Dodging a question about President Trumps accusation that former president obama wire attempted phones of candidate trump at trump tower. I want to begin this tower with senior political analyst david gergen, alex stewart, political commentator ryan lizza, and political commentator, assistant editor at the washington post. Good evening. So glad to have you all on. You get the honors to be first, ryan. So thank you again for joining us. Jim acosta reporting that at the president s meeting with tea party groups, that he told republicans skeptical of his plan, if it phase, he will let obamacare fail and then put the blame on the democrats. What kind of strategy is that just after this plan rolled out . It is pretty ominous sign for the legislation if he is already thinking through the strategy hes going to pursue if it is defeated, right . Also, by the time it is defeated and in the event that there is some kind of collapse in obamacare, a very risky strategy. Barack obama is not around a
Being the u. S. Attorney in Southern District of new york would forever be the greatest honor of my life. Not because it came with zero warning but because back in november, President Trump actually asked bharara to stay on. Mf in fact, listen to what bharara told reporters after that meeting. President elect asked, presumably because hes a normer and aware of the great work that our office does asked to discuss whether or not id be prepared to stay on as the United States attorney to do the work as we have done it independently without fear for the last 7 years. We had a good meeting. I say i would absolutely consider taiing ostaying on and. I soak poke to senator sessionse nominee for the attorney general. He also asked i stayed on. We also have more breaking news for the first time, were now hearing President Trumps reaction to this stunning White House Security breach. We have bizarre now details on the fence jumper, the intruder at the white house. Lets begin with the firing of Pr
Is far we have not seen a shred of evidence to support this claim. Now fbi director james comey is expected to tell the House Intelligence Committee on monday whether any evidence exists. Trumps Supreme Court nominee kneel gorsuch will begin his Senate Confirmation hearing on my and on thursday, the Republican Health care plan is set for a vote on the house floor. The president predicts its going to pass on the first try. I want everybody to note that all of these nos or potential nos are all yess. Every Single Person in this room. Hes working the art of the deal. Right now President Trump is at his maralago resort in florida. Lets go to White House Correspondent athena jones in nearby west palm beach. He has dinner plans tonight, right . Hi, ana, hes planning to dine with isaac, ike perlmutter, the billionaire ceo of marvel entertainment. So thats to be his guest tonight. I can tell you the president spent several hours at Trump International golf club in west palm beach. White house
But im 7. We want mexico to be a healthy, strong partner. We want to to help with the problems theyve got with drug cartels and crime and grow their economy. Reporter you heard that little boy talking about the fact that he didnt want his pbs programming to go away. The man sitting right there in that blue hat just walked over to tell us hes here to talk education. Hes worried about the direction of education in this country. Weve had so many people walk over and just say they are excited about the opportunity to have their voices be heard. Were right on the edge of main street. This is something that already, with an hour to go, is starting to fill up inside the courthouse. This is a courtroom. And the pews are filling up pretty quickly. Ryan young, thank you so much, let us know what happens there. The white house late last night reversing Obama Administration federal guidelines on transgender bathroom use. [ crowd chanting save our students ] the guidelines from the Obama Administra
Meeting with him over russian hacking. Some say what happened behind closed doors is making them question whether comey is fit for office but theyre in a tough spot. Do the same democrats want donald trump to pick the next head of the fbi . Well have more on that in a moment but and the Civil Rights Movement and 1965, louis was almost beaten to death while fighting in selma, alabama. His comments calling trump illegitimate in nbc news. Listen. Do you plan to forge a relationship with donald trump . I believe in forgiveness. I believe in trying to work with people. It would be hard. It would be very difficult. I do not consider president elect a legitimate president. You do not . Why is that . I think the russians participated in helping this man get elected and help destroy and i dont plan to attend the inauguration and would be the first one i missed. And you cannot that you feel that its wrong. Going to send a big message to a lot of people in this country that you dont believe hes a