Me when we were just starting the show and we would go out on book tours, and everywhere we were across america, people would come up to us and they would say, i had your father at columbia and he taught me and he would stay after class for an hour explaining a point or however whatever we needed from him, and it could have been an accountant in des moines or it could have been an investment banker, you know, in, you know, san francisco, or a mom in seattle, it was incredible the people that he touched throughout his life and were thankful. Were going to wrap it before i cry. Thank you very much. That does it for us this morning. Stephanie ruhle, thank you all so much, stephanie picks up the coverage right now. Thank you, mika, thank you joe. Good morning. Im stephanie ruhle. Breaking news to cover, a white house shakeup, Donald Trumps head of communications is out this morning and we have exclusive new reporting, if Corey Lewandowski comes back, other staffers may walk. If he would as
Shots were fired in that deadly massacre that took place in las vegas. Call the police. Someones firing a gun up here. Someone is firing a rifle on the 32nd floor down the hallway. Those shots a full six minutes before the brutal attack began. We begin today with that brand new nbc news exclusive, an inside look at a National Security meeting which President Trump shocked his own military team by suggesting the u. S. Turn the clock back to the cold war and add thousands of Nuclear Weapons to its stockpile. Thats according to three officials who were in the room for that very meeting. It was right after that meeting that secretary tillerson reportedly used the m word, im talking moron, to describe the president. We have a great team here to break all of it down, starting with Nbcs Kristen Welker at the white house and nbcs National Security producer who has been all over this story from day one, courtney. Courtney, i want to start with you. The president s comments, quote, raised questi
Accept. But the president still remains open to working with the russians on areas of mutual concern. But as the white house tries to turn the focus on its latest Foreign Policy efforts, the attention of todays briefing at times was split with another story, the highly anticipated 60 minutes interview starring Stormy Daniels. Were not sure if the president watched the interview, but what we do know is that 22 million plus folks in this country watched. Raj shah responded to a number of questions in the briefing today, including when the president and the campaign and the Trump Organization violated federal election laws when daniels was paid 130,000 for her silence. I can speak for only the white house and i can say obviously white house didnt engage in any wrongdoing. The campaign or mr. Cohen the campaign or mr. Cohen can address anything with respect to their actions. With respect to that interview, ill say the president strongly clearly and has consistently denied these underlying
Rex tillerson is out. More names are rumored to follow as the president looks for advisers aligned with his agenda and style. Worldrenowned scientist Stephen Hawking has died. He persevered against a debilitating disease and brought mysteries of the universe into the mainstream. Good morning and welcome to early start, everyone, im christine romans. Im dave briggs. He did that in part through simpsons and star trek, not just novels. It is wednesday, hard to believe it is only wednesday, march 14th, 4 00 a. M. In the east. This morning, a few hundred votes separated the candidates in a closely watched pennsylvania special election. The congressional race between Democrat Conor Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone a strong indicator how things are shaping up for the midterm elections. At this moment, lamb holds a slight lead over saccone to represent pennsylvanias 18th District South of pittsburgh. Absentee and provisional ballots still being counted, but it would be a steep climb for saccon
Acceptance rates. Hogg responded by hitting ingram where it hurts calling on her sponsors to abandon her. As of this hour four have done just that. After news broke two of the sponsors dumping laura ingram, she apologized writing, quote, any student should be proud of a 4. 2g pa, including david hogg. On reflection and in the spirit of holy week, i apologize for any upset or hurt that my tweet caused him or any of the brave victims of parkland. And heres the response to that tweet from david hogg. I 100 agree, an apology is an effort just to save your advertisers is not enough. I will only accept your apology if you denounce the way your network has treated my friends and i in this fight. Its time to love thy neighbor, not mud sling at children. Ingrams apology also came after the pope the pope voiced his support for these young voices. Quote, there are many ways to silence young people and make them invince i believe. It is up to you not to keep quiet. Even if others keep quiet, if we