Words of violence and death. Be cautious. The u. S. President appears to have been responding to this quote from Iranian State media, speaking to diplomats sunday. Irans president reportedly said, mr. Trump, we are the honest man and guarantor of the safety of the waterway of the region throughout history. Do not play with the lions tail. It is regrettable. Peace with iran is the mother of peace and war with iran is the mother of wars. President trumps top diplomat also taking aim at iran. Listen here to the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompeo, what he had to say on sunday. The bitter irony of the Economic Situation in iran is that the regime uses this same time to line its own pockets while its people cry out for jobs and reform and for opportunity. The iranian economy is going great but only if youre a politically connected member of the elite. Mike pompeo there on sunday. For more cnns ian lee joins us live from jerusalem. Ian, dont know if theres been any reaction there to these e
Of both men combined with the public abuse of them paint a clearer picture of obstruction. The times also reports that the special counsels office is examining the president s tweets under a wide ranging obstruction of justice law that was beefed up, their word, after the enron scandal. From that times reporting, kwoelt, the investigators did not explicitly say they were examining possible witness tampering, but the nature of the questions they want to ask the president and the fact that they are scrutinizing his actions under a section of the United States code titled, quote, tampering with a witness victim or an informant, raise concerns for his lawyers about mr. Trumps exposure in the investigation. Joining us now mike schmidt who broke this story along with his colleague Maggie Haberman is at the table along with mimi rocca, former assistant attorney in southern drilkt of new york where everything is happening. Jonathan lemire and former u. S. Attorney joyce vance. Lucky for us all
With his base is at a record high, there is new evidence of a blue wave building. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening, im katy tur in new york in for chuck todd. Welcome to mtp daily. We begin tonight with all the president s men. Clearly fueling all the president s tweets and all the president s threats. The latest being a threat to revoke the security clearances of his political rivals. This comes as three key members of the trump team, his campaign chief, his personal attorney and his campaigns Foreign Policy advisor are at the center of a dizzying series of traumatic legal developments and revelations connected to the russia investigation. In response, the president is lashing out at mueller, the fbi, the media, federal judges, the Justice Department, president obama, hillary clinton, the dnc, and his political enemies, just to name a few. The president s tweet storms and threats have even gotten some folks speculating that he is spoiling for a war with iran jus
Baby, drill . Lets go outfront. Good evening. Im erin burnett. Outfront tonight, breaking news. A cnn exclusive this hour. President trump suspending white house protocol. Tonight, he says, no longer going to release summaries of his calls with foreign leaders. Its a major break from longstanding white house protocol. This breaking news from our Kaitlan Collins coming as russian president putin gives trump what appears to be the runaround. But the kremlin, as they tell you things, right, says its received trumps highly touted invitation for a second summit in washington, d. C. Tonight a russian aide, though, saying putins not ready. Telling reporters, quote, i think it would be wise to let the dust settle and then we can discuss all of these questions in a business night way, but not now. Not now . That is hardly an embrace of an invitation to come to the white house. I mean, you know, trump didnt seem to be aware of that, because hes still plowing full steam ahead with his summit. He
Well play that for you. Manigaultnewman teases another recording, this one with the president using a racial slur. The context you allege the president used the n word he was talking about africanamericans in the production during the course of the apprentice, which is unacceptable. Heres the thing, why dont we Ask Donald Trump a simple question . Donald j. Trump, have you ever used the n word . And allow him to respond. Were also tracking two headlines in the russia investigation. Rudy giuliani now saying President Trump is open to meeting with Robert Mueller, as long as it happens before september 1st. While prosecutors wrap their case against Paul Manafort today. His lawyers expected to start their defense this afternoon. Lets start with the new secret recording between President Trump and his onetime aide Omarosa Manigaultnewman. She says this is a phone conversation the day after she was fired by chief of staff john kelly. The president seemingly unaware shed been let go. Omarosa,