On this monday night good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 179 of the trump administration. This Weeks White House theme is made in america. Except for all the competing elements stepping on that narrative. The latest just breaking in the past few hours, the Republican Health care bill is again dead in the water in the u. S. Senate. Two more republican senators mike lee of utah, jerry moran of kansas, both together say they are going to vote no to advance the bill. They join the two other republican no votes. Collins of michigan, rand paul of context, that means despite having the majority in the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell now does not have the votes he needs to move this legislation forward. A reminder here is the what the president promised about Health Care Legislation back in may after the house passed their version of the bill. Were going to get this passed through the senate. I feel so confident. Moments ago, the president respon
The white house chief of staff retired general john kelly spoke out in second briefing in many weeks in a forceful and personal defense of President Trump. After trump sparked controversy on monday about whether former president s reached out to the families of Fallen Soldiers and invoked kellys son who died an as a marine officer in 2010 when defending claim. He michigan by describing what happens when Service Members are killed in action. He asked me about previous president s and i said i can tell you that president obama who recollects was my commander in chief when i was on active duty, did not call my family. That was not a criticism. That was just to simply say i dont believe president obama called. Thats not a negative thing. I dont believe president bush called in all cases. Also explained the origins of the conversation. After Federico Wilson said the president telling her that her husband knew what he was signing up for was cruel saying they were what now chief of staff chai
Good evening once again from our nbc headquarters in new york. Day 298 of the Trump Administration brings us a bombshell report connecting the Trump Campaign and the president s son directly to wikileaks. Julia yaffi of the atlantic, occasional guest on this broadcast, was first to report donald trump jr. Was secretly corresponding with wikileaks throughout the 2016 president ial election. According to the report, the messages, obtained by the atlantic were also turned over by trump jr. s lawyers to congressional investigators. They are part of a long and largely onesided correspondence between wikileaks and the president s son that continued until at least july 2017. Though trump jr. Mostly ignored the frequent messages from wikileaks he at times appears to have acted on its requests. And to be clear, on recent history, u. S. Intelligence Officials Say Russian Hackers sent dnc documents to wikileaks, which then posted them online. In one instance, wikileaks sent don jr. A link to help
Trump campaign and the president s son directly to wikileaks. Julia yaffi of the atlantic, occasional guest on this broadcast, was first to report donald trump jr. Was secretly corresponding with wikileaks throughout the 2016 president ial election. According to the report, the messages, obtained by the atlantic were also turned over by trump jr. s lawyers to congressional investigators. They are part of a long and largely onesided correspondence between wikileaks and the president s son that continued until at least july 2017. Though trump jr. Mostly ignored the frequent messages from wikileaks he at times appears to have acted on its requests. And to be clear, on recent history, u. S. Intelligence Officials Say Russian Hackers sent dnc documents to wikileaks, which then posted them online. In one instance, wikileaks sent don jr. A link to help him spread the contents of those stolen emails. Trump jr. Did not respond, but then 15 minutes later, candidate donald trump posted this on tw
I figured i would take the chance that i can make our real estate taxes deductible this year, so i just emptied much of my savings account. Why, because of the new tax law. Because if we dont, well get screwed. Basically. And good day. Im Steve Kornacki in for Andrea Mitchell, and we begin with the mueller investigation. A Surprising New report out says the president s legal team may end up portraying Financial Security adviser Michael Flynn as, quote, a liar. The Washington Post reports that President Trumps legal team is prepared to accuse flynn of lying if the former National Security adviser ends up accusing the president of any wrongdoing. This morning the president s outside counsel john dow tells nbc it is, quote, complete nonsense. More fake news. Nbcs Garrett Haake is in florida where the president continues his vacation. Garrett, lets understand exactly what were learning here. The president s public posture has been that flynn is being railroaded, hes a good guy, this is the