And the russian government. I spoke not too long ago with a source close to the Trump Transition Team who says two things. One, that he believes the source that the Mueller Investigation did illegally he put it obtain the emails. He also says they were used as part of the ongoing russia probe which is noteworthy. As a result we have seen a rare Public Comment from the special counsels spokesman about this defending Robert Muellers practices, his processes. I want everyone to stay with me one second. We are going to try to rerack that tape and play it for all of our panel so everyone can have a chance to weigh in. Let me introduce who will be with us to have this discussion. We have with us cynthia alkazny, former prosecutor. Frank figliosi and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist charlie savage, author of power wars and an msnbc contributor. Let me go ahead and play it so we can follow up on the discussion. [ inaudible ] not looking good. Its not looking good. Its quite sad to see that. S
Is he setting the stage for firing mueller . No, there is nothing like that. What is the white house afraid of . This is not a bipartisan thing. We want our agents to be neutral. Robert mueller comes to the table with such innate. Theyre pushing back on the process. This is a setup potentially to fire bob mueller. I think he is the person, the right person at dinner last night with the president and Vice President , i hadnt heard anything about this, any firing. Heated sunday, shall we say. The white house confirming today that President Trump spoke by phone with russian president Vladimir Putin this morning. It is the second call this week between the two leaders, who also spoke on thursday. The white house says putin called trump to thank him for advanced warning from u. S. Intelligence agencies about an alleged terror plot in st. Petersburg. Russian state television releasing a video showing the arrest and statement of the terror suspect, as you see there. The timing of the call is
Nbcs White House Correspondent jeff bennett. Jeff, the plan on track to pass here, we think. It certainly looks that way. You laid out the substance of the bill in great detail. Politically republicans think they are on Firm Political footing. Here is why. They were able to flip two holdout lawmakers flipping them to yes votes. On the one side you have republican senator marco rubio, who wanted a boost in the Child Tax Credit for working families in exchange for his vote. He got that. Now hes on board. You also have a reversal from tennessee senator, excuse me, bob corker, who says he doesnt want to stand in the way of republican progress on this. He sees it as a once in a generation chance to enact tax cuts to boost job growth. President trump was earlier today happy to talk about taxes. He was headed to marine one on the way to camp david. My colleague asked what is the chief criticism of the tax plan, that it benefits the wealthy at the expense of the middle class, here is how he re
22month long investigation. A historic weekend certainly. This hour, attorney general william barr reviewing the highly participated Mueller Report as he decides what to release to congress. Heres what else we know. House democrats will strategize their next move in a Conference Call about three hours from now. Nbc news has learned House Republicans were cautiously optimistic last night during a Conference Call. Barr told congressional leaders yesterday he may release the top conclusions from the Mueller Report as soon as this weekend. As for the white house, it says it has not been briefed on muellers findings. The president is at his Florida Golf Club as supporters seize on reporting that the special counsel is not recommending any further indictments. If theres no collusion that was found, it strongly vindicates President Trump but raises serious questions about who is going to be held accountable at the fbi, the bad act areas that had a political agenda. But this morning, i spoke w
President. Even as the administration became aware that a formal complaint had been filed. As one of my next guest writes, the story of the past two months is one of a white house scrambling to keep secrets to protect a president willing to cross lines others would not only to fine the very government he frequently disparages expose him. The president who considers himself to be his own best defender has unleashed on twitter attacking adam schiff, attacki attacking democrats, and claiming that his phone call with the president of ukraine where he asked him to, quote, do us a favor by investigating joe biden was, quote, perfect. So our big question today is how will President Trumps defenders defend him against impeachment . Joining me now is the director of communications for the trump 2020 reelection campaign, mike mark lauder. Youre one of the president s defenders. Do you think its appropriate for the president of the United States to call the president of another foreign country, i