Market plunge on monday. Some say the president s twitter tirades against amazon and an escalating trade dispute with china are behind the losses. Were talking about the major averages ending in correction territory, down 11 from the record high. This morning, teachers will descend on oklahomas capital for a second day, demanding better pay and more money for classrooms. I imagine youre not working four jobs because you want to. No. I like to do things normal people get to do. This morning, President Trump is doubling down in the blame game over immigration and the program that protected millions who were brought here as children. Tweeting overnight, mexico and canada have tough immigration laws, whereas, ours are an obama joke. Act, congress. While this report was on the air, the president tweeted yet again, this time about polls. Make that 18 tweets in the past 24 hours. This morning, another wave of bad headlines for epa administer pruitt. A project was approved last year during the
Email emails. And under fire, the president reportedly considering the first v visit to the u. S. Troops in a combat zone after failing to visit a world war i cemetery in france or going to the arlington on veterans day, and attacking the heroic commander of the bin laden raid and angering one of the s. E. A. L. S. Something like this is not about the democrats or the republicans, and the admiral is one of the reasons that we got it, and the president obama approved it and that is as simple as it gets. And mystery illness, and the first harrowing account of the baffling syndrome striking american diplomats a broad and from one of the mothers of the victims. I do not believe that our military or diplomats are around the world or here at home are safe, because this, this Weapon System is krcreating havoc. Do you worry that this could happen to other diplomats in other countries . That is why i am here. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in new york, and President Trump and his daught
Writes, quote, trump brooded over the florida recounts, sulked over key races being called for democrats in the midterm elections that he had claimed as a big victory, and he erupted at his staff over Media Coverage of his decision to skip a ceremony honoring the military sacrifice of world war i. All of this while also berating both british Prime Minister theresa may and french president emmanuel macron. But a former political aide also pushed out by this administration says, nothing out of the ordinary for this president. This is a clear example of donald trump being embarrassed, and as a result, you see him sulking. And hes pouting, like a child. And as a result, hes going to continue to lash out and everybody around him will be miserable. Just the way he likes it. So, lets start at the white house with nbcs hans nichols. So hans, so much to get to. The Washington Post, not the only folks reporting on the president s recent fury. One Administration Official told the l. A. Times, and
Dont look at it youre not going to know if its bad. How are you going to know if its bad . You give it to the fbi or report it to the attorney general or somebody like that. The commander in chief putting on his hr hat. Sarah sanders steps down after two years as press secretary. And hes talking about the future of Kellyanne Conway after a federal watch dog recommends she be fired. Weve got a lot of people to break this down with. Hans nichols is at the white house. Gabby orr is joining us along with Michael Steele and former chairman of the Republican National committee, and glen kirshner, nbc legal analyst. Hans, theres a lot of adjectives you can use to describe the president s interview this morning as it relates to his comments on foreign interference. Reporter it was a 50 minute interview the president gave. Its part of the president s strategy of trying to dominate every news cycle. You remember, the week started off on monday with the president calling in to cnbc. On tuesday he
President trump statement says theres absolutely no need to rush the tempering expectations on wall street. The market is trending in positive territory before the president s tweet storm have been in the red through the morning. Right now down nearly 300 points. Bouncing up and down. Dominic, to you first. What is the reaction so far and what is the possibility this will result in an agreement . All right. What we have right now is market that is off lows in the day. Treasury secretary says the talks with chinese vice premier is done for the day. Its a friday. It concludes the second day of talks. The issue is whether or not anything was really constructive. Thats how the treasury secretary is characterizing these particular talks with vice premier from china. The markets right now are indicating a move lower in part because of the negative impact of a lack of a deal. I would say this, many of the trader and investors e ssay the wasnt any real massive optimism for over arching trade d