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First entered the administration, his advisers were telling him if there is too much staff turnover, it would really feed into those rumors of a chaotic west wing. but now the president seems to be embracing the chaos and is very open to it here. lets turn to "the wall street journals" michael bender. his late report details a temporary truce between president trump and chief of staff kelly. can you just explain why the president and his chief of staff needed to settle on a truce in the first ...

>> thank you for the latest on the investigation. rachel bego of politico, michael bender and the "washington post." youve worked with bob mueller. unlike the president at times and unlike people around the president at times, director mueller has enormous respect for the institution, enormous respect for them. you dont put him in the witness share unless you expect the truth, do you? >> right. thats why he spoke to him. >> sessions said maybe i didnt disclose my contacts fully, but they were no...

Dark. we dont know what was in the first memo. we dont know what the controversial elements are. and dont know whats been removed from it. we dont know at this point which version of it the fbi got so upset about and felt compelled to put out the statement. its -- we have to wait and see what happens. like sarah said this will inflame the politics event more. >> ron and michael. lets get what is truly remarkable. because this pits thefy against the president. this is an fbi run by christopher wr...

I hope it has the same meaning. >> with us this sunday to share the reporting and their incites, julie pace of the associated press, cnns manu raju, michael bender of the "the wall street journal." we begin today with that so-called nunes memo and its impact. its lead author devin nunes says it exposed anti-trump bias and that he is doing a great public service. >> the sad part is, is that i have an obligation to the american people when we see fisa abuse. the only place that can protect them is...

Reportedly telling mueller about an undisclosed conference equal with the president and hope hicks a call in which he quotes hicks as saying that emails written by trump junior expressing interest in the political dirt from russians would quote never get out. this raising further serious concerns about possible obstruction of justice. that according to "the new york times" tonight. joining me now cnn political correspondent sarah murray. cnn justice reporter sarah zannino and michael bender, rya...

Investigation? >> well see what happens. i mean, certainly, ill see what happens. but, when they have no collusion and nobody has found any collusion at any level, it seems unlikely that youd even have an interview. >> with us this sunday to share their reporting and their insights, julie pace of the associated press, michael bender of "the wall street journal," cnns manu raju, and margaret a talif of bloomberg news. dont hold your breath waiting for donald trump to apologize. he tells friends t...

>> actually it was reported as incredibly good, and my performance -- some of them called it a performance. i consider it work. >> you cant write this stuff. and praising what he calls his ratings. >> got great reviews by everybody other than two networks who were phenomenal for about two hours. then after that, they were called by their bosses and said, wait a minute. >> is all of this another transparent attempt by the president to change the subject? just another way of saying "move on, folks...

Budget, other issues that are on the table now. it reflects the presidents lack of depth of policy and also reflects the degree to which he does think of it as a show, rather than a serious negotiation. >> the other michael, michael bender, if yesterday was the episode of the reality show about trump the dealmaker, tweets calling dianne feinstein sneaky and calling the russia investigation the greatest witch-hunt in american history, what was todays episode, do you think? >> first, on the tweet,...

When they are coming, how it impacts their lives and how it impacts their communities and pocket books. at the end of the day americans end up voting on pocket book issues for the most part. they have eight months to do a better job of showing americans that this does make your life better. >> the curious thing for politicians as always been, selena, you cant tell people how they feel, right? you cant tell people how they actually feel, and right now the majority says the benefits are going to t...

They top the do a clean spending bill and attach other items to health care provisions that were necessary to get susan collins to be yes on tax reform. many dont like the provisions and the bigger problem in the senate, democrats are going silent out of frustration over the tax bill. a lot of thinking that it will clear up once the tax bill moves through. a couple of days away from a government shut down in terms of what the next steps are. there are no concrete next steps to this point. >> a l...