sacrifices yesterday, president trump was inside the white house. his staff announced the so-called travel lid at 10:00 a.m. monday morning, meaning he was not expected to hold any public events for the entire day. trump was also absent for the tradition of commander in chief attending a wreath laying ceremony at arlington national cemetery. other senior members of trump s campaign including john kelly went in his stead. the president used the holiday to fire off nine tweets. he weighed in on the florida recount, claiming that large numbers of new ballots showed up out of nowhere. many of the ballots he referenced are in fact from american troops serving overseas. still ahead this morning amazon reportedly picks two cities for its new east coast headquarters. plus, the market struggles continue as the dow sheds 600
to the attorney general, rudy giuliani and his team, saying that the president expressing his opinion. nothing more. he wasn t ordering his attorney general to do anything. help us understand the defense that the president s attorneys are beginning to coalesce. well, david, so we re outside bedminster here. we haven t seen the president today, nor do we expect to. they have called a travel lid, keeping there won t be any events. we have heard from him. those tweets are jarring. this something the white house has grappled with since trump took office. a few weeks into the administration, sean spicer, then press secretary, said they should be considered formal statement. when you have the president saying things like this, asking jeff sessions to end the probe, saying today that, acknowledging the true meaning of that trump tower meeting with his son and the kremlin-connected lawyer, people are going to take them seriously even as white house officials sometimes behind the scenes try t
hold? plus, the white house perhaps on the verge of reversing its decision on military tribunals. we ll talk with a reporter who broke that story this morning, the washington post s anne kornblut. but first, washington speak, a favorite of ours, the lid. that s the white house of saying no more press events, like a travel lid. no more travel. or a photo lid, meaning you won t see the president in public again. like putting a lid on this segment. let s. come on, kiddo, let s go. [ laughs ] hold on a second. come on up here where your brothers sit. [ birds chirping ] wow! did i ever tell you what it was like growing up with four sisters? that sounds fun. yeah.fun for them! [ male announcer ] chevy traverse. a consumers digest best buy. with a 100,000 mile powertrain warranty. it seats eight comfortably not that it always has to.