But first lets get more on that New York Times reporting. Evan perez is here right now. Remarkable story here because she is in effect admitting very close ties to the college lynn both communications with them and describing herself in a rol as an informant. Right, something that she had denied before. And to be honest, i think no one really believed those denials. So this is really just her admitting to something that pretty much everyone already sort of knew that she was. Look, there had been previous documents that had shown that some of the talking points she brought to trump tower matched very closely to documents that were shared by the prosecutor general in moscow. She obviously had previously denied that she had any kind of representation of the kremlin, that she was simply working as a private attorney. No ties to the russian government. But obviously now the New York Times says that there is new documents, new emails that put a lie essentially to what her previous statements
This evening. Smuch more on all of this in just a moment. Tonights state dinner seems to be going off without a hitch you cant say the same thing for the president s latest cabinet nominee. What we are learning tonight to head the Veterans Affair agency, it is shocking. Telling Anderson Cooper about allegations of drinking on duty and proper Prescription Drug use. The word is that on overseas trips in particular she would go down the airplane and hand out the prescriptions. Sources saying dr. Jackson drunkenly banged on the door becoming so disruptive the secret service stopped him out of concern he would wake then president barack obama. If the white house had done in the vetting in the first place. The fact is i wouldnt do it. I wouldnt do it. What is he needed for . To be abused by a bunch of politicians that arent thinking nicely about our country . I really dont think personally he should do it. It is totally his decision. The white house releasing. In the president support nomine
Governor of georgia, Chris Van Hollen, and governor bill haslam of tennessee, the head of the Republican Governors Association. And one last look at where the race stands. Will democrats win back the house . Will republicans actually make gains in the senate . And what message will voters be sending to President Trump . Well have the results of our final midterm nbc news wall street journal poll. Joining me for insight and analysis are savannah guthrie, hugh hewitt, nbc news capitol hill correspondent kasie hunt, democratic pollster Cornell Belcher and nbc news Senior Correspondent tom brokaw. Welcome to sunday and a special midterm edition of meet the press. Announcer from nbc news, the longest running show in television history, this is a special edition of meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning from our election headquarters right here at Rockefeller Center in new york city where on tuesday night, well be reporting on the First National referendum on the trump presidenc
Evening again from our headquarters again. Day 606 of the Trump Administration and it looks as though well be covering another Brett Kavanaugh hearing on monday, but it doesnt look like it was one that his camp was looking forward to. The Brett Kavanaugh court just got extremely complicated. They will hold a public hearing next monday with kavanaugh and his accuser, dr. Christine blasey ford, a College Professor in california. Nbc news reports that kavanaugh spent roughly nine hours inside the white house today and that a white house official described him as, quote, chomping at the bit to testify. In an offrecord interview with the Washington Post, ford alleged, quote, one summer in the early 1980s kavanaugh and a friend both stumbling drunk corralled her into a bedroom during a gathering of teenagers at a house in montgomery county, maryland. While her friends watched, she said kavanaugh pinned her on her back and groped her. When she tried to scream, she said he put a hand over her
There is no doubt that the president who has had some rough times in the white house is now facing perhaps his toughest run. The reports coming out of the white house all suggest its a president who is growing increasingly disinterested in his job, increasingly angry. Weve got phil rutger here and well be talking about it in a moment. But willie, none of the portraits are flattering, of course, of the president , but also not comforting to americans and people around the world who understand that the president of the United States is one of the key figures in Global Politics and right now he seems to be checked out. Yeah. Well have all this reporting from Phillip Rutger and nbc news about the state of mind of the president and whats going on in the white house right now. But it supports i think what youve heard and what a lot of us are hearing is that because of the Mueller Investigation, because of the midterm elections which day by day continue to get worse for republicans, the presi