Topic at the White House Briefing. Were keeping an eye on it and will be taking you there live. First, lets bring in White House Correspondent Michelle Kosinski as well as security correspondent jim sciutto. The president said he had no strategy yet and now hes preparing to move for a speech on wednesday to explain the isis game plan, as he put it. Heres what he said on nbcs meet the press. What i want people to understand is that over the course of months we are going to be able to not just blunt the momentum of isil, were going to shrink the territory that they control and ultimately were going to defeat them. So what more will we hear from the president this week about the plan to defeat isis . Thats really the question, michelle, what are we expecting . Were not really sure how much more detail were going to hear. We know what we have heard from not only the president there in that address over the weekend but also from different members of the administration, kind of ever since th
The white house chief of staff retired general john kelly spoke out in second briefing in many weeks in a forceful and personal defense of President Trump. After trump sparked controversy on monday about whether former president s reached out to the families of Fallen Soldiers and invoked kellys son who died an as a marine officer in 2010 when defending claim. He michigan by describing what happens when Service Members are killed in action. He asked me about previous president s and i said i can tell you that president obama who recollects was my commander in chief when i was on active duty, did not call my family. That was not a criticism. That was just to simply say i dont believe president obama called. Thats not a negative thing. I dont believe president bush called in all cases. Also explained the origins of the conversation. After Federico Wilson said the president telling her that her husband knew what he was signing up for was cruel saying they were what now chief of staff chai
Calling russian interference a hoax and a special counsel investigation a witch hunt. Abby phillip joins us from the white house. This morning, calling it all a hoax and a witch hunt. Is the president telling us how he really feels about all of this, script aside . Reporter it seems that he certainly is. The president often reverts back to this position of calling it a hoax. The white house is saying that he meant to say that the meddling investigation, the collusion investigation was a hoax, not the russian interference itself. The president himself made it clear, he was talking about the russian interference in the election in 2016. The president is spending the morning dealing with the fallout from a tweet that he sent last night, all caps, threat aimed at iran. The question everyone is asking this morning is why. Why now . Why is the president seeming to threaten iran with military action, he says the consequences will be the likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered
Noted he could still be a cooperating witness. The judge giving him several outs, citing the circumstances surrounding the interview where the lawyers warped he was not warned about the repercussions and that counsel was not recommended for the interview and now the sentencing seems to be taking off on a different tone with the judge expressing the seriousness of the offense with Michael Flynn lying on the fbi. Shimon is breaking down the new details. The judge is not mipsi inwin words, saying the aggravating circumstances are serious. Not only did you lie to the fbi, but you lied to senior officials in the incoming administration. He then said all along, you were an unregistered agent of a foreign country while serving as the National Security adviser to the president of the United States. That undermines this flag over here, the judge pointing to the flag behind him, arguably he told flynn you told your country out. Clearly this is taking on a different tone now. This is still ongoin
Leds go over to kasie hunt. Im casey hurt in for katy tur. Its 2 00 p. M. Here in washington. President trump is set to reveal his administrations new immigration plan this hour. The plan is expected to match the president s hardline stance on immigration, so i wouldnt expect much compromise if any with congressional democrats. Were going to bring you all of that as it unfolds. But first, we want to get to todays other big story its unfolding on capitol hill this morning. A group of key members known as the gang of eight are set to be briefed on the situation in iran and its important to take a step back. The New York Times is reporting that the escalating tensions with iran are a result of photographs of missiles on boats in the persian gulf. Its believed they were put there by the iranian military. But its important to note that as of now, we dont have any context. With the New York Times reporting, quote, other officials including europeans, iraqis, members of both parties in congre