Hours of testimony. Not only are the president s attorneys still in the dark about it, the president himself is rattled. Remember it was don mcgann who threatened to quit when President Trump attempted to fire Robert Mueller last june. Sources confirming that federal authorities are preparing charges against michael cohen. The u. S. Attorneys office is investigating cohen for possible bank and tax fraud as well as Campaign Finance violations for Hush Money Payments to stormy daniels. Those charges could come next week. And today, Paul Manafort served the Trump Campaign for 18 months. Hes facing 18 separate counts
of bank and tax fraud. He also faces charges on Money Laundering and fraudulent lobbying. Good evening, everyone, welcome to the program. Heres what the sources are telling cnn, mcgann didnt provide incriminating information about the president. He doesnt believe he implicated trump in any wrongdoing. Give me your assessment of this . I dont understand how they can say that so confidently. The key piece of evidence that remains is trumps state of mind. We know the acts he did. They would constitute obstruction if done with corrupt motive. Mcgann is in the white house, he calls the president king kong. Hes the guy who trump directs
foe Tell Sessions to recuse before he mcgann knew he couldnt do it. Hes the guy that argues against the comey firing, he was there shoulder to shoulder, he Doesnt Know What Mueller knows. It seems implausible to me that in 30 hours he doesnt provide factual material thats illuminating about the president s state of mind. I think its overconfident to be saying that at this point. The real question is, why would trumps lawyers not debrief mcgann because hes given 30 hours of interviews. Much of which the Trump Legal Team is in the dark about. 30 hours is like a book on tape, isnt it . Thats a lot of testimony, the white house got nothing out of this in return for letting all
A recap of the days news. With the Russian Ambassador shortly after the comey firing. I mean, there are ways that evening if he doesnt say ex, ex can be inferred when you put what hes saying next to what other people are saying, and then you really do have to add to that, the failure to debrief is interesting. It suggests they did not understand what was going on here. And that suggests there may have been admissions that were made, but we really dont know. Nancy, let me ask you, i asked this question in the last hour, do you think its finally starting to settle in, that this president is realizing don mcgann is not his personal attorney. He represents the office of the presidency. I think now that were talking about why it is that mcgann had no defense to talking to mueller. I mean, he could have raised issues, he could have raised
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who signed a letter rebuking President Trump denying brennens security clearance. Denying President Obama, it would be unprecedented, right . It would be strange for this presidency. I mean, come on, this happens on every front on every day, the fact that he would look back at obama and say, lets cult him out of something. It doesnt surprise me. I hadnt hurt it before, but it doesnt surprise me. It does help undermine one of the arguments we heard about the letters that have been coming out from former Security Officials about the john brennan revocation of the clearance. Which is all about the fact that he violated some aspect of the security agreement. Theres been no evidence about that for john brennan, and theres no evidence that i saw in this story or had heard otherwise that barack obama had somehow violateded norms of
president ial behavior or violated what it would take to remove expresident s with standard intelligence brieflyings, would have to be ended. I dont know where that came from other than spite. Lets talk about this new yorker report. That his team wanted to revoke the clearances of obama officials. But then h. R. Mcmaster stopped it. Whats the reason, what is the reason former administration staffers usually get to keep their clearances . In one case, and i think in the report it made clear that these were National Security council staffers who were held over, staying in some of their jobs as directors, possibly even senior directors at the nsc. In that case, thats for continuity of government. You have some people who know whats going on on these various issues internationally. Keeping those people on board with Security Clearances makes sense. Its also possible that some of the people were senior
officials, like weve been talking about with former cia directors that you might bring people back in for consultations, can you always give them classified information on a spot basis, but its much easier and much more efficient if they retain those Security Clearances so they can have those conversations more easily. President trump told reuters tonight that he hasnt given a lot of thought to revoking the idea of Robert Muellers security clearance. He didnt rule it out, though. How bad would it look that the president is under investigation by muellers office . I mean, i i cant fathom that that would be something that we would actually see happen. It seems like there would be no clearer way to obstruct justice than to obstruct in an Obstruction Of Justice investigation. Which is exactly what you would be doing if you were trying to pull Robert Muellers ability to
view classified intelligence as part of a classified Counter Intelligence investigation that he how many times have you said, i could never imagine that anything i Couldnt Fathom this would happen, and then it happens. And as david said, thats been almost the daily story of this presidency, i think we spend so much time focused on donald trump breaking norms, that part of this part of what were losing in this is why other people are breaking those norms, why john brennan, why jim clapper, why mike hayden are speaking out in the way that they are. I mean, Admiral William Mccraven when he came out last week, asking the president to revoke his security clearance, so that he could be on record as against the administration, i mean, that was a phrase and a public action i never thought i would see from someone like him. Ive covered john brennen. Ive covered jim clapper, these are not men who scare easily,
these are not men who cry wolf. The fact that they are out there shouting at the top of their lungs day after day at this point, that this man is a threat to our nations rule of law, and our Democratic Institutions is something that we should be focused on. Well, david, lets talk a little bit more about that, because former cia National SecurityAgency DirectorMichael Hayden told cnn today that the relationship between trump and the Intelligence Community is dangerously close to being permanently broken. How dangerous is it the state of relations between the president and the Intelligence Community, that its so bad that its at risk of being permanently broken . One of the dangers here is that there is the fear and i havent heard this directly from many people, because thankfully most of the people still doing National Security currently are putting their heads down and doing their job, trying to protect National Security. But the fear that has to be there is, if we start down a
road of revoking Security Clearances, based on political speech, which lets be honest, thats what this is, does that also pertain to the truth to power that intelligence analysts are trained to deliver to policy makers. If you have to go to the president of the United States and give him a message that you know he doesnt want to hear because its inconvenient for his policy. Are they going to hold back because of fear that they will be punished for giving an uncomfortable truth to the president of the United States . That is the biggest danger, which is it that the very function of a very expensive Intelligence Community will be undermined completely if this goes down that Slippery Slope any further. Trumps lawyer, Rudy Giuliani is daring john brennan to take President Trump to court. To john brennan, President Trump granted our request, jay seculo and me, to handle your case. If you dont, it would just be
like obamas red lines p. M. Come on, john, youre not a blow hard. I cant believe that anybody i mean im actually reading that from the president s lawyers is beyond but if brennen follows this isnt some random Ambulance Chaser hes found off the back of a park bench, this is something who is one of the nations most revered federal prosecutors whos entire career is based on the hard work of Men And Women in the fbi and men an women just like Robert Mueller. The fact that im reading that is beyond, who would really have the upper hand here if that indeed happened . I think john brennan certainly has the upper hand going into any battle in this situation. I mean, as steven said, it seems very clear that the president is taking this action based on john
brennans public First Amendment protected speech. And that there is no hint of official misconduct that would lead to the revocation of a security clearance. One thing thats laughable here, i heard earlier today, that they were saying, well, this would be great for discovery. Maybe that was trump in one of his tweets saying, sure, if john brennan wants to sue us, then were going to find out all kinds of secrets about him. Do you think that somebody who has been under frequent reinvestigation as part of his career for 30 years, with a polygraph and everything that comes with it, how many secrets is john brennan going to have come up in discovery that are embarrassing, versus how many he will be able to get out of the president in the same process . Its laughable . Maybe some tax returns, who knows. Thank you. I appreciate it, when we come back, did President Trump use the n word on The Apprentice. Omarosa claims he used the slur
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President Trump denies claims by former aide that he used the n word while taping The Apprentice many i want to talk about this now with Kwame Jackson, who was runner up on season one of The Apprentice. Good evening. You were on with omarosa, werent you . I was. Did you lose because of her . I dont blame her for that, its her, all her little craziness and things that she does. Ive gotten over it in the last 15 years. 15 years of therapy to work through it. You know, just for transparency, we discuss this, and i know some things youre comfortable talking about, others youre not. I know you dont want to give a platform to stupid tutty. Right. You said if you had heard him, youre not saying he didnt. But if you had heard him personally yourself, you would have i would have said meet me
outside, i know hes a 70yearold man and hes the president now, but if someones going to call you that, hes going to call you is that to your face. Its not whether he used the word or not, its about whether the word makes a difference. Its about the fact that even if there is a tape that says Kwame Jackson n word, left, right, here in the middle, will America React in anyway that its not reacting before, what i learned from the election is, racism, bigotry, scene phobia, homophobia are not disqualifying factors to becoming president of the United States. Thats what broke my heart during the election, we stand up and say the pledge of allegiance as kids, theres all these great principles were taught, and you wake up election morning and say, people will look the other way on things that are supposed to be fundamental disqualifiers. You are saying it Doesnt Matter, the tape Doesnt Matter . If he said it or not, it Doesnt Matter, do you believe thats what im saying theyre not the
dead sea scrolls, youre not going to walk down and say, the word of god has been revealed to me, theyre not al capones vault, its not going to change anything. Especially with his base, its not going to change things. Why is that . Swing voters, maybe. Its a sad state of affairs. I think it is. We have to revisit that as a nation. Intrinsically in our history, race has been woven in, this history of slavery, jim crowe, Pernicious Behavior against others. Thats something we really never addressed as a nation. And for others, they want to look the other way for great economic numbers. They want to say, thats great hes that way to some people, but my 401 k went up 3 . That whole thing about the economy and that there was economic anxiety its what happened in starbucks. Its race. You will not replace us is economic anxiety. So for whats happening is clearly about race, and you said again that it wouldnt make a difference. If he did. Im just wondering what that says about our society and our culture that because there was a State Senator on who said, it wouldnt make a difference if he used the word, because he didnt use it as president or something. Its an odd. The funny thing is, i talked about this before that. The n word is not the only litmus test for racism. Its not standing in someones yard burning a cross with a hood. And now youre racist. Theres data points that lead up to that that we all know in this president s long history. Do you know of donald trump
using ive heard scuttlebutt for a long time that these tapes exist, and ive done my part to look up those tapes and see what could come of that, really, nothing has come of that so far. Last week the president tweeted to say there were no tapes with him using the n word. Do you believe mark burnett would call him to tell him something he should have already known. I think hes personally played the sidelines, theres been lots of opportunities for leadership among my contestants, among producers for people to step up i know in the long arc of history, people who were favoring mccarthyism or the confederacy, theyre going to look stupid. You said youve gotten over the last 15 years, you didnt win The Apprentice, trump felt
like you should have fires omarosa from your team. Watch this. Kwame, a couple things bother me and bother me bigly. Omarosa lied to you, she deceived you. Not only once. But twice. Why didnt you fire her . At that will time i didnt know that was an option. And i had a job to get done. I dont like just moving them over, i like firing them. And you should have fired her. Okay. So when the president deceives us, should we do something . You mean fire him . Slu we fire him . He said you should have fired her, but he kept hiring her. Yes, he did. Over and over on multiple shows. Shes been a fixture in his administration for the last 15 years. I dont look the other way on omarosas essentially menstrual bee lav yore, america has
applauded her on. Now to come back and say, you know, ive got the goods on mr. Trump as one of my friends told me, it takes a crook to catch a crook. If her tapes reveal things about trump, god bless her, that does not discount her bee lav yore or this president who has gotten us in this condition. Its like celebrating the arsonist now that theyve become a fireman. Do you think this is a Reh Rehabilitation Tour for her . Not for me. I believe theres scuttle butt she could bring down the president. Im all for that, because i dont think he should be in office. You should have never helped him to become president. To say this is a come to jesus moment for omarosa and she can get back in the fold and be invited to the bbq again is not
what i think. When youre watching this play out, do you think, this is the political version yeah, i call it americas addiction to junk food. We all like cheeseburgers and fries, but if you eat them every day, guess what happens, you get a president like trump, diabetes all kinds of problems. I understand people like the bright shrineny object, this whole big show, at some point we have to go a little vegan, do a little exercise and not just eat junk food. He didnt want to do this initially he said i dont want to give a platform to something that is horrible. You want to elevate the conversation by doing what . For me, this is about taking a stand, and saying, enough is enough about junk food, theres a smart lady that once said, when they go low, we go high. This is not about me coming on and criticizing omarosa. This is about the principles of our nation that are at stake. These are the principles i talked about three or four years ago. And i warned america where we were going in this process. And now were here again. We have another chance to come together and im encouraging america to do that, hopefully through my own actions. Boom snap it out. You got to snap it out. All right. Thank you, sir. Thank you. When we come back, a trump Speech Writer who attended a conference of White Nationalists is out of the white house. He has no regrets, thats next. Pah that will never work. Hawaii is in the middle of the pacific ocean. Were the most isolated population on the planet. Hawaii is the first state in the u. S. To have 100 Renewable Energy goal. Were a very small electric utility. But, if we dont make this move were going to have changes in our environment, and have a negative impact to hawaiis economy. Verizon provided us a solution using Smart Sensors on their network that lets us collect near Real Time Data on our power grid. colton this technology is helping us integrate rooftop solar, which is a very important element of getting us to our Renewable Energy goals. shelee if we can create our own energy, we can take care of this beautiful place that i grew up in. A Speech Writer for President Trump has left the white house after an investigation revealed he atefrned a conference freak wented by White Nationalists. Hes listed as a speaker for the 2016 menken club conference, A Small Annual Conference attended by people like richard spencer. Lets discuss. Hello, everyone. Good evening. Before we talk about this former white house Speech Writer, i wanted to hear your reaction to my conversation with Kwame Jackson. He says it Doesnt Matter. I i . I did that, i know i did, in one of my takes at the beginning of the show. It Doesnt Matter do you think it matters, simone . Don, i guess agree with kwame
in the sense that i dont need the tape to assess the president s views on people of color. I mean, we have a tape from the white house earlier today. So i guess i we dont need the tape, what we should be colonaled with is the type what is actually going on in this white house, the policies that are coming out of the administration, the things donald trump is not tweeting about, like the judges, the carve gnaw nomination down the line. We dont need the tape, donald trump told us who he was a long time ago. He said what was happening in the white house, tara, he said it was a menstrual show, basically just sort of i said that, yeah, no, ive made that reference before, and i think i also called diamond and silk political menstruals, because this is what seems to entertain donald trump. I dont think if the tape exists
and we heard it in a different way i thousand if the 2016 campaign, if that had come out after the Access Hollywood tape, that might have taken trump down. I think it would be too much for the country to accept a president who said the n word and grabbing women by the genitals. Ive already heard conservative commentators and others making excuses for this saying, well, it depends on what context he said it, and no, it shouldnt matter what context he said it in, its not acceptable at all. That makes me believe that its not going to matter to a trump loyalist even though its wrong. It reinforces what we already know that hes a bigot. I think i know scott well enough, context wouldnt matter, can i just you probably wouldnt scotts one of the good ones. Am i right . Yeah, look, this tape would matter, i mean, i i know its everybodys saying it wouldnt. It would matter, it would be painful for millions of americans, including myself to hear the president of the united
states say it on tape, if it exists and is proven, were speaking in hypotheticals, of course, even though it happened before he was president. To me, what would matter more is how he handled it, how do you go to the American People and say, im sorry, heres how it happened, heres why i said it, what would the aftermath be frankly to me, almost would be more important than a tape becoming forward. At that point, the president , whos the president of all of us, would have to explain himself and talk about how hes learned and grown as a person and hes not doing that any more. Good luck with that. I mean, charlottesville is a perfect example this is all hypotheticals. Yeah, thats never happening. Good luck with that. Lets move on now, i want to dig into this fired white house Speech Writer. He participated in the 2016 conference featuring peter renalo. Also as well as two former writers for the National Review who were both fired forre
espousing racist views. What does that say about the Trump Vetting process . Its lacking. I dont even know if it exists at all. It does speak. I dont know if it exists at all. The additional questions i believe this raises, don, what kind of access did the White Nationalist that spoke at this conference or the folks that dont selfidentify as White Nationalists but sub describe to a white supremacist ideology. What type of did this influence make it into any of the president s speeches . Has it made it into Talking Points . Into Concrete Policy . Have these folks had an audience with other senior advisers of the president . This is absolutely dangerous. And the fact that the white house didnt know until the k file did their reporting and asked about it, i think should be concerning to us all. Were going to continue this
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unapologetic about it, you had steve bannon, rob porter, stephen miller, now you have this guy. What is it about this administration that attracts them . This is the main question. This guy also got his phd on martin heidegger, a member of the nazi party. These are the kinds of people this administration is attracting. Thats what i want to ask scott. The Washington Post is saying that beatty resisted the push for him to resign, leading him to being fired. This is supposed to be the best people, extreme vetting. Extreme, all right. Do you think he would be still working there if the reporting had not surfaced . Obviously, because he was
there before it surfaced. Im glad the white house took the action it did. When you work in the white house, one of the things that should be immediately clear, its not about you. Its about the president , the office, and the institution. When you do something, or if something surfaces that brings great embarrassment to the office, or is going to trouble that office, you should have enough respect for the institution to back down. But the white house realized that was the right thing to do. And when you work for the white house staff, only you know everything youve done. If youre done something in your past, or been associated with something that could bring the president embarrassment, you should bring that to your superiors. But im glad the staffers did what they had to do. Thinking about this person
working for the white house, and last week, They Couldnt Name One Black Person who worked in the west wing or for the administration. But you have someone who participates in White Nationalist conventions. And unapologetically, still. I want to talk about the first lady, Melania Trump, spoke out against Cyber Bullying today. Lets listen. Okay, its not there. As she was holding her event, then, lets put up the tweets. The president attacking the former cia director, john brennan. Bruce ohr. Calling john dean a rat. Symone, take it away. Some people today tried to paint the first lady as some Miraculous Troller that sits in the white house and holds donald
trump accountable with her actions and words. I just, i dont think so. Look, i think that the first lady, if she wants folks to be best, she should start with her own household. My mother told me take care of me and mine before telling other people what to do. I think its a noble cause. Cyber bullying and bullying is a real issue. We should be encouraging young people and everyone across the country to be the best version of themselves. But Melania Trump is married to the bullier in chief, from the first day he announced his run for President Trump saying mexicans were rapists who took our jobs. I dont understand how she finds it appropriate, sane, or feasible for her to have the be best antibullying program. No credibility in that era. I got to go. Thanks for joining us. Our coverage continues. Just listen. vo theres so much we want to show her. We needed a car that would last long enough to see it all. avo subaru outback. 98 are still on the road after 10 years. Come on mom, lets go avo right now, get 0 Apr Financing on the 2018 subaru outback