get momentum going with health care in congress, again, these russia issues come out. they have to get this russia issue under control if they want to get to the bigger domestic issues that trump s base wanted to see from him. we know that was a source of tension, that off camera press conference that h.r. mcmaster and gary cohn did in sicily on friday where they wanted to talk about the learning experience for the president and the win overseas the press wanted to talk jared kushner and russia. that issue isn t going away, and i want to share what senator john mccain had to say in response to the idea that jared kushner was seeking a back channel with russia. take a look. i know that some administration officials are saying well that s standard procedure. i don t think it s standard procedure prior to the inauguration of the president of the united states by someone who is not in an appointed position. well there you go. we ve heard from people inside the white house, the risk w
communications team? you had spoken to them in the past? you know i have spoken to them in the past, but it s one of those things i would be honored to serve president trump and i ve always got his back as far as i can see, and i think that if he needed me i would be there but i haven t spoken any further since those. should corey lewandowski join the team? he s a smart guy, got the train rolling, put the ground win together for his win in new hampshire. he s a great guy. i don t know because of the controversy around him if president trump will sign him on, but i would love to see him in there. he s a very smart guy and great political operative . i spoke to people in the white house today they said if you bring cory back and president trump out on the campaign trail we will never get to the agenda and they would leave. you don t think it would cause a true a true break within the white house? no, i don t think so. i mean, corey lewandowski is a strong leader and people ha
exclusive new reporting, if corey lewandowski comes back, other staffers may walk. if he would ask me to come in and help him i would look at that. new rev glations about jared kushner s reported attempts to set up a back channel with the russians. i know that some administration officials are saying well, that s standard procedure, i don t think it s standard procedure. and who is the russian banker at the center of it all as the president reportedly works the phones trying to get ahead of this story. plus, hitting back, president trump goes after germany again this morning, while france s new president blasts russian interference in their election as he stands directly next to vladimir putin. so much to cover today. we will begin with the president making changes in an aggressive attempt to stem the tide of disruptive headlines regarding russia and his inner circle i have the best team with me to break it down. i want to take you first to
columnist for the daily news and msnbc contributor and megan murphy editor of bloomberg s businessweek. shannon, what do you make of mike dubke s resignation? how significant is that? i don t think it s surprising. he never seemed to really get in sync at the white house. there was a story, a comment that leaked out where he said there was no trump doctrine that was sort of early around the 100 day mark and trump did not like that. he was upset by that. from then on the writing on the wall was there for dubke he wasn t fit out to cut it. i don t think that s surprising and i don t think it signals anything, any bigger about a shakeup in that individual move. all right. maybe not that move but megan, i want to talk to you about this idea that president trump may go back on the road doing these rallies. his campaign-style tactic. who does that serve besides the president and his hard core base who aren t leaving him anyway?
part by one of trump s earliest cabinet nominees general michael flynn. a former navy s.e.a.l. and trump supporter in regular contact with mike flynn. when you hear words like prosecution and treason thrown around, what do you think? you know, look, i know mike flynn. he is an immeasurably good man, made a mistake of leading mike pence and that s why he was fired. he s not a bad person. he would never do anything treasonous or alleged against him. he s awaiting seeing how far this goes because i think completely everything he s done is completely defensible. how is he holding up under all of this? as far as i know he s good. i don t speak with him that often and i don t ask him details about any open investigation but i check in from time to time and file for the guy. he served this current for three decades at some of the highest levels with facing some of the most grave threats we ve ever seen. i wish him the best and i