meeting, that donald trump jr. had. and of course early yerl today the white house spokes william sarah huckabee sanders said the president only learned about the meeting in the last couple of days because of the news reports. but there is no indication of a broader strategy within the white house they ve really been trying to isolate this russia issue and keep it focused with the legal defense team. so of the four of us i mean this in the nicest way katie tur you spent the most time hanging around the lobby of trump tower. today as well. today what was going on in time in the life of the trump campaign? i know you ve been writing a book. so a lot of this you ve just been through all over again. yeah. what was going on back then. this is june 9th, 2016 this was a pivot altime he was face ago serious deg git fight at the convention it was unclear he would be able to hold on to the nomination. the campaign brought in somebody who knew how to do that his name was paul manafo
sarah huckabee sanders said the president only learned about the meeting in the last couple of days because of the news reports. but there is no indication of a broader strategy within the white house they ve really been trying to isolate this russia issue and keep it focused with the legal defense team. so of the four of us i mean this in the nicest way katie tur you spent the most time hanging around the lobby of trump tower. today as well. today what was going on in time in the life of the trump campaign? i know you ve been writing a book. so a lot of this you ve just been through all over again. yeah. what was going on back then. this is june 9th, 2016 this was a pivot altime he was face ago serious deg git fight at the convention it was unclear he would be able to hold on to the nomination. the campaign brought in somebody who knew how to do that his name was paul manafort. cory lewandowski was the campaign manager. and there was a power struggle between manafort and
ultimately, you know, the question is going to be, what exactly would they do? how far would they go to get there? and at the very least this does make it seem like there was at least a willingness about the idea of collusion. and this needs to be said as we bring the first segment to an end. this is a big development tonight, another one that came out, not the result of disclosure at a government level as much as it did the result and hard work of a free press, despite charges of fake news all around us. our thanks to three members of that robust news media, katie tur with michael schmidt phil rucker thank you for tonight. coming up the chief ethics lawyer in the george w. bush administration weighs in when the 11th hour continues. you hear these stories
national committee emails. at this point probably a good idea to bring in our starting panel as we start a new week. starting with the panelist katie tur who covered the donald trump campaign effort from the beginning. be michael schmidt back from the new york times and msnbc national contributor. you heard him questioning sarah huckabee sanders. phillip rucker washington pos bureau chief and newly minted msnbc political analyst from his seat at the white house. welcome to you all. michael i ll begin with you. just about every night there is a a print journalism development that causes us to ask a nice guest like you, usually a print journalist, how does this change everything? and i ll ask that about the reporting of your colleagues at the new york times. how does tonight s story now change everything? well, this story by my colleagues really raises new questions about why is it we
the white house knew this was coming, this is again an area where there was no apparent strategy. has there been a reaction tonight to this? not yet. we ve seen the president s private personal lawyer say that he knew nothing about in about this meeting, that donald trump jr had. and of course early today the white house spokesperson sarah huckabee sanders said the president only learned about the meeting in the last couple of days because of the news reports. but there is no indication of a broader strategy within the white house they ve really been trying to isolate this russia issue and keep it focused with the legal defense team. so of the four of us i mean this in the nicest way katie tur you spent the most time hanging around the lobby of trump tower. today as well. today what was going on in time in the life of the trump campaign? i know you ve been writing a book. so a lot of this you ve just been through all over again. yeah. what was going on back then? th