Tries to do this. He also said that the president quote, may have done something during the elections and that carter paige was colluding with the russians. That candidate trump knew in advance about john jr. s meeting and that bob muellers investigating are particularly interested in president s business dealings, so with that, good morning. Its tuesday, march 6th. Just another day here in washington, d. C. With us we have associate editor for the Washington Post and washington anchor for world news america along with willie from new york. This is the sort of thing we do all the time. Were under federal investigation, but yeah. I will say nunberg colored our play book because right before the plane hit the ground he pulled up, but i talked to somebody who knew him really well yesterday who said kindly that hes not a road scholar. A lot of his friends were suggesting that he may have been under the influence, and that he was completely overwhelmed by what he found himself in, the lawye
A convenient foil or Something Else . This as the president wont give clearances about rosensteins fate. Instead, leaving rosenstein twisting in the wind until they meet face to face. My meeting with Rod Rosenstein on thursday when i get back from all of these meetings, well be meeting at the white house, and well be determining whats going on. We want to have transparency, openness, and i look forward to meeting with rod at that time. Recognizen steins job hanging in the balance since the bombshell report that he discussed invoking the 25th amendment. And raised the prospect to secretly record the president. And as the clock ticks down to trumps meeting with rosenstein, theres been a fleury of developments. Sources say rosenstein offered his resignation to john kelly on friday. Heres the thing, kelly accepted it. But then today pure utter and confusion, thats the on way to describe it, as the president seems more than happy to let the uncertainty linger. In the meantime, republicans a
Drug traffickers. We start with the revolving door at the white house. Reportedly the chief of staff and National Security adviser are both on the hot seat this afternoon. So, too are the attorney general and several other cabinet members. John kelly and h. R. Mcmaster may have only days or could be like Rex Tillerson, those days could turn into weeks or longer as the questions of survival potentially deminnish their power and create vacuums of power inside the white house. All of this happening as the administration is trying to focus on steel tariffs. China, russia sanctions, the opioid kroisis and, oh, those congressional midterms creeping closer as well. Lets start at the white house with our man jeff. What is the latest that you are hearing about the future of both kelly and h. R. Mcmaster . Craig, lets start with chief of staff john kelly because we know the relationship between President Trump and john kelly has been strained at times as kelly has tried to instill discipline on
Accused domestic abuser return to the west wing. Sound familiar . Probably because youve read similar headlines about the return of Michael Flynn or the return of Reince Priebus or the return of Corey Lewandowski. And because you also might be hearing about another person that trump might want back right now, amid news that two more attorneys have rejected overt e overtures by the white house to defend the president president russia investigation, theres talk that former trump attorney Marc Kasowitz could be rehired to serve on the president s defense team. The president of the United States does not have a criminal defense lawyer. That is a terrible predicament for him. If i had clients or friends or associates that were even being investigated for shoplifting, the first thing i would be telling them is, get yourself a lawyer. The fact is, this is really an unprecedented situation, where the president of the United States is having difficulty getting a firstclass legal team. Youre not
Might cut a deal with special counsel robert mueller. Moments ago when White House Press secretary was asked about this, she referred to and read a statement by ty cobb. I would refer you back to the statement from ty cobb in the report that youre asking about. No pardons are under discussion or under consideration at the white house. Can you say unequivocally that no one here has discussed pardons in this case . I can say that ty cobb is the person that would be most directly involved in this. He has a statement on the record saying theres no discussion and no consideration of those at this time in the white house. Does the white house worry about what Paul Manafort might tell special counsel mueller . As we said pretty much every day since we got here, because you guys continue to ask about this topic every single day, there was no collusion. Were very confident in that and look forward to this process wrapping up. Lets go to amy fiscus. Amy, all right, when you read this piece, this