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 Trump to '60 Minutes' Stahl: Washington Is A Vicious Place; “In My Way, I Feel Very Comfortable Here”

In an interview that aired on Sunday, President Trump spoke to '60 Minutes' correspondent Lesley Stahl about Kim Jong Un, Christine Blasey Ford, the midterms, Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Vladimir Putin, among other topics.

Trump also commented about trust in the White House. While he didn’t mention Rod Rosenstein by name, Trump said that he feels "very comfortable" as president now, but that he doesn't "trust everybody in the White House." Trump went on to say, "The first lady, Melania. She said that there are still people in the White House that she doesn't trust and that you shouldn't trust," Stahl said. "I feel the same way," the president responded.

When Lesley Stahl asked Trump if he believes people are wearing wires in his presence Trump responded, “Not so much a wire. I'm usually guarded. And I think I'm guarded anyway. But I'm not saying I trust everybody in the White House. I'm not a baby. It's a tough business.” Trump went on to say, "This is a vicious place. Washington DC is a vicious, vicious place. The attacks, the bad mouthing, the speaking behind your back. You know, and in my way, I feel very comfortable here." 

After interviewing President Donald Trump, “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl sat down to do an interview of her own. During a “60 Minutes Overtime” segment, Stahl called Trump “completely different” than when she interviewed him just after the 2016 election. She said he seemed “so much more confident,” and that he is “truly president.”

Pompeo meets Saudi King as Khashoggi family calls for inquiry into 'death'

President Trump on Tuesday pushed back on speculation that he has not punished Saudi Arabia for the disappearance of a U.S.-based journalist due to financial conflicts of interest, calling it “FAKE NEWS.” 

“For the record, I have no financial interests in Saudi Arabia (or Russia, for that matter),” he tweeted. “Any suggestion that I have is just more FAKE NEWS (of which there is plenty)!” 

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held talks with top Saudi leaders Tuesday as sources told CNN that the Kingdom is preparing to acknowledge that missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi died at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. Pompeo had a short discussion with King Salman before a longer meeting with the King's son, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Pompeo “thanked the King for his commitment to supporting a thorough, transparent, and timely investigation” of the Khashoggi case and expressed "concern" about the case to the foreign minister. Nauert described the meetings as “direct and candid.”

CNN's sources say Saudi Arabia plans to contend that the Washington Post columnist died when an interrogation went awry, but there was no public mention on Tuesday of any new Saudi explanation of Khashoggi's disappearance. 

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkish officials, who searched the consulate for nine hours on Monday, are looking into "toxic" and "painted over material" as part of their investigation.

Judge Dismisses Stormy Daniels Lawsuit Against Trump, Orders Her to Pay His Legal Fees

Federal Judge, S. James Otero, has dismissed adult film star Stormy Daniels' (Stephanie Clifford) defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump. Daniels sued Trump after he said in a tweet that her story of a man threatening her not to come forward with her story of her alleged affair with Trump was "a total con job."

Daniels said that in 2011, a man approached her in a Las Vegas parking lot and threatened her after she had agreed to talk about her experience with Trump in an interview. In an April appearance on ABC’s "The View," Daniels and Avenatti released a sketch of the man she claims menaced her and her toddler daughter in 2011 in a Las Vegas parking lot shortly after she granted an interview to In Touch magazine about her alleged tryst with Trump, then a real estate mogul and reality-TV star. 

Daniels alleges the man told her to "leave Trump alone" and to "forget the story." To date, no evidence has emerged to support the claim.

In the lawsuit, Daniels alleged that a Trump tweet, which said she had fabricated the encounter, had defamed her, saying it made her out to be a liar. In the April 2018 tweet, Trump said, “A sketch years later about a nonexistent man. A total con job, playing the Fake News Media for Fools (but they know it)!”

In Monday’s decision from S. James Otero, a federal judge in the central district of California, it was found that “Mr. Trump’s statement constituted ‘rhetorical hyperbole’ that is protected by the first amendment.”

Otero noted that Daniels had “sought to publicly present herself as an adversary” to Trump, and that to deny him the ability to engage in responding to her allegations “would significantly hamper the office of the President.”

“Such a holding would violate the First Amendment,” Otero ruled. Otero also denied Daniels' efforts to engage in what he called a “fishing expedition” to seek evidence that Trump was aware of the alleged threat. 

In addition to dismissing the lawsuit, Otero ruled Trump is entitled to attorney's fees. Trump’s attorney, Charles Harder said, "The amount of the award for President Trump's attorneys' fees will be determined at a later date." Michael Avenatti, Daniel’s attorney and a potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, said Stormy Daniels would appeal.

Alumni, Faculty Push to Revoke Susan Collins' Honorary Degree Over Kavanaugh Vote

Alumni and faculty at Senator Susan Collins’ alma mater St. Lawrence University are demanding the university revoke an honorary degree Senator Collins received last year after she voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Senator Collins, (R-Maine), graduated from St. Lawrence University in northern New York in 1975.

More than 1,800 alumni and dozens of staff members at St. Lawrence University are sending letters to the college on Tuesday calling for the revocation of the honorary degree, according to CBS News. More than 1,300 alumni and current students signed a letter to the university earlier this month that said Collins’ support of Kavanaugh “is not in line with the core values” of the university.

The letter says, “At the time she was nominated she was being recognized as a senator who was willing to break party ranks to protect The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Her decision to stand for what she saw as the greater good embraced the strong values of St. Lawrence University.”

Another message signed by faculty said rescinding Collins’ 2017 honorary degree would help “dismantle rape culture” on campus.

University spokesman Ryan Deuel said the university had no plans to rescind Collins’ honorary degree. "Throughout its long history, St. Lawrence University has never rescinded any earned or honorary degree, and it has no intention of doing so in this situation," Ryan Deuel told CBS News. 

Trump Threatens to Cut Off Aid to Honduras Over Immigrant 'Caravan'

President Trump on Tuesday threatened to cut off aid to Honduras if its government does not stop a so-called migrant “caravan” from heading north toward the U.S. border. 

“The United States has strongly informed the President of Honduras that if the large Caravan of people heading to the U.S. is not stopped and brought back to Honduras, no more money or aid will be given to Honduras, effective immediately!” the president tweeted on Tuesday.

The U.S. gave $175 million in aid to Honduras in fiscal 2017, according to USAID. 

There are reports that a group of 1,600 or more Hondurans hoping to reach the U.S. crossed the border into Guatemala on Monday. Members of the caravan have said they are fleeing poverty and violence in their home country in search of a better life. The caravan, is being called the “March of the Migrant,” took off Friday from San Pedro Sula in Honduras. 

The group was stopped by Guatemalan police as they attempted to make their way to an immigrant shelter in the city of Esquipulas. After about two hours, police allowed them to cross a roadblock, and the group was able to get food and water donated by people in the city.

During the standoff, the people in the caravan complained to Guatemalan authorities that they were hungry, thirsty, and tired. A young woman passed out and was rushed away to receive medical attention. Another woman walking with the caravan said she left her home and decided to make the trek because of poverty and the lack of opportunities in Honduras.

"We don't have the support of our president," she said. "There are no jobs for the poorest people. Only the sons and daughters of the politicians have jobs." 

Elizabeth Warren’s DNA Test

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has released a DNA test that provides “strong evidence’’ she had a Native American in her family tree dating back 6 to 10 generations

Warren, whose claims to Native American blood have been mocked by President Trump and other Republicans, provided the test results to the Globe on Sunday in an effort to defuse questions about her ancestry that have persisted for years.

The analysis of Warren’s DNA was done by Carlos D. Bustamante, a Stanford University professor and expert in the field who won a 2010 MacArthur fellowship, also known as a genius grant, for his work on tracking population migration via DNA analysis. He concluded that “the vast majority” of Warren’s ancestry is European, but he added that “the results strongly support the existence of an unadmixed Native American ancestor.”

Bustamante calculated that Warren’s pure Native American ancestor appears in her family tree “in the range of 6-10 generations ago.” That timing fits Warren’s family lore, passed down during her Oklahoma upbringing, that her great-great-great-grandmother, O.C. Sarah Smith, was at least partially Native American.

 Mail Time!

• Bill, The Leslie Stahl piece on ‘60 Minutes’ wasn't an interview, it was an interrogation. She kept badgering him and showed no respect for his office.

• Dear Bill,
If Winston Churchill's "atrocities" can be overridden, why can't Robert E. Lee's?

• Hello Bill, I just finished “Killing the SS.” A great read and sequel to “Killing Patton.” It brought back memories of my time in the Army in Germany in 1965/1966. I was originally stationed in Ludwigsburg and later in Boblingen near Stuttgart. While there I attended the NCO Academy which was a 30 day assignment at Bad Tolz, in the old Kaserne mentioned in your book. I visited Dachau and would recommend to anyone that has the opportunity, to do the same. We must not forget. Thanks again for great books. I've read them all. 

Word of the Day: Churlish