And how the latest trump sneak attack on obamacare doubles as a brazen attack on the rule of law. Obamacare is finished. Its dead. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york im chris haze. The president today gave russian president Vladimir Putin a major return on his investment in the 2016. Calling for russia to be reinstated in the group of leading industrialized nations currently known as the g7. Whether you like it or not, and it may not be politically correct, but we have a world to run. And in the g7, which used to be the g 8, they threw russia out, they should let russia come back in. Because we should have russia at the negotiating table. Russia was expelled from the group in 2014 after invieding ukraine and annexing crimea in violation of international law. Since then, russia of course has been waging an information war against europe and the u. S. , which included its unprecedented aid tack on the 2016 election. We know the president was the beneficiary of the a
On. Stanley cup heads to d. C. For the first time in franchise history. They got it done in vegas last night. Good morning. Welcome to early start. A good morning in the nations capital. It is friday. Im christine romans. Finally june 8th. 4 00 a. M. In the east. Air force one is wheels up for canada and the g7 summit. President trump will not stay long. He plans to leave quebec tomorrow morning skipping Climate Change and environment and oceans summits. Expecting a brawl with allies over trade. On thursday afternoon, he questioned if it made sense for him to go. He will be outnumbered on key issues. Our sources say the president was told cancelling would make it look like he is shrinking from a fight he started. With that on his mind, the president told advisers he will enter talks swinging. No official reason to leave the g7 early, but we speculate it is for the north korean summit. I think im prepared. It is about attitude. It is about willingness to get things done. News of the pre
You lose. Right now is the worst time for news fatigue, and the best time for reporters to be thinking differently about how to tell stories. This new pew survey is a wakeup call. It finds that roughly 7 out of 10 americans say they feel worn out by the amount of news out there. Do you feel it . I sure do. News fatigue. Now is not the time to take a nap. I mean, look whats going on. President trump excels at making news. He shocked the world again last night by criticizing canada and insulting the g7 on his way to singapore. Lets go back a few days. Trump started the week off by disinviting the team from the white house and lying about the team. Then he went to a fema meeting about Hurricane Season but only briefly mentioned puerto rico, never acknowledging the new estimates about the death toll there. The Washington Post got trumps private remarks. He went on about his popularity, political endorsements, Defense Department purchasing guidelines and coal. Trump says he has the absolute
Next stop singapore. The president leaves t s g7 sum early. Its a onetime shot. And i think its going to work out very well. But is the president really prepared to deal with the north korean dictator . Plus, tardy trump, aliving late at todays g7 breakfast just running behind . Or sending a message . And turning up the heat. How does that new indictment against Paul Manafort factor into the russia probe. Hey, everyone, im alex witt here at msnbc headquarters in new york. The president is officially wheels up. Hes headed to singapore for the historic summit with kim jongun. The president pressure ofresh o meeting in quebec where he talked about tariffs and fair trade. And from the standpoint of trade and being fair to companies we are committed, i think they are starting to be committed to a much more fair trade situation for the United States. Because it has been treated very, very unfairly. And i dont blame other leaders for that. I blame our past leaders. The President Trump did not
Up california . And a fleet of reports about the president s personal fixer, Michael Cohen from talk hes losing his lawyers to rorts that hes about to flip. Lets get to it. We begin with the news about President Trumps fixe according to the wall street journal and others, lawyers for President Trumps longtime attorney Michael Cohen are set to bail on him by the end of this week. The jou reports that cohen has not decided whether he will cooperate with prosecutors. The split is reportedly going to happen after his lawyers finish reviewing millions of documents that the feds seized a couple months ago. Cohens lawyers are deciding which documents they believe or theyre insisting should fall under Attorney Client privilege. The judge set a deadline for this friday. Cohens lawyers are out once the review is complete. So far, cohen has not commented on any of this. At the moment, hes not charged with any crimes. Theres word he has some serious financial problems. Analysts say his next attorn