He wants Hillary Clinton to be investigated, even though during the transition, he told 60 minutes that they have suffered enough, so i wonder if you could address that. Does he want the attorney general to go, he called him beleaguered. Ive never heard that. I know he is certainly frustrated and disappointed in the attorney general for recusing himself, but as weve said, i know that thats a decision that the president wants to make, he certainly wil will. Melissa Christian Fisher is alive at the white house with more. President trump has reportedly been speaking with his top advisors about firing his own attorney general. Hes made no secret that he was very unhappy with Jeff Sessions decision to recuse himself with a Russian Investigation, but will he actually follow through and fire him . This morning, almost every Senior Advisor was on message, coming out and saying that that decision is up to one person and one person only and that is President Trump. We also have the pleasure of t
Welcome to early start, im christine romans. Im dave briggs. 5 00 a. M. In the east, 10 00 a. M. In london. We begin with the widening fallout from President Trumps comments about White Supremacists. Some suggesting all the pushback is hurting chances to advance an agenda once the president returns to washington next week. Now more officials in his own party are pushing back. Senator Lindsey Graham saying the president s words are dividing, not healing americans. Many americans do not agree with and will fight back against the idea that the party of lincoln was a welcome mat, has a welcome mat out for the david dukes of the world. Ohio Governor John Kasich said this pathetic, isnt it, pathetic listening to this and hearing these marchers. The president has to totally condemn this. This is not about winning an argument. This is about the fact that now these folks will go other places and think they had some sort of a victory. There is no moral equivalency between the kkk, neonazis and a
His bucket director saying the same thing. Delay is not an option. The healthcare package will pass out of the senate and the house neil when . I think they have to do something before september. As a former elected official, i wouldnt want to go home without followed through on my biggest promise. All right. Nothing subtle about this. Fullcourt press. Something well be getting into a little bit. Meantime, former president ial candidate herman cain. It sounds like the president is at wits end. What do you make of it . What i make of it is, the president is taking his message directly to the people. He is putting pressure on those reluctant republicans taking that message right to the people. Letting the people know that you have some rhinos, republicans in name only, who are holding up this process. Im glad to see that hes doing it, neil. Its going to bring muchneeded a tension to what the holdup is. They ran on it, promised it and now you only have a few that will not do what they did
Briggs. Im christine romans. Despite the revamp of the White House Communications team, there are still Communications Issues coming from the white house, mixed messages on two page inner issues two major issues sanctions against russia and the potential pardons in connection with the russia investigation. President trump tweeting, while all agree the u. S. President has the complete power to pardon, why think of that when only crime see far is leaks against us . Fake news. Sunday the president s personal attorney and director of communications, Anthony Scaramucci had a different take on whether pardons are being discussed. The president has the authority to pardon. I want to be clear on this, george we have not and i have not had discussions with the president of the United States regarding part ondonspardons. Were talking about that. He says he he brought that up, he said, he doesnt have to be pardoned. Theres nobody around him that has to be pardoned. He was just making the statemen
Funds for my businesses. I have been fully transparent in providing all requested information. Donald trump had a better message and ran a smarter campaign, and that is why he won. A suggesting otherwise ridicules those who voted for him. It is an honor to work with President Trump and his administration as we take on the challenges that he was elected to face. Also tonight, at the National Boy Scout jamboree in West Virginia, President Trump took his drain the swamp message to a new level. I go to washington and i see all these politicians. I see the swamp, and its not a good place. In fact, today i said we ought to change it from the word swamp to the word cesspool or sewer, but its not good. Getting the reaction he was hoping for. Lets start with kushner. Id imagine with Jared Kushner, he is glad to have that day behind. He has one more coming up with the house Intelligence Committee, but largely people say that if this is the case, and this is what he had to say, why didnt he say i