Cabinet meeting today. The russia still targeting the u. S. . Is russia still targeting the u. S. , mr. President . Despite the fact the question about russian interference it was only question asked, the White House Press secretary later said that trump was saying no to something else. I had a chance to speak with the president after his comments and the president said thank you very much, and was saying no to answering questions. The president and his administration are working very hard to make sure that russia is unable to meddle in our elections as they have done in the past. Despite multiple people in the room understanding that the president was bombeding to that question, and despite he said no, no, no, to ushering people out of the room. Youre saying it is the reverse. I talked to the president. He wasnt answering that question. He was saying no, hes not taking questions and im stating what our position is. So this is the second time in three days that the president has come o
And playing the part of robert driscoll, who represents accused russian secret agent maria butina, as her defense attorney, that part will also be played by me. I know that sounds cheap. Its a delicate balance here. What were saving on the salaries of actors with speaking roles, were making up for in terrible acting by me. So whats going on here is that accused russian secret agent, maria butina, has been in jail a week and half. She was arrested last weekend right before the trumpputin summit in helsinki. She was actually arrested before the summit started even though we didnt find you about it at the time. The court didnt unseal the case against her until a few hours after the summit was concluded. The coincidence of those two events is interesting because she is accused of being an agent of the russian federation, right, secretly mounting an operation in this country on behalf of the russian government to influence the Republican Party around the 2016 president ial election. Since t
The intel community. And a driver for uber and lyft is off the road after Live Streaming passengers. He was not breaking the law. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. Is there privacy anywhere . Im christine romans. It is monday, july 23rd. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. Tensions between the United States and iran escalating overnight. It started early sunday when iranian president Hassan Rouhani cautioned President Trump about pursuing hostile policies. Rouhani said america should know peace with iran is the mother of all peace. And war with iran is the mother of all wars. He got a response last night via tweet. President trump warning rouhani in all caps, never threaten the United States ever again or you will suffer consequences in which few throughout history have suffered before. We are not a country that will stand for your dmeemented violee and threats. We have Nick Paton Walsh with the latest. Good morning, nick. Reporter all of this plays conveniently into the
First tweeted today is ending considerably better than it started. One, postponement of putin visit, two, possible u. S. eu trade truce, three secretary pompeo declaring u. S. Richard tweeted this. I tweeted today ended better than it gan ignoring yogis wisdom that it aint over till its over. Now some congressmen claiming to be conservatives have move to impeach the Deputy Attorney general. Well start right there. A group of republicans in the house have introduced articles of impeachment against Rod Rosenstein in connection to special counsel Robert Muellers probe. The resolution introduced by House Freedom caucus and nine other cosponsors accuses rosenstein of blocking oversight. They claim he withheld documents and made misleading statements on the matter. A spokesman tells nbc news it is not considered a privileged motion whether it comes up for a floor vote is in the hands of the republican leadership. Last week House Speaker paul ryan said rosenstein should be allowed to feninish
Fake news. Now he is accusing the democrats of what he stands accused. After this special counsel established that the president was aided by russian conspiracy. Trump is trying to desperately turn the tables. He is say with no evidence, russians will be helping the democrats. Based on the fact that no president has been tougher on russia than me. They will be pushing hard for the democrats. They definitely dont want trump. Wow. I wonder if trump knows he is channeling Richard Nixon with those words when he was caught up in a scandal of his own. Here is nixon discussing the idea with his henchman chuck colson. I think it would be helpful if they came out. Well trumps tweet today suggested the democrats will benefit from russias interference. Just last week putin admitted that he wanted trump, a republican to win in 2016. Did you want President Trump to win the election and did you direct any officials to help him do that . Translator yes i did because he talked about bringing the relat