National security adviser doubles down on north korea. We dont have very many options after 25 years of talking have failed. As critics condemn trumps pick. Temperamentally, emotionally, judgmentally disqualified for the job. Democratic senator tim kaine is here next. And women tell all. A porn star and an explaymate speak out about their alleged affairs with donald trump. What will Stormy Daniels say tonight . Not 100 sure why youre doing this. And will the president respond . Hello. Im Brianna Keilar in for jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is watching the next generation. Thousands of students filled the streets saturday in the Nations Capital and in similar marches across the country and around the world led by survivors of the Stoneman Douglas shooting in parkland, florida. The students made passionate pleas for gun control and issued a clear warning to politicians. We know what we want, we know how to get it, and we are not waiting any longer. The people dem
Consistent with his stand away from russia attitude to date. But i think he had to do something. So, this is inconsistent. This doesnt match with tough words about putin. He felt compelled to do t. Are you surprised we didnt her directly from the president . He didnt bring this issue up about meddling when he spoke directly with putin last week on the telephone. He advertises the things he wants to draw attention to and hes not drawing attention to this. He is falling in line with what is correct, with whats expected. For once hes acting in concert with allies if a little bit kind of later than some of them as opposed to saying we dont need them, we stand alone. I dont think this is something he did or the administration did with enormous enthusiasm. According to general Michael Hayden it was done in coordination with European Union which is a heartening sign. Hayes shown contempt with the European Union. He is working with them. That is good for us. I want to play this exchange. This
Is the president going to sign the bill. The answer is yes. Well, maybe not. Meanwhile, march on. Hundreds of thousands of young people are arriving here in the Nations Capital for tomorrows march for our lives with one simple message for our countrys leaders america, we are your future. Why wont you protect us . Ed a good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. President trump is blindsiding Congressional Republicans and his own White House Team with a stunning tweet this morning threatening to shut down the government tonight by vetoing the bipartisan spending bill touted by a top aide only minutes earlier. This on top of course his sudden decision to make john bolton his new National Security advisor, announcing much sooner than bolton himself expected. Nbcs Kristen Welker is at the white house. Anything happen in the last two minutes . Aebdz ndrea, actually in the five minutes i was able to speak to a Senior Administration official and i said, is the government to going sh
And comey obviously was relying on his own notes from his conversations with the president when he put together that very careful testimony for congress, both his written testimony and his testimony under questioning. So he was relying on his own notes. And he was probably relying on those same notes. He may have been relying on the same notes when he spoke to boente or the comments from the president may have been so fresh that boente was able to write them down immediately after basically james comey heard them from the president. And these guys put quotation marks in their notes. Their phrases are immediately echo each other. And thats how you build a body of evidence. These are trained professionals. Rachel, im going to break with what ive got lined up here because iready to go, one of our first guests. He is the editorinchief of law fair, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and msnbc analyst. Benjamin, i just want to get your reaction to what rachel revealed tonight on dana
National Security Team leaked to the press. Its just the latest chapter in an ongoing saga thats seen trump show an unusual amount of deference to a leader who is barely more than a dictator. The big question were asking today, why does this president feel the way he does about Vladimir Putin . I think hes afraid of president of russia. The russians may have something on him personally that they could always roll out. What is the president thinking . Were congratulating him for hacking into americans voting . What hes demon london poisoning people with nerve gas, thats a criminal activity. I wouldnt have a conversation with a criminal. Theres substantial evidence that the election was a sham, substantial that there was gentlemen, watch out. And we shouldnt be congratulating that. If youre trying to hurt them, its because you dont agree with him, why are you still there . Its damaging. It was just over 24 hours ago that President Trump told reporters he spoke to putin and congratulated