Good at connecting the dots. But what about when the dots are right up against each other. Like googlely eyes and theyre right next to each other staring at others. Yeah, sometimes its easier than others. For lawrence odonnell. Doubling down tonight on a war with the Intelligence Community. He has accused them of being unamerican and breaking the law with leaks, but he continues to defend his ousted National Security adviser. And calling the first victory of the resistance against President Trump. General flynn is a wonderful man. The hills are alive with the sound of crazy i think he has been treated very, very unfairly by the media. But the president was the one who fired him. As i call it, the fake immediate where in many places. He blames the press for telling him the truth. This is crazy. Things are being leaked. Its criminal action. Criminal act. So if theyre real leaks, its not fake news. He cant do both. This is a matter of seriousness and gravity. And we should treat it as suc
Enveloping his administration by blaming the press, leaks, administration, the past administration, blaming congress and denying allegations of racism and antisemitism. Cited campaign crowds, ratings. The Electoral College as evidence of an adoring public and also claiming he was running a, quote, fine tuned machine inside the west wing. It was at times surreal. Sometimes it was strange. There were some echos of Richard Nixon circa 1973. Well try to dive into this incredible and at times bizarre display of president ial behavior. Well factcheck this thing as much as possible. Well also see how anxious republicans on capitol hill are reacting. The presser was supposed to calm things down here in washington. Not sure it did that. Well also get reaction from moscow and a lot more. We begin with the elephant in the room for this white house, russia. During this press conference, and we cant let it get lost in all of this media back and forth. The president bristled at questions on this top
Work. We have no choice but to make the plan better for all americans out there. Well get a score next week and cbo will do what they need to do and well see what the score is and in the past the cbo score has been meaningless. The director of the cbo is not moses and come from the mountain tops with stone tablet and can make mistakes but they provide an important amount of information and analysis that allows senators and congressmen to make informed choice. It will effect every american in a personal way. Shannon were now joined live. John, what can we expect this monday . Shannon, good morning. The president will hold another listening session on what is described as a group of quote, victims on obamacare. Well hear from the Congressional Budget Office by 3 00 this afternoon on how much it will cost. Cbo scoring as its called, will be important. If the numbers come out favorably it will come a long way to making the case the president and republicans are putting forth to the America
Briti British Intelligence did the spying for president obama. Fox news repudiating that today. Who can take the president at his word . Our allies . Leaders . American people . Get to alice stewart, symone sanders, andre bauer, timothy naftali. Long week. Good evening. Happy friday and st. Patricks day. Start with you. Alice, president versus everyone else. Doesnt matter, republicans and ar democrats, intelligence committees, all saying wasnt wapd. What is going to convince this president to believe otherwise . I will not acknowledge he maybe stepped out of bounds on this one. All have said theres no there there. Have report come out monday, comey probably confirming this. Donald trump truly believes this happened. Will continue to stand behind what they see as news reports that say this happened, whether or not its the case. Hes not one of those people going back. Like the old john wayne movie, dont apologize, shows sign of weakness. Not going to apologize or back track, dead set on
Me when we were just starting the show and we would go out on book tours, and everywhere we were across america, people would come up to us and they would say, i had your father at columbia and he taught me and he would stay after class for an hour explaining a point or however whatever we needed from him, and it could have been an accountant in des moines or it could have been an investment banker, you know, in, you know, san francisco, or a mom in seattle, it was incredible the people that he touched throughout his life and were thankful. Were going to wrap it before i cry. Thank you very much. That does it for us this morning. Stephanie ruhle, thank you all so much, stephanie picks up the coverage right now. Thank you, mika, thank you joe. Good morning. Im stephanie ruhle. Breaking news to cover, a white house shakeup, Donald Trumps head of communications is out this morning and we have exclusive new reporting, if Corey Lewandowski comes back, other staffers may walk. If he would as