all about money laundering. >>> lost his mind. president trump let's loose saying when bannon lost his job, quote, he lost his mind. the president dismisses bannon's role in the campaign and the white house, saying he only pretends to have had influence. >>> suing mueller. former trump campaign chairman paul manafort indicted on money laundering charges files a lawsuit challenging the authority of special counsel robert mueller, saying the charges have nothing to do with the 2016 campaign. >>> and size matters. as president trump takes heat for tweeting that his nuclear button is bigger than kim jong-un's, the white house says americans should be concerned with the north korean leader's mental fitness, not the mental health of the president. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> breaking news. president trump is now at war with his former chief strategist and top adviser steve bannon. bannon sharply attacks the president and his family

collusion with the russians when you have someone who was on the inside talking about treasonous and unpatrioticomfort for the white house, steve bannon continuing to be an influence after he was fired. no longer. he has now 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. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. iran has accused the united states of meddling in its domestic affairs, after president trump backed anti—government protests. the iranian ambassador to the un said mr trump and his vice—president had incited unrest with what he called numerous absurd tweets. earlier the head of iran's revolutionary guards said the unrest was over. the computer chip—maker, intel, says it is working to correct a vulnerability that could allow hackers to steal data from