but then here's where the washington post picks up the story. esponse took white house officials by surprise. triggered a search by u.s. spy agencies for clues. one former senior official told the post that something happened in those 24 hours between obama's announcement and putin's response. officials began pouring over intelligence reports, intercepted communications and diplomatic cables. they found evidence that trump national security adviser mike flynn and the russian ambassador to the united states had communicated by text and telephone around the time these sanctions were announced. so we've got u.s. intelligence and law enforcement agencies bugging the russians, right, listening in on this russian officials calls. and what they hear, according to these multiple corroborated reports is the man who's going to go on to be trump's national security adviser calling the russian government and essentially telling them don't worry about these sanctions that the u.s. government is putting on you. he's calling russia to undermine the sanctions th

the washington post, it is a campaign trailfor washington post, it is a campaign trail for them.campaign trailfor them. one washington post, it is a campaign trail for them. one or two washington post, it is a campaign trailfor them. one or two papers, the new york times honing in, some others may just leave it the new york times honing in, some others mayjust leave it for the time being? it is interesting, the investment in journalism at the washington post over the last year has been extraordinary. the coverage of the trump administration and their ability to keep getting scoops is really impressive. the daily telegraph, many papers in the uk lead on the story that bbc stars who are man are disproportionately paid, compared to their female counterparts. many of whom do exactly the same job will for example, the stars of their breakfast television. example, the stars of their breakfast televisionlj example, the stars of their breakfast television. i am sure there are going to be some good conversations this morning. how amazing for the bbc team. they must have been preparing for

jeff, i want to get to this big news from the "washington post" tonight. here's what the "post" is reporting. this is a quote, "some of president trump's lawyers are exploring ways to limit or undercut special counsel robert s. mueller iii's russia investigation build a case against what they allege are his conflicts of interest, discussing the president's authority to grant pardons according to people familiar with the effort." jeff, why would the president be asking about a pardon? >> well, don, this is thing that we got a glimpse of in the president's own interview with "the new york times" that is still causing shockwaves more than 24 hours later. and it was -- he was raising the question of a conflict of interest of robert mueller. the special prosecutor in this case who is really conducting what is now a widening, deepening investigation that appears to go beyond election meddling in the 2016 election and it is clear the president and his team are focusing intently on the potential conflicts of interest as they're saying. but they're also talking abou

again this just moments ago from "the washington post." now is one of the stories who just broke it -- excuse me, we're getting ashley parker on the phone right now. in terms of the post reporting here. their headline is about trying to attack mueller's investigation going after his conflict of interests, the thing that jumps off the page is the president is looking at what his pardon power is. we've been reporting in recent days on some of the difficulties, some of the apparent shakiness on the president's legal team both on his lawyers seeming shaky and the way they've been handling the probe and put stuff out in the public. the post is reporting tonight that the spokesman for the legal team has resigned that post. now, joining us by phone is one of the reporters who just broke this story in "the washington post," ashley parker. thank you for being with us. appreciate your time. >> thank you for having me. >> let me ask you first about the pardon discussions you guys are reporting now. you sai say trump has asked about his power to pardo

we told you earlier this hour about new breaks news from "the washington post." er one, the president and his legal team are reportedly discussing his pardon powers, including whether he can pardon not just his family members and his staffers but also himself. the post also reporting that the spokesman for the president's legal team has resigned. the post also reporting that the president and the white house are talking about ways to try to discredit bob mueller and his special counsel investigation. that presumably would be used either to retroactively explain actions that they set in motion to fire bob mueller or to try to make the case to deputy attorney general rod rosenstein if he stays in his post that he should fire bob mueller. that reported by "the washington post." moments ago we also just got new reporting from "the new york times." i'll read you the lead here. president trump's lawyers and aides are scouring the professional and political backgrounds of investigators hired by the special counsel, bob mueller, looking for conflicts of interest they coul

this information the washington post is getting, they are sourcing to current and former u.s. officials, let's bring in ken delaney, national intelligence reporter for ms nbc, ken, i am skimming the story now. i think along with a lot of people out there. what can you tell us about what exactly is being reported here? >> reporter: sure, steve, i'll bottom lean it for you. this is a major development. there is an important qualification here. this story says the russian ambassador sergei kislyak told his superiors that he and jeff sessions had this conversation and that that was picked up by american intelligence agencies. it doesn't prove the conversation actually happened and sessions admirably denies it. this goes back to the april 2016 encounter at the mayflower hotel that other news organizations reported on. we reported a few weeks ago, congress and the fbi were interested in this meeting. don't forget, there was a trump campaign event at this hotel, sergei kislyak the russian ambassador was there. there was a vip session. jeff sessions was there jared kushner was there.

"the washington post" citing current and former u.s. officials. now if true, this directly contradicts what sessions has said about his meetings with russian ambassador sergey kislyak. kislyak's accounts of two conversations with sessions who was then a u.s. senator and top foreign policy adviser to trump were intercepted by u.s. spy agencies. remember, sessions initially failed to disclose his contacts with ambassador kislyak, and then said that the meetings that he had had nothing to do with the trump campaign. one u.s. official said that sessions, who testified that he has no recollection of the april encounter has provided, quote, misleading statements that are, quote, contradicted by other evidence. a justice department spokeswoman responded in a statement to the post, quote, obviously, i cannot comment on the reliability of what anonymous sources describe in a holy uncorroborated intelligence intercept that "the washington post" has not seen and has not been provided to me. and she reiterated that sessions did not discuss interference in the

this is not about the washington post. the post can write whatever it wants.e that dana is talking about was totally balanced. it says at the very end they tried to reach the nra for a comment and the nra declined. what this really is about is these two videos, the first one and the follow-up, both of them really calling for violence against the left, and that is -- >> that is absolutely ridiculous. >> martha: in what way were they falling l calling for violence. >> it was clenched fist of truth. if you're going to quote me, quote me accurately. >> i said that. >> you said freedom. >> point taken. >> how were they inciting violence. >> if you watched the videos fairly they're arguing that everyone on the left is an an arc kift who is throwing trash cans through windows. >> no. >> conflating the left with those who should be in jail. those people are terrible. >> i'm glad you said that. >> calling the people on the right. >> martha: i have to jump in here. >> just hold for just a second. >> i have to jump in. matt you're conflating peaceful fro test and vile pl

a new report appearing in the "washington post." it says russia's ambassador to washington told his superiors in moscow that he discussed campaign related matters including policy issues important to moscow with jeff sessions during the 2016 presidential race. that would be contrary to popular assertions. this information the "washington post" is getting. they are sourcing to current is that former u.s. officials. i am just skimming the story now bit a lot of other people out there. what can you tell us about what's being reported here? >> sure. i'll bottom line it for you. this story says that the russian pass bass sergei kislyak told his superiors that he and jeff sessions had that conversation and that was picked up by american intelligence agencies. it doesn't prove the conversation actually happened and he adamantly denies it. this goes back to the april 2016 encounter at the mayflower hotel that nbc news and other news organizations reported on. and we reported that comers and others were interested in this meeting. there was a

first from "the washington post," that current and former u.s. officials are saying u.s. spy agencies intercepted these conversations of russia's former ambassador to washington, sergey kislyak. a source saying, kislyak told his superiors in moscow that he did discuss campaign-related matters, including specifically policy issues that are important to moscow with, yes, jeff sessions, smack dab in the middle of the ongoing 2016 campaign. the post cites a u.s. official that says this means jeff sessions was misleading the public. >> i never had meetings with russian operatives or russian intermediaries about the trump campaign. and the idea that i was part of a, quote, continuing exchange of information during the campaign between trump surrogates and intermediaries for the russian government is totally false. >> and, quote, a former official said the intelligence indicates sessions and kislyak had substantive discussions on matters including trump's positions on russia-related issues and prospects for u.s./russia relations in a trump administration. now, the post makes an i

of "the washington post" story. for his part he has financially supported her organization, the american union fund. also with us scott jennings, maria cardona and jason miller. i want to focus with you. the report about attorney general, explain what you are reporting tonight. what's the story? >> so, you know, we reported back in martha when sessions appeared before the senate judiciary committee and was asked the question about, frankly, al franken didn't ask him that question, but his answer was he didn't have any contact -- communication was the russians. we found out that that wasn't the case, that there was, you know, a meeting at the rnc on the sidelines that he had a meeting with kislyak and there was a second meeting at his office in second. we attended that they attended the same event in april where trump gave his first foreign policy speak. >> i recall. >> we are trying to figure out what were the contents of these contacts, what were they discussing. so, you know, sessions specifically said he did not

officials telling "the washington post" they know from american intelligence intercepts. if true, it's also possible that the russian ambassador was boasting to his bosses. but if it wasn't a boast and the information bears out, it casts serious doubt on the credibility of jeff sessions, the highest law enforcement official in the land, who denied having any contacts with russians during the campaign about the campaign. this is what attorney general sessions said during his confirmation hearing back in january. >> if there is any evidence that anyone 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 at a time or two in that campaign, and i did not have communications with the

she is interviewed by washington post media critic eric wimple. >> you hammer the washington post, whoou feel has not properly reported on this incident as opposed to saying donald trump, why are you smearing john mccain? >> this was the washington post wrote about. number two, i am not here to cheer on or defend john mccain are donald trump. i think people mistake when you criticize media behavior for how it treats donald trump. it does not mean i support him or i am cheering him on. separatese are things. it is read often as you must be supporting him or you do not y because you said this. it is what ics fair, accurate media coverage about the candidate. i have spoken out frequently about that including washington post coverage. >> watch afterwards on book tv. >> the presidential advisory commission on election integrity held its first meeting with vice president mike pence chairing the et

. >> the target this time, the "washington post" or as the president calls it the amazon "washington post." jeff the last hour, the amazon "washington post" fabricated facts on my ending massive dangerous and wasteful payments to syrian rebels fighting assad. they're fake news as bad as ratings challenged cnn, lobbyistest for amazon and tacks and is fake news "washington post" being used as a lobbyist weapons against congress to keep politicians to keep looking into no tax policy. first of all, am started to collect tax in all the states it does business. however, it is true amazon has not paid as much corporate tax as maybe some people would like. candidate trump when called out during one of the debates for not paying taxes, he said he makes him smart. he knows the loop holes the game. not making any friends with the "washington post" president trump the latest target. earlier the president made a visito to speak at the national summit for the boy scouts of america and in events like this, a bill gallery of kids and teenagers there's normally expectations that you try to avoid polit

kelsey still as congressional reporter with the "washington post". when it comes to health care debate in the senate tell us about senator mcconnell. how did he have to lobby for the final votes? >> guest: as i understand it he was out talking to senators well into the day-to-day leading directly to the vote. he was perfectly worried about a group of moderate senators from states that accepted medicaid expansion under the ace a. he was speaking directly with them about how they could extend the amount of money that medicaid would -- and we ended up agreeing to a vote on an amendment that would give $100 million for flexible spending to medicaid however it's important to realize this amendment is added to another portion of another bill that probably isn't going to succeed. and all it comes down to being a symbolic vote but one that was important to many of the senators who needed to say they took a step and did what they could based on medicaid. host who we knew in advance at lisa murkowski and susan collins would vote no. they joined a 28 democrats

. >>> meanwhile, "the washington post" is reporting that u.s. spy agencies intercepted conversations of russia's former ambassador to washington, sergey kislyak, in which he told his bosses at the kremlin that he discussed trump campaign matters with then-senator jeff sessions during the 2016 campaign. joining me from the white house is nbc's kelly o'donnell. kelly, i know the president tweeted about this earlier today. how is he and the white house responding to this latest "washington post" report? >> reporter: well, no official response from the white house except for the president's tweet, and you see the president using a strategic turn to always talk about the leaks. this, of course, was the product of an intercept of a phone call, presumably, or communications that the outgoing russian ambassador had back to his bosses in moscow and that's something that u.s. intelligence surveils and based on that, the reporting according to the "washington post" is that in contacts with jeff sessions, there were conversations about the campaign, whereas

what's the rebear on this new story about "the washington post" and u.s. spy agencies having monitored kislyak, who told moscow he had access to sessions and talked campaign details? >> reporter: thomas, this is a story that's been around for a while. if you recall, nbc news and other organizations reported on questions about a meeting sessions may or may not have had at the mayflower hotel with kislyak. "the washington post" is reporting there are intercepts suggesting kislyak reported back to his bosses in moscow that he spoke to sessions at that meeting at the mayflower and at another point during the republican convention, about trump campaign platforms and about the trump relationship with russia. that is contrary to what sessions has said. he adamantly denies that. the issue is this is what kislyak is saying to russia. this is not proof these conversations actually happened and sessions add maptly denies them. this is causing yet more concern about whether members of the trump team are telling the truth about their interactions with russia, thomas. >

up first, "the new york times" and "washington post" with new reporting that president trump's legal team is trying to undercut special counsel, robert mueller. the president's lawyers are investigating the investigators in hopes of discrediting the russia investigation. >> "the washington post" also reports that the president is asking advisers about his ability to pardon his aides with, family members, and possibly even himself. this as the president has re-shuffled his legal team. we have it all covered for you. let's begin with cnn's senior washington correspondent, joe johns, live at the white house. good morning, joe. >> john, i think reshuffling is the word. the president has already signalled that he is geari inin for a fight against the special counsel investigators, citing conflicts. and it appears now that the president's team is looking to the past for information to discredit the investigators. "the new york times" and "washington post" reporting that the president's lawyers and aides are looking to undermine the special counsel's investigation. "the times" says trump's

this is from "the washington post" that we just got.any on our panel are just hearing for the first time. i just want to read you the opening of this report. some of president trump's lawyers are exploring ways to limit or under-cut special counsel robert s. mueller iii's investigation basing it on allegations they say he is granting pardoning of people familiar with the effort. trump has advised his attorneys about his power to pardon aides, family members and even himself in connection with the probe, according to one of those people. a second person said trump's lawyers have been discussing the president's pardoning powers amongst themselves. the article goes on to say trump's legal team declined to comment on the issue, but one adviser said the president has simply expressed a curiosity in understanding the reach of his pardoning authority as well as the limits of mueller's investigation. quote, this is not in the context of i can't wait to pardon myself, a close adviser said. it guess on to say, with the russia investigation contin

there is the washington post. is he has said he is in good spirits. e statement did not say when he would return to washington. many good wishers on twitter. hospitallise from a himself said, praying for my friend john mccain. one of the toughest people i know. and gabrielle giffords from arizona, hang in there, john mccain. you are tough. you can beat this. i am proud to call you my friend. donald trump, we send our thoughts and prayers to senator mccain. get well soon. , johnrmer president mccain is an american hero and one of the bravest fighters i have ever known. mccaskill who was diagnosed with cancer herself, senator from missouri. we can't wait to welcome you to the club. you got this. cancer survivors is what she had to say. the former commitment from michigan, my friend john mccain sob. dogged old ess and meghan mccain had a statement that she had on twitter saying it won't surprise you to learn that in all of this the one of us who was most confident and calm is my father. he is the toughest person i know. the aggressions of political life c

this is from his column in "the washington post" on june 18th, 1973, 44 years ago, when washington wasle of dealing with the nixon administration scandal called watergate, which began as a burglary to steal files from the democratic national committee and ended with 48 members of the nixon administration being convicted of federal crimes. president nixon resigned before being impeached and a month later was pardoned by president gerald ford for all crimes he may have committed in his presidency. george f. will is a pulitzer price winning journalist. george, it's great to have you on what feels like a historic night, and i just want to point out something. i know you'll like that gerry ford lost and in his subsequently campaign, many analysts believe the pardon of nixon had something to do with it. for the rest of his life, i'm told, ford carried in his pocket the phrasing from the united states supreme court saying how the acceptance of a pardon is an admission of guilt. and he always wondered why people didn't understand that he was the one who got richard nixon to admit guilt by acce

of "the washington post" story. for his part he has financially supported her organization, the american union fund. also with us scott jennings, maria cardona and jason miller. so adam, first of all, i just want to focus with you. the report about the attorney general, just explain what you are reporting tonight. what's the story? >> so, you know, we reported back in march that when sessions appeared before the senate judiciary committee and was asked the question about, frankly, al franken didn't really ask him that question, but his answer was that he didn't have any contact, communications with the russians, we found out that wasn't the case, that there was a meeting at the rnc on the sidelines of the rnc that he had a meeting with kislyak, and that there was a second meeting in his office in september. we subsequently learned that they were kislyak and sessions attended the same event in april where trump gave his first foreign policy speech. >> i recall. >> we were trying to figure out what were the contents o

we should all be concerned about spreading false information. >> i read the washington post washingtontimes. traveling around seems like the major newspapers in los angeles, boston, new york on the post all have a very liberal take on the news. the washington times located here i'm just wondering how throughout the nation the other story of what's happening with the trump administration and the good things happening, how to set get out? >> i think this is also part of what people find frustrating about trumps conquering of social media that is millions of followers on twitter and other social media forms. he is speaking directly to people with his own message. it's unfiltered and if you're concerned about truth that's both good and bad. president donald trump has not been known as the most accurate every tweet he sends. is able to communicate street to people without using filters. the filters having become too cumbersome or biased against certain people. i'm not entirely sure although i would say the election in 2016 provided good evidence conclusive evidence of media messaging not th

you hammer "the washington post" who you feel has not properly reported on this incident, as opposed to saying, hey, donald trump why are you smearing john mccain? >> number one, no offense to you, it was "the washington post" that i wrote about. >> you're right. >> but number two, i'm not here to cheer on or defend john mccain or donald trump. i think the media behavior -- and people do mistake when you criticize media behavior for how it treats donald trump. it doesn't mean i support him or am cheering him on. it is misread as you much be supporting him because you said this. it has nothing to do with that. it's looking at what i see is fair or accurate media coverage about the candidate. i have spoken out frequently about that, including some of the washington post coverage. >> watch sunday night at 9:00 eastern on cspan 2 book tv. >>> lesbians and gays talk about their personal experiences in the fight for marriage equality, transgender rights. a couple that led to the legalization of same-sex marriage in california are among those taking part. >> welcome to our fifth annual lbgt

"the washington post" has reported that, quote, jared kushner and russia's ambassador to washington discussed the possibility of setting up a secret and secure communications channel between trump's transition team and the kremlin using russian diplomatic facilities in an apparent move to shield their pre-inauguration discussions from monitoring according to u.s. officials briefed on intelligence reports. on december 13th, jared kushner had a meeting with a russian banker who he was told had direct communication with vladimir putin. kushner said that the meeting with that banker, sergey gorkov, lasted 20 to 25 minutes. in his written statement today, jared kushner said at no time was there any discussion about my companies, business transactions, real estate projects, loans, banking arrangements, or any private business of any kind. i did not know or have any contact with mr. gorkov before that meeting, and i have had no reason to connect with him since. jared kushner's explanation for why his security clearance application was submitted without any disclosures of any meetings with any foreig

you hail the "washington post" who you feel has not properly reported on this incident as opposed to saying, hey, donald trump, why are you smearing john mccain. >> number one, no offense to you, this was the "washington post" i wrote about. >> no, i -- >> but number 2 i'm not here to cheer on john mccain or donald trump. i think the media behavior and people do mistake when you criticize media people or when i do at times, perhaps it's donald trump doesn't mean i support him or am cheering him on. i can see those as separate things but it is misread often as you must be supporting him or must not like x or y because you said this and it has nothing to do with that but looking at what i see as fair or accurate media coverage but the candidate and i have spoken out frequently about that including some of the "washington post" coverage. >> reporte. >>> next, hear from state and local education officials in a house education and the workforce committee hearing on the implementation of the every student succeeds act. the hearing runs two and a half

"the washington post."the new york times" report that attorneys and aides are scouring the backgrounds of robert mueller looking for ways to undercut the probe. >> "the washington post" reporting the president has asked about his pow or the pardon aides, family members, even himself. one adviser told the post the president wassimply curious agent the reach of his powers. jeff zeleny has more from the white house. >> reporter: christine and miguel, president trump and the white house increasingly focused on the special counsel's investigation. the independent investigation into the russian meddling of the 2016 election. there are indications the election is spreading. president trump made that indication in his interview with "the new york times "earlier this week when he talked about robert mueller. and that he could being look into the trump family's finances. the president said he thought that would be outside of the purdview of that. this is increasingly dominated much of the conversation here at the whi

we need to plan the war so the washington post has a new policy that punishes journalists if they use their own social media to make critical statements about the paper's corporate advertisers here now to explain the implications is our feral media watchdog john f. o'donnell. yes thank god thank god. that i got to say this is crazy crazy awesome i mean it frees up all of the intrepid journalists at the post from having to write boring story after story about corporate malfeasance been there done that and i right now they can focus on important stuff. i'm going to say that corporate takeover of our country is amongst important stuff it's played out dude i mean some of the pows advertise include corporate to him it's like glaxo smith kline pharmaceuticals bank of america and koch industries we all know those three entities are grinding america into another's hell's gate of epic despair hit me with something rash. that's not for what like what i don't know maybe post a new story about how humans having sex with birds isn't as weird as you think. or maybe one about how amazon has six hund

card now to the washington post their slogan is democracy dies in darkness that democracy dies when a legacy news news legacy news organization does the bidding of the corporate state peddling endless war oh well let's not turn the lights out. we need those on to plan the war so the washington post has a new policy that punishes journalists if they use their own social media to make critical statements about the paper's corporate advertisers who now to explain the implications is our feral media watchdog john of o'donnell. well. i gotta say this is crazy crazy. awesome i mean it frees up all of the intrepid journalists at the post from having to write boring story after story about corporate malfeasance been there done that and i right now they can focus on important stuff . i'm going to say that corporate takeover of our country is amongst important stuff it's played out dude i mean some of the pows advertise include corporate to him it's like glaxo smith kline pharmaceuticals bank of america and koch industries we all know those three entities are grinding america into another hell'

and tonight the "washington post" as a new report headline, trump leaves sessions twisting in the wind bile berating him publicly. it reads in part sessions was once considered one of the trump's closest advisers and enjoyed access few others had. now he is left to endure regular public crimson by his base. it adds some in the white house are going so far as to toss out names of replace mts for sessions, names like ted cruz of texas and former mayor rudy giuliani both have distanced themselves from this speculation. >>> then tonight the president bored air force one and flew to west virginia to give a address to 30,000 boy scouts. the reaction to what he said started as he was say going. it when it became clear offense giving a rally speech, adult speech to 30,000 boy scouts who go to hear the president relit fwat his election convictsry include that it's harder to win the electoral college pan the popular vote. heard the him talk about the so-called war on christmas, the effort to pass health care, and then some. >> by the way, just a question? did president obama ever come to jambore

your new slogan should say, journalism dies at the washington post.t washington post, accusing newspaper of supporting an effort to take away guns from law abiding citizens, headline reads, organized anarchy. nra 's new dark video talks politics not guns. here to discuss is robin thomas. citizens for trump spokesman, grassroot activist. gun cavin door firing range owner, jan morgan. i will start with you. >> we watch those nravideos that were released. what i feel when i see those videos because they show rioting and angry violence, is fear. if you are selling fear, they are doing a great job. because they want to sell more guns. when i watch those videos i feel uncomfortable. and when washington post said that nra should be representing what is legitimate and valid gun ownership concerns, and you watch a video that fear mongering -- that hard to reconcile. gerri: is it fear mongering. >> so hard to respond with a straight face when robin talks about how fearful she is, on the videos, the only violence is on her side of the argument. you know, i think

"washington post" journalist jason rezaian was one of the most high-profile u.s. citizens found guilty of espionage. after his release he described how he was deliberately lied to by his jailers. >> for much of the 18 months i was in prison my iranian interrogators told me that the "washington post" did not exist, that no one knew of my fligplig and that the united states government would not lift a finger for my release. >> reporter: in fact, there was a global effort to free rezaian, culminating in his release in january 2016. rezaian was released as part of a u.s.-iran prisoner swap during the obama presidency. the terms of the deal were criticized by then presidential candidate donald trump. now it will be the trump administration that has to wrestle with exactly how to deal with this latest imprisonment. elaine? >> debora patta, thanks. dozens of wildfires continue to rage in at least ten western states. a fire near santa barbara, california destroyed at least 50 buildings. and now the company that owns the world's largest firefighting plane claims federal of

in response to the post reporting, the white house said "more fake news from the amazon "washington post course, amazon's chief jeff bezos owns the post and the white house moments ago said once again, the recess reporting is "fake news." now to that ceremony at the white house now. the white house introducing the president. the president will make the awards. let's listen. [applause] >> steve, i know you're watching. let me say we're inspired and relieved by your recovery. it's an answer to prayer. we're especially honored to be joined today by your remarkable and courageous wife, jennifer. [applause] jennifer, you will remain in our prayers until steve is back to work. jennifer wanted me to recognize two medical professionals that cared for congressman scalise from the very moment that he arrived at the hospital and the others that were wounded that day. dr. jack sava saved lives and we're honored by your presence today. [applause] finally, here on american heros week, we gather in particular to honor five truly remarkable americans. they rushed into harm's way and prevented a greater

yes, sir. >> i read the "washington post" and the washington times, and traveling around it seems like the major newspapers in los angeles and boston and new york and the post all have very liberal take on the news. and the "washington times" is located here. i'm just wondering how throughout the nation the other story of what's happening with trump and the trump administration, good things that are happening, how does that get out and is a getting a? >> i think this is also part of what many people find frustrating about trump's conquering of social media with his millions of followers on twitter and he also uses other social media forms. he is speaking directly to people with his own message and its unfiltered by the media are to get if about truth that is both good and bad. president trump .net so they know as the most accurate in every tweet that he sends, but he's able to communicate straight to people without using these filters. the filters have become too cumbersome or two shared a biased against certain people. i'm not entirely sure although i would say the election in 2016 pr

it's a new "washington post" story.ce intercepts. >>> plus sean spicer's out sometimes only as good as donald trump's cell phone. >>> as jared kushner prepares to answer questions on the hill we're learning more about his finances, what he didn't disclose before. as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a friday night. he did b eleventh hour gets underway on friday night. >>> good evening once again from our nbc headquarters here. "the friday night edition. day one of the 83rd trump administration. a

intermediaries about the trump campaign. >> that was attorney general jeff sessions in march but the "washington post" reports tonight that ambassador sergey kislyak's accounts of conversations with jeff sessions one in april and one in july were intercepted by spy agencies. the post says that the intelligence indicates that sessions and kislyak in fact has substantive discussions on matters including trump's position on russian related issues and prospects of russian relations in a trump administration. now it is entirely possible that the russian ambassador was lying to his bosses at the kremlin was really he and jech sessiff sesse talking about candy crush and gardening and other stuff it's so weird that they both love. but with jeff sessions all but being pushed out of the administration right now, senior adds telling the "the new york times" they were stunned when jeff sessions didn't quit as attorney general yesterday morning after the president threw him under the bus on wednesday night. this being the new front page story in the washington post tonight, newly raising the question of session'

columnist and associate editor for the washington post, david ignacious.ert costa, and "new york times" reporter jeremy peters. joe, another quiet weekend for the trump presidency. absolutely nothing to see here. >> nothing to see here. it's all a fake hoax. all funny. actually, the news that tumbled out starting on friday and continued through the weekend is pretty remarkable. you also -- you look at the denials. they continue to come through the trump white house. the president himself calling this a phony story. yet, you are starting to hear a lot more conservative commentators saying there is something to this. that it's not a phony story. it's not a fake scandal. this is very real. if you look at some of the polls that came out this weekend, i think more and more americans are starting to believe that themselves. >> we'll start there with trump's approval ratings, and it's plummeted to the lowest ever recorded in a president in his first six months of office. a bloomberg national poll out this morning has president trump's job approval rating at 40%.