Nunberg. Tell him i said hello. Hello back. Its all good. He says h eloqueello back. Im alex witt at msnbc world headquarters. High noon here. New reaction to north korea, Stormy Daniels and the impeachment attorney hire that the president says did not happen. Our policy is pressure. The economic sanctions have a very big impact. What i want to see, i think what all of us want to see is the prep work done for this kind of meeting. Did the president approve the payment that his personal lawyer made to Stormy Daniels . Not that im aware of. That hire has yet to happen officially but witch hunt or not, former Trump Campaign aid sitting here. Hes setting the record straight and will give me his take on Robert Muellers investigation into russias meddling. Plus, flying solo, who could be a strategy for the president by relying less on staff and going at it alone. But we begin with this live picture where the president is answering questions about a hush money payment from trumps lawyer to po
For the First Time Since her death, her son is sharing his favorite mem rifs his mom and that famous sense of humor. The doctor came in and she turned to the doctor and said do you want to know why george w. Is the way he is . And the doctor looked somewhat surprised and is he said because i drank and smoked when i was pregnant with him. Well have much more on barbara bush but right now we have our team set up and ready to go. I want to start with jeff bennett who is here in florida with me. Lets just review the president s morning so far. Remember, its only 10 00 a. M. Eastern as hes getting ready for his abe summit. So far hes tweeted by stormy daniels. He did not fire james comey over russia. He called sanctuary cities a breeding concept, and then the story were starting with, he confirmed this very secret meeting with kim jongun and mike pompeo and set expectations for total denuclearization, theres a lot going on. There is a lot going on. Look, u. S. President s have been trying t
President steps off air force one and what he calls his mission of peace hes there for todays historic talks with north Korean Leader kim jong on the rocks in singapore earlier. On my ass twitter thanks for joining us. A deepening rift among allies after this weekends g. Seven summit in canada have to two days of tense talks all seven leaders endorsed a final communique seemingly finding an agreement on the need for quote rules based International Trade than with a tweet President Trump withdrew his endorsement in a separate post from also condemned the summits host canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau writing quote pm Justin Trudeau of canada acted so meek and mild during our g seven meetings only to give a News Conference after i left saying that u. S. Tariffs were kind of insulting and he will not be pushed around very dishonest and weak it was an acrimonious end to the g seven meeting in canada the usually amicable annual event brings together the heads of seven leading industria
Reporter the white house is saying about the meeting that it was the president s chance to have an opportunity and an audience with these senators and he came in with a full plate of things to talk about. And i am told that he spent most of the time essentially fi filibustering, talking about the 2018 agenda, the potential historic summit with kim jong un next month in singapore and talking about the 2018 midterm elections and other parts of the agenda. He was not coming in to talk about john mccain. He didnt mention him at all and he wasnt asked about it. So the white house is seeing this as a sign that this is still something that republican senators seem to finda li it a easier to criticize the president from afar. Up close, that did not happen. We saw paul ryan and Kevin Mccarthy coming over here to the white house im told to have a meeting on immigration. Clearly the agenda is at issue but no one in the room pressed the president on it. I think the white house would suggest that t
Arrived in singapore earlier. And back on top Sebastian Vettel takes the checkered flag in canada to claim his third win of the season and regain his lead in the formula one drivers championship. My actuator thanks for joining us a deepening rift among allies after this weekends g. Seven summit in canada following two days of tense talks all seven leaders endorsed a final communique seemingly finding an agreement on the need for quote rules based International Trade but then President Trump withdrew his indorsement with a tweet drawing Harsh Criticism from the u. S. As traditional allies in an interview on german t. V. Chancellor Angela Merkel warned the European Union will retaliate against the u. S. Tariffs on steel and aluminum that washington imposed last month donald trump claims theyre needed to address this countrys trade deficit with many of its partners. Chief Political Correspondent joins me now for analysis of this reaction to the weekends g. Seven summit so lets start with