Brian, what more did mr. Bannon have to say . Good morning, it really a shocking interview, our two white house correspondence confirming this morning that the president s chief strategist had this conversation with a left wing in a magazine called, who has not been friendly to the president , he went off the record, it is a shocking explanation for a number of reasons, and given also scaramucci was fired ten days into the job after making vulgar comments in an interview that he too thought was off the record, and steve bannon was chief executive editor of Breitbart News for several years. Also, giving context to this conversation, there have been lots of reports and rumors that the president has been thinking about firing steve bannon, a lot allotted due to infighting and perhaps leaks, and given the fact that he could be losing his job, this conversation is also more surprising, but nonetheles nonetheless, he spoke to this reporter yesterday over the telephone, and he said this, unde
What happens in atlanta. The nations Busiest Airport now back up and running, yes, a headache, not just for travelers. We are digging into the security angle, too. What is being done to keep our power protected. But we want to start with another busy monday morning here in washington. I want to get to msnbcs Garrett Haake over on the hill for us. A senior white house official tells us they are pretty confident they have the votes to pass this plan, even with john mccain back home, they are looking at bob corker, marco rubio on board. I know you are hearing the same thing from the folks on the hill. Is it your sense they are counting chickens before they hatch . Or by the end of the year, will we be living with a new tax system . Caller i think we will have a new tax system signed into law by the end of the year. The sources close to the hill are confident to get this thing done even with john mccain back in arizona for the rest of the year. It will be a narrow line vote but a vote the
And christi paul. Good morning to you. We start this morning with what could ab crucial week in the russia investigation. Special counselor Robert Muellers team to interview trumps team. Muellers team is defending itself against new attacks. For members of the trump Transition Team. Republican lawmakers and the conservative media. At issue here, tens of thousands of emails sent by the members of the Transition Team. Team lawyers say mueller got those emails illegally and argue the documents should have been protected. But the special counsels office says its followed the proper legal channels and legal experts say the emails are fair game because they were sent from government account. We are covering this story from all angles with our team of kornts and analysts. To start with cnns dan live in washington. Dan, obviously, what we are hearing this morning could change what we see happening with this meeting later this week when the president s lawyers talk to muellers team . Reporter y