After things blow up, predictably, he turns around and starts blaming his aides and starts shooting at his aides. Its preposterous. Lets debrief with our reporters and analysts as we wait for sean spicer to take the podium. Weve got nbcs Peter Alexander in the white house. Nbcs Msnbcs Stephanie Ruhle joins me on set. New York Times White House correspondent and msnbc political analyst, glenn thrush is in the newsroom. And harold ford and elise jordan are with us as well. Peter, we have a new candidate for the head of the fbi, john pistol. Used to be number two at the fbi. He is expected to interview with the Trump Administration. What do we know about this . You named it. Thats just the facts as weve heard from Senior Administration officials, confirming pistol will be here at the white house eting privately with President Trump this afternoon. His is the latest in a series of names bandied about as potential replacements for james comey at the fbi. Pit toll has 27 years of service at
First time in the trump presidency, a democratic congressman circling articles of impeachment accusing President Trump of obstruction of justice. Check your clock. It is ticking. Will President Trump before 2 30 p. M. Tomorrow invoke executive privilege thereby blocking attorney general sessions about telling the Intel Committee about conversations he may have had with the president about russia and former director comey and more. From the perspective of President Trump what role did attorney general Jeff Sessions play in the firing of james comey . Im not going to discuss private conversations between the president and the attorney general. To that end, when Jeff Sessions testifies tomorrow, do you believe he should invoke executive privilege on conversations between him and the president as it relates to james comey . It depends on the scope of the questions and to get into a hypothetical at this point would be premature. In any way, did Jeff Sessions folks at the doj ask for the whi
Side of your screen. A briefing set for 2 00. Were told that this is going to be one of the rare oncamera briefings these days. That briefing being conducted by the Deputy Press Secretary. Sara Huckabee Sanders, because sean spicer, officially out. He has resigned from this white house. Again, that briefing set to happen at 2 00. This, of course, likely to be the headline in that briefing. We have got our reporters standing by. All of this coming on a day of major shakeups there at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. And for the president s private legal team, as well. Stories about how the white house planning to push back on the independent counsels investigation. All of it covered from various angles. Lets start with our chief White House Correspondent, hallie jackson, who is standing by for us inside that Briefing Room. Hallie, bring us up to speed. Reset for us all of our viewers and listeners joining us, 1 00 here on the east coast, how did we get here . If youre just joining us on this sl
Sanctions will be coming down. Secretary mnuchin will be announcing those on monday. If he hasnt already. And more problems for scott pruitt. A Government Watchdog Group says the epa chiefs 43,000 sound proof phone booth will have violated federal law. This certainly is an element of double standard. Weve seen cabinet secretaries forced out for much less. 43,000. We begin today with the extraordinary courtroom drama that unfolded here in new york as president s attorneys went head to head with attorneys for his own justice department. All because mr. Trump wants to keep evidence seized from his Lawyers Office out of the hands of the feds. With all that going on, sean hannity and Stormy Daniels only added to the surreal atmosphere. I have a great team here to help break all of it down. First, i want to run you through exactly what happened in the courthouse. This stuff is important right now. Federal prosecutors have a ton of information they took from Michael Cohens home and his office