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midterms because trump believes its return to the headlines will help republicans win votes. there it is. today donald trump reupping his attacks on nfl players over the kneeling. this is on a friday heading into the anniversary of course of that charlottesville white power rally. we re not going to read the tweet tonight from the president attacking the players in last night s game because it is not particularly newsworthy and we re not going to show you all the headlines it sparked. you can imagine there were many of them. the actual developments we are going to show you because that is what trump is distracting from. they include mueller pressing for a wider interview with trump than he s willing to give which would launch a supreme court fight, an associate of roger stone in the grand jury box today and getting another roger stone aid held in contempt today for refusing to testify at all in this probe. it includes the issuance of a new subpoena to an associate of Analysis ....
The latest political developments of the day and interviews with top newsmakers are featured. the 06-day period. this needs to be over with soon. i think it s been very bad for the country and we re at a point in this inquiry where they can wrap it up. mayor, i know you ve said and i said we want to see this come to closure soon here. mayor? yes, we do. it s about time that it ends. i also think and i hope the special counsel is sensitive it as we are. we do not want to run into the november elections. so you back up from that, this should be over with by september 1st. i think it needs to end very soon and it needs to end very soon because the nature of what s taking place here is irregular and that s being kind. from lock her up to wrap it up, that sounds like lawyer speak for we might be losing. the latest evolution of their messaging strategy from no dough lugs to collusion isn t really a crime to let s call the whole thing off, we see more signs today mueller is ....
Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. let s go to geoff bennett joining us live from the white house. geoff, tell us about the president s reaction to omarosa. you saw the president during a photo op at his bedminster estate and asked by members of press pool to respond to the bombshell allegations by her new book and you saw his response there was to call her a low life. although we should make clear that she was one of the president s first hires here at the white house. and she had a high-paying and high-profile job following her allegations that the president then a private citizen, but he could be heard on tape using the n-word during the making of the apprentice and let go from her position at the white house when officials learned that she was close to getting her hands on this tape. she then further alleges that the trump campaign offered her a $15,000 a month contract to stay quiet about her experiences with the president w ....
we re used to seeing from the president. perhaps this statement was lawyered, it was in response to a request that my colleague ashley parker and i made to sarah sanders, first to interview the president. he wasn t available for an interview, but she offered to get a statement from him which he provided. look, it s important because he seems to be creating some wiggle room for his son. we know from our reporting that there s anxiety in the president s inner circle including by the president himself who has fretted to associates and friends that he s worried about don jr., worried that there could be some legal jeopardy, legal exposure there, and there s a feeling in the orbit that something could potentially happen in the next few weeks. we don t know what that might be. but this maybe the president trying to protect himself, distance himself from anything that may be afoot with his son. all right. so there s the issue of the trump tower meeting which we know mueller has a good ....
The latest political developments of the day and interviews with top newsmakers are featured. we played that clip of donald trump call thing an attack on the nation. cohen, interestingly in interviews with george stephanopoulos and others, said the fbi was very courteous and respectful. he did not describe the raids on his home and offices as an attack on the nation. does that seem to be more that he softened on his stance against the fbi? he seems to. i recall him saying he would take a bullet for the president. maybe that s going into court and pleading guilty. but the pardon itself is a political calculation. i m not very good at that. i don t know whether he s a candidate or not. but at this point, with what he has in front of him, what he did and what he knows, he seems like he s taking the smart path, the one where he admits his guilt, sort of takes his medicine, and hopes the court will give him some consideration for that. joyce, when you look at what lanny davis, ....