Security posts a memo about the border wall, and its missing a few words, but dont worry . President build wall high. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We begin with the politics lead. While his personal lawyer and fixer is heading to prison, President Trump is trying to shift the blame and spin the story claiming he did not direct Michael Cohen to break the law which is, of course, a complete contradiction with assertions made by the u. S. Attorneys office for the Southern District of new york which stated directly in court that the illegal hush money payments to Stormy Daniels and to Karen Mcdougal were done in coordination with and at the direction of President Trump. Mr. Trump also today questioning if the mcdougal payment was ever even made, and technically the president might be correct in that while mcdougal was paid for her silence by the National Enquirer Parent Company ami, theres not yet any evidence that mr. Trump or his organization paid them back. The wall street journ
David ignatius, sam stein, matt miller and heidi prisbelli. Good to have you all with us this morning. And mika, that was quite a list of all the things that are coming at the president. I know he had to be shocked yesterday with the vote, the United States senate condemning the president over the khashoggi murder as it pertained, of course, to yemen. So now that problem is manifesting itself in policy. Very real policy matters and, of course, as the wall street journal editorializing this morning, it only gets worse with democrats taking over the house in a month. Its all shocking and theres a lot going on. I was off yesterday for a family matter, as you mentioned, but i wanted to address a term that i used on this show on wednesday that was vulgar. I knew it right away and i tweeted that it was a terrible choice of words and that i was sorry. But please allow me to say this facetoface. The term is crass and offensive and i apologize to everyone, especially the Lgbtq Community and to
Nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im Steve Kornacki in for brian williams. Day 837 of the trump administration, and it brings a major escalation in the fight between the president and the Democratic Congress as the Treasury Department defies a demand from House Democrats and refuses to hand over trumps tax returns. This the latest example of the Trump White House rebuffing attempts Trump White Housefing attempts at congressional oversight. In a house ways and Means Committee richard neal, treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin said of the request, quote, it lacks a legitimate legislative purpose. Also said the department is not authorized to disclose the requested returns. Also tonight, there are new concerns about whether the president can stop special counsel Robert Mueller, seen earlier tonight leaving a restaurant in d. C. From testifying before congress. Yesterday trump sent this message, quote, why would the democrats in congress now need Robert Mueller . Are they looking for a r
York times, some on muellers team see their findings as more damaging for trump than barr revealed. One is standing by with detail. Plus Democrats Ask the irs for six years of the president s tax returns with a deadline of next wednesday. Setting opbattle over some of Donald Trumps deepest secrets. House intel wants to interview a former confident of Melania Trump about it the Trump Inauguration. All off this on a busy wednesday night. Good evening once again from our nbc news Head Quarters in new york. Im Nicole Wallace in for brian williams. Day 804 of the Trump Administration and theres breaking news from the New York Times. Stunning report the first window into how some of muellers investigators feel about attorney barrs description of their 22month endeavor says some of muellers investigators claim their results are more damaging to the president than whats been revealed this far. One of the authors of tonights piece joins us in a minute. He and his colleagues report some of the i
Onetime fixer behind bars tonight as the 11th hour gets under way on a monday night. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Im Steve Kornacki in for brian williams. Day 837 of the trump administration, and it brings a major escalation in the fight between the president and the Democratic Congress as the Treasury Department defies a demand from House Democrats and refuses to hand over trumps tax returns. This the latest example of the trump white houses rebuffing attempts at congressional oversight. In a how ways and Means Committee richard neal, treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin said of the request, quote, it lacks a legitimate legislative purpose. Also said the department is not authorized to disclose the requested returns. Also tonight, there are new concerns about whether the president can stop special counsel Robert Mueller, seen earlier tonight leaving a restaurant in d. C. From testifying before congress. Yesterday trump sent this message, quote,