Thenacting fbi director Andrew Mccabe venting about him, venting about his wife calling her a loser, slamming james comey. The reaction or lack of it from capitol hill. We start today, of course, at the white house with my colleague, nbcs kristen weller. Big day for the president. We know some stuff about this speech. We know what the president wants to try to do but we have Big Questions remaining about how this thing is going to shake out tonight. Thats right, hallie. Happy state of the union day. What we know about this critical speech that the president will be delivering later tonight, hell be trying to strike a note of unity and hell be hitting five key points, jobs in the economy, no surprise there, thats something that weve spent a lot of time talking about, trade, infrastructure reform, Immigration Reform as well as National Security. But heres what we dont know, hallie, will he stick to the script . And will he clearly outline what he wants to see on immigration . Thats going
Stoking the trade dispute threatening an additional 100 billion in tariffs. China responding saying it will use any measure to fight back and has very detailed countermeasures at its disposal if needed. China is retaliating with tariffs on 50 billion worth of u. S. Products including pork, soybeans, wine and fruit. The it the for cat caused wild swings on wall street with the dow tumbling 570 points just yesterday. Now, the president s new top economic adviser larry kudlow is trying to cool talk of a trade war, take a listen. Were not running a trade war. If you read this, youll see, this is a proposed idea which will be vetted by usdr. Nothing has been executed. There may be negotiations in the next couple of months, i hope so. I think everybody hopes so because i guess to your point in the beginning, i dont want to disrupt the economy, the president doesnt want to disrupt the economy. We need not disrupt the economy. For more, lets bring in our panel Charlie Savage, washington corres
But first, when we came on the air last week, the country was at an impasse. The president calling on congress to act on sweeping immigration legislation to end the separation of immigrant families at the border with mexico. The president insisting he couldnt fix it alone. Republicans in congress were by and large horrified and for the First Time Since the president s election, they said President Trump, youve gone too far. And with every Senate Democrat also taking a stand against the policy, the president signed an executive order ending the policy he started the week saying he was helpless to stop. And now we are back at the start of the cruel circle. Families are still in flux. Federal officials are struggling to keep up to reunite those families and congress has no clear plan to reform an immigration system that has needed repair for decades. With all this, id like to welcome in my panelment here with me on set, politics reporter for the daily beast and msnbc contributor betsy woo
Kavanaugh, of sexually assaulting her in a High School Party back in the early 1980s. Brett kavanaugh will testify as well after his accuser, and we know from his Opening Statement, hell admit he was not perfect in high school, but, and im quoting now, never did anything remotely resembling what dr. Ford describing. Not appearing today will be other accusers who have emerged in the past week or so. One in the past day. A former class mate of Brett Kavanaughs at male claims he exposed himself to her again at a drunken party. Yesterday a third woman publically accused Brett Kavanaugh of physically abusive behavior towards girls and claims Brett Kavanaugh was present at a party where she herself was drugged and gang raped. What is it that caused you to decide to come forward at this very moment one day before the hearing and make yourself public . Well, it wasnt that i wanted to come out one day before the hearing. Its just that circumstances brought it out that way. This is something tha
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