one, donald trump doesn't pay taxes. two, donald trump loses massive amounts of money in business. and three, donald trump has always been financially dependent on his father. those are all things that donald trump does not want voters to know about his financial life. all of those things clash with the image of successful businessman that donald trump presents to his supporters. it is possible that the six years of tax returns that have been legally demanded from the irs by house ways and means committee chairman richard neal would reveal a similar partner for donald trump possibly with financial supporters other than his father, like perhaps a russian oligarch or two. those tax returns are being illegally withheld from chairman neal by treasury secretary steven mnuchin, but chairman neal will eventually succeed in obtaining those tax returns because the law is entirely on his side. in the meantime, though, tonight's "new york times" reporting is the most detailed picture yet of ten years of donald trump's financial life from 1985 to 1994 and it shows donald trump declaring losses

reportera: donald trump sufre fobia a los gÉrmenes. en un lugar rural, difÍcilmente se podÍa controlar las moscas. >> Él se molestaba muchÍsimo porque estaba cenando y las moscas venÍan y Él detesta las moscas. se ponÍan muchos pegotines para moscas. reportero: esto era un problema menor frente a una labor que se convirtiÓ en algo peor. >> los cuellos de las camisas siempre quedaban con maquillaje. yo las lavaba. le ponÍa líquido, le ponÍa de todo. en muchas ocasiones melania nos enviaba lÍquidos especiales para quitar el maquillaje de los cuellos. reportero: donald trump le reclamaba porquÉ encontraba rastro del maquillaje sus camisetas. >> Él se enojaba mucho. locutor: al volver, a un integrante del chicos, tengo una idea. uy ¡cuenta, cuenta! ¿y si les damos a la gente el iphone xr cuando se unan a t-mobile? por tiempo limitado, únete a t-mobile y llévate el increíble iphone xr por cuenta nuestra. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ teresa: para las mucamas de donald trump, la palabra maquillaje se transformÓ en pesadilla repetid

he was worried trump would do what donald trump has done. i have worked for or advised a lot of presidents and in fact, there are republicans, as well democrat, presidents who don't understand economics generally get a lesson from their economic advisers. presidents who don't understand economics don't spout off and repeatedly say economic lies. i mean, this is basically -- this is the dangerous and we're in a very, very dangerous territory right now. >> very slow learner in the white house. professor robert reisch, thank you very much for joining us tonight 37 really appreciate it. >> thanks, lawrence. >> when we come back, democratic presidential candidate seth moulton in tonight's contenders interview. bls contenders interview. bl did you know you can save money by using dish soap to clean grease on more than dishes? using multiple cleaners on grease can be expensive, and sometimes ineffective. for better value, tackle grease with dawn ultra. dawn is for more than just dishes. it provides 3x more grease cleaning power per drop, which cuts

donald trump is a minority president. and always has been and he continues to behave like a minority president. donald trump got only 46% of the vote in 2016. and not once during his presidency has his approval rating ever reached 50% in the gallup poll. you can see on this graph from early 2017 to now, his approval has never gone above 50% this month gallup has him at 42% approval, 5% disapproval. donald trump does even worse when it comes to personal characteristics. on the question do you think donald trump is honest? 65% say no. 30% say yes. does donald trump have good leadership skills, 5% say no. 39% say yes. does donald trump care about average americans, 58% say no. 39% say yes. and then there are the polling questions that are unique to donald trump. do you think donald trump committed crimes before he was president, 57% say yes. 28% say no. do you think president trump blibs he is above the law? 56% say yes. 41% say no. donald trump is running for re-election with his former campaign chairman and his former pers

but donald trump is donald trump, and he loves that now that he has benefited from the system that's been rigged for people like him by people like him, that he gets away with it all so he's doing the exact opposite and is looking for ways to hurt americans just trying to dig out of a hole that wasn't created by using all their daddy's money. she is a volunteer for free black mamas, an initiative to bail out black mothers in time for mother's day. back with us is tim o'brien. donald trump lost all this money. he never paid any consequences for it. but when you think about the consequences that people face every day when they don't pay a bill or phone bill, when they don't pay a mortgage loan, the consequences are real and dire. i wonder if it's connecting out there that the rigged system that donald trump talked about is the one rigged for him by people like him? >> that's right, joy. thanks for having me it's really interesting to watch him. it's clear he wants everyone to think he's rich, but all his policies benefit and coddle the rich. the trump tax skame gave $28 billion in prof

but donald trump is donald trump, and he loves that now that he has benefited from the system that's been rigged for people like him by people like him, that he gets away with it all so he's doing the exact opposite and is looking for ways to hurt americans just trying to dig out of a hole that wasn't created by using all their daddy's money. she is a volunteer for free black mamas, an initiative to bail out black mothers in time for mother's day, alexis goldstein. back with us is tim o'brien. donald trump lost all this money. he never paid any consequences for it. but when you think about the consequences that people face every day when they don't pay a bill or phone bill, when they don't pay a mortgage loan, the consequences are real and dire. alexis, i wonder if it's connecting out there that the rigged system that donald trump talked about is the one rigged for him by people like him? >> that's right, joy. thanks for having me it's really interesting to watch him. it's clear he wants everyone to think he's rich, but all his policies benefit and coddle the rich. the trump tax skam

who frankly, does not like donald trump, me, this donald trump. and frankly, for my son, after being exonerated to now get a subpoena to go again and speak again after close to 20 hours of telling everybody that would listen about a nothing meeting, yeah, i'm pretty surprised. >> the bible that we're willing to take the country to the bring of a constitutional show down to keep secret. all of this contributing to a standoff between the trump administration and congress. and leading house speaker nancy pelosi, the highest ranking impeachment skeptic to agree with her colleagues that we are indeed in a constitutional crisis. that's where we start today. on set, sam stein, jonathan swan. paul butler and ron klain. jonathan let me start with you, it was your great reporting about the subpoena. what are they looking for? the subpoena? >> what's the committee looking for? the "new york times" has it right. they're trying to square his previous testimony with what michael cohen said, which was that donald trump jr.'s knowledge of the development was more

donald trump is not a normal president. instead, he proved he is incapable of or unwilling to confront putin and stand-up for the u.s. electoral system. >> did you tell him not to meddle in the next election. >> excuse me, i'm talking. i'm answering this question. you are very rude. >> we had a good conversation about many things. >> did you tell him not the meddle in the next election? >> we didn't discuss it. >> joining me is malcolm. former california senator, barbara boxer, a "washington post" columnist and co-author of "one nation after trump" and david corn for mother jones. in the open, we talked about a normal president and what they might have done. what might a president in a normal frame of mind and a normal sort of national security posture after what happened in 2016, what might they have said to putin on that call? >> they might have lived up to the o the oath of office, protecting and defending this nation as the first thought they have waking up in the morning, going to bed and when speaking to dictators who

>> donald trump is playing it right here. he was cautiously optimistic, very cautiously welcoming the idea of prime minister abe mediating between the us and iran but washington must be careful not to dilute a successful campaign with eagerness for diplomacy. the success of the campaign is a reason america's allies like japan which have had to scale back are looking to end the current crisis. heather: why is japan so willing to jump into it? >> there are multiple reasons. there a terror issue between the us and japan and close personal relationship between donald trump and prime minister abe and the japanese have long-standing relations with iran before and after the islamic revolution. it is a multifaceted piece of the puzzle coming together. heather: in terms of negotiations, what could be negotiated that would benefit the us? >> it is open to interpretation, japan would have to find a way to dampen iran's incentive against the us and restrain the nuclear program and convince iran it is in iran's interest to come back to th

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we don't really know what donald trump junior will do. we hear he may not come forward for the -- you know, to testify. we're not sure what he's going to do. for the president, this is hitting home and is a personal thing when his children are getting involved. >>> we can contrast the urgent tone jerry nadler was having, what robert is describing nancy pelosi saying in her sitdown with him toda we can contrast th tone jerry nadler was having, what robert is describing nancy pelosi saying in her sitdown with him today, chris christie at an event moderated by stephanie ruhle looked at this contempt move against the attorney general and invokes the case of eric holder, the previous attorney general and said we've been here before. take a listen to what chris christie said. >> well, let not get breathless about this. eric holder was held in contempt of congress over fast and furious and what happened from that? absolutely nothing because the prosecution for contempt of congress is then referred to the justice department and eric holder said i

donald trump is a minority president. and always has been and he continues to behave like a minority president. donald trump got only 46% of the vote in 2016. and not once during his presidency has his approval rating ever reached 50% in the gallup poll. you can see on this graph from early 2017 to now, his approval has never gone above 50% this month gallup has him at 42% approval, 5% disapproval. donald trump does even worse when it comes to personal characteristics. on the question do you think donald trump is honest? 65% say no. 30% say yes. does donald trump have good leadership skills, 58% say no. 39% say yes. does donald trump care about average americans, 58% say no. 39% say yes. and then there are the polling questions that are unique to donald trump. do you think donald trump committed crimes before he was president, 57% say yes. 28% say no. do you think president trump blibs he is above the law? 56% say yes. 41% say no. donald trump is running for re-election with his former campaign chairman and his former per

donald trump has this penny plan. eucha a penny from each agency in that -- you cut a penny from each agency during the first year. i think it is a cancer cell for our economy. one of the things that larry kudlow, president trump's chief economist, he and i used to tell the candidate donald trump that the most important thing is to grow the american economy. make sure the economy is growing faster than the debt. up, buter keeps going at least our economy is growing faster than the debt. we have stabilized things. we have to bring that number down. host: the book is trumponomics. it's co-author stephen moore at the table. michael is joining us from illinois. good morning. caller: good morning. senior.int, i am a i am disabled. i'm a veteran. my, and minute to make my question. first, and is -- first comment is that you should use -- you should loose your tax exempt status because you had mr. marrone, who is a propagandist. i voted for trump. to giveollars went up jeff bezos a tax cut. interest rates have cap them artif

but donald trump is no richard nixon. donald trump has much less respect for the law than even richard nixon did. and so it is easy now to feel a constitutional crisis approaching in washington. there is another crisis presented by the trump presidency that has been with us and been very visible every day of the trump presidency. it was described by 27 mental health professionals who contributed to the best selling book, the dangerous case of donald trump. the book describes donald trump's psychological weaknesses in ways that make him unfit for the presidency. three coauthors of that book have written an op-ed piece for the boston globe based on their reading of the mueller report. and they say, the pattern that emerges of the president is one of rash shortsighted decision making without consideration of consequences. he is protected only by actions on the part of former fbi director james comey, former white house counsel don mcgahn, and former campaign manager cory lewandowski who in effect shields the president from h

>> beating donald trump. all the things that he said about the blue shirt wearing, arm waving hands all over the place, standing on every car that he sees, standing on lunch counter, beto o'rourke just absolutely thrashing donald trump by ten points, 52 to 42! joe biden up by 6 points, 51 to 45, sanders up 6 points, 50 to 44, harris up 4 points, 49 to 45, mayor pete, who half the country don't even know yet, even he is beating donald trump 47 to 44 and elizabeth warren is in a statistical tie with donald trump. that's right, donald trump, the woman you've derided as pocahontas and made fun of for the past several years, she's tied with you. but as you peel back the numbers, willie, on a lot of these polls, one of the most interesting was a q poll that came out and had a gender gap that is just insurmountable. 34% of women, only 34% of women support donald trump. 62% disapprove. i'm not good at math but i think that is close to 28%, a jend are gap of 28%. that is remarkable. and if it stays that way, donald tr

. >> if i were donald trump jr.'s lawyer, i would tell them, you don't need to go back into this environment anymore. i would call ate day. >> reporter: that's despite's graham's comments during bill clinton's impeachment saga. >> the day richard nixon failed to answer that subpoena is the day he was subject to impeachment because he took from the power from congress over the impeachment process away from congress and he became the judge skbr and jury. >> reporter: the president raised eyebrows when he praised victor orban, as he welcomed the prime minister to the oval office. >> people have a lot of respect for this prime minister. you look at some of the problems they have in europe that are tremendous, because they've done it a different way than the prime minister. >> reporter: it was another example of mr. trump embracing a foreign leader who has bashed immigrants and eroded democratic freedoms. >> respected all over europe, probably like me a little bit controversial, but that's okay. that's okay. you've done a

so no indictment of donald trump jr. many others in the trump organization, according to michael's information that he's shared with the southern district prosecutors and will continue to share with congress should imperil mr. trump once he leaves office and possibly while he is in office if congress chooses to impeach him. >> it is a very interesting set of facts, one that we have covered before. >> yes. >> lanny davis, appreciate you coming on the show tonight. >> thank you, ari. >> under the circumstances. thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> we're going fit in a break, and then i'm going show you something you don't see every day. a republican who worked on the watergate investigation of president nixon who is declaring tonight that donald trump's obstruction is both worse than president nixon's and is the kind of thing that should deny him the republican nomination for president. live, next. (door bell rings) it's open! hey. this is amazing. with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, are you okay? even when i was there

donald trump heads back to japan for the g 20 summit. shannon: the president just wrecked up his remarks heading home, 1000 service men and women aboard the uss wasp. let's bring in former cia station chief dana hoffman and marine corps bomb technician julie jones for reaction. we talked about how the president address the relationship between japan and the us. he said it's fantastic, he talked about size we have there at all of this comes after the remarks regarding north korea. japan is there in the region and have been expressing concern with regard to missile launches by north korea. i want to put something up that john bolton said in tokyo last week, un security council resolutions north korea from firing any ballistic missiles in terms of violating un security council resolutions, there is no doubt about that but here is what the president said with prime minister abe when they talked about it in a joint press conference. >> i am personally not. my people think it could have been a violation is you know. i view it differently. i vi

the russians may have leverage over donald trump. comments may just be weeks away from the result of several investigations into the investigators including comey. we have fox news team coverage tonight on foreign-policy issues from iran to china to north korea. david fund standing by on the tariff countdown but we start with trace gallagher, donald trump versus the top administration official from the obama administration. >> reporter: in addition to imposing new sanctions on iran, steel, aluminum, copper and iron sectors and dispatching us aircraft carrier strike group to the middle east donald trump would not rule out the possibility of military action in iran. the president added he would like iran to call him and not john kerry. >> john kerry speaks to them a lot. john kerry tells them not to fall. that's a violation of the logan acted he should be prosecuted on that. >> the president went on to say only democrats do that kind of stuff referring to the obama justice department in the logan act as a pretext to question incoming n

he was worried trump would do what donald trump has done. i have worked for or advised a lot of presidents and in fact, there are republicans, as well democrat, presidents who don't understand economics generally get a lesson from their economic advisers. presidents who don't understand economics don't spout off and repeatedly say economic lies. i mean, this is basically -- this is the dangerous and we're in a very, very dangerous territory right now. >> very slow learner in the white house. professor robert reisch, thank you very much for joining us tonight 37 really appreciate it. >> thanks, lawrence. >> when we come back, democratic presidential candidate seth moulton in tonight's contenders interview. i felt i couldn't be at my best wifor my family. c, in only 8 weeks with mavyret, i was cured and left those doubts behind. i faced reminders of my hep c every day. but in only 8 weeks with mavyret, i was cured. even hanging with friends i worried about my hep c. but in only 8 weeks with mavyret, i was cured. mavyret is the only 8-week cure

donald trump jr. considering pleading the fifth or not appearing before the panel at all. >>> and two shooters, two alleged shooters are in custody. one appears in court as a student who tried to protect classmates is mourned as a hero. and yet another community is devastated just miles from the columbine high school. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news, the house judiciary committee has just voted to hold the attorney general, william barr,contempt of congress for refuse to go provide an unredacted version of the mueller report. the party line vote follows president trump's move to exert executive privilege over the entire report and its underlying evidence. it's the latest clash in what's now an all-out battle between house democrats and the trump administration which has moved to block congressional investigations on every front. jerry nadler says a constitutional crisis is already at hand while the white house accuses him of a blatant abuse of power. if the full hou

not you or me or donald trump. we in the democracy are relearning how to have a conversation after that gutenberg era. voices were never heard in white old media that enabled me too and black lives matter and living while black. we have to treasure that while putting up with the gust of donald trump. >> shaun carter who said hash tags and retweets. >> if silence was golden, you couldn't raise a dime because your mouth is working overtime and brain on vacation. >> you are reading. >> i went on twitter and i asked for help. >> this is a crowd source lyric. >> i have to have some defense. >> we appreciate you being a good sport and preparing for the beat. simon and garfunkel who said that's the sound of silence. >> i have nothing more to say. >> we'll be right back. >> we'll brie ght back creating the future. so, every day, we put our latest technology and unrivaled network to work. the united states postal service makes more e-commerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. who used expedia to book the

we don't really know what donald trump junior will do. we hear he may not come forward for the -- you know, to testify. we're not sure what he's going to do. for the president, this is hitting home and is a personal thing when his children are getting involved. >>> we can contrast the urgent tone jerry nadler was having, what robert is describing nancy pelosi saying in her sitdown with him toda we can contrast t tone jerry nadler was having, what robert is describing nancy pelosi saying in her sitdown with him today, chris christie at an event moderated by stephanie ruhle looked at this contempt move against the attorney general and invokes the case of eric holder, the previous attorney general and said we've been here before. take a listen to what chris christie said. >> well, let not get breathless about this. eric holder was held in contempt of congress over fast and furious and what happened from that? absolutely nothing because the prosecution for contempt of congress is then referred to the justice department and eric holder said i

stick it to the man and donald trump saying yes, stick it to me. so, i think it will be difficult for him to go down that line again looking at what has happened. but it will be complicated for senator sanders to rile people up again at that level and they do have this revolutionary character. gerry: thank you. another break. coming up, a closer look at the coming up, a closer look at the coming up, a closer look at the at comcast, we didn't build the nation's largest gig-speed network just to make businesses run faster. we built it to help them go beyond. because beyond risk... welcome to the neighborhood, guys. there is reward. ♪ ♪ beyond work and life... who else could he be? there is the moment. beyond technology... there is human ingenuity. ♪ ♪ every day, comcast business is helping businesses go beyond the expected, to do the extraordinary. take your business beyond. gerry: my guests, jessica, let's look at the democratic field. joe biden is in the race, a pretty large lead in the polls. is he beatable? >> definitely beatable. it is s

stick it to the man and donald trump saying yes, stick it to me. so, i think it will be difficult for him to go down that line again looking at what has happened. but it will be complicated for senator sanders to rile people up again at that level and they do have this revolutionary character. gerry: thank you. another break. coming up, a closer look at the ♪ limu emu & doug look limu. a civilian buying a new car. let's go. limu's right. liberty mutual can save you money by customizing your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. oh... yeah, i've been a customer for years. huh... only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ gerry: my guests, jessica, let's look at the democratic field. joe biden is in the race, a pretty large lead in the polls. is he beatable? >> definitely beatable. it is so early in this. i think the primary debates will do a lot to tell us about where we are in the race.his margins in iowa and new hampshire are slimmer than one might expect. but superstrong in south carolina. gerry: what th

that was one time when donald trump could not clete his way to a win. rick riley says that donald trump lies so much about golf, that "trump's nose has grown so long, he could putt with it." there are many ways to be offended by donald trump, rick riley says he's offended as a golfer. rick rile little learned the game from his father. everyone in the quilly clan goflz including his 91-year-old aunt. "we have a giant nine-hole family tournament every year. the riley roundup. everyone wears a yellow shirt just like the one we buried my dad in." for the rileys, golf is a test of skill and a test of character rick rilery quotes a psychiatrist in his explaining why donald trump has to cheat at golf. why it is part of his narcissistic personality disorder. we will read you that statement by harvard medical school psychiatry professor when rick reilly joins us after this final commercial break and rick reilly

they have president donald trump. folks, i'm running for our country, democrats, republicans, independents, differently. not back to a path that never was, but to a future that fulfills our true potential as a country. now, some of these same people are saying, you know, biden just doesn't get it. you can't work with republicans anymore. that's not the way it works anymore. folks, i'm going to say something outrageous. i know how to make government work. not because i've talked or tweeted about it but because i've done it. i've worked across the aisle to reach consensus, to help make government work in the past. i can do that again with your help. for me, for me, to me, our principles must never be compromised, but compromise itself is not a dirty word. consensus is not a weakness. it showed our founders thought it was the way to govern, it was necessary. it was designed the way the constitution says. it requires consensus. you know, i did it when i was a senator. it's what i did as your vice president, working with b

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they issued a subpoena to donald trump jr. it is the first time a member of the trump family has been subpoenaed in the investigation of the president. our first guest tonight, house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff. he issued, quote, a subpoena to attorney general pete barr for documents and materials related to special counsel robert mueller's investigation, including all counter-intelligence and foreign intelligence materials produced during the special counsel's investigation. the full unredacted report and the underlying evidence. the showdown on that such is scheduled for one week from today. wednesday, may 15 is the deadline and congressman schiff to alternate general william barr. after they voted along party lines in 2016 to hold william barr in contempt of congress, no date was set for when the full house vote on that contempt of congress resolution. we will ask chairman schiff if he expects speaker pelosi to delay the full house vote on contempt of congress until the democrats see what the attorney genera

donald trump committed crimes. if you believe that it justifies a process to hold him accountable in ways that robert mueller couldn't, whether it polls at 4% or 94, there's one thing that you do. >> i think democrats look weak if they don't ultimately end up going hard at donald trump with impeachment proceedings. i think if they sit back and just, you know, kind of let the process happen organically. i think politically, nancy pelosi, maybe she is playing the long game and is building support. >> or you rebuke mueller. and this is -- this is an intellectual exercise. if you feel the same way about mueller as the republicans appear to, then do what you're doing. wait, wait for it to get -- because here's the thing. say he gets reelected and you didn't impeach him after robert mueller said he committed obstruction and southern district of new york found him a co so co-conspirator, then what? >> it's not only history but the separate and equal branch of government, which would be moot if they don't act on this. all

he was saying that donald trump junior should ignore the subpoena and now donald trump junior has come to an agreement. they wanted to find a way forward. it wasn't that difficult to get here even though it's in the 11th hour. other republicans were saying they didn't agree with burr. to see lindsey graham go out and say the president's son should ignore a subpoena and now he's come to an agreement, puts him in a bit of a -- >> that's part of the problem carrying water for the white house like senator graham has done recently. the strategy of donald trump junior who has communicated with his dad can shift on a dime. then you're out there having taken that stance as just described and then you look like you're out there all alone. >> it's also a consequence of reacting without getting down to deeper information and knowing as we know from senator burr that they reached out and had asked donald trump junior representedly to come testify. he did not respond. that led to the sue subpoena. that may have been something senator graham was not aware of. >> what does it say richard burr was so

donald trump is now president. with that in mind we are joined now by elana schor, national political reporter for the associated press, and laura barone, reporter for politico. thanks to both of you for being with us. excuse me. let me start, elana, with you. look, donald trump i think is a good way to set up any discussion of electability because the fact that donald trump was able to win in 2016 has called in to question just about every traditional definition of electability that was out there. >> absolutely. and for that matter, the fact that hillary clinton lost is giving a lot of women hope they can win this time. you know, elizabeth warren, amy klobuchar, kamala harris, they look and they say look, hillary failed, and i can succeed for the very reason that donald trump has upended convention. >> it's interesting. electability, sometimes you can see how it is a response. the perception of electability is a response to who won the last time. when you look at joe biden and how he has framed his campaign, you k

also donald trump jr. and that's not it. there's a third issue that could be looked into, prior offers of foreign assistance. the question was -- did he ever tell anybody the trump campaign who is receptive to offers of assistance from foreign governments? he was pretty blunt on this and he said no. we've seen for a long time the e-mails related to this issue where it was made very clear that they were being offered dirt from russian government-connected officials. if it's what you say, i love it. there appear to be legitimate reasons to look back into it. is that the case in your view right now? >> lawmakers want to find out if he lied to congress, period, end of story, but, of course, the interesting thing is you usually hear that from democrats. democrats have been talking about this since the mueller report came out privately so. it's just interesting to see a republican, a conservative republican lead charge, and part of that you have to wonder, you know, richard burr, he's sort in legacy moved. he's

he made it clear that his goal is to protect and defend donald trump and to make real donald trump's believes even they are conspiracy. >> this particular cabinet member who has the power of law enforcement and we have assange going after the press potentially, right in the cross hairs. assange is like the press committing espionage because they are the enemy of the people. it is all baked into their kind of doctrine and the apex, just beneath him is the attorney general and commanding the authority of our country. >> how ironic they're about to give barr to do what they're about to prosecute assange for. >> thank you brian. >> thank you. >> really appreciate you. >> if it does seem to you this may be a historic territory, tlas case f there is a case for that. president richard nixon called to discuss a documentation. we know that because we have the audio tape of nixon hurdling with the aide before the cia director got there. >> i was kind of mysterious with him with him about why you were doing all this, i said to him, look, the president has got some very heavy negotiations coming

not if you're donald trump. donald trump and vladimir putin spoke on the phone today. a spokeswoman saying the two leaders talked about collusion, which notably isn't a thing anywhere but on fox news. mueller actually investigated but when pressed by reporters about whether he mentioned russia's attack on our country, our democracy, here was trump. >> did you address the election meddling issues with president putin today? >> sort of smiled when he said something to the effect that it started off as a mountain but it ended up as a mouse. but he knew that because he knew there was no collusion whatsoever. so pretty much that's what it was. >> mr. president, did you tell him not to meddle in the next election? >> excuse me. i'm talking. i'm answering this question. you are very rude. so we had a good conversation about many different things. okay? >> did you tell him not to meddle in the next election? >> we didn't discuss that. >> we didn't discuss that. and he smiled. were you face timing? another more alarming finding that trump apparently didn't get a chance to bring

. >> if i were donald trump jr.'s lawyer i would tell him you don't need to go back into this environment anymore. i o call it a day. >> reporter: >> the day richard nixon failed to answer that subpoena is the day that he was subject to impeachment because he took a power from congress over the impeachment process away from congress and he became the judge and jury. >> reporter: the president raised eyebrows when he praised hungary's far right leader as he welcomed the prime minister to the oval office. >> people have a lot of respect for this prime minister. you look at some problems that they have in europe that are tremendous because they've done it a different way than the prime minister. >> reporter: it was another example of mr. trump embracing a leader who has bashed immigrants and ignored freedoms. >> probably like me a little bit controversial but that's okay. that's okay. you've done a good job and you've kept your country safe. >> reporter: the president used the occasion to issue another warning to iran.

force donald trump jr. to face more questioning on capitol hill. as for robert mueller, the president claims he'll let the attorney general decide if the special counsel should testify before congress, a reversal of what he said before. he had plenty of harsh words for mueller during an impromptu q&a session in which he rambled and raged at his real and imagined political opponent as well as america's global adversaries. i'll talk with representative jackie speier who sits on both the intelligence and oversight committees. and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. first, let's go to our white house correspondent kaitlan collins. since we heard from the president, we've learned he's planning to make a major cabinet nomination. >> reporter: yeah, wolf, it took four months but the white house announced the president does intend to nominate patrick shanahan as the new defense secretary. he's been in the role since january when james mattis resigned over a dispute he had with the president, and s

>> donald trump jr. and ivanka trump. >> do you recall how many of these briefing there's might have been? >> approximately ten in total. >> that could undercut don jr.'s question, did he have involvement in the moscow deal? he told congress he was only peripherally aware of it with no discussion in 2016. his discrepancy may have the attention. the subpoena for a sitting president's family member who is not in the government is a big deal. i want to point out one more thing. this is even more striking. they didn't have overwhelming evidence for the trump tower meeting. in fact on the very day mueller report came out, we were reporting how mueller detailed the lack of sufficient evidence against trump jr. which was for him some good news. >> good news for donald trump jr. mueller writes, we decided not to pursue criminal campaign finance charges against donald trump jr. >> that was the mueller report date. tonight the picture looks a little different. apparently like some other former trump aides, the sen

it didn't happen, donald trump said no. certainly this is the behavior that reminds us how repressive and outrageous this leadership is in north korea. terrible expense, good reminder to us what we are dealing with. heather: north korea has conducted 3 missile tests this year and denuclearization talks remain at an impasse, there is no indication from the trump administration when they might start up again. attorney general william barr speaking out about robert mueller not reaching a conclusion whether donald trump obstructed justice. >> i felt he could have reached a decision. >> could have reached the conclusion. you can't indict a president while he is in office but he could have reached a decision whether it was collectivity. >> in his summary of the russia investigation ilium barbara there was not enough evidence to charge the president with obstruction. donald trump tweeting about the former special counsel saying robert mueller came to the oval office along with other potential candidates seeking to be named directo

donald trump jr. has been threatened with jail time if he were to completely defy this new subpoena he received from the united states senate. a bipartisan one at that we should tell that you donald trump laughed when supporters called out openly. it may sound like an episode of "veep." i have two of the people involved. tonight i want to tell you by the end of the hour, you will hear from an oscar, emmy, and grammy winning musician. we'll get into it. i begin with something you don't hear every day because you almost never hear it. the speaker of the house of representatives of the united states declaring this country is now in a, quote, constitutional crisis. speaker pelosi saying we are now at that point because of the way the trump administration is dealing with the criminal evidence against the president contained in the mueller report. trump as you may have heard, demanding all sorts of people in his inner circle, simply defying the subpoenas and the request for information and evidence. speaker

trump, they investigated whether or not donald trump tried to benefit from it. that's what their job was, here is what william barr said about that. >> we want to make sure that burning an election -- i think spying on a political campaign is a big deal. i'm not suggesting the rules were violated, but i think it was important to look at that. i'm not talking about the fbi necessarily, but intelligence agencies more broadly. >> so you're not suggesting though that spying occurred? >> i don't, -- well, i think spying it did occur, yes. i think spying did occur. >> william barr said he felt like he was protecting the presidency gauze i felt the rules were being changed to protect trump. just like you cannot commit treason when you are not at war, you cannot call it treason to investigate a guy running for president. this idea that barr is warping the term spying, investigating a thing that is alarming you should investigate, are you worried william barr is essentially running a starr chamber up there? he's just going to investigate whoever donald trump wants locked

trump on if he warned donald trump not to meddle in the 2020 election. >> i'm talking, i'm answering this question, you are very rude. we had a good conversation about many different things. >> donald trump says they spent only a fraction of the hour long phone call discussing it. >> he sort of smiled when he said something to the effect that it started off as a mountain and ended up being a mouse. >> what he said on twitter when he spoke about the russia hoax that has at least one democrat accusing him of treason and james comey saying this. >> the president of the united states refuses to acknowledge that the russians attacked this and i gather he was on the phone with vladimir putin this afternoon talking about how it is a hoax, a foreign adversary intervened in america to damage our democracy, to hurt one of our candidates for president and to help the other. that is an act of war. >> democrats are trying to keep the heat on william barr, nancy pelosi accused of committing a crime. she says barr lied to congress when he testified that he was unaware of any concerns the special co

>>>cnn has learned senate has subpoenaed donald trump junior. also breaking, the house has voted to told william barr in contempt. our political and legal exerts are here with analysis. what does it tell you that donald trump junior has now been subpoenaed to come before the senate intelligence committee. >> i presume he declined be invitation since they issued a subpoena. the first is simple, they said maybe we'll have follow up questions. there's a better reason they did this. people sat down on capitol hill said what did he tell us in testimony. how does that match up with the mueller report? there's some discrepanciediscre. he can't explain those. >> the committee chairman richard burr going against what mitch mcconnell said yesterday, end all these investigations. case closed. let's move on. a source close to donald trump junior calling subpoena quote an obvious pr stunt from a so called republican senator. we're talking about richard burr. the republican senator from north carolina. wlooe we're learning he's considering pleading the fifth

stick it to the man and donald trump saying yes, stick it to me. so, i think it will be difficult for him to go down that line again looking at what has happened. but it will be complicated for senator sanders to rile people up again at that level and they do have this revolutionary character. gerry: thank you. another break. coming up, a closer look at the coming up, a closer look at the incomparable design makes it beautiful. state of the art technology makes it brilliant. the visionary lexus nx. lease the 2019 nx 300 for $359 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. noso let's promote ourke summer travel deal on choicehotels.com like this: surf's up. earn a fifty-dollar gift card when you stay just twice this summer. or.. badda book. badda boom. book now at choicehotels.com it's a revolution in sleep. the sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now during our memorial day sale. it senses your movement, and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. it even helps with this. so you wake up ready to hit the ground runn

donald trump jr. back in for questioning. but he stopped short of saying whether he'll fight it. >> my son is a very good person. works very hard. the last thing he needs is washington, d.c. >> reporter: the spur of the moment news conference was supposed to be a rare moment of bipartisanship in washington over health care legislation. but for the first time since the release of the special counsel's report, trump fumed in front of the cameras for half an hour. >> the mueller report came out. that's the bible. >> reporter: after declaring on twitter that the special counsel shouldn't testify in front of congress, the president reversed his position. >> i'm going to leave that up to the attorney general as to whether or not -- i think, to me, it looks like a redo. >> reporter: he repeated his claims they have an anti-trump agenda. >> going wild. so angry. in order this person now is judging me. >> reporter: he added a qualifier to his line that there was no collusion and no obstruction. ange >> at the

everyone knows how to get to yes with donald trump now. the point is the shiny dictator doing a lot less to sort of tickle his fancy, stole the spotlight from the foreign leader sucking up to him. it does represent sort of an escalation of his vulnerability and weakness and his craving of attention. >> look, every country performs psychological assessments of the american president. they try to figure out how best to do this. so when the president says he's the most transparent president in history, he's got a point. he is transparently vulnerable and easy to read. north korea has got his number at this point. my question is moving forward, have we crossed the point of no return with regard to foreign nations getting entangled with our internal political cam papers and elections. i fear we may have crossed that point. >> eugene, you've written a lot about sort of the echos of autocracy. i wonder if that's the wrong frame. are we there already? >> well, we're somewhere we haven't before and somewhere i don't particularly like us to be. that

let me move to if you run against donald trump. i want to show you these economic numbers. 3.6% unemployment. 263,000 new jobs created in april. 3.2% wage increase. consumer confidence is fairly high. look, there are a lot of voters out there who say, all right, i don't like donald trump's character, but the economy is humming and i vote pocketbook. how do you convince that voter not to vote their pocketbook if they like this economy? >> i say, no, people will vote their pocketbook. chuck, we're in the tenth year of a recovery that started in 2009 when barack obama was president. if you look at the job creation numbers along that trajectory over that ten years it goes just like this. so donald trump is elected in the last two years and i will confess even he couldn't screw up the momentum that we had been going on for the eight years that he got elected. the difficulty is that when you're in a state like mine, colorado, which has one of the most dynamic economies in the world, not just in america, people still -- most people can't

democrats are pushing for donald trump's tax returns. steve mnuchin says that's not going to happen. we could be looking for a court battle coming up, more news tomorrow, big news today. a lot of news from the president but what will happen tomorrow? shannon: he was having a great time in my home state of florida, you were their too, thank you. fox news alert, house democrats taking their feud with the trump administration to the next level, the judiciary chairman colin a constitutional crisis, holding the attorney general and contempt. katherine herridge has more on where things stand. >> reporter: after four hours of debate house judiciary committee democrats took the first step towards holding william barr in contempt. >> refused to do anything but provide political cover to the president. the president seeks to take a wrecking ball to the constitution. >> reporter: jerry nadler says william barr refused to comply with congressional subpoena to supply the full special counsel report and underlying records. >> no person, not the attorn