The TrumpPutin relationship is examined. Russia. Putin has an untrammeled authority. I dont see any checks on his power. He is able to make singular, rapid decisions. The absolutism there is unlike anything ive ever seen in russia. All that power is propped up by an astonishing Approval Rating, over 80 . And thats according to american pollsters. Donald trump wins the presidency. But when the United States elected a new president , it looked like russia had fallen for a new leader. There were toasts all over moscow. At the parliament, known as the duma. On talk shows. And at bars. [ laughter ] we are the champions of the world but one man seemed utterly unsurprised by trumps victory. Hes happy to take credit. And that means that he won the u. S. Election. The man who is simultaneously president of russia and in charge of the United States. At the heart of all this are some deadly serious questions. Does Vladimir Putin have some kind of hold over donald trump . We simply dont know. But
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an enigma, and Prime Minister churchill, meet Vladimir Putin. He is really much very much a leader, and he has done an amazing job. So smart. And he doesnt have a soul. And Vladimir Putin is a thug and a murderer and a killer. He is the richest man in the world. Hundreds of billions of dollars of wealth. What
Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Would have obstructed it. He has a right to defend himself. If he believes hes innocent, he is innocent, he should speak out. White house also moved quickly to frame trumps words as nothing more than his own personal view. Its not an order. Its the president s opinion. The president is not obstructing, hes fighting back. The president is stating his opinion. Hes stating it clearly. Hes certainly expressing a frustration that he has with the level of corruption that weve seen from people like jim comey, the president s angry. Frankly, most of america is angry as well and theres no reason he shouldnt be able to voice that opinion. But remember what the white house once told us about how we should regard what this president says on twitter. Are president trumps tweets considered official white house statements . Well, the president is the president of the United States so theyre considered official
Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Already several witnesses in on just day two. All of it as the 11th hour gets underway on a wednesday night. Good evening from our nbc news headquarters in new york. This was one more in a string of extraordinary days in our country. Because this was what we woke up to from the president of the United States. Quote, Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this rigged witch hunt right now before it continues to stain our country even further. Perhaps just as extraordinary, Nothing Happened after that. It was wednesday in america and tonight Robert Mueller and his team remain on the job. The negotiations for a possible sitdown interview between Robert Mueller and President Trump. We report on the latest offer
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The latest Political Developments of the day and interviews with top newsmakers are featured. Hes an msnbc and msnbc National Affairs analyst. Im like madonna at this point. I gave you one name. Some day youll thank me. Well talk about that later. Daily beast politics editor sam stein is here and my friend steve schmidt. Were going to boil you down to one name, too. Take us through the significance of this sort of i think its just a side show. People have told me that from emmet flood to don mcgahn to Rudy Giuliani to everyone who is now departed the president s team, no one thinks the president can survive an interview with the special counsel. The president cant survive twitter. Thats right, special counsel is now looking at his tweets. Every tweet has a misstatement or a lie, so theyre absolutely right to be concerned that if the president were to go into an interview with incredibly well prepared prosecutors who have not just the president s tweets and his own statements, as Rudy G