i was the lead counsel in the last impeachment trial. and i ve got to tell you, at the end of the day when that vote is called you need those republicans to really be unified and not be having doubts. books like this tend to put a spook into those ranks. michael, as a supporter of the president, what do you think of the book? i think there s probably some truth to it. i think there s probably a lot of fabrication there. i m going to read it and figure out what i believe. i don t believe the lawyers were pantomiming for mueller. i don t believe the conversation between bannon and ivanka trump went down the way the book says it does. there s a lot of things to doubt. in the book bannon is yelling at her that she s a staffer. would never happen. that conversation would never happen. i know both of them. it would never happen. but i can tell you this. i believe the reporting out of the new york times today heartened a lot of us around the president. i believe heartened becaus
book is obviously alarming. it s not going to help the president. but more importantly it puts a spook into the republican ranks. he s about to go into the most difficult period of any president in modern history if the house flips. i was the lead counsel in the last impeachment trial. at the end of the day when that vote is called, you need those republicans to really be unified and not be having doubts. books like this tend to put a spook into those ranks. michael, as a supporter of the president, what do you think of the book? i think there s probably some truth to it. i think there s probably fabrication there. i m going 0 read it and figure out what i believe. i don t believe the lawyers were pant oh miming for mule ellemue. i don t believe the conversation between bannon and ivanka trump went down the way the book says it does. there s a lot of things to doubt. in the book bannon is yelling at her that she s a staffer. would never happen. that conversation would never hap
fury. according to the book bannon called a 2016 meeting with a russian lawyer treasonous. it s not clear where bannon goes from here. it won t be fox though. the network says it will not be hiring. widespread devastation from flooding and mud slides in southern california already ravaged by wildfires. the pictures you re seeing there, just remarkable. emergency crews remain in search and rescue mode with these walls of mud coming down on to homes. a flow of mud forcing heavily traveled roads to close. the 101 freeway, one of the main arteries connecting southern and northern california submerged between ventura and santa barbara counties.
hillary rosen and princeton university historian and professor, good to see you all. let me begin with you. in that interview, miller appeared to be making the case that the president is a political genius and discredited the author of the book fire and fury and attacked steve bannon and steve bannon himself releases a clarification saying that he is quote said as saying about don jr. and how he was quoted in the book bannon said is inaccurate. what does this say about the white house and bannon trying to secure support or get in the last word. this is another in a long line of interviews that will be done by the white house trying to discredit the book. seeing any clip of that interview with jake tapper, we see why steven miller is a policy adviser and not the press secretary. he didn t want to answer questions about this book, but he did make several points.
family. sandra: strong words from white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders today describing the president s reaction to explosive allegations from none other than his former chief strategist steve bannon. has his once trusted confidant turned into a traitor? in a moment, a side of the story you will not hear from steve bannon. but first, trace gallagher live in our west coast newsroom without today s feud went down. interesting day, trace. very, sandra. at the white house wasted no time distancing itself from steve bannon and the comments he reportedly made to author michael wolff for his upcoming book fire and fury: inside the trump white house. in the book bannon describes a 2015 meeting between a russian lawyer, donald jr. jared kushner and then campaign chair paul manafort as being treasonous and unpatriotic. going on to say the three senior guys in the campaign but it was a good idea to meet with a foreign government inside trump tower in the conference