By the company he keeps. If that is true, my guest today should provide telling insight into the character of president donald trump. Roger stone is a hugely controversial and divisive figure in american conservatism. He is a long time friend and sometime adviser to mr trump. Is he also a symbol of all that is currently wrong in american politics . Roger stone, welcome to hardtalk. Delighted to be here. We have just gone past the one Year Anniversary of the donald trump administration. How would you describe the political atmosphere in the United States today . I would say improving. The president continues to be a polarising figure. He came out of a relatively close election where both candidates were exceedingly polarising. But the rising tide of a Strong Economy is helping enormously. We have created under the watch of trump 2 million newjobs, we have a record stock market, African American and hispanic unemployment is at historic lows. Overall unemployment is extraordinarily low. S
President trump made no mention of that speech this afternoon. The echoes of tuesday night are reverberating around political washington and much of the nation. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts starts us off tonight. Good evening. Might be a tuesday thing. And we could go yesterday the president got into a serious argument with the media at trump tower over charlottesville. Last night, the argument was slightly more onesided. Today a much more tempered environment. In reno, it was a much different President Trump than the one who commanded the podium in phoenix last night. Signing new protections for americas veterans, preaching healing and unity in the wake of the charlottesville violence. It is time to heal the wounds that divide us and to seek a new unity based on the common values that unite us. We are one people with one home and one great flag. In phoenix, it was the president unbound by any restriction of protocol or policy. Unloading on a number of topics, including
Russian banks to allow financing to people with ties to trump, said the current Law Enforcement official who was a source for the article. Joining us is jonathan, the reuters reporter who just broke the story. This is a story coming on top of an earlier story. Tonight, its all about Jared Kushner and how much contact did he have with russian officials and what has reuters learned . We learned at least three calls between Jared Kushner and the Russian Ambassador. Two of them before the election and there were contacts after the election not only between mr. Kushner and President Trumps former National Security adviser, Michael Flynn. We reported this last week about mr. Flynn and his conversations after the election centered on setting up a back channel between President Trump and president putin that would have circumvented u. S. National security agencies because neither side trusted them. We learned that mr. Kushner was also part of those discussions. That was reported by the Washing
President trump is back on home soil after the g20. While he may have put his America First agenda on the world stage in hamburg, how do his counterparts rank him and the u. S. . The president returns to a washington where the senate struggles to salvage a health care bill. Investigators on the hill and the Justice Department doggedly pursue that russia probe. Amid all that, the president faces escalating tensions with north korea and kim jonguns rapidly increasing military might. Is he engaging in brinksmanship or posing a genuine threat . Hello to all of you. Im alex witt at msnbc headquarters in new york. Now heres whats happening. A new setback for Senate Republicans as senators return to capitol hill this week to resume health care talks. Two more republican senators, rubio and john hobben of north dakota say they cant support the bill in its current form. More fallout over President Trumps meeting with Vladimir Putin. Heres former cia director john brennan in an interview with my
President trump made no mention of that speech this afternoon. The echoes of tuesday night are reverberating around political washington and much of the nation. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts starts us off tonight. Good evening. Might be a tuesday thing. And we could go yesterday the president got into a serious argument with the media at trump tower over charlottesville. Last night, the argument was slightly more onesided. Today a much more tempered environment. In reno, it was a much different President Trump than the one who commanded the podium in phoenix last night. Signing new protections for americas veterans, preaching healing and unity in the wake of the charlottesville violence. It is time to heal the wounds that divide us and to seek a new unity based on the common values that unite us. We are one people with one home and one great flag. In phoenix, it was the president unbound by any restriction of protocol or policy. Unloading on a number of topics, including