annual g 7 summit. chief national affairs correspondent jeff zeleny is up bright and early traveling with the president in brussels. the white house is laying out expectations for the nato summit. what are you hearing behind the scenes? reporter: well, good morning. president biden is going to be arriving here to nato. as you said, it s his first time here as commander in chief but not to nato overall. he s carrying the message he s been delivering throughout his european tour of america is back. of course, no place like here at nato is that america first agenda from the former trump era still echoing. of course, it was some three years ago right here where president trump threatened to withdrawal from the military alliance. that s ancient history, at least for now. there are questions about the commitment of the u.s. but president biden made a brief reference to this yesterday as he traveled here to brussels. we do not view nato as a sort of protection bracket. we believ
the new york times published its first article on the pentagon papers. reflecting on the significance of the history it created, the new york times writing today, quote, the lies revealed in the papers were of a generational scale. and for much of the american public it seeded a suspicion of government that is even more widespread today. remember a few years later came watergate, a scandal that forced a president to resign and raised even more distrust in government. and now, along with a republican assault on voting rights, we are learning more about efforts to dig up dirt on congressional democrats and others by donald trump s department of justice. we have learned the current doj is revealing the ordeal. but today this new york times article, trump subpoenaed apple about an account that belonged to don mcgahn. apple was barred from telling mcgahn about it. apple has not responded to the times. an attorney for mcgahn and the doj declined to comment. the senate majorit
Seated a suspicion of government that is even more widespread today. Remember, a few years later kim watergate a scandal that forced the president to resign and raised even more distrust in government. And now along with republican assault on voting rights we re learning more about efforts to dig up dirt on congressional democrats and others at donald trump s department of justice. The current chief doj s inspector general is now in the ordeal. But today this breaking news in the new york times revealing that in february 2018 trump s doj subpoenaed apple for information about an account that belong to former white house counsel don mcgahn. According to two of the new york times sources apple was barred from telling mcgahn about. It the doj declined to comment. The senate majority leader wants answers. What has happened here are fingerprints of a dictatorship, not as democracy. No one likes the idea that if the president s mad, he can just go forth with setting personal phone that are o
Of distrust in government exposing the deception by consecutive presidential administrations regarding the vietnam war. The lives revealed were of a generational scale and for much of the american public this grand deception seeded a suspicion of go of the that is more widespread today. A few years later came watergate, forced a president to resign and raised more distrust in government and now along with the republican assault on voting rights, we are learning more about efforts to dig up dirt on congressional democrats and others by donald trump s department of justice. The current doj s inspector general is reviewing the ordeal but today this breaking news from the new york times revealing in february of 2018 trump s doj subpoenaed apple for information about an account that belonged to former white house counsel don mcgahn. Apple was barred from telling mcgahn about it. Apple has not responded to the times. The senate majority leader wants answers. What has happened here are finger
Of at least two democrats on the house intelligence committee, aides, and family members. One was a minor. Records of at least a dozen people tied to the committee were seized in 2017 and early 18, including those of representative adam schiff of california, then the panel s top democrat and now its chairman. Times reporter katie benner shares a byline on this story. She is standing by to join us and a moment earlier this evening, congressman schiff spoke to rachel maddow on this network about the unprecedented and disturbing nature of all of it. This looks like a patent abuse of the department, yet another example of the president politicizing using the department of justice as a cudgel to go after his enemies. The first, most important norm postwatergate is the president of the united states does not get involved in particular cases at the justice department. The president of the united states doesn t urge the department to investigate his political adversaries or his political enem