But that there will be no formal meeting. While en route to vietnam earlier, trump was asked by reporters aboard air force one, whether he had spoken to putin about u. S. Election influence, referring to putin, the president said, quote, he said he didnt meddle. I asked him again. You can only ask him so many times. He said he absolutely did not meddle in our election. Lets bring in nbc news Chris Jansing who is live on the ground in hanoi, following the president s trip. Chris, in that 26minute briefing, the president made a lot of headlines. Yeah, and it wasnt about the two things that the white house said from the very beginning that they wanted to focus on, coming here to asia, and that is north korea and trade. Instead, he got wrapped up in a lot of questions about Vladimir Putin and his influence on the election. He said, as you saw, he pressed him again and he denied repeatedly, Vladimir Putin. In fact, the president said, you can only ask him so many times, and it sort of becom
Literally dragged out of the white house. Every retractor will have to bow down to President Trump. All that and the Justice Department faces the plot to stop mueller. Youre the guy in charge. You could disband the mueller special prosecutor. All in starts right now. Good evening, from new york. Im chris hayes. Today republicans from all around the country, from alabama, to the white house, stopped to survey the smoking wreckage of their party. Now, the gop is still the dominant power in the country. It is unified control of washington and holds 34 governorships, a record high. But the party as of this morning is now staring into a kind of existential abyss after Democrat Doug Jones stunning upset victory last night in alabama, one of the most conservative states in the nation. In the race to fill Jeff Sessions Old Senate Seat jones defeated roy moore, an evangelical idelog accused of molesting teenage girls and nevertheless enjoyed the full backing of the Republican National committee
Youre the guy in charge. You could disband the mueller special prosecutor. All in starts right now. Good evening, from new york. Im chris hayes. Today republicans from all around the country, from alabama, to the white house, stopped to survey the smoking wreckage of their party. Now, the gop is still the dominant power in the country. It is unified control of washington and holds 34 governorships, a record high. But the party as of this morning is now staring into a kind of existential abyss after Democrat Doug Jones stunning upset victory last night in alabama, one of the most conservative states in the nation. In the race to fill Jeff Sessions Old Senate Seat jones defeated roy moore, an evangelical idelog accused of molesting teenage girls and nevertheless enjoyed the full backing of the Republican National committee and the president of the United States. The president has now achieved the near impossible. In a state he personally won by almost 30 points voters have rejected trump
Good morning, everyone. Im alex witt here in new york at msnbc headquarters. Heres whats happening. The clearance crisis. The first interview with former cia director john brennan since losing his security clearance. If these were normal times i would have expected this, but these are not normal times. These are frankly very frightening times. What brennan plans to do about it and who may be next to lose theirs. And steve bannon on the road to november. And tPresident Trump, new words of support. Very sad wa theyve done to Paul Manafort. This hour, whether the president s comments will help sway the jury. Get right to action from former cia director john brennan. He told my colleague last night why he thinks the president is targeting him, and also responding to a New Washington post report that white house officials are drafting documents to revoke security clearances of others who have either criticized the president or played a role in the russia investigation. Heres part of directo
For months we warn about the deep state charactereds. People empowering on the d. O. J. And the f. B. I. And elsewhere. We told you about the conflict of interest surrounding the russia probe. We slammed role in committing fraud on fisa court. This is all now going to be proven and told we have been right all along. Tonight we have more evidence. Its scary but it is also we are getting close to resolution. We have long said that muellers witch hunt should never have happened. The investigators needed to be investigated. Especially those overseeing the entire mess. The antitrump bias including andy mccabe a known liar and the efforts to take down the president you voted for are now tonight in full view. We have a full cast of characters, sarah carter, Alan Dershowitz, Sebastian Gorka all weighing in tonight. Plus the latest on the confirmation of judge kavanaugh. Negotiations are still underway to this hour. For his accuser, professor ford to appear under oath. There is now a 10 00 p. M