Shane Goldmacker News Today

They think it might hurt them with the voters. I will say it and i will talk about it proudly. Democrats are getting ready for a fight over the president s nomination for fbi director wanting not only a special prosecutor named but the release of any white house recordings including fbi director james comey. Lets start with Peter Alexander at the white house. You have the comey tapes, confusion over why he was fired and search for a new fbi director. You have a full plate for the white house. Wh...

President trump has frequently lashed out against what he calls fake news, but a new article suggests he may have fallen for misinformation numerous times, and this details how people with access to it the oval office often slip him articles in an attempt to sway his opinion. they are not always the best sources though, like a "time" magazine cover supposedly from the 1970s warning of a coming ice age, and another "time" magazine from 2008 talks about surviving global warming. these covers appar...

>> well, maybe rogers can get democratic votes because he is a former fbi officer. i think it would be very unwise to pick a sitting elected official and probably a former elected official. much better to go for law enforcement or national security person of the kind who has traditionally led the fbi. the fbi has never been held by somebody who held elective office. >> shane, lets get to the reporting you did in politico. how donald trump gets his news. i want to read a good chunk of it. you say...

From terrorists, but this just isnt the way to do it. and to pick up on what pete williams was just talking about before, there are two countries that were not on the ban list that should be on the ban list if you take the president at his word that he wants to protect the country from terrorism. those two countries are belgium and france. the two terrorist attacks weve talked about over the last year, the one in brussels and the one in paris, were carried out by belgian nationals and french nat...

And thats why theres this pause to see if they can get better information. >> we want to bring in chief white house correspondent and political writer jonathan capehart. shane, how do you expect the president is going to react if this does not go his way? >> not happily. he was disappointed -- the first order was held up in court. his adviser said, were going to rewrite this, redraft this in a way its going to go into effect. when that was held up in court again, he was unhappy. he raised questi...

What does that say that staffers are trying to feed him false narratives and stuff that are internet hoaxes? staffers? >> i reached out to mcfarland. im not sure she intentionally brought him something that was fake. another white house official defended her saying while this particular cover was a fake thing they thought the talk of ice age in the 1970s was true. some people disputed that fact. you have a complete wild west in terms of how the president gets paperwork. this is the kind of thing...

They say the bottom line is they are focussed on the agenda and what they want to get done for the sake of this country. it is because of so many of these unforced errors not the least of which is the presidents comments about russia playing a role in his decision to get rid of james comey and tweets and comments about tapes existing that the white house is back in this position. >> on the north lawn of the white house. thank you very much. you saw a moment ago the panel that we had and they are...

Mistakes. its another thing to take something and make it a decision of this consequence in such a reckless and fool hearted way. >> in that lester holt interview said he was thinking about russia when he decided to fire fbi director james comey. that was a major piece of news. 78% of people in this country according to our latest poll say they do want an independent commission or special prosecutor. shane, its not just democrats saying this in congress. republican senators want tosee these tape...