Shooting. Organizers sold close to 25,000 tickets, and the game raised over a Million Dollars for d. C. Area charities. Democrats ended up winning 112 but after team manager, congressional mike doyle accepted the trophy, he then gave it to his counterpart joe barton to put in Steve Scalises office on behalf of the democrats. He remains in Critical Condition this morning. Hes undergone three surgeries so far. The hospital released a Statement Last night saying he has improved in the last 24 hours and will need additional operations and will be in the hospital for some time. Thats a lot to start with. Good morning everyone. That is a lot to start with. Its good news we hear he has improved. Were hopeful. Its been such a frightening time, such a frightening time for everybody on the hill that has known and loved this guy for a long time. Last night, what a wonderful display, not only by the members on the field, but the people that poured out and watched this game. Weve been to a few of t
Situation as facilitating a payment to stephanie clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels. And that it was not the work of the Trump Organization. But in so many ways, email that is so ubiquitous in our lives, sometimes provides some details that on its face could open a new door. What we find here is nbc news obtained an email where Michael Cohen uses his Trump Organization address, along with a gmail address and it is a communication regarding a Bank Transaction where funds were put into cohens account. One would see this as possibly one of the steps in a long process of agreement between cohen on behalf of presumably President Trump or simply as acting on his own as an ally of the president through the attorney representing at the time Stormy Daniels. And that this was a part of the chain of events to provide this payment 130,000 which cohen acknowledges, and in return, a nondisclosure agreement not to talk about anything between a relationship, what she knew, did or what access she m
Kpa example of that. Its going to have a huge political fallout. It will be measured as to how close those who are the subject of this are to the president or the campaign. The president is heading into a very big week. At the end of the week, he begins a huge asia trip where hell be on the world stage, and this is the kind of issue that has sort of dogged him throughout his time in office, and if it flames up right before he travels to asia, thats certainly a consideration. So maybe when there are more specifics, the white house will be prepared to address it. Certainly the president s outside counsel might be in a position to talk about it. All of that, of course, dependent on the who and the what charges and what more we know. What is tantalizing is that over the next 24 to 36 hours, there will be a lot of these questions. Will any of it be filled in before official steps move forward . We dont know. But this certainly is a sign that the investigation led by former fbi director, now
Perilous it is for republicans to challenge President Trump. And then there were 31. Another prominent House Republican decides not to run for reelection. One more sign that a big blue wave may be building. This is mtp daily, and it starts right now. Good evening. Im chuck todd here in boynton beach, florida. About a stones throw from maralago if youre wondering, on the map. Welcome to another day of the russia investigation. The president has gone from 100 speaking with Robert Mueller to this afternoon, seems unlikely. The president asked about reports that his lawyers are in talks with muellers team about an interview, or perhaps ways to avoid one. Are you open to meeting with him . Would you be willing to meet with him without condition or would you demand that a strict set of parameters be placed around any encounter between you and the special counsel . Again, john, there has been no collusion between the Trump Campaign and russians, or trump and russians. No collusion. Ive been i
This inning russia probe, which i said is really russia fever that the country needs to get out of its system. Will he address it in any way . To answer your first question, we want full transparency and well make a decision when and if that time becomes necessary. In terms of the state of the union, im not going to get ahead of the president s address. Its tomorrow night. I know youre all excited and will eagerly tune in and youll see exactly whats included. Will helpful a need to address it . Weve addressed it every single day weve been here. Its one of the questions you guys ask every and over and over again. We spend more time on that than on any other topic. Despite that poll after poll my guess is that will be the focus of the president s state of the union tomorrow. April . Two topics. Typically when the president s give their state of the union address, this is first. President s normally are optimistic when they say the state of our union is. What is the state of our union tod