is not whether "the new york times" going bring down trump or if it brought down nixon or the washington post but are they going to bring themselves down? nixon was a criminal who committed incredibly serious crimes against the country and was prosecuted and caught by congressional committees and prosecutors. the washington job did a great job of reporting the story and revealing aspects but the real reason nixon came down was because of the work of a lot of other people. the same i suspect, if trump goes down, it will be because of trump and things trump does that are exposed and i hope we will have prosecutors and people in congress who are honest enough to deal with this administration as it really is. if that happens, then, you know, peel be blessed to have a press that reports -- we will -- that story accurately to the people. that is what i think about that. [applause] >> if i know this audience, i know you will have a lot of questions and i think there is a microphone here you can line up at on the other side if you want to get in line because we are getting to the point where we will

obviously why not just answer the question accurately. >> adam entous of the "washington post," one ofhe three journalists on the byline for the "post." we have two competing breaking stories on arguably the two best web sites in the country, the "new york times" and the "washington post" with the story that the now attorney general spoke twice with the russian ambassador during the presidential campaign for donald trump, all of this will be fleshed out tonight and into tomorrow. we also happen to be joined tonight by david remnick who has written so extensively for years and more precisely this week on the subject of russia. david, how do you hold these stories up to a bright light to your knowledge and what you've written in your magazine. >> in evidence keeps accumulating more and more and you have to thank god there's now a newspaper war between the "post" and the "times." >> isn't that something? >> it's like the '70s. jeff bezos has helped to fuel it, the president may call it fake news but this is real journalism and it's advancing the story everyday. i should say in moscow, my

times," i believe, and our own "washington post," and at the "washington post," nobody is better than david farenthold. if you think about some of the big stories you remember about the trump administration and it was a big fundraiser for veterans that has allegedly raised $6 million, but didn't. foundationbout a that did not even have the certification to operate in new york state and were shut down by the a.g. if you think about all those stories about the huge sums that this philanthropist had given to charities throughout his career, if you think about the story about actually, donald trump spent a lot of foundation money on himself, purchasing big paintings of himself that he would hang in his own property. and if you think about a certain tape of bragging about certain activities with regards to women, all of those scoops were

obviously why not just answer the question accurately. >> adam entous of the "washington post," one ofhe three journalists on the byline for the "post." we have two competing breaking stories on arguably the two best web sites in the country, the "new york times" and the "washington post" with the story that the now attorney general spoke twice with the russian ambassador during the presidential campaign for donald trump, all of this will be fleshed out tonight and into tomorrow. we also happen to be joined tonight by david remnick who has written so extensively for years and more precisely this week on the subject of russia. david, how do you hold these stories up to a bright light to your knowledge and what you've written in your magazine. >> in evidence keeps accumulating more and more and you have to thank god there's now a newspaper war between the "post" and the "times." >> isn't that something? >> it's like the '70s. jeff bezos has helped to fuel it, the president may call it fake news but this is real journalism and it's advancing the story everyday. p i should say in moscow, m

host: here is the math laid out in the whip count by the washington post.o get their version of the obamacare replacement group, congress and president trump's desk, republicans only need a simple majority in both chambers to improve it. we will talk about why that is. even that could be difficult. the magic number for the house of representatives is 218, and the senate it is 50. assuming no democrats support the bill, republicans lose -- can lose only 21 votes in the house and 2 in the senate. we are talking about the chances of passage in congress and your thoughts on the republican repeal and replace bill for the four look care act. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. kira is up first in eden, north carolina. good morning. caller: yes, good morning. are you there? host: go ahead. caller: i think the entire way this is being done is divisive for the entire country. i think it we got together on issues and did not have these parties and really cared about health care, we would demand we have the same thing

"the washington post" has the goods. they have shown their work. we can see it for ourselves.and their lead today stands. the trump administration sought to block former acting attorney general sally yates from testifying to congress in the house investigation. that hearing where she was going to testify was canceled for today. it has not been rescheduled. there's no explanation of why. we don't know how these investigations are going to go. and we really don't know what the fbi is doing or how well they're doing their work. the house investigation with this canceled hearing today, it may be blowing up as of right now, not only did they have their mythical closed door hearing today nor their open hearing. they're not hold anything hearings or meetings or even meeting just to speak to each other. the only thing that's emerging as even a partisan consensus around that investigation is the democrats now uniform insistence that devin nunes must go or be recused from this investigation. that's the house. the can't investigation, no idea yet. we'll see the first public hearing on th

and it is mainly "the new york times" and our own "washington post," and of course, at "the washington post," nobody is a stronger or better than our friend tonight and our guest, david fahrenthold when you think of the big stories you remember about the trump campaign or transition, the fact that there is a big fundraiser for veterans that is allegedly ,aised $6 million but didn't you think about a foundation that didn't even have the certification to operate in new york state and was shot down by the ag. if you think about all the stories of the huge sums that this philanthropist had given to charities throughout his career, if you think about the story about, actually, donald trump spent a lot of foundation money on himself, buying big paintings of himself that he would hang in his own property, and if you ofnk about a certain tape bragging about certain activities with regards to women, all of those scoops were the work of david fahrenthold. [applause] bill: and as ronald reagan would say, you ain't seen nothing yet. so david, congratulations. good to have you usually we celebrate

this is the story in "the washington post."he white house looks at deep funding -- and united nations funding. voluntary contributions include what is by far the largest amount of assistance to global humanitarian aid programs. the story goes on to say that foreign policy reported that the state department had been directed to seek cuts a 50% -- programs -- program costs. it accounts for less than 1% of federal budget. the state department's budget accounts for less than 1% of the budget, but that the president is looking to cut it up to 37%. thetor lindsey graham said proposal is "dead on arrival." mitch mcconnell says he is not favor of such akoni and cuts that probably could not -- draconian cuts that probably could not pass the senate. let's hear from dorothy in michigan. good morning. caller: good morning. my comment is that people are so hung up about releasing his taxes, which, like the previous caller had said, when he was a it does noton, that make much difference because people in their private life don't have to disc

once again, from washington, robert costa of the washington post. >> good evening.he stock market soared to a record-setting high, following president trump's confidence speech to a joint session of congress on tuesday. but it was news about attorney general jeff sessions and russia that dominated the week. the washington post, my newspaper, broke a story that sessions met at least twice with the same russian diplomat whose interactions with former national security advisor michael flynn led to flynn's resignation. sessions denied having any meetings with any russian enjoys during his confirmation hearing last month. on the same day, on the front page, the new york times broke another story that officials in the obama administration actively worked to preserve intelligence about russian interference in the presidential election. joining me, on the latest on russia and the investigations, are ellen nakashima, my colleague at the post, and mark mazzetti of the new york times. ellen, where exactly do these investigations go from here? in particular, with regard to the

in a recent "washington post" op-ed, the prominent democrat said he supports judge gorsuch because he embodies a reverence for our country's values and legal system. we should applaud such independence of mind and spirit in supreme court nominees. but unfortunately, instead of coming together behind this nominee, some of our colleagues continue to press forward with convoluted -- convoluted -- excuses as to why they won't support him. just yesterday my friend, the democratic leader, came to the floor to share his reasoning. he talked about the need for the nominee to be independent and impartial. well, judge gorsuch passes that test, and the american bar association, the organization revered as the gold standard for evaluating judges by the democratic leader himself and the former judiciary chairman, certainly agrees. it said based on the writings, interviews and analysis, we discern that judge gorsuch believes strongly in the independence of the judicial branch of government, and we predict that he will be a strong and respectful voice in protecting it. in addition to independence, t

>> "the washington post" is out with more. the high ranking russian official last year when he was a senator and a lot of questions about russia were swirling. in a moment, we'll speak with the man whose question may end his career. senator al franken will be joining us, the first interview of the day, here on "morning joe." also x about t, about the same there was this with "the new york times," obama officials raced to preserve russian trail. we'll get to the other explosive piece of reporting in a moment. you know, the fake news meeds ya is so failing, they have nothing to share with us at all, nothing to see. good morning. it's thursday, march 2nd. with us live, we have political analyst and co-host of show time's "the circus" mark halperin. aide to the white house aleaeli jordan. calling for attorney general jeff sessions to recuse himself from overseeing the investigation. "the washington post" was first to report that sessions met twice last year with russia's ambassador to the united states. including a meeting in sess

here is this piece in the washington post about the big problem with special prosecutors. although congress allowed -- mechanism.ed a mexica if it is perceived they may have a conflict of interest he can excuse himself and have the deputy attorney general meme special prosecutor to take over. it goes on to say that this is a model that democrats are clamoring for. he writes that all this would be done behind closed doors, that the prosecutor would not be able he isl the public what investigated or one information they have. richard from new jersey, independent, what do you think? caller: news media and everybody else in the federal government, they don't seem to be stepping on each other's foot and getting in line. i'm sure if he released his taxes you would find all kinds of things. host: there are some republican to say in outside investigation is needed. he said we need an independent review by a credible third-party and journey -- and attorney general sessions should recuse himself. caller: more than a handful of this country don't have faith and donald and his whole g

"the washington post" article seems to leave a little more than what the evidence suggests. there's not enough information. again, this is a recurring theme here, whether or not the doj's letter to sally yates' attorney. there's no evidence that that's the case. there's no evidence that chairman nunes cancelled the hearing in order to follow what the white house direction. there's a lot of suggestion in this "washington post" article. >> sandra: makes me wondering how much is the conversation coming out of the white house. we'll leave it there. michael, thank you for joining us. former vice president dick cheney with some provocative words about russia and vladamir putin. has moscow declared war on washington? despite last week's failure of the healthcare bill to dismantle obamacare, republicans are not throwing in the towel just yet. >> we all want a system in healthcare where everybody can have access to affordable coverage. we don't want a government run health care system. we all agree on these things. from engineering and manufacturing... to stealth bombers... to next-g

correspondent at "washington post." you're reporting that senator jeff sessions spoke with russia's ambassador to the u.s. during the presidential campaign, contacts he doesn't disclose in confirmation hearings. what are officials telling you? >> not just during the campaign but as recent as september. at height of the alarm in washington about the russian hack of the u.s. election. in the middle of all that that sessions has a private meeting with the russian ambassador in senate office. two or three months later is asked during confirmation hearing, did you have any contacts or communications with russians during the campaign and can't remember that meeting several months earlier. >> i have the sound bite. let's listen to it. >> if there is any evidence that any one affiliated with the trump campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do? >> senator franken, i'm not aware of any of those activities, i have been called a surrogate a time or two in that campaign and i

the washington post has been counting all of trump's misleading or false claims since january 20th. the number is 317 so far. the wall street journal said trump's falsehood are eroding public trust at home and abroad. he's at risk of being viewed as a fake president. trump's words do have power. power to inspire and influence and power to intimidate and incite fear. journalists and lawmakers and voters can't take him at his word. what happens when the president's words lose all meaning? joining me now, two white house experts. welcome to you both. carl, i want to get your reaction to what happened in the house on friday. is it yet another blow to the president? >> it's more than a blow because in addition to the line that that surrounded his presidency and his lying which republicans even have now become terribly alarmed at, it shows the level of his incompetence which is something that was known to many people who had done business with the trump organization. it was known to people who worked on the apprentice with him when he would show up without having done his homework, having

"washington post" writes about it this morning.mericans in foreign intelligence investigations are not easy to get. if you are a candidate for president, it is even harder. an fbi agent, would need to show a federal judge there is probable cause that the target is an agent of a foreign power. that requires more than just talking to the russian ambassador. we will go to gladstone, virginia, on our democrats line. thanks for waiting. caller: first of all, i would like to say that once again, donald trump has tried to diverge the american public from the real issue at hand, which is interference of the russian government in our democratic election process. again very upset once with congress that seems to be complacent and allowing him to do all of these things that he almost virtualin silence on their part as far as what they intend to do or even being behind a bipartisan independent investigation of all of the facts that are coming forth about who was talking to whom in russia. once again, it is a distraction away from the real issu

no one washington post," is better than our guest. if you think about some of the big stories about the trump campaign, the trump transition, the fact that there was a big fundraiser for veterans that allegedly raised $6 million that adn't, if you think about foundation that has a certification to operate in new york state and was shut down by the ag, if you think about all those stories, about the huge sums this philanthropist had given to charities throughout his career, if you think about donald trump spent a lot of foundation money on himself, buying big paintings of himself, to hang in his own properties. if you think about a certain tape, bragging about certain activities, all of those scoops were the report of david farenthold. [applause] and as ronald reagan would say, you ain't seen nothing yet. [laughter] so, david, congratulations. good to have you here. usually, we celebrate pulitzer prize winners after they get the award. i think tonight we are celebrating in advance of the well-deserved colette surprise. [applause] and h

both by "the washington post" and "the new york times." can you talk about the significance of these revelations? >> well, their significance is that it shows how we have to have an open public investigation of donald trump. and to paraphrase richard nixon, people have got to know their president is not a traitor. the intelligence committee chairman and the house has are ready said, well, i've not seen anything. of course, he has not started his investigation. we don't need of the intelligence committees that meet in secret investigate this or a special prosecutor. what we need is a public investigation beginning with getting donald trump's tax ones thenot only the irs has in its possessions and they can subpoena from trump if yes not destroyed them, but also those that he has had to produce litigation around the country, have the staff review those so that we know how much money he got from the russians, which russian, who he has great interest to, who he has business partnerships with. notice how desperate donald trump is to make sure we

he is nearly certain to be asked about a new "washington post" report that the trump administration sought to block former acting attorney general sally yates from testifying to congress today. she was set to testify before the house intel committee on the investigation into the trump campaign's ties with russia. that hearing was canceled by house intel chairman devin nunez, under fire for his leadership in that investigation this afternoon. meanwhile, today, the criticism that nunez has been getting continues to mount. the house speaker, paul ryan, sticking by his colleague. let's get right to our team of correspondents following the latest developments. peter alexander in the briefing room, kasie hunt is on capitol hill and justice correspondent pete williams is in the washington bureau for us. pete, let's start with you. what do we know about the white house actions as they pertain to sally yates' testimony? >> here's the sequence of events as we understand it. in late january sally yates and another government official went to talk to the white house counsel and said we're concerned th

"the washington post" points out president obama brought 56 support vehicles on his african tour in 2013. thanks for all of you for being part of my program this it week. i'll see you next week. >>> it's time for "reliable sources." it's our look at the story behind the story. how the news gets made. this hour from the joint address to the shocking tweets, trump insider jason mill er joins me o talk about what makes his former boss tick. >>> but first, the making of an alternative reality. the real news headlines have been hard on president trump this week. the "new york times," "washington post," cnn is other outlets have been breaking new ground about the connections to russia. one of "the washington post" stories calls jeff sessions to recuse himself from russia-related investigations. trump was reportedly ticked off about this. . he didn't think sessions needed to recuse himself. so what happened this weekend? trump tried to change the story. in fact, he and his allies have created a brand new story line. castings a purgss on president obama. they haven't given any proof, but they ha

the national security reporter for the washington post, the chief investigative correspondent for yahoo news. the white house correspondent for urban radio networks, the woman who got sean spicer talking about the russian salad dressing. so i think welcome to all of you but it's appropriate to start with all i don't haof you. i want to start with gloria. so, plenty of moving parts on the russian investigation. the white house denying that administration blocked sally yates from testifying on the russian trump connection but chairman nunes would not say if the white house asked him to scrap the hearing. listen and then we'll discuss. >> are you going to stay as chairman and run this investigation? >> why would i not? you need ask them why these things are being said. >> can this investigation continue? >> why would i not. aren't i briefing you continuously and keeping you up to speed. that sounds like their problem. my colleagues are perfectly fine. they know we're doing an investigation and that will continue. >> did the trump administration seek to have sally yates not testi testify? >

the report in "the washington post" is 100% false. the letters that they frankly publish on their website all back up everything i just read. all of the letters are available on their website. i hate to give them the traffic. but the reality is that they specifically say if you don't respond, we're going to go ahead. we didn't respond. we encouraged them to go ahead. but to suggest in any way, shape, or form that we stood in the way of that is 100% false. brian? >> couple things you said earlier. couple quick follow-ups. you said the agency to use best available science. does that mean there's going to be no further scientific research? you don't want to fund additional scientific research? and number two, what other issues do you like to see the president reach out to democrats to tonight? >> on the first one, best science is best science. that's whatever -- >> whatever is available is what you said. >> right. if it's not available, it's tough to use it. >> is it a code for -- >> no. it's a code for it's got to be able. that's it pla

then tonight "the washington post" added to it. they confirmed "the new york times" reporting about those two names. they then also added a third name to the mix of white house officials that according to "the washington post" were involved in the handling of this data and getting it to devon nunez. they added john eisenberg who is the top lawyer at the national security council. out of all of this news today if you're on one of those committees, if you're part of the investigation of this scandal, seems to me there are two big questions for you that we had no idea needed to be asked before today. number one, how are you going to handle mike flynn exchange for immunity in exchange for his testimony? part of that question is what are the logistics of that. how do you access how good his information is. how do you decide, what are the factors? who makes the call? how do you question him and his lawyers about that? that's one, dealing with mike flynn. here's the other new question we didn't have before this morning, before tonight eve

all of this after "the washington post" reported then-senator sessions met with russia's ambassador twice last year while sessions was a key adviser to the trump campaign pop a fast-moving day it request be hard to figure out what's going on. kasie hunt joins me live from capitol hill. give me the update at this moment. we just heard the president on that carrier speaking to journalists, saying he's confident, he doesn't think jeff sessions should recuse himself. what are they saying on capitol hill? where are we at? >> reporter: well, kate, at this point we are -- we still have a small but still growing slowly pile of republicans who are saying that jeff sessions should recuse himself from any investigation into russia and the trump campaign at this point and in light of this new information. but you also have republicans who are out there defending him. people like senator ted cruz, house speaker paul ryan, saying that the attorney general doesn't have too much of a conflict of interest here, to continue with any investigation. senator lindsey graham telling nbc news, and graham is a un

and they're not reading the "washington post." they're reading individual stories that their friend recommended to them. and they often don't even know where they have landed. when we go back and survey people. where did you learn this, where did you read that? they say i got it through facebook. and so by -- we lose something there because of the brand recognition isn't as strong as it was but the reader ands the community is losing something because they're not understanding the sourcing. not understanding where this information came from and why and whether it should be trusted. so i would defend the 27-year-old journalists, because we have a lot of them in our newsroom and they're month the most aggressive and smart reporters that we have. the difference is not generational. the difference is in the intent, whether the intent is to inform the public or fool the public. so, if you turn on any of the cable news channels, whatever your ideology, you'll see an enormous difference go back and look of youtube of any of the channels

the second by "the washington post." the first one alleging that officials in the waning days of the obama administration were working to, as we inartfully put it, squirrel away or protect certain intelligence by spreading it around into safe places lest it fall into the wrong hands or disinterested hands of the new incoming administration. second story that breaks in the last hour, in "the washington post", the attorney general spoke device with the russian ambassador during trump's presidential campaign. justice officials say. all of this leads us to bring in our next guest. we are joined tonight by connecticut democratic member of congress jim himes who is second in line among the democrats on the house select committee on intelligence. in other words, he is among the members of congress who share in the secrets of our country, and one of those looking into russia's involvement in the presidential election. well, first of all, congressman, your reaction to these dual stories in this one area, and how do you think this

associate editor for the "washington post" and winner of numerous awards for writing including winning the pulitzer for national reporting and 93, for his coverage of the bill clinton's presidential campaign and he also shared a pulitzer with other riders from the post for their writing on-- in 2008 on the virginia tech shooting and some of us in tucson can relate to that sad and tragic event. he also writes about sports, not just politics and he is a fan of that music, so if you go to spot a five he has put a list of his favorite motown tunes on that is a sort of mentioned a lot here in this book that we will talk about this morning. songs by smokey robinson and all of that, so if you are into that motown, good place to go. david has written many books. we will talk about a few this morning, one is a book in 2015 " once in a great city: a detroit city-- story" and the second one he turned me onto recently. i have not read it yet, but i will. i have not gotten far into this, but it is a great read for those of you that are interested in that time in our history. he has also written bar

ozderman is out on bond and has reportedly been suspended from the washington post where he worked in the i-t department. he's charged in montgomery county- but he may also face federal charges. in charles county-- another officer is off the job -after a social media post he made following a tragic crash in waldorf. two teens were killed in the accident. desmond cook and colin bipat were both high school seniors -- set o officer rob glover posted on facebook... "bleep them -- they shouldn't have been driving that fast. glover is now suspended. sheriff troy berry released a statement saying his goal is to foster a respectful relationship between the department and the community. coming up-- back from the dead. a deal to move the oakland raiders to a new city clears a major hurdle. but another one is coming up. the details ahead. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in cutomer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. a