Polls are closing in japan where voters have been electing members of the upper half of parliament. The results could have a huge bearing on the future direction of the country. If Prime Minister shinzo abe wins, he will control both hacks of the parliament and he will be able to push through some controversial reforms. Lets speak to rob mcbride. What are we expecting of the results . The polls have now closed. What we are expecting first is the are the exit polls. The exit polls come fast. They are accurate. We could be expecting them within the next few minutes. They will give us the indication of what has happened in this poll and whether shinzo abe has got the kind of majority he needs and wants to push through that package of Economic Reforms and more controversially and, more controversially, his constitutional reforms. Expected to deliver hefty gains to Prime Minister shinzo abe. His partylls show winning a majority of seats in the upper house, giving him complete control over J
Good morning, everybody. A live look at the white house behind me. Day eight of the Trump Administration. Im Thomas Roberts at msnbc World Headquarters in new york and it is a big working saturday for President Trump and his administration. They are expected to make a series of overseas phone calls to foreign leaders. And they have a pack day beginning here at 9 00 a. M. The first call going to the Prime Minister of japan. Abe shinzo. Its going to be a day of diplomacy in just a couple hours after that Germanys Angela Merkel then Russias Vladimir Putin at noontime, perhaps the most anticipated call of the day. And then two more calls later, one with the french president Francois Hollande, and then the Prime Minister of israeli. Malcolm turnbull. That comes up at 5 00. Nbcs kasie hunt is at the white house. Kasie, what kind of guidance are you getting from Administration Officials about the nature of these calls, especially the one at noon to russia . Reporter a lot of focus today on th
Look at Jared Kushner, part of its russia investigation. What led authorities to focus on the president s top adviser and soninlaw . Good morning, everybody, and welcome to early start. Im dave briggs. And im christine romans. It is friday, may 26th. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. Breaking overnight, montana has a new congressman, a new congressman with a court date. Just 24 hours after he was charged with assault for apparently body slamming a reporter, the republican, Greg Gianforte, scores a decisive win over democrat rob quist. There are the final numbers. Gianfortes victory celebration relatively subdued. He took a contrite tone, owning up to making a mistake. Joining us with the latest, cnns ryan young in boseman, montana. Good morning to you, ryan. What are you hearing from the people of montana regarding the message this might or might not send . Reporter well, good morning, guys. Look, were in big sky country. I can tell you, reporters were here until after 1 30 this morning. T
Release. The president tweeting this morning, quote, the democrats sent a very political and long response memo which they knew because of sources and methods and more would have to be heavily redacted whereupon they would blame the white house for lack of transparency, told them to redo and send back in proper form. Remember, this mem sew the democrats version of why the secret fisa Court Allowed to spy on carter page. Republicans say the bulk of the evidence use today convince the fisa court was Political Opposition Research ultimately funded by the Democrat National committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign. The Top Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee congressman adam schiff who wrote the question today long disputed that the Obama Justice department and the fbi try today conceal or minimize the role of the Opposition Research and has pressed for the democrats memo to be released. As the republicans memo was. Congressman schiff said in statement, quote, after promise to g
And more troubles for former Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort who they say lied to him and doubledealing with the Trump Administration after signing a a plea agreement. And brothers in a arms, two of the the president s favorite strongmen have a connection today. They are both pariahs at the g20. Goodday, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in new york. The president at a world summit in argentina, but judging from the tweets theday, he started the day thinking of the dramatic events in the russia probe. Sworn testimony indicating an active coverup by former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen about the trump organizations effort to get a trump tower in moscow well into the 2016 campaign. The president tweeting this morning that he had quote only lightly looked at a business deal while frequently denying it on 2 campaign trail, and Sarah Sanders is is now referring to the Mueller Investigation as the russian witch hunt hoax at an ish statement she issued from the summit. And now joining us is Peter