Two names, the men who will be at the helm of Trumps White House as his closest advisers. Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus whose title would be white house chief of staff. And Steven Bannon who will be trumps strategist. This was followed by allies rushing to defend him as a, quote, force for good, a navy veteran and a person who has, quote, embraced adversity. Instead of the position for which he is more commonly known, the man who headed an Online Platform that bannon himself proclaimed was the platform for the altright. As the New York Times reported this week, its that steve bannon who critics feared would be a voice of racism in the Trump White House. In the latest picks to come down from on high from trumps gilded perch have done little to allay those concerns. On friday he tapped alabama senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general, retired general mike flynn for National Security advisor and tom pay yoe for director of the cia. Sessions in particular was already
Last night after the meeting, florida senator rubio i am now very confident will on which i serve will conduct thorough bipartisan investigation of putin interference and influence. While senators are listening to what intelligence agencies are trying to say, donald trump is trying to plug the leaks with a criminal investigation. Ive actually called the Justice Department to look into the leaks, so we are looking into that very seriously. Its a criminal act. Joining me now or author of the plot to hack america and former cia jack rise. Lets talk about this. You were great on bill mahr last night. Youre national treasures, both of you. But rather to try and go after the leakers, what do you see happening here . This is a classic case of misdirection. Donald trump is feeling the pressure and based on what we saw yesterday with the senators coming out of their debrief completely closed lip. They seem to understand they may have gotten information that indicates tt the real criminalality m
Good day, everyone, im alex witt at msnbc headquarters in new york. We have this breaking news to share, congressman john conyers has decided to step down from his prestigious post on the house duriJudiciary Committee. More sunday talk. We have not seen nor heard from roy moore in ten days. Hes still the talk of the sunday shows. From a Republican Point of view, i dont see what winning i dont know what winning looks like with roy moore. It is not about partisan politics, its not about electing republicans versus democrats. This is about the political character of our country. Instead of our politics reflecting our values, weve got politics infecting our communities. Reckless, outrageous, and undignified behavior has become excused and countenanced as telling it like it is. But we begin with this breaking news this hour, democratic congressman john conyers has decided to step aside as Ranking Member of the house judiciary, nearly a week after allegations of Sexual Harassment, including
Corner. He came in under controversy. He then went to go clean this up on monday, but he cant clean it up cleanly, because these other instincts kick in that show us a bit more of what his Natural Instincts are, and i think it undermines everything he was trying to attempt yesterday. Yep. David, thank you. Let me just broaden out the conversation and bring in a couple more voices. Solomon jones, host of wurd radio in philadelphia and a columnist for the philadelphia daily news. Gentlemen, you heard me, you know, rattle through a couple of these tweets, retweets, deletes from the president with david. Solomon, you first. How do you interpret that . Well, i think that the tweets are interesting. I think that that is where the president says what he really means, but beyond even the tweets, i think that its about his policy. His policy says that he does not refute, that he does not repudiate white supremacy. When you come in and make the Justice Department into the inJustice Department an
Take longer than people want. There are more dots. Thats one thing i learned about the russia vague. I learned a lot more as well, those details ahead. The battle for alabama, a new poll suggests another potential swing in the election. Were going to look at whether the president has any impact. Discourse in the time of trump. We examine how people talk about this president , the parties and politics in an increasingly divided country next. The white house downplaying the possibility that ousted National Security adviser Michael Flynn is cooperating with robert mueller, this after the New York Times initially reported that mike flynns lawyers had severed their ties to President Trumps lawyers. Nbc has confirmed this report. A white house official telling nbc there is no angst or any concern that flynn will implicate the president. Why Jared Kushner will likely have to return to speak with them. Heres what mike quickly told me this morning. There might be 30 or 40 more people that we ne