thank you so much. i appreciate it. in the middle of an already packed schedule, president trump plans to meet face-to-face with russian president vladimir putin. the second meeting between the two leaders and expect it to happen thursday on the sidelines of a conference in vietnam. also dates are met from the first indictment and robert moeller s probe into russian election interference, which we all know quite a bit about. return to associated press reporter, bianco. we appreciate it. thank you. elizabeth: number of domestic issues. while investigation and what is happening with the dnc. first and foremost, your reporting on reaction from the president s first couple hours overseas. do you expect him to speak to the troops and talk about trade and north korea as he did? absolutely. think of this as the critical way he s dealing with trade, national security and any sort
we don t know what curve know what curveballs he has coming for us. on top of everything else. the question should moeller recuse himself, should they be investigating clinton and mr. rainey in one deal, that is actively pushed right now by republican members in the house. it s being pushed by the president as well and that s another question. is that a successful push brett bair? elizabeth: as not appropriate, though? should that be pushed right now do you think? we saw senator bob corker point out that it s highly abnormal to have a sitting u.s. president trying to direct his justice department, his chief prosecutor, i m sorry, the attorney general into prosecution. you know, as a reporter it is not for me to say what is right or wrong, what they should be
elizabeth: thanks for joining us. welcome to america s news hq. i m elizabeth crane in atlanta. leland: great to see you at home. i m leland vittert in washington. we use this word a lot in washington. on shell. this one truly qualifies. new allegations from a former acting dnc chair donna brazile about the 2016 presidential election. excerpts from her new book claim she considered using her position at the dnc to replace hillary clinton as the democratic presidential nominee in september. caroline shively here with us has been digging through this and you say this is both a bombshell inserted tectonic in the way it is shifting things washington is an understatement indeed. reporter: it is a huge win
new expert claim brazil considered removing the team as nominee. let s bring in our fair and balanced political panel monitor the democratic strategist and member of the clinton campaign finance team. the novella is the chairman. thank you for joining us. i appreciate it. thank you. elizabeth: i think i know where you stand on this pretty short excerpt of the book and obviously many are being released will start with you i pose this question. donna brazile writes in part of the women in the country who were so proud of and excited about her come i could not do this to them. i am sort of perplexed at this new revelation that there was the intention that she wanted to replace her because that s not even in the realm of possibility that the chairperson. yeah, i am perplexed, too. she had walking pneumonia, a fainting spell. there is no vacancy and even if there were, donna brazile as
we will have a lot of questions for the president after that meeting. elizabeth: a little bit on the domestic issues because obviously we have the white house administration touting the acceptance he will inevitably have. i am curious because the president was very vocal the fact that he wants the criminal probe and hillary clinton obviously the dnc and there s been some criticism of that. how will he stay focused and what ll happen here at home when it comes to reporting? are reporters more focused on domestic issues and if that overpowering the president s trip? it could very easily. remember, heading into a week ago, heading into last monday, we knew that there were going to be some sort of indictment in very early on on monday we found out it was paul manafort and break gates. but on top of that, special counsel robert moeller throughout the name george papadopoulos and it was kind of a curveball.