Story are jane mayer and ronan far roe. Were going to be speaking with jane about this stunning new report in just a moment. Although eric snietermchneiderm just one states attorney general, which is not the most highprofile gig in the country, after all, there are 49 other state attorneys general at any time, even still, schneiderman cuts an unusually highprofile. Thats in part because the attorney general in new york state just tends to be a highprofile thing. The immediate previous owners of this job before him are andrew cuomo, whos now governor of new york, and elliot spitzer. Who is a lot of things. Also a former governor of new york. In addition, though, to that just being a highprofile job, Eric Schneiderman is also unusually highprofile, even for a new York Attorney general right now. Because of the perception or at least the theory that his office might essentially function as kind of a backup to Robert Muellers special counsels office at some point if President Trump decides
Giulianis efforts of damage control after the disastrous debut as the president s new lawyer, are creating even more problems, though, for the white house. Well talk about that much more with congressman ted liu of the judiciary. Jim acosta, the white house insists that giuliani is adding value toll trump legal team. Thats right, the white house said that today. Rudy giuliani is adding value to the trump legal team, despite the fact that the president set last week that giuliani did not have had is facts straight. They shying away from questions today about the legal troubles. You cant tell this just by watching them today, they have gotten burned in the past with statements that later turned out to be true. Today they were being much more careful with their words. The only scheduled appearance, an yeah with the first leady as she unveiled a campaign aimed tess nations children. That came less than an hour after the press secretary stated cautiously shes not aware of any other hush mon
In History Television rating for 3 00 in the morning. We had 17 released and we are proud of that record. We are in the midst of others to get others out. Good morning on a. M. Joy. The same could be said about the reality tv presidency of this polarizing cocktail of government where buzz words and branding go a lot further than actual facts. A allowing him to play victims of his fans. Which is why now as we pass the one year mark on Robert Mueller problem, we are seeing trump distracting from the real crisis dogging his presidency. The president of the United States obstructed justice in an attempt to cover it up. The fake scandal that trump scripted in the media has a name, one that we are not going to repeat this morning. It has tweets go with which i am not going to read because reading the tweets is what he wants us to do. The fbi under president obama spied on Trump Campaign in 2016. The crusade thats fuelling the trump train and forcing the rest of us to ponder. So little with t
Story are jane mayer and ronan farrow. Were going to be speaking with jane mayer about this stunning new report in just a moment. Although Eric Schneiderman is just one states attorney general, which on paper is not the most highprofile political gig in the country. After all, there are 49 other state attorneys general at any one time. Even still schneiderman cuts an unusually high profile. Thats in part because the attorney general in new york state just tends to be a highprofile thing. The immediate previous owners of this job before him are andrew cuomo, whos now governor of new york, and elliot spitzer, who is a lot of things. Also a former governor of new york. In addition to that just being a highprofile job, Eric Schneiderman is also unusually highprofile even for a new York Attorney general right now. Because of the perception or at least the theory that his office might essentially function as kind of a backup to Robert Muellers special counsels office at some point. If Presid
Defaming former american officials. Just think about that for a second. A Foreign Company has hired to specifically demean and embarrass former u. S. Government officials by targeting their families and friends to dig for information. Its a brave new world, and well have a lot on that story later in the show. But first, another spy story. This one about real spies who carried out a really hard operation deep behind enemy lines. But was it all for show . For israeli spies irans capital tehran is both an inviting and a very dangerous target. Tehran is the hardest place for mossad to act in. Its highly guarded with secret police, regular police, different militias, including some forces of the revolutionary guard. Rhonin bergman is one of the worlds leading experts on the mossad, israels famed intelligence agency. The iranians are always under the impression that the mossad is getting deeper and deeper into their ranks. Are they right . Yes. Of course. Reporter over the past 15 years the