Cyber war with russia. This follows a string of white house allegations against donald trump with the press secretary josh earnest claiming that not only did candidate trump know that russia was engaging in cyber activity, he encouraged it. Well they apparently knew too and his boss was the sitting president. Kellyanne conway is calling the charges against her boss breathtaking. That is breathtaking. I guess hes auditioning to be a political pundit. That is incredibly disappointings to hear from the podium of the White House Press secretary. He essentially stated that the president elect had knowledge of it, maybe even fanned the flames. Its incredibly irresponsible. Well have reaction from congressman john king and Lieutenant Colonel tony schafer. But we begin tonight with our chief intelligence correspondent katheri katheri katheri katherine h katherine her rij. This was an effort to interfere in the u. S. Election. These operations were samesencd by the highest levels. A government
How do you like me now . The prodigal son has returned. Yeah. I dont know what that means but i know its positive. Its very prodigal. Good morning. It is monday may 1st. Im willie geist. Joe and meekds have the morning off. They will be back with us tomorrow. That, of course, is will ferrell as george w. Bush at not the white house dinner hosted by sam bee. With us on set msnbc contributor Mike Barnicle with us. What was that . Come host of showtime mark halperin, analyst for msnbc news and nbc. Contributor to Time Magazine, analyst and former aide to george w. Bush and state department elise jordan. Might be a deal to at least keep the government open. Thats a start. The first 100 days ended in a miasma. Now theyace the budget deal health care, tax reform, north korea, trade, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Only those things. Lets start with the news late last night. Word of a budget deal to keep the budget open through september, this according to aides of Senior Member of congress.
Theres also, we should point out, chris, no money for the border wall in this bill. That of course is something that the democrats were very focused on. There is Border Security money but it is not explicitly for the wall. Theres also no language in this bill that says that sanctiuary cities wont receive funding and nothing has changed regard planned parenthood. We had been expecting a deal like this to come together. They had hoped to get it done last week but there was again, a flap over that border wall. So at this point we expect, barring unpredictable you know, something from the president. But we have heard the white house praise this as well. So leaders here are feeling good about getting this done this week. Kristen, what is the white house saying about this . Obviously the wall is message that the president wanted but he had already signaled it might not happen until later. What are they saying about that where you are . Reporter theyre trying to paint this as a victory for th
Long. What we have is uncontrovertible evidence. We will lay it all out tonight that Hillary Clinton, bill clinton, and others sold out Americas National security interests. Yet, only now in the last two weeks are we beginning the process of investigating. We have evidence, including an fbi informant, documents, emails, tapes, all showing that in 2009, our government, including then attorney general eric holder, the fbi director at the time Robert Mueller and then District Attorney Rod Rosenstein they all knew that russia and Vladimir Putin were trying to corner the uranium market right here in america. Theres also a strong belief that president barack obama knew all about putin and his crimes in this country as he probably saw it in his president ial daily briefing. This is news, information and truth. I promise you cant get anywhere else in the media. And that is tonights ever important breaking news opening monologue. Sean lets start in the beginning, it was announced today that Pau
What we have is in continue vert i believe evidence. Well lay it all tonight. Hillary clinton, bill the clinton and others soldout Americas National security interest yet only now in the last two weeks are we beginning the process of investigating. We have an fbi informant showing in 2009 our government including then attorney general eric holder, the fbi director Robert Mueller and rosenstein all new russia and Vladimir Putin were trying to corner the uranium market here in america. Theres a strong belief that president obama knew all about putin and his crimes in this country as he probably saw it in his press did he know shall daily briefing. This is news, information and truth. I promise you cant get it anywhere else in the media. That is tonights ever important breaking news opening monologue. Lets start from the beginning. It was announced today that Paul Manafort while something that was pretty much expected after his home was raided by the fbi, was indicted today. A 31 page i b