Nice. Reporter new york. Thank you so much for joining us again tonight. Up next is ac 360. John berman in for Anderson Cooper tonight. The president says hes an Excellent Guy, so why did he just give him a shove out the door . Was it something he said . John berman here in for anderson. Those are the two questions tonight about departing white House Counsel don mcgahn. Mr. Mcgahn found out he was departing the same way secretary of state Rex Tillerson did, by reading the president s twitter feed. That tweet says white House Counsel don mcgahn will be leaving his position in the fall, shortly after the confirmation, hopefully, of judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States supreme court. I have worked with doug for a long time and truly appreciate his service. And sure enough, when the president was asked about it this afternoon, he had nothing but praise. A good man, a very good man. Don, Excellent Guy. Don mcgahn is a really good guy. Been with me a long time. Privately before this he
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kusi. oh, well, apparently we don t have that. i trust you that he explained it and i will say we re at a time your recitation of the allegations took more time than we have. the show is only three hours long. and that list goes on and on and on. it really is remarkable. and riverdance on top of it all. yeah. and so he says, john, that he doesn t want his kids to go through a trial but his wife did already plead guilty. she might have flipped on him at a trial. and also there could be politics at play. he narrowly won in 2018 with all this hanging over his head. doesn t look like he ll stand again and he says president trump right now needs all the support he can get. nick watt for us in los angeles. i believe that two republican congressmen who endorsed president trump first, chris collins and duncan hunter pleading guilty to federal crimes. who knew that being a congressman could be so lucrative and luxurious.
that meeting president trump had with the taliban before announcing on twitter the meeting was canceled. the president says he canceled the meeting after for a bombing in kabul last thursday that killed an american soldier, and 11 others. trump tweeted in part, what kind of people would kill so many in order to seemingly strengthen their bargaining position? they didn t. they only made it worse. if they cannot agree to a cease fire during these very important peace talks, and would even kill 12 innocent people, they probably don t have the power to negotiate a meaningful agreement anyway. u.s. officials tell nbc news that discussions about meeting with the taliban leaders began about a week ago. we re told president trump first decided to hold a meeting with the group and the president of afghanistan in washington, but later came up with the idea of hosting them at camp david. as the new york times notes, quote what would have been one of the biggest headline grabbing moments of his