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Peninsula, or another calamity. >> trump loves the idea of making history, right. so much of what he has done is fueled by the idea of not just to break with president obama, though that drives a lot of what he does, but to become the first president to do anything. this is what hes focused on. he does want this summit to happen. theres been great skepticism in the international intelligence community whether it could. clearly were taking steps down that road to where the residents at mar-a-lago...

Especially if there are multiple ndas out there and maybe melania trump signed one too. if the president has these ndas with these women and if they were threatened or frightened into signing them or given fake jobs that never came to be, its a story, whether we like the salaciousness about it or not. >> right, we discussed this the other day. there were a couple of threats here with stormy daniels. the second one she alleges was that she was essentially threatened into signing the denial that t...

Himself that chemical attacks are unacceptable and will be met with the force of all of the pressure that the presidency can bring to bear. now, as for those 12 russian operatives that are going to be kicked out from the u.n. in new york, nikki haley who has been outspoken on russias behavior in the past said that these are spies, you know, that theyre thought to be spying on the u.s. and the statement she said, here in new york, russia uses the united nations as a safe haven for dangerous activ...

Anyone with half a brain that this investigation is far from over. what we saw with the 13 indictments, clearly russia meddled in our election. whether or not it influenced the out come remains to be seen. but for the automatic response instead of highlighting the fact, this tragedy happened and could happen again if we dont do something, for the president to stand up and say it didnt have anything to do with me, we dont know that yet. >> it will be interesting. so the republicans control congre...

Dont know that yet. >> it will be interesting. so the republicans control congress right now. and we didnt see a lot of incoming -- for them cruz and rubio and others were potential targets. during the last election, marco rubio wouldnt comment on e-mails that were stolen, in part, in retrospect, because he knew they had his e-mails. it will be interesting if republican candidates are attacked in the midterms using information stole bn by russia narratives by the russians. will the president sta...

On it. >> theyre not commenting. do you think they wouldnt comment? if he never did that, do you think -- they wouldnt. if you have been a reporter more than six months, you know that if it is flat wrong, the entity comes out and says, that is 100% incorrect. >> that hasnt happened. have i i have to stick to a break. this happens every time the president has a foreign trip. he comes home to turmoil in the administration. this time its his anger at the deputy attorney general and his rocky relati...

>> theyre not commenting. which do you think they wouldnt comment -- >> thats not a denial. thats not a pushback. >> if he did that, they just wouldnt. if youre bv a reporter for more than six months, you know if it is flat wrong the entity comes out and says that is 100% incorrect. >> thats hasnt happened. kirsten, were going to get you in on the other side of the break. stick around, everyone. this seems to happen every time the president has a foreign trip. he comes home to turmoil in this ad...

Mcgann, the white house counsel threatened to resign if this went ahead and ultimately that maid t made the president back off. this is the first time we are aware of it, of the president actually ordering such a thing as opposed to keeping the option open or musing about it. and it is significant, its also worth noting that we asked the white house for comment on this, and what we got in response from ty cobb that out of respect for the process and special counsels office that they wouldnt comm...

This is a story that is just break, the "new york times" just breaking this. so maggie, just explain again the broad strokes on this. >> caller: sure, and forgive me, im losing my voice a little bit. michael schmid and i reported based on what people are familiar with what took place, that the president had ordered the firing of robert mueller back in june of 2017, don mcgann, the white house counsel threatened to resign if this went ahead and ultimately that made the president back off. this is...

Meeting between trump jr. and the russian lawyer? >> reporter: set up by a representative of a russian pop star. donald trump jr. released his own e-mails showing he has been told the meeting was to pass on damaging intelligence about clinton. did the russian authorities did your family, information pass on. >> talk to my lawyer. >> he said you wouldnt comment. >> wouldnt it be nice if we got along with russia? wouldnt that be nice? >> reporter: it was that promise to transform u.s. -- russian r...