Daniels. And Rex Tillerson said Vladimir Putin was more prepared than President Trump when they first methe putting the u. S. At disadvantage. Good morning, everybody. It is thursday, may 23rd. Im Yasmin Vossoughian alongside nbc News White House correspondent jeff bennett. Were starting with that fight between houseng democrats and Trump White House and its reaching new heights. An infrastructure ming between President Trump and Democratic Congressional leaders came tocrn abrupt end yesterday after the president nd demanded that they e stop investigating him. Moments afternv walking out of e meetingt the president made a surprise appearance in the rose garden where reporters had been hastily gathered. Watch this. I walked into the room and told senator schumer, speaker pelosi, i want to do infrastructure. I want to do it more than you want to do it. I would be really good at it. Od. Thats what i do. But you know what . Youow cant do it under these circumstances. So get these phoney in
House on how this is playing out. Hi, john. Good afternoon. So congress is done for the weekend. Theyre not going to be back until monday, which guarantees this will be the longest shut down in this countrys history. The president Still Holding off on the idea making an Emergency Declaration and using money already appropriated and salted all over the federal government to begin construction of his border barrier. Heres what he said in a roundtable with state, local and Community Leaders a short time ago. This is too simple, too basic. Congress should do it. If at some point they cant do it, this is a 15minute meeting. If they cant do it, i will declare a National Emergency. I have the absolute right to do it. It says as clear as you can. President trump said yesterday and he said again today the Republican Party is unified on all of this. Hes never seen the party so unified. Hes actually said that before, too, on other issues. Theyre beginning to be the earliest signs of cracks in the
Money and thats something that is really nice to see. A lot of you have been following me when we were on the campaign. That was an exciting campaign. A great campaign. And i used to talk about wages going down, not going up. Going down for years. 19 years. Now they just went up 3. 2 . Theres no inflation because other things are going down like the price of your gasoline at the tank. Its low. That doesnt happen by luck. I work hard on that. Thats like a tax cut for people. So a lot of good things. Labor Participation Rate increased to 63. 1. Thats an incredible number also. I wanted to bring that out. The economy is very good. Remember, from the time of my election, the stock market has gone up close to 30 . Thats with all of the things happening. Theres a lot of things happening. We have a massive trade negotiation going on with china. President xi is involved. So am i. Were dealing at the highest levels and doing very well. Were doing very well. The meantime, weve taken in billions
The integrity. Move over Colonel Sanders new man keeping secret recipe. Whats the secret recipe . If i told you, i would have to kill you. Out there soaking up the moon light they got. Brian ever since we left school i never know the day until this show started we start on the date. School you have to put your date on every. Ainsley or when you wrote a check. I always look at my phone to know the date. Brian i look for the crane camera to take a shot. Ainsley whats the date today . The 22 sn nd. Brian friday. Steve what is february 22nd . Something we learned growing up. Washingtons birthday. Brian washingtons actual birthday. Steve you should know that. Brian i know. Steve you brought up the date. Happy birthday, mr. Washington. We have so much news, buckle in because we start with this. Brian straight to a fox news alert. Actor Jussie Smollett is maintaining his innocence at this hour as Chicago Police accuse him in detail of staging an elaborate hate crime. Ainsley he is out on bond
Sure northam is to blame. Heres what we do know. The governor who once accused President Trump of racism, still refusing to resign after the racist photo surfaced in an Old Medical School yearbook. Some of his advisors say the governors status is literally our tower after a big meeting with Top Administration officials. As for the Lieutenant Governor, the Washington Post knights has months ago they did investigate claims that fairfax committed a Sexual Assault, but they did not publish the story because they could not corroborate the details. Of course the poster others could not corroborate assault allegations against Justice Brett kavanaugh. But publish them anyway. The Political Panel will chew on that double standard while Kristin Fisher is digging into all the other breaking news. Tomorrow the present will address the nation. White house aides teasing out the theme of the state of the union will be unity. If democratic senator Chuck Schumer is basically calling the liar before hes