Hill reporter on whats ahead this week for congress. On the phone live is dan litman, he is reporter for politico. Can you first walk us through how all of this unfolded from friday into yesterday morning by the president . The president flew up to new jersey on friday afternoon and he basically feels like the his response is out of bounds. He thinks he has done a good job in responding to this disaster, he is going to puerto rico on tuesday. Maybe his opinion on the situation will change once he sees everything on the ground. So far, he does not want this to be as hurricane katrina. I think you probably saw the Washington Post piece about how they first had a good response for the first couple of days then he had that fourday span where he really did not comment publicly, this was during last he kicked up the firestorm over the nfl players, and the whole Media Attention was focused on that, that was a lost opportunity for him to really show some strong leadership on this career pole i
Tax breaks to cut medicaid, medicare and other important things. Now we talked to a capitol Hill Reporter on whats ahead this week for congress. Joining us live on the phone is dan litman, he is reporter for politico. Thank you very much for being with us. Thank you for having me come up steve. Can you first walk us through how all of this unfolded from friday into yesterday morning by the president . The president flew up to new jersey on friday afternoon and he basically feels like the criticism from his response is out of bounds. He thinks he has done a good job in responding to this disaster, he is going to puerto rico on tuesday. Maybe his opinion on the situation will change once he sees everything on the ground. So far, he does not want this to be his hurricane katrina. I think you probably saw the Washington Post piece about how they first had a good response for the first couple of days then he had that fourday span where he really did not comment publicly, this was during las
Order to reach an agreement on how much to spend, why the disparity between what the president wants, what the senate has approved, and what the senate has oked o. This may 22, well be talking politics, t. S. A. Security, and u. S. Vietnam relations. The president in vietnam today for the start of a weeklong asia trip, but we want to begin with a discussion on the state of black america, based on a report issue this had past week that shows team economic disparity between whites and blacks in our country. Were dividing our phone lines as follows. For africanamericans, the number is 2027488000. Or all others, 2027488001. The president and c. E. O. Of the National Urban institute tweed out this as well, but well get to your tweets or join us on facebook. This is what the report looks like. Its Available Online from the National Urban league, and again, the president of that institution says, with every economic down turn, communities of color bore the brunt of the decline, black american
Countrys bloody civil war. Good morning, everybody. Its tuesday, may 16. Another week has brought an injury to the white house. Revealing that President Trump revealed highly classified information to the russian minister and ambassador in a facetoface meeting last week. The information was provided by a u. S. Partner through an intelligencesharing arrangement considered so sensitive, details have been withheld from allies and tightly restricted even within the u. S. Government. The foreign partner had not given the u. S. Permission to share the material with russia, and trumps decision to do so reportedly endangers cooperation from an ally that has access to the inner workings of the islamic state. Officials told the post that trump revealed the city in the islamic territory where they detected the threat. A detail the Washington Post is withholding at the urging of officials in the Trump Administration who warned it would jeopardize important intelligence capabilities. They said this
Celebrities now calling for compassion for migrants. And justice for all . President trump suggesting migrants be deported without due process. Ignoring the u. S. Legal system. President trump suggesting a short time ago the rule of law does not matter when it comes to migrants coming to america. Hes using provocative language today like invade, resist, and mockery on twitter to prove his point. This as emotions build along our southern boardser wi border wit protests popping up for a second straight day across the states. Celebrities pushing back against the administration and demanding changes from congress. All of this happening as President Trump is golfing today once again at his private club in virginia. Lets get facts from the ground now in texas. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is by a detention facility in los fresnos. Cal perry in tornillo, texas in a socalled tent city. Cal, what stood out from the protests today from the speakers who have come to protest these policies . Reporter there