it s good to be back with you on this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, former trump chavp chief of staff mark meadows is trying to move his georgia case to federal court. the skepticism we re hearing from the judge. overseas, national security adviser jake sullivan is back in the middle east and in the middle of a diplomatic high wire act. the big change israel just announced during his trip. and payback, the senate just passed a major bill granting back pay to hundreds of service members who had their promotions held up for months by republican senator tommy tuberville. and how one florida beach city is using something called tiger dams. they re 2 feet high, 50 feet long, and they re using them to fight back against potential flooding. we expect a storm this weekend that will affect the entire east coast. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, but we start in georgia where an appeals court heard mark meadows arguments
[cheers and applause] it is an easy touchdown for syracuse. Abby the weekend authority here for this groove. Weve been here for hours now. That last clip, my wife is not a football fan in the least, which is here accused. She emailed me. Weepy crime scene. Huge deal. Congratulations to all the folks they are. Abby a big night. And if your wife is texting its a big deal. We have david webb on the couch this morning. David i know. Nice little color coronation. Abby we didnt even plan it. I Love Learning about her learning about our guest toes, what they drink in the morning. What is your choice . Youre a black coffee. David i like black coffee with a little bit of brown sugar but im going to make tea year. Todd we look like we are ready to get the Baby Announcement because theyve got their pink, the blue. David covering all sides of this. Abby per usual friday sale usual friday sale is often the busiest day for the administration and yesterday was the same. A lot of news out of the white
Leaders in congress, are to pretend didnt happen. Is that just Mitch Mcconnells nature . What has to happen for something to get done . Tell me what you saw when you watched the Press Conference today. Reporter well, Mitch Mcconnell knows when youre the leader, a party in the senate, youll take shots. Thats part of the job, a guy who takes incoming fire and allows your caucus to get things done. The two men appearing sidebyside today was politically smart or at least acknowledgement of political reality. Their goals in most cases are the same and desperately need each other to get any of them done. On tax reform, they cannot have the same problems they had on health care. If theyre sniping back and forth at each other day after day its gawk to be that much more difficult to get done. You heard some of that today. The president praising Mitch Mcconnell. Saying hes the guy to get it done on all of these issues and put a bunch of additional issues on Mitch Mcconnells plate now
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Prospect of flynn entering a plea is not unexpected and, quote no one should draw the conclusion that this means anything about general flynn cooperating against the president. Instead, they believe any charges against flynn will likely be related to his lobbying work on behalf of turkey and have nothing to do with the president or russia. Some legal experts are also suggesting that even if Michael Flynn had damaging evidence against the president , there are real questions about his credibility. Given the potential charges against flynn including false statements, you know, his credibility is suspect. And im not trying to run down a guy who served his country for years. But ultimately, when you have to look at as a prosecutor to put him on the witness stand against those charges, theyre going to need some corroborating evidence to support his testimony Going Forward if he agrees to cooperate. Reporter and the fact that flynns attorneys have ended their informationsharing agreement wit
Back. Overnight weve seen the president evolve his thinking to now advocate for the Death Penalty and, regardless, both of these statements are somewhat inappropriate and unprecedented just in terms of what a president traditionally would say, which is to restrain from offering this sort of commentary. It is in keep with the kind of public persona that donald trump has cultivated over many, many years in public life of trying to show himself to be strong and tough and have this steely resolve. But hes not a commentator anymore. Hes the president of the United States. So theres a different standard, and his words carry a different weight. Theres an obliviousness to the fact that he sits atop the federal government. A federal government whose Justice System he described yesterday as a Laughing Stock and a joke. Well, the comment to first it just shows his total lack of rigor in making any
pronouncements. This is someone who revels in his unpreparedness. Its an improvisational act. Theres