Listen to what chris ruddy the ceo of the conservative media news outlet news max told Kristen Welker last hour. Do i think that he will actually fire him . No. But do i think it was an option or has been an option . Yes. You were at the white house yesterday. Correct. Meeting with top official steve bannon and reince priebus. Did they discuss the possibility of firing Robert Mueller . I dont discuss who i saw at the white house and what the topic of conversation is. We have three nbc reports. Kasie hunt is on capitol hill, Pete Williams in our washington newsroom Hallie Jackson at the white house. Kasie, start with a preview of this hearing, all the anticipation as we had five days ago with james comey, what should we be watching for today . Well, chris, a couple things. I think this hearing today has the potential to advance this investigation and potentially make our create some more problems for the president if sessions doesnt handle himself in exactly the right sort of way. One q
We urge russia to cease its destabilizing activities in ukraine and elsewhere and its support for hostile regimes including syria and iran. And to instead join the community of responsible nations in our fight against common enemies and in defense of civilization itself. Pretty clear. Also pretty clear his statement hours earlier continuing to sow doubt over his own intelligence agencies findings that russia meddled in the u. S. Election. I think it was russia, but i think it was probably other people and or countries. And i see nothing wrong with that statement. Nobody really knows. Nobody really knows for sure. Nobody really knows. His intelligence agencies say they know. Just the beginning of what could be a very important 48 hours, perhaps the most important 48 hours in terms of Foreign Policy of his presidency to date. Cnn International Diplomatic editor Nic Robertson is in hamburg, that is where the president arrives about an hour from now. The g20 summit, nic, weve seen a lot al
Border wall. Now the Republican House speaker tells a different story. Well see how that could play out. Plus, Hillary Clinton in her own words. Clinton says when she lost the election, she let down millions of americans and that she will live with that the rest of her life. Well hear parts of her upcoming book read by the former candidate herself. Lets get to it. Good wednesday afternoon. A tale of two trumps. Two different President Trumps in 16 hours. We just watched teleprompter trump give a speak to the American Legion. Sticking to script in which he called for national unity. He was nothing like the President Trump that spoke last night in phoenix. The president started off that rally by telling thousands of his supporters that our movement is a movement built on love. But then mr. Trump went on the defensive, going off script, blasting the news media. And do you ever notice when i go on and ill put like out a tweet or a couple tweets, hes in a twitter storm again. I dont do twit
Diffuse the situation. China is not having it. The president about to honor an american hero. A former army medic that risks his life and ignored his own wounds to save his fellow soldiers in vietnam. Nearly a half a censutury from e battlefield, a medal of honor for a man that represents the best. That didnt take long word that Anthony Scaramucci has just left his job as White House Communications director just after a week in the job. An outside adviser to trump says the move came at the request of the new white house chief of staff, general john kelly. A bit of irony as scaramucci got credit for former out the former chief of staff, Reince Priebus calling him a effing schizophrenic. So this news most feel like karma to him. So what next for the Communications Team . One thing we know theres no chaos at the white house. We got that assurance from the president s twitter this morning. John roberts is live with more. Theyre clearing the decks here at the white house. Theyve probably go
Anything. You are seeing a president whos digging in ahead of a number of fall battles and really starting to wage a war with members of his own party. When he attacks these people, he is shooting himself in the foot. This is his Signature Campaign pledge, so he wants it and wants it really badly, thats why he is threatening this Government Shutdown and ramping up the fight with mcconnell. Also ahead this hour, three speeches, three very different versions of trump in the past 48 hours. The prompter president versus trump unplugged. Is he giving the country a case of whiplash . Lets debrief with our team of reporters. Nbcs Peter Alexander is live at the white house where the press briefing will kickoff. Garrett hague, usually on capitol hill covering our legislators is here with me in the newsroom. And jeremy peters, reporter for New York Times which broke the story about the escalating feud between trump and mcconnell, and josh dossy, reporter with politico. Peter, lets start with you