May tell the world about the current state of affairs in the west wing. The president and a small group of people know exactly what he meant. Democrats are still stuck in an identity crisis. I think i was theville of a very broad assumption i was going to win. And neat candidates thoufl battle for the soul of the Democratic Party in virginia is taking center stage with the gubernatorial race. This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening. Im chuck todd. Folks, its not a good sign when a yogi berra quote sums up the white house. What else can you say rather than its deja vu all over again . The chief of staffs job is on the line. Again. The russia probe is wreaking havoc. Again. The preds is tweeting absurdities and the white house is defending them. Again. Who the heck is steering this ship . Who knows . Where is the ship headed . We dont know. The president is literally tweeting jibberish about vfefe in the middle of the night a no one takes it down. Do you think people shou
About it, had me bullied, broke laws to cover it, et cetera. And ps, im not going anywhere, xoxoxo. Is this really happening . The president may really have met his match in Stormy Daniels. Tonight, im going to talk to one of her friends, who said she and daniels have both been threatened in an effort to keep them quiet. But there is more. In addition to Stormy Daniels, theres the former playboy model who says that she had a tenmonth affair with trump. Karen mcdougal says she had an affair with trump at about the same time as Stormy Daniels. She sold her story to the Parent Company of the national enquirer, which killed that story. Now mcdougal wants out of the 150,000 agreement, so she can speak freely. Theres also former apprentice contestant, Summer Zervos. She says trump groped her in 2006 and she says he defamed her by calling her a liar. Now a judge is refusing to dismiss her lawsuit against him. Even for a president whos no stranger to depositions and lawsuits, this is a lot. An
Keeping them from what he described as rapists, murderers and people who arent really their parents. I could release all of the kids by 10 55 p. M. , but i dont think you want that i know the court doesnt want that. I dont think even our political opponents want that to happen. Thats secretary azar in the situation room tonight. Now, remember, this is someone talking about children his agency took in the first place and has held for weeks now. As for the thousands more who crossed the border unaccompanied, secretary azar suggested his agency was practically doing gods work. It is one of the great acts of american generosity and charity what we are doing for these unaccompanied kids who are smuggled into our country or come across illegally. What secretary azar did in that interview is what the administration really has been doing throughout this episode. He repeatedly conflated the unaccompanied minors with kids, some 28 to 2900 who have been taken from parents under the president s ze
Good evening. 102 of the youngest Migrant Children who have been taken at the border were supposed to be reunited by their parents by tonight. However, thats what a federal judge ordered two weeks ago. Its what the man responsible for holding those kids once suggested could be accomplished with just a few computer key strokes. Tonight even as his agency is saying it will fail to meet that courtimposed deadline, that same official, hhs secretary alex azar said the government did many of these kids a favor by taking them and tonight keeping them from what he described as rapists, murderers and people who arent really their parents. I could release all of the kids by 10 55 p. M. , but i dont think you want that i know the court doesnt want that. I dont think even our political opponents want that to happen. Thats secretary azar in the situation room tonight. Now, remember, this is someone talking about children his agency took in the first place and has held for weeks now. As for the thou
Of chinese goods. Good morning, and welcome to early start. Im Alex Marquardt in for dave briggs. Great to see you this morning. Great to be back with you. Im christine romans. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east, 11 00 a. M. In brussels, where the nato summit is under way today, and boy, is it under way. The president coming out swinging before the nato summit officially starts this morning. At a presummit breakfast, he dressed down nato secretarygeneral jans stoltenberg, demanding increased defense spending by nato allies, his wrath trained specifically on germany, calling them a captive of russia. Germany is totally controlled by russia, because they were getting 60 to 70 of their energy from russia in a new pipeline, and you tell me if thats appropriate, because i think its not, and i think its a very bad for nato, and i dont think it should have happened. His jabs coming as little surprise to european leaders. They fear President Trump will follow through on threats to cut back on milita