The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. The latest news from around the world with hosts John Berman and Poppy Harlow. The 2016 election including some of President Trumps primary opponents. This does spook to trumps own administration. Speak to trumps own administration. The only person who doesnt see this is the president himself. This morning a series of tweets from the president but none condemning this. I was reminded instantly reading this of marco rubio. Marco rubio, the republican running for president in 2016 warned when the john Podesta Emails were coming out through wikileaks i want to warn my fellow republicans who may want to capitalize politically on these leaks, today its the
intelligence agencies and in term of being able to stop this . I dont know that its u. S. Intelligence agencies or the president himself. There are two ways you can deter this conduct. One is to make it impossible for the adversary to succeed. You impose such a
abby, thanks for the reporting. susan hennessey, let me bring you back in to get a few beets with you on all of this. let me read you the quote from the president where he tells reuters yeah, i think a sit down with mueller could be a perjury trap. it s my word against comey s and he s best friends with mueller so mewl might say well i believe comey and if i m telling the truth that makes me a liar, that s not good. i don t know that comey and mueller are best friends. that aside, comey does have contemporaneous memos that could hold weight in the eyes of mueller s team but if it would be comey s word versus the president s word on the obstruction issue, doesn t it have to do with whatteer witnesses say and who is corroborated by other witnesses? it goes to the basic question of what perjury is. perjury is not bob mueller saying i believe one person or the other. a perjury trap doesn t mean what