Or prove hes been putting out false information about his predecessor. How is the white house preparing . Reporter hi, ana. They seem to be preparing by standing ground, not backing down from the president s allegations made two weeks ago. We heard the president himself do so just yesterday at that Press Conference with germanys chancellor Angela Merkel and in an interview last week. Shown sho White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has said that the president is confident evidenced will come out that will vindicate him. But spicer also claimed that the British Intelligence service helped President Obama spy on tencandidate trump in trump tower. That claim has been denied vehemently by the british, also by a top u. S. National security official. And so, but the white house doesnt seem to be showing any outward concern about what the fbi director and set to say on monday. And as you noted, he is expected
really tough position, trying to substantiate this tweet. There doesnt seem to be a
White house. Good morning, al. This morning First Response from the white house to north Koreas Nuclear test overnight. Of course it comes in the form of president ial tweets. The president writing, quote, north korea has conduct add Major Nuclear test. Their words and actions continue to be hostile and dangerous to the United States. North korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to china, this is trying to help but with little success. A couple of thoughts off the bat just reading these tweets. First, the first confirmation of any kind from the United States government that this was, in fact, a nuclear test of the north koreans. Thats important, they have misrepresented their accomplishments along the way. Second you hear the president say its hostile and dangerous to the United States specifically. Not just to allies and friends in the region. Having a specific threat in the
United States and viewing the action through that prism could decide how to
Of the trump campaign. Just to state the obvious that we all know, the president shoots from the hip. Im not sure there was a ton of fore thought into what he said about sessions. I think he was honest and blunt about his feelings at that moment in time. They are feelings that he has had on and off for some time now. The Russian Investigation as we all know kind of wont go away as a story line partly because theres an open investigation but also because the president is preoccupied with it and he brings it up all the time, in private conversations and apparently in public ones. I think theres a real concern in terms of the comments hes made obviously because they also seem to indicate that, you know, first he wants loyalty from comey, now he wants loyalty or allegiance from Attorney General, like hes wanting to run this the way he runs his business, which is not the way the Government Works and certainly not the way the Justice Department works, which is an independent institution. The
Former u. S. Attorney. Julia, this is your reporting. Youre part of the team at nbc news that discovered this approach. What more do we know about it . Lawrence, on the one hand it seems obvious. We know two weeks ago special Counsel Robert Mueller delivered a scathing indictment of 13 Russian Hackers not just hackers but influencers. Those were people able to get into social media and influence the way the election was being talked about to sow some distrust in the process. But what we have thats significant here is that a lot of information has recently been turned over to Robert Mueller from the Intelligence Community. This is information that includes the electronic signatures, malware the methods i dont think so. Theres never been a precedent for the United States indicting an elected foreign leader, even a country we dislike like russia. So i dont think were going to see that. I think its important to focus on the significance of this development. These wikileaks, these emails w
Certainty and predictability. Thats the best way to make business decisions. Having the president make this controversial announcement, then indicate right away they may or may not be committed to it is not the kind of certainty Corporate America is looking for. Those are some of the broader impacts. Whats the potential impact inside his own administration, and for his own Press Secretary who has to go out and defend a policy shes not sure is etched in stone . Obviously shes in an impossible situation. I think what it does inside the white house, its corrosive to any effort to put in place a process to make decisions. Because people know that the Decision Making process is precarious at best, that theres never a final decision thats made and theres an opportunity to influence it at a variety of junctures or to go in and intervene with the president at the last minute. It means theres no coherent process in place and the result is you have decisions that are halfbaked at best. This has