TRussia Daily: While Trump Was Tweeting About 'Fake News'




The Brian Lehrer Show show

Summary: <p><a class="guestlink" href="/people/spencer-ackerman/">Spencer Ackerman</a>, <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/author/spencer-ackerman" target="_blank">The Daily Beast's </a><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/author/spencer-ackerman" target="_blank">senior national security correspondent</a>, discusses the latest news from the Trump-Russia investigations, including how the President is <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-threatened-syria-while-trump-yawned-insiders-say" target="_blank">consumed with investigation news</a> instead of potential further military action in Syria. On Monday, the White House issued a warning that Syria "would pay a heavy price," if they launched a new chemical attack. And Ackerman reported that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gave a similar warning to Russia through Bashar al-Assad's patron there. Meanwhile, Trump was tweeting about fake news in the wake of the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/23/politics/editors-note/index.html" target="_blank">CNN snafu</a>. </p>