hours of that? >> no. i paid too much for this hair. let me ask you something -- you have done so much, why did you want to do this? >> why did i want to do anthony scaramucci? >> yes. >> because it was a calling. it was calling -- it was a calling from above. so i heard -- i heard the lord say, you must do this. this is your calling. go, go now, go to the studios of the comedy central. >> it's not just that you guys resemble each other, which you do -- you are both very handsome. however, your background goes right to the projected image of who anthony scaramucci is pretended to be by some people because that's not who he is. he's not a thug -- >> no. i know he's not. >> you know that world so well from your own life. >> and i'm so attracted to it and him and the paragraphado of the -- bravado of the italian american and what that is. yet, you know, the fact that they repeat themselves insend e

cz -- incense antly makes my head to want explode. >> have you heard the expression "the fish rots from the neck down?" >> i have not. >> do we have the clip of his scaramucci good-bye? please say yes. >> do we have it? >> you go look for it for yourself, "the new york times." you're going to do it again. you're going to do it on the show. >> i'm doing it on the show, it just aired. i didn't get to watch it because i'm here with you. i have a suite, we are going -- >> my wife's watching. >> sorry. >> what do we say? people are going to be watching on line forever. >> we see him being -- we see him being kind of taken out and that he has to leave. and where he's been hiding out, you see where he's been hiding out, i don't want to give it away. it's funny. the last scene is hilarious where he's taken away. >> were you surprised at how viral it went?

and the kudos of people not just saying this is funny, but that you did it so well. >> yeah. i am shocked that it went this viral. i've been doing television for years, and nothing has ever gone viral even though viral didn't exist when i was younger except with the measles, the mumps. but it -- it -- so yeah. i'm shocked. but you know, i wrote a piece for the "washington post" about being italian. did you read it? i sent it to you, texted it to you with a large -- >> i have blocked. >> you do not have me blocked. you text me all the time! >> i don't know who that is -- >> be quiet. >> yeah. it's chris -- there's a whole name for us because we have a bromance. >> what is it? >> it's can-tuomo. >> did you create it? >> no, one of my twitter fans created it -- >> twitter fans? that's an oxymoron. let me ask you something -- do you think it will keep going? anthony gave you a gift by having this online thing that

went away. >> he's delaying this now, he's not doing it. do you think he's going to end up doing it? >> i don't know. honestly, i really don't know. >> if he does -- look, i don't know what he's going to do. whatever. look, it -- this white house right now is so unpredictable, unpredict animal and the people sur-- unpredictable and the people surrounding it, whether they left or stayed. if he does this on line, who knows. you know what, i'm good staying home and watching television. >> you have made an impact. you're now part of the history of this whole deal. >> i really appreciate you pushing in and plugging me and speaking highly of me for the last week about this whole thing -- >> you did it brilliantly. even anthony scaramucci thinks so. >> he does think so. >> it is true? -- it is true. >> i've always wanted you to co-host. this is one box i can check off. >> the bucket list -- don't go -- >> i'll leave it like that. thanks for watching. i'm chris cuomo in for don lemon. appreciate you being here. take care.

the russia story is a total fabricati fabrication. it's just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of american politics. that's all it is. >> president trump fighting back after reports emerged that grand jury subpoenas have been issued in the russia investigation. and cnn has learned that special council robert mueller is following the money, investigating possible financial crimes as part of the ongoing probe into the trump campaign. good morning, and welcome back to "early start," i'm alison kosik. >> i'm dave briggs. the president fired up in west virginia last night. we'll play you some more of what he had to say. it is friday, happy friday, august 4th, 4:00 a.m. in the east. it was a major advance in the special counsel robert mueller's

investigation of russian meddling in the 2016 election. a source familiar with the matter telling cnn a grand jury has issued subpoenas relating to donald trump jr.'s meeting with the russian lawyer at trump tower. cnn has learned the subpoenas seek both documents and testimony from people involved in that meeting. mueller's team continuing to probe whether the president or any of his campaign associates colluded with russia during the presidential campaign. a probe that the president has repeatedly slammed as a witch-hunt. >> a spokesman for mueller's office declined to comment on the reports which were first reported by the "wall street journal" and reuters. the white house response coming from the special counsel to the president, ty cobb, noting in a statement that "grand jury matters are typically secret," but adding "the white house favors anything that accelerates conclusion of mueller's work fairly." and the president's outside lawyer, jay sekulow, is downplaying the importance of the subpoenas. >> this is not a surprise

because the impaneling of a grand jury in situations like this, when you've got an investigation, is typically how they move forward. that's -- it is really very much a standard operating procedure when you've got a situation like this. but with respect to the impaneling of the grand jury, we have no reasonable to believe that the president's under -- no reason to believe that the president's under investigation. >> cnn's athena jones on the road with the president in west virginia with more on his reaction. >> reporter: good morning. in the wake of news that special counsel robert mueller has issued grand jury subpoenas related to donald trump jr.'s meeting with a russian lawyer, the president's team out swinging in huntington, west virginia, in a state he won by more than 40 points in november. the president spent five minutes blasting the russia story as a "total fabrication "and a "hoax," and blasting democrats for what he called their obsession with it. listen -- >> are there any russians here tonight any russians?

they can't beat us at the voting booths, so they're trying to cheat you out of the future you want, out of the leadership you want with a fake story that is demeaning to all of us. >> reporter: president trump's latest tirade signaling he has no plans to stop talking about this ongoing investigation which he has repeatedly termed a witch hunt. >> thanks. with the fbi russia investigation now at the one-year mark, robert mueller is following the president's money. people familiar with the investigation tell cnn federal investigators have seized on president trump and his associates' financial ties to russia as potentially fertile ground for the probe. the sources describe an investigation that has widened to include possible financial crimes. >> the turn in the investigation seems to cross the red line.

president trump warned special counsel mueller in an interview last month with "the new york times." cnn's pamela brown has the latest. >> does anyone believe that story? >> reporter: the russia investigation continues to widen as federal investigators explore the potential financial ties of president trump and associates to russia. sources tell cnn financial links could offer a more concrete path to any potential prosecution. investigators are delving into possible financial crimes including some unconnected to the election. for the president, that's going too far. he's warned that delving into his businesses is a "violation." trump has maintained there's no collusion, and he has no financial ties to russia. >> and i can tell you speaking for myself, i have no loans in russia, i don't have deals in

russia. >> reporter: one year into the complex probe the fbi has reviewed financial transitions of the president and his family and campaign associates. cnn is told they've combed through shell companies and trump-branded companies. they scrutinized a roster at trump tower in manhattan reaching back several years. officials familiar with the investigation tell cnn special counsel robert mueller's people can has examined the backgrounds of associates related to trump. >> miss universe, 2013 -- >> reporter: dating back to the 2013 miss universe pageant he hosted in moscow. >> thank you for your amazing hospitality -- >> reporter: cnn could not determine whether the review included trump's tax returns. even investigative leads that have nothing to do with russia but involve trump associates are being referred to the special counsel to encourage subjects of the investigation to cooperate.

>> the entire thing has been a witch hunt. >> reporter: president trump aware of the financial focus routinely denounces the investigation. >> russia is fake news. this is fake news put out by the media. >> reporter: trump's team seeking to limit mueller's investigation. >> the president's point is he doesn't want the special council to move beyond -- the special counsel to move beyond the scope and outside of its mission. the president's been clear, as have his accountants and team, that he has no financial dealings with russia. so i think we've been extremely clear on that. >> reporter: cnn has learned new details about how mueller is running his special counsel team. more than three dozen attorneys, fbi agents, and support staff, experts in investigating fraud and financial crimes, broken into groups focused separately on collusion and obstruction of justice. there is also focus on targets like paul manafort, trump's former campaign manager, and general michael flynn, his fired national security advisers.

cnn has learned that investigators became more suspicious of manafort when they turned up intercepted communications with russian operatives, discussing efforts to work with manafort to coordinate information that could hurt hillary clinton's bid for the white house according to u.s. officials. in flynn's case, the focus is now on his lobbying work for the turkish government which he failed to initially disclose as required by law. while both deny any wrongdoing, the approach to the manafort and flynn probes may offer a template for how the focus by investigators on possible financial crimes could help gain leverage and cooperation in the investigation. the president's attorney, jay sekulow, said to senior citizen n a statement, "-- to cnn in a statement, "the president's outside counsel has not received requests for documentation or information about this. any inquiry from the special counsel that goes beyond the mandate specified in the appointment, we would object to." for context, investigators don't have to go directly to the president's lawyers to get

financial information. investigators can issue subpoenas to financial institutions and get records from the treasury department. pamela brown, cnn, washington. former national security adviser susan rice has been given permanent clearance to classified information. a senior official says current national security adviser h.r. mcmaster wrote to all his predecessors in that job extending their security clearances. the official calls this common practice and says it doesn't mean rice or other ex-national security advisers have open access to any classified data they want. some house republicans, though, have criticized rice for improper unmasking trump associates in intelligence reports. it's a stunning lead -- transcripts by the "washington post" suggesting president trump may never have intended to deliver on a campaign promise to make mexico pay for a border wall. we'll go live to the mexico for reaction next.

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we will build the wall, 100%. inpromise -- i promise, we will build the wall. and who's going to pay for the wall? >> mexico! >> who's going to pay for the wall? >> mexico! >> certainly was a rallying cry and central theme for donald trump's campaign. build a wall along mexico's border and make mexico pay for it. leaked posts suggest trump never intended to follow through on the promise. in a phone call, he tells mexico's president, "it will work out in the formula somehow. i'm willing to say that we will work it out, but you cannot say anymore that the united states is going to pay for the wall. i'm going to say that we are working it out in terms of dollars or pesos. it is the least important thing." for more on the fallout from the explosive transcripts, let's

bring in cnn's patrick ottman live from mexico city. good morning. has the government reacted at all to the leaked transcript? >> no official reaction as of yet. and it's got to be like a nightmare they can't wake up from, dave. for months, they have tried to reset relations with washington, tried to get past the issue of the law. of course that has not happened. like in the u.s., they're going line by line through the transcripts and blown away by what they read. people think that enrake a pena nieto was pushed around by president trump, others think the united states are the u.s. is so important that he can't push back it to too hard. people saying they were shocked how president trump goes from flat everything pena nieto about his elegance and speaking english to bullying him saying

there will be tariffs on mexican products, that the u.s. could send troops to mexico if mexico doesn't fight back harder against the drug cartels, a war that's cost thousands of mexican lives. many were shocked to read the president's comments. also, somewhat shocked to see that president trump at least in the transcripts seems to think the wall is something -- it's more of a political issue than an actual thing that will be built. of course, both leaders say at the end of the conversation that they will try to move past the disagreement and not talk about it anymore. of course, everyone here is talking about it. that has not worked. >> you wonder in a larger context how other world leaders will fear their conversations with president trump will be leaked, might it make them clamp down in the future. time will tell. patrick moynihan, live for us in mexico city. thank you, sir. >> interesting transcripts to

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greatest loss in the history of american politics. that's all it is. >> president trump fighting back after reports emerge that grand jury subpoenas have been issued in the russia investigation. and cnn has learned that special counsel robert mueller following the money. investigating possible financial crimes as part of the ongoing probe into the trump campaign. welcome back to "early start," everybody. i'm dave briggs. >> good morning, i'm alison kosik. it's 30 minutes past the hour. and a major advance in special counsel robert mueller's investigation of russian meddling in the 2016 election. a source familiar with the matter telling cnn a grand jury has issued subpoenas relating to donald trump jr.'s meeting with a russian lawyer at trump tower. cnn has learned the subpoenas seek both documents and testimony from people involved in that meeting. mueller's team continuing to probe whether the president or any of his campaign associates

colluded with russia during the presidential campaign. a probe the president has repeatedly slammed as a witch hunt. >> a spokesman for mueller's office declined to comment on the reports which were first posted by the "wall street journal" and reuters. the white house response come from special counsel to the president, ty cobb, noting in a statement that grand jury matters are typically secret but adding the white house favors anything that accelerates conclusion of mueller's work "fairly." the president's outside lawyer, jay sekulow, downplaying the importance of the subpoenas. >> this is not a surprise because the impaneling of a grand jury in situations like this when you've got an investigation is typically how they move forward. that -- it is really very much standard operating procedure when you've got a situation like this. but with respect to the impaneling of the grand jury, we have no reason to believe that the president's under investigation here. >> now sekulow added that his boss, donald trump, is not looking into firing robert

mueller. cnn's athena jones on the road with the president in west virginia has more on his reaction. >> reporter: good morning. in the wake of news that special counsel robert mueller has issued grand jury subpoenas related to donald trump jr.'s meeting last summer at trump tower with a russian lawyer, the president came out swinging here in huntington, west virginia. a state he won by more than 40 points in november. the president spent five minutes blasting the russia story as a "total fabrication and hoax," and blasting democrats for what he called their obsession with it. listen. >> are there any russians here tonight? any russians? they can't beat us at the voting booths, so they're trying to cheat you out of the future and the future that you want. they're trying to cheat you out of the leadership you want with a fake story that is demeaning to all of us.

>> reporter: president trump's latest tirade signaling he has no plans to stop talking about this ongoing investigation which he has repeatedly termed a witch hunt. >> thank you. with the fbi russia investigation at the one -- mark, special counsel robert mueller is following president trump's money. people familiar with the investigation tell cnn federal investigators have seized on president trump and his associates' financial ties to russia as potentially fertile ground for the probe. the sources describe an investigation that has widened to include possible financial crimes. >> the turn in the investigation seems to cross the "red line." president trump warned mueller about it in an interview last month with "the new york times." cnn's pamela brown with the latest. does anyone really believe that story? >> reporter: the russia investigation continues to widen as federal investigators explore the potential financial ties of

president trump and associates to russia. sources tell cnn financial links could offer a more concrete path to any potential prosecution. investigators are delving into possible financial crimes including some unconnected to the election. for the president, that's going to far. he's warned that delving into his businesses is a "violation." trump has maintained there's no collusion, and he has no financial ties to russia. >> i can tell you speaking for myself, i own nothing in russia. i have no loans in russia. i don't have any deals in russia. >> reporter: now, one year into this complex probe, the fbi has reviewed financial records related to the trump organization. the president himself as well as his family and campaign associates. cnn is told investigators have combed through the list of shell companies and buyers of trump-branded real estate properties. they've scrutinized the roster

of tenants at trump tower in manhattan, reaching back several years. and officials familiar with the investigation tell cnn special counsel robert mueller's team has examined the backgrounds of russian business associates connected to trump. >> from moscow, it's miss universe, 2013 -- >> reporter: dating back to the 2013 miss universe pageant he hosted in moscow. >> thank you to the focus group for their amazing hospitality -- >> reporter: cnn could not determine whether the review includes trump's tabs -- tax returns. even investigative lead that have nothing to do with russia but involve trump associates with being referred to the special counsel to encourage subjects of the investigation to cooperate. >> the entire thing has been a witch hunt. >> reporter: president trump, keenly aware of the increased financial focus, regularly denounces the investigation. >> russia is fake news. russia -- this is fake news put out by the media. >> reporter: trump's team seeking to limit mueller's investigation.

>> the president doesn't want the special counsel to move beyond the scope and outside of its mission, and the president's been very clear as have his accountants and team that he has no financial dealings with russia. and so i think we've been extremely clear on that. >> reporter: cnn has learned new details about how mueller is running his special counsel team. more than three dozen attorneys, fbi agents, andstaff,raud and financial crimes, broken into groups focused separately on collusion and obstruction of justice. there is also focus on targets like paul manafort, trump's former campaign manager, and general michael flynn, his fired nay adviser. cnn has learned that investigators became more suspicious of manafort when they turned up intercepted communications that u.s. intelligence agencies collected among suspected russian operatives, discussing their efforts to work with manafort to coordinate information that could hurt hillary clinton's bid for the white house, according

to u.s. officials. in flynn's case, the focus is now on his lobbying work for the turkish government, which he failed to initially disclose as required by law. while both men deny any wrongdoing, the approach to the manafort and flynn probes may offer a template on how a focus by invti on financial crimes could help gain leverage and cooperation in the investigation. the president's attorney, jay sekulow, said in statement, "the president's outside legal counsel has not received any requests for documentation or information about this. any inquiry from the special counsel that goes beyond the mandate specified in the appointment, we would object to." for context, investigators don't have to go directly to the president's lawyers to get financial information. investigators can issue subpoenas to financial institutions and get records from the treasury department. pamela brown, cnn, washington. >> thank you. we know much more about the dealmaking pack ticks president trump uses with -- tactics president trump uses with foreign leaders now that the

"washington post" has published shocking, leaked transcripts of contentious conversations in january between president trump and the leaders of mexico and australia. check out these testy exchanges with australian prime minister turnbull criticizing an obama administration agreement to take in more than 1,200 refugees then in australian custody. president trump said, "this is going to kill me. i am the world's greatest person who does not want to let people into the country." after 24 minutes of heated back and forth, trump abruptly ended the call telling turnbull, "i've had it. these calls it all day, and this is the most unpleasant call all day." here's the kicker -- "putin was a pleasant kill. this is ridiculous." >> and how about this exchange between president trump and pena nieto over the border wall? the mexican president said this, "my position has been and will continue to be very firm, saying that mexico cannot pay for that

wall." president trump shot back, "but you cannot say that to the press. the press is going to go with that, and i cannot live with that." in the same conversation, the president offered an unflattering description of new hampshire as he tried to explain the opioid epidemic there. he said, "i won new hampshire because new hampshire is a drug-infested den." the leak of confidential presidential conversations with foreign leaders drawing strong condemnation from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. they are calling the leaks dangerous and disgraceful. >> president trump promised a very big announcement at his rally last night. west virginia governor jim justice delivered, confirming plans to flip his party from democrat to republican. the coal and real estate executive a lot of prayer and thought went into his decision. >> today i tell you as west virginians i can't help you any more being a democrat governor.

[ applause ] so tomorrow, i will be changing my registration to republican. [ cheers ] >> senator joe manchin will be the only democrat elected statewide in west virginia, and he's up for re-election in 2018. manchin saying this, "i am disappoint wanted by governor justice's decision to switch parties. while i do not agree with his decision, i have always said that i will work with anyone, no matter their political affiliation." trump's new immigration plan aims to help american jobs by curbing immigration, but economists say that will mean fewer workers risking long-term economic growth. one of the economy's biggest challenges -- baby-boomers are retiring, and there aren't enough young americans to replace them. currently, 44 million americans are retired. up 36% since 2000. meantime, the labor force has only grown 12%. the u.s. relies on immigrants to

fill that gap, and currently more foreigners participate in the labor force. 73% of foreign-born adults versus 62% of u.s.-born. but if more immigrants are working, does that hurt blue-collar americans? maybe not. workers were low skilled -- for low-skilled, labor-intensive jobs were in short fly. california farmers lost $13 million in crops last year because of worker shortages. not just in agriculture -- restaurants and the service industry, they depend on cheap, legal workers to stay in business. then again, a lot of people saying that legislation doesn't look like it's going to go anywhere. >> no, it's going to be tough to find 60 votes in the senate. even 50 i think would be an uphill climb. we shall see. a stunning leak. transcripts obtained by the "washington post" suggest president trump may never have inexte intended to deliver on a central campaign promise to make mexico pay for the border wall. allergy sufferers if you have symptoms like these

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in terms of dollars or pesos, at the the least important thing." what? for more on the fallout from these explosive transcripts, let's bring in cnn's patrick ottman live in mexico city. it is stunning to read some of what president trump said in this phone conversation. what kind of reaction are you getting in mexico? >> reporter: and mexicans like many americans can't get enough of this. the transcripts have been translated, and the spanish people are going through them line by line. this is highly embarrassing for mexican president pena nieto. there's been no response from his government or him about the release of these transcripts. you have to wonders like many world leaders if their future phone calls, will he be wondering why, say, in private to president trump be leaked. mexicans are really struck by a number of things -- by the way that president trump tries to flatter and then bully president

pena nieto. and they're also finding a lot of hope in this flexibility. what you had mentioned, that the wall might not be built after all. the wall here is incredibly unpopular. when mexicans read president trump telling pena nieto this is not the most important thing, this is more of a political issue, they're finding hope because they do not want to see the wall built. >> the transcripts were amazing. like watching "the art of the deal" in motion. cnn's patrick ottman live from mexico city, thank you very much. in the wake of north korea's latest intercontinental ballistic missile test, president trump is turning to twitter diplomacy as part of the white house strategy to contain the north. slamming china and urging the country to put more pressure on pyongyang. the white house and adviser sebastian gorka claiming the strategy's working. >> we have the president's twitter feed. >> can a twitter feed change the mind of those leading china? >> if you can win a u.s. election with it, i think it's

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assad. fred pleitgen with the latest. good morning to you. with the new momentum, are russia and the syrian government finally fighting isis? >> reporter: hi, dave. you know, one of the things that's remarkable is to see how much russia has expanded -- [ inaudible ] >> apparently having some audio issues there with fred pleitgen in syria. we will get back to him as soon as we regain that audio. moving on to air france, expanding its no-fly zones out of north korea as a precautionary measure. this comes after north korea last week tested an intercontinental ballistic missile that flew within miles of the flight path of an air france passenger jet. the airline did not specify which areas around north korea the non-flyover zone is expanding to. former national security adviser susan rice has been given permanent clearance to

classified information. a senior administration official says current national security adviser h.r. mcmaster wrote to all his predecessors in that job, extending their security clearances. >> the official calls this common practice and says it doesn't mean rice or other ex-national security advisers now have open access to any classified data that they want. some house republicans, they've criticized rice for improperly unmasking trump associates in intelligence reports, a claim rice has repeatedly denied. let's get a check on cnn "money stream" this morning. global markets mixed just after the dow managed to close at its seventh record close in a row. it was up about ten points. the nasdaq and the s&p 500 falling along with tech stocks. the market dipped slightly after news broke of the grand jury subpoena in the russia probe. overall, wall street really has been ignoring all the turmoil in washington. instead it's been focusing on strong earnings and a solid economy. investors are going to get a

good gauge of how the economy is doing with the july jobs report coming out in a few hours. it likely will be another strong month. economists predict 183,000 jobs were added to the economy, and that unemployment will fall back to 4.3%. actually the lowest level in 16 years. rhode island just made community college free. it's the fourth state to do so following new york, oregon, and tennessee. beginning this fall, the state will cover tuition and fees at the community college of rhode island. the four-year pilot program will be paid for from the state's budget. to be eligible, students have to be state residents and have to have just greeted high school. they also -- have graduated from high school. they also have to continue working in the community after they graduate. facebook is continuing its quest to crack down on fake news. it's introducing a feature called "related articles," providing additional information on stories sherrod its site. -- shared on its site. the aim is to make users wonder

if stories are true and will be fact checked by third-party sites. facebook faced harsh criticism for letting fake news go viral during the election. it's taken a lot of stops to stop misinformation including targeting and removing accounts that spread false news. i'll tell you what, all that fake news stuff to facebook, it drove me away. i don't go on anymore. >> that's a step, but they've got a long way to go. people buy it and spread it and believe it. it's a massive problem. made ahead, the special counsel utilizing the trump campaign rallies. we were back in west virginia last night. "early start" continues right now. the russia story is a total fabricati fabrication. it's just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of

american politics. that's all it is. [ cheers ] >> we even saw the return of the "lock her up" chants, they were back. >> they were. that is president trump fighting back after reports emerged that grand jury subpoenas have been issued in the russia investigation. >> cnn has learned special counsel robert mueller following the money, investigating possible financial crimes as part of the ongoing probe into the trump campaign. he was all fired up in west virginia last night. the base, boy, they sure do love him. they wait in line hours to see the speech. it was -- a lot of the campaign rhetoric. >> maybe he needed the distraction, you think? a lot going on. >> needed the energy. good morning, everyone, welcome to "early start," i'm dave briggs. >> i'm alison kosik. friday, august 4th, 5:00 a.m. in the east. a major advance in special counsel robert mueller's investigation of russian meddling in the 2016 election. a source familiar with the matter telling cnn a grand jury has issued subpoenas relating to

donald trumper jr.'s meeting with a russian lawyer at trump tower. cnn has learned the subpoenas seek both documents and testimony from people involved in that meeting. mueller's team continuing to probe whether the president or any of his campaign associates colluded with russia during the president's campaign. >> a spokesman for mueller's oefs declined to comment -- office declined to comment on the reports that were first posted by the "wall street journal" and reuters. the white house response coming from special counsel to the president, ty cobb, noting in a statement that grand jury matters are typically secret, but adding the white house favors adding anything that acceleration conclusion of mueller's work "fairly." the president's outside lawyer, jay sekulow, downplaying the importance of the subpoenas. >> this is not a surprise because the impaneling of a grand jury in situations like this when you've got an investigation is typically how they move forward. that's -- it is really very much standard operating procedure when you've got a situation like this. but with respe