course would be left up to kim. today the president is expected to have a quiet day in new jersey before flying off to will alto participate in a rally for the election of senator luther strange, who is in a tight race against the very is popular former georjudge roy moore. let s discuss it with editor at large chris solizza and national security analyst david sanger. great to have both of you. david, before i get to the overheated, colorful rhetoric coming from pyongyang, can we talk about what was a development yesterday. that was what was happening in beijing. it appears that china central bank sent some instructions to its ancillary banks to stop doing business or transactions with pyongyang. how big a development is that and do you think that s a byproduct of something president trump has done?
to russia, spurring investigations by both congressional committees and special counsel robert mueller. speaker gringrich, how big a development is this and are we begin to go see the end of washington s hands off approach to big tech and specially the huge internet companies? look, i think this is probably four to six years behind the curve. these companies are so big, they control so much of our lives, they can set so many different policies internally with no supervision, having not just the russian angle, but really looking at the underlying nature of these companies, what they do, how they make decisions, these equivalent of gigantic utility. i don t think you can have power that s hidden away in secret controlled by billionaires. chris: mark warner tech before going into politics, are you
investigations by both congressional committees and special counsel robert mueller. speaker gringrich, how big a development is this and are we begin to go see the end of washington s hands off approach to big tech and specially the huge internet companies? look, i think this is probably four to six years behind the curve. these companies are so big, they control so much of our lives, they can set so many different policies internally with no supervision, having not just the russian angle, but really looking at the underlying nature of these companies, what they do, how they make decisions, these equivalent of gigantic utility. i don t think you can have power that s hidden away in secret controlled by billionaires. chris: mark warner tech before going into politics, are you saying what government clamps on
to russia, spurring investigations by both congressional committees and special counsel robert mueller. speaker gringrich, how big a development is this and are we begin to go see the end of washington s hands off approach to big tech and specially the huge internet companies? look, i think this is probably four to six years behind the curve. these companies are so big, they control so much of our lives, they can set so many different policies internally with no supervision, having not just the russian angle, but really looking at the underlying nature of these companies, what they do, how they make decisions, these equivalent of gigantic utility. i don t think you can have power that s hidden away in secret controlled by billionaires. chris: mark warner tech before going into politics, are you
ago, but now he s only giving up this. do tapes exist of your conversations with him? well, i ll tell you about that maybe some time in the very near future. and you seem to be hinting there are recordings of those conversations. i m not hinting anything. i ll tell you about it in a very short period of time. we should have a definitive answer within the next two weeks. that s how long the house intel committee has given the white house to turn the tapes over if they even exist. i want to bring in our panel to help flesh out all of this. cnn presidential historian douglas brinkley and cnn law enforcement contributor and retired supervisory specialist stevon moore. steve, to you first. we read the recommendation. comey said he told sessions to never let him be alone in the same room with trump again. so how big a development is this he s going to go instead of before a budget panel, before the actual senate intelligence committee that s investigating