Talk on illegal immigration. Mister trump appears to be softening his position on the signature issue of his campaign. And minority voters into the tent. Jenna john roberts live in New Hampshire where the trump rally gets underway. Reporter latest polls in New Hampshire have Hillary Clinton leading donald trump by 9 but the latest polls a couple weeks old and things are elsewhere. Donald trump keeping focus on Hillary Clinton to the Clinton Foundation, immigration keeps creeping into the mix. Donald trump, and 11 Million People. Hearing from members of his own party about it. Look at the tshirt ahead of the rally in tampa, or any amnesty for illegal immigrants. Last night in town hall with Sean Hannity Donald trump explaining background to his thinking and not pleasing everyone in the crowd. I have had very strong people, really great people come up to me and said mister trump, i love you but to take a person that has been her15 or 20 years and t family out, i have it all the time. Ver
On the American University in afghanistan. This is mtp daily, and it starts right now. Good evening. Im chuck todd in washington. Welcome to mtp daily. Donald Trumps Campaign has made it clear they believe they have found clintons weak spot. Trump doubled down on its attack lines on the Clinton Foundation at a rally in tampa earlier this afternoon. Hillary clinton ran the state Department Like a failed leader in a third world country. Its run like a third world country. She sold favors and access in exchange for cash. She sold favors. She sold access. And wait until you see when its revealed all of those people. Wait until you see ultimately what she did for all of those people. Wait until you see. Its impossible to tell where the Clinton Foundation ends and the state department begins. Well, a lot of innuendo in that. Well unpack it all here. 76 days to go until eday. Trumps latest ammunition is an Associated Press analysis that purports to say that more than half of the people outsid
Mueller uncovered that lobbying attempt and other incidents that could potentially factor into an obstruction case. Cnn justice correspondent Jessica Schneider is in our washington bureau. Bring us the details. The president apparently erupted in anger in front of several white house officials when Jeff Sessions did recuse himself from the russia probe because white House Counsel don mcgahn, he was unsuccessful apparently in lobbying the attorney general to stay on in overseeing the probe. The New York Times reports that president repeatedly voiced his belief that the role of the attorney general is to protect the president and that Jeff Sessions should, in turn, protect him. According to the times, they put it this way, they said mr. Trump said he had expected his top Law Enforcement official to safeguard him the way he believed john f. Kennedy and eric h. Holder jr. Had for barack obama. So mr. Trump then asked, where is my roy cohn. The president there referring to his former person
Thdo that. I would advise iran very strongly not to restart their nuclear program. If they do, there will be very severe consequence. We will get to those headlines in a moment. But first the story that could overshadow it all, what the atlantic says merges the two biggest scandals in Donald Trumps presidency in a single tweet. The man at the center of it all is trumps longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen. It started with this from Stormy Daniels attorney, michael avenatti. Quote, attorney mr. Cohen received approximately 500,000 in the months after the election from a Company Controlled by a russian by a Russian Oligarch with close ties to mr. Putin. These moneys may have reimbursed the 130,000 payment. Nbc news has reviewed documents that appear to support avenattis claim that cohens Shell Company, essential consultants llc, received money from a Company Called Columbus Nova which has ties to Russian Oligarch Viktor Vekselberg. A man who also has close connections to vladimir putin, a man
All of these, as you noted in his statement there, are there are reports that the white house essentially asked him to leave in part because of the Incoming Democratic majority in the house. Zinke was a favorite target of democrats, and the belief was that he would likely have several investigations opened into his behavior and potentially even have to testify publicly in regards to his dealings. Senator chuck schumer, look at his tweet after zinke announced his departure. He said ryan zinke was one of the most toxic members of the cabinet and the way he treated our environment, our precious public lands, and the way he treated the government like it was his personal honey pot. The swamp cabinet will be a little less foul without him. There have been several Trump Administration members who found themselves under scrutiny for ethical behavior. We know that the white house was watching zinkes situation very closely, anna. Boris, another personnel change in the coming weeks. We also know