Planned, ordered up ready to go. Walmart Just Announced its not going to sell guns anymore to people under the age of 21. The president made a bunch of startling comments on camera today about gun safety reform, comments out of keeping with his previous remarks on this subject. Therefore and for some other reasons, nobody really thinks he meant any of the things he said, and hes the president , so theres chaos around those remarks themselves. Then the white house the Communications Director hope hicks, suddenly resigned today without warning. Our newsroom, our cubicle farm set up to work on my show is in a sort of corner of the building here and way down at the other end of the floor is the folks from chris hayes show and around the corner theres a couple of other shows. Were all very rarely looking at the same time at the same thing. But when the hope hicks news broke it was like a stadium wave, it was like, oh, oh, oh, oh, all the way down the floor. It was a legitimate surprise. So
Lets get straight to Kaitlan Collins at the white house who broke this news. What are you hearing . Reporter President Trump was furious with his attorney general Jeff Sessions yet again yesterday and for those keeping score at home, heres what happened. The president sent this tweet saying the department of justice was acting, and the attorney general were disgraceful for the way they were handling those alleged abuses of surveillance and though Jeff Sessions remained silent over the last years the president attacked him time and time again, calling him weak and beleaguered and saying he regretted picking him as a attorney general, Jeff Sessions finally pushed back and very public pushback at that, because he issued a statement, essentially defending the department of justice, defending those lawyers and his position as attorney general and that is something that did not sit well with President Trump and im told by those familiar with his demeanor he was actually indignant over the wa
Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 405 of the Trump Administration, and it will take us all of this next hour just to tell you what has happened this evening. There are major developments on several fronts, heres a look at the headlines from again just the last several hours. Nbc news has learned exclusively that Robert Mueller is asking witnesses if mr. Trump had advance knowledge about emails stolen from the dnc and the clinton campaign. That reporting comes from our own colleagues, katy tur and carol lee. The Washington Post reporting tonight mueller is also looking at trumps apparent efforts to oust attorney general Jeff Sessions from his post. Just today, the president said his own attorney general was disgraceful. And then tonight, the attorney general, Jeff Sessions, the very man, shows up in a very public, highend d. C. Restaurant, and he brings along a very special guest. Axios describes it this way, a show of solidarity with Deputy At
The things were going to be examining in this hour. Photographs like that are not innocent coincidences in washington. No. And ive never seen Noel Francisco and Rod Rosenstein in the same place before so to be with Jeff Sessions and corner table someone take our picture, i doubt its a coincidence. Right in the middle of one of the moments where donald trump is once again attacking his own attorney general. A little show of force on the part of the justice department. Who knows maybe they do it every wednesday. Thats what it looks like. Thank you, rachel. Well, the white liar is out. Hope hicks, who told the House Intelligence Committee that she has told white lies for the president of the United States is leaving her job at the white house. Its not clear when her last day in the white house will be. She joined the white house staff as a press aide and has spent the last 196 days as the White House Communications director after sean spicer failed spectacularly in that job as the first C
Well dig into that. An isolated President Trump is lashing out at his own attorney general again calling his work disgraceful. Was Jeff Sessions who publicly defended himself yesterday suddenly trolling the president when he dined out with Rod Rosenstein last night . And the reports of a death match between chief of staff john kelly and gentlem. The internal chaos and the sense that things are unraveling. Communications director hope hicks is resigning. Shes the fourth Trump White House Communications Director to do so. What im worry about right now in the white house is the resolving door. Its spinning like a top. If you want to work in the trump administration, know your blood type because youll be thrown under the bus. Lets talk about mr. Mcgoo because this is reportedly President Trumps behind the scenes nickname for attorney general Jeff Sessions. Its disgraceful. Are you concerned about that . Not at all because sessions is a strong individual and is going to do what an attorney