suspect says he has an issue with sex addiction. authorities said long was apprehended last night after a brief manhunt. appears he was en route to florida at the time, possibly to carry out additional shootings. when we hear president biden address this incident, he ll be speaking at a virtual meeting with what is a tradition in this country on st. patrick s day, ireland s prime minister. they ll be commemorating st. patrick s day. normally, this event is inside the white house. for covid reasons and travel restrictions, it is not being done this way, nor was it done that way last year. nbc s chief white house correspondent kristen welker is standing by, awaiting remarks from president biden. todd winter is covering this, as well. blayne alexander is in atlanta. kristen, this is a mostly ceremonial event with the irish prime minister. what do we expect to hear from the president? reporter: well, i think we can expect to hear him address the shooting off of the top of this
Putin. Well see about today. Were looking for the United States to improve this computer glitch. That does it for us. Well see you right back here tomorrow. In the meantime, Stephanie Ruhle picks up the coverage. Good morning, everyone. Im Stephanie Ruhle with a lot to cover today. Starting with answers, emails and calls. Some of President Trumps response to Robert Muellers questions now revealed has new details on the investigation emerged. Latenight phone calls between donald trump and his associate roger stone and the president dangling a pardon for, guess who, Paul Manafort. Emission failure. The va says it will not reimburse all veterans who were paid less due to a technical glitch. Taking stock. Markets surge after the fed chair suggests interest rate
increases might slow down. Now an expected meeting between trump and the leader xi jinping over the weekend. Theres a possibility a deal can be made. Having said that, some caveats as always. We begin with some of the very fest deta
its responsibilities for things that they consider to be obstruction, lack of cooperation, oversight. so the i-word and oversight appear to be the words of this day. highly unusual, craig, that this is playing out. what will speaker pelosi and leader schumer say? i imagine they will give us their view of the room, frustrated with the president, i suspect, based on sources about his reaction to this. we ve been reaching out with various aides and so forth, trying to get a picture of what s going to unfold here. and at this point, we know they plan to speak. if they will have an opportunity to take questions, of course, the president only took a couple of questions. that s not a news conference by our book, but what an event. craig? no, it is not a news conference by our event. kelly o donnell, thank you. let us go back to the rose garden now. kristen welker is standing by for us. kristen, the president indicating there that there would be no deal on
it seemed like they listened to donald trump on that stage and then went to look. again, this timing is all becoming very questionable. it feels like what robert mueller s team is doing is laying the groundwork to come out later with a superseding indictment that talks directly and alleges directly collusion as opposed to lying and obstruction and tampering with witnesses. and katy, at the white house right now, kristen welker is standing by, where they re beginning to set up the rose garden for some sort of public appearance. do we know what s going on yet? reporter: we don t know what s going on, andrea, we re trying to work our sources to get to the bottom of it. are they setting up the equipment for the president or perhaps some other event that s going to take place? will he perhaps have something to say today about the shutdown? andrea, let me toss it back to you, it looks like roger stone is coming out. exactly, we were expecting roger stone.
compelled to testify. michael steele, you ve been around those halls of congress for a long time. when witnesses refuse the subpoena, what happens? well, if they ultimately ultimately they can be held in contempt of congress. i realize mr. cohen is headed to prison already. he could face incarceration if he defies the subpoena. most people don t defy the subpoena. particularly if they allow him to testify privately, i would think that would address many if not all the concerns he s cited thus far. we are right now reaching out to mr. cohen, to attorneys who either represent him or in the past have represented him as well to get their reaction. will he comply with the subpoena? we are efforting a response right now. kristen welker is standing by for us as well at the white house. have we heard from the administration with regards to this latest news? reporter: we haven t yet, craig. but, of course, president trump was asked about this yesterday