point of view about that, whether the president was informed of the meeting, whether he met the actual russians, what the president s mind set was when they were on air force one and drafting their response of statement. bannon doesn t have to have been on the ground at the time of knowledge of those facts. , that w that was a meeting designed to obtain dirt on hillary clinton from the russians, who showed up there. everybody stand by. there s more news we re following. the special prosecutor s desire to talk with steve bannon just one in a series of bombshells to drop in the russia probe. on the white house, the flurry of action could also be a sign that the special prosecutor s investigation may be entering its time phase. let s go to our senior white house correspondent pamela brown over at the white house. pamela, take us through these late-breaking developments. wolf, there s been an avalanche of russia-related headlines, much to the irritation of white house officials who wan
of the things i was bothered by was there was a suggestion you can eat two big macs and three fish sandwiches a night, never exercise and wind up to be sort of the healthiest person ever to occupy the oval office. that s a bad message to send to the american people. it isn t true. you have to modify your lifestyle. these numbers show if he s going to control this condition, he s got to make changes in his lifestyle. so putting aside what does it mean to him being president, is he going to drop dead of a heart attack, we look to him in a certain sense, and if he says, look, you know, eat what you want, don t do anything, never exercise, that s not the right message to send to a nation that has, shall we say, weight problems. sanjay, that was my question as i was watching all of this. we say it s not unusual for this to happen, but considering our diets, a lot of people in this country struggle with their weight. i am one of them you do? i m sure you gentlemen have as well. but
any way or fashion, and it was all a manner of obstructing, getting access to conversations bannon had. that s what i believe. phil, according to access, adam schiff hammered bannon about his refusal to speak about anything else in the white house. this came 90 minutes before bannon s testimony. does that tell you anything about bannon s ability to perform during high-pressure session questions? no, doesn t, because there is a fundamental difference phil. there is a fundamental difference between the conversation he had on the hill and the conversation he had before mueller. i suspect he s going to walk before mueller and say, tell me what you want to know. i m going to speak now because this is executive branch to executive branch. furthermore, there is a difference in the tone of the conversation between mueller and bannon and the hill conversation. mueller doesn t care about all the politics and he doesn t care
they can compel him to talk but the problem is you find with this republican controlled committee they re the ones that issued the subpoenas. they decide who s going to be interviewed and under what conditions and for whatever reason they just do not they just haven t issued subpoenas to everybody that they should be issuing subpoenas to among them would be corey lewandowski. thank you for that. i want to get quick reaction from my panel. alexi, if steve bannon heads back to capitol hill today if and when he sits down and talks to robert mueller s team as nick ackerman was just saying, he knows a lot specifically about one of the key issues which is the firing of michael flynn. how concerned is the white house right now? i think they re concerned because they know that bannon doesn t have a lot to lose. he s burned every bridge he has. trump has come out and denounced him unlike hope hicks who will be very loyal to the president.
some of it is attacks, and beyond that, i am someone who is a supporter of the president, but not a supporter of donald trump, i m supportive of what donald trump stands for which is america first. he needs to surround himself with people who are not just loyal to him but the agenda. they may hate him as a person and that is okay, what he s trying to do for this country, that is important. if bannon doesn t understand that, don t let the door hit you on the way out. steve: last word to you on this, i think the elements of the agenda that you and i and others on let s call it the populist, bernie sanders wing of the democratic party, it seems to me they are more interested in policy than this kind of soap opera. it s because the base, the progressive base of the policy sees policy as the way to win the hearts and minds of the american people again. when we get into this side issues that deal with the gossip inside the beltway, i think a lot of americans get turned off.