Happened. What about the exchange with a reporter concerning questions abt trump working with the Congressional Black Caucus . New reaction in minutes. But we begin with an amazing scene out of western new york. Angry constituents confronting gop lawmaker tom reed over the repeal of obamacare. The crowd grew so large they had to move outside the venue. Msnbcs is there where another town hall meeting is starting scene. First who showed up in asheville . Reporter good afternoon, sheinelle. Were here in great valley, new york, where tom reed will be doing other town hall meeting in a few hours. A bunch of constituents are showing up ready to talk to him here. It was an amazing scene there this morning in asheville. Probably about 200 showed up at the first taown hall meeting. 90 to 95 were people who had concerns about donald trump and tom reeds voting record. Let her talk. Medicare is very important. If you privatize it you will not be reelected. [ cheers ] lets look forward, not backwar
Logged and now officially private. Why the secrecy . He will lose his base and thats an Important Message for the president to receive. Are some of President Trumps decisions creating doubts among some of his most ardent supporters . All that right now. We begin with north korean officials threatening to respond with an allout war and to hit back against a Nuclear Attack with its own style of Nuclear Attack. The threats directed at the u. S. Were backed up by the optics of a huge military parade in pyongyang to mark the 105th birth anniversary of the grandfather of kim jongun and founder of north korea. Janice Mackey Frayer is watching all of this for us. Reporter sheinelle, with tension extremely high here, there was a massive parade of military hardware in pyongyang. They had promised a big event to mark this important event on the calendar and it certainly delivered. Experts believe there was at least one or as many as three new types of intercontinental ballistic missiles. This is
Quote, with all the illegal pacts took place in the clinton campaign, and obama administration, there was never a special counsel appointed. This afternoon, trump said the appointment of the special counsel hurts our country terribly and shows were divided. Lets watch. Was this the right move . Or is this part of a witch hunt . Well, i respect the move but the entire thing has been a witch hunt and there is no collusion between certainly myself and my campaign. I can always speak for myself and the russians, zero, i think it divides the country. I think we have a very divided country because of that and many other things. When asked if he ever urged former fbi director comey to back down from the investigation into Michael Flynn, the president responded with one word. No. And heres how he answered the question about whether he wondered at any time if he had done anything worthy of criminal charges. I think it is totally ridiculous. Everybody thinks so. We have to get back to working ou
Smell of treason in the air. The president is now naked to his enemies, condemned by the federal bureau of investigation for lying that president obama had him wiretapped and who will believe him now. With the aroma of the fbi investigation of his russian ties engulfing the white house and the condemnation of his false claim about wiretapping hanging over him, its hed a fact that the president has squandered the credibility that comes with the office. Hed a fat that the president has squandered the credibility that comes with the office. By sticking to his charge, he now runs the risk of losings measure of Political Capital he still has left. It appears donald trump is willing to dig his heels deep however. During the hearing yesterday that condemned him, the president s official twitter account claimed the nsa and fbi told congress that slaush did not influence the electoral process. That you wi all this did was to get director comey slam that claim. I have a tweet from the president
Crime occurring. Theres not even indication that theres criminal investigations under way by the fbi as opposed to counterintelligence investigations, which the fbi conducts all the time as our main Counter Intelligence bureau. If we get down that road thats a decision that attorney general sessions can make at the time. Well show you republicans on both sides of the issue. Later this hour, a special interview with the reality show producer who says trump is using all the tricks of the trade in his first month of office and why good ratings could be bad for governance. Tackling new reports out today that sean spicer held a meeting with staff to inspect their phones for leaks. Well discuss the story that donald trump is not focusing on. The president addressing congress and the nation tuesday to lay out his governing priorities. The address comes as these calls are mounting for him to yield to an independent investigation on russia, as his feud with the press intensifies and as trumps o