Spun away from greg, pushing them both to the ground. Its unfortunate that this aggressive behavior from a liberal journalist created this scene at our Campaign Volunteer barbecue. Msnbc Garrett Haake is in boseman, montana. Part of the problem, garrett, for the candidate isnt just this audiotape. People in the room also contradict the campaigns claim that the reporter is to blame. What can you tell us . Reporter thats right, chris. They mention that in a statement that january ggianforte was gety for an interview with a fox news crew. They wrote up their experience last night and tooled the reporter described what she saw in that room. I myself was standing about two feet from both gianforte and jacobs when this happened. There was a table in between us. I saw gianforte grabbed him by the neck both hands, slid him to the side, body slammed him, and then got on top of him and started punching and then yelling at him. Reporter so legally speaking, this is obviously pretty ugly for gianf
House with nbcs hans nichols. This bomb sheel tweet effectively confirming hes under investigation. Its stunning because yesterday he didnt answer shouted questions about any of this now the confirmation. Reporter this is the investigation not into collusion with the russians but the obstruction of justice part of the investigation. Ive read the president s tweet several times and whats clear is hes referring to Rod Rosenstein. He wrote a memo to President Trump where he laid out the case for firing fbi director james comey. He got similar advice from Jeff Sessions. Its clear from this that he thinks the person who is investigating him is not Robert Mueller, the special counsel but in fact Rod Rosenstein, the same Rod Rosenstein that President Trump nominated to be Deputy Attorney general. This is a remarkable turn of events when you look at who the president nominated to fill out his Justice Department officials, he only has three that have been senate confirmed. When you look at the
President trump is now leaning toward pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord which, of course, is the landmark deal to combat Climate Change that was reached in 2015. Nearly 200 countries have agreed to. Nbcs White House Correspondent Kristen Welker joins us live. So the president has not made a final decision, but while this news, i might say a covfefe, about his possibly leaving. The term you used, a reference to the garbled tweet the president sent out overnight. Well get to that a little later. In terms of the paris climate agreement, heres what we can report. Two Administration Sources say the president is leaning towardtoward pulling out of the agreement. It was first reported this morning hed made the final decision. If you talk to some sources here who are familiar with the thinking inside the white house, they say thats part of the frustration here. Essentially, the headlines get ahead of the president. That makes it tough for the Communications Team to message, to get surrog
With the countdown to President Trumps travel ban finally going into effect and we are hours away from portions of the revised ban being implemented following the Supreme Courts decision that took place earlier this week. And we are covering every angle of this developing story. How its going to affect you and people around the world. We have the best team of reporters and analysts on hand starting with nbcs Peter Alexander live at the white house. Peter, as usual, im confused. Who does the ban impact and what does it mean for travellers . Good question. It hasnt formally been laid out by the administration but we are getting a better understanding where it stands. Months after the president s initial then revised travel ban, now the enforcement begins about 8 00 p. M. Today. Thats with the implementation in effect. These are the countries affected. They include iran, sudan, libya, syria, somalia, and yemen. This 90 day, 120day travel ban takes effect, modified relationship to someone
Backtracking and guam residents remain on high alert. We start with President Trump pushing back against critics. Mind you, not talking specifically to those hurt most by charlottesville. The latest comes in the form of a tweet labeling ceos who leave his Advisory Councils in protest as grandstanders. Scott paul is head of a nonprofit that represents all manufacturers. He write, im resigning from the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative because it taos right thing for me do. President trump also has hit the retweet button a couple times today. In one case, that tweet was from one of the more wellknown conspiracy theorists on the altright. Another retweet showed a train hitting a cnn reporter. That was soon deleted. Lets go to our White House Reporter for the latest. Kelly odonnell. On monday, the president talked about the bonds of love and the things that bring us together as americans. What happened . Reporter well, this is the counterpuncher in chief as he has described himself, that he wi