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Jim acosta out there who like to talk about themselves and its impossible to tell a late night comedian from jack tapper and the porn star. this will be the reaction of the american people. >> sean: [laughing]. thank god the american people have choices. we are part of it. its an honor. i feel blessed to it do this. as i know you do. let me ask you this and put on your attorneys hat. you were the chief of staff for one of the greatest attorney generals ever. why would they ever allow an illegiti...

Loyalty to trump way over paul ryan. it is who can hug trump more and it is going on behind the scenes. >> interesting shadow campaign to watch this summer who is going to be the next speaker of the house. >> red state democrats are to president trump as they seek reelection in states he won by double digits. west virginia has a new tv ad out. joe donelly of indiana got a praise and shout out from the president as he signed right to trial legislation. this is survival in the age of trump for the...

>> reporter: the governor joins us next. then as the mueller investigation begins its second year, he accuses the fbi of spig -- spying on him during the 2016 campaign. are the tactics working? senator mark warner, director of the intelligence committee, will be here in moments. and how house speaker paul ryan tries to rally his party after they tank a major bill. >> we are working in ernest with our members trying to address all of their concerns. >> is there a leadership vacuum on capito...

Our schools. you have the necessary exits for fire, of course, but we have to follow our students into our schools so we can put eyes on them. this young man showed up with a trench coat, which he wore often, ive learned, and he had a gun under it. he came through one of the entrances undetected. deter, detect and deny. we have too many students who come onto our schools who are not deterred, detected or denied. schools werent designed and built 40 and 50 years ago to deal with todays issues. we...

Welcome to the "the lead," im jack tapper. chaotic week for the trump administration struggling with one crisis after another now as the dow closed down more than 400 points at president trump announced his intention to impose new tariffs on steel and aluminum. it was down more than 500 points earlier. the tariffs raising concern about a possible trade war. this comes as the white house grapples with another bomb shell report involving presidential son-in-law and senior adviser, jared kushner. t...

Hes back in it. >> i think he has absolutely no idea what hes talking about in terms of fitness general kelly may or may not have with respect to being chief of staff there. clearly -- thats part of the reason why hes showing up because he doesnt have access to this administration, so hes irritated about it. look, personnel issues are real and difficult, and you mentioned in particular with hope, she was very, very close to the president, one of the few people with the capability of influencing ...

At one point sarah sanders describing the remarks. that is not going against political correctness, that is being discriminatory against people coming from those countries. >> "the lead"s jack tapper -- walking to a setup. >> we call him two days later and say they have done it. we met your criteria. we are ready to go. and then to be called into the presidents office and find that we have been sandbagged. general kelly and steve miller invited five other members of congress who are no the in fa...

Had a producer, weve had our photo journalists at the courthouse staking out essentially, standing by, waiting to see what kind of activity is going on there, whos coming in, whos leaving. and our producer did see the prosecutor, andrew wiesman, whos been leading some of the grand jury activity, some of the financial aspects of bob muellers investigation, he was there. she saw him go in. there was some concern about the activity. she raised it. so then it began various events that we then starte...

Real dynamic is here and how committed he was to supporting the president in that press conference. it was remarkable in that he was charming, he was pleasant, not yelling at the press calling them the enemy of the people. >> a lot of people said he seemed presidential at that press conference. we got to leave it there. i appreciate both of you coming on. i would love to continue the conversation on another show another day. thanks guys. a quick programming note for everyone. secretary of stat...

>> they added a sign at the bedroom in which the president was, quote, likely conceived. the house fits 20 people and has a simple decor. pictures of the trump family throughout. >> by the way, i love the pictures. >> including a lifestyle cutout of the president in the living room which the listing says is, quote, a great companion for watching the news late into the night. >> the largest audience in the history of cable television. >> yes, of course, cable is included. thanks for spending sund...