Then candidate trump is heard discussing a possible payment to purchase the story rights of a former playboy model Karen Mcdougal about an affair the president had in 2005, of which the president denies. Nbc cannot confirm whether its been edited or altered, heres what was played. A warning. It includes a profanity from then candidate president donald j. Trump. Let me know whats happening. Okay . Oh. Oh maybe because of this it would be better if you didnt go. You know . Maybe because of this. For that one, you know, what you can do to get rid of this, because its so false, what theyre saying. Its such bullshit. Um i think i think this goes away quickly. I think its probably better. To do the charleston thing. Just this time. Yeah. In two weeks its fine. I think right now its better. You sgloe okay, hknow . Okay. Thanks, honey. You take care of yourself. Im proud of you. Whats up, mike . Great poll. Making progress. Big time. And you guys are couldnt believe it. Whats happening . Can w
Hunt, president of the council on Foreign Relations Richard Haass, Political Writer for the New York Times and nbc political analyst nick confisori, jon meacham, he is an nbc and msnbc contributor, and the coauthor of the fourth coming books songs of america with tim mcgraw. Also with us associate editor of the Washington Post Eugene Robinson and washington anchor for bbc world news America Katty Kay with us. President trump is in london. While yesterday was mostly pomp and circumstance with the royal family, today is more business and politics. The president currently participating in a business round table event at st. James palace along with the duke of york and an array of United States and Business Leaders from the uk. The event is cohosted by Prime Minister theresa may who, as you know, is resigning as the head of her party on friday over the state of brexit which trump criticized may for and the British Press days ago. Trump and may will head to 10 downing street for a bilateral
Nbc News White House correspondent jeff bennett. Yesterday morning President Trump delivered a furious response to special counsel bob muellers remarks after the veteran Law Enforcement official took to the Justice Department podium wednesday and contradicted several claims from the president and his allies. But that didnt stop President Trump from continuing to put words in muellers mouth. He said, essentially, youre innocent. Im innocent of all charges. And, you know, the thing that nobody brings up, there was no crime. But here again is what mueller said for himself. If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime we would have said so. The president was emphatic that there are no grounds for impeachment. Its a dirty word. The word impeach. Its a dirty, filthy, disgusting word. Its high crimes and not with or. Its high crimes and misdeamnor. There was no high crimes and no misdeamnor. Unresolved matters do remain. Besides the ten episodes documented by the
But to be up just five points and it is at 22 when youre the former Vice President of the United States and you came in with all of these promises of electability, universal name recognition, all of these things i think that speaks potentially to seriously bad debate performance. In a debate performance that raised questions about what is supposed to be his core strength. And that is electability. And there was a separate poll that came out yesterday that has been asking democrats a very basic question. Didnt ask the horse race question, but has been asking them a basic question. Do you think candidate x is capable of beating donald trump . And joe biden after that debate his number dropped 13 points and the only other candidate to suffer that kind of a drop was beto orourke. Harris number rise double digits and warrens numbers rise double digits and joe biden drop from 70 of the democrats thinking he can beat trump before that debate to 50 afterward. We can talk about the substance of
Good morning, everybody. It is tuesday, june 4th. Im Yasmin Vossoughian alongside nbc News White House correspondent jeff bennett pep were starting with President Trump in london on the second dave his three day state visit in the uk. While yesterday of mostly pomp and ceremony with the royal family, today is more business and politics. The president is currently participating in a Business Roundtable event at st. James place along with the duke of york and an array of u. S. And uk business leaders. The event is cohosted by Prime Minister theresa may who is resigning on friday over the state of brexit which trump controversially heavily criticized may for in the British Press days ago. When that wraps up trump and hey will head to downing street for the bilateral meeting followed by a joint News Conference. Last night trump took part in the first state banquet hosted for an american president since 2011. Queen elizabeth made a subtle criticism of President Trumps America First platform