Melania trump expected to make her first public appearance in nearly a month after the president defended her absence and attacked the media for being vicious. Theres a good chance we will see Melania Trump this hour, but we start with that breaking news from the white house. President trump just moments ago commuting the sentence of alice johns, a 63yearold mother of four, sentenced to life in prison for Drug Trafficking back in 1996. Last week reality tv star and businesswoman Kim Kardashian met with President Trump. She urged the president to pardon Alice Johnson. Johnsons daughter is on the phone with me right now. Are you there . Yes, i am. How did you find out find out about the commutation . Through the media. Through television. Yes. And then i heard one of her attorneys contacted me shortly after, like seconds after i found out. What did you attorneys tell you . What did her lawyers say . That if was true that shes screaming on the phone, and that its true nthat trump partened
You, and i confirm to doing that posthaste. Ill go off line and have additional questions on cuba. Im concerned in a similar vein that we have just a skeletal staff there. The embassy, given the issues that occurred there. I think its an important time there. Were going to have a noncastro head of state for the first time later this month. If we could beef that staff up, it would be great as well. Thank you. Thank you. Senator udall. Thank you, senator, for your service and thank you, general pompeo. We appreciate having your family here and look forward to asking you questions. I want to follow up. Ive worked with senator flake quite a bit on cuba and follow up on the cuba issue. Cuba is about to choose its first leader who is not a castro, yet the u. S. Presence in the country has been reduced significantly. And as a result, other countries are filling this vacuum. Will you work to help improve ties with cuba, a relationship that benefits many states hoping to increase trade with the
John kelly is running this white house. Donald trump has no clue whats going on. Jesse the president is firing back on twitter. Wacky omarosa, who got fired 3 times on the apprentice, now got fired for the last time. She never made it, never will. She begged me for a job, tears in her eyes, i said ok. People in the white house hated her. She was vicious, but not smart. Omarosa is bobbing by doubling down on her attacks. Its sad with all the things going on in the country that he would take time out to insult me and insult my intelligence. This is his pattern with africanamericans. He has no impulse control. It sad to watch and become unhinged. Jesse many of the white house shocked that omarosa recorded private conversations. Sean spicer is blasting the move. When she left, she said great things about the president. The first time she has to make money off of him again, she says quite the opposite. The idea she brought a personal recording device into the situation room, it says all you
Good morning, everybody. Im bill hemmer live on thursday morning. Sandra we have a packed show. Im Julie Banderas in for sandra smith. Pompeo met with saudi and turkey leaders to find answers about khashoggis disappearance and presumed death. President trump is waiting to hear all the facts before making decisions. President trump theyre an important ally. I want to find out what happened, where is the fault. Well probably know that by the end of the week. Mike pompeo is coming back and well have a long talk. Have you asked for the audio video. President trump weve asked for it if it exists. Im not sure it exists. It possibly does. Ill have a full report from that on mike when he comes back. That will be the first question i asked. Bill rich, what do you expect from the briefing today, pompeo and the president . This will be a full accounting of meetings the secretary had in saudi arabia and then in turkey. The president has already been dialed into a number of conversations, certainly
Happening on the border . People who tried to lawfully petition for asylum are turned away with a permanent marker on their wrist. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Every day, it seems, the president sounds more and more like a mob boss. Weve been watching him intimidate witnesses, rail against law enforcement, talk about flipping. But this weekend it was the first time he actually unironically used the term rat to describe a guy who, by the way, is about to go to prison. Former fbi director james comey made a reference to mob boss was on capitol hill today and he was not holding back. What impact does it have when the president calls Michael Cohen a rat, somebody who is cooperating with a investigation and questions how his office was raided by the fbi . It undermines the rule of law. This is the president of the United States calling a witness, who has cooperated with his own justice department, a rat. Say that again to yourself at home and remind y