Move to ease russian sanctions right from the start. The 11th hour begins now. Good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. Day 133 of the still young Trump Administration, and the president today stunned many people around the globe, announcing americas withdrawal from the paris climate accords. We will cover that in depth in just a moment. We begin with yet another new report out tonight on this white house and russia. Washbased investigative journalist michael i could have been acknowledged and outlines President Trumps plan to ease sanctions on russia. It is a plan that reportedly fell short. I could have been says, there was quote there was serious he says he received several panicky calls from u. S. Government officials who told them they had been directed to develop a sanctions lifting package and imploring him please my god, cant you stop this. It was apparently stopped in large part thanks to pushback from veterans at the state department. But there is a Mic
Move to ease russian sanctions right from the start. The 11th hour begins now. Good evening once again from our headquarters here in new york. Day 133 of the still young Trump Administration, and the president today stunned many people around the globe, announcing americas withdrawal from the paris climate accords. We will cover that in depth in just a moment. We begin with yet another new report out tonight on this white house and russia. Washbased investigative journalist michael i could have been acknowledged and outlines President Trumps plan to ease sanctions on russia. It is a plan that reportedly fell short. I could have been says, there was quote there was serious he says he received several panicky calls from u. S. Government officials who told them they had been directed to develop a sanctions lifting package and imploring him please my god, cant you stop this. It was apparently stopped in large part thanks to pushback from veterans at the state department. But there is a Mic
our msnbc political analysis, steve kornacki who also happens to be our national political correspondsent. welcome to you all. philip, a question we like to ask especially people we haven t seen in a while on a momentous day, what just happened? what did he do today. essentially, what he did today. i think it s fair to level the critique what he did was changed the nature of america s relationship with the rest of the word. for years other than that. let s jump into it. essentially, for years, republicans opposed climate change legislation by saying, hey, look, american can t act unilaterally, china may need to be constrained as well if we are going to be constrands otherwise we are going to take an economic hit. this del was the first time the entire world has come to an agreement on a way everyone could move forward together to address global warming. that the united states is stepping away from it now suggests a fairly remarkable switch on how the united states
answers, everybody will benefit from hearing them. and when we don t, everybody is going to see that, too. because accountability is about making government work for everyone. philip bump the washington post and heidi press bella are our nominees for most patient people in the and heidi are the most people in the world. bring us up to speed on devos so far in office, and how robust the anti-devos and the accountability effort now is. she was one of the most polarizing cabinet nominees who had even members of her own party vote against her. but when you look at what has happened since she has come, in certainly there is cause for alarm among democrats. not only because of the proposed cuts to the budget, which pretty much touch on everything in terms of education that you would be concerned about in terms of the future, in terms of after school programs, programs to help underprivileged children, but possibly even more troubling than that is this report which elizabeth warren
now. president emmanuel macron of france wrote on twitter, the united states turned their backs on the world. more on his strong reaction a bit later on in this broadcast. canada s prime minister, justin trudeau said he is quote deeply disappointed. the. u. says it is a sad day for the global community. and the u.n. calls this a major disappointment. if you thought that was harsh, listen to one of the americans who helped get this deal across the finish line originally, former secretary of state john kerry, during an interview with andrea mitchell earlier this evening. it is an extraordinary abdication of paper leadership. it is a shameful moment for the united states. he s made us an environmental pariah in the world and i think it is one of the most self deinstructive moves i have ever seen by any president in my lifetime. joining our conversation, philip bob, national correspondent for the washington post, heidi press bella, senior politics rorltder for u.s.a. today, and of co