Trump campaign. And paying tribute to the late, great aretha franklin. The 11th hour begins now. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im Steve Kornacki in for brian williams. Day 589 of the trump administration. President trump is heading into this Labor Day Weekend and ending his summer after another very rocky week. He began it by pointedly not participating in the nations tributes to the late senator john mccain, who of course had been a frequent trump critic. Monday there was trumps reported resistance to putting out a statement by the white house. After several hours on monday, no public comment. Reporter mr. President , any thoughts on john mccain . Any thoughts on john mccain, sir . Reporter mr. President , do you have any thoughts at all about john mccain . Do you believe john mccain was a hero, sir . Nothing at all about john mccain . Reporter any reaction to the American Legion . Why wont you say anything about john mccain . The president d
Nbc news headquarters here in new york, im steve cornky in for brian williams. Hell be back here on monday night. Day 533 here of the Trump Administration. The pressure is on. The president is facing a complicated week ahead with high pressures at home and abroad. There is brand new reporting tonight from the New York Times about the negotiations for a facetoface interview between trump and special counsel Robert Mueller. The times report quote, president s lawyer set new conditions on fried on an interview with a special counsel. The chances the president will be voluntarily questioning will be increasingly unlikely. The article goes on to say, the special counsel, Robert Mueller needs to prove before trump would agree to an interview, that he has evidence mr. Trump committed a crime. His testimony is essential to completing the investigation, says rudy gill juuliani, the he president in the case. It appears the president and his legal team is taking more of an aggressive stance regar
Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im Steve Kornacki in for brian williams. Day 589 of the trump administration. President trump is heading into this Labor Day Weekend and ending his summer after another very rocky week. He began it by pointedly not participating in the nations tributes to the late senator john mccain, who of course had been a frequent trump critic. Monday there was trumps reported resistance to putting out a statement by the white house. After several hours on monday, no public comment. Reporter mr. President , any thoughts on john mccain . Any thoughts on john mccain, sir . Reporter mr. President , do you have any thoughts at all about john mccain . Do you believe john mccain was a hero, sir . Nothing at all about john mccain . Reporter any reaction to the American Legion . Why wont you say anything about john mccain . The president did eventually note mccains legacy during a speech to evangelical leaders. But by that time he had
Fa vanity fair, Michael Cohen, the headline trump repeatedly used racist language before his presidency. The reporter who broke this story standing by to talk with us. Our final look for the week at how the vote might go and how the president s party might look different by this time next week as the 11th hour gets under way on a friday night. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york, day 652 of the Trump Administration and heading into this final weekend before election day. We are seeing two very different visions for america from our president s number 44 and 45. Tonight trump and obama are both on the campaign trail rallying voters on behalf of candidates in key races. The current president held rallies in West Virginia and indiana during both stops he made a point of touting the strong economic numbers. Todays new job numbers, especially. But then he went big and deep on immigration. The democrats want to invite caravan after caravan, and you s
Know whether the president had knowledge of it. Even at the Trump Organization where fewer than 30 employees work at trump tower, the revelation that the cfo had been granted immunity from prosecutors surprised many executives. Nbc news confirmed that report about weisselberg and that he is the man referred to as executive one in the Michael Cohen Court Documents and that hes the one who arranged to reimburse cohen for his pams to Stormy Daniels. Weisselberg is the latest trump associate to gettism munt. Yds we learned david pecker, publisher of the National Enquirer also obtained that same privilege for giving prosecutors information about mr. Cohen. It was only this tuesday when cohen pleaded guilty remember to Campaign Finance violations related to those payments which he told the court were at trumps direction. Weisselberg goes back to when trumps father ran the company. He is the longtimekeeper of the books who even appeared with trump on season 2 of the apprentice. Replacing geor