Easiest part of his overseas trip. Michael flynn back in court today. 4 the former Campaign Chairman, paul manafort. Good evening from our nbc news headquarters in new york. Day 537 of the Trump Administration and the president is waking up in brussels for a meeting of the nato allies. Nato survived a lot of things from wars to terrorism, but its never had to survive a threat from a president of the United States. One of the natos founding pillars. The president goes to london and then he meets with putin of russia. Here was how the president previewed his own trip today. I have nato, i have the uk which is in somewhat turmoil, and i have putin. Frankly putin may be the easiest of them all, who would think. Would you say putin is a friend or foe . I cant say. As far as im concerned a competitor. I think that getting along with russia, getting along with china, getting along with others is a good thing and not a bad thing. About this nato summit hours from now, the Washington Post gives
Putin of russia will be the easiest part of his overseas trip. The former Campaign Chairman, paul manafort. Good evening from our nbc news headquarters in new york. Day 537 of the truffle administration and the president is waking up in brussels for a meeting of the nato allies. Nato survived a lot of things from wars to terrorism, but its never had to survive a threat from a president of the United States. One of the natos founding pillars. The president goes to london and then he meets with putin of russia. Here was how the president previewed his own trip today. I have nato, i have the uk which is in somewhat turmoil, and i have putin. Frankly putin may be the easiest. Would you say putin is a friend or so. I cant say. As far as im concerned a competitor. I think that getting along with russia, getting along with china, getting along with others is a good thing and not a bad thing. About this nato summit hours from now, the Washington Post gives us this quote. Leaders converged on b
Inaccurate. Our reporting begins now. Our reporting begins with a Shocking Court hearing today. The federal judge exscoriating Michael Flynn. He spoke to him saying all along, you were an unregistered agent of a foreign country while serving as the National Security adviser to the United States. Arguably, that undermines everything this flag over here stands for. Arguably, you sold your country out. The judge making clear, Michael Flynn might indeed be locked up and asking the defense repeatedly if theyre sure they want to proceed with the sentencing. Eventually the defense said no and put it off for another 90 days. During that period, the one upcoming, Michael Flynn may continue to cooperate with the federal government. At one point, the judge said he cannot hide his disgust and disdain for Michael Flynns crimes. The judge questioning him and his lawyer about their memo last week that suggested that fbi agents might have tricked the former National Security adviser when they didnt te
But there are a lot of people who will get relief from a system that punishes the wrong people the wrong way too often. And there are lots of good things about it. You said its a first step. It is. Im not sure which yard line were on, but if were in the football game, maybe its the 10 yard line. But that is 10 more yards further than we were. And the good thing is that this time it has things that are retroactive in it, that affects people who are serving right now rather than people who will be serving in the future. Yeah. There are people in jail now or prison who have no idea theyre going to be affected by it, positively probably, and they dont even know. Its also important how it got done. Mcconnell didnt want to have this vote. We know there was some ugliness in terms of people feeling it was too lenient on the right, that too many people were going to be helped by this bill the hardliners. Who had done bad things. But the president , van jones, you know, this coalition of people
Empower those most in need. On todays show, my interview with Nelson Mandelas daughter, dr. Macke mandela. She will tell us about what her fathers legacy means for the world. And i caught up with comedian trevor noah. One of the host of Global Citizen mandela 100, and a very proud South African who grew up under apartheid and is so thrilled to come back home to be part of this huge event honoring his hero. But first, introducing my co host for the weekend, the Washington Post jonathan capehart. Thank you, reverend sharpton. Well get to all of that soon. But we want to start with the latest news today. If last weeks bombshell developments in the special counsels russia investigation that President Trump desired to build a trump tower in moscow are any indication of what Robert Mueller has in store, then this week may bring forth even more evidence of possible collusion with two key players. Former National Security adviser, Michael Flynn, who has yet to be sentenced, will appear in cour