There was more bad news on that front. A new poll found that 38 of americans approve of the way donald trump is handling his job as president. 56 disapprove. It also found that just 24 trust almost all or most of what they hear from the white house. 73 say they trust some or nothing at all of what they hear from the white house. Hours before that poll was released the president wrote on twitter the trump basis is stronger and bigger than ever before. He saved his toughest criticism from a sitting u. S. Senator. It started this morning when he wrote interesting to watch senator Richard Blumenthal then never in u. S. History has anyone lied or defrauded voters like
blumenthal. He told about his conquests, how brave he was and it was all a lie. He cries like a baby and begged for forgiveness like a child. Now he judges collusion. More than eight and a half hours later he finished with this. I think senator Blumenthal Shauld should take a long vacation in vietnam so he could at least say he was tlchlt he served his country in the marine reserving during the war but was not deployed to vietnam. There are growing ominous threats, tweets and warnings that we have seen, the world has seen that 200 of the trump
years. How am i doing . Im president , right . I was going to fire comey knowing there was no good time to do it. In fact when i decided to do it i said to myself, i said, you know, this thing with trump and russia is a made up story. No politician in history, and i say this with great has been treated worse or more unfairly. And i never asked once what the new nato headquarters cost. I refused to do that, but it is beautiful. You were referring to the testimony of james comey vindicating you. No collusion. No obstruction. He is a leaker. I heard it was 17 agencies. Said boy, thats lot. Do we even have that many Intelligence Agencies . Its an honor to be with you. Thank you. By the way, just a question. Did president obama ever come to a jamboree . Some times they say he doesnt act president ial. With the exception of the late great Abraham Lincoln i can be more president ial than any president thats ever held this office. Thats a walk back through contemporary history. Lets bring in National Political reporter for Washington Post, robert costa. Senior white house correspondent. We are so fortunate that covering the president s working vacation in new jersey means the first ever studio visit by our friend the White House Bureau chief Phillip Rucker. It is very important that we call this a working vacation. It not content to nick a sitting u. S. Resident. He is working. 4e h they will be adding a brief b on the opiod epidemic. She having a lot of time to fret over this Russia Investigation which continues to expand. I was watching you watching that compilation. How does it feel . You lived all of those moments firsthand. We loved those. This was a remarkable start to this presidency. Its not anything we ever accepted before. Robert costa, what have you been able to ascertain about the president s State Of Mind . Im not a psychologist but i will say when it comes to his behavior not much has changed. He has had a change in personnel. General john kelly, My Sources In The West Wing say general kelly is trying to stabilize the staff. He is not trying to change the way the president operates. And you see an knowledgement across this white house that these tweets, this kind of combative social media behavior will continue, will not abate because this is who President Trump is. Margaret, lets talk about general kelly. You among other journalists were reporting that perhaps a new
sheriff might moderate what he says. So much for that after today. What have you been able to learn about his Communications Inside the west wing and elsewhere with members of the staff. One is to send clear signals and their engagements amongst themselves. The other is on issue that is general kelly picks out. Its easy to look at the Twitter Storm Today and say thats out the window. Trump showed him. There are some areas they are surging the president to use case. He has been more careful talking about north korea and venezuela. And if he wants to go off on the immediate ma its probably not his priority at this point. Because you spent so much time and attention the dome after all right over your shoulder. I want to talk about some of these poll numbers with you. 73 dont trust all or some of whats coming out of this white house. Six in ten americans define this presidency as a failure thus far and dont find the president honest thus far. They have to in effect run on this. That is very true. In the last six months we have seen a revolution about their
expectations. I used to think months ago maybe the president would change and be more of a main treem republican. Just like thoughts on the staff those are gone out the window on capitol hill. With health care having been becaused paused or maybe even dead theres a prayer among republicans that the economy continues to be pretty steady. I think a tax cut and Business Growth more than anything they could count on is what will protect them next year when they try to keep the house and senate. Where is he getting the notion of it expanding . I dont know where he is getting that because its just not. One of the most striking statistics is that his base is
actually softening. Its a real problem inside the white house and they are aware of it. They are trying to work on it. Trump what he sees are these rallies. It was sold out last week. He sees the enthusiasm. He sees the attention on twitter. When you actually measure the support out in a country it is softening from where it was last november. We have not heard a lot since the numbers have he thinks they all fake. Thats right. Seriously. His political operation in the white house, especially kelly ann conway, they are look at these very closely. They do some of their own measurements internally and keeping an eye on it. They are keeping an eye on the softening of support. Is there a metric of judging the general Kelly Administration as a subset within the trump west wing . What do you think he would be comfortable in being judged on . My sense is that he would prefer not to be talked about all of the time. One is how much fighting you see. I think the mcmaster scenario is an interesting one to watch. He effectively helped to on some level shut that down. You see this really active campaign continuing. Part of the mandate will be to stop the very public fighting among some of these kind of cross currents. The early indications are he demands a good degree of fear. I think it will take several weeks to understand his thinking
on all of the personnel moves as well as his thinking of how the president can reset some of his relationships with congress. And you are is new head of the White House Correspondence Association i guess because you had so much free time as it is. I wasnt doing anything else. I know we were able to see this as of late. Do you think its a trend thats here to stay . I think it is back by default unless we hear otherwise. President seems to be okay with it. General kelly seems to be okay with it. She certainly seems comfortable. I would expect the press corp. To expect it is a matter of course. You want to get anything in before we take a break . On the point about general mcmaster, we have all of the reporting that the trump base is very unhappy with him. The president thinks its a crucial decision to increase number of troops there. Its one of the key decisions for him so far in this presidency. It is about more than steve bannon. It is what does he really want to have in the middle east. Well take our first break here. Thanks to our initial panel. Coming up the president may be on vacation but theres one man still working back in washington this week. That would be robert muller, the latest on the Russia Investigation, when The 11th Hour continues. We are just getting underway. Each year sarah climbs 58,007 steps. Thats the height of mount everest. Because each day she chooses to take the stairs. At work, at home. Even on the escalator. That can be hard on her lower body, so now she does it with dr. Scholls orthotics. Clinically proven to relieve and prevent foot, knee or lower back pain, by reducing the shock and stress that travel up her body with every step she takes. So keep on climbing, sarah. Youre killing it. Dr. Scholls. Born to move. Rethink your Allergy Pills. Flonase sensimist allergy relief helps block 6 key inflammatory substances with a gentle mist. Most Allergy Pills only block one. And 6 is greater than one. Flonase sensimist. And ive never seen a better time to refinance your home, than this summer. Why . Because right now were seeing our average Customer Save 20,000. But with the fed already talking about raising rates,
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hoax, a witch hunt, a fabrication, robert and his team continue to investigate any role russia may have played in the 2016 election. Joining our conversation tonight joyce advance back on the broadcast, a 25 year veteran federal prosecutor. She spent almost eight years and was among the first u. S. Attorneys appointed by president barack obama, robert costa and phill phill Phillip Rucker remaybe with uin. Did you find his commented pointed or routine . Zbli thought they were pointed. He is concerned with the law with the facts, with doing the right thing. I dont see him as being someone who would be very interested in
political spinner buffeted by the politics surrounding this investigation. I think you hear him saying that here when he tells you he can investigate anything thats fair lifr within the scope of the Special Council ground. Whats the motivation for you to grant an interview . He has been an inside player. He has been the kind of guy that has not enjoyed the limelight. We have been lead to see that he has received or seeing his name in the media. It is an interesting point. I cant remember the last time a sitting Deputy Attorney general made a sunday Morning Television appearance like this. He is not someone who enjoys the limelight. He is not someone that feels the need to selfpromote. He is a very serious career prosecutor, probably one of the longest running u. S. Attorneys in our countrys history serving both republican and democratic
administrations. If mr. Rosenstein is doing something he sympatthinks it is important. He referred tremendorepeatedly the right thing and his goal was to do the right thing. Imagine the pressure on all of these players, the fbi, Special Council, all of the Cocounci Cocouncils He has hired. Here we are day 200. When we reach 300 will the them still be russia . There are deep concerns in the Law Enforcement community, in the Justice Department about preserving the integrity of the institution and also explaining how this is all unfolding. When you ask where well be in day 300, you get the sense they
stepped in because Attorney Sessions recused himself. So by putting himself out there rosenstein is trying to better explain where this institution that may be a bit fragile because of these investigations stands. Kellyann conway said something, the defense appears to go on offense about the team and kind of this whiff of conflict of interest. They keep saying he hired attorneys who are democratic donors. What are they saying . Looking at the 16 attorneys he hired and finding a number of them have made Campaign Donations in the past to democrats sort of at the Hillary Clinton specifically. There is a different change in tone when you look at what some of trumps leeare saying. They are taking it much more seriously. There is a new lawyer at the white house trying to take it seriously. I think its a shift in tone because they know it is becoming more serious. Its escalating, looking into finances and other issues as well. When you first heard this argument going against some of the players that he had hired did you think it was kind of a Ground Softening Operation to lay a Predicate Argument for potentially going after him or justifying his dismissal . We hear a lot of that coming out of the president specifically. He is trying to lay some ground work with his base to denigrate to indicate he doesnt have integrity so if this investigation breaks bad against him or against members of his administration he can say they
were playing with me all along. 535 elected members of congress where do you think muller would poll . I think the key example is republican of north carolina, a conservative has taken action along with senator of delaware to try to protect let mueller
stay in place. Cant thank you enough. Coming up after another break north korea threatens revenge. Does the Trump Administration have a plan to stop a potential nucle nuclear . Answers when we continue. Because i get a Safe Driving Bonus check every six months im accident free. Because i dont use my cellphone when im driving. Even though my family does, and leaves me all alone. Heres something else. I dont share it with mom. I dont. Right, mom . I have a brand new putter you dont even know about its awesome. Safe driving bonus checks, only from allstate. Sometimes i leave the seat up on purpose. Switching to allstate is worth it. The best signal they could give us is to stop these missile launches. You know, we have not had an extended period of time they have not taken some type of provocative action. Rex tillerson speaking after the u. N. Security Council Voted to approve the tough new sanctions over the repeated missile tests. A Defiant North Korea has threatened to retaliate against the u. S. Thousands fold is the quote adding that the u. S. Is wrong to believe it is safe. Joining us tonight, robert, director of International Security studies having served on the National Security council and the clinton administration. Gordon is back with us. Is author of nuclear showdown,
more on that in just a moment. How big of a diplomatic victory was it this weekend . Im sorry, robert, forgive me. Of course youre not going to respond until i use your actual name. How big of a diplomatic victory was this and how normal are the comments from tillerson as opposed to going back two or three president s . It. It was a significant accomplishment. It will cut off perhaps onethird of north koreas exports, about A Billion Dollars out of 3 billion. South korea has half a trillion dollars. It is also a state that is on the cusp of acquiring a nuclear
arsenal. In three years could be half the size of great britain. It is about 100 nuclear weapons. They have been putting out mixed messages about the possibility of jump starting diplomacy. If that does begin the focus would be on capping or freezing the program which is estimated to have about 15 to 20 nuclear weapons. It wouldnt wibe a total roll back. We have heard hot air going back and forth with north korea a lot of our adult lives. In your view how dangerous is this period right now . I think its dangerous because we have about a year or so before the north koreans may wont have good guidance. If youre firing at a big city it doesnt matter if youre a couple of miles off. A year. A year. Thats what they said according to the Washington Post about a week and a half ago. You know, we can be a couple months more, a couple months less. They are making accelerated progress towards this. All of this is an indication we have got to confront very difficult issues. It undercuts all of our assumptions about getting help from other countries. And robert, when you hear talk about a preemptiv