Erin Burnett stays ahead of the headlines, delivering a show that is indepth and informative. We know this president does not likes to talk about money but doesnt like to talk about his personal finances. Tax returns a perfect example. And the president s tax returns, talked about it this could be significant . And significant is a key word you just used. Donald trump spent his life accumulating secrets and Spending Energy on nothing so much as keeping those things hidden, uncultivating and managing his image. Looking around, people who know Different Things intntimately. Know him well and are talking to investigators, prosecutors, he has no control. Alarming is when donald trump feels this vulnerable, impotent, he lashes out, bites back. I think the next couple days and weeks will be scary and utterly unpredictable. The reporting weve seen,
too. In the Washington Post, the new york times, when backed into a corner, everyone around will tell you its when he lashes out. Seen the tweets. There was the latenight light at the white house earlier this week. And also the comments hes making. Even in that fox interview. Think back, think to the Access Hollywood when that was revealed. Apology took an 15 seconds and then he went on the attack. Brought all the Clinton Accusers to the debate. Thats what donald trump ask when feeled cornered. Whats will happen in the future . And a possible pardon for Paul Manafort. Looking at that as an option, Rudy Giuliani talked to the president. Listen, heres why this is a bad idea politically, he says. Republican lawmakers trying to send a message to the president this may not look good. What kind of a precedent would it set if the president did decide to pardon Paul Manafort . Im not sure it would really set a precedent in the sense
that you have to hope that no future president s would be crazy enough to do such a thing. Its such an outrageous thing to do, to pardon someone your own selfinterest. I dont know about the precedent. An utter abuse of power to pardon Paul Manafort for the purpose of getting him to stay on trumps side and not cooperate with Law Enforcement. Hopefully a political remedy. Sadly, theres not a legal remedy to that, but such an abuse of power you would have to Hope Congress could finally act. One of the fascinating things, look at all this. The president has a very strong base and not much rattles that base. We sent Jason Carroll to one town in pennsylvania that voted for President Trump in 2016 and asked specifically about this issue of a pardon. Listen to the answer. The president better watch about the pardons. When he does that, it looks like it was set up by him with the last couple of tweets he had. Sticks up for who is it the guy theyre talking about . Manafort. Hes a great guy. Wonderful, everything else. Hes kind of sending a message that, if you stick with me. I will pardon you. Mark is that a message when its coming from a voter . That you think would actually get through to the president in a different way than say one of his advisers or a lawmaker . Will it get through to the president . I dont know. Just that comment there, though, gives you more faith in the american people. Just goes to show you how theyre not tuned in to every moving moment of it. He didnt even know Paul Manaforts name. For all of us its on the tip of our tongue but it is a Crime Example of donald trump going one step too far. When you add this in, quickly, because its important here, when you add in what he said about Paul Manafort, not knowing him and then when he gets convicted, says glowing things about him and same time, why are they going after him for things that happened years ago . Years ago, years ago . You have to wonder. If is thinking to himself will they come after me somehow for things done years ago, years ago, years ago . Interesting thing to end on. And up next, lashing out at Jeff Sessions. New details about the president s State Of Mind when it comes to his Attorney General. And the a. P. Reporting a safe at the National Enquirer and locked inside, damaging stories about President Trump. Can that be true . Well, my guest worked there 30 years. Well ask him. Plus, President Trump abruptly pulling the u. S. Out of a key meeting with north korea taking his own State Department by surprise. Will kim jongun retaliate . Nt . Where you can shop with confidence and convenience plus get these 4 benefits from kenmore at sears. Up to fifty percent off appliances with your sears card. Like this washer and dryer for 539. 99 each. And this refrigerator for 899. 99. Hurry in to sears today. At t provides edgetoedge intelligence, covering virtually every part of your healthcare business. So that if she has a heart problem
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white house residence last night after Jeff Sessions issued that statement publicly rebuking the president saying he actually took control of the Department Of Justice the day he sworn in and wasnt going to let politics influence his agenda while there. The president didnt like sessions pushing back forcefully, was angry about that Statement Last night and were seeing a Relationship Deteriorating over the last year and a half spill back into the public view this week. Once again raises a question here in washington, if the president is so angry with Jeff Sessions why doesnt he fire him . Were told by sources even though the president is complaining about Attorney General sessions saying that investigation needs to be brought to an end he seems to recognize the limits here, because he thinks firing Jeff Sessions would cross a line with Robert Mueller and so far even though hes come very close to firing Jeff Sessions on multiple occasions and only had advisers talk him out of doing so, so far
he hasnt gone that far yet fearing he would be crossing a line with Robert Mueller. This week raises the question even more how long this can last. It feels as if the feud between the two of them is taking a much different turn seeing them publicly push back against one another. Such an unnatural thing for a relationship between the president and the Attorney General. The question is, how long will it be before the president finally decides to make that decision . What i was told from one source familiar with what Jeff Sessions said in that statement, seemed as if he was daring the president to fire him. Erica . Well, interesting to see, as you point out as we wait and wonder. Thank you. Outfront now, democratic Congressman Reporting on the judiciary and foreign reses committ relations committee. Republicans nong protective of Jeff Sessions. That may be starting to change. Take a listen. For the office and the
country and after the election i think there will be some serious discussions about a new Attorney General. Serious discussions after the election . And senator Chuck Grassley chairs the Committee Said yesterday theyll be able to take up a new nomination this year. Do you foresee a new Attorney General before the end of the year . Thank you, erica for your question. I believe that if donald trump either pardons Paul Manafort or firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions that would cross a red line and he would be firing Jeff Sessions, because he wants to make sure that hes got someone else in place that can run interference on the Mueller Investigation that would lean towards obstruction of justice. That is why the president hasnt fired him as of yet i believe and hope the president doesnt do that. Do you want Jeff Sessions to stay on . Do you support him at Attorney General . I do. I think Jeff Sessions has pushed
back against the president , in terms of maintaining the independence of the judiciary and the Judicial Department at the Department Of Justice. I also want to note donald trump tweeted basically an enemies list and asked Jeff Sessions to go after those people. Thats completely disgraceful. What makes america great, our Law Enforcement took an oath to the constitution not to donald trump. Theyll follow the constitution no matter how much the president yells and screams. Pointing that out, you talk about the fact you do support the Attorney General. Have been critical of him in the past especially meeting with russian officials. Either youre lying to the u. S. Senate or to the u. S. House of representatives. Looking at his different testimony there. Are you in the same place when it comes to your feelings on Jeff Sessions when you look back at the past comments . Yes. I am highly critical of Jeff Sessions. His policies, and the antiimmigrant policies are bad for america, but in terms of what hes doing now and
preserving the independence of the Department Of Justice, thats a good thing. Hes pushing back against the president to maintain the integrity of the professional agents and prosecutors at the Department Of Justice and why i think it would be a red line if the president tried to fire Jeff Sessions. Redline tried to hire him. Talk a little about Paul Manafort. A lot made whether the president may, may not, grant a pardon to Paul Manafort. Thats also a red line . Absolutely. The reason that the president would want to pardon Paul Manafort is not because he thinks Paul Manafort shouldnt have been convicted of tax and bank fraud. Its because he doesnt want Paul Manafort to flip on him and to give information to the government. That also would be an unjustice, if the president pardon the Paul Manafort and i hope he does not do that as well. Youve never been one to shy away, as we know from criticizing the president , letting him know how you feel. Youve talked about him in the
past, taunted him, twittered about it and something were not hearing much from democrats these days. Why the step back from talking about impeachment when it was a Talking Point so long . A concern about political liability . I have no said that the president should be impeached. I have said is, if after the Investigation Special Counsel Mueller is done and we look at it and theres evidence of conspiracy or collusion with the russians, yes, the president should be impeached or if he committed other crime. Right now we know Michael Cohen testified under oath and implicated the president in committing two Felony Violations of the Campaign Finance laws. Thats very serious. In the house, the Judiciary Committee needs to hold hearings to see if the president committed these felonies in particular because the Department Of Justice issued guidelines saying they wont indict a sitting president and it now falls back on the congress to see if the president in fact committed felonies. What are your thoughts about Allen Weisselberg granted
immunity in that case against Michael Cohen . It is very striking to me that the u. S. Attorney for the district of new york has granted immunity not just to Allen Weisselberg, ceo of the trump organization, also two other individuals. Dachd pe david pecker, dillon howard. Tells me the prosecutors are Intent Prosecuting violations, thats a good thing. Our democracy depends op upholding the laws. For the president of the United States to be implicated in two of these felonies is a major deal and why Congress Needs to hold hearings on the issue as soon as we come back from recess, and the house of representatives. Appreciate your time. Thank you, erica. Outfront next, reports of a safe at the National Enquirer used to store stories that could be embarrassing to President Trump. Is there really a safe . Were going to ask a top
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in this digital age where, you know, particularly sensitive story files, including source agreements and contracts and page proofs were stored for access and protection. Would the only copy of those stories and those agreements be in that safe and, if so if destroyed, would that be it or another copy that lives somewhere else, eves digitally . There probably would be much of the content preserved, you know, on a hard drive. But, you know, the actual physical signatures may, on the contacts may actually be in that safe. How many safes are we talking about . Well, you know, i worked out of the los angeles office, and we had one and i know that the new york office had one and i think thats the one were referring to. Especially in the new york office. Would this only have been filled with stories about President Trump . Or what else could be in there . No. It could turn out to be quite a pandoras box. I mean, i think anything sensitive, any story that might be potentially litigious, even postpublication, the actual file and contracts would be held in that safe. A lot of interesting information on a lot of important people. Kept on hard copy in a safe. You mentioned there was one in the l. A. Bureau, too, where you were. Who had access to that . Could you go into that safe anytime you wanted . Yes. And was the practice the same then in new york, to your knowledge . Yes. Yes. The bureau chief which at the time was barry levine, you know, had the combination. And could open it at will. It also stored, you know, valuables, such as cameras and cash. Anything remotely sensitive was kept in the safe. So you were at there when
david pecker took over at ceo in 1999. You said when he came over an edict came down specifically about donald trump. No negative stories would ever appear in an American Media publication. Tell us more about that. Well, erica, you know, when david pecker arrived, he sort of brought with him a silent editor. That was, you know, donald trump. They have a longstanding friendship, and david brought that to the table when he accepted the position as ceo. You said a silent editor. Does that mean he gave donald trump power to kill stories or to even direct stories . Thats exactly what i mean. He relished the, you know, the proximity to donald trump and he gave him great access. Donald trump, as you know, loves publicity. Its not that stories, you know, were there were no stories done, but everything done was done with a glow to it. A glow. And a sheen perhaps some might say. The Washington Post reporting during the president ial campaign, that the enquirer would send stories about donald trump and also his political opponents to his attorney Michael Cohen and he could weigh in. Sort of leads us to understand why the coverage was the way it was. Obviously during the campaign in terms of what we saw about Hillary Clinton and what we saw about donald trump. I know you were gone by then, but this had started out before then. Talk about being the silent editor. Also in 2010, the a. P. Reporting at cohens urging the inquienq a potential donald trump kand
candidakand candidacy. You can there. What was that directive . I was and i remember that editorial stand. They were very prodonald trump in the early days, and with their help, you know, he was propelled into the president ial timber. No one thought he would actually get elected, but in the end, thats what happened. And American Media had a role in that. And also endorsed him as a candidate, which they had never done before. Of course. The first time they ever endorsed a president ial candidate. And donald trump, you know, in many ways repaid the favor. Heres a little of what he had to say. The National Enquirer did a story, actually have a very good record of being right. Ive always said, why didnt the National Enquirer get the Pulitzer Prize for edwards and o. J. Simpson and all of these things . You cant knock the National Enquirer. Its brought many things to light. Not all pleasant. Glowing words there for the National Enquirer. You talked about how when david pecker came on he and donald trump already had a friendship. He brought in a new edict. Do you think david pecker would turn on donald trump . I think ultimately, to save his own skin, he may not have a choice. What do you think i mean, i think hes under a lot does he know thats so damaging . David pecker knows where the bodies are buried. David pecker knows all of the trump stories that were killed. All of the story leads. He pretty much knows the worst of President Trumps personal life. What else do you know of that would be out there that would have either been killed or perhaps the president would have prescreened and said he didnt want it published . I know of stories involving, you know, marital discord. I know of stories of infidelities on the president s part. And also stories on the children. I mean between the trumps and the kushners, they have more skeletons in the closet than the Addams Family as the joke goes. And that also applied to, its my swhaens youre saying it applied to his children. One imagine that applies to Melania Trump and perhaps exwives as well . Especially. Says peespecially which one . Current or exwives . The exwives and melania. You know, very little is reported on their personal life, and, you know, the National Enquirer, which, you know,
prize itself on being the the investigative tabloid that can eke out the most sensational stories turn Add Blind Eye to everything unpleasant in that family. When it comes to the now president , Screening Stories as well, did that also apply to Screening Stories that may have been about his opponents, whether it be in business, or anybody with whom he had a feud . Someone who was facing a president ial election . Is it your sense he would also have been allowed to weigh in on those stories . I would go as far as to say that, you know, President Trump and his team fed stories to the National Enquirer on his political opponents. Fascinating. Appreciate you taking time for
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korea. Outfront now, former National Security adviser to Vice President biden, collin kahl, good to have you with us. Is this the right call on north korea . It might be the right call but as usual threw a Monkey Wrench into the process catching the State Department a little unaware. Mike pompeo, Secretary Of State, named a new envoy for the korean negotiations yesterday, steve biegun, a good guy, but i think as was the case a few months ago when trump kind of prematurely canceled the summit with kim jongun before replanning the summit with kim jongun, appears to have caught the State Department a little flatfooted. Overall, you do believe it was the right call . The right call because of no Meaningful Movement on denuclearization, but that was
expected. The summit held this past june, it created theater and a nothing burger of a summit statement, and the two sides just dont agree on even the meaning of denuclearization let alone what steps need to be taken. I also want to ask about this new yorker report about a memo circulated in 2016 12017 accusi and other obama officials to undermine President Trumps foreign policy. Names you as the likely ops chief. Your reaction . The memo is kind of bananas. I worked for the white house about two and a half years and have known people who worked at the nec many years. We havent seen anything like this. Looked around at the memo bouncing around at the nsc, commissioned or circulated,
alleges a vast conspiracy of former obama officials orchestrating a media and deep state campaign to undermine trumps foreign policy. Its definitely nuts, but what the new yorker article also made clear, there are a lot of similarities between this mystery memo and some of the shenanigans done by the Israeli Intelligence firm black cube, targeting me and ben rhodes and our families around the same time period. Do you think thats a coincidence . No. I mean i dont have evidence its not a coincidence, but there are striking similarities to include the emphasis on the socalled echo chamber that was used to promote the iran deal. You know, alleged attacks on the Deputy Assistant president to trump at the time. Striking similarities between the Conspiracy Memo and the black cube operations, which were targeted at me and my wife and ben rhodes and his wife. Talking about those that went
after you specifically. A big article, its fascinating and a little scary. If we look at memo specifically, on one hand you could say, why wouldnt people who had just finished their job in one administration who believed deeply in some of the policies they were orking on for this administration and the obama administrations legacy, why wouldnt they band together to try to promote that narrative . Even former Secretary Of State john kerry meeting with the iran Foreign Minister to try to save the iran deal. Look, its not crazy in some respects. A lot of people mentioned in the memo are friends. A lot of us former colleagues. Not all of us. The notion there was a vast conspiracy where essentially we ran a war room every day that tanked the media and the deep state to block trumps agenda, thats the nutso part. Also strange is the at least in my time at the white house and the National Security council, i dont remember anybody ever
drawing up a domestic enemies list or circulating one that then ends up getting used by some shady private Investigatory Firm in israel to go and target people. So thats the part of this that is kind of beyond the norm. Appreciate you weighing in tonight. Thank you. Thank you, erica. Outfront next the sad announce mont today that senator john mccain is forgoing any further cancer treatment. Dr. Sanjay gupta is with us next. And in the eye of a powerful hurricane. Hundreds evacuated by winddriven fires. We are live in honolulu. Like this washer and dryer for 539. 99 each. And this refrigerator for 899. 99. Hurry in to sears today. But he has plans today. Ain. Hey dad. So he took aleve. If hed taken tylenol, hed be stopping for more pills right now. Only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. Aleve. All day strong. Im a fighter. Always have been. When i found out i had agerelated macular degeneration, amd, i wanted to fight back. My doctor and i came up with a plan. It includes preservision. Only Preservision Areds 2 has the exact nutrient formula recommended by the National Eye Institute to help reduce the risk of progression of moderate to advanced amd. Thats why i fight. Because its my vision. Preservision. Also, in a greattasting chewable. Its a pill that treats moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis differently. With otezla, 75 clearer skin is achievable. Dont use if youre allergic to otezla. It may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. Otezla is associated with. An increased risk of depression. Tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts,. Or if these feelings develop. Some people taking otezla reported weight loss. Your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop treatment. Upper respiratory tract infection and headache may occur. Tell your doctor about your medicines and if youre pregnant or planning to be. Otezla. Show more of you. Let your perfect drive come together during the final days of the Lincoln Summer Invitation event
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know in the past weve talkin to Senator Mccains doctors. Youre a neuro surgeon, though, whos also dealt with this condition. When you heard the news, what were you thoughts . I was sad. Its a tough thing to hear. Not entirely unexpected given how aggressive this particular cancer is. Its gioblastoma, dbm. Many have heard this term. For those who havent, its an aggressive brain cancer. This is one that happens to be in the brain. Median survival is about 14 months. I started my training in Neuro Surgery or 25 years ago, over the last quarter century we havent really made much progress in terms of decreasing the mortality for this tumor. Its also a tough decision for anyone to make to discontinue treatment. Walk us through that
conversation for both the patient and for the patients family. I think with Something Like this the conversations begin almost immediately. Youll remember it was back in july of last year, so 13 months ago Senator Mccain had this Blood Collection just behind his left eyebrow. Thats when they removed the tumor and it was found to be subsequently geoblastoma. Here are the options, heres the potential side effects and youre constantly doing a risk analysis. And at some point you say, look, either the treatment is not working or the risk and toll that these treatments are taking on my body are greater than the benefits. It could be that his family in part helped him make this
decision because he may not be as equipped to make it decision himself right now. We dont know how it goes. He was so upbeat in talking about when sitting down with jake tapper a year ago, that he felt so fortunate that he could celebrate his wonderful life. Having that attitude, you know, just in your experience and i think all of us just in life we know thats not just helpful for the patient but the family around them, too, to know someone is at peace with where they are in this journey. I think so, and i think these fall into the realm of antidotal. You hear these stories of survivorship and courage and grit. To be compliant with his treatment, to do everything he can to fight back against this disease i think that helps certainly him objectively but also helps his family. But i think that they probably collectively now have come to this conclusion over the past couple of weeks that again either the treatment is not working or its taken too much of a toll. I understand he may have a had a seizure last week and had a bit of a decline. Its a tough decision to make. Absolutely. Dr. Sanjay gupta, always appreciate it. Out front next hurricane lane bearing down on hawaii. Winds driving dangerous brush fires along with up to 40 inches of rain expected. Were live in honolulu. Yep, thanks guys. I think he might need some support. Yes. Start them off right, with the School Supplies they need at low prices all summer long. Like these for only 2 or less at office depot officemax. Mom okay we need to get all your School Supplies today. School. Grade. Done. Done. Hit the Snooze Button
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