first term so he s not a lame duck president, but he s in his first term and you ve got the mueller investigation and the implication that, well, if something happens to him, you know, i m not going to i think it s pence is potentially saying, you know, wrap it up, robert mueller. he was the highest level person to say that. being the front man to pressure mueller and defend the president when he s actually just protecting his flanks. is the argument against him by these leakers. sure. i think there s no question that the president would prefer to have nothing but would prefer for all these questions to go away. the mueller investigation to go away. all the speculation that he may not finish his term. all of that to go away. but it s the reality we re living in. that s what everyone has to deal with. michael steele, kacie hunt, on duty there. the moment the president comes out, we ll be hearing from you, of course, right here on msnbc. coming up, on the mend, the latest
inspector general, question is, how does this man from oklahoma survive? according to nbc, it including focusing on his accomplishments and trying to dispel these bad allegations. if that doesn t work, new york times got a hold of an internal document that indicates pruitt, he is going to try to put some of the blame on his staff. there s a high integrity move. i want to bring in nbc s kacie hunt live on the hill. it wasn t me, blame it on my staff. we need to remember what pruitt s staff looks like. there s epa lifers who are sort of these obama holdovers. then there s the people doing all the work inside who are the trump administration appointed republicans. and then there s the oklahoma mafia, surrounding scott pruitt. the people that got giant raises who are facilitating his glam lifestyle. who exactly is he going to pin this on? so much for the buck stops here, scott pruitt under increasing fire from members of
also today, lawmakers in the u.s. and britain demanding that facebook founder zuckerberg testify. the ftc reportedly investigating facebook. about the controversial ways its handled users personal data. latest involving the company that helped the trump campaign, cambridge analytica, doing no favors, by the way, for the trump team today. an explosive undercover documentary that s already alleged a web of lies and sexual blackmail will continue tonight. nbc s jeff bennett is at the white house. kacie hunt is on capitol hill. jeff, let s start with this attempt that was reported for the president to add a very big name to his legal team. it appears the president is trying to add some more firepower to his legal team as the talks continue with the special counsel about the terms of an interview between the president and robert mueller.
counsel investigation would be wrapped up by the end of 2017. clearly that hasn t happened. so the president is making some adjustments here to his legal team accordingly, chris. all right, we re going to talk a lot more about all of this. i want to go to kacie. what are lawmakers saying about facebook and zuckerberg coming potentially to testify? does there seem to be a movement in that direction to compel him to testify? chris, the tide is turning for facebook. this is something they ve been watching carefully, somewhat nervously. this is a company that has enjoyed the support of the public. they have been incredibly popular and incredibly powerful. and that tide is turning very quickly amid concerns both about what they did and didn t do during the 2016 elections as russia used their platform to try and meddle in the u.s. election. and now also whether or not they re doing enough to protect personal data of american users and of course that probe around cambridge analytica and w
add something for example for a must-pass ominus bill they have to do before march 23rd. is that a critical action that paul ryan means. kacie, you make a good point that was a gentle sound bite from paul ryan, you re right, behind the scenes there s a lot of frustration include g from inside the president s administration, we know his advisers, like gary koe hand are furious about this move. i spoke with a senior official wobz this is a done deal allowing for that tiny percentage chance that president trump may change his mind. i was struck by kevin brady i believe it was saying, he believes not the president s