Sam clovis, papadopoulos, jared kushner, manafort, now the attorney general Jeff Sessions. Among the key figures who have not spoken to the special counsel, at least not yet, the president , the Vice President , steve bannon, his former chief campaign strategist, and the president s son, donald trump jr. We should point out these are names that have been publicly reported. We want to start with nbc justice correspondent Pete Williams as well as my colleague in the white house jeff bennett. Pete, to you first, what can you tell us about this interview, i guess why its significant . I guess sessions, the firing of the former fbi director would certainly be under tough scrutiny. The news here, peter, is when it happened. Not that it happened. We always assumed that the special counsel eventually would get around to questioning Jeff Sessions for several reasons. But what were told is it happened last week at the special counsels office. That Jeff Sessions had his personal lawyer with him.
Trump unleashes new rhetorical attacks on north koreas leader. And north korea responds, are new sanctions going to stop the rogue regime . And on offense, President Trump blasting nfl players. The things that he said, we wont stand for it. Now players are finding it hard to hold back. Hello, im jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is waiting for kickoff. Its game day in america, President Trump is facing off against those athletes taking a knee during the National Anthem. Quote, if nfl fans refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our frlag and country, you will see boring games, yes, but many stay away because they love our country, league should back u. S. This debate has been raging since last year, but it was given new light when the president said this at a rally in alabama. Wouldnt you love to see one of these nfl owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say get that son of a [ bleep ] off the field now, out, hes fired. Hes fired. The presid
Untethered to truth. A skating depiction of President Trump from the former fbi director james comey. Excerpts from his new book just being released. In the book comey ripping into the president , writing that he is untethered to truth. Calling the way he leads ego driven and about personal loyalty. According to the Washington Post, comey details his interactions with President Trump, writing that trump pressured him about the investigation into Russian Election interference. He also writes about his surprising firing. Of course comey was fired in may of last year by the president , who actually sent his personal bodyguard to do it. Heres what trump said at the time. Hes a showboat. Hes a grandstander. The fbi has been in turmoil. You know that. I was going to fire comey. My decision. It was not you had medication the decisi made the decision before they came in the room . I was going to fire comey. The Washington Post writes comey writes the president was fixated on the russia dossier
There shooting rockets all over the place. And north korea responds. Are new sanctions going to stop the rogue regime . Plus, on offense. President trump blasting nfl player who is protest the national anthem. Get that son of a [ bleep ] off the field right now. Out. Hes fired. And withdraws a white house invitation to nba champions. The things that he said, we wont stand for it. Now, players are finding it hard to hold back. Hello. Im jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is waiting for kickoff. Its game day in america and President Trump is facing off against those professional athletes protesting racial inequities by taking a knee during the national anthem. The president tweeted this morning, quote, if nfl fans refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our flag and country, youll see change take place fast. Fire or suspend, he added. Quote, nfl attendance and ratings are way down. Boring games, yes, but many stay away because they love our country. Le
Wednesday, january 24. It was a day of revelations in the russia probe and suggestions that bob mueller is closely examining jim comeys allegations of obstruction of justice. The Washington Post reporting mueller is seeking to question President Trump in coming weeks about the firing of comey and former National Security adviser michael flynn. Comey was interviewed by the special counsel late last year, a source close to him tells nbc news focusing on memos comey drafted after private meetings with the president. Comey testified that trump asked him for loyalty and to let go of the fbis investigation into 234ri flynns contact with russians. The president has denied asking for allegiance and tweeted last month that he never asked comey to stop investigating flynn. Times reported that Jeff Sessions was questioned by the special counsels office last week. A person familiar with discussions told the times oig th appeared to be asking about comey and flynn. Take a listen to this. Im not at