they tweeted they boycotted the festival because steve bannon was invited. he was abruptly disinvited. what does this say about the state of free speech? we said we d never forget, we clearly have. but first, what kind of a week was it? it was one so packed with news that when exwhosive excerpts leaked from the new book of the president by our journalists, it was a one-day story. bob woodward called the state attorney retarded and the chief check adviser had to swipe ill conceived plans from his deck. all that was relegated to page two, after a senior administration official published a critique of the president in the new york times under an anonymous by-line that ignited a debate about the president s fitness for office and the propriety of a staffer choosing to write
path for answering questions people familiar with the matter said. joining me on the phone, one of the reporters on that by-line. michael schmidt of the new york times. also kristen welker. and senior fellow and govens studings at the brookings institution, ben whitis, an msnbc legal analyst and editor and chief of lawfare. michael schmidt, let s start with you. i want to read a portion from your article. by making another counterproposal after months of promises they were weeks away from deciding about an interview, mr. trump s lawyers run the risk that mr. mueller could conclude they are negotiating in bad faith to prolong the investigation. in a meeting with mr. trump s lawyers this year, mr. mueller threatened to subpoena the president if he did not sit for a voluntary interview. could you argue, michael, that rudy giuliani and the president s lawyers are playing a game of chicken with mr.
democrats. as t the daily beast reported, hackers have targeted at least one vulnerable senate democrat running for re-election. missouri senator clare make haskill. in a statement, she confirmed the attack. while this attack was not successful, it is outrageous that they think they can get away with this. i will not be intimidated. i have said it before and i will say it again. putin is a thug and a bully. in about 30 minutes at the white house, the president will meet in the situation room with his national security council to talk about election security. will this come up? will the threat of russian interference be on the agenda? kend delaney is the intelligence and national security report for nbc news. a congressional reporter for the daily beast. he shares the by-line on that report. david hickton is the founding director of the institute for cyberlaw, policy, and security at the university of pittsburgh.
what does it have to do with whether or not this is true. did you have access to putin and trying to help trump. i don t know putin. i ve never met him. but if this deal was going forward i would have started working the phones. we are joined from the new york times and the by-line is on the story we quoted from. and in your piece mr. sater said he lined up financing for the trump deal for a russian bank under american sanctions from involvement in the efforts to undermine democracy in ukraine and he envisioned a ribbon cutting ceremony in moscow. we ve heard in the house intel that the democrats minority report, the 21-page report that they put out when the republicans abruptly concluded their investigation. do you think it is possible that we ll discover any connection between this sanction bank that felix sater wanted to do business with and the sanction bank under scrutiny from the intel committee. i don t know if we ll see a
threat. it would provide additional funding for armed school resource officers and for mental health services in districts across the state. the controversial provision in the bill allows school staff to be armed as long as they go through training and meet other criteria. that has drawn criticism from others across the state. as well as governor scott. the governor s office says he is opposed to the three-day waiting period the bill establishes. one thing that is not clear if the governor would veto the bill with the provisions. governor scott said once he receives the bill, he will review it line-by-line and talk about it with the families of the parkland victims. the governor, once he receives the bill, has 15 days to decide to sign or veto it otherwise it goes into effect. christine. dave. athena jones in florida.