Campaign staff believed not only would donald trump not be president , he probably should not be. And to say that trump knew nothing, nothing at all about the basic intellectual functions of the job was a comic understatement. And of inauguration day, nearly one year ago, throughout the morning he was visibly fighting with his wife, who seemed on the verge of tears. The white house is now firing back that bannon has lost his mind. But not everything in this book appears to come from bannon. Were one hour out of the Daily Briefing at the white house, and that could be interesting to say the least. Lets get right to it with our team of reporters. Nbc news intelligence and National Security reporter ken dlanian joins us from our d. C. Bureau. Nbcs Hallie Jackson is at the white house. Also in Washington White House bureau chief for the Washington Post and msnbc political analyst phil rucker. Ken, lets start with this don junior meeting. This idea that bannon says it was treasonous for don
This time it is shutdown. Government shutdown seems more likely than ever. Dug in even deeper after the s bomb that the president threw in the middle of the negotiations. Now the big question is which side if either will actually blink. That is the main event in washington today but there are other rings of huge interest. A short time ago steve bannon arrived on capitol hill to testify before the House Intelligence Committee. This is just weeks after the world learned that he thought that Infamous Trump tower meeting where he called it treason s. Of course, donald trump jr. Was promised dirt on Hillary Clinton. Is he going to stand by those comments today after half walking them back . First the president said he would accept any immigration deal that congress sent his way. Apparently has no regrets over killing that deal. The deal most likely to potentially happen. Abby phillips is at the white house with more. Reporter while the debate over foul language continues we are learnin a li
Make. The deployments that begun. President trump is planning to secure the border with up to 4,000 National Guard soldiers. People tell me that they are fleeing violence or just trying to find a better life. Good morning, everyone. Im Dianne Gallagher in for christi paul. And im victor blackwell. Good morning. Lets start with live pictures of the white house. President trump is spending the weekend, a lot going on there 37. Yeah, white house official telling cnn exclusively that the president s lawyers are now prepping him for a potential interview with Robert Mueller. Although the president s advisors think this could expose him to perjury charges, the president has said many times that he wants to sit down with the special counsel. Would you like to testify to Robert Mueller . I had like to. Would you be willing to speak under oath to give your version of 100 . Are you going to talk to mueller . Im looking forward to it actually. You would do it under oath . I would do it under oath
In the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking tonight russia is vowing a harsh response to new u. S. Sanctions against members of Vladimir Putins inner circle. Punishment for interference in the election. The white house insisting the sanctions wont affect mr. Trumps hope for a u. S. Meeting. And stock prices plummet as the president hits china with additional tariffs and the trade secretary admits this could lead to a trade war. Ill speak with our correspondents and analysts who are all standing by. Lets go to our senior White House Correspondent pamela brown. Policies are riling up russia and china tonight. Reporter thats right, wolf. Both russia and china ratcheting up their response to the president s actions and china threatening to impose more tariffs on the Trump Administration. President trump is not backing down, announcing thursday night he is threatening an additional 100 billion in tariffs agains