mr trump was not happy. "fbi director said crooked hillary compromised our national security. " "no charges. wow! #riggedsystem." remember, later on, mr comey announced that the fbi was examining new emails of mrs clinton's, less than two weeks before the election. mr trump said that had taken guts. next, let's move on to when donald trump became president. he appointed michael flynn as his national security advisor. questions quickly arose about his connections to russia. at the end of january, james comey says mr trump invited him to dinner, alone. he says during this dinner the president said, "i need loyalty, i expect loyalty." "i didn't move, speak, or change my facial expression in any way during the awkward silence that followed." now, we knew this before today, because the same account had appeared in the new york times. it turns out james comey had leaked it. well, at the time of the leak, the president denied saying any such thing. meanwhile, the allegations about general flynn continued to leak in

mr. trump tweeted recently that china tried and we need to move on. i don't know what that meant or how well it was vetted through the administration. what is the play on china, and how does the u.s. also at the same time assert maritime freedom of navigation in the south china sea while trying to get china to play? >> chairman, you have about 10 seconds, i'm told. rep. thornberry: china needs to do more and we need to do more with more military capability in that region. that will help encourage china to do more. >> clearly, we have a lot more questions, but your time is limited. thank you so much for giving us some of it on this busy friday morning. we appreciate it. rep. thornberry: thank you. >> so much debate in washington is going to be on numbers, and as you said at the outset, we have so many different numbers going here, and the numbers will drive the policy and the acquisitions process, so how does this go forward from here between budget caps, the president's plans to the agreement that the house and senate seems to have on a $640 billion n

trump. well, today, mr. trump tweeted, "wow, comey say leaker." john dickerson is our chief washington correspondent and anchor of "face the nation." john, did comey do anything wrong? >> well, in washington the word requested leak" can cover everything from passing on highly classified information-- which is illegal-- to passing on politically inconvenient information, which isn't. what the president and his lawyer are trying to do is undermine comey's stature by hoping that when they say the word "leaker" people think of that distasteful class of people like edward snowden or chelsea manning. but comey doesn't seem to have done anything illegal. still, in washington, you're not supposed to talk about conversations that you had privately with the president, but director comey said the down side of not talking about those conversations would have been worse than break that rule. >> pelley: now, the president has acknowledged that he fired comey to take some of the pressure off the russia investigation, but the president's problems are only being c

trump. well, today, mr. trump tweeted, "wow, comey say leaker." john dickerson is our chief washington correspondent and anchor of "face the nation." john, did comey do anything wrong? >> well, in washington the word requested leak" can cover everything from passing on highly classified information-- which is illegal-- to passing on politically inconvenient information, which isn't. what the president and his lawyer are trying to do is hoping that when they say the word "leaker" people think of that distasteful class of people like edward snowden or chelsea manning. but comey doesn't seem to have done anything illegal. still, in washington, you're not supposed to talk about conversations that you had privately with the president, but director comey said the down side of not talking about those conversations would have been worse than break that rule. >> pelley: now, the president has acknowledged that he fired comey to take some of the pressure off the russia investigation, but the president's problems are only being compounded. >> well, this week

but michael cohen is mr. trump personal attorney. mr. pomeranz: we are not exactly sure what he is being called about. he has appeared on various stages of this investigation, someone with strong connections to the region. at one point, he proposed a peace treaty dealing with the eastern ukraine crisis that he put forward. i think we have to wait and see what it is that mr. cohen is being asked about. whether he was a person who allegedly may have had communications with russians or other people during the campaign. he is his personal lawyer but he is also a businessman and a person with significant contacts. pedro: our guest has studied and researched extensively on russia and related activities and issues regarding russia and also at the wilson center serves as their deputy director, william pomeranz. david is in los angeles, on the independent line. you are up first. good morning. caller: what is certainly fascinating about this russian propagandaw primarily used by autocrats and the tutorial regimes have completely co-opted and corru

comey thought about whether to give it assurance mr. trump was not under investigation. that was true comey says, he did not have an open counter intelligence case on him. i offer that insurance. comey decided right then to document his conversations with mr. trump and began typing the notes on a laptop as he wrote away from trump tower in an fbi car. >>> next meeting dinner at the white house january 27th. comey said the president said i need loyalty, i expect loyalty. comey says i didn't move, speak or change my facial expression in any way during the awkward silence that followed but later answered you will always get honesty from me and he also told the president the fbi was not investigating mr. trump personally. in his interview with lester holt, the president said comey requested the dinner. >> that dinner was arranged. i think he asked for the dinner and he wanted to stay on as the fbi head. >> reporter: comey says mr. trump called him with the invitation and he got the feeling it was an effort to have me ask for my job and create some kind of relationship. next

comey thought about whether to give it assurance that mr. trump was not under investigation. that was true comey says, he did not have an open counter intelligence case on him. i offered that insurance. comey decided right then to document his conversations with mr. trump and began typing the notes on a laptop as he rode away from trump tower in an fbi car. next meeting dinner at the white house january 27th. comey said the president said i need loyalty, i expect loyalty. comey says i didn't move, speak or change my facial expression in any way during the awkward silence that followed but later answered you will always get honesty from me and ls fbi was not investigating mr. trump personally. in his interview with lester holt, the president said comey requested the dinner. >> that dinner was arranged. i think he asked for the dinner and he wanted to stay on as the fbi head. >> reporter: comey says mr. trump called him with the invitation and he says he got the feeling it was an effort to have me ask for my job and create some kind of relationship. next february 14th after an

in a dig at president trump, the democratic mayor of pittsburgh sided with mr. obama, writing in a tweet, "i can assure you that we will follow the guidelines of the paris agreement for our people, our economy, and future." and, anthony, the president of france said late today, "on climate, there's no plan "b," because there is no planet "b"." >> mason: chip reid at the white house. nanks, chip. then-secretary of state john kerry, with his granddaughter on his lap, signed the paris accord last year. today, he took to facebook. he accused mr. trump was walking backwards from science and lckwards from leadership, on behalf of polluters and fringe ideologues, and said it may be the most self-defeating action in american history. i spoke to the secretary earlier today. mr. secretary, you call this an unprecedented forfeiture of american leadership. what do you mean? >> well, when 195 countries come together, working for decades, ad the united states of america takes the leadership in order to join with china, two largest emitters in the world of carbon emissions, to

comey did not want to be alone with mr. trump. aside to tell him private interactionist clinton fbi director and the president were inappropriate but could not guarantee the president would not try to talk to mr. comey again. he did not reveal what so unnerved him. mr. trump's request, the fbi director and investigation into the former national security adviser michael flynn, who had just been fired. you can see at 10:00 this thursday on c-span3, open phones, the numbers on the screen, you can also tweet us your thoughts and post on facebook. up first, democrats line, diane, go ahead. caller: this was for congressman faso. i wondered why he was not responding to the caller talking about postal service that we get no text payer money. host: anything else you want to add? caller: no. we do not get any taxpayer money. host: victor in florida, republican line, go ahead. caller: good morning. need -- for our politicians that they will vote for a balanced budget amendment, they will vote to limit taxes to 19% of gdp, they will vote to r

investigation of mr. trump's former national security adviser. comey says mr. trump described the f.b.i.'s russia investigation as a cloud and asked comey what comey could do to lift it. the testimony, based on comey's notes, also confirms the president's statement that he was not under investigation. chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes begins our coverage. >> reporter: comey's seven-page opening statement describes his conversations with the president in detail. "seven days after the inauguration," comey says, "the president invited me to dinner. it turned out to be just the two of us. my instincts toll me that the one-on-one setting meant that the dinner was, at least in part, an effort to have me ask for my job and create some sort of patronage relationship." "sure enough," comey says, "the president said, 'i need loyalty. i expect loyalty.' i didn't move, speak, or change my facial expression in any way during the awkward silence that followed. we simply looked at each other in silence." >> he wanted to have dinner because he wanted to stay on. >

comey says mr. trump described the f.b.i.'s russia investigation as a cloud and asked comey what comey could do to lift it. the testimony, based on comey's notes, also confirms the president's statement that he was not under investigation. chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes begins our coverage. >> reporter: comey's ve describes his conversations with the president in detail. seven days after the inauguration, comey says, the president invited me to dinner. it turned out to be just the two of us. my instincts toll me that the one-on-one setting meant that the dinner was, at least in part, an effort to have me ask for my job and create some sort of patronage relationship. sure enough, comey says, the president said, "i need loyalty. i expect loyalty." i didn't move, speak, or change my facial expression in any way during the awkward silence that followed. we simply looked at each other in silence. >> he wanted to have dinner becau

comey thought about whether to give it assurance that mr. trump was not under investigation. that was true comey says, he did not have an open counter intelligence case on him. i offered that insurance. comey decided right then to document his conversations with mr. trump and began typing the notes on a laptop as he rode away from trump tower in an fbi car. next meeting dinner at the white house january 27th. comey said the president told him i need loyalty, i expect loyalty. comey says i didn't move, speak or change my facial expression in any way during the awkward silence that followed but later answered you will always get honesty from me and he also told the president the fbi was not investigating mr. trump personally. in his interview with lester holt, the president said comey requested the dinner. >> that dinner was arranged. i think he asked for the dinner and he wanted to stay on as the fbi head. >> reporter: comey says mr. trump called him with the invitation and he says he got the feeling it was an effort to have me ask for my job and create some kind of pachrennag

mrcomey saving, mrtrump already we have heard these lines of mr comey saving, mr trump kept asking for his know —— loyalty, to go easy on mike flynn. have we had the best lines already? what's the committee will be looking for is some sort of corroborating evidence, notes perhaps in the notes of james comey, said to be a scrupulous noteta ker, and comey, said to be a scrupulous notetaker, and looking into this hint from donald trump that there may have been recordings made of the conversations between these two men. james comey is likely to be asked about the subject discussed predominantly with donald trump, that being michael flynn. the man forced to resign, after he misled mike pence. why would donald trump seek to protect him? why would he seek to protect him? why would he seek to protect him? why would he seek to get the fbi to drop the investigation? above all else, this could raise the prospect of obstruction of justice. could raise the prospect of obstruction ofjustice. and therefore, the centre of gravity of this whole investigation which set out as enquiry into russian me

his first meeting with mr. trump is on january 6th. that is president-elect about salacious claims about trump and a so-called doccier. comey, also, assured trump he was not under investigation. quote, that was true, comey says. we did not have an open counter intelligence case on him. i offered that assurance. but it is the portion about michael flynn that is expected to lead to a lot of questions today. on february 14th, the day after flynn was forced to resign, comey quotes the president as saying, i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. he is a good guy. comey says, i did not say i would let this go, adding i had understood the president to be requesting that we drop any investigation of flynn. so a lot of interesting detail in this. it was after that conversation that comey asked attorney general jeff sessions to prevent any direct communications with the president. aaron, back to

he told the president that the fbi was not investigating mr. trump personally. in his interview with lester holt the president said comey requested the dinner. >> the dinner was arranged. i think he requested the dinner. >> reporter: comey says mr. trump called him and he says he got the feeling it was an evident to have me ask for my job and create some kind of patronage relationship. next february 14 after an intelligence briefing, the day after michael flynn was forced to resign. he quotes the president saying i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. he's a good guy. comey says i did not say i would let this go. adding i had understood the president to be requesting that we drop any investigation of flynn into whether flynn made false statements about his conversations with russia's ambassador to the u.s. comey says i did not understand the president to be talking about the broader investigation into russia or possible links to his campaign. comey says he remembers leaving the oval office through the door by the grandfather c

in a dig at president trump, the democratic mayor of pittsburgh sided with mr. obama writing in a tweet, "i can assure you that we will follow the guidelines of the paris agreement for our people, our economy, and future," and, anthony, the president of france said late today, "on climate, there's no plan "b," because there is no planet "b"." >> mason: chip reid at the white house. thanks, chip. then-secretary of state john kerry, with his granddaughter on his lap, signed the paris accord last year. today he took to facebook. he accused mr. trump was walking backwards from science and backwards from leadership on behalf of polluters and fringe ideologues and said it may be the most self-defeating action in american history. i spoke to the secretary earlier today. mr. secretary, call this an unprecedented forfeiture of american leadership. what do you mean? >> well, when 195 countries together working for decades and the united states of america takes the leadership in order to join with china, two largest emitters in the world of carbon emissions, to say we must

he told the thapt the fbi was not investigating mr. trump personally. in his interview with lester holt he said that comey requested the dinner. >> the dinner was arranged. he wanted to stay on. >> reporter: comey says mr. trump called him and he says he got the feeling it was an evident to have me ask for my job and create some kind of patronage relationship. next february 14 after an intelligence briefing, the day after michael flynn was forced to resign. he quotes the president saying i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting flynn go. he's a good guy. comey says i did not say i would let this go. adding i had understood the president to be requesting that we drop any investigation of flynn. and to whether flynn made false statements about his conversations with russia's ambassador to the u.s. comey says i did not understand the president to be talking about the broader investigation into russia or possible links to his campaign. comey says he remembers leaving the oval office through the door by the grandfather clock and he to

in his statement comey says he did give mr. trump assurances on a number of occasions that mr. trump was not under personal investigation. in that statement he says the president asked for his loyalty to which comey replied you will always get honesty to me. mr. trump said according to comey, that's what i want, honest loyalty. the first assurance trump was not under investigation was when he and comey met at trump tower on january 6th when trump was president elect. nancy cordes, what happened? >> comey decided woe -- he would keep accurate notes. to assure accuracy he gaj to type out outside trump tower everything he had said to the president and vice versa. and that's why we have these verbatim quotes it appears to be from comey ant the president in subsequent conversations both in person and on the phone. in which comey says, that he felt that the president was either trying to extract his loyalty, or receive reassurances from him that he would try tamp down the investigation into the fired national security advisor michael flynn. >> pelley: i want to make sure everyone und

corporations also wanted mr. trump to stay in the paris accord. elon mus k, ceo of tesla and spacex, tweeted that he is departing two presidential councils adding "climate change is real." ge ceo jeffrey immelt tweeted he's disappointed and that industry must now lead and not depend on government. president trump did not mention president obama by name, but criticized his administration for failing to put america first when it negotiated the deal. >> i was elected to represent the citizens of pittsburgh, not paris. >> reporter: in a statement mr. obama responded. "even as this administration joins a small handful of nations that reject the future, i'm confident that our states, cities, and businesses will step up and do even more to lea in a dig at president trump the democratic mayor of pittsburgh sided with mr. obama, writing in a tweet, "i can assure you that we will follow the guidelines of the paris agreement for our people, our economy, and future." and anthony, the president of france said late today, "on climate there's no plan b because t

comey said he had nine one-on-one conversations with mr. trump. we can only count six. what about the other three? the president's actions have arguably compromised the fbi, his actions have arguably compromised the government. how can it function in such a state of turmoil? i'm joined by pete williams and ari melber is with us. he chronicles six conversations. do we have an understanding of the other three? >> no. the simple answer is we don't know. we had to guess that he didn't think they are significant enough to write about. >> if in here, when the various times, is james comey intending to describe obstruction of justice or is he just describing everything that's there and letting others decide to take it for what it's worth? >> well, there is no ohert reference in these notes to obstruction of justice. and what we've been told by friends he talked to baltimore he didn't think it reached obstruction of justice. that he thought a lot of this was in essence the necessity, to sort of house break the white house staff and the president about how you deal with the fbi,

mr. trump barely won the district. now the president can breathe easier, as republican karen handel defeated jon ossoff in the most congressional election ever. >> through this campaign i have had a really great joy of getting to know any number of our leaders in washington. and let me tell you, each though within our own gop family we some times have disagreements. these are fine men and women who are doing their level best for this country. [ applause ] i really am honored to be able to stand before you tonight and so extraordinarily humbled. as everyone knows, most big things are not accomplished by one person alone. and i had a tremendous amount of support in the campaign. >> as the the president marks five months in office today, he has the hit a new low in our cbs news poll. only 36% of americans, told us, doing. he is even lose sag port among republicans. dean reynold with the trump faithful in oshkosh, wisconsin. at two brothers restaurant in oshkosh, ken schoenike, getting impatient but not with the president.

mr trump has hit back claiming he is the victim of witch—hunt led by "very bad people". the telegraph business section says bank of england officials have called for uk interest rates to rise in a surprise move that signals policy makers are more concerned about rising inflation even as the uk economy grows. and finally, greece said it was hopeful of securing a deal yesterday that could end months of eurozone feuding with the imf — in fact, they have secured that deal— and unlock sorely needed bailout cash for greece to avert a fresh crisis.

it is not true when mr. trump was a candidate. anthony at four separate rallies mr. trump specifically encouraged supporters to punch, rough up, or hurt protesters. twice he promised to pay the legal bills of any supporter who did. >> mason: major garrett at the white house. it wasn't the first time this week that the president's comments about women have drawn attention. the issue dogged him during the campaign as well. more now from nancy cordes. >> reporter: what drew scrutiny earlier this week wasn't an insult but a compliment. >> katrina perry, she has a nice smile and face so i bet she treats you well. >> reporter: white house aides say want president was just being friendly to an irish reporter. critics say he has a history of honing in on women's looks. >> you've called women you don't like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals. >> reporter: when megyn kelly asked him about it, candidate trump trained his fire on her. >> reporter: but now, he inhabits the oval office. a league of democratic congress women accused him today of setting a bad example und

watching that report, mr trump and his supporters will not care less about this? you are absolutely right on that. i was at a rally that president trump held last week in iowa. certainly the message from the president during that rally was his focus on putting america first. he said after decades of building foreign nations, we are now rebuilding our nation. do some extent, throughout the campaign and even last week, president trump was reinforcing the notion that perhaps globalisation isn't a great thing. we've seen in the last few months president trump criticised the london mayor, apparently refusing to shake the hand of angela merkel. at a summit recently he appeared to push through to the front of a group of world leaders who were walking. he doesn't particularly care. of course, around the world, those actions have drawn scorn. we have seen that when we look at the results of the survey. for the supporters that i have been speaking to throw the campaign, they really don't care, because they don't see him asa don't care, because they don't see him as a politi

in cincinnati, mr. trump had few words about his choice. wray, 50, led the justice department's criminal division under george b. bush. most of his time was spent on corporate fraud persecutions, the biggest, jail time for executives of enron. after leaving the justice department, he was a defense attorney, notably for chris christie in the bridgegate scandal. he is community. he is not well-known among rank and file fbi agents. >> chris wray is unflappable from my experience. >> reporter: kent alexander hired wray when he was oust attorney in georgia. >> i think the fbi could use a little less politics. and he is a very non-partisan guy. i was a clinton appointee when i hired him. chris is a republican. >> reporter: the appointment comes at a time when president trump's relationship with jeff sessions remains strained. for the second day in a row, the white house declined to say if the president had confidence in sessions. early senate reaction to wray's nomination was positive, even among some democrats. in the aftermath of comey's firing

as with so many things mr trump lives in an ultimate reality. what he has done his commit an act of vandalism against the greatest achievement of the 21st century, the paris agreement. it requires only involu nta ry agreement. it requires only involuntary moves on the part of countries. at america's state at the table, it would voluntarily do what most of america wants, 69% of the voters in the united states wanted to stay part of the agreement, the majority of citizens in every one of the 50 states of the us wanted to stay in, and since mr trump announced his move, 30 states have said they will continue their own plans to rip —— reduce climate change summit means most american people and the economy is going to go ahead despite what mr trump is doing. he is going to find out that the american president isn't an emperor and the country will stay connected with the world and keep reducing emissions. so you say he could have stayed at the table and decided to reduce the requirements that america had signed up to but if he does decide to go ahe

joe biden wanted to punch mr. trump in the face. that's probably not that great of an attack dog vulgarity. let's improve our vulgarity, folks. host: devin in maryland. a democrat. good morning to you. caller: you know, it's not surprising what donald trump says anymore, really. everything he says is given a pass. there's never been a president in my lifetime that's been given more passes than this president. in the primary he said offensive things, as president he says offensive things. what's more surprising to me is the conservatives, used to have for ethics and morals and they let him do anything he wants which is shocking to me because i'd rather us focus on the policy. and i think donald trump does this intentionally because policy after policy he's working on will largely support and improve the wealthiest of us, not the working class, the middle class but i'm blown away by folks that respect the conservatives that seem to give this guy a pass day in and day out. host: what should they do, devin? how should house speaker ryan

trump. well, today, mr. trump tweeted, "wow, comey is a leaker." rshn dickerson is our chief onshington correspondent and anchor of "face the nation." john, did comey do anything wrong? >> well, in washington the word "leak" can cover everything from passing on highly classified n formation-- which is illegal-- to passing on politically inconvenient information, which isn't. what the president and his lawyer are trying to do is undermine comey's stature by hoping that when they say the word "leaker" people think of that distasteful class of people like edward snowden or chelsea manning. but comey doesn't seem to have done anything illegal. still, in washington, you're not supposed to talk about conversations that you had privately with the president, but director comey said the down side of not talking about those conversations would have been worse than breaking that rule. id pelley: now, the president has acknowledged that he fired comey to take some of the pressure off the russia investigation, but the president's problems are only being compoun

investigation of mr. trump's former national security adviser. comey says mr. trump described the f.b.i.'s russia investigation as a cloud and asked comey what comey could do to lift it. the testimony, based on comey's notes, also confirms the president's statement that he was not under investigation. chief congressional correspondent nancy cordes begins our coverage. >> reporter: comey's seven-page opening statement describes his conversations with the president in detail. seven days after the inauguration, comey says, the president invited me to dinner. it turned out to be just the two of us. my instincts toll me that the one-on-one setting meant that the dinner was, at least in part, an effort to have me ask for my job and create some sort of patronage relationship. sure enough, comey says, the president said, "i need loyalty. i expect loyalty." i didn't move, speak, or change my facial expression in any way during the awkward silence that followed. we simply looked at each other in silence. >> he wanted to have dinner because he wanted to stay on. >> report

mr. trump barely won the district in november. now some are looking at today's vote as a referendum on had him. mark strassmann is in the georgia sixth. >> reporter: karen handel is the republican candidate in a district as red as georgia clay. she should be coasting into congress. but she's not. >> i think everybody should watch me putting on my "i voted" sticker since my opponent can't do that today. >> reporter: her opponent, democrat jon ossoff, could not vote for himself today because he lives outside the district. the 30-year-old former congressional aide hopes to pull off the upset and turn this red district blue in what has become the most expensive congressional race in history both parties in washington waste too much of your money. >> reporter: combined the two campaigns spent $56 million, nearly double the previous record. >> get out and vote! >> reporter: president trump has weighed i weighed in repeaty tweeting today: >> we're proud that california is the leading funder of the jon ossoff campaign. >> reporter: hannib

>> i it said a bunch of times, mr. trump wont be here if not for twitter. he could won it all on his own. we cleaned up just part of the left. millions of american it is don't believe what the media. i wake up every day read aring a "fake news" story about myself. i want him to talk to me directly. i don't want the opinion of california if i live in texas. >> lou: i want your opinion of jared kushner. now he is accused by the left wing national media of being in league with the russians. >> it is laughable. first of all i don't talk to jared about the meeting and policy. and separate the campaign from election night. i know about the man. he is a good man and smart and intelligent guy. he walkses in the rom people respect him and love him. and he was extremely liked in the campaign and respecteded from end to end. and most people didn't know. he was theampaign manager and helped mr. trump get across the finish line. >> lou: i know you did as well. brad, thank you for being with us. we'll be right back. more straight ahead. stay with us. unmasking the unmask

it is not true when mr. trump was a candidate. anthony, at four separate umllies mr. trump specifically encouraged supporters to punch, rough up, or hurt protesters. twice, he promised to pay the legal bills of any supporter who did. >> mason: major garrett at the white house. it wasn't the first time this week that the president's comments about women have drawn attention. the issue dogged him during the campaign as well. more now from nancy cordes. >> reporter: what drew scrutiny narlier this week wasn't an insult, but a compliment. >> caitriona perry, she has a e ce smile and face, so i bet she treats you well. >> reporter: white house aides say the president was just being friendly to an irish reporter. critics say he has a history of honing in on women's looks. >> you've called women you don't like, fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals. >> reporter: when megyn kelly asked him about it, candidate trump trained his fire on her. >> reporter: but now, he inhabits the oval office. a league of democratic congresswomen accused him today of setting a bad example

in a dig at president trump, the democratic mayor of pittsburgh sided with mr. obama writing in a tweet, "i can assure you that we will follow the guidelines of the paris agreement for our people, our economy, and future," and, anthony, the president of france said late today, "on climate, there's no plan "b," because there is no planet "b"." >> mason: chip reid at the white house. thanks, chip. then-secretary of state john kerry, with his granddaughter on his lap, signed the paris accord last year. today he took to facebook. he accused mr. trump was walking backwards from science and backwards from leadership on behalf of polluters and fringe ideologues and said it may be the most self-defeating action in american history. i spoke to the secretary earlier today. mr. secretary, call this an unprecedented forfeiture of american leadership. what do you mean? >> well, when 195 countries come together working for decades and the united states of america takes the leadership in order to join with china, two largest emitters in the world of carbon emissions, to say we

trump's restau ra nts, they are seeing from mr trump's restaurants, they have made a similar case restaurants, they have made a similarcase ina restaurants, they have made a similar case in a lawsuit and the department ofjustice who is representing mr trump has actually filed to say this case should be absolutely dismissed for the same reasons, that the president does not -- is reasons, that the president does not —— is not in violation of any bribes whatsoever. if this does go all the way to court, presumably the supreme court, he will have to produce his financial records and his tax returns to defend himself, and that could be key for the russia investigation? that's exactly right, and you could expect there will be some dog—eared saying that they do not want that to happen. mr trump has a lot of interest in trying to keep that under wraps, to keep that private, and you will expect the lawyers will try to make that happen. thank you. trump criticised 0bama for playing a lot of golf during his presidency and claimed he wouldn't have to time to golf if he was in the white house. well a

trump suggested in a tweet last month but refused to confirm again today. >> mr. president, are there tapes of you and james comey in the oval office? >> thank you. >> reporter: his press secretary was no more forthcoming. >> what is he waiting for? what's the delay? >> he's waiting -- he's not waiting for anything. when he's ready to further discuss it, he will. he reporter: the secret service discussed it this afternoon, revealing it is unaware of any recording devices in the oval office. spicer declined to comment on that new information saying only that the president will weigh in >> some point in the future. >> pelley: nancy cordes on capitol hill. rnu can watch the attorney general's testimony right here on cbs. it's expected to begin at 2:30 eastern time tomorrow. today the state of maryland and the district of columbia sued president trump, accusing him of violating anti-corruption clauses in the constitution. margaret brennan is at the white house. >> never in the history of this country have we had a president with these kinds of extensive business entan

trump suggested in a tweet last month but refused to confirm again today. >> mr. president, are there tapes of you and james comey in the oval office? >> thank you. >> reporter: his press secretary was no more forthcoming. >> what is he waiting for? what's the delay? >> he's waiting -- h when he's ready to further discuss it, he will. >> reporter: the secret service discussed it this afternoon, revealing it is unaware of any recording devices in the oval office. spicer declined to comment on that new information saying only that the president will weigh in at some point in the future. >> pelley: nancy cordes on capitol hill. you can watch the attorney general's testimony right here on cbs. it's expected to begin at 2:30 eastern time tomorrow. >>> today the state of maryland and the district of columbia sued president trump, accusing him of violating anti-corruption clauses in the constitution. margaret brennan is at the white house. >> never in the history of this country have we had a president with these kinds of extensive business entanglements. >> reporter: th

as you will be with mr. trump. climate denies like goen. he will try to slip and slide on the environmental agreements. so given the election results last we're, it remains to be seen whether the uk will actually leave the eu. but if we do the uk xwust like the us must fulfill its international environmental obligations. environmental challenge dozen not stop at borders. our environment, our planet is interlinked especially when it comes to the most vulnerable state on the planet. we must work together to protect it in the uk, in the usa and, of course, driven here by european union. thank you very much, mr. president. >> i have a group -- >> translator: now for the group of the european united. >> thank you, mr. president, dear colleagues and madam president, thank you for coming to our meeting and thank you for your words. donald trump has decided to withdraw from the climate accord of paris. he would like to go back to the middle ages when scientifically facts were denied on daily basis. unfortunately in spite of all his tweets, climate

today, mr. trump, you have ceased to have the trust of the american people. when you begin to utilize again the diminishing of those who have mental health needs, sikecow, joe scarborough or low i. q. mika, and then you begin to talk about the private issues of women who have before in life have been discriminated against because they are women, blood is wherever, or your face bleeding, do you realize how workplacesshudder in of which we fight for equality, in schools, in their homes with the issue of domestic violence because they are not protected. and then our commander in chief seeks to take advantage of the position that he holds. so why do we do it? not for self, but for the words that were said about carlie if i reasona, look at that face, that was candidate trump. now we're facing the president trum, and i would argue that our responsibility is not to him, but to the american people and he should resign. reporter: the point i was trying to make, cyber bullying is reflected of his policies. . frankel: that's the most important point. >> the question a

mr. matt's career. watch in-depth with author and journalist met live from noon to 3:00 p.m. eastern on sunday. >> our next guest with a wealth wilson center, deputy director of the institute and an expert on russia. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> a lot of discussion between medications and russia and the united states especially over the election. could you give us your take of what you are hearing and make sense of what's going on between who did what and when. >> guest: hears a lot nowadays. it comes from a variety of sources. i was, one has to try to understand where the sources are, in anonymous sources, sources, and put it in a pattern to see what it means. i think of the events have moved on the two issues right now come to the top. and there's now a potential third will focus on the first two. one is the question of michael flynn was clearly underio. investigation, who clearly has a legal problem and i think the question for michael flynn in this investiga

help us square -- why are they coming up short when mr. trump wanted to do so much more? rep. thornberry: i would say first, i don't think there's any doubt the president wants to repair and rebuild our military. the budget that his administration since up -- sense did not do that, in the reason is they did not have any people in place on capitol hill. when the budget came to capitol hill, there were exactly two senate confirmed trump appointees in the pentagon. one was the secretary of defense and the other was the secretary of the air force and she had and there one week. what you had was either obama ord odors -- holdovers people who were there temporarily, and what they had was the plans of the obama administration, and that is what they sent. those of us in congress who have been following this understand that is inadequate. part of the attitude of some of the trunk folks is a less a year to study this and get our people in place and we will come up with a better budget in 2019. our response with that is we cannot wait. we have to fix our planes, our ships, our unit now.

mr. trump could try to declare their conversations private. comey is likely to be asked if mr. trump pressured him to end an investigation into a top aide's ties with russia. the u.s. defense secretary is warning beijing over its actions in south china sea. james mattis says the chinese officials are violating international law with blatant disregard by militarizeing man-made islands in the south china sea. >> the scope and effect of china's construction activities in the south china sea differ from those of other countries in several key ways. this includes the nature of its militaryvation. china's contempt for other nation's interests and etc. efforts to dismiss non-adversarial resolution of issues. we oppose countries militarizeing artificial islands and forcing excessive maritime claims unsupported by international law. >> the president trump's decision to withdraw from the paris climb accord is causing a furious response from former u.s. secretary of state john kerry. >> kerry has said climate change is as big a threat to the united states as terrorism or poverty. he told

trump suggested in a tweet last month but refused to confirm again today. >> mr. president, are there tapes of you and james comey in the oval office? >> thank you. >> reporter: his press secretary was no more forthcoming. >> what is he waiting for? what's the delay? >> he's waiting -- he's in the waiting for anything. when he's ready to further discuss it, he will. >> reporter: the secret service discussed it this afternoon, revealing it is unaware of any recording devices in the oval office. spicer declined to comment on that new information saying only that the president will weigh in at some point in the future. >> pelley: nancy cordes on capitol hill. you can watch the attorney general's testimony right here on cbs. it's expected to begin at 2:30 eastern time tomorrow. >>> today the state of maryland and the district of columbia sued president trump, accusing him of violating anti-corruption clauses in the constitution. margaret brennan is at the white house. >> never in the history of this country have we had a president with these kinds of extensive busines

last week mr. trump concluded an astack inside a filipino casino was terrorism. to turned out later to be a bungled robbery. h.w. brand studies presidential rhetoric at the university of texas. >> one of the things that makes a president sort of seem presidential is the kind of reserve that usually comes with the office, and president trump has decided to abandon that reserve. >> reporter: some of the president's top advisers are arre careful with their words. after news of the london attacks broke, defense secretary james mattis responding to a reporter's question said, "i like learning about something before i talk." >> reporter: i'm elizabeth palmer. today londoners were still struggling to take in the cruelty and the madness of saturday's attack. eight minutes after it began, it was over, the three terrorists wearing fake suicide belts shot dead by police. but in their wake, they left mayhem and a trail of victims maimed in their stabbing spree. >> you keep going. you keep going. rs reporter: other victims were crushed by the attackers' van on london bridge.

evidence has already been put out, actually, in which mr comey says president trump asked him to lay off investigating the former national security advisor. the financial times has spanish bank santander buying its domestic rival banco popular for one euro, because it was, quote, "likely to fail". that is according to the european central bank. —— central. the paper says it marks the first test case of the eurozone's post—crisis bank bailout regime. and espn is asking whether tennis star novak djokovic had a bad day, or whether there's more to his loss at the french open. the defending champion was knocked out by austria's dominic thiem.

>> i it said a bunch of times, mr. trump wont be here if not for twitter. he could won it all on his own. we cleaned up just part of the left. millions of american it is don't believe what the media. i wake up every day read aring a "fake news" story about myself. i want him to talk to me directly. i don't want the opinion of california if i live in texas. >> lou: i want your opinion of jared kushner. now he is accused by the left wing national media of being in league with the russians. >> it is laughable. first of all i don't talk to jared about the meeting and policy. and separate the campaign from election night. i know about the man. he is a good man and smart and intelligent guy. he walkses in the rom people respect him and love him. and he was extremely liked in the campaign and respecteded from end to end. and most people didn't know. he was the campaign manager and helped mr. trump get across the finish line. >> lou: i know you did as well. brad, thank you for being with us. we'll be right back. more straight ahead. stay with us. unmasking the unma

last week mr. trump concluded an was terrorism. it turned out later to the a bungled robbery. h.w. brand studies president, rhetoric at the university of texas. >> one of the things that makes a president sort of seem presidential is the kind of reserve that usually comes with the office, and president trump has decided to abandon that reserve. >> reporter: some of the president's top advisers are more careful with their words. after news of the london attacks broke, defense secretary james mattis responding to a reporter's question said, "i like learning about something before i talk." >> reporter: i'm elizabeth palmer. today londoners were still struggling to take in the cruelty and the madness of saturday's attack. eight minutes after it began, it was over, the three terrorists wearing fake suicide belts shot dead by police. but in their wake, they left mayhem and a trail of victims maimed in their st >> you keep going. you keep going. >> reporter: other victims were crushed by the attackers' van on london bridge. imagine the shock and the terror of people walking across this br

>> i it said a nch of times, mr. trump wont be here if not for twitter. he could won it all on his own. we cleaned up just part of the left. millions of american it is don't believe what the media. i wake up every day read aring a "fake news" story about myself. i want him to talk to me directly. i don't want the opinion of california if i live in texas. >> lou: i want your opinion of jared kushner. now he is accused by the left wing national media of being in league with the russians. >> it is laughable. first of all i don't talk to jared about the meeting and policy. and separate the campaign from election night. i know about the man. he is a good man and smart and intelligent guy. he walkses in the rom people respect him and love him. and he was extremely liked in the campaign and respecteded from end to end. and most people didn't know. he was the campaign manager and helped mr. trump get across the finish line. >> lou: i know you did as well. brad, thank you for being with us. we'll be right back. more straight ahead. stay with us. unmasking the unma

what does it mean for mr. trump's staunch supporters. dean reynolds found a few in oshkosh, wisconsin. >> at two brothers restaurant in oshkosh, trump supporters are getting impatient. but not writh the president. >> leave him alone. let him do what he wants to do. the media, honed in constantly. really? >> this group of retirees backs the president on most every move he makes with one exception. says, adolph hendricks. >> look to see him little more presidential, perhaps. little dignified. >> les talo says enough with the tweets. >> just gives the democrats fodder for their, daily -- daily attacks. >> attacks on him. >> reporter: warren thompson dismisses the big issue consuming washington. >> do they ever talk about the russia, thing? does it bother anybody here. >> this whole thing is the, far as i'm concerned is a conspiracy, total distraction. >> they're among the 72% of republicans who remain in the president's corner. according to our new cbs news poll. but that number is down from 83% 52 days ago. and his disapproval rate among r

mr. trump barely won the district in november. xtw some are looking at today's vote as a referendum on him. mark strassmann is in the georgia sixth. >> thanks, karen. c reporter: karen handel is the republican candidate in a district as red as georgia clay. she should be coasting into congress. but she's not. ti i think everybody should watch me putting on my "i voted" sticker since my opponent can't do that today. >> reporter: her opponent, democrat jon ossoff, could not vote for himself today because he lives outside the district. ese 30-year-old former congressional aide hopes to pull off the upset and turn this red district blue in what has become the most expensive congressional race in history. >> both parties in washington waste too much of your money. >> reporter: combined the two campaigns have spent at least $56 million, nearly double the previous record. >> get out and vote! >> reporter: president trump has weighed in repeatedly tweeting today: >> we're proud that california os the leading funder of the jon ossoff campa