wolff s book about the conversations that happened on air force one between the president and others following the trump tower meeting. the president insisted the meeting in trump tower was simply about russian adoption policy, and that s what was discussed, period, period, and even though it was not certain that the times had incriminating e-mail chain, and in fact it was quite possible ivanka and jared and the lawyers knew about the times had the e-mail chain. what we know from the new york times reporting, mueller knows this and is examining this as a false statement. significance? all of the revelations in the book are in a separate category, because those are going to be pressure tested presumably under oath by the mueller investigation. michael wolff left a lot of bread crumbs these investigators
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
of the democratic successes, and electorally, it s the biggest threat to them in 2018. thank you so much for being with us. guys, a lot to digest today. and into tonight, i should say, be sure to watch the special report, the trump russia investigation that airs at 10:00 eastern only on cnn. meantime, there s a bright spot for the president this morning. there is. it s about to hit in two minutes when the opening bell rings. the dow hit a major milestone yesterday and a new jobs report is out and it s strong and we re on it next. i have been diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer. when i met my team at ctca, they put together a comprehensive plan, that gave me an opportunity to accomplish my goals, and my dreams.
hearing from the author of the book himself, michael wolff, answering questions about how fit the people closest to the president think he is for this job. one of the overarching themes according to your reporting, everybody around the president, family members, senior advisers, every one of them questions his intelligence and fitness for office. let me put a marker in the sand here. 100% of the people around him. no ambiguity there. let s go to the white house. kaitlan collins joins us. the man that wrote it all is now speaking. what is the white house saying? they are bushing back on so many aspects of the book, john and poppy, but the president specifically pushing back on the idea that michael wolff had a lot of access to him specifically and last night he tweeted saying i authorized zero
between the truth and what they were saying and it begs the question, hey, what were they saying to the fbi, what were they saying in the moments in which they were being interviewed where a lie would be c consequential. these are lies that have been out there for months, and in an interview with 60 minutes said the firing of comey was the worst political move in modern history. this is something he had been forecasting for months prior to the book coming out. we have a lot more to discuss. ron brownstein brought up the issue of fitness, calling the president s fitness for office directly, and he said he s not alone, saying 100% of the people around the president feel the same way. stocks, well, what a week.