Migrant children who remain separated from their parents. Most notably, those under 5, the government is taking longer than expected. Well get you an update on that as well. Joining us now with the latest from the white house is nbc news hans nichols. Where are we . The president has promised and reiterated that 9 00 p. M. Tonight is when he does the big reveal. Could you think hes made a decision . I have no idea, ali. Ive got to be honest about that. What we do know is theyre starting to plan the postdecision optics and what the strategy will be. Former senator jon kyl, a staunch conservative, who will be shepherding whoever the nominee is through the senate. We saw that last night. It was a successful cooperation they ran with the former senator from new hampshire. Ayot could speak to moderates, females. What jon kyl brings is an Institutional Knowledge of the senate and what conservatives want to hear. The question on this choice i have is the challenge Going Forward for the presid
Expansion near its 2 objective. All right. Lets begin our coverage with msnbcs david who joins us from the floor of the new york stock exchange. The chart, david, showed a big pop when the Federal Reserve suggested that 2 would look at economic data, the hint being that if the economy weakens a little bit, the fed will perhaps lower Interest Rates a little bit like the president wants. But it wasnt actually a very big reaction. No, youre right. So what were talking about here, ali, is fed policy and fed politics. So lets start with what we learned today. The if ed is going to keep rates where they are. This is very much a wait and see approach. And when jay powell followed this with a statement, he said his overarching goal is to sustain the economy we have right now with the feds folkused on maximum employment and a inflation rate of 2 . The focus here very much is on whats going to happen over these next few weeks between now and the next fed meeting which is in july. Let me read a l
Own interest of its people, but were not adversaries on every issue. This comes as the u. S. Ramps up pressure on iran, including an alarming new report that the acting defense secretary presented a plan which could call for sending 120,000 troops to the middle east. Would i do that . Absolutely, but we have not planned for that. Hopefully were not going to have to plan for that, and if we did that, we would send a hell of a lot more troops than that. Even mueller, not a friend of mine even bob mueller came out, no collusion. Case open. New reporting that attorney general bill barr has assigned a federal prosecutor to look at the origins of the investigation. Trying to restore the credibility of the good men and women at the fbi, and there are people over there, and we have exposed a few of them that were there to carry out their political agenda. I would hope he roots out those bad apples and restores the credibility of the fbi. I saw it last night, and they want to look at how that w
Version of the Robert Mueller report or face action. If the department insists with its refusal to come pligply wit validly issued subpoena, the committee will pursue contempt proceedings. Tn tensions are also ramping up between congress and the white house as the administration continues to resist all oversight requests, most notably, those about investigations into the president s misconduct. Today the president spoke with Vladimir Putin about that Mueller Report and both agreed that, quote, there was no collusion. Very briefly discussed in the context that it over and there was no collusion, which im pretty sure both leaders were very well aware of long before this call took place, something weve said for the better part of two and a half years. And now they moved on. Joining me live from the white house is hans nichols, and Danny Cevallos is right here beside me. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders said there was no mention of russian interference. What do we know ab
Facility President Trump addressing the homeless crisis not in a way you think he will. We are live in san diego as he makes a controversial call to get them off the streets President Trump confirmed on twitter that his administration is revoking california the state previously been allowed to set stricter emissions standards for vehicles than the federal government has. Now thats in jeopardy joining us now is anne thompson. Forever people have talked about california standards and buying a car and other places for decades had to have things in change to do that. Why is this happening now and what does it mean . It is happening for two reasons, the president did not like what the Obama Administration did you have to remember it is fuel economy standards when car makers were in bankruptcy. Theyre supposed to go into effect in 2026 trump wanted to roll back, california said well we can do that but we have our waiver. Well stick to this stricter emissions standards because thats important