Doesnt bother me one bit. That was just a short time ago here on msnbc. Kristen welker is live at the white house. Out of the gates, lets do it. Today the president meets with the south korean counterpart. Tax reform is still on deck. Theres so much else we could be talking about right now, but, instead, the focus remains on the president s comments yesterday. What is the white house saying . Right, peter, this is another example of the president stepping on his own agenda and the white house is digging in, pushing back vigorously. Let me read you what President Trump tweeted just a short time ago and then tell you what some of his top aides are saying. This is from President Trump who said watched lowrated morning joe for first time in long time. Fake news. He called me to stop a National Enquirer article. I said, no. Bad show. Top officials are digging in, defending him in the wake of those controversial tweets yesterday saying this is a president whos going to fight fire with fire.
Understand they have a part to play as well. Two questions. Number 1, taking a step back and looking at big picture. Wild fires out west. Irma. Harvey. The resources are not unlimited. At what point do you worry the resources are stretched too thin . General kelly says the federal government should walk and chew gum at the same time. Hes right. Were focusing on efforts and National Security measures around the world. Im comfortable in our ability and capacity as leaders and institutions to handle the various things that come our way. Im extremely comfortable with President Trumps capacity to do so. He can juggle these issues of complexity on a regular basis. What i do worry about are the financial resources. Congress stepped up in a bipartisan way. President trump deserves a lot for putting that together the last 48 hours. They wanted what the American People want to do, act and what is right instead of quibbling. In this particular case, well have to go back for Additional Resources a
And that is not the only political story we are watching today. Happening right now, the meeting of the president s Controversial Commission on voter fraud in manchester, New Hampshire. We are there live with an exclusive interview with one controversial member. Were getting the latest from our team of nbc reporters spread across florida and South Carolina this morning. But we want to get you first to some of the latest headlines on the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. Just in the last bit, evacuation orders were lifted in jacksonville where emergency officials rescued hundreds of people trapped by the storm surge. More than 7 million homes and businesses do not have power. Most of them in florida. And it could take weeks for some of these people to get it back. 40 people have been killed by irma. At least four here in the u. S. And nbc news has just learned from a white house official they are looking into President Trump making a trip to check out the damage to the u. S. Virgin islands.
Good morning. It is tuesday, april 17th. Lets get started. Michael cohen never represented me in any legal matter. I never retained his services. My discussions with Michael Cohen never rose to any level i needed to tell anyone that i was asking him questions. Shawn, i want to say i really think that you should have disclosed your relationship with cohen when you talked about him on this show. You could have said that you had asked him for advice or whatever, but i think it would have been much, much better had you disclosed that relationship. It was such a relationship. It was real estate and nothing political. Sean hannity trying to set the record straight. When i tell you it was like a bomb went off in that courtroom, it was like a bomb. The reason why Sean Hannitys name was disclosed yesterday is because there are documents relating to whatever legal advice Michael Cohen gave sean hannity, and theyre seeking to protect the documents under the Attorney Client privilege. Headlining a
Lets get started. Lets do a shutdown. It is worth it for our country. Id love to see a shutdown if we dont get this stuff taken care of. We are not advocating for the shutdown. We dont need a Government Shutdown on this. Were not getting support from the democrats. Less than 48 hours to avoid a Government Shutdown, there is room for optimism. Im afraid that the deal that theyre going to announce, Chuck Schumer will be very happy about that. The Freedom Caucus members wont later today. The president offering protections not just for those nearly 700,000 undocumented immigrants living here under the daca program, but a million more dreamers, those eligible but never signed up. Some would say they were too afraid to sign up. Others would say, were too lazy to get off their asses, but they didnt get up. The president is in parade planning mode. He want a parade to highlight the military strength. Often associated with the soviet unions red square celebrations. Or kim jonguns parades in nor