Even look at roseanne. I called her yesterday. Look at her rates. Look at her ratingratings. [ applause ] i got a call from mark burnett. He did the apprentice. Hes a great guy. He said i called just to say hello and to tell you, did you see roseannes ratingratings . They were unbelievable, over 18 Million People and it was about us. How big were they . Abc cancelling the show after this tweet from roseanne bar aimed at former Senior Advisor to valley jaret. Quote, muslim brother and planet of the apes had a baby equals vj. She later wrote, i apologize to valley jaret and all americans. Im truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. The damage was done. Abc cancelling the show just 11 hours after the initial tweet amid a firestorm of controversy. Abc releasing this statement, quote, roseannes twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values and we have decided to cancel her show. Valerie jaret is speaking this hour to msnbc. We will bri
The president do . Good evening, im chuck todd. We start with race, culture, politics and television. Its either going to be doused by President Trump or set ablaze. We have no idea which one it will be. And thats what sort of troubling us right now. Were going to find out in a matter of hours. Were awaiting President Trumps first reaction to abcs cancellation of roseann, praised by the president and conservatives because of it. But swiftly axeded to day hours after roseann herself made racist comments on twitter. The president will be speaking to supporters at a rally in nashville, tennessee. The president didnt answer shouting questions about this when he left the white house or when he left the joint base andrews just a short time ago. Were expecting the president to weigh in because in moments like this, he doesnt run away from controversy. He usually runs toward it, especially whether it involves American Culture and race. Think of the nfl. As i said this latest episode, no pun in
Months of tension over policy at the border. And friday trump asked his i. C. E. Nominee to step aside saying he wanted to move in a tougher direction. New reporting in the New York Times be reports how the sidelines were connected. All were viewed as allies of john kelly, the president s former chief of staff who left late last year after tension with mr. Trump. The departure appear to be a House Cleaning of officials involved in the administrations immigration agenda as the president demands a harder line on border security. Right now, the agency is being run by a growing number of acting officials not confirmed by the senate. At this hour theres no confirmed secret of Homeland Security, no confirmed deputy secretary, no confirmed head of fema, i. C. E. , inspector general, and as of wednesday customs and Border Patrol will no longer have a confirmed commissioner. And one cannot separate the president s apparent state of chaos and his fixation on the southern border from the looming
Anxiety. Good evening, i am katy tur in for chuck todd. Welcome to mtp daily. We begin with exclusive reporting from nbc news that President Trump has for months, for months been eurging them to reinstate a large scale family separation policy at the border, according to three officials with knowledge of meetings at the white house. A major impediment to reinstating that policy which was an unmitigated political disaster for the white house last year is gone. Secretary nielson is out at dhs. So is nearly everyone else at dhs. More on that in a moment. And secretary Kirstjen Nielson that resigned yesterday wasnt opposed to another round of family separations. New york times reports the president wanted her to close ports of entry, stop accepting Asylum Seekers too, but she refused. Yet you could argue that shes the most aggressive Homeland Security chief in the departments history to crackdown on immigration. But that apparently was not enough for the president. Her dismissal comes as t