I think yesterday we talked about the president s unf unfortunate statement coming out of the white house talking about president obama. Yesterday he righted himself, said what he needed to say, saying its my problem now, its on my shoulders. I think he heard the criticism attacking obama and how tone deaf it wasality the time. There are a lot of people, not only across the world, but a lot of people in america who im sure were heartened by the fact that this president wasnt going to say what every politician has said for the last five years, theres been a genocide in syria. That is, oh, its just too hard and thats really were sad and its a shame, and we cant help them over there, we cant do anything. I think the president said that his mind was changed and he was going to seek action. It can only lead us to hope that he will work in other arab country ts and work with our european allies and figure out some way to bring relief to the Syrian People. We in the west have ignored them for
Million jobs. The Unemployment Rate is at a 16year low and Consumer Confidence is at a 16year high, all while the dow jones continues to break records. President trump has clearly steered the economy back in the right direction. On wednesday, the president introduced the r. A. I. S. E. Act. For decades a steady rise in immigration has depressed the wages of American Workers. The r. A. I. S. E. Act will increase wages, decrease poverty and save the taxpayers billions. Americans deserve a raise and President Trump is finally putting the American Worker first. Thank you for joining us everybody. Im kayly mceneney and that is the real news. Boom i like that music. I think we should have that music for three hours in the background. Its pretty, kind of keeps you driving, like when im playing risk, theyve got that music pushing all the time. That was the news of the week as posted on the president s own facebook page. Former ambassador to russia micah mcfaul wow, feels like so many state own
Jersey and Sheldon White house and senator roger wicker. Good morning. Im Mark Halperin of nbc news. Joe is battling a case of laryngitis. Mika is tending to a family matter and willie is going to join us momentarily. He had a bit of a late night last night. Hell explain that when he gets with us. With us, katty kay. Lots going on in the republicans vote on health care. The shock and sadness of the death of Otto Warmbier. He was convicted in 2016 for attempting to steal a propaganda poster. He was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. He was returned with brain damage. They claim he contacted botulism. President trump, who once said it would be an honor to meet kim jong un weighed in on warmbiers passi passing. Otto warmbier has just passed away. He spent a year and a half in north korea, a lot of bad things happened, but at least we got him home to be with his parents where they were so happy to see him, even though he was in very tough condition. But he just passed away a little while
Despite the fact that he doesnt represent them which would, you know, i think open yourself up to an ethics complaint. I think one of the people who is the lawyer for the president told the rest of the team not to get lawyers, although they have not quite sensibly decided to get lawyers. Because by telling Donald Trumps workers not to get lawyers, what you are in fact doing is offering legal advice that actually works against the best interests of the other people and for your client. If youre not careful, that could have legal ramifications. As you can see, we have john heilemann, a plig wriler from the New York Times and also press secretary for president obama, josh earnest. Josh who speaks on behalf of the president . It is fascinating because we didnt really get an announcement that jay secretaar with everybody. But there has been no announcement that he is part the trump team. Well, first of all, there are a lot of people who are reluctant to defend the president on tv, so it pro
This weekends violence at that White Nationalist rally in charlottesville. A man plowing a car into a crowd is expected to appear in court. James alex fields faces several charges. Now 19 others were injured in the crash. Uva headlights system says nine have been discharged and ten are in good condition. This is video of fields driving away from the scene of the crash. The suspect lives in ohio and traveled to charlottesville for the rally. His High School History teacher said fields sympathized with nazis and idolized adolf hitler. Two troopers died when their helicopter went down on saturday. Officials say theres no indication of foul play there. The ntsb is investigating. Lets get right into the white houses slow reaction on this. Rick, let me start with you. Initial reaction to what you saw in the last 48 hours . What happened in charlottesville is disgusting and a vile presentation of hate and bigotry and perpetrated by people who were very specific. They were neonazis, White Supr