Flake makes the ethical and patriotic chase against donald trump in a little over 30 seconds. We must stop pretending the degradation of our politics and the conduct of some in our executive he branch are normal. They are not normal. Reckless and undignified behavior. It is actually just reckless, outrageous and undignified. When such behavior emanates from the top of our government, it is something else. It is dangerous to a democracy. Facing that danger, senator flake didnt just put this on political terms today. Announcing that he will not run again. He put it in ethical terms arguing that good men silence can pave the way for ruin. When we remain silent and fail to act, when we know that silence and inaction is the wrong thing to do because of political considerations, we dishonor our principles and for sake our obligations. Politics can make us silent when we should speak and silence can equal complicity. I have children and grandchildren to answer to. And so, mr. President , i wi
Making some changes. He said out loud he is about ready to have the cabinet that he wants. Never mind that were 14, almost 15 months into this administration. But the reality here is we are expecting some changes either tomorrow or by friday, potentially of his cabinet. The people we hear the most talked about, david shulkin, the Veterans Affairs secretary, of course under fire for mismanagement, a variety of other things. Also the National Security adviser, h. R. Mcmaster, said to be, you know, not a matter of if but when hell be leaving. And that sound behind me here is the president returning from st. Louis. So he is back here at the white house. Well see if he talks this evening, but he definitely seems to have some more staff shakeup on his mind. You said some of these changes may happen even this week . Reporter it certainly seems like that. There is a sense of edge and anxiety here, and there is a sense that the president wants to get on with it. He wants to move forward with th
Persio, politics editor for New York Times is here, sam stein. And also with us, nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of kasie dc. Kasie hunt. Along with willie, joe and me. Its never going to get old. There will be a day where were all wearing kasie d. C. Shirts. Rock on, lets do it. Joe, where are we with this shutdown at this point . Well i think the president was right when he was a private citizen. 50 years from now, people arent going to be saying you know, who is the majority leader, who is the minority leader . You know, it whats so fascinating, he says its all on barack obama when barack obama is president of the United States. And if its not on barack obama, then he suggests it maybe people might look at the person who is running the senate or running the house. What donald trump and the republicans are betting on, are two very, very faulty things. Their logic is so faulty. Number one, theyre betting that americans will look at washington, d. C. , knowing that washing
The president ial campaign. Fall out on the e. P. A. Administrator scott pruitt. We have Team Coverage tonight. Ode henry with the latest on the alleged payout to Stormy Daniels. Plus the latest on his interview with pruitt. We begin with the chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge with the new Text Messages between peter strzok and page. The republicans in the house complain may are getting records but the facts and the names are blacked out. In this letter, meadows and jordan who stood on the House Government Oversight Committee will have more information about an exchange between the f. B. I. Employees and who and what is redacted. F. B. I. Employee one, are you sure you want me to keep you redacted for congressional production . The employee two responds is that an option . The f. B. I. Employee one responds smiley fails emoji. You will be redacted. In an agreement strzok traveled to london in august 2016 to interview a key witness. Days a of the f. B. I. Opened an inve
That President Trump will continue to certify the Iran Nuclear Deal for now, but maybe he wont do it anymore after this. And i say they were trying to announce that, because they failed at it. They failed at actually making the announcement. They set up a call for reporters to call in to get this news from the white house on this very serious subject and we actually got a transcript of what happened when reporters called in for this call set up by the white house. Here is how it started. This is where the transcript starts. Man speaking mandarin chinese. I am going upstairs to the chicken shop. They have nothing down stairs. Everything has been sold out. Thats in mandarin. We got it translated. Next person says cough. Next person said, hey, how are you . Next person, im on a phone conference. I can show you the outlet. A womans voice says hello. Then a woman comes on also speaking chinese and says yes, of course. Then she told me so man speaking chinese at the start, woman speaking chi