And somali, companies on trumps travel ban. He repeatedly called it a bad deal, saying one of the refuses would be the next boston bomber, and then the call was quickly ended. One tweeted this. The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of immigrants from australia, why . I will study this dumb deal. The Parliament House and reporter tim lissa, what is the reaction from the Prime Minister but also from ordinary australians . Reporter well, there is a deal of shock, because john, diplomatic relations between australia and the United States have never been carried on this way in living memory. And it suggests a changed dynamic for australia in relations with its most important, certainly its most important security partner, also of course like the rest of the world getting to know how relations will be done with donald trump. But the tweet you mentioned is especially damaging. Just a couple of hours ago our Prime Minister was telling us no, i have a guarantee from the president of
Happy monday. Chris jansing at the white house, Pete Williams in Washington Post and were joined by robert costa, New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt and joining me the entire hour, julie and reporter for the Washington Post the fix amber phillips. Chris, i want to start with you. This this a busy day for the whe house. Theres fallout from all the stuff over the weekend. Fill us in. Ill let you have it. Reporter major fallout. The big official event today is the rollout of the eo. Weve been waiting for this since the courts challenge, the president s stand on seven countries banning immigration. Having said that, the changes we already know. Its going to not have broader implications for syrian immigrants, iraq is going to be removed from the list, key player in the fight against isis. But its not going to distract from what the big story is here today and that is the tweet storm over the weekend that started this firestorm of controversy and people asking why did President Trump a
Jordans King Abdullah ii is visiting the white house, and the administration will exchange views on a range of issues, including the fight against isis and the conflict in syria, and a framework for a new israeli peace deal. Jon john roberts is live on on the white house lawn. John . Reporter we may getting closer to a vote on the American Healthcare act, this renewed push to try to get it across the goal line is bearing some fruit. The Vice President , the omb director, mick mulvaney, reince priebus, on the hill, talking to the House Freedom caucus, the house study committee, and im told the bulk of the conversation during the twohour meeting last night was on the or people who are buying healthcare. They were buying them on the exchanges. Of course the prices kept going up. They want to get the premiums down. A big topic of conversation is what to do about people with preexisting conditions. The plan, as it appears right now, is to allow the states to ask for waivers from this so tha
Coverage begins with jim acosta at the white house. Reporter key u. S. Allies are telling President Trump theyre not willing to renegotiate the paris climate agreement. Leaders from france, germany and italy telling the white house there will be no renegotiations in response to the president s comment that he would like to strike a Better Climate deal. The president made it clear during a speech at the white house that hes thinking more about key voters in states like pennsylvania than the u. S. Allies now disappointed that the u. S. Is withdrawing from the deal. Here is more of what he had to say. It is time to exit the paris accord. And time to pursue a new deal that protects the environment, our companies, our citizens, and our country. It is time to put youngstown, ohio, detroit, michigan, and pittsburgh, pennsylvania, along with many, many other locations within our great country before paris, france. It is time to make America Great again. President s daughter ivanka was pushing
Unpack. An nbc news exclusive. Vice president pence leaps to the defense of President Trumps response, to the violence in charlottesville. I take issue with the fact that many in the media are spending more time criticizing how the president addressed the issue in just one hour, the man accused of intentionally ramming his car into activists, into protesters, kills one of them, appears in court for the first time. Those who knew that young woman best. They want the world to know exactly what we lost. Im trying to honor my daughter the way that i know she would want to be honored. And republicans and ceos distance themselves from the white house. These groups seem to believe they have a friend in donald trump in the white house. We of got to move this morning with President Trump heading back to the white house any minute now. According to the attorney general, we are expecting him to take another shot at addressing the weekends violence at some point today. This comes after he was high