let s listen to what sean spicer said today in the white house briefing about the investigation and its focus on jared kushner. i m wonder, sean, if you can tell us when the knew whether the president knew at the time that jared kushner was seeking to establish back channel communications at the russian embassy to the russian governor. i think that assumes a lot. mr. kushner s attorney has said that he s volunteered to share what congress what he knows about these meetings and he ll do the same if he s connected with any other inquiry. sean spicer did not try to push that single source to fox news story that it was the other way around. it was the russians who are trying to get the back channel. that s what the president was pushing this morning. sean spicer stayed out of it. he did not deny that he sought that. and the administration basic defense, back channels are appropriate and they are, but three things dispatch channel
the legislative filibuster has been there a long time. everybody has been up or down, majority or minority at various times. we all understand that s what makes the senate the senate. are you committing that under your leadership you will never remove the legislative filibuster? correct. we are joined now by jonathan from new york magazine and the author of the book audacity and the editor in chief of wright wisconsin. that statement by mitch mcconnell is appropriate tonight because the president tweeted again recently that he wants to get rid the 60-vote rule in the senate. the so-called filibuster mitch mcconnell saying absolutely not. what does it mean to the agenda in the congress now that the arteries are clogs with scandal investigations in congress. ? it limits issues they can tackle and how they can tackle them. there are many things the
germany. she understood what the u.s. meant to germany in terms of the change in history. she understands germany s history and how she s always going to draw back and never go too far because she knows europe will be get worried and concerned about nationalism and where it might head. paul understands the history of france as the liberty and so he has really stepped forward as very young president of france, no with lots of experience, but in a totally different way than president trump has. he has come with history, with sentiment, as you said, with a deep understanding of the importance of the relationship. and you mentioned the president s concern about automobiles, the ironny is that bmw exports more automobiles from spartanburg, california, from the united states to the rest of the world than any other auto maker in the united states.
team or not, everyone in there is basically talking to the media. the principles all have their own staff and chief of staff and communications person and it seems to me like most of them spent more of the time they probably should talking to reporters, talking to the pres., on the record, more often than not, off the record. there s so much leaking and mixed messaging and frustration and it s gotten to a point where it s really toxic as one of those reports you quoted stated and i think fixing that also will fall on the president. let s listen to what sean spicer had to say about possible changes. of course, this is a guy that s open speculation about him possibly getting kicked out of there at any moment. let s listen to this. i don t think there s anything that we haven t said before about how the president has unbelievable qualified cabineand we ve utilized them a ton in the past if we can continue to do that on
that s why we re talking about, in part, people like david. i m told that the speculation having an actual job inside the white house, that s less likely, perhaps, than having a position actually official west wing job. you know, donald trump prioritizes loyalty over competence, over pretty much everything else. corey, even though he s run afoul of the trump children and all the rnc officials, donald trump still has a soft spot because above all else he knows he s loyal. if you look at who the president brought in to the meeting with the pope. it wasn t the political folks. it was the three people who make him feel good. pope and dan, the guy who post his tweets and videos. those are the people trump feels close to right now and corey fits that mode. thank you both for joing us then, appreciate it. coming up.