i think the story was dead at "the new york times" after the second time they killed it in december 2004. reason to say the only they reopened it, the discussion, was because i told them it was going to be in my book. -- they started this all series of new negotiations with the government. that was throughout the fall of 2005. and a whole series of meetings. and i was getting very anxious because i knew my book is coming out in january 2006, and they kept having these whole series of meetings that went on forever. culminating in that meeting with bush and. or. after that meeting between them, the white house still wanted people.meet with more and i was, at that point, very concerned that they were not going to make up their mind fast enough. admiteemed not to want to that they were facing a deadline. then, fortunately, eric lichtblau, my colleague on the story, came in with new information right at the end where he was told by very good source that the bush administration had considered getting a court-ordered injunction against "the new york times" to stop the publication of the story.

a couple years prior, the former "new york times" picture editor, john morris, who was 95 years old, came to visit the times. i had the opportunity to sit with him for an hour. i asked john, is there anything in the archives i should be going back to look for? john immediately grew agitated and said go back and re-edit everything. he said they didn't let us run the right pictures. they had to edit for space constraints for the print newspaper. they had to edit for the style of the times of the day a , stiffer picture, somebody clearly looking at the camera. john knew what was left behind. the idea stuck with me. so, when dana approached and said is there something in there, i said yes, there is something in there. rachel, dana, damien, and i started with a list of names. who could we name that the times might have covered? we started with martin luther king, rosa parks, all the familiar names you would expect us to start with. but what happened was the discovery beyond that, the accidental finds, the names we never in a million years expected, the ordinary people. that is really what

was it the film never got to new york in time? they had to fedex it -- not fedex -- fax it back to new york. why -- why did it not get there in time? why was it not in the paper? >> and this is -- so this is your opportunity, darcy, as contributing photo editor with the "times," the hindsight being 20/20, they didn't run it then, but i'm running it now. >> i feel so much for the photographers. i said in the book, in the acknowledgements, it's like this book is really for them. they did all of this work and sophso few of the amazing images were shown not just in this category but category across the boards. this is a tribute to the great work they did. >> i do think this idea now that is kind of in terms of image is text as well, that's another way of reading into and sort of diving deeper into the ways in which we understand things. it seems like text was king. it was all about the text. >> text is king. >> versus this kind of relation -- relationship between the way in which someone can understand a story and sort of the complexit

"the post," the film -- >> not "the new york times." >> no no. it's about "the washington post." e you green with envy? do you think it should be "the times" given that it's ago the pentagon papers and "the times" printed them first? >> i am. my first reaction was outrage. partly because -- >> outrage? >> well, look, then i'm going to turn around and say why that was an immature reaction. katherine graham made a courageous decision. "the washington post" is a remarkable institution. it was then, it is now. but the first really courageous decision was made by arthur sals burger in publishing them and in letting the reporters spend three months verifying them. his was the most courageous decision. i think i got my back up especially when the producers reached out to me and wanted to talk about how -- how this film was going to portray the new york times. >> which to be fair it did and gave -- >> i haven't seen -- >> you haven't seen it? >> no. in fact, i've been quoted i'm not going to see it, but andy rosenthal, a friend, who's abe's son, i was railing to andy one day and as he oft

"the new york times" has also learned that four days before mr. comey was fired one of mr. session's aides asked a congressional staff member whether he had damaging information about mr. comey, part of an apparent effort to undermine the fbi director. the attorney general wanted one negative article a day in the news media about mr. comey according to a person with knowledge of the meeting. before firing mr. comey, the president spent a weekend working on a letter the president intended to send to mr. comey, the letter was never sent. the special prosecutor has obtained a copy of that letter. "the tikts" reporting tonight that the first sentence of that letter said that the russia investigation had been, quote, fabricated and politically motivated. after the president fired james comey, "the new york times" reported that the president had asked james comey to shut down the fbi investigation of michael flynn in the day after "the times" reported that deputy attorney general rod rosenstein acting in the plac

was it the film never got back to new york in time? they had to process the film and send it -- fedex -- fax trying to say fax, fax it back to new york. why did it not get there in time? why was it not in the paper? >> this is your opportunity, darcy as contributing photo editor for the "times" to sort of re-edit and -- >> absolutely. >> with the hindsight being 20/20, you have the opportunity to say, you know what, they didn't run it then but i'm running it now. >> i'm running it now. i feel so much for the photographers. i said in the book, in the acknowledgements, this book is really for them. they did all of this work and so few of these amazing images were shown. not just in this category, but in categories across the board. and this is truly a tribute to the great work that tames did. >> and i do think this idea now that is kind of -- image is text as well, that's another way of reading into and diving deeper into the ways in which we understand things. it seems text was king. it was all about the text versus this kind of relation

firing now, president trump is firing back at "the new york times" calling the ordering of robert mueller as fake news. this is the biggest non-story ever being hyped by the liberal media that we all know hates president trump. the reason the brain-dead partisan press is breathlessly spreading the fake news in their echo chamber is because they want to create a distraction. they do not want you, the american people, to know with the biggest story in their life times that involve real evidence of wrongdoings and crimes they have missed. it's been a huge week of revelations about corruptions at the highest levels of the fbi and doj and tonight we have even more. new text messages. we'll share with you from the trump-bashing fbi lovers, peter strzok and lisa page and it will prove we've been on the right page. and fox news found the memo detailing major fisa abuses against the trump campaign, that will be released likely next week and tonight a stunning report hillary clinton protected a senior adviser on her 2008 campaign accused of sexually harassing a young staffer. a lot to get to. we st

michael schmidt, reporter for "the new york times," i know you're in incredible demand tonight because of this piece. thank you for spending time with us. >> thanks for having me. >> if there is a lawyer in the white house counsel's office who right now is reported to have deliberately misled the president in order to hopefully maneuver him out of doing something he legally could do because that lawyer thought it would imperil the presidency for the president to take that action, how does that stand? and if you're a lawyer, are you allowed to do that? are you allowed to mislead your client and are you more or less allowed to do it if your client is the president of the united states and you work in the white house counsel's office? hold that thought. if you've been diagnosed with cancer, searching for answers may feel overwhelming. so start your search with our teams of specialists at cancer treatment centers of america. the evolution of cancer care is here. learn more at cancercenter.com/experts you know what's not awesome? gig-speed internet. when only certain people can get it. let'

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the new york times all over that story. let's have a look at another perspective on that in the us media. fox news focused on donald trumer, who fired back at the remarks made by bannon by calling him "an opportunist" who brought "backstabbing, harassing and lying" to the white house. 0 nto onto other stories here in the uk. the metro calls storm eleanor — the deadly winter storm that's been whipping across most of northern europe — "one el of a storm". two people were killed in spain while a skier died in the french alps. the guardian front page leads with windsor council leader's demands that police use law to clear the area of homeless people ahead of the royal wedding of prince harry and meghan markle. the financial times pages look at the rise of green car sales and how norway has become the first country in the world where more than half of all new cars sold are hybrid or electric. and, finally, the gulf news has some bad news for people with a sweet tooth — it warns chocolate could be extinct by 2050 due to climate c

"new york times". fake story. >> we've been telling you a long time it doesn't matter to the liberal mainstream media. it is why the "new york times" posted this story before this show, the media went into a frenzy, they completely lost it. it is sad because journalism is dead. watch this. >> the president of the united states ride to fire the independent counsel, robert muller tmull -- mueller? is that impeachable. >> you wonder if he's corrupt? we lean toward corrupt. >> his first year in office, he's done everything to undermine and obstruct and halt this legitimate investigation. >> it adds to the mounting evidence there's a -- there's a serious obstruction case here. >> i don't know how this movie ends but there was a lot of bloodshed in the godfather. this is going to be a rough year. >> it is so predictable from the news media. they never waste an opportunity to smear the president and pedal fake news. they don't care about the truth. that's sad. their goal is to damage and destroy trump. you cou

government forty eight hours prior to publication the new york times pushed for four days wiki leaks objected the motion to use the new york times betraying the entire day by day thematically publication plan to secretary clinton spokesman p.j. crowley not asking questions. now media outlets are already using the word luzhin to describe the cooperation between the u.s. state department and this new york times journalist if one looks over the words and the reporting done by scott shane in november four out of ten of his articles were about the issue of allegations of trumped russia collusion however there seems to be quite a record of collusion here between hillary clinton and the press if one looks over the fact that glenn thrush a reporter for politico is actually sending his articles to the clinton campaign for approval before they were published has been hired by the new york times and so there seems to be quite a bit of collusion going on between hillary clinton and the press there's ample evidence of that extensive evidence in the wiki leaks predestiny e-mails talking back and f

of newuary, 2016, a team york times staffers discovered dozens of photographs in the new york times archives. the month-long series explore the history behind the photos, garnering 1.7 million views and thousands of comments. we are thrilled to welcome tonight two of the authors who were involved in creating the unpublished black history from the new york times archives. is a contributing photo editor at the new york times and the creator and editor of a times blog. rachel swarns is an author who writes about race and race relations. she is the author of american tapestry, the story of the black, white, and multiracial ancestors of michelle obama. moderating the conversation this evening is the curator of film and photography at the museum of african american history and culture. she also serves as the head of the african-american media arts center. welcomingn me in darcy eveleigh and rachel swarns. [applause] >> i would like to echo lawrence wonderful comments. i think we are in for a delightful conversation. i am so thrilled to be here with both of these two dynamic women. i would like to

wiki leaks claims the new york times for breaking its terms of collaboration regarding diplomatic revelations and alleges the outlet has colluded with hillary clinton got live come upon. an answer migrants german m.p. is under investigation after a twitter post is blamed for inciting anti muslim hatred. this is r.t. welcome to this latest live thirty minute news round up from moscow with me kevin our first six on iran we focus so that country entering its six consecutive day of unrest twenty one people are now thought to have died in the clashes so far in that country on monday night nine people were killed six during the attack on a police station in fact there are pictures you're seeing now on your screens already of media reporting that the protesters there were trying to steal weapons from the site in the last three days alone there reportedly been more than four hundred fifty arrests across the country on choose day around supreme leader spoke out for the first time since the unrest started he accused foreign powers of fermenting trouble in his country. towards the enemy is waiting for a

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with unix accuses the new york times of giving u.s. officials advanced damage control time over diplomatic revelations and alleges the media giant colluded with hillary clinton. and an anti immigrant german m.p. is under investigation after a twitter post of hers is blamed for inciting anti muslim hatred. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our trash launch on thomas glad to have you with us now as iran sees its sixth consecutive day of unrest at least twenty one people are now thought to have died in clashes in the country on monday night nine people were killed during an attack on a police station this is footage from that incident iranian media reported that the protesters were trying to steal weapons from the site in the last three days alone and there have reportedly been more than four hundred fifty arrests across the country we've been asking people in tehran what they think about the protests and the encouragement coming from. giving there i feel that if people's economic problems were addressed thes

trump is not the only one to question yet another "new york times" anonymously source, entirely anonymousew mccarthy writing in the national review because the times story russian collusion two-point oh. he says that back in april they had a similar blockbuster story of collusion but blamed it on another trump campaign staffer mccarter page. he wrote, mccarthy dead, "back then no fewer than six of the reporters worked their anonymous current and former law enforcement intelligent officials in order to generate the blockbuster. trump in his argument with "the new york times" may be scoring some points, at least among people who approve of his behavior in this regard. if only in the sense that the most common sense dictates that people will say something anonymously that they will not say on the record. this battle with "the new york times" and other members of the mainstream media is not likely to end until mr. mueller and the special prosecutor's office comes down with an indictment on the president of the united states or if it clears the president of the united states. back to you. >> s

"the new york times" has learned according to this report four days before mr. comey was fired one of mr. sessions' aides asked a congressional staff member whether he had damaging information about mr. comey. part of an apparent effort to undermine the fbi director. it's not clear whether mr. mueller's investigators knew about this incident. if you have aides to jeff sessions going to a congressional staffer and asking if they have anything damaging on the director of the fbi, what do you make of that piece of information? >> again, they're trying to stop and influence an investigation. that could potentially be obstruction of justice. again, it depends on exactly what was said and what they were intending to do. but also, i want people to understand that this whole thing of trying to remove individuals like comey or, for example, robert mueller, this doesn't stop the investigation. you have all these fbi agents, all these federal prosecutors. if they have evidence of criminal wrongdoing, the investigation just keeps on going. it may be with different people. y

wiki leaks accuses the new york times of giving u.s. officials and found to sit down much control of time over diplomatic revelations alleges the media giant colluded with the retention. of. the migrant german m.p. is under investigation after a twitter post of hers is blamed for inciting on to a muslim a brit. you're cheating in from right around the world this hour welcome to moscow and to our to international my names you know neal good to have your company. sees its sixth consecutive day of unrest twenty one people are not thought to have died in clashes in the country on monday night nine people were killed six during an attack on a police station this is footage from incident iranian media reported that the protesters were trying to steal weapons from the site in the last three days and there have reportedly been more than four hundred fifty arrests across that you've been asking people in tehran what they think about the protests on the encouragement coming from the protests. but this is not giving that i feel that if people's ec

i think wikipedia is popular, new york times, the bbc comedies and probably popular. possible. we are coming to time in a few minutes. at the chamber and its effect on news. anna burke in a? i think when we talk about credible reporting, and that is what we tried to deliver, this is a way of providing the audience with the widest range of soy is possible. —— anna belkina. i think tribal list issues are important. —— tribalist. i wonder how president trump, by engaging in these words, how he is sort of rounding out and painting as pa rt sort of rounding out and painting as part is in the previously seen as objective organisations. —— partisan the. fake news, as imperfect a phrase that might be, to think we can combat it? will be with you as a long? i think we are all starting to see the issues with it. so not for long. jimmy wales? i think that fake news will be a sorted out by algorithms. —— will be sorted out by algorithms. —— will be sorted out by algorithms. liberty media, we have a lot to do with. it has been around for ages and will be around for longer. —— qualit

the "new york times" will not be the failing "new york times," but the failed "new york times," so they'll have to let me win, and they'll be loving me, because they're going to be saying, please, please, don't leave, president trump. what is wrong with him? >> it's the old adage, there's no such news as bad news, no publicity except bad publicity. i think what he fails to understand is people are not tuning in because they're necessarily admiring of him. they're tuning in for the train wreck aspect of him. >> i often think, what is wrong with him? want to go alphabetical or what? >> doesn't this show get old after a while? >> the trump show, i just assumed he was joking about it. >> no, he's not joking about it. >> he gave rise to the return of investigative journalism, so thank you, mr. president. >> the reason we have 3.5 million subscribers is because people want the truth. they don't want the trump fog machine. >> what's interesting about both those examples that you gave from that incredible, another incredible interview of his is that they both reflect the same kind of set of mind a

also ahead this hour teen use are wiki leaks accuses the new york times of giving u.s. officials damage control time over diplomatic revelations on the made to the media giant colluded with hillary clinton. migrant german m.p. is under investigation after a twitter post of hers is blamed for inciting muslim hatred. live from moscow to the world this is r t international my names you know neil hello and welcome to the program twenty one people are now thought to have died in clashes in iran after six consecutive days of unrest on monday night knowing people were killed six during an attack on a police station this is footage from the incident iranian media reported that the protesters were trying to steal weapons from the site in the last three days alone there have reportedly been more than four hundred fifty arrests in the capital of tehran the u.s. ambassador to the united nations has praised the demonstrators and called for an emergency security council meeting to discuss the uprising. it takes great bravery for the iranian people to use the power of their voice agai

sessions aide, according to the new york times report. i'm sorry, but the spokesperson at the justice department who's denying it has been caught denying things that have been proven true in the past. >> mueller is looking at all of this, this has all been handed over to him, everything is a piece in the puzzle, as you well know, including the crafting of that first misleading statement aboard air force one, that's talked about in michael wolf's new book. the president's legal team thought that statement was an explicit attempt to throw sand into the investigation's gears, and it led one of mr. trump's spokes men to quit, because he believed it constituted obstruction of justice. how significant is that? >> extremely significant. if you were to look at those things as the tendency is -- look at it in isolation, you cannot do that, you have all of the context that's been provided to say, you have a pattern and a theme here that's emerging. the president of the united states, who is having a hand in either crafting or trying to someone a pa

the corruption here -- if you're a "new york times" writer is unprecedented. you should be covering a real story. when you put it together here's what it all means. you have hillary clinton, we now know fixed the primary against bernie sanders or i'll use donna brazile's word, put the fix in, that allowed clinton stay in the presidential race and they want her to beat donald trump so they overlook the crimes with the incontrovertible evidence and they try to influence the election with a bought and paid for phony russian dossier full of salacious lies and propaganda. the obama administration took the dossier and weaponized the tools of intelligence and invest and targeted members of the trump campaign and later the incoming president if this isn't watergate on steroids and every person isn't prosecuted to every extent of the law we have shredded our constitution. have you powerful officials in the fbi and doj, clearly trying to circumvent what is the whistle you, the american people. they did not want donald trump to become president. we can never let this hap

also in wiki leaks accuses the new york times are breaking the terms of an agreement on diplomatic revelations that alleges the polluted with hillary clinton . migrant german m.p. is under investigation after a twitter post this blamed for inciting muslim. second eight pm here in moscow this choose the evening welcome to r.t. international you know neal our top story this hour now is iran enters the sixth consecutive day of unrest twenty one people are now thought to have died in clashes in the country on monday night nine people were killed during an attack on a police station this is footage from the incident iranian media reported that the protesters were trying to steal weapons from the site in the last three days alone there have repeatedly reportedly been more than four hundred and fifty arrests across the country on choose the around supreme leader spoke up for the first time since the unrest on he accused foreign powers of for mentoring the trouble. the enemy is waiting for an opportunity for a crack it can infiltrate if you look at the recent days incidents. who are at odds with these

that was clear in the "new york times" story last night.s when he crossed the line from not just complaining about bob mueller but kwhen he issued the order to fire him. under the statute, you don't have to be successful. you have to take an action where you intend to obstruct justice to be guilty of a crime. you mentioned the wiretaps in mafia cases, we don't have wiretaps in this case, but what bob mueller has is conversation after conversation that aides to donald trump can reproduce. he's taken the aides and braugtd them in for interviews. and to the extent he ever said if james comey doesn't stop this investigation, i'm going to fire him. and the likelihood that he talked to an aide like that, is intent. >> we're going to squeeze in a break here. adam chief, the ranking member of the intelligence committee will join us next. any object. any surface. if you've got a life you gotta swiffer i had severe fatigue, became diagnosed with hodgkin's lymphoma. he was a good candidate for immune therapy, which is allowing his immune system to att

what's "the new york times" worried about? something that didn't even happen. last time i checked this morning, bob mueller is still on the job. what the heck is the "new york times" got going? this is like a person sitting in the stands during the ncaa championship game and on the last play when alabama wins in overtime they miss the play because they are watching the guy selling hot dogs to see if he makes change right. that's just how ridiculous the times has become. >> sandra: not to mention if mueller is still on the job. he may be moving closer to an interview with the president himself, governor. the president reacted to this saying i would talk to mueller pending what his lawyers tell him to do, of course. i would talk to them. when asked would you do it under oath he said sure. is that a good move for the president? >> probably not. but i'm sure his attorneys will make sure there is a definite framework. the biggest way you can get in trouble with people like the f.b.i. or anyone is that they get you to answer questions multiple times hoping they get yo

according to "the new york times," "mr. mueller learned about the episode in recent months as his investigators interviewed current and senior former white house officials. before heading home from davos this morning, president trump disputed the report. >> mr. president, why did you fire robert mueller? why would you want to fire robert mueller? >> fake news, folks, fake news. typical "new york times" fake story. >> the report has been confirmed by nbc news, "the washington post," cnn, "the wall street journal," even fox news. it does raise troubling questions. is it obstruction or at least part of a pattern of obstruction to do what he did and where are republicans? hasn't the president crossed a line here? >> will trump try to do it again. if he was willing to before, why not now when it appears the investigation is sniffing close e er and closer to trump. then there's the question of honesty. if the reporting it true by multiple news organizations, president trump wasn't telling the truth, was he, when he said this last

coming out a short time nag tag the "new york times," part of robert mueller's justice focuses on whether president trump obstructed justice. the "times" reported that president trump ordered john mcgann to stop jeff sessions from recusing himself from the russia investigation because the president wanted sessions to protect him. the "times" reports "mr. mcgann was unsuccessful and the president erupted in anger saying he needed his attorney general to protect him." mr. trump said he expected his top law enforcement official to safeguard him the way he believed robert kennedy as attorney general had done for john f. kennedy and eric holder had done for barack obama. mr. trump then asked "where's my roy cohn" a reference to joe mccarthy's pit bull from the red scare era of this country. the "times" says a different white house lawyer worried if president trump did fire fbi director james comey he might imperil his presidency and therefore, this attorney misled president trump telling him he could only fire comey for cause. this is characterized in the "times" story as the president's lawye

i'm next time a president goes after the new publisher of "the new york times" with an attack on the urces. with a replacement you can trust. all done sir. >> grandpa: looks great! >> tech: thanks for choosing safelite. >> grandpa: thank you! >> child: bye! >> tech: bye! saving you time... so you can keep saving the world. >> kids: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace ♪ so we sent that sample i doff to ancestry. i was from ethnically. my ancestry dna results are that i am 26% nigerian. i am just trying to learn as much as i can about my culture. i put the gele on my head and i looked into the mirror and i was trying not to cry. because it's a hat, but it's like the most important hat i've ever owned. discover the story only your dna can tell. order your kit now at ancestrydna.com. howard: ag sulzberger took over as publisher of "the new york times" for his father. he told readers in an open letter misinformation is rising interest in the media is declining. as technology platforms elevate rumor and propaganda over real journalism and politicians jockeying for advantage while inflaming

that's according to the new york times and four sources. former white house communications director anthony scaramucci joins me now. he's in davos. last month you said the president is too smart to fire mueller. when you said that, did you know what he had been trying to do last june? >> i actually did know but it's ir relevant. he didn't fire mueller. i find it ironic that this information is coming out while he's in davos. i would love to get a look at steve bannon's phone records to see who he is talking to and how this information is out there. second thing, is president talks to everybody. this information apparently happened in june. why is it coming out right now like a big water balloon on the president when he is having a fantastic trip here in davos meeting with world leaders and about to give a fantastic speech about global prosperity and growth. >> anthony. anthony, please. >> let me finish. >> you did finish. >> i got up. >> i appreciate you staying up late. it can't be a red herring. it's a distraction for what is otherwise im

there's a "new york times" report out this morning. it, again, brings the the likeness to this case for potential obstruction of justice in the russia investigation that goes all the way up to the president. the "times" reports that president trump ordered a white house lawyer to stop jeff sessions from rhee accusing himself in the russia probe. the "times" said he is aware of the president's unsuccessful attempt to lobby jeff sessions, and there may even be written notes from reince priebus about this. >>> meanwhile, a new excerpt from michael wolff's bombshell book reveals the president's involvement in crafting a misleading statement about a meeting between russia and members of the trump team, including jared kushner, his son-in-law and don jr., his son. the president portrayed as erratic, easily distracted, uninterested and unsure about the basics of his job is. the white house says it is is complete fantasy. what we are expecting to hear from the author himself later this hour. we will have it all covered. let's start with cnn's j

the "new york times" published a story saying president trump wanted robert mueller out over the summer in june. he did not want to see this through to its conclusion. the timing here is key. june. that's around the same time we were learning that mullers investigation wasn't just looking at russian interference but expanding to possible obstruction of justice by the president of the united states. the times citing four sources. that say mr. trump only backed down when white house counsel don mcgahn refused to ask the justice department to fire mueller and threatened to quit. there are two critical points of analysis. one legal and one political. legally obstruction of justice is a crime of intent. that means you have to show that the defendant was trying to stop a process that could expose him to criminal jeopardy. now, while trump didn't go forward with firing mueller, yet. could investigators see this report which they learned about this information they knew about this from interviews with white house staffers. could they see this as proof of intent? if not obstruction itself. you g

seen a number of articles from every place "the washington post" and new york times to cbs and nbc and they seem to be able to provide some balance to the story and give some of the concern and appropriate. howard: i wish we had more time. >> the random. . . . >> stunning and disturbing story involving a newspaper leave leader whose many thought was a hero. he essentially admitted that his publisher of the innocent star he spanked two female employees. he told the alabama political reporter in 1975, he spanked her 18 times with a metal ruler in the newsroom telling her she was a bad girl. he was 22 she was forwarded. another woman said that he spanked her in the office that same year. he's 82 and said he spok spanked women on psychological problems on the price of a dr.. he said i did some things i regret. i wish i could relive those days . . -- embassy replaced matt lauer as the host as he was fired over allegations of sexual assault and harassment. >> coda is officially the co- anchor of today. give her the round of applause. >> there's no one i would rather be sitting next to the ne

trump. >> brangham: thomas erdbrink of the "new york times."k you so much. >> thank you. >> brangham: we now turn to one of the president's favorite means of communication: twitter. and, how those messages are read around the world. the new year's tweet storm is the latest example of president trump using the medium to conduct foreign policy-- and this time, it runs the gamut. on saturday, he signaled support for anti-government protesters in iran, saying, "the entire world understands that the good people of iran want change." that provoked a rebuke from iranian president hassan rouhani: >> ( translated ): this guy in america who wants to sympathize with our people today has forgotten he had called iranian people "terrorists" a few months ago. >> brangham: on new year's day, the president took aim at pakistan, accusing it of harboring terrorists and threatening u.s. aid. he tweeted, "the united states has foolishly given pakistan more than $33 billion in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies and deceit." that inci

we'll keep covering that breaking news story, that op-ed tonight in t"the new york times" good night from nbc headquarters in new york. >>> raise your hand if you're wearing long johns right now. me, too. national weather service is not putting a shine on this thing. look at this. bitterly cold temperatures and dangerous wind chills to persist east of the rockies into the weekend. lake effect snowfall there continue downwind of the great lakes, reinforcing shots of arctic air will continue across much of the eastern half of the country through this week, keeping high temperatures as much as 10 to 20 degrees below normal. snow and ice as far down as the carolinas and even into florida, and that's all before it gets really cold. look at this headline at "the washington post" tonight. bomb cyclone to blast east coast before polar vortex uncorks cold late this week. happy new year. happy bomb cyclone. i mean -- bomb and cyclone both sound bad. not only did i not know that was a thing you have to worry about, who knew that's a thing you have to worry about in the weather? bomb cyclone. hap

wiki leaks accuses the new york times of giving u.s. officials advance damage control time over diplomatic revelations and alleges they colluded with hillary clinton. migron german m.p.'s an investigation after a twitter post is blamed for inciting muslims. live from moscow every hour of the day this is r.t. international my name's you know neil welcome to the program. enters the sixth consecutive day of on wrist twenty one people are now thought to have died in clashes in the country on monday night nine people were killed six during an attack on a police station this is footage from but it's really a media reported that the protesters were trying to steal weapons from the site in the last three days alone there have reportedly been more than four hundred fifty arrests across the car on tuesday iran's supreme leader spoke out for the first time since the rest because here. is foreign powers are for mentoring the tribal. point is a new order so the enemy is waiting for an opportunity for a crack it can infiltrate if you look at the rece

we're following it all with our reporters and analysts and samantha, according to the "new york timesport and you're an expert, the attorney general jeff sessions was actually searching for negative information or dirt on the fbi director at the time, james comey, president trump also ordered the white house counsel to lobby sessions not to recuse himself from the investigation. president supposedly wanted protection from the attorney general. how damaging is this to the trump presidency. >> i think it's damaging to the presidency but more importantly it's damaging to our national security. we have to remember that the russians have for decades waged active measures to diminish the credibility of our democracy and our institutions, including the separation of powers. that's nothing new. what's new is that every time we have a thread about president trump trying to interfere in the investigation or den great the fbi, the president is now doing something that helps russian intelligence services in their mission to diminish confidence in our democracy. >> very serious point you're making

how many times has "the new york times" and others gotten it wrong? all right. so we have sources tonight just confirming to ed henry yeah, maybe donald trump wanted to fire the special counsel for conflict. does he not have the right to raise those questions? you know, we'll deal with this tomorrow night. we have a shocking video to bring you from arizona. >> so that was last night. then this morning, the host of the president's other favorite cable news show pointed to the president causing the story fake news and then told viewers they shouldn't care about it today. >> there's a big story that apparently the president of the united states last june wanted to fire robert mueller. >> the president says it's fake news. that happened last june. you know, it's something we have to tell you about because it is a headline in the "new york times." what do you think? do you even care? something you probably do care about is immigration. >> he says it's fake news. let's move on to talk something that you call care about, that's the wall and keeping america safe. >> a c

typical new york store -- times fake stories. >>> in its report the new york times says the president over the firing of the special counsel back in june but backed off after white house attorney don miskinis threatened to step down and resign. the time said president trump changed his mind. robert mueller is investigating russian interference in the presidential election and is currently said to be negotiating with the president's attorneys regarding the terms of an interview. >>> facebook says russian agents created 129 events on the social media network during the 2016 election campaign according to a written statement facebook summited to the senate intelligence committee. facebook says more than 300,000 facebook accounts view the events and more than 60,000 marked they would attend. copies of the event pages show that at least some of them were political rallies centered on divisive subjects such as immigration. russia has denied accusations it tried to influence of the elections. >>> republican pennsylvania congressman pat meehan says he will not seek reelection. he is facing an