Strength. Important you pointed out they have counseling and the equipment they need. Reporter theyre bringing in more supplies. I see the supplies. We want to you keep your voice down as low as you can. We can hear you. Reporter more supplies. We see paramedics coming out. There have been pediatricians on the scene that have been brought in. People just with Everyday Tools that have been asked to come to try to break some of this concrete in this school, andrea. The fists have gone back up again. Im going to hand it to you. For the first time probably 15 minutes ago, they started to drill, a diamondedged drill, it looked like really into the bars sort of on the bottom level. Until then we just see people try to climb into that hole from above. As theyre able to hear whether through the Cell Phone Calls or directly from the voices of those children inside in that area known as the triangle of life, they are simply trying to
get closer. Ive got a lot of people who know more about these things than we do who are tweeting that from the look of it, it looks like theyre welding a brace on, it looks like an arc welder as opposed to a drill. Theyre putting something in place to lift up or get under or something. Theyre actually constructing something, so thats an arc welder youre seeing. Youll see masks over their face as well which is helping people identify that as an arc welder. And we have help as far away as japan. The technology that has been developed by teams around the world, especially earthquake zones, which is all converging on mexico city. President pena nieto has been in contact with netanyahu who has experienced this in other cities. A First Responder spoke to us in the last hour who said even
though there is a crane there, they simply cant lift these slabs. It is like a puzzle. Every piece thats pulled out and theyre brittle. The idea of knowing that there are at least three people alive in there changed the dynamic entirely, because now you have to make sure that every little thing you move doesnt cause a collapse. And its also a risk for the rescuers themselves. Any one piece, which you cant engineer. You dont know how these large plates of cement the fact that these kids perhaps are protected by a Concrete Table or some sort of slab is unique. There are air bubbles and air pockets. Yes, mariana . Reporter the barricade has gone back up. Theyre closing the perimeter once again, and it seems like that ambulance that was going to come out did not come out after all. We did see several more people, mexican federalis, go in. Reporter go ahead. How hot a day is it for the Rescue Workers as well . Reporter it is not really a hot day at all. Mexico city is just starting to cool down this time of year. I believe its about 70 degrees, its cloudy, so not a bad time for Rescue Workers in that regard. However, i do want to point out it rained overnight and that made Rescue Workers here incredibly nervous because of the fear of mudslides. One told me this morning they had to stop the Rescue Efforts because some of these structures moved. And as we made our way here this morning, we could see sort of all the water, the puddles in the street from the rain, and it just goes to show that any factor here, a bit of rain, a wrong move, anything can really change sort of the very delicate balance that theyre trying to strike here to be able to pull these children to safety. This is one of the Rescue Workers we spoke to before. Let me see if i can grab her. Whats happening inside . Nothing is happening. Why did they ask people to step away . Is there an ambulance that was going to come out . [ speaking spanish ] reporter she said they were silenced and now nothing is happening. But im overhearing the ambulance will try to make their way out here again, andrea, so it looks like they might ask us to move to the side. It looks like theyre bringing in some cables for power lines. Lets see if we can keep our shot up. Ambulances are going to come out . [ speaking spanish ] reporter so the military told this First Responder that ambulances will be coming out. [ speaking spanish ] mariana, im going to bring
in dr. Azar just for her medical opinion who is in the studio in new york. Doctor, tell us about the ability of these young children, who at least up until now, had done without food or water. There was an air pocket there and they did lower some liquids to them. The water and oxygen for now are the most important things. Food they dont need to worry about right now. The kids can survive even up to a couple weeks, humans can survive without food. But its really water, its dehydration. Its keeping them calm, its keeping them conscious to the ability that they can if they can try to communicate any particular injuries that they might have had, like a bone break or some, you know, if they have pain in any part of the body that would be unusual that would make them more concerned about a more serious injury. If were just talking about the fact that they are sheltered underneath this piece of granite and they can get enough oxygen and they can get into them, i think we got information that theyre getting sort of a
pedialyte type of liquid which is better than just plain water. Plain water is obviously necessary, but things with electrolytes in particular will help with dehydration, kidney function, all those things. They are going to the bathroom, theyre probably crying, theyre losing fluid that way, so that is just the most important thing, i think, at this point. A couple days without fluid and thats when we start to see some real serious consequences. So, you know, were at 40plus hours into this ordeal. They are communicating with them, which is great. They have the ability, we think, through possibly tubing or a hose to get fluids and things like pedialyte to them. Those are all very, very good signs. I think the biggest thing is the structural and the collapse and that barrier to them. With us here in new york as
well watching this dramatic scene is the spokesperson for Secretary Of StateRex Tillerson, heather nuart. Well talk to you about other things coming up, but i know the president talked about the relief, the supplies that hes offered to the Mexican Government and what were providing from around the world, really. This is a global effort. It absolutely is. The president spoke with president nieto earlier today. We had offered support. Mexico accepted our support. The State Department has some Disaster Assistance teams who are headed down there. They may have reached the location already, but i know theyre headed down there and the State Department is providing assistance in that. A number of things well bring, Search And Rescue dogs, heavy equipment and personnel. We work closely with los angeles fire and rescue. They often will respond to earthquakes all around the
world there is another team like that in virginia, in fact where they do so much to help out communities. Our hearts are broken. Im a mother of children that very same age, so its hard to watch this, but we are all behind the mexican people. I know Stephanie Ruhle is still here. Stephanie, you have children the same age. I do. I cant even imagine being a parent and manuimagining your children, thankfully, alive u d under a Granite Table, but how do you its when superpowers kick in. You hear these stories of resilience, a 5, 7 and 9yearold, theyve been in there for 45 hours, and if you look at signs the First Responders are holding, every hour they make a new sign with things they need. About an hour ago when ali and i started, they were really just asking for water and things like that, but now you just saw a sign asking for metal rods. Theyre now asking for more and more Welding Equipment which are
more positive signs that they know these kids are in there. The question is how are they going to get them out . Dr. Natalie azar just telling us they can survive for days. A as you see the hands go back up, that means they heard Something Else from inside, they think they can get closer. Theyve lowered the water, the pedialyte, whatever the liquid is, and that these kids are communicating something. Mariana, can you still hear us . Im not sure if you can speak softly if youve picked up any information they might have heard. Reporter im here, andrea. The fists, as you saw, have gone back up which means they are once again communicating with the children. So theyre asking us to remain quiet but i can still whisper and were pretty far away from the perimeter where you and i can still talk. There was an ambulance that was supposed to come out. That has not happened yet. We did see a doctor wearing
scrubs rushed in here about 30 seconds ago before the fists went up. As you were discussing before, still it amazes me that theyre still asking people to bring anything they can to cut through this concrete, to bring hammers, to bring you see people around me with sort of Household Items here that have volunteered to cut through the walls of this Elementary School. Were seeing one of the volunteers here. Can i describe you real quick . This is my friend weve been catching up with. This is a bag filled with medicine for the children, andrea, that shes bringing. Any medicine for children that theyre asking for. Is this for a fever, for for any pain. Im going to let you go back inside because i know they need that. Again, its still a very volatile situation in terms of cutting through the concrete and
getting these children the supplies they need to be able to stay safe and be able to pull them out safely. Andrea . Now theyre asking us as you see, theyre asking us to stand by and theyve placed a rope here, sort of a makeshift perimeter for the supposed vehicle that has been waiting to come out for sort of the past 15 or 20 minutes or so. We can see them clearing a path for the vehicle to come out. Andrea, just think about almost the irony there. You could see on the screen a moment ago that fist in the air. Its truly a sign of hope. Its very, very difficult for them to understand exactly where the kids are. You mentioned it earlier. A threestory building collapsed. Thats pancaked. Its not like there is an opening and they can simply walk in mariana, we see them backing a truck in with lumber. Reporter there is a vehicle
backing in and it has these wooden exactly. They just need to get these structures where they need to be in order to pull these children out. That means also maybe lifting some of the rubble and moving it where they need to move it for their bodies to be able to come out. That is what were told the lumber is for. The procedure would be to use the crane to lift up part of the concrete, and as they do it, to prop up and create a space. Its like a mine collapse. Theyve barely used the crane so far. It hasnt lifted any real debris. Andrea, when we talk about heavy equipment being brought down there, this is something the State Department is helping to facilitate. Thats what we do in a disaster, an emergency. We help our friend, help our allies, help our neighbors. Very proud to have our State Department and the good folks down there. There is a good chance, because were there, because we can help and we can help provide that equipment. Weve got the medical
supplies, we have what mexico needs. This is the second earthquake in a numberweeks. Mexico has suffered so much. They could suffer aftershocks. A 7. 2 earthquake, there could be tremors after. You have workers inside this rubble truly putting their lives at risk when you dont know what could be coming. Thats a really important point. We see officials. If you look at the yellow hats, these are training officials. There are a lot of other people who are construction workers. Mariana just spoke to a couple guys who showed up with their own tools to help. We saw this in harvey, we saw it in florida. This is the heroism of regular people who know there are lives to be saved in there, and they are endangering their own lives to go in there and try to get these kids out. We believe there are three of them and maybe more, and its truly it is amazing to watch. Its also amazing theyre using the most basic of drilling
equipment. Maybe thats all they can use in a situation like this. Again, as these kids are trapped in what they call this triangle of life, theyre under that one Granite Table. One wrong move what kind of Drilling Equipment you use would be so critical. Andrea, as i mentioned to you, i mentioned the l. A. Search and rescue team that they work with. I just got word that they arrived at 5 00 a. M. Today so theyre here to assist in the rescue of these children. They do such tremendous work when they respond to earthquakes, building collapses and that type of thing to help out our fellow neighbors and friends. Theyre on the ground right now. Just to give everyone a heads up, at some moment very soon, were going to see President Trump with his south korean and japanese counterparts, with the allies they are meeting to
discuss the crisis in north korea. We will bring that to you when it happens. He has already confirmed today in various Photo Opportunities that theyll be announcing unilateral sanctions by the United States against north korea as they try to tighten the noose. You see Vice President pence is there already, nikki haley, and we just saw treasury Secretary Mnuchin and mcmaster. The Secretary Of State walking in. Heather nuart is with us. That is her boss. You can see on the left as well this continuing Rescue Effort. I want to bring in very quickly, joining me by phone in mexico city s widespread reporter doug alt who has lived in the city for decades, for 30 years. How is the Mexican Government handling this Rescue Effort and this crisis, dudley . Hi, andrea. These are difficult situations. Theyre already buried in the recovery for the earthquake that hit august 7. Theyre always responding. Its never enough and they can receive a lot of criticism. The amazing thing, and you all have been talking about this, is the response from the public here, just the amount of volunteers that have turned out. Actually, theres more volunteers than they need at these sites. Theyve actually told people, please dont come because most of us dont know what to do in these situations. Everybody wants to help, but if youre not really helping, youre in the way. So now that theres other teams coming in from israel, the United States and the mexican earthquake recovery people know what theyre doing in these situations. Theres just thousands of people still lined up outside, not only the school but other places in mexico city where theres been collapses of buildings. A lot of young kids, a lot of people in their young 20s that want to help, but theyre just standing in solidarity. Were going to stand by because the president Just Announced the sanctions on north korea. Lets listen. A new Extraordinaecutive Ord signed that expands our authorities to target individuals, companies, Financial Institutions that finance and facilitate trade with north korea. As i outlined at my address to the United Nations general assembly, north Koreas Nuclear weapons and Missile Development is a grave threat to peace and security in our world, and it is unacceptable that others financially support this criminal rogue regime. The brutal north korean regime does not respect its own
citizens or the sovereignty of other nations. Our new Executive Order will cut off sources of revenue that fund north koreas efforts to develop the deadliest weapons known to humankind. The order enhances the Treasury Departments authorities to target any individual or entity that conducts significant trade in goods, services or technology with north korea, and im very proud to tell you that, as you may have just heard moments ago, china, their central bank, has told their other banks thats a massive Banking System to immediately stop doing business with north korea. This just happened, just reported. In addition to everything else, what we will do is identify new
industries, including textiles, fishing, Information Technology and manufacturing, that the Treasury Department can target with strong sanctions. And Secretary Mnuchin is representing the Treasury Department. Hes here today. To prevent sanctions evasion, the order also includes measures designed to disrupt critical North American shipping and trade networks. For too long north korea has been allowed to abuse the National Financial system to facilitate funding for its Nuclear Weapons and missile programs. The United States has had representatives working on this problem for over 25 years, they have done nothing. Thats why were in the problem that were in today in addition to, frankly, other countries not doing what they should have done. Tolerance for this disgraceful practice must end now. A new order will give the
Treasury Department the discretion to sanction any foreign bank that knowingly conducts or facilitates significant transactions tied to trade with north korea. Again, i just want to say and thank president xi of china for the very bold move he made today. That was a somewhat unexpected move and we appreciate it. New authority in this area applies to any activity that occurs following my signature on the Executive Order which i have actually just signed. Foreign banks will face a clear choice, do business with the United States or facilitate trade with the lawless regime in north korea. And they wont have so much trade. This new order provides us with powerful new tools, but i want to be clear the Order Targets only one country and that
country is north korea. The regime can no longer count on others to facilitate its trade and banking activities. Many countries are working with us to increase economic and diplomatic pressure on north korea, but i continue to call on all those responsible nations to enforce and implement u. N. Sanctions and impose their own measures like the ones i am announcing today. I must tell you that this is a complete denuclearization of north korea that we seek. We cannot have this as a world body any longer. In just a few minutes, Prime Minister abe, president moon and i are going to discuss what more we can do working together. Weve had a very, very close relationship. I think our nations have become closer because of this. I know its going to be a great
meeting, our alliance with south korea, and japan has never been stronger than it is today. We share a commitment in creating a world where strong and independent nations honor their people, respect the sovereignty, respect the sovereignty also of other nations and promote peace. Thank you very much and id like to ask to start off president moon to say a few words, please. As we sit here, the president just announcing these sanctions. With me still the state Department Spokesperson heather nuart. Heather, how will these sanctions squeeze north korea more dramatically, especially as the president Just Announced, if the bank is going to cut down the cheating . We have said all along that
secretary mattis even backed this up yesterday when he said, look, our first approach, our preferred approach is diplomacy. Thats exactly what were doing at the State Department. Were pushing ahead with that. Youve seen the u. N. Sanctions passed unanimously, including china and russia. Weve now seen unilateral sanctions that have been imposed upon entities, individuals, banks that are doing business with north korea. The president s Executive Order aims to do just that, focus on that. The whole point is to try to get money out of north korea, that money that would go into the Illegal Nuclear and ballistics programs. To starve north korea, if you would, of the money to fund is very realistic. They have had a series of conversations with china on this asking them to do more. China had been reluctant in the past. They have taken Great Strides and not only recognizing the threat of the dprk but taking
gralt strides and recognizing the start of that and clamping down the money. The president had an hourlong call with president xi this week. Theyre really stepping up to the table. Theres been a lot of comment back and forth about the president s rhetoric, whether it would backfire. The chinese reportedly not happy about it. How do you balance how much to talk about the military deterrents, whether its start to ridicule kim jongun and how much of a focus he is today on economic pressure. I think the president is a plainspoken man. That is a virtue in the United States to have a direct leader who makes it very clear to the American People and the world what our expectations are. The strategy in the past has not worked. This is a new strategy that is sped up, thats putting more pressure on countries around the world. I sit in some of those bilateral meetings with a secretary who speaks to leaders in algeria,
south africa, you name it. He says to them, we need to remove some of this money going into kim jonguns regime. He tortures his people, he starves his people, he puts them into labor camps. That money goes into these weapons programs, so part of the campaign we work on hard. You have north korean Guest Workers here. They are essentially slave labor the. That is successful. This is diplomacy. You know it certainly well. Its succeeding. It doesnt happen overnight, its taking some time, but were pushing with that. Do we have some time we saw the strength of the Nuclear Blast that last test, and that got a lot of peoples attention,
clearly, as well as in beijing. And our allies, too. Imagine that. Youre japan, youre sitting there and youve had two overflights of ballistic missiles. How concerning is that . Thats why we continue to have conversations with japan and the republic of korea saying, we are allies, we are here to help you, and we have your backs. Before we go, i know you have new information about mexico city. Yes. So the State Department and the u. S. Government, this administration, had offered assistance to mexico despite some of the stuff you read about in the papers, supposedly a frought relationship. We do have a close relationship with mexico. 60 members of that team on the ground, five dogs helping to sniff out power people who are trapped right now. We have 62,000 pounds of specialized equipment that can help in a situation just like this. It will be a 24 7 search that we
will. Our prayers are with the people of mexico. Theyve certainly been through a whole lot. Were there and we have their backs. Thank you very much for tracking that as well as whats happening in iran. John glock, a National Security analyst and fred bo. John mclaughlin, one of your fellow representatives said they thought north korea would never denuclearize. Is the best we can hope for is some kind of freeze, Ca Containment . I think thats probably the best we can hope for. What the president has just done, however, is significant. The two interesting things in his announcement were, first, that the Treasury Department is now authorized to basically sanction banks that deal with north korea. This is exactly what we did with iran. Its called sec dear sanctions, skpl your bif was correct to say, that poses a bill. They can do that as well as dealing with the Banking System, which is what the chinese have apparently agreed to do. I think this is geared toward mainly getting the north koreans to the table. When you look back over the history of this issue, the only time weve been able to make Real Progress in moving their Nuclear Programs backward are when we can get them to sit down at the table in negotiations. I believe secretary tillerson has been aiming for that. And to your first question, i really think were at the point where theyre far enough along
now that we cant be sure we cannot say with confidence that they dont already have the capability to launch a missile toward us with a Nuclear Weapon on it. So i think the Military Preemption Option is, i think, now past, though no one is going to say that. Just very quickly, do you think they quite possibly could not have miniaturized the warhead but resolved the reentry and targeting challenges . I think what we have to say prudently is we dont know that they havent. I think thats an important point. We dont know that they have, but we dont know that they havent. Theyre far enough along and other countries have different standards for success than we do. By our standards, i would say no, they probably havent done that. Bystanders in other countries, they frequently consider themselves close to done well before theyve done all of the polished testing that we do. So i think there is a better than 5050 chance that theyve accomplished those steps. Ned price, briefly as we continue to follow the emergencies in mexico city, and we have yet to talk about the hurricane in puerto rico. In iran, the signals coming from Rex Tillerson last night, the president not happy about the political ramifications that iran is still doing, the support for assad, the training and weaponizing of terrorists and Military Units in yemen and syria and iraq, that he wants this Iran Nuclear Deal to be strengthened with additional controls on irans behavior. What is the prospect that the allies will ever get along with that, without blowing up the iran deal from the u. S. Prospect . I think weve heard from our allies, the frerchnch, the brit
and the germans, to amend the iran deal, not only would you need to get the europeans on board, including china and russia, the iran deal is subject to monitoring that block all of its pathways to a Nuclear Weapon. That was difficult enough to achieve that for the iranians. I think the prospects are not only getting them to present a pa package but also by the critical leadership and the theological leadership. The broader point here, andrea, the deal was never about irans nefarious activities in the region. Yes, we should continue to apply pressure on them and their sanctions, but we have to imagine iran with a Nuclear Weapon. And iran with a Nuclear Weapon would make all these other
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worse. So time is of the essence, and then obviously, the possibility of further collapse or shifting of the rubble. There is a possibility that as they try and get down to them that further debris may fall or that the supports that the rubble is resting on might become compromised and could result in further collapse. And chief witt, your Montgomery County teams are participated in so many of these. We saw large pieces of lumber being brought in on a pickup about 20 minutes ago. Presumably that would be if a crane can lift some of this to create some space and to prop up and create more space to get those children out with the lumber . Yeah, a lot of times what you want to do is make sure the building doesnt move any further so you bring the lumber in, cut it to size to fit the spaces as you move other debris or other supporting material to ensure that as youre tunnelling
into those areas you dont cause any shifting or movement of the heavy load above it, to ensure again that nothing comes down on the people that are already in there and that the rescuers going in to get them. I know you helped in Oklahoma City with the bombing disaster. Correct. Well, to both of you, we know that some of the teams, the l. A. Team is there now, we believe fairfax is also there as well as in puerto rico with the devastation of the hurricane. These scenes are just so dramatic and extraordinary, and the prayers of the nation obviously of mexico and the world is with those rescue teams there. Thank you so much for your expertise. Joining me now is a member of the judiciary committee. You know the tensions weve had with mexico, but clearly all of that evaporates in an emergency such as this. It does. You think of those three little kids underneath that rubble. Their parents, how theyre feeling right now, and to know that we have experts from our country helping, from the Mexican Government, that everyone is doing everything they can to rescue those kitds. Obviously those kids are to us, to their parents, the most precious, precious, precious children. But to awful ll of us, its an example of what were seeing all over the world, whether its texas or what happened with the hurricane in puerto rico or a burc bunch of the caribbean islands. These are very, very serious weather occurrences going on all over the world, and we know were better at predicting them, but we still have the human cost and you still have those little children under that rubble. Senator klobuchar, with all the discussions about budget cuts, and ive been reporting extensively about the vacancies at the State Department and the proposed budget that has been
rejected by state appropriators, this certainly meets the need of diplomacy around the world. It certainly does. What whats happening with north korea, i am supportive of these additional sanctions. I think it was very Good Development today that the Bank Of China has now stepped in. But to think we dont even have an ambassador yet to south korea. We need to fill these positions and we also need to support aid. Tom emer, who is a conservative republican congressman, and i came together a few months ago to support the contention of foreign aid because we have issues of the somalian population in our state, and we know how terrorists can walk into situations if america doesnt lead. I was going to let you go and we were going to talk about health care today. What is your opinion on whether the republicans can get to 50
votes next week and repeal obamacare before the September 30th deadline, obviously . I dont think anyone knows right now, and im really quite shocked in the middle of all of this thats going on, including these great bipartisan negotiations which have now stalled out because of this effort so repeal the health care act. Here we go with another attempt to completely repeal it, opposed by the aarp, opposed by the Childrens Hospital association, opposed by the people providing the insurance. It is unbelievable to me, and im hoping my colleagues that so bravely stood up last time, my republican colleagues, from joe manson to Bernie Sanders will do this again. Or maybe others will join in given that republican governors of governor kasich of ohio and Governor Walker in alaska have
come out strongly against this bill. Thank you so much, Amy Klobuchar joining us from minnesota oh, from d. C. Pardon me, he thought you were back in minnesota. Chris is here with Search And Rescue. Chris, i think some of your colleagues are deployed in puerto rico. I have eight people with me on my team. Weve been here since Hurricane Irma and were in the process of doing some Rescue Efforts here in puerto rico and hopefully st. Croix. You also have a lot of experience with earthquake rescue. What is the challenge now for your colleagues and the mexican teams in mexico city around that Elementary School . Yeah, you know, we dont have much availability of that here. We do know there was an earthquake and some other teams went there. We dont have much availability
on that now. The fact is you dont have the power is out, cell towers are out. Generally speaking in terms of the hurricane rescue, what is your next mission . Now were checking hospitals and some of the local nursing homes. We have teams trying to make their way around the island just in areas where some events are taking place, working with the puerto ricans, trying to identify where they need help. Were trying to get aircraft to get up and do some areas so we can find those places as well as trying to get teams over to st. Croix where we understand they need some help as well. Well, good luck to you and thanks for everything youre doing there in san juan, and of course we also are thinking about st. Croix which took such a terrible hit. Thank you so much, chris schaaf. Joining me now, peter baker,
msnbc political analyst and washington correspondent ann gearen. Thanks to you both. Theres been a lot of reporting in the last 24 hours by the New York Times and the Washington Post. First to you, peter. What is the latest on Paul Manafort on what the New York Times was First Reporting Last Night . I think Paul Manafort is facing some real issues here, obviously he has been told in the last few days that hes facing an indictment. The Washington Post talking about hes been offered a private briefing with the rush has been oligarch only reenforced the notion that he had kept his close ties to the russian establishment even while he was Campaign Chairman with President Trump, this was two weeks before President Trump was going to accept the republican nomination, and the idea that manafort had a private briefing, certainly raises eyebrows. This offer for a private
briefing, he has a gru intelligence background, very close ties to the kremlin . And it was an implication of money to be made from this, or rather forgiven debts to him . Right, theres a question about who owed who money here, but manafort was trying to get paid by the russian oligarch. He was hoping some of that money could be somewhe could be somehow wiped away. But clearly he was maintaining a relationship with a guy who cannot get a standard issue u. S. Visa because hes on lots of banned lists, at a time when donald trump was proceeding toward the nomination. Now we know from both your papers reporting that robert
mueller wants detailed information about President Trumps meeting, what he said to the Russian Ambassador in that noted meeting that he where he discussed the circumstances for why he had just fired fbi director james comey, so peter hes looking into the president s activity in the white house, he wants all communications about Paul Manafort . Its also about things that happened while President Trump was in the white house, it goes to the ability of a president to run a foreign policy, and now this criminal investigation raises issue, is that going to raise objections on the part of the white house to providing that information. You can see why Robert Mueller would want to know about it, if in fact as we reported, President Trump said to the Russian Ambassador that President Trump was a nutjob. D
the National Security advisor h. R. Mcmaster was on with Savannah Guthrie and matt lauer this morning and they tried to drill down on whether hes been asked for his personal communications. Have you or your lawyer been contacted by the special Prosecutors Office for evidence . This is not my area offense expertise, but were also focused on very important meetings between two nations two whose sovereignty has been affected. But no, i have not. You have not received any contact from the special counsels office . I have been busy with other things and have not been contacted. This is what im concerned about and i really have no basis to have your questions on this other topic. Savannah guthrie and matt
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