times that donald trump may have committed to cutting a deal to trade white house documents as an exchange for fbi files related to his 2016 campaign russia investigation. we ll have more on that report in just a few minutes. also not this, our women are taking to the streets in washington d.c. and several states and cities as we count down 31 base so the midterms. the women s march is holding hundreds of events today and support of reproductive rights, will have a lot of reports for that for you. also overseas, a new setback for russian president vladimir putin. and after celebrating his 70th birthday, a massive explosion rocked a key bridge that links russia and crimea and ukraine officials refer to that attack as, quote a sick burn, no one has claimed responsibility. and new fallout from president biden s warning about the risk of nuclear armageddon. russia s top of using nuclear weapons as a responsible. and there s no way to use, to use them without unintended conseque
Not just a friend, just a good guy, a friend for a very long time. Thats what the president said. And the two of course do seem particularly close in photo after photo. Here they are greeting the tesla ceo, elon musk, in the state dining room as trump signs an Executive Order about the oil pipeline industry. And this, trump speaking on the phone with vladimir putin, and who is there . Steve bannon. And then when they worked together in the white house, check this out, their offices, steps apart. In fact the only person who sat closer to the president of the United States than bannon was President Trumps soninlaw, jared kushner. Even the official chief of staff, reince priebus, sat farther away from President Trump. And of course as trump knows well from his real estate days, power is all about location, location, location. Slamming bannon, though, was only part of the white house operation today. The Press Secretary tried to rip the book itself and its author, Michael Wolff. Could you
context of today s news, mcgahn was a human shield against the president s instinct to say, you re fired, to the man appointed to investigate him. the times michael schmidt reporting, quote, the west wing confrontation marks the first time mr. trump is known to have tried to fire special counsel mr. mueller. mueller learned about the episode in recent months as his investigators interviewed current and former senior white house officials in his inquiry into whether the president obstructed justice. the washington post adding, quote, trump s ire at mueller rose to such a level that then white house strategist steve bannon and then chief of staff reince priebus grew incredibly concerned that he was going to fire mueller and sought to enlist others to intervene with the president, according to a trump advisor who requested anonymity to describe private conversations. both of the men were deeply worried about the possibility and discussed how to keep him from making such a move, this
as we know. times said upon hearing that he was going to recuse himself president erupted in anger in fronts officials saying he needed attorney general to protect him. special counsel robert mueller has learned of this. on the phone, michael zeldin, cnn legal analyst, worked with bob mueller. the new york times, michael schmidt reporting. way he wrote first sentence is important. president trump gave firm instructions in march to the white house s top lawyer, stop the attorney general jeff sessions from recusing himself in the justice department investigation into russia. firm instructions to the white house top lawyer. what does it mean? well, it means that the president wanted don mcgahn to try to talk sessions out of his belief that the justice department regulations that
trump s business ties. and to the white house, this shows mueller is staying within his lane. but you have to remember, this is one of many requests mueller sent down. and michael, thanks very much. michael schmidt reporting now that robert mueller is speaking white house documents related to donald trump s actions as president, as part of the russia probe. we re following the latest from puerto rico and hurricane maria which made landfall earlier today. the most powerful storm to hit that territory in almost 90 years. after the break, al roker of the today show joins us with a full forecast. financial servi. but if that s not enough, we have 7500 allys looking out for one thing, you. call in the next ten minutes to save on. and if that s not enough, we ll look after your every dollar. put down the phone. and if that s not enough, we ll look after your every cent. grab your wallet. access denied. and if that s still not enough to help you save. ooo i need these!