Investigators. Its, quote, on the merits in light of recent revelations. A lot of this playing out on twitter t president s favorite means of communication, the president tweeting the fake news is beside themselves that mccabe was caught, called out, and fired. How many hundreds of thousands of dollars were given to wifes campaign by crooked h. Friender to terry m. Who was under investigation . How many lies . How many leaks . Comby knew it all and much more. Nbcs Pete Williams and jeff bennett are tracking these for us. Eric, lets start with you. How significant is it that mccabe kept those memos a la james comey. If you wind the clock youd learn about the memos he had kept with his own personal interactions with President Trump and those essentially form the basis of the obstruction of justice. Its now being conducted by special Counsel Robert Mueller. So to the extent the memos by Andrew Mccabe are similar, one can imagine they have quite a degree of high import. Lets flov that thin
Scandal. Dozens of russians out of the United States, punishment for that poisoning of that exspy of the u. K. That resolving door is spinning the press secretary might be the next to go. An update on President Trumps team. Credit got a lot to get to. I want to start at the white house, President Trump back there after a weekend away. Kristen welker become there for us. Christian i know you were watching the 60 minutes interview because weve been texting during it. I know youve been watching as Stormy Daniels lawyer has been out. One of thing you and i were texting about, where does this all go from here. One of the key focus is now begins with that crypt ik tweet that Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for Stormy Daniels sent out over the weekend. He said a pictures worth a thousand words, how many words is this worth . Of course there a picture of a cd or dvd indicating there was going to be some type of alleged evidence of the affair on 60 minutes. Stormy daniels didnt produce any. Savann
Prelude to the president of the United States actually calling on Rod Rosenstein to end this investigation . I can tell you for sure this is what john dowd wants to happen. Good morning and welcome to am joy. On saturday during this very show Donald Trumps personal attorney, john dowd, urged Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein, the man overseeing the russia investigation, to end the probe. Now dowd first claimed to be speaking as Donald Trumps legal counsel. But then he backtracked. The one thing i can tell you, that i can break on air is ive been emailing back and forth with john dowd this morning. He emailed me to say that he hopes i will share with you all that he was speaking in his personal capacity and not speaking on behalf of the president. When he initially emailed me this morning, i asked him are you giving me this quote on behalf of the president. He replied, yes, speaking at his counsel. I put that in the story. Now hes emailing me to walk that back to say actually he wa
The United States. Its probably one of the reasons i was elected, maybe one of the main reasons. But were not going to let that happen. But trump has other things to worry about right now. Hes dealing with a significant resignation from his legal team. The president s lead lawyer, the guy on the right, john dowd has resigned. The latest shakeup comes as the president told this to reporters. Will you testify to special counsel Robert Mueller. I would like to i would like to, said the president. Covering all of this for us, from the white house, is nbc news geoff bennett. Lets start with the president s legal woes. What is happening today . Reporter well, yeah, remember last week the president tweeted that john dowd was doing a great job and he was very happy with him. Now doud is stepping down in a decision we understand that is ma mutual. And saying the president didnt feel he could guide the team and dowd was frustrated with the president bringing in new attorneys and it is a sign tha
Deafening silence from the white house, but also reports that the white house is trying to alter the news cycle to keep the stories out of the head lines. Well have more on that in a second. But today, after signing a bill to fund the government, which by the way, in the space of a few days he endorsed and threatened to veto and didnt veto in the end, the president was asked three questions. Two he answered, one he did not. Thank you all very much. Lying about the affairs . Well, on the way out to marine one, the same story. Mr. President , is Karen Mcdougal telling the truth . Mr. President , any comment on mrs. Mcdougal . Will you watch 60 minutes on sunday . Will you watch 60 minutes, mr. President . Well, the president also ignored questions at joint base andrews taking the long way to avoid members of the press. This is a president who, as you know, doesnt shy away from speaking his mind about even the most serious allegations against him, including allegations of sexual misconduc