heat across the country. thanks for joining us. the situation room starts now happening. now, the biden campaign slams donald trump as a convicted criminal who s only out for him self, in a staving new app. this as trump has been plotting, 20 21st strategy with house speaker mike johnson, were tracking the rising tensions and the sharpening attacks just ahead of the historic biden trump debate on cnn. also tonight, a potentially ominous meeting reveal as russia she s bladder, we re putting is set to hold talks with kim jong-un in north korea, the us, raising concerns as two of its fiercest adversaries looked to strengthen their alliance against the west i m a very fast moving california wildfire explodes in size, fueled by hot, gusty winds and forcing evacuations extremely rather endangering millions of americans including large swaths of the country at risk of record heat welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world i will blitzer urine the the sit
go after my family, and he has been going after his family for about a year now, and it raises the question is it the russia investigation, the reason bannon called that meeting treasonous, and is that why trump reacted the way he has. i think the president could come out looking a bit better amonths establishment republicans if they have to choose to side with bannon or donald trump, and mitch mcconnell has not been a great friend to bannon and not fondly of him and this may reinforce the support for the president. i think in the long-term, though, this book is not going to be a best-seller here, and it s going to sell overseas, and a lot of those are trying to figure out what is going on in the president s head, and hearing his top aides calling him names does not bode well for
approach, embrace of institutions we ve seen in the establishment of both parties in recent decades. and for that reason bannon is a threat, not because he s in the president s ear, but because he s going against how we as reporters, as politicians have always considered the norms of american life, american order and foreign policy. jonathan, i want to play a snippet of bannon describing his position in the president s life. we ll talk about it after this. the united states senate in particular has been done i think a terrible job appointing president trump. [ applause ] and let me say something about president trump. i ve had the great honor of being the ceo of the campaign, then being his chief strategist and senior counselor in the white house, and now i m proud to say his wing man outside. the wing man outside. what percentage and this calls for an abject guess on
they have maintained contact chatting many times a week according to multiple associates of boeing of them. the conversations are dictated by the whims of the president who dials his former chief strategist when something he reads, watches or hears peaks his interest. steve bannon being the so-called whisperer for trump, a friend and confidant, what is more important about bannon at this moment in the country is if you compare him to senator mccain and senator mccain s recent speech, they are at opposite views of where this country should go, especially with regard to foreign policy. senator mccain said in his speech about half-baked spurious nationalism. that was his quote. and he was not referencing, not really president trump s policy in any specific way, but bannon s world view. bannon wants to unravel the american internationalist approach, embrace of institutions we ve seen in the establishment of both parties in recent decades. and for that reason bannon is a threat, not becau
and for that reason bannon is a threat not because he s in the president s ear but he s going against how we as reporters, politicians have always considered the norms of american life, order in foreign policy. jonathan, i want to reply a snippet of bannon describing his position in the president s life. we ll talk about it after this. the united states senate in particular has done, i think, a terrible job supporting president trump. and let me say something about president trump. i ve had the great honor of being the ceo of his campaign and being his chief strategist and senior counsel in his white house and now i m proud to say his wing man outside sfwhoo the wng man outside. what percentage, this calls for an abject guess on your part probably, what percentage of the republican party does that man in that black blazer represent?