you reported today mr. mueller issued the subpoena after mr. bannon was criticizing mr. trump. do you have any idea that the subpoena was sparked by the book? >> we don't know. at the end of the day, we don't know a lot about why mueller did this. sometimes grand jury subpoenas can be used as ways to force witnesses to agree to an interview. was that the case? we don't know. the book has very explosive things in it that come from bannon. he thinks bannon's book will end in money laundering. if you're mueller, you want to know why steve bannon believes that. why does he think that will happen? and we don't know the depth and breath of everything mueller will ask him but stuff about the russian collusion and the stuff that's gone on in the white house. >> do you know if there is a relationship between the subpoena today and the subpoena issued to mr. bannon today inside the closed-door meeting room of the house intelligence committee? do we know if there's any legal or strategic einteraction going on between these two investigations and these two subpoenas given to him today? >>

you reported today mr. mueller issued the subpoena after mr. b bannon was criticizing mr. trump. do you have any idea that the subpoena was sparked by the book? >> we don't know. at the end of the day, we don't know a lot about why mueller did this. sometimes grand jury say ubpoen that are ways to force witnesses to agrae ee to an interview. was that the case? we don't know. the book has very ex plplosive things. he thinks bannon's book will end in money laundering. if you're mueller, you want to know why steve bannon believes that. why does he think that will happen? and we don't know the depth and breath of everything mueller will ask him but stuff about the russian collusion. >> do you know if there is a relationship between the subpoena today and the subpoena issued to mr. bannon today inside the closed-door meeting room of the house intelligence committee? is there legal or strategy information? >> it seemed like a food fight. it was all going on behind closed doors. we know bannon tried to invoke executive privilege and they tried to subpoena him to get more. i dodn't think

will they go to mr. bannon or mr. trump in the wake of the feud? i think it is too soon to say, but this is palace intrigue and those of us in washington love it, but it has strong implications for the conservative base as we move to 2018 and the midterm elections. laura: and the fact that the cutest about what steve bannon said in this new book about essentially the exposure of the trump family to robert mueller's probe, what does that tell you about the president's state of mind? ron: the president is clearly worried about the russia investigation that is not showing any signs of wrapping up anytime soon, and for mr. bannon to be quoted as saying that he thought it was not only not legal, but treacherous, treasonous, this is amazing coming from mr. bannon, and i have to think that mr. trump sitting in the west wing was so , so upset today. oftentimes, laura, less is more in politics, and we have a long statement from the president. laura: and meanwhile, we have former campaign chair paul manafort, who himself has been , althoughy mueller not for

bannon. president's base is very solid, and has not changed because the president has not changed. we have continued to accomplish what we did last year and will do a lot more at the beginning of 2018. peter? you don't like i can handle the the hard ones? [laughter] peter: does the president think his son committed treason? sec. sanders: i think that is a ridiculous question. it is one we have made many times before. if that is a reference to the comments by mr. bannon, you can look back at when he called that a total farce. i think i would look back at that, if anyone has been been him, certainly not the inconsistent, it has been him, certainly not the president for -- peter: -- sec. sanders: no, he was not part or aware of that. >> the nuclear threats, should americans be concerned about the president's mental fitness that he appears to be taking lightly -- sec. sanders: i think the people of this country should be concerned about the mental fitness of the leader of north korea. he has made

sanders: any who did as far as far as we can tell that so at the request of mr. bannon. can we get some details on will it be televised, how many awards will be presented? ms. sanders: i do not want to spoil anything but there are quite a few individuals who will be up for those awards. beyond that, we will have to see what happens monday. >> will the press corps be there? we will keep you posted. it might be hard for him to present trophies if you are not there but we will have to wait and see what happens monday. justin. >> one on policy. there was controversy about a letter from the department of transportation suggesting the administration -- the gateway rail tunnel connecting new york and new jersey. since it is if a structure week. -- infrastructure week. i wonder if the president supports the 50/50 split and if not, what has changed from the bipartisan delegation last year. policyon't have any new announcements. as we get further into the cover stations, we will be rolling out want toails on what we do and hope to publish and what the plan is to do that. >> there

how did the meeting go, mr. bannon? >> it was great. >> mr. bannon, what did they ask you? what did they ask you, mr. bannon? >> great day. thanks, guys. >> california congressman adam schiff is the ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee. and when the meeting finally ended tonight, he said this. >> after he explored several attempts to try to elicit information that took place during those periods, we convened on a bipartisan basis and agreed to the issuance of a subpoena to make his attendance at the hearing compulsory. he was then served with the subpoena during the course of the interview. his counsel then conferred again with the white house and was instructed by the white house to refuse again to answer any questions, even though he was under a compulsory process. mr. bannon was also under instructions not to answer questions even after he left the white house concerning conversations he had with the president that might be for the purpose of the president seeking his advice on anything. the scope of this assertion of privilege, if that's what it is, is b

the president tried to distance himself from mr. bannon before his departure. he said listen, the guy came on to the campaign after i already knocked out 17 competitors in the primaries and when he left on the 19th, the president tried to strike a balanced tone. he said i want to thank steve bannon for his service. he came to me during my run against crooked hillary clinton. it was great. thanks. so i guess you can look at it this way. bannon helped. he was a friend until he wasn't and apparently now he's crazy. trace? >> kevin, we're going to get back to steve bannon in a moment. the president issued a new threat to north korea. >> yeah, he did. this is an interesting one. sometimes it's the blessing in a curse to have a media platform like twitter, for example. it's a blessing because it's a direct line of communication to the american people and it can also be a decided curse if you're the communications staff trying to make heads or tails of sometimes a tweet will come out and it will be to the point. other times it can be confusing or confounding. let me t

now, mr. bannon did. i think he did so inappropriately. but, you know, no one has accused mr. bannon of being involved with this. he wasn't involved with any of the trump tower meetings, he wasn't involved with the dossier, he wasn't involved with any of the court investigation. i think it's very likely he has information that we haven't already had access to. >> did you ask him about that trump tower meeting? >> yeah. he was asked about that. now, i got to be fair, too, i wasn't there for the entire eight hours. i was actually flying in to d.c. during the first part of the meeting, so there are some things you may ask me that i'm just going to have to say, i don't know, i wasn't there. but i do know he was asked about that. >> the white house obviously is insisting they have not interfered and they have not exerted executive privilege, but they apparently did tell these guys, or at least steve bannon, there are certain things we don't want you to talk about. but he's going to come back. he was going to come back today, steve bannon, but now he's going to come back at a later

and the response from mr bannon last night? why, to declare his unfailing support for the president. and that brought this response from mr trump today. has steve bannon betrayed you, mr president? thank you very much. i don't know, he called me a great man last night, so, you know, he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. all right, thank you all very much. the white house is pushing back hard on the contents of this book, describing the author, michael wolff, as an unreliable witness and a fantasist. that, despite him being given unprecedented access to the workings of the west wing and recording hours and hours of conversations. and even if only 50% of the book is accurate, it still paints a damning portrait of a white house that's dysfunctional and a president who's paranoid. no wonder donald trump is so angry. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. the environment secretary, michael gove, says subsidies to british farmers currently paid for by brussels will be guaranteed by the government until the 2022 general election, with

and then in fact, breitbart.com did fire mr. bannon. and his benefactors publicly disparaged him and cut him off at, again, what appears to be the insistence of the white house. and then he got a subpoena to talk to robert mueller, which is good timing in terms of getting a guy at a time when he's most inclined to talk, right? but he also got that subpoena right before mr. bannon was summoned to go to capitol hill. like everybody else to tell tales, the white house must be very eager to know what bannon has to say. but unlike every other senior person who is in that kind of position, or even charged with a crime, the white house is probably not in a position to find that stuff out on the downlow from steve bannon, because they're not talking with him. they're fighting him tooth and nail. he's not going to tell them what he's saying. i mean, plausibly. this time last night, we had no idea why bannon was getting subpoenaed twice, once bit mueller investigation and once behind closed doors at the intelligence committee, well, they're tryin

in a statement, mr. bannon said that -- mr. trump said steve bannon had nothing to do with me or my presidency. when he was fired he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. mr. bannon is quoted in a forthcoming book as saying that donald trump, jr.'s 2016 meeting with a group of russians was treasonous. the president's statement blames bannon for helping to write what he calls phony books. let's get more on this from our washington correspondent carsten von nahmen. welcome, carsten. let's start off by looking at what mr. trump is reacting to. steve bannon is quoted in his forthcoming book talking about donald trump, jr.'s meeting in 2016 with a group of russians. he is quoted as saying, even if you thought that this was not treasonous, or unpatriotic, or bad -- and i happen to think it's all of that -- you should have called the fbi immediately. let's start with that meeting. what do we know about it? carsten: well, it was a meeting that was convened by donald trump, jr., the son of the president, who had been offered compromi

. >> look, i like mr. bannon. he's a friend of mine. but mr. bannon came on very late, you know that. i went through 17 senators, governors and i won all the primaries. mr. bannon came on very much later than that. and i like him. he's a good man. he is not a racist. i can tell you that. he's a good person. he actually gets a very unfair press in that regard. but we'll see what happens with mr. bannon, but he's a good person and i think the press treats him, frankly, very unfairly. >> that's quite a contrast between what he said then about steve bannon and what he said in his formal statement today. he not open lost his job when he was fired, he also lost his mind. go ahead. >> well, look, it's absurd to distance -- for president trump to distance himself from steve bannon. yes, it's true he had won the primary by the time that he came in, but in the general election he was drifting and losing when he brought in steve bannon and kellyanne conway. that's why he brought them in. but even more important, wolf, you can get overly caught around the

he lost his job he lost his mind mr bannon is quoted in the forthcoming book saying that donald trump jr's twenty sixteen meeting with a group of russians was treasonous the president's statement to blames mr bannon for helping to write what he calls phony books white house press secretary sarah huckabee sun this face the press following the release of mr trump statement i think there are a number of factors that played in i would certainly think that going after the president's son in an absolutely outrageous and unprecedented way is probably not the best way to curry favor with anybody furious disgusted would probably certainly fit when you make such outrageous claims and completely false claims against the president his administration and his family let's get more on this from washington correspondent causton from norman no welcome custom let's start by looking at what the president is reacting to steve bannon is quoted in this forthcoming book talking about donald trump jr's meeting in twenty sixteen with a group of russians is one of the quotes even if you thought that this was n

>> the president continued to have conversations with him often asked for by mr. bannon. the president spoke with him, but that doesn't mean that he can't hold that position. andrew? >> and thank you, sarah. what do you base your -- your comments about kim jong-un's mental assessment is that your opinion or -- >> i won't get into further details on that front. one last question. go ahead. sorry. i'll come back. andrew -- >> the president enjoyed a slight bump in popularity when down in florida golfing. sure you saw that. is it possible that americans like him more when he's on the news and not tweeting? >> i think americans like the fact he got the largest tax cut in history done. i think they like the fact they're going to see a lot more of their paycheck. the fact that american companies are investing back in this country and not other ones. i think they like the fact that american companies are now giving out massive bonuses across the board. we're seeing every single day more and more companies announce decisions like that. that's what most americans, certainly are ve

and then in fact, bright bart.com did fire mr. bannon. and his benefactors publicly disparaged him and cut him off at what seemed to be the insistent of the white house. and then he got a subpoena to talk to robert mueller, which is good timing in terms of getting a guy at a time when he's most inclined to talk, right? but he also got that subpoena right before bannon was summoned to go to capitol hill. like everybody else to tell tales, the white house must be very eager to know what bannon has to say. but unlike every other senior person who is in that kind of position, or even charged with a crime, the white house is probably not in a position to find that stuff out on the downlow from steve bannon, because they're not talking with him. they're fighting him tooth and nail. he's not going to tell them anything. i mean, plausibly. this time last night, we had no idea why bannon was getting subpoenaed twice, once bit mueller investigation and once behind closed doors at the intelligence committee, well, they're trying to force him to talk

in a statement, mr. bannon said that -- mr. trump said steve bannon had nothing to do with me or my presidency. when he was fired he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. mr. bannon is quoted in a fortrthcoming book as sayingng t donald trump, jr.'s 2016 meeting with a group of russians was treasonous. the president's statement blames bannon for helping to write what he calls phony books. let's get more on this from our washington correspondent carsten von nahmen. welcome, carsten. let's start off by looking at what mr. trump is reacting to. steve bannon is quoted in his forthcoming book talking about donald trump, jr.'s meeting in 2016 with a group of russians. he is quoted as saying, even if you thought that this was not treasonous, or unpatriotic, or bad -- and i happen to think it's all of that -- you should have called the fbi immediately. let's start with that meeting. what do we know about it? carsten: well, it was a meeting that was convened by donald trump, jr., the son of the president, who had been offered comprom

donald trump has attacked his former chief strategist, steve bannon, after mr bannon was quoted in a book as saying mr trump‘s son and son—in—law had held a treasonous meeting with a group of russians. the president said mr bannon had lost his mind after being sacked from his white house post and had leaked false information to make himself seem more important. north korea has placed a call with south korea, reopening a hotline which was closed almost two years ago on the orders of the north‘s leader, kim jong—un. and this video is trending on bbc.com — this very disgruntled ryanair passenger was arrested after leaving his plane through the emergency exit. he was angry following a number of delays at take off and landing. that‘s all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: here, the health secretary has apologised, after nhs england postpones tens—of—thousands of non—urgent treatments, until february, after a surge in admissions.

how surprised were you at what you read these excerpts attributed to mr. bannon? did that surprise you in any way? and if so how? >> certainly surprising. i for one was somebody who very much believed that the president could and would win. otherwi otherwise i wouldn't have dedicated so much time to that. but not only that, i worked in the white house since the very first day, and a lot of the characterization that i saw that he was pushing out was the opposite of what i saw take place every day that i've been here. >> very quickly on north korea. will has been some folks in town who said, listen, it doesn't help, despite the idea being we are going to be forceful and push back. some have said it doesn't help when the tweets come out the way they do. and yet we know that the president made it clear i am who i am and tweet how i want to tweet. has there been any consideration that tweets like the one on north korea actually don't advance the agenda, meaning working with other partners in the region? >> i think what didn't help was the complacency and silence of the

mr bannon declined to a nswer collusion. mr bannon declined to answer questions. adam schiff is a democrat, he was in the room. this was effectively a gag order by the white house. preventing this witness from answering almost any question concerning his time in the transitional administration and many questions even after he left. and the breadth of this became very apparent, because he not only refused to answer questions that took place within the white house, but also any conversations he had with people outside the white house. reporters tried to press mr bannon on his silence. as he left the hearing. who from the white house ask you to invoke executive privilege? how did the meeting go, mr bannon? what did they ask you? what did they ask you in there? mr bannon? what did they ask you? what did they ask you in there7m he allowed to do that? silent inside a meeting and silent outside the meeting. he was in there for ten hours which must be most peoples idea of hell on earth having to sit ina idea of hell on earth having to sit in a congressional committee hear

bannon is. >> once again, i think the president and hit feelings towards mr. bannon are very clear. >> look, these are the president's words. i think they're very clear. there's not much to add bekbrond th beyond that. >> and no legal authority either. and of all of the effort that this is a hoax or wouldn't find anything who could have predicted it would have been the guy who runs brbreitbart. even if you thought this was not treasonous or unpatriotic or bad you know what and i lap to think it's all of that, you should have called the fbi immediately. no one in the campaign did contact the fbi about it and bannon recounts a confrontation with the president. the president said to me everybody would take that don jr. meeting with the russians. i said, everybody would not take that meeting, i said. i'm a naval officer. i'm not going to take a meeting with russian nationals and do it in a headquarters had you [ muted ] in sane. i guess you can guess the expleti expletive. the chance don junior did not walk these -- jumos up to his father's office on the 26 floth

and the response from mr bannon last night? why, to declare his unfailing support for the president. and that brought this response from mr trump today. has steve bannon betrayed you, mr president? thank you very much. i don't know, he called me a great man last night, so, you know, he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. all right, thank you all very much. the white house is pushing back hard on the contents of this book, describing the author, michael wolff, as an unreliable witness and a fantasist. that, despite him being given unprecedented access to the workings of the west wing and recording hours and hours of conversations. and even if only 50% of the book is accurate, it still paints a damning portrait of a white house that's dysfunctional and a president who's paranoid. no wonder donald trump is so angry. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. later on newsday we'll be hearing from someone who worked closely with steve bannon and is still in touch. first, let's take a look at some of the day's other news. south korea say

it's obvious that mr. bannon spent his time in the white house talking to mr. wolff as opposed to doing his job and preparing the president for victories. you just pointed out the fact that he had not really done anything in the white house. you're pointing to a few quotes the president had said about mr. bannon, but right now mr. bannon came out and lied about the president, attacked his own family, so all bets are off now. >> what about today saying they weren't particularly close. she used the past tense. the president is saying they were very good friends. so who's a liar, sarah sanders or the president? you know what i mean? >> that's ridiculous. the only liar here is steve bannon. >> okay. so let me just ask you about the steps you all are taking. you put the cease and desist letter out -- >> we didn't, that's the president's own personal attorneys, not us. >> the president's attorneys, team trump said cease and desist. they're not ceasing and desisting. in fact they have pushed the publish date up by four days. it's coming out tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. the p

but, we will see what happens with mr bannon. quite. well he found himself outside the big white house tent, and now, he is taking carefulaim. he white house tent, and now, he is taking careful aim. he says a meeting between donald trump taking careful aim. he says a meeting between donald trumer and russian officials should have been reported immediately to the fbi, describing it as treasonous and unpatriotic. predictably the president's spokeswoman didn't agree i think that is a ridiculous accusation and one i am pretty sure we have addressed many times before, if that is in reference to comments made by mr bannon i refer you to the ones he made previously on 60 minutes where he called the collusion with russia about this president a totalfarce. collusion with russia about this president a total farce. so collusion with russia about this president a totalfarce. so i think i would look back tharkts if anybody has been inconsistent it has been him, not the president or this administration. donald trump's response was even tougher. when

how did the meeting go, mr. bannon? >> great. >> mr. bannon, what did they ask you in there? what did they ask you in there, mr. bannon? >> great day. thanks, guys. >> steve bannon woke up this morning facing one subpoena. he's going to bed tonight facing a second. today we learned that bannon is the first person in president trump's inner circle to receive a grand jury subpoena from special counsel robert mueller in the russia investigation. mueller's team has interviewed about a dozen administration officials but without use of a grand jury subpoena. the news broke while bannon happened to be on capitol hill today appearing before the house intel committee and there got another subpoena. the white house directed bannon not to answer questions about his time in the white house or the transition period, prompting the republican chairman of the commission to issue a subpoena on the spot. bannon was then requested for 9 1/2 hours and the hearing only just ended. that's him leaving as you see. congresswoman adam schiff is the ranking member of that committee, the house permanent

and the response from mr bannon last night? why, to declare his unfailing support for the president. and that brought this response from mr trump today. has steve bannon betrayed you, mr president? thank you very much. i don't know, he called me a great man last night, so, you know, he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. all right, thank you all very much. the white house is pushing back hard on the contents of this book, describing the author, michael wolff, as an unreliable witness and a fantasist. that, despite him being given unprecedented access to the workings of the west wing and recording hours and hours of conversations. and even if only 50% of the book is accurate, it still paints a damning portrait of a white house that's dysfunctional and a president who's paranoid. no wonder donald trump is so angry. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. later on newsday, we'll be speaking to someone who worked closely with steve bannon and is still in touch. first let's take a look at some of the day's other news. south korea says

we expect mr. bannon to come in on wednesday. we're told by majority, i did ask when mr. lewandowski would come back because he refused to answer the same question. they don't have a date for mr. lewandowski. apparently they are holding mr. bannon to one standard and other witnesses like mr. lewandowski to another. we press on. thank you. >> the president of the united states. [applause] >> tonight, president donald trump gives his first state of the union address to congress and the nation. the state of the union speech will be live at 9:00 p.m.. following the speech, the democratic response from congressman. president trump's state of the union address tonight live on c-span. listen live on the free c-span top, app or on your desk phone, or tablet on c-span.org. now a preview of the state of the union address. hosted by the "washington post," this is just over two hours. [applause]

president threatening legal action against mr bannon. it follows comments attributed to him in a controversial new book about the trump presidency, a book which mr trump's lawyers are trying to prevent being published. 0ur north america editorjon sopel is in washington for us tonight. some of the details in this book, the book president trump doesn't want us to see, are certainly intriguing. yes. and extraordinary, as you say, the white house looking at legal measures to stop the book from ever reaching the shelves. quite unprecedented. perhaps not surprising then that the publishers are bringing forward the release date to tomorrow. at the briefing this afternoon with sarah sanders, the white house spokesman by perisic described the book as sad, pathetic, com plete fa ntasy, described the book as sad, pathetic, complete fantasy, tabloid gossip and a lot more besides. in focusing their fire a lot more besides. in focusing theirfire on the a lot more besides. in focusing their fire on the publication of this book, they are giving the mark

donald trump has attacked his former chief strategist, steve bannon, after mr bannon was quoted in a book as saying mr trump's son and son—in—law had held a treasonous meeting with a group of russians. the president said mr bannon had lost his mind after being sacked from his white house post and had leaked false information to make himself seem more important. north korea has placed a call with south korea, reopening a hotline which was closed almost two years ago on the orders of the north's leader, kim jong—un. and this video is trending on bbc.com — this very disgruntled ryanair passenger was arrested after leaving his plane through the emergency exit. he was angry following a number of delays at take off and landing. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: here, the health secretary has apologised, after nhs england postpones tens—of—thousands of non—urgent treatments, until february, after a surge in admissions. labour say this meant that the nhs was in crisis. now on bbc news, all the latest business news live from singap

>> i'd let mr. bannon have a chance to explain those allegations. within thing we do know is that meeting is not the first time that russians had offered dirt on hillary clinton. you have that meeting, the overtures to mr. papadopoulos, where he already pled guilty to lying to the fbi because he didn't come forward with that information, you have a number of other suggested overtures and one of the questions i think americans have a right to ask is why were the russians making so many overtures to the trump campaign about dirt on hillary clinton, then we've had this effort after the fact where clearly the intelligence community of our country determined that the russians did intervene to try to help mr. trump and then you have the fact after the election where you have individuals like the president's first national security advisor having repeated contacts with the russians, where he then had to plead guilty to. there are very serious questions that still remain to be answered and that the public deserves a right to know. >> as you know, the fusion

. >>> did steve bannon betray you, mr. president? any words about steve bannon? >> i don't know. he called me a great man last night. he obviously changed the tune pretty quick. thank you all very much. i don't talk to him. i don't talk to him. i don't talk to him. that's just a misnomer. >> joining the discussion now, george f. will, pulitzer prize winning author for "the washington post" and msnbc political analyst. george, mitch mcconnell was trying to find a way to break the spell that steve bannon seemed to have break the spell steve bannon had over the president. as of tonight it seems like the spell is broken. >> and broken by steve bannon. steve bannon, who's sort of the -- in politics with the new york mets of 1962 were in baseball. that is, new parameters and ways of losing you've never seen before. he's been too busy racking up losses to have red mitch mcconnell's memoir. he should. the title of the memoir is a long game. in this case he knew he would wait them out and your enemies will end up destroying themselves. napoleon says when your enemy is destroying himself,

it follows comments attributed to mr bannon in a new book about the trump presidency. he's quoted as saying that a meeting between mr trump's son and a group of russians during the presidential campaign was "treasonous". 0ur north american editor, jon sopel, reports. hell hath no furious like a bannon scorned, it it would seem. steve bannon, who was described as the brains behind donald trump, is now out in the washington cold after his extraordinary attack. the warm words of last summer but a distant memory. i like of last summer but a distant memory. ilike him, of last summer but a distant memory. i like him, he is a good man. he is not a racist, i can tell you that. he isa not a racist, i can tell you that. he is a good person. he actually gets a very good —— of unfair press in that regard. but we will see what happens with mr bannon, but he is a good person and i think the press treats him frankly very unfairly. rounding on the president and president's son—in—law during the campaign, saying: and that's provoked rage and fury in the white house. the preside

mr bannon, who was a key member of the trump team, has recently been quoted in a new book criticising the president's son. breitbart said that mr bannon was a valued part of its legacy and they'd always be grateful for his contributions. our correspondent david willis is in washington. the writing was on the wall for steven bannon, after the president came out and slapped him down, called him sloppy steve and made it clear that he wasn't happy with him and the money followed. it certainly did and you know when the president slaps you with some sort of thing like that it is only a question of time. you are right. it was the money that ran out to him. rebecca mercer and herfather, money that ran out to him. rebecca mercer and her father, robert money that ran out to him. rebecca mercer and herfather, robert are not household names in the united states but they are very powerful republican backers. they did not like what steve bannon was quoted as saying in michael wolff's book and they withdrew their pledge to underwrite fielding of conservative candidates in the mid—term elections. s

bannon was a staffer. mr. bannon was a low level staffer. he was a fellow who is very intrigued with the presidency and of being in the white house , with being what he felt the end circle and he was leaking information and was found out for leaking information and he was fired. host: bill, you still there? let me ask you about this intrigue. you're not fascinated at least little by by what you call policy us intrigue then? caller: no, it's one of a series of many, many tell all books that these folks write on the presidency that actually get out and they want to make their million dollars and pretend to be the one with the insider information. and we go back, trump is very clear this guy was a staffer. host: bill in pennsylvania, you made that point. appreciate your calls this morning. a change in the senate makeup as of yesterday with two new senate members being sworn in. this is the swearing in of doug jones and tina smith, almost certainly brought a measure of relief for senators for both parties. republicans, senator jones means there

bannon? >> i think mr. bannon should testify before us or before mr. mueller. clearly if he's going to make these kind of allegations, i would like to know under what basis. >> and bannon contends that the mueller investigation on money launder saying, their path to f'ing trump goes through manafort and kushner and they subpoenaed records saying it goes through deutsche bank and all of the kushner -- [ expletive ] is greasy. they will roll these two guys up and say play me or trade me. is money laundering is something your committee looking at. >> that falls into the criminal investigation. that is the purview of special prosecutor mueller, we are looking at collaboration and collusion and what could arise out of that. but mr. bannon's comments about deutsche bank and others isn't the first time we've heard allegations similar to that coming out of the dossier and there have been other rumors. but again, i'm not going to comment on those until we finish our investigation. >> the founders of fusion gps, wrote an op-ed and said a generation [ inaudible ] by urgin

i stood there in the room while mr. bannon's lawyer talked to the white house. i think they have got to get their message straight and then they have got to work with us to tell us that in these very specific conversations that presumably mr. bannon had with the president that those should be protected. fair enough. let's have that conversation. this notion that anything during the transition or conversations that were held not with the president that those somehow are protected. those eventually neat to go away. >> another long day on the hill. we appreciate you joining us on our broadcast tonight. thank you very much. coming up for us, a government shut down looming as we keep being told. the white house sending mixed signals and a deal on immigration proving increasingly elusive. all of it when we come back. . >>> i feel having the democrats in with us is absolutely vital. this should be a bipartisan bill. it should be a bill of love. truly, it should be a bill of love. >> when this group comes back, hopefully with an agreement. this group and others from the

and the response from mr bannon last night? why, to declare his unfailing support for the president. and that brought this response from mr trump today. has steve bannon betrayed you, mr president? thank you very much. i don't know, he called me a great man last night, so, you know, he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. all right, thank you all very much. the white house is pushing back hard on the contents of this book, describing the author, michael wolff, as an unreliable witness and a fantasist. that, despite him being given unprecedented access to the workings of the west wing and recording hours and hours of conversations. and even if only 50% of the book is accurate, it still paints a damning portrait of a white house that's dysfunctional and a president who's paranoid. no wonder donald trump is so angry. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. let's ta ke let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. an explosion in the afghan capital, kabul, has killed at least 15 people. the interior ministry says it

and the response from mr bannon last night? why, to declare his unfailing support for the president. and that brought this response from mr trump today. has steve bannon betrayed you, mr president? thank you very much. i don't know, he called me a great man last night, so, you know, he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. all right, thank you all very much. the white house is pushing back hard on the contents of this book, describing the author, michael wolff, as an unreliable witness and a fantasist. that, despite him being given unprecedented access to the workings of the west wing and recording hours and hours of conversations. and even if only 50% of the book is accurate, it still paints a damning portrait of a white house that's dysfunctional and a president who's paranoid. no wonder donald trump is so angry. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. an explosion in the afghan capital, kabul, has killed at least 15 people. the interior ministry says it was a suicid

mr. bannon said those things. mr. bannon was one of the president's closest advisors. i don't think anybody was buying is some random staffer. melissa: about torching bannon, distancing himself from the alt-right and taking the trump administration and pivoting away from that entire group and discrediting bannon? >> i think at this point mr. bannon sort torched himself. later in the day, the book comes out, starting to hear excerpts. later that day you have mr. bannon saying he is all in with trump all the time. you just disparaged his daughter, his son. you went after the president himself. that doesn't make any sense. i don't think it's a one-day story. i think democrats will seize on this and drag it out as long as they can. and look, there are some nuggets of truth and there are some people with perspectives not flattering to the president right there in the white house. melissa: right. but does it change anyone's mind? >> no. melissa: people who love the president love the president. for the people that hate the president it gives them more fodder, they already ha

bannon? did that surprise you in any way and if so, how? surprising. i believe the president could or would win otherwise it would not have dedicated so much time to it. i worked in the white house since the very first day and a lot of characterization of -- that i saw that he was pushing out was the opposite of what i saw today place every day i had been here. klesko to north korea, some folks in town say listen, it doesn't help, despite the idea being that we will be forceful and push back, some say it does not help limit tweets come out the way they do. we know the president made clear i am who i am and i will tweet the way i want to. has there been a consideration that tweets like the one on north korea actually do not advance the agenda, working with other partners in the region? ms. sanders: what did not help is the complacency in the silence of the previous administration. this president leads through strength and he will do that and inus on everything he can do order to keep americans safe and he will not be pushed around by the leader of north

and the response from mr bannon last night? why, to declare his unfailing support for the president. and that brought this response from mr trump today. has steve bannon betrayed you, mr president? thank you very much. i don't know, he called me a great man last night, so, you know, he obviously changed his tune pretty quick. all right, thank you all very much. the white house is pushing back hard on the contents of this book, describing the author, michael wolff, as an unreliable witness and a fantasist. that, despite him being given unprecedented access to the workings of the west wing and recording hours and hours of conversations. and even if only 50% of the book is accurate, it still paints a damning portrait of a white house that's dysfunctional and a president who's paranoid. no wonder donald trump is so angry. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. officials in south africa say the number of people killed when a train hit a truck has risen to 18. about two—hundred—and—seventy people were injured in the crash at a level

s comments sweet mr. bannon about that election. david: kind of makes you want to buy the book, doesn't it? jodi: ian: i think that was the intent. david: coming up, we are looking at surging prices, may be in for a shellshocked. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is "bloomberg markets: asia." controleizing of embryo. -- air. they can offer defense businesses without compromising. is now --ethere rose.r net loss for the. , the charge comes from earning sales over taxation and adjustment to deferred tax -- earnings will be below the 5.8 to 5.9, a share there. high, whatever you want to call it. have more thanks doubled. government says it would allow exports of medicinal weed. friendly rose about 125% shy of a 32% aim for the whole of last year. they say further litigation in the sector is not just a bunch of hippies anymore. at cars.ok mercedes topping the list in a shrinking market. deliveries of the tlc crossover surged to a record in december. it had a lead over bmw and lexus in annual sales. markets and india are well up and run

to mr. wolff but is refusing to testify to congress. so yeah, it was a bizarre moment to say the least. >> well, for those of us who are laypeople and not lawyers, how do you play this how do you thread this? there must be some of you angry enough to threaten him with the hoosgow and hold him in contempt of congress. how do you get him to talk to you while retaining the sovereignty and sanctity of the mueller investigation which is concurrent? >> it's not so much the mueller investigation. there is periodic contact between the two investigations, because we don't want to step on each other's toes. for example, you wouldn't want the congress to bestow immunity on somebody that mueller was going after. that hasn't happened, but there's very little contact. the issue really, and this is sort of a fundamental issue for the congress of the united states. look, executive privilege exists for a reason. the president should be able to expect that his or her advisers are going to give unvarnished, st

i think the president's statement fully addresses his position and his relationship with mr bannon. april? when was the last time the president talked to steve bannon, and this is a serious question, is the president now blocking steve bannon from calling his cell phone? lam not bannon from calling his cell phone? i am not aware he was calling his cellphone, i believe the last conversation took place at the first pa rt of conversation took place at the first part of december. this two powerhouses are fighting, what does it do to the president's base? i don't think it is anything, the base and the people that supported this president supported the president and his agenda, that has not changed, the president is who he was yesterday as he was two years ago when he started on the campaign trail. his agenda has not changed and he is continuing to fight for and he is continuing to fight for and push for that. and he is continuing to fight for and push forthat. i and he is continuing to fight for and push for that. i think the base is extremely excited and happy with the job this presiden

it's not mr. bannon's right to waive it. president trump said bannon lost his mind when he lost his job, and the white house defends his silence. >> no one encouraged him to be anything but transparent, but there is a process of what that looks like. >> reporter: a source tells abc news he expected to cooperate with the supeona. there's a trump tower meeting between trump jr., and a russian lawyer. president trump dismissed the russian investigation as fake news. >> to be clear, to call the russian matter a hoax as the president has done so many times is a falsehood. >> reporter: today, trump critic jeff blake unleashed on the president comparing him to communism leader joseph stalin. >> an american president who cannot take criticism, who must deflect and distort and distract, who must find someone else to blame is charting a very dangerous path. >> as for bannon, he could be in front of the grand jury within days, and he's expected to testify with no restrictions from the white house. abc news, washington. >>> new details

instructions from the white house mr. bannon could not talk about anything of the transition or recent conversations he has had with the president. >> sarah sanders also confirmed that steve bannon's lawyer was conveying with the white house. is that the same proces that is typically followed. >> i hope he was not doing that because that would be an effort to read into the white house a committee's sensitive investigation. the white house has a right to put parameters in place for any time that steve bannon was at the white house but they cannot, they should not know what we are asking mr. bannon with respect to the campaign. >> sanders citing executive privilege that goes back decades. >> no. to my knowledge that has never happened in history. and it is happening right now with mr. bannon and also not supported by any case law or any statute. we believe this is the white house in most aggressive way yet, trying -- i hope when he does come back that and we are hoping that is soon that is correct -- the white house will cl

but, we will see what happens with mr bannon. quite. well he found himself outside the big white house tent, and now, he is taking careful aim. he says a meeting between donald trump jr and russian officials should have been reported immediately to the fbi, describing it as treasonous and unpatriotic. predictably the president's spokeswoman didn't agree. i think that is a ridiculous accusation and one i am pretty sure we have addressed many times before, if that is in reference to comments made by mr bannon i refer you to the ones he made previously on 60 minutes where he called the collusion with russia about this president a totalfarce. so i think i would look back tharkts if anybody has been inconsistent it has been him, not the president or this administration. donald trump's response was even tougher. when he was fired he not only lost hisjob, he lost his mind. it's fire and fury indeed. the book claims the former prime minister tony blair was bidding to be a white house middle east adviser. and that he told the president's son—i