Morning, everyone. The United States and at least 22 other nations have expelled more than 100 diplomates from their respective countries. It comes in. Response to russias recent poisoning of an ex spy in the uk using an extremely toxic militarygrade nerve agent. The uk expelled 23 russians last week in addition to multiple other measures. The u. S. Is expelling 60 russians, including 12 Intelligence Officers from russias u. N. Mission headquarters in new york. It is the largest expulsion of russian personnel ever by the United States. In addition, the Trump Administration offereded the closure of the russian consulate in seattle which Officials Say is near a base that houses a u. S. Nuclear submarine. A senior trump official says the move is meant to tell moscow, quote, when you attack our friends, youll face serious consequences, adding that it is meant to reduce the unacceptably numerous amounts of russian spies in the country. Todays actions make the United States safer by reducing
Cuomo and alisyn camerota. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Heres your starting line. Its true. North korea leader kim jongun did make a historic visit to meet the chinese president. This is the first trip since 2011. Kim prepares to meet with President Trump in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, President Trump delivering on his promise to negotiate better trade deals. The president using a carrot and stick approach to get south korea to limit its steel exports to the u. S. And to open up its auto market to american manufacturers. In exchange, President Trump will except seoul from his new tariff on steel. We have breaking news this morning from the Stormy Daniels situation. The attorney for daniels is asking a federal judge to allow him to depose President Trump under oath as expected. The starting point will be what trump will admit about the a forward and then what he knew about the 130,000 payment to daniels days before the 2016 election. This co
Went further closing this consulate in seattle american officials said moscow used to spy on a boeing factory and a navy base with the nations largest arsenal of nuclear weapons. Time will come. They will understand what kind of grave mistake. This morning the white house is firing back at Stormy Daniels. The president strongly, clearly and has consistently denied these underlying claims. He doesnt believe she was threatend . No, he does not. Her attorney, michael avenatti, telling msnbc, theyre getting closer to determining who made that threat. In light of the 60 minutes interview weve received a handful of leads a couple which are promising. The porn star is suing Donald Trumps personal lawyer Michael Cohen for defamation. Were suing him for telling effectively a lie about my client and his lie was that the affair did not happen effectively. Were going to prove, in fact, it did happen and, therefore, his denial was inaccurate. If you have an Android Phone and you use Facebook Messen
Hey there, everyone. Im alex witt at msnbc World Headquarters in new york. Deposition low miplomatic w the New York Times calls the potential u. S. north korea meeting. We need to be careful here. Even though its a good thing were moving toward diplomacy, that we dont let trump sort of hijack the whole story with his impulsiveness, because its impulsiveness that leads to war. I think the president has to be extremely cautious with this meeting and the expectations that his white house sets. Also the Stormy Daniels money trail. New information emerges on just where that alleged hush money came from. Plus on the russia front, is it time to make a deal . A published report claiming there is an offer for the president to meet with special Counsel Robert Mueller, but at what cost . But we begin with new reaction from the lawyer representing foreign porn star Stormy Daniels on how motivated some people are to hear her story. Here is what Michael Avenatti said in an interview earlier. Has any
Fight for your lives before its someone elses job. And jermaine lee reports on the reality of gun violence in america. I raise my hand in honor of my twin brother. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Not since Richard Nixon has a president faced as much legal peril as donald j. Trump. He is in the crosshairs of a criminal investigation by special Counsel Robert Mueller and fending off three separate civil lawsuits at least. All while his personal legal team is falling apart, and few if any top tier attorneys are clamoring to jump on board. Today a lawyer for Stormy Daniels filed new claims against the president and his long time lawyer Michael Cohen after daniels described her story in what she described as a consensual affair with trump in 2006. The white house declined to confirm whether the president himself was one of the 22 Million People who tuned into that broadcast, according to nielsen, the shows biggest audience in a decade. Some details