House. As we said, two men who were members of this president s inner circle at this time last night are gone tonight. His lead personal lawyer on rush ai is gone, and of greater impact to our country, so is his National Security adviser. H. R. Mcmaster, the threestar active duty u. S. Army general and combat veteran is out, and will retire from the u. S. Military. And john bolton is in. Bolton is a former u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. , well known as a neocon and a hawk on military matters. Hes advocating iran and north korea, and then some. John bolton will be trumps National Security adviser in 14 months. The president announced this latest move on twitter, his medium of choice, saying the change will be effective april 9, thanking mcmaster for an outstanding job on the way out. We mentioned john boltons service as u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. He was a recess appointee from george w. Bush, serving from august of 2005 to december of 2006. He resigned when his recess appointment ende
But they met face to face, and im told by a source familiar along with my colleague, gloria borger, that during this meeting, Robert Muellers team was able to provide more specifics, more granularity on the topics they would like to discuss with the president if an interview happens. That includes anything under the umbrella of the firing of james comey and Michael Flynn and what the president knew regarding Michael Flynns conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak this past december. Also Jeff Sessions and his role in the firing of james comey. So these are new details about what Robert Muellers team is interested in speaking to the president about, going beyond what weve known previously, and also it signals, anderson, that Robert Muellers team is still very much interested in learning what the president knew about certain issues and possible collusion and obstruction of justice. And it signals that potentially this investigation is far from over. As we know, an interview h
In the Stormy Daniels saga, new allegations and the possible pursuit of millions of dollars as we hear more tough talk from the porn stars attorney. And march madness extends from the hardwood to the white house. Why the mood there reportedly is verg verging on mania. Good morning, everyone, im alex witt at msnbc World Headquarters in new york city. Andrew mccabe was fired 26 hours before his expected retirement. Democratic senator ben cardin had this to say. To fire someone just before his retirement date is very suspicious. It looks like its politically vindictive. I think theres a lot of questions as to how much the Trump Administration will try to influence the independence of the department of justice and the fbi. Yes, i think theres a chilling impact on individuals who are trying to do their work at the department of justice and at the fbi. And on twitter, former cia director john brennan called mccabe a scapegoat for the Trump Administration and one democrat on the House Intelli
President targets the retail giant on twitter. But he got the facts wrong. While apples ceo, in an msnbc exclusive, throws shade on Mark Zuckerberg over facebooks sharing of users personal data. We could make a ton of money if we monetized our customer. If our customer was our product, we could make a ton of money. Weve elected not to do that. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington where outgoing va secretary David Shulkin is sounding the alarm over what he says is a push to privatize the department while veterans groups are questioning whether the president s nominee has the quills to do the job. Joining me now, msnbcs Garrett Haake at the white house and New York Times chief White House Correspondent peter baker. Garrett, first to you. The president s just left for ohio, and then maralago for the easter weekend. Lets talk about his decision announced late yesterday he announced it on twitter, of course, dr. David shulkin out and Ronnie Jackson, dr. Johnny jackson in. An
Difficult for john dowd to maintain the same sort of relationship that he has had with the president. For the last nine or ten months. So dowd decided it was time to resign. Quite a strain, taking the role of the lead outside attorney. I dont know how much that might have played into it. Dowd has decided that he is not going to be with the president s legal team any more. Leaves him with two attorneys on the outside. Joe de genova along with jay seculow, a familiar face on fox news. Those two are now taking the helm. The outside counsel for the president , there are plans to bring more attorneys on to bolster that team as well. As the mueller investigation, harris, approaches a critical phase, that may include an interview of the president by Robert Mueller. John dowd was very much in opposition to that idea. Didnt see a real reason for it. Particularly with the tense upon tens of thousands of pages of documents, emails, other materials that he and ty cobb had been producing to the mue