really extraordinary when you think about it. so sarah sanders says they re ruling it out. is the president ruling it out? we know that rand paul, senator rand paul suggested this idea. so we ll see if this is as done of an opportunity as not. but the question, anderson, will the president stop talking about all of this? we ll find out. yeah. especially as bob woodward continues to do interviews, really, he s just getting going. jeff zeleny, thanks very much. joining me now is former adviser to four presidents, david gergen, trump biographer, michael d antonio, whose new book, the shadow president: the truth about mike pence is out now, and jennifer roernlgers, a former federal prosecutor, now at columbia law school. so david, waging these attacks on bob woodward, they may play well with the president s base, do they get the white house anything beyond that? no, this is they ve embraced a communications strategy that is a loser. it s coming back to haunt them now. the fact that
can be included in the report, whether it s grand jury material or material covered by executive privilege. that is sort of an issue that s hanging out there that i don t think many people have thought about yet. it s not just that this report will be written, it s that what can be included in it and who, if anyone, will object to it before it comes out. so, there is at this moment where you re both agreeing and we ll end on this which is you both agree there not be a report before the election and that we could see a subpoena this week? and we re probably both going to be wrong. yes. i thought hillary clinton was going to win the last election, so that shows what i know. give me these five minutes of my life back. thank you very much. john? something is clearly wrong. when they agree, we are in for something. there s major news in itself that something is going to happen next. does mike pence, the vice president of the united states, want to save donald trump? a former tru
campaign. the only reason i gave him the job because i thought loyalty. pick a trump biographer and they will tell you for donald trump it s all about loyalty but for those around him that tends to be a one way street. trump bashed his attorney general jeff sessions non-stop, reportedly ridiculing him with cruel nicknames and berating him in public. up until now it seemed like the idea of trump firing sessions in the middle of the mueller probe would be a non-starter for his former republican senate colleagues. well, much like their once-tough stances on russia and whether donald trump was fit to be president, that may be changing. the president is entitled to an attorney general he has fate in, somebody qualified for the job and i think there will come a time sooner rather than later where it will be time to have a new face and fresh voice at the department of justice.
what great parents they were. and that is what we need to get back to. and if we look at why things are so functional today, maybe not having john mccain on the stage when we need him to be is one of those reasons. doug, thank you so much. back to the breaking news, yet another long time confidant of donald trump making a deal with the feds for immunity. are some of the president s most loyal insiders now turning on him? a trump biographer joins us next. and president trump tee parting the white house with melania trump by his side, trump who has had plenty to say on twitter about former lawyer michael cohen s deal with prosecutors choosing to ignore questions with his wife by his side, what must have been going through melania s mind this week. we ll discuss. when you start sleeping on a tempur-pedic, the difference you feel is night. and day. feel the difference at our labor day sales event, purchase a tempur-pedic luxe, elite, or breeze mattress and enjoy up to $550 off. or get a
agreements in the west wing, absolutely we do. the idea is to make someone very afraid. afraid primarily for their reputation and their bank account. reporter: some on the trump team say other administrations have forced white house staffers to sign ndas. a former obama communications director says she knows of no one in the white house that had to sign one. i was never asked to sign a noen nondisclosure agreement agreement on the obama campaign or kerry campaign, except for classified information. reporter: donald trump has a history of ndas for business and private life. this agreement is the one drawn up between he and stormy daniels who says she once had an affair with trump. a trump biographer says his obsession with ndas speaks volumes about trump s inner circles and his own paranoia. this idea of someone speaking negatively about him does enrage