Good evening. In a startling reversal from just 24 hours ago, the president of the United States got on the phone today and really spoke his mind about russia. He said what a terrible thing it was that russia likely with Vladimir Putins say so poisoned a putin opponent and others with a highly toxic poison. He said russia needs to be held accountable and promised action to do it. The only problem was he wasnt speaking to Vladimir Putin on the phone. He was talking to the president of france. Thats right. He really gave the president of france a piece of his mind today. Yesterday this is what he said about his call with putin. I had a call with president putin and congratulated him on the victory, his electoral victory. He congratulated him, which according to the washington post, as you probably know by know, his briefers in capital letters warned him not to do. He failed to mention the whole poisoning on the soil of a nato ally thing, which the same briefers urged him to do according
Putin and congratulated him on the victory, his electoral victory. He congratulated him which according to the Washington Post as you know by now his briefers in capital letters washed him not to do. He failed to mention poisoning on the nato ally, which they urged him to do according to the Washington Post. There is no law the president says he has to take their advice. He is the president. He gets the final say. What he does not get, however, is a pass. Keeping him honest, he is a grown up making grown up decisions perhaps about the fate of all of us and those decisions deserve scrutiny. Especially when his discussions on russia have people raising serious questions. I think hes afraid of the president of russia. Why . One can speculate as to why, that the russians may have something on him personally, that they could always roll out and make his life more difficult. The russians i think have had long experience with mr. Trump and may have things that they could expose. Something per
Update from texas. And were working on this story. The Trump Administration is ramping up its crackdown on sanctuary cities. President trump held a discussion at the white house yesterday. You saw that. The commander in chief insisting this is a fight. His administration will win. Youre watching outnumbered. Im harris faulker. Here today. Sandra smith, lisa booth. Theyre all waving, i love when they do that. Goodness gracious, so much information. Former director of Strategic Communications adrienne elrod. Lieutenant wave. Put your hand in the air and wave commentator and ed core in chief of campus reform. Org, Lawrence Jones from the great state of texas is here. Sandra started a movement. And a cough drop. I will remove it shortly. Very happy to be here again. Second heim. Harris i like the new look, the fashion with glasses, i know youre bringing it. Thank you. Harris hes based in d. C. Lets get to the news. The war between the white house and sanctuary citys is heating up. Yesterda
The truth is the white house thinks somewhat opaque about the circumstances surrounding the alleged conflict. I dont have details to share with you. I promise as soon as we learn more this week, we will pass it along to viewers on fox news. We were talking about joe digenova an outstanding attorney, bombastic and bulldog attorney, hes been called by some others. A man previously suggested the president may have been targeted by the d. O. J. And the fbi in this russia probe. Well he and his wife as you see there, Victoria Toensing, accomplished attorney in heroin right will now not join the trump team. Heres a statement from jay sekulow he adds now this and a pair of tweets from the president this morning about his legal team. He took aim about suggestions he was having trouble filling positions on his legal squad. He said this he adds so as you see once again, rick, the president being a pugilist in social media fighting back as always. Of course, and kevin, there are questions tonight
Said in all capital letters, do not congratulate putin on his victory. A source now tells nbc news that chief of staff john kelly is frustrated and deeply disappointed, not with the fact that the president congratulated putin, but with the leaker. And as this is placing out, the president is making it Crystal Clear to the public what is on his mind today. Can you guess where . Twitter of course. Hes criticizing a range of enemies, the leaker, Robert Muellers investigation, and of course democrats. Who was barred from todays twitter rant, putin and any actual criticism against russia. Strange. Following this from the white house for us is my dear friend and colleague kristen welker. Please, take me inside. What is going on inside of that white house. I get it. It has to be deeply upsetting if you are john kelly or the president that one of your closest advisers is leaking to the press, but maybe they are leaking because they think it is a National Security issue. Reporter right. And thi