General running the Justice Department in transition waiting for Jeff Sessions in effect to be approved as the you in attorney general back in january. But there came a day during just the second week of the Trump Presidency when she called the white house and asked the president s lawyer if they could meet. She said she had something important to tell him. Now we know it was about president Trumps National security adviser at the time, retired general Michael Flynn. Sally yates told the president s lawyer that mike flynn was potentially vulnerable to blackmail and had been compromised by the russians. We began our meeting telling him that there had been press accounts of statements from the Vice President and others that related conduct that mr. Flynn had been involved in that we not to be the truth. The first thing we did was to explain to mr. Mcgann that the underlying conduct was problemate it in and of itself. Secondly, we told him we felt like the Vice President and others were e
Shocking revelations involving the fbis handling of its investigation into Hillary Clintons email server. Fbi agent peter strzok and fbi lawyer lisa page new Hillary Clinton knew Hillary Clinton would not face any charges. They did it. Bill belichick and tom brady and the run by dion lewis, touchdown. Super bowl 52 in two weeks. Rocking like a hurricane here i am rocking like a hurricane brian i dont know if i can laugh at that. Steve thats funny. Brian thats a steel pole. Steve its an i beam. The guy wanted to make the train but the train doors were closed and the subway was going. Somebody for some reason was taking pictures. And its our shot of the morning. Brian maybe it was a friend of his. Ainsley the team won. At least he is happy about that. Brian he probably doesnt even know it. I dont think he has come to yet. Ainsley poor guy. You know, when the train is going already. Why we continue to run. Steve exactly, the doors are closed. So excited because eagles won. Ainsley maybe h
Closed, shuttered, gone. 6 million jobs at least, gone. And now theyre starting to come back. You see whats happening with chrysler. With fox con. With so many other companies wanting to come back into the United States. Right now, the dow reacting. You can look there. The dow down just over 400. S p, nasdaq, both down. They have been down all morning. Again, just a few moments ago, the president announcing his latest round of tariffs. This time against china. 50 billion in tariffs. Tomorrow, his steel tariffs are set to go into effect. Today, the conservative Editorial Board of the wall street journal excorating the president. Saying, quote, he will pay a price for his policy and he should. Nbcs Kristen Welker at the white house. Ron insana standing by as well. Let me start with kristen. What do we hear from the president . Well, this is a significant announcement, craig. The fact that President Trump announced just moments ago, 50 billion. He said its actually going to be closer to 6
Were following breaking news in the russia investigation. The wall street journal reporting tonight that the special counsel, robert mueller, is looking into a claim by trump ally, roger stone, that he met in 2016 with Julian Assange, the founder of wikileaks that released dnc emails hacked by russia. The journal reports that during grand jury testimony, muellers team has specifically asked about an email in which stone said he had dinner with Julian Assange. Ill get reaction from the former cia director, leon panetta. And our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. First, lets go to our justice correspondent, evan perez. Evan, why would the this alleged stone assange meeting be significant . Well, wolf, it would be a big piece of information for the special counsel, simply because this lies at the center of what the special counsel, robert mueller, is supposed to be investigating, which is whether or not there was any illegal coordination between People Associated with the D
He sure did. The big ragu they call him. Good game. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im rene marsh. Im dave briggs. Congrats to villanova fans. It is 4 00 a. M. Breaking news. A classified memo revealing special Counsel Robert Mueller is authorized to pursue collusion charges against the president s former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort. The documents highlights payments to manafort from the Ukrainian Government which have links to Russian Politicians and operatives. The memo says the link compels them to examine russian efforts of interference in 2016. The payments from ukraine to manafort is the basis for financial crimes charges he faces. Manafort wants the charges dismissed claiming beyond muellers scope because ukraine is unrelated to the campaign. The declassified memo was written in august by Deputy Attorney general rod rosenstein. It shows rosensteins strong backing for the special counsel despite attacks from the president. The wall street journal reporting that Robert M