Chris is off this morning. John berman joins me. Happy friday. We have a lot of news. We begin with several developments in the russia investigation despite repeated denials from President Trump and the white house, we now have concrete evidence that mr. Trump was personally told about ties between one of his Campaign Advisers and russia. A former National Security adviser, d. J. Gordon, was at this meeting where george p papadopoulos made his pitch. He said President Trump did not dismiss the idea. And his soninlaw Jared Kushner turning over documents. Also, serious new questions about attorney germ Jeff Sessions, his memory or lack thereof. This after carter page testified that he told sessions he was traveling to russia during the 2016 campaign. Remember, sessions was also in the room with George Papadopoulos when he made his pitch. He is not aware of any conversations between the Trump Campaign and russia. Democrats say they want to know whats going on here. All of this happening a
Talk about. But i want to talk about the issues. China sends an envoy to north korea while north korea continues to hurl insults at President Trump. Can the president claim his victory on the asia trip . The president s trip as trips with chinese leaders tend to be largely ceremonial and symbolic. So well have to see where the trip overall leads. And third times the charm. The Senate Republican tax reform bill is morphing into obamacare and trying to repeal it. The goal is to repeal an unpopular tax from an unworkable law in order to provide more tax relief to middle class families. This is not just another garden variety attack on the Affordable Care act. This is repeal of that law. There are no shortage of opinions in the gop about the firestorm surrounding Alabama Senate candidate roy moore, but the person who usually is not shy about giving his opinion on matters large and small the one who might matter the most has yet to speak out. Donald j. Trump. All eyes from here in washingto
Bedevilled u. S. President s for a very long time, including pakistan. The first tweet from the president this morning, United States has foolishly given pakistan more than 33 billion in aid over the last 15 years. They have given us nothing but lies and deceit. Thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe havens to the terrorists we hunt in afghanistan with little help. No more. The foreign minister responded to the tweet, saying, we will respond to President Trumps tweet shortly inshallah god willing will let the world know the truth, difference between facts and fiction. Iran has also been a focus of the president this week, as the protests have popped up in iran. The president tweeting at iran this morning, saying iran is failing at every level despite terrible deal made with them by the obama administration. The great iranian people have been repressed for many years. Theyre hungry for food and for freedom, along with human rights. The wealth of iran is being looted. Time for
All of this as the president is tweeting that white house us counsel don mcgahn is leaving this fall, a tweet that apparently surprised even mcgahn himself and despite news of another exit, President Trumps executive time is in full swing, the president insisting the white house is a smoothrunning machine, no kay yot to see here. Hes excited about the person taking mcgahns place and, oh, in case you were wondering, daughter ivanka, soninlaw jared kushner, the president tweets they had nothing to do with the counsels departure. Theres a lot to discuss thursday morning achlt thee that jones is at the white house. Athena, the president hinting he knows who will replace mcgahn. Erica, thats right. The president tweeting hes excited about the person but not naming them. He said im very excited about the person who will be taking the place of white House Counsel don mcgahn. I liked don but he was not responsible for me not firing bob muellerover Jeff Sessions. That is a reference to the fact
Good evening. We have new details on the book that shakes the trump administration, rattling the president. The title is fear, trump, and the white house. The picture that bob wood ward paints is terrifying. He reportedly compares him to a fifth or 6th grader. The president , his chief of staff calls an idiot and unhinged. John kelly quoted as saying its pointless to try to convince him of anything. Hes gone off the rails. We are in crazytown. Telling staffers i dont know why any of us are here. This is the worst job i have ever had. Thats the current chief of staff who denies calling the president an idiot. He is seen as so dangerous by one cabinet member, he swiped a document off the president s desk to protect the country he mocked hr mcmaster behind his back saying he dressed in cheap suits like a beer salesman. He calls Jeff Sessions mentally retarded and said he talks like a dumb southerner. The president referred to him as a little rat. He just scurries around. For priebuss part