He said no. A few hours later his press secretary said that no was not in response to that particular question, but rather a a no o no more questions. Now hes expanding more on what he told Vladimir Putin behind closed doors. Of course all of this comes after yesterdays stunning retreat on comments questioning russian interference in his election victory. Correspondent peter doocy starts us off tonight from the white house. Good evening, you might need a white board for all of this. We will see if we can get by without a whiteboard at the white house. Good evening. As you know, President Trump has been taking some heat the last few days for not confronting russian president putin about election meddling in public. But now the president says that he stood up for the u. S. In private. I let him know we cant have this, we are not going to have it and thats the way its going to be. He said he blames putin for election meddling and wholesome responsible. Earlier he was asked if russia ever
Just matters of politics it is people we have to stand strong. There is so much that comes out of the administration on a daily basis. People they have fatigue. They dont know what to believe. How to react. This is important, chris. Thank you, i agree with you the see you tomorrow night, brother. All right. This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. Breaking news. President trump hours away from the start of meetings with some of the countrys closest al lies. While until now. Any way. The president spoiling for a fight with members of nato. Do we know who our allies are at this point . President trump seems determined to create a new world order here where friend are foes. And foes, as president puts it, are, competitors. I really cant say right now. As far as i know a competitor. Getting along is a good thing. Not a bad thing. The president doesnt seem concerned about his upcoming oneonone, remember that, oneonone summit with vladamir putin. Though i have nato. I have the uk is in somewhat tu
Has shown arrogance and been dismissive and de and der a. Jesse the media ate this up. Obamas Foreign Policy was a disaster, the voters rejected leading from behind. Enter donald trump. Here he is in europe on his America First tour urging nato to pay their bills. President trump many countries are not buying they should and they owe us a tremendous amount of money from years back. We are protecting these countries and they make a five line deal with russia where they put billions of dollars into the coffers of russia. We are supposed to protect you from russia but you are putting billions of dollars into russia. Germany will have 70 of their country controlled by russia with natural gas. Germany is paying a little over 1 . America in actual numbers is paying 4. 2 , and i think thats inappropriate also. Other president didnt do anything about it because i dont think they understood it or they didnt want to get involves. Jesse trump want wants germany buying energy why america, not russ
Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im Steve Kornacki in for brian williams. Day 589 of the trump administration. President trump is heading into this Labor Day Weekend and ending his summer after another very rocky week. He began it by pointedly not participating in the nations tributes to the late senator john mccain, who of course had been a frequent trump critic. Monday there was trumps reported resistance to putting out a statement by the white house. After several hours on monday, no public comment. Reporter mr. President , any thoughts on john mccain . Any thoughts on john mccain, sir . Reporter mr. President , do you have any thoughts at all about john mccain . Do you believe john mccain was a hero, sir . Nothing at all about john mccain . Reporter any reaction to the American Legion . Why wont you say anything about john mccain . The president did eventually note mccains legacy during a speech to evangelical leaders. But by that time he had
Cohen. Plus, a new subpoena this morning in the russia investigation, but what does Robert Mueller want to talk to ray former manhattan madam about . And mr. Putin goes to washington. Why the invitation to the russian president is causing tension in the white house. A new reaction to the bombshell revelation that Michael Cohen secretly recorded a conversation with then candidate donald trump about paying a former play boy playmate to buy the rights to her story alleging an affair with him. My colleague, reverend al sharpton, spoke with cohen right before the New York Times broke its story, and heres what the rev said on msnbc last night. He kept saying to me over and over again, rev, im going to do whats right for the country, im going to do whats right for my family. Out of all of the people that he could have reached out to, reaching out to me in and of itself was sending a signal to President Trump. Nbcs Peter Alexander has details on the secret tape and that is now in the hands of