Handle. What happened, in my opinion, is unacceptable. People have been talking about repeal and replace for seven years. Long before i ever decided to be doing what im doing. Seven years theyve been talking repeal and replace and it didnt happen. Not only didnt happen, it was a surprise. It was a horrible surprise. It was very unfair to the Republican Party and very unfair to the people of this country. I was not impressed. Now, can he do good . I think so. I think we can do well on tax, cuts, reform. I think well do well on infrastructure and things will happen with respect to health care. I think things will happen maybe outside of necessarily needing congress. Theres nithings i can do as president that will have a huge impact on health care. Have you spoken to the governor of guam, and what did you tell him . I have not. I feel they will be very safe. If anything happens to guam, theres going to be big, big trouble in north korea. Have you ordered any change in our Military Readiness . Doini dont want to say. I dont talk about that. You know that. Im not one that says were attacking mosul in four months. We do it or we dont do it. Youre interrupting your trip to return to washington on monday. Can you tell us why youre doing that . This isnt really a trip. I stay out of manhattan because its so disruptsiive to go. I have meetings on monday and tuesday going to manhattan. Its so disruptive. All of my life, my adult life because i grew up in queens not in manhattan but during the time when ever a president came in, it was very disruptive. I think im probably more disruptive than any of them. They have to close fifth avenue, when they have to close 56th street and many other streets. Im here for that reason. Were doing a tremendous amount of work. Were very large numbers of
meetings and im on the phone a lot. Im here for that reason. I would love to go to my home in trump tower but its very, very disruptive to do. The trip to washington on monday. We have a conference scheduled. We have an important meeting scheduled. Secretary tillerson spoken emphasizing diplomacy, are you two on the same page . Totally. Were going to get Effective Movement out of the regime in north korea. The president has made it clear. He prefers a diplomatic solution. I think he responded to that a moment ago. The president is trying to support our efforts by ensuring north korea understand what is the stakes are. Speaking of the state department, these recent attacks we learned about regarding diplomats in cuba. Who is responsible for the
acoustic attacks . We have not been able to determine who is to blame. Every host country has a responsibility for safety and security we hold them responsible for finding out who is carrying out these health attacks. There are other cases with other diplomats as well. What do you make of this . Its awful. You just described it correctly. This is why weaver bringing people out. Youre considering swen vene, what options are on the table . We have many options. Im not going to rule out a Military Option. We have many options for venezuela. Were all over the world and we have troops all over the world and places that are very, very far away. Venezuela is not very swar away
and the people are suffering and they are dying. We have many options for venezuela including a possible Military Option if necessary. U. S. Led . Say again. That would be a u. S. Led Military Option . We dont talk about it, but a Military Option and Military Option is something that we could perceive. We heard from north korea on state tv saying we consider the u. S. No more than a lump that we can beat to a jelly any time . Let me hear others say because when you say that, i dont know what youre referring to and whose making the statement. Let me hear kim jongun say it. You let me hear him say it. Mr. President , do you support Regime Change in north korea or . Venezuela . I dont want to comment. I think they are very different
places. Doin i dont want to comment. I support peace. I support safety, and i support having to get very tough if we have to to protect the American People and also to protect our allies. Do you think your Vice President will be a candidate for president in 2020 . I dont think so. I dont think so at all. Hes a good guy. Hes left for colombia and various other places. Hes been great ally. Are you considering further economic sanctions against north korea . We are. Theyre already very strong. We are considering additional sanctions at a very, very high level. Probably you can say as strong as they get. Thank you very much, everybody. Thank you. There you have president donald trump. Wrapping up a roughly 12minute
News Conference in which he made a fair amount of news on this friday afternoon. Craig melvin in for ari melber on the beat. President trump there once again refusing to walk back any of his comments as they related to north korea. We saw him there flanked by his Secretary Of State, Rex Tillerson, u. N. Ambassador, nikki haley and General Mcmaster. He was asked about everything from those recent attacks, so to speak on diplomats there in cuba which there was significant hearing loss. Also, we saw him make some news as it relates to monday promising a big News Conference in washington, d. C. Would not get specific in terms of Subject Matter but said there was going to be some sort of important meeting followed by a big News Conference but again the lions share of that News Conference devoted to the topic
at hand, the topic of the last few days. President trump, saying hopefully it will all work out. Also, said he was being sacramen sarcastic earlier this week when he talked about thanks Vladmir Putin of russia for expelling those diplomats to save some money on payroll in this country. President trump wrapping up a News Conference. Weve got Kelly Odonnel there and congressman gregory meeks. Well get to what we might hear from the president on monday but just your general take aways from what we just heard from President Trump in new jersey. The president has taken questions from members of the White House Press pool four
times in about 30 hours. Hes spoken expassively on his views about north korea. Hes used colorful and sometimes hyperbolic rhetoric and trying to suggest reassurance to the American People. The people of guam and also reassurance to south korea saying that with his role in all of this that they will be safe. At the same time theres been this Ratcheting Up of the language between the american president and the young man in power in north korea. Stunning that the president wants to answer so many questions. In terms of the White House Press we do not refer to this as a News Conference because its a limited number of journalists. Its unannounced. The president is going back to washington on monday. He has, in the past, foreshadowed News Conferences that never materialized. That has happened before. We dont know the specifics here
but this was not a part of the agenda. He had expected to be in new jersey jersey, a couple of days in new york and back to bedminister. We have been aware of this and being asking senior officials for the topic, the purpose and not been able to learn what that is yet. The president didnt advance too much for us there. This was very notable that the president also gave his Secretary Of State an opportunity to speak. We have observed Rex Tillerson at times trying to sound more calming. Trying to reassure allies as hes traveled in Asia Today Standing by side with the president saying they are on the same page. They both believe in diplomacy and threats going back and forth. Also interesting to hear the president not rule out Military Action against venezuela. Also indicating there that he thought iran had violated the spirit of the Nuclear Agreement as well. Evelyn, the president tripling down, if not quadrupling down. Today promising a big, big trouble. What does that mean . Any idea . Im hoping that whatever it is on monday, if it relates to north korea that they will announce some sort of diplomatic breakthrough. His rhetoric still is a bit alarming. As you pointed out Rex Tillerson the Secretary Of State made a big poibnt of saying the president s bluster was aimed to strengthen their diplomatic efforts. He did say at the end, he said that kim jongun, himself, had not said the blustery comments about beating us to jelly or whatever the north korea press said. Interestingly the president
seemed to be noting that, i guess, the north Korean Leader had heard his, the president s threat that he should cease and desist with threatening the United States. Hopefully, that means theres some kind of Behind The Scenes Hard Core diplomacy going on that probably involves beijing as well. He also said at the beginning theres going to be a phone call tonight between President Trump and his chinese counterpart president chi. This is what President Trump said about guam just a few moments ago. Take a listen. If anything happens to guam, theres going to be big, big trouble in north korea. Have you ordered any change in our Military Readiness . I dont want to say. I dont talk about that. Im not one that will say were attacking mosul in four months. We do it or we dont do it. There was an Interesting Exchange when a reporter there appeared to try and press the president on precisely what he has meant over the last few days with fire and fury and with some of the other language. The president said at one point, i think you know the answer to that. The reporter asking are we headed toward war. He said i think you know. Hes trying to dial this back just a little bit . Not from the president. In fact, the Secretary Of State asks more president ial thatten the president does himself. My hope is that he listens to someone that has, at least, a sense of rationality and understand theyre not in a Reality Tv Show or playing the wwf. The threats that the counter rhetoric that the president is talking about is childish in my estimation. Its like you going to stoop
down no kim jonguns level when youre the president of the United States and the leader of the free world and supposed to be other leaders around the world are looking at how youre conducting yourself in this matter. Im concerned about the president s demeanor. I talk to people around the worm world and they hear the Secretary Of State and ask me but hes not the president. What will the president do . I think the president when you listen to him, you never know or at least it sounds to me its not plan. You dont see anything of substance coming out of his mouth. Where was his plan . He never put forward any piece of legislation or anything that one can see and understand and move on. Peter alexander, nbc National Correspondent was the voice a lot of us heard a few moments ago peppering the president with questions be questions. He joins us now on phone. Walk us through the atmosphere
of all of this. President trump there flanked by his top national security. Some of his top diplomatic advisors. Whats most striking is the fact theres been four of these sort of Press Availability where the president has been peppered with questions on variety of different topics of the course of the last 36 hours with the president announcing he will do major News Conference in washington, d. C. On monday. Something has changed for the president. Perhaps hes advised by his new Chief Of Staff try to do more of the talking for himself, not just on twitter but in front of cameras as we did today. This was an opportunity. After yesterday it felt like he got a lot out of his system. Perhaps hes been restless out here for his property. He wanted to address some of these topics on his own. I think a lot of people consider
vacation at his bedminister property as were in the pool van. We know he says he likes to go back to new york to his home. He misses his home but says its inconvenient which is one of the reasons he hasnt godone it yet. Hes going to washington, d. C. For a series of other meetings including the News Conference on monday. One of the reasons he Couldnt Be In Washington during his period of time was significant renovations taking place at the white house right now including photo you saw of the oval Office Cleared of all furniture as they just refurbished his office itself. We wait to see what it is he wants to announce on monday. Hes been making news with every answer over the course of the last 36 hours. We got to wonder if well hear from the president over the
rump is using language thats been heard by both of those individuals and the regimes they represent. Its great fodder on tell vigts. The important thing is how the north koreans react. Not some chatterbox in north korea. Its a very serious moment. Congressman meeks in addition to the news the president made, i think a lot of folks probably took notice on health care. He can do things as president on Health Care Just watch. The president has consistently blamed someone for his failures. Ive yet to see a plan that he has put forward. Hes yet to put a proposal and say this is what i, as president of the United States, wants. When something fails he tries to remove himself from it. Theres no substance. What the president may have caught a number of folks by surprise not taking Military Action off the table in venezuela. Did you see that coming . No, i didnt, craig. Heres the thing. Absolutely the president should never take Military Force off
the table, but its not the first thing that he should grab for. Military force is to be used as the last resort. Theres a lot of doctrines that have been written over time. You have to show the international community. What i find disturbing with venezuela and north korea now is this manufacturing of a crisis. The president is ramping up the rhetoric and creating a crisis. Nothing changed materially from last week or last month with regard to north korea. Theyve been steadily making progress and they are making more progress than before. They are still not at the point where they can get a Nuclear Weapon hitting, targeting,
successfully hitting washington or new york. Were still not there yet. The president has given the American Public the sense theres a new crisis here. Hes manufactured it. Hopefully, again, hes using his rhetoric to put diplomatic pressure on the various players. I think its a bit dangerous because, again, as hugh, said the north koreans are threatening guam. We dont need to threaten the venezuelans. Lets come up with a good strategy. Use our diplomatic effort and use the military means as a last resort. You also have to wonder, he was flanked there by General Mcmaster and secretary tillerson, you have to wonder if that venezuela line caught them by surprise as well. Probably. Really quickly, in terms of a preeveryonetive strike or perhaps a Military Strike in
ven venezuela, does he have the Constitutional Authority to conduct one or two of those . I think he has to come to the United States congress. Congress has to step up and demand that he does. What he has to do is make case to congress and the American People. He clearly has not done that. With 100 respect to the congressman, hes 100 wrong. I would point to the panama invasion. I would point to any number of opportunities that where president s past, including democrats have used force unilaterally. Its hard to understand how venezuela poses an immediate and direct threat to the security of the United States of america right now. Exactly. It could to American People. Thats why we went into agrgren
unprompted. Its cuban advisors thats running the regime. Lets beopen eyed and clear. Theres only one country that invaded another country. He clearly likes them and thats russia. Thats one country thats done something aggressively against another country. Were going to take a quick break here. President trump there saying fair amount in 13 minutes. Were going to continue to unpack it here for the next 30 minutes or so. This is the beat. Well take a beat or two and well be right back on the other side. Shawn evans its 6 am. 40 million americans are waking up to a gillette shave. And at our factory in boston, 1,200 workers are starting their day building on over a hundred years of heritage, craftsmanship and innovation. Today were bringing you americas number one shave at lower prices every day. Putting money back in the pockets of millions of americans. As one of those workers, im proud to bring you gillette quality for less, because nobody can beat the men and women of gillette. Gillette the best a man can get. 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. Hey youve gotta see this. Cno. N. Alright, see you down there. Mmm, fine. Okay, what do we got . Okay, watch this. Do the thing we talked about. What do we say . Its going to be great. Watch. Remember what we were just saying . Go irish see that . Yes im gonna just go back to doing what i was doing. Find your awesome with the xfinity x1 voice remote. Were you being sarcastic when you thanked Vladmir Putin from expelling 755 from russia. In order to reduce our payroll, i think you know that. By September 1st, well have a response. President trump there just a few moments ago responding to a question from peter alexander
saying he was being sarcastic with those comments that he made about putin a few days ago. Then he went onto sort of say it again that the Russia Embassy staff will reduce its payroll just as he said yesterday. You have any response to the russian president expelling 755 workers from our embassy . No. I want to thank him being were trying to cut down on payroll. As far as im concerned im thankful that he let go of a large number of people because now we have a smaller payroll. That was yesterday. A few moments ago he insisted he was joking. Mr. Ambassador, always appreciate your time. Sarcasm as an effective tool in international diplomacy, does it ever work . No, not that way. By the way it was not clear to me, it wasnt clear to our members of the embassy that hes being sarcastic. It sounded weak in terms of russian ears. Lets remember what Vladimir Putin did in response to 35 Russian Diplomats being asked to lever o leave our country. He pushed back. He doubled down, he tripled down. He said 755 americans had to leave. Whether you like it or not, that was a strong response. What President Trump said sarcastic or not was a very weak response. Any idea when the president talks about a response by September 1st, what that response might look like. Are you hearing anything that would give you indication about the size and scope of some sort of response . There is some talk about closing a consulate for
instance. There may be other measures but he just loses the moment to say theres going to be a response in September 1st when is no flippantly says thanks Vladimir Putin. Why is mr. Putin the one person in the world that President Trump refuses to criticize . I just dont understand that. You appear to almost be on the verge of getting emotional when you talk about this. Well, because its personal. I know those people in the embassy. These are not just numbers in some reduction in some kind of restructuring in some business. These are dedicated americans who signed up, an oath of allegiance to serve the United States of america. Their leader is President Trump. He needs to act like a leader for those people. I also know a lot of russians, by the way, that will lose their jobs and have virtually no
chance of finding another job in russia because they are considered traitors to their country. Those people are in dire straits right now. President trump should be applauding them, showing solidarity with them, thanks them from their service. Not joking about them in some genuflection with Vladimir Putin. He insisted that russia was rooting against him in the election. Here is what he said. There was no collusion between us and russia. In fact, the opposite. Russia spent a lot of money on fighting me. Do you know whether theres any truth to that at all . To the best of my knowledge and ive been following the story closely for two years, i know of any evidence that the
russian government or oligarchs spent money to defeat candidate trump. Its just the opposite. They applauded him including Vladmir Putin. He praised them. They stole data from the dnc and published that data in a way to help President Trump. They supported him with their Media Outlets including ones available on twitter and facebook. They applauded his election. I dont know what that reference is. Always appreciate your time. Always appreciate your insight. Thanks for being with us. Thanks for having me. President trump making a fair amount of news at the top of the hour including comments related
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senator Majority Leader mcconnell. Senator collins, he enjoys broad support. The only lawmaker who has come out in this feud between the president and mcmcconnell, mo brooks of alabama. What happens when everyone gets back to d. C. . How does this thing end . It doesnt end. I believe whats happening hear is that President Trump is playing the outside game. This appeals to the base. It appeals to people who may think that trump is also the boss of the senate. Its not easy. If things are easy in legislating, it would happen. The clock only started in january when you had a republican become president. It wasnt real before that. Thats where President Trump seems to kind of have a
little what could i say. Not the clearest understanding of the process. The clock started january 20th. In legislative time, like in dog years, you measure it differently. Its not easy. Kevin, Beginning Genewt Ging heard from him. Here he is again not Holding Anything back. He talks about how mitch has to get this done. This is a team. The president is a key member of the team. You could argue hes the leader of the team. If things arent working, maybe he needs to take part of the ownership here. If it is as lynn and others have suggested, if this is just another attempt by the president to throw some red meat to his base, what does that mean for Mitch Mcconnell moving forward. How does this affect him . First and foremost, the former speaker of the house is someone who President Trump trusts. He someone who President Trump listens to and on the issue of tax reform, its someone who is
working with the big six, as they are known, in helping behind the scenes to drum up support at the grass roots conservative level to get across their next big Policy Agenda Item which is getting tax reform across. The first point i would make is republicans on capitol hill from their staffs to members of congress are frustrated every time President Trump suggests or criticizes or goes off on twitter, so to speak, and takes away from their ability to use the Republican Controlled Congress to pass a conservative agenda. On the flip side of that, there are conservatives all around the country sitting at home looking at why tax reform hasnt been done and why Health Care Reform wasnt done. Thats a frustration at the base. President trump wants to eease the concerns of his base. Thats what youre seeing develop during this august recess. Sounds like youre seeing theres two sets of
frustrations. In lawmakers frustrated at the president. Is that a correct summary . Its a good summary but it also shows the recipe for a deal here if President Trump wants to work with members. They are human beings. They dont like being insulted and then berated and then saying, by the way can i have your vote. If you want to make a deal, Craft Legislation that gets the number of votes. How hard is it to count to 50. Sometimes you need 60. Theres a situation where the administration would reach across the aisle to work with moderate democrats to craft a fix it legislation. There is bipartisan consensus on the issue of Rural Communities and health care. Thats people outside the beltway, they cant understand. I think we can all agree if trump decided to move an infrastructure bill, they always say roads arent red. Roads arent blue. Roads are green. They have that. When trump insults mcconnell, he could go whats that he will do. Lynn was just brushing her shoulder off. She was dusting off her shoulder. One of the things that struck me, a few moments ago President Trump chastises senator mcconnell for not stripping these senators of chairmanships and leadership positions. Doesnt that just speak to what Mitch Mcconnell said that this idea that President Trump doesnt have a firm grasp of how the system, how the process works there in washington . To miss supporters thats an asset. To his critics thats a liability. It depends on who you ask. The end of the day, republicans have campaigned on repealing and replacing the Affordable Care act for quite some time. Whether youre a republican or democrat, the frustration amongst those in states like pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, these are battleground states. Theres a frustration about the rising cost of premiums. People want their premiums lower and looking at a Republican Controlled Congress and a gop led white house. There is no bipartisan bill that was crafted. At the end of the day there was power and what youre watching is the back and forth. Everyone blamed house republicans. At the end of the day, they moved fast than the senate but i mean they were able to move a bill. Part of that is the power of a twoyear term instead of the safety of a sixyear term. Good to see im not the only one working on a friday evening. Yes. Also in that q and a with reporters, President Trump made sure to tout his achievements in
office so far. Very few president s have done what we have done in a sixmonth period. Whether its optimism in stock market, whether its all the many things including Supreme Court justice, regulations being cut massively. We have, i think, its 48 bills being passed in the legislation. Im talking about legislature, not just Executive Orders. I think few have done anywhere near what weve done. The president was also asked whether Vice President pence would run in 2020 when the president would be running for reelection. Do you think your Vice President will be a candidate for president in 2020 . I dont think so, no. No, i dont think so at all. Hes a good guy. Hes left for colombia and various other places. Hes been a great ally of mine
and great friend of mine. Karen finney is a former s n senior spokesperson for Hillary Clintons campaign. Karen, well start with youre laughing. Come on, craig. Why . These days if you dont laugh, youre going to cry. Now were going to war with venezuela for heavens sakes. This is him trying to tout his accomplishments. Number one he controls everything. If he cant get an Executive Order done then hes really in big trouble. The truth is, President Trump is facing the great, a huge, huge failure with regard to health care. I understand why hes trying to blame it on Mitch Mcconnell and Mitch Mcconnell is trying to blame it on the president. The truth is he controls they control everything. He was not able to work with his own members to get that done. Even worse, you had a number of members who made it clear theyre not willing to walk the plank for President Trump. I think youre seeing more and more people in the Republican Party distance themselves from in the Republican Party distancing themselves from the president. This is what he does. The day after the inauguration, he came out to try to tell us the sky was purple when we could see it was blue. Safe to say that you disagree with the president s assertion that very few president s have managed to do what hes done in the first six months. Yes, yes. You mentioned health care. One of the things that caught them by Surprise Back and forthwith reporters, the president saying, there are things he can do on health care, just watch. How much does that worry you . It doesnt worry me. And ill tell you why. Again, look at what we saw in the defeat of the republicans
efforts around health care. We saw democrats coming together, even though there are disagreements here and there when we talk about single payer, for example. You saw so much energy and activism around this country. You saw People Holding their members accountsable. If President Trump just today, there was a poll, the Associated Press reported on, four and five americans really want this Repeal Effort to stop. So i think if he tries to mess with that, hell hear from the American People. Not just the democratic party. And frankly, some in his own party so it doesnt concern me. There are reports now, the hill being among those to report that President Obama is appearing to make a comeback of sorts in the fall. The hill reporting that he doesnt want to be a foil. Do you want to see President Obama return to the spotlight . I think it would be great to have his voice out there of it
is a smart strategy on his part to not be a foil. Whether he is out there or not, President Trump has made it very clear he will blame President Obama for just about everything regardless of whether or not he had anything to do with it. So be great to have President Obama out there, have his voice out there. I think the other thing that i think the president has done, obviously, the man deserves a break, a rest after the incredible eight years. If you want to talk about accomplishments, i think we should look at what President Obama was able to accomplish in the eight years where he didnt actually have control of everything for that whole time. President obama is really invested in the new leaders from the womens march to the new groups like indivisible and she should run and trying to help the new leaders and their vision. Karen finney, former spokesperson for the clinton campaign. Always good to see you, my friends. Have a good weekend. President trump announcing a Press Conference on monday where he will likely face new questions about the russia hack investigation. And Russia Meddling in the president ial election. More on that News Conference, more on that investigation, next. Rethink whats possible. 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. 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. Yes, we have a conference scheduled. We have a very important meeting scheduled. And were going to have a pretty Big Press Conference on monday. A Press Conference promised for monday by President Trump a few moments ago. We can expect questions on the russia investigation. Abc news reporting today that investigators now want to question trumps long time personal assistant, rhona graff. Weve seen messages about denial of no collusion. The former prosecutor and former counsel to the attorney general. And the Senior Counsel for the Deputy Attorney general. Good to see you both. James, let me start with you. Why would investigators want to talk to rhona . I think there are a variety of reasons. It has been reported that she was on the correspondence that led up to the meeting among Paul Manafort, donald trump jr. And others with the russia lawyer who had promised information about the clinton campaign. But i think it is also reflective of the fact the investigation appears to be entering a new phase. And Paul Manafort is clearly emerging as the Center Of Gravity of this investigation. His fingers are in a variety of places that the Special Counsel is looking at. Special counsel has Money Laundering investigations related to mr. Manafort. A separate probe related to his retroactive filing of the Registration Act and as mentioned already, Paul Manafort was at this meeting with the russian lawyer. So the news to me over the past week that is most striking is, the investigative actions that the Special Counsel is taking. They reflect the centrality of Paul Manafort, including the execution of the federal Search Warrant and mr. Manaforts residence i know what the issuance of grand jury subpoenas
to global banks, requesting information about his Account Transactions and records. Eric, what james did not mention is Paul Manafort hiring this new legal team and apparently, Robert Mueller and his Team Receiving out, reportedly to Paul Manaforts soninlaw. Are those is that a Pressure Tactic potentially . To reach out to his soninlaw . It certainly could be. His soninlaw is someone who has worked with him on business deals. He is, according to press reports, in the process of a divorce from manaforts daughter. And i would not feel very happy right now if i were Paul Manafort knowing that this man is speaking to muellers team. Gentlemen, i wish we had more time of Breaking News Cut into our playing time for this conversation. But thank you. Eric columbus, a big thank you as well. And that is going to do it for me this friday evening