Not just a friend, just a good guy, a friend for a very long time. Thats what the president said. And the two of course do seem particularly close in photo after photo. Here they are greeting the tesla ceo, elon musk, in the state dining room as trump signs an Executive Order about the oil pipeline industry. And this, trump speaking on the phone with vladimir putin, and who is there . Steve bannon. And then when they worked together in the white house, check this out, their offices, steps apart. In fact the only person who sat closer to the president of the United States than bannon was President Trumps soninlaw, jared kushner. Even the official chief of staff, reince priebus, sat farther away from President Trump. And of course as trump knows well from his real estate days, power is all about location, location, location. Slamming bannon, though, was only part of the white house operation today. The Press Secretary tried to rip the book itself and its author, Michael Wolff. Could you
More gunshots as prosecutors punch what they believe are big holes in pistorius story. Oscar pistorius coffers his face in public now, arriving for a second day of his bond hearing. Today, comes stunning detail, the chief Police Investigator says they have witness statements from a woman who says she heard what sounded Like Fighting coming from the home for a full hour, between 2 00 and 3 00 that morning, then heard gunshots. The defense pointed out she lived nearly 2,000 feet away. Another witness who claims he heard gunshots, looked out his window to see lights on at pistorius home and heard a woman scream two or three times, he says, followed by another few gunshots. Police also say they found steroids, testosterone with needles for injection in pistorius bedroom. The defense countered that was an herbal remedy forcing police to concede it might not have been tess ter rone. They said he would have had to walk down a 23 foot hallway, go into the bathroom and shoot at an angle from th
Christians. One of the executioners speaking in english, with an american accent. Egypt hit back with its own air strikes. I. S. I. S. Says italy will be next. Security has already been beefed up at st. Peters. But the biggest advances and reportedly the worst atrocities have come where washington claims to be making the most progress, in iraq which is starting to look like a failed state. In the north, we saw firsthand last week how Kurdish Forces have been under attack near the city of irbil. They turned back a major i. S. I. S. Assault. Thats richard engel. And the papers across the country, reporting on the president s summit at the white house. The new york post, not positive saying the president doesnt seem to see the threat from islamic terror. Obviously, this debate raged. And president obama tried to get off the defensive by taking on those criticizing his administration by refusing to call islamic terrorists well islamic terrorists. He jumped into the debate during the second
Could her bosses at abc have prevented it with a simple dose of tlc . And has the coverage of her protest been sexist . And later this hour, remembering an icon. Prince and how he never stopped trying to fight against an evolving entertainment business and control it on his own terms. Lets begin with donald trump, or as hes now being called, disciplined donald. All these descriptions of trump the entertainer are looking dated. Hes completely uneducated about any part of the world. I just think this is just an extension of his reality show the apprentice. This is just theater. We are not electing an entertainer in chief. Hes a classic reality tv character. Hes an entertainer. Its not what a leader does. But at the end of the day, hes still a [ bleep ] clown. Now, meyers, was about a month old. Heres what trumps newly hired Senior Adviser Paul Manafort was recorded saying to the rnc. As we present him in more formal settings, as opposed to the settings on the campaign trail, youll start
Rattling the west wing, author michael wolf on the today show. What hes saying in face of the threats from the president. The book as of 61 minutes ago on sale coast to coast. Days earlier than expected. My credibility is being questioned by a man who has less credibility than perhaps anyone who has walked on earth at this point. Reporte with us now to kick off the show, Michael Schmidt, Nbcs Kristen Welker is standing by at the white house, also onset here, former Deputy Assistant attorney general, robert driscoll, and our panel for the next 60 minutes, White House Reporter for bloomberg, shani pettypiece and nick johnson. Lets get to it and drilldown on the New York Times report. Because you need to know what is in it and what we didnt know before. So michael, i want to start off with this graphic here. This morning President Trump is telling the white house lawyer apparently back in march to instruct the attorney general Jeff Sessions to stay on in the russia probe. Nbc news has jus