And shes now going after chiefofstaff general john kelly for mischaracterizing her comments and shes demanding an apology. The character assassination that he went through to call me out of my name an empty barrel and yes he does owe the American People an oa pollgy for lying on one of their congress wim. Shes now joined in that demand for an apology by all the women of the Congressional Black Caucus and to talk more about this im joined with david corn and let me begin with you and i want to start with this feud. Is it being blown out of proportion or do you agree with congresswoman wilson or general kelly that an apology here is owed particularly from the chiefofstaff to the congresswoman . Well, it is being blown out of proportion but being blown out of proportion by the president of the United States with an assist from john kelly. Whats really important is what you were just discussing with yasmin. Its what happened to the families. Yesterday we watched Sergeant Johnsons family la
By phone, sharon is joining us by phone, reporter for New York Times. As you look through the article, ill read the title, says emails dispute white house claims that flynn acted independently on russia. Then sharon won asks who else might be involved in the process. Reporter what we learned is that the narrative has changed, right . What the white house had been saying was that flynn talked to the Russian Ambassador about u. S. Sanctions against russia and that the other transition official on the trump team didnt know about it but in fact the emails coupled with Michael Flynn showed that others did know he was talking to the Russian Ambassador and that kt macfarlands email with another transition official were forwarded to six trump transition officials, including reince priebus, shaean spicer a steve bannon. You add those names to the list of potential people that knew this, what does that mean, sharon . What does that mean. Good question. As the white house points out, theres reall
Democrats hoping to score the nomination to run for the white house in 2020. Lets start with hours before one of the most hi highstakes diplomatic meetings ever. Expected to be a long void in the late hours of singapore, was filled not by the president of the United States but backtoback both kim jongun and now believe it or not former nba player and reality tv star Dennis Rodman. Monday night singapore time was supposed to be quiet as President Trump adjusted to the time zone, advisers prep, but enter Dennis Rodman, implying he is in some way connected to these historic talks. People best not expect so much in the first tile. The doors open, like i said. Exciting Dennis Rodman will be there. Its a sign to be a part of it. Decided to be a part of it. Excited to be a part of it. Kim jongun surprised reporter its today, too, leaving his hotel room hours ago in an unanouns tour of the island. Fa pausing for a selfie with the prim of apore. President trump,s crossed at the g7 summit, angry
Hour gets underway on a monday night. And as we start a new week, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 662 of the trump administration. It is already clear the pace of news this week is going to be little different from last. As we come on the air tonight, were going to begin with some breaking news just 21 minutes old. The story has just come out in the past half hour regarding the trump administration. The Washington Post is reporting President Trump has told advisers hes decided to remove Kirsten Nielsen as Homeland Security secretary, and her departure, according to the post, is likely to occur in the coming weeks. On the phone is one of the three by lines who broke this story tonight, phil rucker for the Washington Post. Phil, we know this has been a long time developing. A slow runup, she is an acolyte of general kelly, but what did this, apparently . Reporter well, brian, the president has just decided, according to officials in the white
And as we start a new week, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 662 of the trump administration. It is already clear the pace of news this week is going to be little different from last. As we come on the air tonight, were going to begin with some breaking news just 21 minutes old. The story has just come out in the past half hour regarding the trump administration. The Washington Post is reporting President Trump has told advisers hes decided to remove Kirsten Nielsen as Homeland Security secretary, and her departure, according to the post, is likely to occur in the coming weeks. On the phone is one of the three by lines who broke this story tonight, phil rucker for the Washington Post. Phil, we know this has been a long time developing. A slow runup, she is an acolyte of general kelly, but what did this, apparently . Reporter well, brian, the president has just decided, according to officials in the white house, that its time for her to go. Sh