Virginia Lieutenant Governor ralph northam. Democratic candidate for governor. Well be watching next week to see how you do. Thank you for joining us, sir. Thanks so much, katy. That wraps things up for me this hour. Ali velshi, my friend it is friday. Are you done . The president is overseas. Right. I think were going to have a quiet weekend. I dont know. Just say it. Might have a quiet weekend. Theres always one. I have property to sell you in florida. Katy have a great afternoon and i hope you do have a quiet weekend. I hope we all do. Im ali val shi, as katy alluded to, President Trump will arrive in hawaii, the one stop before he kicks off his highstakes visit to asia. The longer overseas trip of any president since 1991, but the president is traveling with some hefty political baggage as the russia investigation looms. Mr. President , do you remember George Papadopolos during that march meeting i dont remember much about that meeting. It was a very unimportant meeting that took p
Kiss lea kislyak after the election but before taking office. Flynn says he contacted russianss at the urging of two top officials in the trump transition team. He was part of trumps traveling inner circle from the campaign to the transition and into the early days of the administration. No other no one other than Michael Flynn is named in the indictment. The swift plea means theyre reaches right into the heart of President Trumps inner circle including his soninlaw Jared Kushner. Joining me now, paul butler, and former fbi doubling act. Rosa brooks, former pentagon official and justice security analyst matt. And a wheat in newsweek is out today. Michael flynn lied to the fbi about russia but should have known better. Why should he have known better . Because he spent 30plus years as a member of the intelligence committee. Those that dont know, when youre entrusted with secrets, the code you take is just to tell the truth, and it sounds quaint and might sound simple, but when Michael F
Plus sorting out the confusion over collusion. I talk with the former Campaign Manager Cory Lewendowski irn. I dont know anything about russia. Okay . And how deep was russias reach . Social Media Companies are finally starting to come clean. Youre the front line of defense for it. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening. Welcome to mtp daily. Im chuck todd here in washington. Get right to the latest on the investigation of the most deadly terror attack in new york city since 9 11. We learned the suspect isnt the attack is expected to be charged this hour in federal court. Authorities say the driver ran down eight and gin you ared 12 others yesterday planned it for weeks. Law enforcement sources say the driver Sayfullo Saipov following the islamic playbook to a t. And found a manned written note pledging allegiance. Hes being call add lone would ever would ever and people who knew him thought he might have been susceptible. Bring in my colleague justice correspondent pe
Running the president s campaign five months. Paul manafort and his righthand staffer just pleaded not guilty to being a Foreign Agent among a dozen other charges. The white house is not saying much about this bombshell indictment. How did the president respond to this news about two people who did work for his campaign, was he disappointed that Paul Manafort received this news today he was being charged on these counts . He responded the same way the rest of us in the white house have. Thats without a lot of reaction, because he doesnt have anything to do, it doesnt have anything to do with us. At the same time this is going on we learned another member of the president s campaign is also facing charges. George papadopolos, pleading guilty to lying to the fbi about contact with the kremlin. While this might seem insignificant, documents show that he was talking to a professor linked to the russian government who had told him they had dirt on Hillary Clinton, including emails. The whit
Trump embarked on his first trip to asia as president. The 12day five country vits it could be the most crucial yet. While the white house would love to focus on that, there are renewed questions about russia and having russia stealing the spotlight, once again. My mother is mum bling today. Before boarding air force one the president who has on more than one occasion said he has the best memory had this to say about former adviser George Papadopoulos and the picture of that march 31st 2016 Foreign Policy meeting. Mr. President , do you remember George Papadopoulos during that march meeting . I dont remember much about that meeting. It was very unimportant meeting. Dont remember much about it. Do you stand by your claim that you never the Campaign Never talked to anybody from russia . Do you stand by that claim . All i can tell you is this, there was no collusion. For days the white house insisted that papadopoulos was a low level adviser with little to no contact with the president. I