Missouri on running as a democrat in trump country. Plus, our brand new nbc news wall street journal poll. The latest numbers for the president and a sign of where the vote for Congress Might be headed in 2018. Also Robert Mueller is expected to serve up the first indictment in the russia investigation. Well have the latest on what to look for there. And the Opioid Epidemic. This morning, ill talk to a fire chief on the front lines of this crisis. I see this as a countrywide problem that has the potential to bankrupt the country. Huntington, West Virginias fire chief on the day in the life, fighting the epidemic. Joining me for insight and analysis are chris matthews, host of hardball on msnbc. Amy walter, National Editor of the cook political report. Al cardenas, former chairman of the american conservative union. And Eliana Johnson of politico. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Announcer from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, celebrating its
I am sitting in the oval office with a pen in hand waiting for our senators to give it to me. But the vote is now delayed because of a health scare for john mccain. Will the delay help or hurt the bills chances . Ill talk to the man who counts the votes, republican senator john cornyn of texas. And what do voters in Trump Country think of the president right now . The latest from a special new nbc news wall street journal survey. Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news special correspondent tom brokaw, president ial historian, doris kearns goodwin. Former head of the American Conservative Union al cardenas and Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise institute. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Good sunday morning. To those who remember watergate, the seminal moment may have been when white House Counsel john dean said he told president nixon there was a cancer on the presidency. This appears to be the week that the russia story has metastasized. The gap between the ori
Concerned, my son is a wonderful young man. Over the course of seven days, a headsnapping series of statements. Story number one, there were no contacts with russians and the putin regime during the campaign. Its absurd. You know, theres no basis to it. I have nothing to do with russia. To the best of my knowledge, no person that ideal with does. But last saturday the New York Times reports there was a meeting on june 9th, 2016. Story number two, a meeting did occur with a russian person, donald trump jr. , Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort all attended. It was a very short meeting. It was a meeting apparently about russian adoption. And after about 20 minutes, the meeting ended and that was the end of it. Later that sunday, the New York Times reports that donald trump jr. Took the meeting after bowi being promised damaging information on Hillary Clinton. Story number three the comments that they are making about any type of information on Hillary Clinton were vague, they were meaningle
Concerned, my son is a wonderful young man. Over the course of seven days, a headsnapping series of statements. Story number one, there were no contacts with russians and the putin regime during the campaign. Its absurd. You know, theres no basis to it. I have nothing to do with russia. To the best of my knowledge, no person that ideal with does. But last saturday the New York Times reports there was a meeting on june 9th, 2016. Story number two, a meeting did occur with a russian person, donald trump jr. , Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort all attended. It was a very short meeting. It was a meeting apparently about russian adoption. And after about 20 minutes, the meeting ended and that was the end of it. Later that sunday, the New York Times reports that donald trump jr. Took the meeting after bowi being promised damaging information on Hillary Clinton. Story number three the comments that they are making about any type of information on Hillary Clinton were vague, they were meaningle
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