Uranium enrichment. What can expect from the administration . We heard from secretary of state. Omp pao pompeo i would expect more tough talk this week but President Trump is disinclined to intervene militarily a broad. There was a lot of talk recently about pompeo beating the war drum. We have heard less about john bolton lately. President trump has been warning iran but at the same time saying it doesnt look good. I imagine we will hear him telling it iran to knock it off. Something to cut this short. In your National Journal piece at the end of last week, lots going on. Foreign policy, defense dominate the senate. On iran you talked about senators rand paul introducing in thee in terms of Iran National Defense Authorization act, that the senate will begin to take up this week. It is the defense spending bill that Congress Considers and it is supposed to get a vote, procedural vote this week. On the full house floor, it passed out of committee a month or so ago. What senators includi
Russian investigation and now mike pompeo will be elevated to a different job within the cabinet. What was interesting was from Rex Tillerson was he came from private sector and Condoleezza Rice were behind him and at the 11th hour is Rex Tillersons name and position that came before the president and eventually given the job. Sandra and mike pompeo finished first in his class at west point. Hes earned praise from republicans and democrats alike. And the president taking the opportunity in his statement to say i believe this is and got to know him. Rex tillerson was on his trip to africa. A first trip since the inauguration 13, 14 months ago and tillerson had an event in kenya saturday that was canceled. It was reported he wasnt feeling well and reports came out and stories being written but nothing to verify it. He shortened the trip and came home early from a meeting and the meeting has taken place and the president saying i want a new team in there to get ready for the trade talks a
Been clear he has a very deep concern about the direction of the special counsel and other investigations have taken. This morning, inside Steve Bannons plan to derail the russia investigation and protect president donald trump. And scott pruitt still under fire. New calls for the embattled epa chief to resign. And new reports of spending requests, leather bound notebooks, fountain pens, all with his name on them. The list of abuses just keeps getting longer. I believe its time for his imperial tenure to end. We begin today with the president tweeting his syria strategy before dawn this morning. 24 hours ago, he said the missiles were, quote, coming today. He says he might not launch an attack at all. While calling for the receist o the world to say thank you for all his administration has done. Secretary of state nominee mike pompeo, are you listening . I have a great team here. Starting with Nbcs Kristen Welker at the white house. And hans nichols at the pentagon. Kristen, to you fir
As the new man in town. That is quite a heart thing to do. He will be very much put to task here in this room today. The white house put a lot of effort into prepping him and they have backup for him in the room. U. N. Ambassador nikki haley showed up. We will show you what nikki haley had to say to Andrea Mitchell who is also in the room. One of the things that mike pompeo is going to be asked about is the situation in syria as we are now in this moment where the world is watching to see what donald trump will do next. He has given some signals on twitter, some mixed signals. Kelly odonnell is standing by at the white house to talk us through that. Do we have clarity on what might happen later on today as it relates to the potential for missile attack on Bashar Al Assad . Reporter the president is keeping us guessing and using twitter to amplify the confusion. He is offering tweeted encouragement to mike pompeo as his confirmation hearing begins. As you point out the president l laid
A new policy requiring players to stand during the National Anthem or remain in the locker room. You have to stand proudly for the National Anthem. Or you shouldnt be playing. You shouldnt be there. Maybe you shouldnt be in the country. And follow the leader. A federal judge rules the president cannot block his critics on twitter, saying it violates the first amendment. Why are so many people blocked . We begin with not one but two intelligence briefings. The first, the fbi and the Justice Department are set to share documents relating to the man, the president , has falsely called a spy. Heres a question, are the facts going to back him up . A great team to break it down. I want to remind everyone what were talking about. These meetings are focused on a single fbi informant, an fbi informant. Thats a normal course of business for the fbi who spoke to three Trump Campaign officials as part of an undercover operation back in 2016. The feds reportedly set the whole thick in motion after