but the illegal crossing defeats the purpose, right? it has to be done at a u.s. port of entry. kevin, whiplash. this could boomerang on the president as we start to get more pictures of the situations that the associated press is reporting on. look, it s deal or no deal. do they have a deal with mexico or not? this is a mexican government in transition. either you have a deal or you don t. you re right, richard. economically speaking, however, this really does come down to the crux of what s going to be discussed at g 20 in bain buenos aires. until this improves in central america, these situations are going to continue to happen. g 20, also the leader of saudi arabia will be there and that s a different topic.
they ll investigate whether any of the president s businesses has ties to russia and whether it could have influenced u.s. foreign policy. i don t think congress has looked into this at all and i don t know that bob mueller has, is whether the russians have been laundering money through the president s businesses and this is the financial hold that the russians may have. and then there is the president s involvement with saudi arabia. what s behind his response to jamal khashoggi s murder? he has openly bragged about how many millions he makes from saudi arabia. is his personal financial interest driving u.s. policy in the gulf? is it driving u.s. policy vis-a-vis the russians? we don t know, but it would be irresponsible not to find out. joining me now, katie fang, nbc legal analyst and attorney, benjamin woodis and also an nbc legal analyst, plus kevin surley. let s start with you on this, kevin. a lot of reporting today, if you
pr compromising him? i think it has everyone around the world scratching their heads. the president turns around and says i have nothing to do with saudi arabia, no business interest there despite having said in the past, you know, with video cameras pointed to him that he does a lot of business with the saudis. so i think it s a natural set of questions for investigators to think about. a quick summary, kevin. this chapter will be president on defense, president on defense and how does he handle being on defense? you nailed it. we re heading into the 2020 cycle. don t forget about congresswoman m maxine waters. she s g she told me she s goig to be looking into deutsch bank. that brings back headlines from lore. president trump is heading to mississippi to stop for a senate candidate for her comments about public hangings. still ahead, new reporting about
spend the holiday weekend at mar-a-lago in florida. kristen welker, thank you so much. let s bring in julia manchester and kevin surley. kevin, let s talk about something kristen mentioned. the ouster of david shulkin. do you think that scott pruitt is on his way out? well, it s difficult to know right now. and we ve seen this in the past. someone like a hud secretary ben carson really tried to navigate the murky waters of trying to weather the storm. there s no question from a conservative standpoint, this stings. wasteful spending, government spending, wasteful money, government money. all of that is stuff republicans had campaigned on they would get rid of. and so this really does kind of hit to the core of it. but then you put it in the broader context of the trump administration and this of course with the revolving door swinging round as fast as
well. kevin, i want to ask you. let s turn to the advertisers pulling from laura ingraham s show after she criticized david hogg. might these kids still have the nation s ear when it comes to gun control? they definitely have the nation s ear. whether or not they have lawmakers ear, we ll have to wait and see from a policy standpoint. look. there s been 11 advertisers that have pulled back. she s apologized via twitter for that. to bring it back to roseanne, the thing that is so brilliant about this show is that it s really not taking a political side. it s easter weekend, it s passover. families are going to come together. i come from a politically diversed family. this show talks about how to talk to each other. not just how to talk to each other, but how to listen. i think that s what s interesting here to put it in the laura ingraham angle, we ve got to listen to each other and