Late. Good afternoon. The president this morning met with general mcmaster general mcmaster is helping lead the team that is organizing the president s upcoming foreign trip. The president has been focused on meeting with the team, getting ready for the various stops he will be making. The president has seen a great desire for america to reengage and be a leader once again in helping solve the worlds complex problems. Hes already made moves behind the scenes with leaders and in public statements to show that america is reasserting its leadership on the world stage. These visits are another important part of this american resurgence. The president will further our strategic objectives in the region my creating new opportunities that will strengthen the United States and our allies weakening our enemies. Many of you are interested in the logistical aspects of this trip. We will have for the briefing struck the week. Throughout the week. I would like to announce that thepresident has invi
From sally yates . And boots on the ground. Is the United States about to up the ante in afghanistan. Well see if sean spicer comments on that, too, at todays briefing. Our team is here. Nbcs Peter Alexander is at the white house. Peter, i know you are standing by waiting for that briefing to begin. What do we expect sean spicer to address . Well, we think among topics addressed today is the issue of Michael Flynn following the former acting attorney general sally yates after testimony before the subcommittee yesterday. Whats notable is 18 days passed between the warning from sally yates to the whi hse council and president actually firing his National Security advisor. Yesterdabefore the testimony began, sean spicer, press secretary here said simply he was not going to relitigate that issue, one he addressed many weeks ago. Now with new information from the former department of justice official well certainly be peppering him with more questions about that. Also, more importantly, thi
Adviser, basically saying, from my experience with him at the Defense Intelligence agency, you could probably find somebody better to be your National Security adviser. But the narrative that the white house is going with today is the fact that the leak should be the story, as to who it was that leaked flynns name after he was caught up in surveillance. President trump asking in a tweet last night, quote, ask sally yates if she knows how classified information got into the newspapers soon after schecks plained to it the white House Counsel. Then tweeting biggest story is on surveillance. Why doesnt the media report on this, hash tag fake news. Well get a chance to ask sean spicer about all of that when he comes out. He is half hour late. We expect we will be coming out in the next few minutes. Maria well circle back when that occurs. Right now the Senate Intel Committee is meeting about what its docket lists as quote intelligence matters. This after a morning of testimony from nsa dire
As topics today. What are you listening for . Reporter thats right, brooke. Aside from the president s tweets yesterday, this will really be our first time to pose questions to the white house about what happened in that hearing on capitol hill yesterday with sally yates and the revelation that she offered some pretty stern warnings about Michael Flynn, about his contacts with the russians and misleading the Vice President about them. One of the questions this white house still has not answered is why President Trump kept Michael Flynn on as National Security adviser for 18 days after this administration was warned that he could be compromised and blackmailed by the russians. Of course, we are also expecting there could be questions about health care, where this looms next on capitol hill now that its in the senate. In addition to that, where the president s head stands on sending additional troops into afghanistan. We are expecting his top National Security advisers to recommend he se
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