From the middle east. i don t believe in any of these wars. i think they are all a mistake. he has a lot of promises to fill. howie: gillian turner, thanks for doing double duty. after the break, paul ryan retiring as speaker and some pundits say that means the republicans will lose the house. maybe that s a
Track cal and practical matter. the networks were on lockdown waiting for something to happen. howie: that sounds like start the show. gillian: that s my cynical answer. guy: it could be they are holding the president to his own timeline. he hinted it would be very soon and it wasn t. howie: let s get to msnbc s coverage. moments after the president addressed the nation, here is what rachel maddow had to say. there are national security consequences to having a presidency that is as chaotic as mr. trump s presidency, consume bid scandal and criminal
Deeply entrenched and overrun by political actors. it sees into the comey accusations. howie: it may have cost bob mueller his interview with trump. but what gave the story rocket fuel is trump calling it a break-in and saying it was an attack on our country. guy: i think those are you be fair attacks from the president. there is a whole process. a federal judge. it went up the chain of command at doj. a number of trump appointees were in that chain of command. to me the media coverage was merited and this story is significant. i think the robe we are seeing the president reacting the way
About what they say about it and they are not what s taking place. howie: why are people in trump world leaking to the press. because already still people who serve inside this administration who don t want to see this president be successful. and those who people who don t support this administration. but i see people like john beale on and larry kudlow, people who had longstanding associations with the president. this administration needs more people like that. howie: good to talk to you, appreciate it. coming up, more on the u.s. airstrikes against syria. do the media root for military intervention?
Of the trump campaign. i interacted with michael on a fairly regular basis. particularly more at the beginning of the campaign. all of my email communication as it related to my tenure to the donald trump campaign. the campaign turned over all those emails. anything anyone is looking for has been turned over to any respected authority who asked for them. i can t speak for miss hicks. but i believe all the campaign emails were turned over. if there is anything authorities want to see they have access to those emails. howie: jim comey is pushing his new book. there has been a lot of journalistic finger wagging. the president called him a slime ball.