do a lot of different things. but i think when you ve lost ann coulter, you know, you re kind of in trouble. you know, she was one of his biggest supporters, and if she s turning on im, i don t think that bodes well for him. the president is not in trouble. we ve seen recent polls that show that his poll numbers are going up. we ve seen a congressman who is running for the senate put on a make america great again hat to show his undying support for the president. the president is not in trouble. what he is concerned about is the things that he puts on the table that the congress is not able to work. if he puts out a deal and they choose not to accept it, that s their fault for not making a deal. if the president put out some positive deals, and they chose not to accept them. appreciate it. thanks. when we continue, new details of a radio appearance by trump campaign supporter roger stone and just what his connection is or isn t with wikileaks founder julian
but i think when you ve lost ann coulter, you know, you re kind of in trouble. you know, she was one of his biggest supporters, and if she s turning on im, i don t think that bodes well for him. the president is not in trouble. we ve seen recent polls that show that his poll numbers are going up. we ve seen a congressman who is running for the senate put on a make america great again hat to show his undying support for the president. the president is not in trouble. what he is concerned about is the things that he puts on the table that the congress is not able to work. if he puts out a deal and they choose not to accept it, that s their fault for not making a deal. if the president put out some positive deals, and they chose not to accept them. appreciate it. thanks. when we continue, new details of a radio appearance by trump campaign supporter roger stone and just what his connection is or isn t with wikileaks founder julian assange. excuse me, are you aware of what s happ
joining me now, richard painter, former white house ethics lawyer under george w. bush. great to have you with us here. we ll talk about your potential candidacy for senate in a moment, but i want to get your reaction to this case involving stormy daniels. involving stephanie daniels, stephanie clifford,nd election law in particular. how strong do you think that case is? well, i don t know all the facts. we need to find out the facts. john edwards, senator in north carolina, was indicted and tried criminally because payoff money was used with a mistress of his by a campaign supporter. he was acquitted, but the person who made the donation was 100 years old and not able really to testify. i don t know what would happen in this case, but it appears to be a campaign contribution. also there was no disclosure of
so there are lots of good reasons there s no precedent for it. the other thing that seems to be emerging alongside this news about the president taking unprecedented step of meeting with potential u.s. attorneys, appears to be considering number of people for key jobs, where he s doing personal meetings, people about one or two degrees of separation from him. member of mark kassowitz s law firm, rudy giuliani s law firm, obviously rudy giuliani a close personal friend of the president s and a major campaign supporter. there are new reports, not confirmed, but florida reporters tell us best consideration is maybe a former contestant from the apprentice. is talking to the president
what did jeff sessions do? did he tell the truth under oath about what he did and do the facts about what he did and said compromise his authority as the nation s chief law enforcement officer. this morning cnn learned jeff sessions who was a u. slt senator and trump campaign supporter met twice last year with the russian ambassador to russia. why might this matter? because repeated contacts between trump officials and ambassadors and senator sessions under oath said he was not part of it. and if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the trump campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do? senator franken, i m not aware of any of those activity.