tell you this, that s a very powerful message for a lot of donald trump supporters and one of the things that picked up in polling is that one of the most powerful things donald trump could do for a lot of people who have become disengaged since the election is make them feel safe. about rallying the troops. getting behind them and potentially this is where it is heading in the next few weeks. channelling them into policy fights like health care. what do you think the president has learn sod far about other political battles and messaging out there. i think what there has been a recognition within the white house that there is i think maybe they came into the administration thinking they could persuade a lot of people who didn t vote for donald trump to come over. i think that has started to wane. i think they ve seen a very entrenched part that is going to never like donald trump. there seems to be a pivot to
reporters. he did not answer questions from reporters in any kind of formal setting except for a couple of occasions at the beginning of this trip. this is unloo i cike what we ha seen, these two officials spoke on the report but on the camera, they were bombarded with questions of the russian investigation. the president s son-in-law and these reports back channelling with the russians during the transition that this was something jared kushner was considering. they wanted to waive when asked, he did not want to talk about jared kushner, how did you feel about back channelling of back channel with other
responsibility to improve the situation. and certainly, i think that we have to work the president of the united states. and i think it was unfortunate during obama presidency that the bill was passed on a party line vote. i hope that we can learn from that lesson. i would imagine in the senate that there will have to be by m bipartisan cooperation will. if you believe that, why did the president not reach out to anybody on the democratic side of the house to say, hey, listen, let s find something that works for both sides. i think that the president is trying to reach out to both sides, as he has said. when did he do that? i would imagine as we move to the senate, i would imagine he would try to work the democrats. the democrats, katy, have to be willing to work with him. i thought it was very unthe fortune, unthe fortunate when the democrats were channelling on the floor of the house. not in the tradition of bynum cooperation.
makeunder. white dress and no jewelry. last but not least, katy perry apparently channelling lady gaga. the gala raises money for the metropolitan museum arts costume institute. pleats get a check of your weather with nbc meteorologist bill karins. laying on the stairs? that s something you think of ahead of time? p. diddy. and it doesn t quite work out. the thunderstorms this morning are over boston, down to providence. rhode island is getting soaked. grab the umbrella. a little line of showers and storms trying to hold together over central new jersey. that may or may not make it to new york city. if you re one of those people that doesn t like any raindrops on you, carry the small umbrella. watching showers through indiana and ohio. this is behind our storm and it is chilly. temperatures in the 40s, breezy and damp and wet. not going to be a pretty day in indiana and ohio and also michigan. how about the flooding?
university school of law and leading expert on ethics in government. as we look at one of the assets for ivanka trump, she ll continue to hold a stake in the trum international hotel in washington, d.c. we know it s a stone s throw from the white house. we ve seen her sitting in on these international meetings. we do know people abroad would like to stay there and use their stays there as some type of leverage to ingratiate themselves with the trumps. is that a big concern? it absolutely is a very significant concern. what the trump family has done is essentially inviting foreign governments, foreign companies and basically all individuals with interests before the federal government to ingratiate themselves with the trumps, the president and ivanka, by channelling money to that family through that hotel and the other business assets of the trump family. so the presidents and ivanka s financial interest in that hotel