Time. With us here in washington we have politic senator sam stein. Great to see you. Editor of the Washington Post, and New York Times reporter. Good morning. Sam, just on the bump in, you and i have a different view of that. Your view is . For people expecting mitt romney to be this anti trump persona in washington, d. C. , you know, it was always a bit what happened last night sort of proved that which is a man who two years ago said he would not have taken trumps endorsement if he had known about all the things that he said about the kkk, took President Trumps endorsement. I know he needed to do it to get to a place, but it was a defining principle of this modern mitt romney which was he was going to be a force against and a force against donald trump. And first step out of gate was to take trumps endorsement. Two things. First of all, a couple of days ago before anybody was saying in the Republican Party, now donald trump was saying it it was courageous for mitt romney to say we c
Michael flynn case lose the fbi agents did not think he lied to them. Something happened between them and december 1st when he pleaded guilty to lying. Thousands gathering, coming to that city, fasting for easter. Usa is in the title. Third time in two weeks. I am wearing different glasses. I was wearing contacts for a while. I can see so much clearer. Remember the first time. When you go to the doctor, drive out of the parking lot, this is what a leaf looks like, you can see the trees clearly. You want to see that. Meanwhile lets talk about things in the news. Back to last year, 12 15 on Donald Trumps Inauguration Day, what was susan rice doing, the National Security chief . She was writing a memo, we didnt break the law, we did everything by the books. She writes on january 20th, not saying i have the answers to this, we might be getting this. President obama on the january 5th meeting, stressing continued commitment to ensuring every aspect of this issue is handled by intelligence a
During the campaign. For more on how to new plea deal from maria butina in what is becoming an intricate puzzle, we go to sara murray in washington. What do we know about this plea deal. First of all, its not final. They had the outlet of a plea deal, but nothing is done until they show up in Court Wednesday and the judge accepts it. But the cooperation is very interesting. Maria butina is someone prosecutors say was working here in the United States, she was infiltrating gop political circles, ingratiating herself with the National Rifle association and doing all of that to advance russians interests. Theyre going to be interested in her contacts with her handlers, one of those the alexander torsion who was a banker in moscow. He stepped down from that position. Theyre going to want to know more about that. They also want to know about her relationship with another american. This is a man named paul ericson, a man she said was her boyfriend. And they want to know his role in her plot
Stand by them three times and refuse to say what the u. K. Said, is that russia is likely behind the attack. You cant make this stuff up. You cant make it up and then when the white house said you are so obsessed with russia, you have russia fever. It is all on us. We have nothing to see here. Nicole, wallace, happy monday. To everyone at home, if it is monday, what did you expect . Tonight in character. Why the president keeps attacking the free press and his political rivals. And why he keeps making it personal. Plus the pennsylvania special election. The president is spending his Political Capital in the heart of Trump Country. Will it pay off . And Parkland School shooting victims react as the administration changes course. Now echoing the nra on gun safety. Look, he hasnt backed away from these things at all. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Evening. Im katy tur in new york in for chuck todd. And welcome to mtp daily. And welcome to a day of guns, vulgarity and allegatio